Good Monday morning REGJB! Court is opened Monday and closed Tuesday (11/11). Good luck with jury selection today.
Come Tuesday morning we will have our first cold snap of the fall, when temps start dropping late this evening. By Tuesday morning it will dip to 49! Sweater weather! We love it. And remember to skip that extra large Starbucks coffee order and donate to a local Miami food bank.
On Sunday night, as blog readers were counting their winnings (we gave you Fins over Cheaters, the Jets blowing the first pick by beating the Browns, and Seattle over Arizona) a group of senate Democrats were agreeing to a temporary funding bill that would re-open the government until January. Air travel would return in time for Thanksgiving (unfortunately that includes MIA which we abhor), and SNAP would be fully funded allowing people to use their recently worthless TRUMP cards (Terror Reigning Under Meal Payment cards). In return, the Democrats did NOT get relief for those paying the exponentially higher premiums when renewing their Obama care.
So let's summarize. To punish the democrats for not agreeing to the government funding bills, the republicans made food and health care unaffordable for many working-class Americans. Seems to us like a good election strategy for the midterms: take away food and health insurance. Sure, that works. The only thing left is to raise taxes on those earning less than $60,000.00 a year to incentivize them into working harder and earning more.
What did you miss most about the government shutdown? Visits from pesky USDA inspectors? The FDA regulating new medicines? Air safety?
Don't forget to thank your favourite federal courtroom deputy from showing up and keeping court running smoothly without being paid. Ditto to the federal PDS.
You can make your donations to help feed Floridians using the money saved skipping your Starbucks drink here:
We are down to TWO in the Blog Survivor contest, as Carolina let Lucy Lew down. It's just Rumpole vs. the appellate master of disaster: Dan Tibbett.
Is it me Rumpole - or is Senator John Fetterman the only STATESMAN in all of congress?
ReplyDeleteWho is a better Judge?
ReplyDeleteRoy Altman? Mike Hanzman? Milton Hirsch?
Pickle Barrel, Au Bon Pan or Gordon’s?
DeleteJudge Richard Hersch deserves my vote for the best Judge in the REG building. He granted a motion today for a new trial in a sex battery case. I haven't seen the order yet, but I watched on Zoom the testimony of several witnesses, including the accuser, along with the closing, and I can see why Judge Hersch did what he did. Once again, SAO Miami is clout-chasing rather than pursuing justice. That division has zero regard for the truth or for building cases with substantial support. Anyone can show up to the police station, make an allegation, and boom, charges are filed. It is not supposed to be that way. I am glad that Judge Hersch delivered justice to an individual who was wrongfully accused. That's what the rule of law is all about!
DeleteHanzman hands down. There is not a close second. Lisa Walsh is great too. I really like her.
ReplyDeleteMilt then Mike then Roy (Roy is overrated and chronically late)
ReplyDeleteHealthcare companies make a lot of money. Dems, MAGA, and others rightly complaint about the price of healthcare, availability, coverage limits, deductibles, preexisting conditions, etc. Some folks say the government and industry has not adequately provided for the healthcare of We The People. Why not a DYI approach? Healthcare of the People, by the People, and for the People. People over profit. A system that bypasses the government and rapacious healthcare companies? Asking for a friend who's a NPA wannabe candidate.
ReplyDeleteMilton not in that conversation - sorry
ReplyDeleteTell me Cristina got elevated?
ReplyDeleteAltman by a mile and contrary to popular belief, he’s way smarter than Hanzman who loves to be the “smartest guy in the room”
ReplyDeleteOn Israel he certainly doesn't let facts get in the way of his opinions. Not generally the sign of a towering intellect.
Delete