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For one thing, there is a rule against posting reviews here, where there is no vetting. Naming the name would probably constitute a review.

That's why I posted it! The attempt to visit a strip club preceded their visit to White Castle. It's not clear, but it's implied they went there with the fourth judge who went inside and wasn't part of their shenanigans.

Not necessarily. Also they're not subject to the federal constitution. I don't know if Indiana provides for impeaching judges.

"Truth is stranger than fiction."

Ugh.

I gather this is news to you? Yes, Anglophone names are weird. Margaret comes from Marguerite (the Normans who conquered England were originally Norse but lived in France and probably brought the name with them), but its ultimate origin is Greek. Elizabeth is originally Hebrew. As for Betty as a diminutive of Elizabeth, see this.

But a less common name in the US overall than Margaret.

This is just wow: Back in May, three Indiana judges got into a fight. It was the crescendo of an incident brimming with colorful details: a gaggle of judges drinking the night before a judicial conference, a failed attempt to visit a strip club called the Red Garter, a brawl in the parking lot of an Indianapolis White Castle. The altercation apparently started sometime after 3 a.m., when one of the judges, Sabrina Bell, raised a middle finger at two men yelling from a passing SUV, and ended after one of those men shot two of the judges. In between, the three judges took a number of actions that "discredited the entire Indiana judiciary," according to an opinion posted by the Indiana Supreme Court this week, suspending the judges. The court found that the three — Andrew Adams, Bradley Jacobs and Sabrina Bell — had "engaged in judicial misconduct by appearing in public in an intoxicated state and behaving in an injudicious manner and by becoming involved in a verbal altercation." Adams and Jacobs engaged in further judicial misconduct "by becoming involved in a physical altercation for which Judge Adams was criminally charged and convicted." More details here: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/779339897/3-indiana-judges-suspended-after-white-castle-brawl-that-left-2-of-them-wounded?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

Nope, it's most commonly a nickname for Elizabeth. "Beth" is common as a name on its own. It can also be a shortened version of Bethany or Bethia. And Bettylou is just Betty Lou smushed together (and almost certainly southern in origin). Concomitantly, explain how we get to Peg and Peggy from Margaret.

My former sister-in-law's legal name is Betty. She was forever having to correct teachers who assumed that was short for Elizabeth.

Or give good advice that avoids further losses/liabilities and/or achieves client objectives, seeing as the majority of attorneys aren't litigators.

There you go. That's why.

It's all a tradeoff. Bigger screens may be more important to you. They're not to me. I pay Netflix less per month than a full price movie ticket and I have access to a lot of content, some of it in languages other than English, that I wouldn't have otherwise. And most of what I watch on Netflix is more analogous to a TV series or miniseries than a movie anyway. (Some of what I watch are actual TV series.) Netflix has its downsides (doesn't everything?) but I am glad they are blowing up Hollywood.

11 years ago, and I worked in northern New Jersey, not Manhattan. Partner's rates were in the high $400s. (I was a senior counsel.) So not that much longer ago than you.

And I am super happy because projects are getting financed that never would be before by people whose stories weren't being told.

Uhm, when I left the practice of law my rate was in the high $200 range ($260? $275? I don't remember). Also in my experience by the time they call, the client has already fucked himself. More generally, every escort with half a brain screens clients (avoid law enforcement, timewasters, etc.) What matters is how he screens and for what.

But not too young to hear about heterosexuality? (Meaning the consequences like children etc., not necessarily the nitty gritty of sex acts - although those need to be talked about at a much younger age than people are comfortable with too) *smh*

That's an older (and frankly embarrassing) SHINee song, though. Have never heard them referred to as Gaynee but there's a widespread assumption that Key is gay and that Jjong (RIP) might have been bi. Fun fact: SHINee is the only kpop group to have been mentioned by a US president (Obama, suggesting one of his daughters might be a fan, although it was at a conference in South Korea after his presidency ended). https://www.soompi.com/article/1008877wpp/shinee-talks-mentioned-barack-obamas-speech

Maybe he's related to that Shawn dude SNL almost hired.

Given that your attitude about all this has been relatively cavalier until recently, to the point where you appeared cheerful about design flaws that killed people, it's pretty rich for you to be this condescending toward the person who has harped the most on what Boeing has done wrong. Whether and when Boeing's share price will recover isn't the point of this thread. That you think it is is telling. For one thing, the share price for any business that isn't imminently going out of business usually rebounds, either because of future good news or because of a general market upturn. Suggesting that share prices will rebound is not the revelation you seem to think it is.

Holiday card photo, I presume?

Not exactly. There's still the assumption that everyone is straight, which isn't true and is a product of limited thinking. Just because something is more prevalent doesn't make it the default, just like white, male and cis aren't defaults but often are treated as if they are.

I meant it's not a matter of discussion on the forum. That is always limited to handwringing over Muslim countries. There are Christian ministers who support the proposal in Uganda (not, as far as I know, yet enacted) to make homosexual behavior punishable by death. I haven't been able to quickly decipher who is behind this, but since Uganda is 81% Christian and 19% Muslim and over 90% consider homosexuality unnatural, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that any religious impetus is primarily coming from Christians.

And Liz was wrong. It is presumptuous to address a total stranger by their first name.

Sex with someone who is unconscious or too drunk to be able to consent has always been rape as a legal matter. People's belief that anyone who is drunk is fair game (in effect, assuming the risk) is why you think the legal standard has changed. It hasn't. There is not as much upside to allegations like this as people think. My practice is to believe them unless and until facts are revealed that undermine the allegations. Historically, it's the denials that have been untruthful, not the allegations. And what I think of someone isn't a due process violation. We make decisions every day about other people without going through anything close to a trial process or demanding proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Due process applies to court proceedings. Someone shouldn't be fired without an investigation, but at the most that requires satisfying a civil level of proof, not proof beyond a reasonable doubt. And given why Lauer was fired, it's hard to even characterize this as defamatory, as what reputation does he have to defend anymore.