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Anti-masker robs bank, naked face appears to have been caught on camera Oregon nurse who mocked masks and other coronavirus protocols on TikTok ‘no longer employed’ at hospital

Metropolitan Opera, hard-hit by revenue drain during pandemic, wants to cut employees’ pay, threatens lockout for balking stagehand union

Breakdancing to become Olympic Sport at 2024 Summer Games in Paris Just in time for the 40th anniversary of “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo,” the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are adding a new sport: breakdancing.

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Winston, because he made the justice system more fair: Massiah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201 (1964), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from eliciting statements from the defendant about themselves after the point that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches. In Massiah, the defendant had been indicted on a federal narcotics charge. He retained a lawyer, pleaded not guilty, and was released on bail. A co-defendant, after deciding to cooperate with the government, invited Massiah to sit in his car and discuss the crime he was indicted on, during which the government listened in via a radio transmitter. During the conversation, Massiah made several incriminating statements, and those statements were introduced at trial to be used against him. Massiah appealed his conviction, which was affirmed in part by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed, holding that the statements made by the defendant outside the presence of his attorney must be suppressed. The Massiah rule applies to the use of testimonial evidence in criminal proceedings deliberately elicited by the police from a defendant after formal charges have been filed. The events that trigger the Sixth Amendment safeguards under Massiah are (1) the commencement of adversarial criminal proceedings and (2) deliberate elicitation of information from the defendant by governmental agents. The Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant a right to counsel in all criminal prosecutions. The purposes of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel are to protect a defendant’s right to a fair trial and to assure that our adversarial system of justice functions properly by providing competent counsel as an advocate for the defendant in his contest against the “prosecutorial forces” of the state. The Sixth Amendment right “attaches” once the government has committed itself to the prosecution of the case by the initiation of adversarial judicial proceedings "by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information or arraignment,". Determining whether a particular event or proceeding constitutes the commencement of adversarial criminal proceedings requires both an examination of the rules of criminal procedure for the jurisdiction in which the crime is charged and the Supreme Courts cases dealing with the issue of when formal prosecution begins. Once adversarial criminal proceedings commence the right to counsel applies to all critical stages of the prosecution and investigation. A critical stage is "any stage of the prosecution, formal or informal, in court or out, where counsel's absence might derogate from the accused's right to a fair trial." Massiah vs. Miranda Constitutional Basis- Miranda is based on the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Massiah is based on the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Attachment - Miranda: Custody + Interrogation. (Charging status irrelevant) Massiah: Formally Charged + Deliberate Elicitation. (Custodial status irrelevant) Scope Miranda applies to custodial interrogation by known governmental agents. Surreptitious acquisition of incriminating information allowed. Massiah applies to overt and surreptitious interrogation. Miranda is not offense specific. Massiah is offense specific. Miranda: interrogation + "functional equivalent." Massiah: interrogation + "deliberate elicitation." [*]Waiver: Both Miranda and Massiah rights may be waived. [*]Assertion: In each case, the assertion must be clear and unequivocal. The effects of assertion are not identical. For purposes of Miranda, the police must immediately cease the interrogation and cannot resume interrogating the defendant about any offense charged or uncharged unless counsel is present or defendant initiates contact for purposes of resuming interrogation and valid waiver obtained. Because Massiah is offense-specific, an assertion of the sixth amendment right to counsel requires the police to cease interrogating the defendant about any charged offense. Apparently the police could continue questioning the defendant about uncharged crimes assuming that the defendant was not in custody. The defendant's remedy would be to leave or to refuse to answer questions. [*]Remedy for violation: The statements and testimonial information are subject to suppression. Derivative evidence is usually not subject to suppression under Miranda pursuant to the "fruit of poisonous tree" doctrine, although it might be suppressed for a Massiah violation. Both Miranda and Massiah defective statements can be used for impeachment purposes.

