This is actually from the Declaration of Independence. We did not make this up.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
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He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
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He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
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For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us… (Iike all if these, this really is in the Declaration of Independence. The more things change, the more a despotic president reverts to trying to be a king. )
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.Ω and payment of their salaries.
We couldn’t make this up if we tried. Really.
Happy Fourth Of July.
Two dogs, mustard and k etchup, relish, a pickle and some fries please along with a cold one. And some fireworks.
SAO needs a regime change!!!
ReplyDeleteWe need a MAGA De Santis backed State Attorney in Dade County! Kathy and her degenerate Chiefs are a bunch of liberal Democrats.
DeleteYou are wrong about SAO. They’re not liberal democrats: they’re Marxist Maoist commies. A MAGA De Santis SAO would seek the death penalty for anyone who employs people whose parents were born elsewhere as, for example, an aide to disabled seniors, or an agricultural worker, or a janitor, or a nanny if that person has ever in their lives been arrested for a misdemeanor or a felony. I find it such a comfort to know that I, whose parents were born here, can weather a juvenile bust for possessing a joint while someone whose parents were born elsewhere but who has been here for 60 years working productively and with an otherwise unblemished record, will be deported to S Sudan. Don’t you?
DeleteAlright my dude. I just want a regime change. The brainless dickless admin has to go.
DeleteSAO liberal? No way, could've sworn all latins were maga in Dade county. Y'all keep voting the older lady in.
DeleteNo pun against Kathy but the everyday operations of the SAO is totally shit. Management sucks. Chiefs are arrogant SOB’s.
ReplyDeleteLet’s face it Rump - you are getting tired of “WINNING.” Trump keeps winning!!!
ReplyDeleteThe only question is whether the majority of people living in this country have won. The passage of the big ugly bill-with its enormous shift of money from the many to the few and its eliminationist approach to people whose parents weren’t born here-is not a sporting event that Trump won. Not sure what you’re celebrating.
DeleteKetchup on a hot dog is a travesty
ReplyDeleteThis is the United States of America. We embrace our differences. Well we used to. Checking the big beautiful bill. Ketchup on a hot dog may now be illegal. Like reading poetry or being trans.
DeleteWow. Some comments below have thrown down the gauntlet. Can you reply?
DeleteHappy 4th of Julio Iglesias
DeleteYes, Happy 4th of Julio Iglesias. Julio learned to play the guitar while hospitalized after a serious automobile accident in 1963. Later Iglesias obtained a law degree at Complutense University of Madrid. Support Wikipedia. Love his duet with Willie Nelson, To All The Girls I've Loved Before
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVq0ONrSH-Q
Rest easy. This is how tax policy is now made. Economists with advance degrees? Pish posh. Why use them when there’s a waitress available to set policy for a trillion dollar economy. From The NY Times. A waitress in Las Vegas complained to Trump during the campaign about paying taxes on tips.
ReplyDeleteSoon, the seemingly offhand remark became a centerpiece of Mr. Trump’s successful campaign back into office. Republicans on Capitol Hill embraced the idea, too, and Congress this week voted to create a new tax exemption for tipped income for the next few years. At an event at the White House last month promoting the legislation, Mr. Trump credited the waitress with helping him win Nevada, where many people work for tips.
“A legend was made,” Mr. Trump said. “We won Nevada by so much. Republicans don’t win Nevada. We won Nevada. So I want to thank that young, beautiful waitress. Thank you very much.”
Scarlet river flows,
ReplyDeleteSummer breeze, a bite of joy—
Ketchup crowns the dog.
Ode to Ketchup on a Hot Dog
ReplyDeleteO crimson stream of bottled grace,
That finds my frank its rightful place,
Though purists sneer and wag their tongues,
To thee my humble heart belongs.
In summer’s heat and stadium’s cheer,
Thy tangy kiss brings joy sincere.
Upon the bun, so soft and wide,
You paint your ruby riverside.
Mustard may boast its yellow crown,
Relish may claim its pickle gown,
But thou, O ketchup, sweet and bold,
Transform a dog from plain to gold.
Let Chicago scorn and critics scoff,
Their rigid ways I shake right off.
For on my frank I freely pour
The sauce I’ve always loved and more.
Children giggle at your spill,
Campers squeeze you with a thrill,
Picnic tables proudly wear
The stains of ketchup everywhere.
