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Monday, March 30, 2026

MARCH MADNESS

 Good morning. It is time to start another week. Here's what we are thinking about. 

The US is in a pickle. No off ramp in Iran, and fighting an enemy who has identified victory as outlasting, outwitting, and surviving the attacks. Where have we seen that before? (Hint: Vietnam). Here's something fun: 

Nate Swanson spent nearly two decades in the U.S. government, including most recently as a State Department representative on the Trump administration’s Iran negotiating team and previously as the National Security Council’s director for Iran in the Biden administration. Days before the U.S. bombed Iran, Swanson published a piece predicting that Iran would do exactly what it has done should the U.S. attack. So he's our government expert, right, providing the President with much needed expert advice? Nope. He was forced out of government because some rightwing influencer nut attacked him and MAGA responded. Here's the Politico article.  This is what happens when you govern by a mob. 

The convicted founder of a Women's Orgasmic group is set to be sentenced in federal court today. 

First floor escalator in the REGJB working yet?  Your judge uses a private elevator, so they won't know of the tribulations of hoi polloi.  

March Madness. And in case you're like Mr. Markus, in the middle of a Venezuelan oil/50 million fraud trial and working all weekend, or a robed reader polishing your candy crush scores, you may have missed this ending to the Duke -Connecticut elite 8 matchup.  From 15 points down at the half, UConn came back to win on a last minute 3 from the logo. Two questions: 1) Duke should not have passed and instead held the ball to draw a foul, right? And 2) Is Braylon Mullin's shot better than Christian Laettner's shot in 1992 propelling #1 Duke over #2 Kentucky into the final four?  What a great debate. 



 



 Here is Laettner's shot :
 

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Painful as it was to my bracket, I have to give it to UConn. Not only a steal was required but then a deranged, nothing but net shot from the logo. Staggering.

Anonymous said...

Plus Mullins's haircut is orders of magnitude worse than Laettner's which adds substantially to the obnoxiousness quotient.

Anonymous said...

You said this war would be simple. Rare but huge miss by Rumpole. I think this will end up being the worst we have ever lost a war in the history of the country.

Rumpole said...

“A federal judge on Monday sentenced Nicole Daedone, the founder of women’s sexual-wellness company OneTaste, to nine years in prison for what prosecutors said was a more-than-decadelong conspiracy to force her students and practitioners into performing unpaid work.”

Anonymous said...

How about that Von Zamft complaint. Never saw that coming.... said no one ever

Anonymous said...

What complaint?

Anonymous said...

Why not sue KFR / SAO as well? Just MVZ?

Anonymous said...

Rump post the complaint

Anonymous said...

How about that 3.850 on John Connolly?! Different case same Michael Von Zamft bullshit.

Anonymous said...

Hey Rump is an ASA badge a license to bully and harass witnesses, victims and people in general? Is being an asshole a job requirement or is it a trained trait at the SAO academy?

Anonymous said...

Still “winning at all cost”

Anonymous said...

Who’s in charge?
The “judges” elevator has been down for about a month. They’ve been using one of the main elevators for “judges only”. You can imagine what that does to normal traffic. Jury’s etc. Trying to make your way down from 7? Don’t take the stairs to 6 and try to catch the escalator. It’s not working on the 5th or 1st floors.

Anonymous said...

No one fucking cares Michele. No reason to be anonymous, as your FACDL email got zero responses. He is already not eligible to practice law in Florida.

Anonymous said...

Every one cares! Find a new career stop being a jerk.

Anonymous said...

@7:20 its not a lawsuit, it is a public bar complaint... its not that simple to just "sue KFR / SAO"

Anonymous said...

Why you so angry and assume it’s Michele?

Anonymous said...

Obviously you care enough to post your assumption.

Anonymous said...

Stop it. Now

Anonymous said...

Who is in charge of the SAO????????

Anonymous said...

We should all care…. And many of us appreciated the listserv message. He is only ineligible to practice in Florida because he voluntarily did not keep his license up to date. He can remedy that at any time and become eligible to practice in Florida unless the Bar steps in to deal with his egregious conduct. The SAO watched it all happed for years and did nothing. Hopefully the Florida bar and Supreme Court will address what others were afraid to confront.

Anonymous said...

His current ability to practice law has nothing to do with the purpose of the complaint(s)... some of you prosecutors are so so dumb you can't see the forrest for the trees!

Anonymous said...

You know who “fucking cares?” the Florida bar fucking cares 😂

Anonymous said...

The only people that don’t care are unethical prosecutors and MVZ’s buddies, and by the looks of it, I’m there’s only a couple of those buddies left… and we all know which one is on the FACDL listserv to know about Michele’s email.

Anonymous said...

Fools

Anonymous said...

3:06PM Why you so pressed ?

Anonymous said...

You should move. We aren’t loosing. We decapitated the regime.