Recovering litigator. Mountain and river enthusiast.

Asheville, NC
I spent decades litigating. I generally can’t be bothered with law shows. But … Cupertino. Episode 1 was meh but I’m so glad to have stuck around for Episode 2. The young female lawyer getting the CEO to ignore his counsel and indulge in mansplaining was just….so….good!
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God grant me the strength of a lone male juror facing 11 retards
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The Lindsay Clancy case is an analogy for western leadership as a whole. 9 crazy women. 2 pushover men. 1 single man of conviction holding the line.
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I have avoided commenting on the Lindsay Clancy trial because thinking about what that evil woman did to her sweet little babies sickens me and chips away at my soul. Now that a mistrial has been declared, a conversation must be had. In most Western jurisdictions, the justice system has evolved into a legal system which bears no resemblance to the original and historic purpose of the institution. Our courts are frequently theatres of the absurd. They are overrun by bad actors and justice is only occasionally served. A jury system is only as good as the citizens who sit on the jury. Weak, immoral, indoctrinated dimwits should not be permitted to deliberate over the crimes of others. Mental illness and drug use (whether Rx or street drugs) have both been weaponised to excuse the inexcusable. Not just with regards to heinous crimes, but when it comes to the many transgressions which eventually culminate in heinous crimes. I have known quite a few people who have struggled with addictions and compromised mental health. None of them have ever hurt a fly, let alone tried to sever someone's neck, planned out a terrorist attack, or STRANGLED TO DEATH THEIR OWN CHILDREN. This collapsed moral framework is enabling the worst people in Western society to victimise the most vulnerable and innocent among us. Excusing human evil (whatever the driver behind it) is a symptom of godless, weak, broken people with a completely collapsed moral framework. Rest in peace Cora, Dawson and Callan.
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If you fear MAGA will take away women’s rights, wait until you learn what Sharia law actually says about women.
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Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos , I’m asking you to look at this once through the eyes of the people wearing the uniform since you own @washingtonpost. We volunteered and accepted the bargain. Missed birthdays, broken bodies, years away from our families, hostile fire, and the possibility that if we die, our families get roughly $500,000 in life insurance. In much of America today, that barely buys a house. We know our lot and we’re not complaining about it. But the job is hard enough without having to wonder whether an American newspaper is going to publish classified wartime command deliberations because its newsroom despises the administration and wants another cheap political scalp. Fight the President, the Secretary, the Pentagon. Whatever, that’s politics. But when the ammunition for that fight is information tied to ongoing operations and the private judgments of senior commanders, you’re spending our risk to buy your headline. That’s the part WE need you to understand. Murphy already gets a vote. So does the enemy. Exhaustion, bad intelligence, mechanical failure and plain rotten luck all get votes. We volunteered to face those things. We did NOT volunteer to become collateral damage in the Washington Post’s feud with an administration it hates. Your reporters will publish the piece, watch the engagement numbers, and go home. Some American kid will still be standing watch when they do. Jeff, give us a fucking chance. Come on man. You’ve got to clean house at that paper. The journalists are too blackpilled to be of any use anymore. In fact, they’re literally harming us. Our brothers and sisters are in a worse situation now due to this reporting. Don’t agree with the combat operations, fine. But come on. Leaking an SDOB? That’s objectively insane behavior. ***to my followers: share so we know he sees this.***
EXCLUSIVE: Military leaders warned Hegseth that keeping the force of more than 50,000 troops in the Middle East is unsustainable, drawing “non-concurs” from them in recent orders to extend troops. (gift link) w/ @AlexHortonTX wapo.st/4wT23bL
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My greatest blackpilling event was probably when I volunteered to do "hometown recruiting" when I was in the Coast Guard. I drove to dozens of high schools all over Northern NY, talking to kids about life in the USCG. Met hundreds of students -- got zero applicants. I had assumed that it'd be a very easy thing, particularly because at the time, the CG was desperate for new recruits (which was very unusual). So all I had to do was find the young men, tell them about the legitimately adventurous life that the USCG could offer them, share my glowing review of my time in the branch, and get them in contact with the recruiting office. The door was wide open for them to make what would certainly be one of the best decisions in their young life. Instead of finding adventurous young men, I found visibly distressed, obese, effete, proudly lazy teenagers whose primary concern seemed to be about whether the job was "easy" and whether you get cell service when underway on a Coast Guard ship. Many were visibly high on marijuana, clad in sweatpants, long-haired, dead to the world. Their interest was only vaguely piqued at the idea of the GI Bill. And at any appeal made to the bold adrenaline and selflessness of Search and Rescue operations at sea, I was met with bafflement and total disinterest. At first, I thought it was a fluke -- that the school I visited first simply had a student body that was particularly dysfunctional. But soon, I found myself having the same experience at every school, without exception. And this went on for weeks. Day in, day out, the portrait of America's youth I saw was dismal. If you ever wonder why I seem to have developed a passion for telling young men to get their asses in gear, to grow up, grab life by the horns, and to reject all forms of self-pity and passionlessness -- I think I picked it up when I did Hometown Recruiting.
