A MIAMI MYSTERY

 Before we get to a genuine Miami Mystery, lets have another edition of In and Out so our readers are fully up on the day's events. 

Kim Guifoyle, Greek Ambassador- OUT. Putin & Russian diesel- IN. Dolphins- OUT. Dodgers- hanging by a thread, IN. Bills-IN. Tua- OUT . Chips Stocks like AMAT (but not Nvidia) low and OUT. China, with new chips on the horizon- IN.  Frat parties at Cornell OUT for the year.  Ukraine and Zelensky OUT  for the US but IN with Europe. 

MIAMI MYSTERY

Imagine for the moment your REGJB judge leaves for work and is never seen again.  Now erase that warm smile from your face and don't get too excited. 

But that's what happened on October 16, 1962, when Miami City Attorney Olavi Hendrickson left for work. He was never seen again and his family has no idea what happened to him. But there are clues. 

Hendrickson was investigating the Clover Club, described as a once respectable dining establishment on Biscayne Boulevard that had fallen into the clutches of organized crime and had "B girls" sitting at the bar hustling expensive drinks.  Miami did close the club, and Olavi was never seen again. 

All of this and more can be found in a Florida Bar Journal article here (yes, we sometimes are so bored we read the Bar Journal). 

You can also check out this site for more info:  Miam Mystery.

So unless your judge rules against MAGA morons and gets voted out of office              (sorry Mavel), it's more than likely your judge will be safely making it from home to work and back again (by 3! for that mani-pedi). And that's how it should be. 

And while you're pondering that, consider why we don't have more legal leaders named Olavi in Miami?  Hmmmmm..... 

SCORECARD

UPDATE; Courts are closed. Scroll down to find out why.  

Who's in? Who's out? Who's up? Who's down? 

Who cares? 

Here's your REGJB Judicial Lineup for 2027. 

The road from civil to criminal is rarely a straight line

Per Administrative Judge Jean, the following changes in Circuit Court will take effect in January 2027:

 

• Division 3/Gonzalez-Marques will be assigned to Judge Green.
• Division 10/Gamez will be assigned to Judge Mato.
• Division 12/de la O will be assigned to Judge Perez-Santiago.
• Division 13/Hersch will be assigned to Judge Denaro.
• Division 21/Rodriguez will be assigned to Judge Perkins.
• ROC #70/Areces will be assigned to Judge Gamez

 

 

In: Judges Denaro, Green, Mato, Perez-Santiago, and Perkins

 

Out: Judges Areces, De la O, Gonzalez-Marques, Hersch (Congrats in Retirement!) , and Rodriguez.

HAPPY LEIF ESIRCKSON DAY??

 Around year 1000 Norse men and women, led by Lief Erickson, left ice covered Greenland (before most of the ice melted) and landed in what is now Newfoundland. When they landed it was summer and the explorers found lush green lands, birds, salmon, wheat, grapes and a lonely Starbucks with no line (for our robed readers one of those items found by the Vikings is not true and meant to amuse you. Like what is not funny about grapes?).  They named their discovery Vineland. 

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed in America The Bahamas (Motto: Welcome, try the conch fritters.) Chris never made it to North America. Back then they had stricter rules on immigration and he couldn't get a visa. 

Juan Ponce de Leon, named after a busy thoroughfare in what was to become Coral Gables was the European first to get a Trump visa and set foot in North America. 

So why do we celebrate Columbus day? Simple. He had better social media. Dominican friar Bartolome de las Casas detailed Columbus's voyage. Fun fact- de las Casas, Bart to his friends, was also a lawyer. 😮 The Viking sagas were told orally around campfires, passed down from generation to generation. Bart put pen to paper and wrote down what Columbus did.  And as we all know from watching Mad Men, the faintest ink is better than the best memory.

Great scene: Scroll to 50 seconds for the quote if you're in a rush and late for court. Oh wait- no court today. Lief Erickson day duh! 

NFL WEEK 5 2025

 Thank you Georgia for getting us back in the black this week, although we took a bit of a hit on Vandy +9.5 at Ole Miss. 

This week already are flush with the Falcons big win on Thursday night, which knocked a few players out of the Survivor Pool, but not the crazy Romanian's tribute player, as Fake Alex Michaels risked it all with the Falcons, and won! Maybe this is finally his year. 

This week there is not a lot we love. But we will reluctantly give 6.5 and take the Bengals here, in Miami (sort of) over our hapless (feckless?) Fins. The Fins played KC close at home two weeks ago, and held the Vikes to 15 points last week. So you know what? We are going to change and take the Fins plus the points to keep it close.

Lots of sports radio touts like the Steelers at home giving 2.5 instead of the normal three for home field advantage. Indy is coming off a long travel home from Europe, and Steelers are on ten days rest and are up and down all year and this is their week to be up. We don't love it. 