DEAR ABBY: Because my husband and I work, I take our 6-month-old to a sitter several times a week. I understand little ones tend to be mean sometimes — hitting, biting and pushing — but in this case, it’s a little different. My sitter cares for her 3-year-old granddaughter as well as her clients’ children, and her granddaughter pushes the littler ones. I have seen her push a 1-year-old down. I have never observed any of the other children do it, only the granddaughter. I wouldn’t be so worried if my daughter were 2 and could defend herself, but she’s only 6 months old. She is crawling, sitting up and standing already (braggart), and I’m gravely worried the girl will harm my infant. I don’t want my baby ending up with a head injury. What can I do to try to resolve this? — DEEPLY CONCERNED IN THE SOUTH DEAR DEEPLY CONCERNED IDIOT: Talk to the sitter about your concerns. Ask if it is possible to keep the older girl separate from the younger ones, however, the only way to be absolutely certain your little one is safe would be to change babysitters. If you need somebody to tell you that you need to get a new babysitter, somebody must've given YOU brain damage when you were a baby. OR... have the granddaughter arrested for assault. DEAR ABBY: I made a friend on Facebook. “Drew” and I texted through Messenger, and I went to ride four-wheelers with him one day. We hit it off great. We started dating, and he moved in with me for a few months. In the beginning, Drew didn’t mention he was working only part time. After he told me he had been moved to part time, I told him he needed to tell his boss he needed full time or a different job. I wrote a comment to that effect on their page, and his boss texted me back saying Drew can work as much as he wants! He also said Drew hasn’t worked full time since he started working there. Well, Drew got mad at me and left. I still love him. I thought he was my soul mate. Should I keep wishing we could get back together? — FEELING LIFELESS DEAR FEELING LIFELESS IDIOT: No! In a sense, you were taken for a ride, and I’m not talking about four-wheelers. Your next soul mate should be someone who is completely honest and, preferably, fully employed. Drew is neither. Who the h-e-double hockey sticks do you think you are commenting on his workplace's page about his employment? Drew may be lazy, but you are a pushy manipulator. He is SO much better off without you. DEAR ABBY: I have been remarried for four years to a wonderful man who treats me like a queen. However, he and my 18-year-old daughter dislike each other, which causes a huge amount of stress and conflict. They fight, and I’m stuck in the middle. I don’t know what I can do to resolve this problem. I love them both with all my heart! — DESPERATE FOR PEACE DEAR DESPERATE IDIOT: I wish you had mentioned why your husband dislikes your daughter and vice versa. Is he overbearing and trying to parent her? That is YOUR job, not his. Your daughter is no longer 14. At 18, she is now considered to be an adult, and because the “combatants” are both adults, they should act like it, be civil and refrain from turning their disagreements into open warfare. Your mistake has been allowing yourself to be placed in the middle. A better solution would be to get family counseling if your daughter plans to continue to live with you. As my aunt Ann Landers used to say "wake up and smell the coffee." They are obviously having an affair, and are hoping the stress and conflict drive you to leave him, so they can be together.

Apparently, you don't watch THE REAL.

I don't think so. There seemed to be some discord with the 'mucky-mucks' that run the show.

Mario Lopez is a finger-lickin’ good Colonel Sanders in ‘Recipe’ movie What … the actual … cluck?! Sprinkled in with 11 secret herbs and spices, “Saved by the Bell” star Mario Lopez is serving up a big bucket of finger-lickin’ good lovin’ as none other than Kentucky Fried Chicken’s signature spokesman, Colonel Harland Sanders. Deep-fried by forbidden flames, sizzling hot and juicy Lopez — coiffed with the Colonel’s unmistakable silver comb-over and well-groomed goatee — steams up the small screen as a saucy chef with the hots for his evil, albeit well-to-do boss’ daughter in Lifetime’s original mini-movie “A Recipe for Seduction.” Turning up the heat with “mystery, suspense, deception, and ‘fowl’ play,” the 15-minute romance comes as a creative collaboration between KFC and Lifetime in an effort to gift consumers with the “perfect distraction” from all things 2020 this holiday season. And online lovers of Lopez, 47, are eating his sexy Sanders up! “LIFETIME IS RELEASING A HORNY KFC MOVIE STARRING MARIO LOPEZ AS COLONEL SANDERS I WILL NEVER RECOVER,” an enthused tweeter exclaimed on Twitter. “I don’t like KFC, Lifetime movies, or Mario Lopez, but together-magic. Thank you 2020!,”tweeted another. Colonel Sanders’ Southern-gent swag was previously remixed toward sex god vibes for Mother’s Day in 2017, when KFC released the romantic novella “Tender Wings of Desire,”starring the fried chicken joint’s mustached mascot as a muscle-bound lover boy. Lopez as Colonel Sanders in “A Recipe For Seduction” premieres Sunday, Dec. 13, at 12 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.

