GONNA FLY NOW

 Ever want to take your favourite Judge, or prosecutor, or if you are a judge or prosecutor, your favourite defense attorney, and just pull the rip cord? 

Now you can! 

I Fly has opened up down the street from the REGJB (across from the new complex just over the bridge).  Our little neighborhood is changing from small houses converted to law offices by defense attorneys in the 1970s (when you could take cash as a fee without risking indictment), into a touristy/shopping mecca. 

This is how we imagine the tour bus script would read: 

"And on your left is the Miami criminal courthouse, the scene of many lurid murder trials and drug trafficking trials straight out of Miami Vice. And as we pass the courthouse, on your left is the Dade County State Attorney's Office, staffed by lawyers who are very good at stating 'victim wants max' and who recently employed an experienced supervisor who withheld evidence in a murder case and then lied about it in court under oath. Their offices are called the Graham building named after Philip Graham, a former publisher of the Washington Post. Most prosecutors would tell you that the building is named after former Florida Senator Bob Graham, but they would be wrong. 

Just down the street past the State Attorney's Office is the Public Defender's Office, and the interesting story about that is that their offices used to be the Miami Dade Police Department's Offices. And across from all of this is the Jackson Hospital Medical Complex where many a lawyer or judge has gone for medical assistance after a rough day in court." 

So now after a hard day in court, you can go across the street, throw down a few at the bougee bar on the river (the Marine Bar it is not), and then go skydiving. 

Have fun!

BDA

 Bomb Damage Assessment. 

Bottom photo shows Fordo site before bombing. In both photos a support building in white remains undamaged. In top photo the two squares show probable bomb entry. To the left you can see a dust cloud from the bombs. 

NB. Rumpole supports the total destruction of Iran’s nuclear sites as well as regime change for the Iranian people. A people we had significant ties and friendships with prior to the religious  revolution in 1979 that plunged this once great and proud nation of amazing, cultured and brilliant people into oppressive darkness at the hands of an oppressive religious minority.  One need only look at the execution Reyhaneh Jabari for stabbing her rapist for how these religious maniacs have ruled and ruined Iran. It’s time for them to go. They have threatened the destruction of Israel and caused countless death and injuries of Americans through their support of terrorist organizations throughout the Mideast. 

Enough is enough. Kill the Ayatollah and his government and free Iran. 

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK INTO THE COURTROOM

Jaws was released 50 years ago today.  It was, in our memory and experience, the first summer blockbuster movie. 

People have their favourite lines, like "you're gonna need a bigger boat" said by Roy Scheider when he first sees the shark. 

But in our humble opinion Robert Shaw as Quint stole the movie.  Many point to Quint's Indianapolis speech as their favorite. "You know the thing about a shark is that he has lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a dolls eyes... I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So eleven hundred men went into water. Three hundred and sixteen come out, the sharks took the rest. June the 29, 1945..." 

 

But this scene and his speech is our favorite. "This shark. Swallow ya whole. A little shakin, a little tenderizin and down you go...I'll find him for three. But I'll catch him and kill him for ten..."

Robert Shaw was just an amazing actor. 

 

PANTHERS WIN! TRANSGENDER PEOPLE LOSE

 Your Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row. And it was the third year in a row they made the Stanley Cup finals. Quite and achievement. Time to start talking dynasty. 

Here's how it played out in Miami. 

1: The Panthers won the championship. 

2: I thought college football was over. 

1: No. The Panthers. Our hockey team. 

2: Miami doesn't have a hockey team. 

1: Yes we do. They won the Stanley Cup two years in a row now. 

2: Oh. Well, let me know next year when they are in the finals. And you know what else? I'd buy Heat tickets if the NBA moved Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg to the Heat. 

Meanwhile the US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning medical treatment for Transgender youth. 

From the opinion: 

We hold today what everyone already knows. Transgender people are not entitled to protections under the 14th amendment. American exceptionalism says so and drives this conclusion.  We are never so strong as when we ban those of us who are different. Transgenderism is a new phenomenon which can be traced to Hillary Clinton's lost emails and Hunter Biden's laptop. And don't discount the stealing of the 2020 election. There aren't any Israeli pilots bombing Iran who are transgender and there shouldn't be any transgender people in the US getting any medical care. They should straighten up (pun intended) and fly right if they want to be accepted into American society which was founded on the principle that we are a Christian nation that does not tolerate differences. Differences make us weaker. One race. One People. Two sexes. Thats it. That's what makes America great. The Law is constitutional and we invite other states to ban these democratic inspired attacks on our president and society.  Arbeit  Macht Frei. 

ALMOST TIME

Tuesday Update: Simply because the VIX (the stock market "fear index") shot up nearly three points this afternoon to over 21, we have a sneaking suspicion that the President has ordered the US Airforce to destroy the Iranian Nuclear facility at Fordo buried deep underground. Only the US has aircraft (B1 and B2 bombers) capable of delivering the 30,000 pound "bunker buster" bomb. With the VIX shooting up, we think the order has been given. We shall see. 