So here I stand, with pride and glee,
Hot dog in hand, and thanks to thee,
A simple lunch, a moment grand,
United by your ruby brand.
All hail to thee, in bottle red,
On every frank my taste buds wed.
Forever shall my plate proclaim:
Ketchup on hot dogs, without shame!
This is deeply disturbing, you magnificent bastard
DeleteI love those onions that have been sweated in ketchup that the NYC hot dog vendors have. Those are the best on a seeded bun. Yum.
ReplyDeleteNothing beats a Chicago dog
DeleteLet’s go Brandon? Too late? Poor Sleepy Joe. He must be so nauseated.
ReplyDeletePS. Rumpole- do you think VP Harris would have gotten the poor people a $5k tax credit yet in her term for new homes? Would we be boots on ground in Ukraine by now? Have even a greater trade deficit?
Gonna be kinda hard to afford a new home when a percentage of those “poor people “ get cancer and have no health insurance as 11 million Americans are going to lose theirs. But they can keep that 11.50 i leave on a 25 dollar check. Woopee! Spend it on a casket. Not a new cancer treatment that Harvard researchers were working on because now they have been defunded.
DeleteThose "poor people's" kids will have their food aid slashed, and their schools' federal support funds pulled. If they choose to vaccinate their children, they will have to pay for that. And God help them if they live in cities or states that didn't vote for Trump. Do you think "poor people" are celebrating passage of the big ugly bill?
DeleteMost tipped income is not reported anyway …
ReplyDeleteOde to Shumie and Shumie Time
ReplyDelete(Inspired by the lore of the Justice Building Blog)
O Shumie! Name of whispered fame,
Across the courthouse halls your legend came.
In motions brief and hearings long,
You gave us laughter, sharp and strong.
What is Shumie Time, you ask in vain?
A fleeting break from legal pain—
When black-robed judges pause their frown,
And lawyers lay their burdens down.
Oh wondrous hour, oh sacred break,
When docket lists no longer ache.
When clever minds can jest and play,
And stress and strife are swept away.
Perhaps it’s lunch, perhaps a joke,
Perhaps a sigh when deadlines choke.
But all who labor in the law,
Revere Shumie with humble awe.
So here’s to Shumie, bright and bold,
A mystery never fully told.
In dusty courts or on the blog,
You cut right through the legal fog.
And when the gavel’s echo fades,
And weary counsel leave their trades,
They’ll smile and say, “At least today,
We had our Shumie Time to play.”
How much “gratuity’” do
ReplyDeletePolice get with overtime from ASA’s to just loiter around the SAO?
Quid pro quo
Deletelove the ode to Shumie. Long overdue on a blog that owes its very existence to Shumie time
ReplyDeleteMr. Trump’s law includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid by 2034, scaling back the program that pays for the health care of roughly 78 million adults and children. It also sharply curtails federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides monthly food assistance payments to about 42 million families.
ReplyDeleteOh good. Well done assholes
It’s amazing how well Dodge and Republicans reduced paperwork waste and inefficiency except when it comes to poor people.
ReplyDeleteA new requirement that Medicaid enrollees prove they are employed every six months also leaves states with the difficult task of building out software systems to track eligibility by the end of 2026. Experts said states could face software glitches that may cause delays in enrollment or leave eligible children and parents without health care.
In addition, states that run their own exchanges to sell subsidized health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will have to institute additional paperwork burdens for recipients. And states are also required to administer new SNAP work requirements.
If a woman half my age with whom I have mind blowing sex with (both ways meaning we fully satisfy each other and I’m sure of this ) also is asking me to help her get her own apartment, so she is also using me for a financial boost, should I do it? I’ve been deprived a long time physical wise and it seems worth it despite the fact money is now a part of our equation. Serious thoughts as this is a serious question.
ReplyDelete1:40 pm: help her FIND an apartment. Do not co-sign. Do not pay. For a dozen reasons, do not finance…
DeleteBe a man
DeleteOf course u pay
If you have sex with her 10 times a month that’s worth at least 6k
This road leads to nowhere but ruin. You are being used. This will never end well for you .
DeleteI say go for it!! Fiance whatever she wants esp if you're both satisfying each other. Better than being stuck in an endless, stale, loveless, relationship with someone else.
DeleteThat ode to Shumie is amazing. More comments about that are warranted don’t you think ?
ReplyDeleteVindication for Alex Micheals! He was targeted!
DeleteWho targeted Alex Michaels? I keep seeing this posted?