Not only that, but I've seen recent ads of his that say he's 39. I don't remember if it was on facebook or twitter, but at one point last year he said it was his birthday. I don't remember the exact age he said he was, but it was early-to-mid 50s. Beautiful cock, though.

Tamera's gonna be a guest on tomorrow's show.

Did you know that due to the pandemic, the White Castle on Queens Blvd near the Queens Center mall is not 24 hours at this point? I noticed it was closed (with a homeless person sleeping on a bench out front) when I passed by at 5:55 AM on my way recently to StopAndShop for their senior hour. I looked it up online and they close from 5AM to 10AM every day. (BTW, the StopAndShop on Grand Ave has a roving, disinfecting robot that meanders around the store now.) The one on Queens Blvd in Sunnyside is still 24 hours, per the 'interweb'. Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo gave his mom the birthday present of a lifetime on Sunday. After years of struggling while living together in a single-wide trailer home, Adebayo bought his mom, Marilyn Blount, a home she can call her own. Just a couple weeks after signing a five-year max extension that could earn him close to $200 million if he hits certain escalators, Adebayo surprised his mom with a memorable gift on her 56th birthday. "My mom never had nothing that she could call her own," Adebayo said during a Monday video conference with reporters. "So growing up and being able to do something different with basketball and be a special player, that was something that I've always had in my mind, I've always wanted to do. And just having the opportunity to do it for my mom is an incredible experience."

Elon Musk’s fortune has now surpassed the $150 billion mark. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, already the world’s second-richest man, reached the milestone Monday after Tesla shares surged more than 5 percent to a new, all-time high. The electric automaker’s stock has been on a tear since mid-November when the S&P 500 index announced that it would include Tesla in December. Shares of Tesla are up 54 percent since Nov. 16. With his $151.1 billion net worth, Elon Musk is now more than $20 billion ahead of No. 3 Bill Gates, who has a $129 billion fortune, and $45 billion ahead of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who Musk originally passed the day after the S&P’s announcement. After adding more than $120 billion to his net worth in 2020 alone, Musk now plays second fiddle only to Jeff Bezos, who is the richest man on earth with a net worth pegged at $185 billion. Musk’s Tesla 170.4 million Tesla shares are worth more than $108 billion, with the rest of his fortune coming from additional Tesla options as well as his holdings in rocket company SpaceX and drilling company Boring, according to data from Bloomberg. The upward trajectory could continue ahead of Tesla’s Dec. 21 debut in the benchmark index because big investment funds that duplicate the S&P’s holdings must buy Tesla shares to accurately track its performance. Shares of Tesla were trading up 59 percent Monday afternoon, at $634.24.