We are going to hop on the NY Bandwagon and take the Giants +3.5 over DC in in DC. The Giants are 3=1 and atop the NFC East because good coaching makes a difference and they have solid coaching. (WIN)

The Jets don't have solid coaching, but they have pluck. The Browns are getting +2.5 visiting NY (Jersey really) and are coming off of ten days rest, but what the heck? It's only money.  (WIN)

The remnants of the big gulf storm are hitting the Northeast here today, so take the under 39.5 in the Jets game.  ( WIN) 

We will roll with the OVER in Vikes/Saints 42.5; and Texas/Titans 39.5. (loss :(    ) 

Survivor will be posted shortly. A few people went out Thursday with the Cowboys. The lesson being never trust the Cowboys. 

 

NAME	WEEK 1	WEEK 2	WEEK 3	WEEK 4	WEEK 5	WEEK 6
RUMPOLE FINS WEEK 4 (VIKES)	CHARGERS LOSS
CLAY KAEISER FINS WEEK 1	SEATTLE	49ers	KC	Vikes	Jags
DUSTIN TISCHLER FINS WEEK 1	CHARGERS LOSS
FAKE FREDDY MOLDOVAN FINS WEEK NEVER- 0-17	LIONS	PACKERS loss
FAKE ALEX MICHAELS FINS WEEK 9	JAGS	49ers	Vikes	Ravens	Falcons!
IFTIKHAR MEMON	JAX	49ers	KC	Vikes	Broncos
JUAN GONZALEZ FINS WEEK 1	JAX	49ers	KC	Vikes	Texans
JASON IRELAND FINS WEEK 6	JAX	49ers	KC	Vikes	Cincy
LUCY LEW FINS WEEK 6	LIONS	49ers	Eagles
MICHAEL FEILER	SEATTLE	TAMPA LOSS
MIGUEL DE LA OVER FINS WEEK 7	JAX	49ers	KC	Ravens	Bengals
ND IRISH FINS WEEK 1	STEELERS	TAMPA LOSS
PETER SAUTTER FINS WEEK 7	JAX	49ers	Bills (whew!)	Seattle	Texans
PUBLIC PRETENDER	JAX	49ers	KC	Ravens	Cowboys
RICK FREEDMAN FINS WEEK 12	JAX	49ers	KC	Vikes	Cowboys
JCKW FINS WEEK 5	JETS	Panthers	KC	Vikes	PASS using Bye Week

 

ISN'T IT GRAND

 Before we begin, apologies for not giving you our lock of the week- Bucs +9.5 over Cowboys. If there is one constant in the NFL, it's the Cowpokes playing down as soon as everyone jumps on their bandwagon.

How is that Grand Conspiracy investigation run by top level DOJ lawyers out of our own SDFL office doing? The Failing NY Times has a report Friday.  

Let us summarize: 

DOJ Legend Joseph diGenova, 81, was dragged out of retirement and sent to Miami (like many retirees) to run this investigation. Now, MAGA minions thought. "we will get to the bottom of this!"  Then the contretemps began. Frustrated with his slow movement (some might call it careful prosecutorial analysis) AG Blanche (motto: "When POTUS says JUMP! I say how high?") brought in two DC DOJ flunkies to push matters along. Joey D then threatened to have US Marshals remove those lawyers forcibly if they tried to enter the grand jury room. Enraged, Blanche called diGenova and ordered him to DC. In response, diGenova quit. Soon after his deputy quit. 

Worry not MAGA minions, SDFL US Attorney Jason Reding Quinones was on the case! His office would bring home the tocino iberico.

But wait! Isn't the SDFL understaffed- there used to be 200 lawyers and now there's about 100? No worries, Reding recruited military lawyers to lend a hand. (More about the pending public execution of a member of the military next week).  

From the failing NY Times about our SDFL US Attorney's Office: "The chief of the office's criminal division has been sidelined. The office's health care fraud section has been decimated (adversely affecting the income of Rumpole and many defense attorneys in our fair city). Many prosecutors say the office feels leaderless and are worried that a place once known for big drug cases and white-collar cases (funding our retirement) has pivoted to politics." 

How does the AG feel about Miami US Attorney Reding Quinones? As per the Times: "Reding Quinones [is viewed] as feckless and [an] inexperienced manager not capable of running the day to day operations of his office, let alone the grand conspiracy case...they felt Mr. Reding Quinones spent too much time in Washington and too little in Florida."

Feckless? Ouch. We've been called many things, but never feckless. That has to hurt. 

Long time Miami AUSA Maria Medetis Long had the case. After her review, she wrote a thoughtful memo indicating there were no crimes to indict. Naturally, she was removed from the case, spurning Joseph diGenova's entreaties to come back on the case when it was given to him. 