DeleteAs to 1:40pm - just pay for her apartment. Who cares about the money. Give her an allowance also. Flood her with luxury gifts. You will never meet another sexy bombshell like her who satisfies you in every way. I’m jealous.
ReplyDeleteHi diddly ho lawyerinos! I expect all my ASA’s at the office Sunday prepping your calendars. Remember not only are we the best team in America, we have the best prosecutor in America! Kudos to Kathy. How I love Kathy. I expect my stats in the morning. If anyone needs me I’m outside walking laps around the Graham building. Remember Justice doesn’t sleep!
ReplyDeleteSeriously why does this generation of ASAs seem so much more miserable than others
ReplyDeleteI worked there many years ago and it was a great place. And spare me these answers: 1) not enough discretion 2) career criminal 3) too much work and shitty pay
Those things have been there forever and job was great
Shut up bro.
DeleteThese new generation ASA’s are like little Gen Z twerps.
DeleteWho are you making fun of? “Hi diddly go lawyerinos”? No one talks like that? Unless your Ned Flanders from the Simpsons?
DeleteI can see it. Many employees at the SAO are not ASA’s they are treated horribly. These employees take a beating everyday and come to work the next day.
DeleteI’ve witnessed ASA’s using derogatory comments about the support staff. Usually cursing at them.
DeleteWill DeSantis build more gulags for landscapers?
ReplyDeleteBuild
DeleteAnnounce ready ain’t no way these ASA’s are ready for trial after a long weekend.
ReplyDeleteShut up already
DeleteI’m the person who posted the question about the much younger gf. I appreciate the serious responses. More info and an update. First I’m separated. Heading for divorce. Second she’s Colombian. Why do I mention that ?lots of people have told me that she will use me and that she is a schemer just by virtue of her nationality. We spent fourth of July weekend away. Together. Never been treated better by a woman. I’ve had girlfriends and been married. First woman who ever went to a bbq picnic with me and told me to be seated and brought me food. And then went for seconds and got me dessert. She let me sleep and made coffee in the morning. She washed my clothes and packed my bags. In short she washed attentive and loving and made sure I was happy. So today we are looking at apartments. She will sign the lease. I will pay the rent and security and go from there. Maybe I’ll move in in a few months. Maybe not. We are taking it slow but I will tell you that being treated so nicely after a decade of being yelled at most every day in a marriage where I paid all the bills and was made to feel I should feel lucky to be allowed to take care of her , it was a nice change to have a woman care about some simple pleasures. Yeah she just has a high school education while my ex has a doctorate. But Isabella knows more about being a genuine person and how to share and make a partner happy than “Ethel the shrew”ever knew. Thanks for the serious advice. If Rumpole lets me I’ll update everyone. Call me HP ( she calls me papi and I’m happy thus HP)
ReplyDeleteSir, this is a Wendy's.
DeleteSome say “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” I have a friend who would say “Whoever be holding your dk is beautiful “
DeleteYou sound like an incel. And a racist. Glad you've found a servant. Hope your president doesn't deport her.
DeleteDo not give her any financial support. Take the red pill with women and learn how these modern women are moving.
Delete9:51AM I find that insulting and slanderous. In no ways I’m an “incel”.
DeleteYou sound like the guy that hits on the girls at Gordos.
DeleteHey HP.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
You must nurture this relationship. Women like Isabella are hard to find. Her innocence and warmth will make your life happy again.
Try not to spoil her with material things. Go slowly. Be loving and affectionate to her. Don’t make her into what you abhor with previous “American” women.
I’m jealous.
PS pay for and be generous with the furnishings and art and make it a happy house.
Swifty Fan here-- Spoiling her with material things every now and then is okay, as well as giving her a weekly spending allowance too. But in the end, a happy house is a loving house.
DeleteAm I the only one who thinks it funny that all the Miami Latins are Trumpanistas? They think they are white; Trump most definitely does not.
ReplyDeleteThose Latins love a caudillo. Most Caudillo's have physical bravery usually demonstrated in military success, only Miami Latins would sign on with a fat coward.
They clearly did not think that the Leopards would eat their face.
Note to Miami latins Kathy is a Democrat
Delete1:40 Why seek the advice of anonymous people online for something personal and intimate ?
ReplyDeleteBro is an Incel virgin
DeleteBecause it isn’t personal and intimate. It’s commercial. Like stock tips
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