An NYU student lost her bid to finish out the semester after getting suspended for attending a boat party where coronavirus rules weren’t being followed, a judge ruled Monday. Freshman Nicole Rosenberg sued the university last week, claiming that it unfairly suspended her for the remainder of the fall semester for attending a boat party that she didn’t know ahead of time wouldn’t be enforcing COVID guidelines. “There is one week left of class. [Rosenberg] has been out for 2½ weeks and she needs to return to class in order that she does not lose the ¾ of the semester that she has done,” Rosenberg’s lawyer Karen Edler argued during a Manhattan Supreme Court video hearing Monday. “Pending the decision, harm is immediate and it is irreparable,” Edler told the judge. But granting the stay “undermines NYU’s ability to enforce its policy strictly and NYU is enforcing its policy strictly here because it’s trying to keep the university community healthy … and to keep being able to have on-campus classes,” NYU lawyer Ira Feinberg responded later in the hearing. Justice Carol Edmead denied Rosenberg’s emergency request to allow her to finish the last week of classes since the judge found her lawsuit wasn’t likely to succeed. “The court is denying an application for an interim stay,” Edmead said. “The court’s view is that the lack of the ability of the petitioner to show likelihood of success on the merits outweighs the irreparable harm factor.” “There are six days left in the semester … that we are talking about loss of school time,” Edmead said adding that she plans to rule on the entire case very quickly. The 18-year-old claimed that she attended the 21-and-over Oct. 15 boat ride only after her two friends she attended with told her the ride would be following mask-wearing and social distancing guidelines. By the time Rosenberg realized people weren’t following COVID rules on the lower level of the boat, it was too late for her to get off, so she and her two friends stayed on the upper level, where they maintained distancing from others and wore masks. But NYU said it didn’t buy Rosenberg’s story that she really believed the boat party would be following pandemic guidelines for a slew of reasons including that the cruise wasn’t starting until 10:30 at night, it was leaving from a secret port and it would have DJs on board playing music. “The notion that they expected a sedate socially distanced cruise around Manhattan is, to our point of view, not credible,” Feinberg said earlier in the hearing.

Wendy Williams revealed on her show Monday morning that her mother, Shirley Skinner Williams, has died. Williams, 56, said her mom passed away “many, many, many, many weeks ago” surrounded by her family. “You know how you lose track of the day and time? All I know was it was a long time ago,” the daytime talk show host, holding back tears, shared. “The five of us, my mom, dad, my siblings, the five of us – she will always be here.” The author noted that her mom, who often appeared on her daughter’s eponymous talk show, died “beautifully and peacefully and surrounded by love. She didn’t suffer, thank God.” She did not reveal the cause of death. Williams described her relationship with her mom as “that of two teenage girls” and said they became closer when she left for college. “Gone is the best mother, the best girlfriend that a girl could ever have,” Williams said. Shirley worked as a teacher in New Jersey. She’s survived by her husband, Thomas Williams Sr., as well as her children, Wendy, Wanda and Thomas Williams.

FAMILY GUY took a jab at the Astros tonight. The Griffins – Peter, Lois, Meg and Stewie – are watching TV from the couch when the Astros dig begins. “ESPN now returns to our 30 for 30 documentary on the Houston Astros cheating scandal,” a narrator from the TV says. The show cuts to a former player being interviewed inside the Baseball Hall of Fame. The former player says, “We knew the Astros were stealing signals. Someone was back there banging on a trash can, we just couldn’t figure out who.” Then, a team picture of the Astros flashes on the screen with Oscar the Grouch sitting in his trash can with an Astros cap on the trash can lid right there in the middle of the team photo. The narrator continues, “Several players were interviewed by the league, but none would reveal the mastermind of this garbage can scheme.” The show's Twitter account even posted the clip and made sure the Astros saw it by tagging the club and tweeting, "Hey @Astros, how much you payin' Oscar the Grouch?" That's about all Hal Steinbrenner does, besides setting the budget each season. Or didn't you hear George died a long time ago? Arte Moreno of the Angels is the most notorious buttinsky among owners now... he's the one who decided on his own to offer that brilliant Pujols contract, and I believe he was also behind the equally-successful trade to acquire Josh 'Size-17 feet' Hamilton. Peter Angelos didn't allow the Orioles front office to scout and draft talent from Latin America for years. Jerry Reinsdorf just personally made the decision to hire his friend, 76-year-old Tony LaRussa, to manage the up-and-coming Chisox. And, of course, the Wilpons are gone and best forgotten. How to handle owner Arte Moreno? Three tips for new Los Angeles Angels GM Perry Minasian Buster Olney ESPN Senior Writer It's Arte Moreno's prerogative, as owner of the Los Angeles Angels, to jump into his team's baseball operations decisions anytime he chooses. He amassed the fortune necessary to buy the franchise, and it's his money that funds the paychecks of Mike Trout, manager Joe Maddon and new general manager Perry Minasian. To say that baseball owners at least occasionally get involved in the business of roster-building is basically redundant. But even by that loose industry standard, Moreno has a reputation for being a tough boss, for sometimes being the wrench in the decision-making, executing some deals himself (the signing of Albert Pujols, for example) and calling off others (like when he nixed the deal for the Dodgers' Joc Pederson last winter). It'll be up to Minasian to get his work done within Arte's universe... https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/30450338/how-handle-owner-arte-moreno-three-tips-new-los-angeles-angels-gm-perry-minasian