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I’m praying the Catholic Lent of St. Michael on the Hallow app. This week focuses on “providence.” As I went out afterward to do a hill walk, it occurred that God does not put mountains in front of me; he brings me to a mountain.
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So the GOP just “Platnered” NC Rep Edwards after the primary and will pick a replacement. This seat WILL flip. The Dem nominee appears to be a nice normal 4th generation mountain farmer. But of course when he wins he goes to DC and gets assimilated into the Marxist/DEI Borg.
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Replying to @CynicalPublius
Yes. Yes! A million times yes!
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There are two types of people. Those who have their hearts set afire hearing Ode to Joy, and those who are liars.
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She's been at our shelter since 2013. Eleven years. Every person who met her said she was wonderful. Every person walked past her kennel and chose a younger dog. She stopped coming to the front of her kennel a few years ago. Stopped performing. Made a quiet peace with being where she was." Last Tuesday a veteran came in. He said — "I need a calm dog. I'm still learning how to be still myself." I showed him three dogs. He was putting his jacket on to leave. He stopped outside kennel seven. Luna looked at him from her bed. Didn't perform. Didn't come to the front. Just looked at him the way she looks at people when she decides they're worth seeing. He said — "Can I sit with her?" He sat on the concrete floor at her level. Not the bench. The floor. That was 11am. At 3pm I looked in. He was still there. Her white muzzle was in his hand. Their breathing had synchronized. At 3:15 he came to the front desk and said — "I'd like to take her home. I think we need each other." I excused myself to the back room and sat on an overturned bucket and cried for a long time. He texted me yesterday — "First time I've slept through the night in three years. I think she was saving that for me." She was. Eleven years of saving it. For one Tuesday. For him. Drop a ❤️ for Luna. Share this for every senior dog still waiting for their Tuesday. They're saving everything they have for the right person to walk through that door.
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🚨 65% OF TPS HOLDERS ARE ON TAXPAYER WELFARE. Rep. Chip Roy just dropped the hammer: “65% of the people who come here who are on TPS status are on welfare. The President is correct to end TPS.” Temporary Protected Status? Try PERMANENT welfare magnet. Haiti TPS since the 2010 earthquake, 16 YEARS later. 91% of them entered ILLEGALLY first, then got the work permits and protection. While American families grind, pay taxes, and watch their hard-earned money subsidize households that were never supposed to stay forever. This is the exact scam the Trump administration is finally ending. No more executive abuse turning “temporary” into lifetime benefits at our expense. Our country. Our rules. Our people first. End TPS. Enforce the border. America is NOT the world’s welfare office.
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Let's assume, for argument's sake, that Nithya Raman really did, unlikely as it seems, got to second place in the LA mayoral race. The problem is that many, many, MANY of us simply cannot believe it. It seems for all the world like fraud. This matters, & is going to matter more.
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Incredible work from the Trump admin
🔥Hot off the presses: @TheJusticeDept issued an opinion today explaining that disparate-impact liability under federal employment law is *unconstitutional*. This is an earthquake in federal civil rights law. If right, this is the foundation to overturn that pernicious regime.
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Holy crap! James Talarico is a Stepford Wife
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Illegal aliens should not be counted in the census.
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But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge - Psalm 141:8
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🚨 OIL tanking on Memorial Day weekend… Down to $90 a barrel! Gas prices are coming down! The Left hates this… So make sure you don’t share it, it angers them.
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