This is quite frankly disappointing. We had high hopes for the investigation. The Grand Conspiracy case had the ability to answer questions that have troubled us for decades, including 

Why was the Kennedy Center not originally named " The Future President Trump Center?"; Just how did the 69 Mets manage to win it all within nine years of bring the historically worst team in the history of baseball?; Just who profited from the designated hitter rule anyway" Just exactly where is Obama's birth certificate?; Why is there no new cafe in the REGJB?; And why can't the Yankees do better in the post-season?

In any event, this much is clear. The SDFL US Attorneys Office has not just become a laughingstock amongst Miami Judges and lawyers, but the DOJ powers that be view it as incompetent, and even worse...

Feckless. 

SMH 

  

...IN OCTOBER

MONDAY NIGHT GET EVEN GAME 

 This is one of those weeks we need a big get even game or it will be back to wine in those cardboard containers and the Five Guys Lettuce Wrap Burger instead of the filet and king crab.  

Saints - 1.5. The o/u is a tough 48.5 as we saw when our 49ers over pick just fell short.  48.5 requires a combined 7 TDs and that's above average. Better we like our combo of over 220 passing yards for each of the QBs 

Also over 6.5 Yanks at Rays. We like the Yanks but we don't want to lay the 1.5 runs, but other than the first game against the Rays when they were shut down 1-0, they are pretty reliable in hitting the over. 

Well, here it is! What legal nerds the world over wait for. 

The First Monday in October, when the US Supreme Court (motto: "Trump does what he wants and who are we to stop him?") meets for the new session, and county and circuit judges throughout Florida dream their DeSantis Drone dreams: "If I just deny all the defense motions and tell counsel that it's up to the legislature to change the law, I'm sure to catch the eye of the governor and president..."*sigh*

Not gonna mess with you know who

Do you ever wonder why jurists who believe in originalism use computers to do research and write their opinions? If originalism is the right way to interpret the Constitution, then why isn't it the right way to live their lives?

The article is behind a paywall, but Justice Alito has a piece in the Wall Street Journal about originalism, which is sort of weird because the framers didn't read the WSJ. Other than that glaring inconsistency, the article is worth a read- especially if you're having trouble sleeping if all your football picks bombed this weekend like ours did. 

Anyway, new week and new Supreme Court term. Enjoy. 

WEEK FOUR NFL 2026

 Bad beat story. After cashing with the Georgia Bulldogs the first three weeks of the season we naturally took them -25.5 over Vandy Saturday.  Up 38-14 late in the fourth quarter,  and us needing one more Georgia Bulldog score to cover, a Georgia RB broke free and was running towards the endzone when he was brought down from behind at the 11. With less than a minute left Georgia kneeled twice and took the win while Rumpole took the loss. 

Time to win that back today. 

We start with a prop bet. The Giants have a weak passing game. The visiting Cardinals have a weak run defense. That equals to a prop bet on Giant RB Cam Scatebo +170 over 70 yards. 

We loved the over 47 in the Broncos at 49ers game this week. Alas, the number has climbed to 48.5, which we could also get behind, if we hadn't locked in the lower number earlier this week,

We do not often post a MNF pick this far in advance. But we are very happy to jump on New Orleans at home -2.5 over the not for real Atlanta Falcons     

Not much we love this week. 

Don't forget to geek-out tomorrow with the first Monday in October, 

MISTAKES AND WHAT IS COMING

 We all make mistakes. Your blogger has made 7 this year. Last year- 9. 

Senator Eric Schmitt (Clown, Missouri) made one on national TV during the testimony of former DOJ prosecutor Jack Smith.  Schmitt was trying to draw a connection between Smith and Atlanta prosecutor Fanni Willis, who indicted Trump.  Asked directly if he had met her, Smith denied it.  Ah, thought Schmitt, “I’m fixing to spring mah trap.” He then asked Smith if he had been to an Atlanta Hawks game on February 3,2024.  Puzzled, Smith thought for a moment and then denied it  “Now ah got em!” Schmitt thought to himself.  He told Smith he had his texts  and Smith and his team talked about Smith attending the Hawks game.  The Senator told Smith he had committed perjury and that he would be remembered as a “dirtbag”.   Visions of congressman Nixon and communist spies and microfilm in a pumpkin patch which propelled Nixon to the Senate and then the Vice Presidency danced in Schmidtt’s small brain.  

Just one teeny tiny problem.  The Senator is apparently no sports fan.  Quick research by senate staffers and media during the hearing showed that on February 3, 2024 Iowa women’s basketball team played Maryland.   The failing NY Times quickly found a picture of Mr Smith at the game.  Atlanta has the Hawks- an NBA team.  Iowa has the Hawkeyes and on that night Smith went to the game to see  Caitlin Clark the women’s college phenom.  No perjury.  No Nixon like advancement to becoming Vice President.  Just a doofus with his foot in his mouth and no Hawkeye  eyesight.  The Senator quickly left the hearing and was quoted muttering “he’s still a dirtbag.”  

Monday is a big day. Why? Legal nerds the world over will quickly shout that It’s the First Monday in October.  And what does that mean? Maybe a robed reader knows