A former professional boxer is a prime suspect in the bludgeoning murder of her husband, whose body was found inside their apartment in Switzerland. Brazil-born bruiser Viviane Obenauf, 34, is suspected of clobbering her hubby “with a blunt object” inside the home they shared, the UK’s Daily Star reported. She was arrested last week after the victim, identified only as 61-year-old “Thomas,” was found dead of “massive injuries” sustained during a “violent assault,” Swiss police said. Obenauf — who fought in three world title bouts during her career — held a 14-6 record and two World Boxing Federation international titles before she retired last year. She got married on Jan. 25 and opened up a gym in the Swiss town of Interlaken, where she lived with her husband, the owner of a restaurant there, according to local newspaper Blick. Police were spotted searching the gym, as well as the couple’s apartment, located above Thomas’ eatery “Des Alpes.” The former featherweight has been arrested at least once before — for allegedly punching a man who tried to grope her as she celebrated her 30th birthday in London in 2016, the local report said. She spent several hours in jail on the night of that incident. A man who said he’d previously dated the fighter told Blick he wasn’t surprised his ex was back behind bars. “She always had two faces. It’s like flicking a switch,” he said.

I don't know if you remember, but after communism fell, there was an attempted military coup when tanks rolled into Red Square. That was the day my friend and I got our visas from the Russian government. We started out in Leningrad, less than a week before it reverted back to St. Petersburg. We had a private car, driver, and guide (cheaply, from a tour company that was trying to get established) and one day on a drive to see a cathedral out of town, we were stopped for speeding. My friend and I thought we were going to wind up in the gulag. The food was so awful (other than McDonald's and Pizza Hut) that one day we stopped in a fancier hotel than the one we were staying at to look for postcards in the gift shop, and suddenly I heard my friend cry out "SAM! They have coke! They have Twix bars!" We feasted that night. And don't get me started on the toilet paper...

But have any of you ever been to Russia? I was there after communism fell, but before the USSR actually split up.

Armed man ‘adjusting his pants’ accidentally discharges gun inside Atlanta mall A man walking into the Neiman Marcus store at an Atlanta mall Saturday night accidentally set off his gun while he was “adjusting his pants,” according to police. The gunshot rang out through the Lenox Square mall around 6 p.m. Saturday, Sgt. John Chafee told the Daily News Sunday. Witnesses initially told police there may have been a “dispute” between two people, but officers confirmed that no such fight happened. Instead, the armed man fired the “accidental” discharge while adjusting, Chafee said. No one was injured, but the man fled the scene and has not been identified or located. “We urge gun owners to be responsible and we would recommend they leave their firearms at home while they are out shopping in public areas,” Chafee said. “Instances like this are unacceptable and we expect more from those who choose to carry firearms. Gun ownership is a responsibility no one should take lightly.”

Fort Bragg soldier, 21, who disappeared in May was decapitated, autopsy says They needed an autopsy to determine that?!?!?! :eek::eek:

The entire NBA is anxiously waiting to see if Giannis Antetokounmpo will sign a contract extension before the 12/21 deadline. Today was his birthday; the whole Bucks team sang Happy Birthday to him at practice, then 2 of his closest pals on the team gave him the perfect present... a set of fancy pens. As for myself, I usually just call my long-lost twin brother Jeff Stryker. We were born on the same day.

How about a loyalty program? 5% off after 5 hires, 10% after 10. Try a state with a lot of Republican congressmen. ?