Attention Panther fans. It’s almost time.  On Tuesday night your Florida Panthers will be playing at home to win the Stanley Cup. Now is the time to pay an outrageously obscene price for two tickets.  Go to Sammy’s Steakhouse to be seen and then show up midway in the second period loudly proclaiming your undying loyalty to the Panthers. If the Panthers are behind by 3 you can unobtrusively slip out between the second and third periods. 

CIVIL PROTESTS 

What is the appropriate response if you’re stopped at a light in your car and some protestors walk in front of you and try and prevent you from driving away? 

In LA this driver ran over the woman. 

I’m

In Florida our Governors has a more nuanced view. If someone blocks your car you have a right and indeed an obligation to floor it and send them flying. 

 

 What say you?

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

 We have the answers, in another edition of one of our more popular features. 

Q: Rump what happened Thursday? 

A: Thursday was a normal day in the USA and the world. Israel bombed Iran and President Trump threatened similar actions to Los Angeles. A District Court Judge ruled the President could not usurp the Governor's control of the National Guard Thursday afternoon. By Thursday evening an appellate court temporarily reversed that ruling.  And during the day a Boeing Dreamliner crashed in India shortly after takeoff killing everyone on board except one guy in seat 11A who was able to open the emergency exit and walk out of the crash with a few scratches. 

Q: Is California really that bad? 

A: Yes, it's bad. The Marines were preparing to engage a group of rowdy first graders who were refusing to take nap time. Trump ordered the Airborne to prepare for a "Normandy style drop" into LA to stop protestors from making fun of him, and artillery was brought into to stop the ACLU from criticizing the President. Oh yeah, an impertinent US Senator from California asked a question at a press conference and was wrestled to the ground by law enforcement.  The House then voted along party lines to pass the "No Questions At Press Conferences" bill later in the day.  

Q: What about our Courthouse? 

A: The Dade State Attorney's Office kept their streak of 183 days of asking for a maximum sentence based on the victim's wishes intact. "Just because a bad check was for twenty dollars doesn't mean a lengthy prison sentence to maintain law and order is not called for. Especially when the defendant also smokes marijuana."  There was also still no acknowledgement that the office employed a cabal of prosecutors led by Michael Von Zamft who lied to courts on murder cases.

Q: What exactly did Israel do?

A: This is complicated. In military terms they bombed the crap out of Iran, killing the top ranks of the Iranian Military leadership (motto "Stronger than the French Army was in 1939") and also bombing several airbases, and uranium enrichment sites. 

Q: What does it mean to enrich uranium? 

A: Well, it doesn't mean buying it shares of Nivida. It means refining the purity of uranium so it can be used in a nuclear weapon. For civilian reactor purposes for energy, uranium needs to be enriched to 6%. For a military bomb it needs to be enriched over 60%. 

Q: So can Iran now make a nuclear weapon? 

A: Probably. Israel did not strike the Fordo facility which is where the Iranians have the centrifuges to enrich uranium to weapons grade.  The Fordo facilities are buried deep within a mountain and Israel is not known to have a "bunker buster" type bomb that the US has. Trump wanted to sell them some, but Musk fired the guys who keep track of them and no one can find our bunker buster bombs at the moment. 

Q: What did our President say? 

A: In a clear and concise response to the attack he condemned it and supported it, saying that Israel shouldn't do it, but that Iran brought it on themselves and Israel should do it. Many world leaders said that by now they were not surprised by the President's remarks and expected them.  

Q: So what is Israel going to do? 

A: They have a few options. They can bomb the Fordo facility's entrance and cave in some of the tunnels, essentially blocking access to the facility. They can also bomb the power plants that provide electricity to the facility.  Because Iran's defenses have been so degraded, they could also land a commando strike force to enter the facility, go inside of it, and leave explosives, and then blow it up from the inside. 

Q: Where is the Fordo facility? 

A: Just outside the holy city of Qom. 

Q: Why do they call it the holy city of Qom? 

A: No one really knows. People just started calling it that several years ago and the name sort of stuck. 

Q: How do you feel about things? 

A: Pretty good. The Marines will have their hands full with the first graders who have been preparing water balloons and mocking the Marines on IG daring them to start something and calling their moms ugly.  LA winds and fires will degrade the ability of Airborne to drop on LA. Although the ACLU doesn't have offices designed to withstand artillery. Israel is doing a good job with Iran. And by now everyone expects the Dade SAO to ask for the MAX on every case. So as we said at the start, Thursday was just a normal day in the world in 2025. 

WHAT CANT THEY DO

If they can handcuff a US Senator for asking a question, imagine what they can do to you 

 Item: United States Senator Alex Padilla was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents for asking a question during DHS Head Kristi Noem’s press conference in LA.