Category: Rant
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I Expected More of You…
Years ago, I was in conversations with a lady, we agreed to meet for coffee and then a movie. When I arrived, she was busy with other people. I waited. When she was finally done with the others, I asked her which movie she was interested in seeing. “I’ve decided I don’t want to go…
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Coordinate Systems
When I started writing, regularly, for Miguel, I took it upon myself to cover legal cases. Since that time, I’ve learned more than I really wanted to about our justice system. As my mentor used to say, “The justice system is just a system.” As a systems’ person, that allowed me to look at cases…
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Being a Federal Employee
My mentor was a federal employee. He, and his team, worked odd hours. I would put in my 8 hours as a contractor and then go to his lab and work with him and his team until midnight or later. Somewhere along the way, people noticed that his team didn’t have set hours and raised…
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Hard Choices
People have a difficult time making hard choices. The Trolley Problem brings is one of the ways that we explore ethical choices. The general premises are that there are five people that will die if you do nothing. There is one person, who is currently safe, who can be sacrificed to save the five. Do…
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State of New York v Trump (Stop DOGING)
Whenever I see a motion for a TRO, Preliminary Injunction or a Stay, the opinion of the court always includes a reference to . These are known as the “Winter Factors”. They must be addressed in order by the court before granting any of the above. The first factor is the likelihood of success on…
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Politically Correct
For somebody who makes many grammar errors, who can’t speel worth a damn, and in general suffers dyslexia-driven writing issues, I am obsessed with communication. My mentor taught me the “four parts of communication”. What I say What you hear What you say What I hear If there is a mismatch between any of the…
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State of New York v. Donald J. Trump
A hearing was held on Friday. I expect the judge to issue an order regarding the Preliminary Injunction on Monday. The TRO expired on Friday, so the judge will either issue an order regarding the case. If she is going to go rogue, she will want to have that done on Monday to stop the…
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The United States of America v. New York State
You might have heard that the DoJ is suing Hochul and James. This is not quite true. They are being sued in their official capacity. So the Governor, Attorney General, and head of the DMV of New York state are being sued. What is the suit about? New York will give a license to illegal…
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4D Chess?
Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake., Your enemy is not stupid. In 2016, I was listening to Ben Shapiro, he had a hate on for Trump. He would often say something to the effect, “The people who think Trump…
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Clearances
Every piece of information the government or military processes has a classification level assigned to it. Currently, the federal government lists four levels of clearances that are associated with classification levels. The other level is “No Clearance”. Information that is classified as “Confidential” could cause damage to national security if disclosed. Note the weasel word…