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- Patriots or Rams?
- Judge Miranda Du denied a preliminary injunction related to plutonium shipments. [TNI]
- Here is that Supreme Court decision from yesterday regarding Jennifer Arledge and Wilson Elser. [nvcourts]
Super Bowl LIII
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- Posted on 6 years ago
Patriots, of course. Brandy is not going to loose back-to-back Super Bowl's!
Loose vs. lose
Lose is only a verb. To lose is to suffer a loss, to be deprived of, to part with, or to fail to keep possession of.
Loose is mainly an adjective used to describe things that are not tightly fitted. Where it is a verb, it means to release—for example, they loosed the dogs on the intruders—but the word is only rarely used this way. It also has a noun sense mainly confined to the idiom on the loose, which means at large. When you need a verb meaning to partially release or to relax, loosen is usually the best choice.
U got trolled bruh
don't be a douche
Douche: A douche is a device used to introduce a stream of water into the body for medical or hygienic reasons, or the stream of water itself. Douche usually refers to vaginal irrigation, the rinsing of the vagina, but it can also refer to the rinsing of any body cavity. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching—a bag for holding the fluid used in douching. To avoid transferring intestinal bacteria into the vagina, the same bag must not be used for an enema and a vaginal douche.
Brandy vs. Brady
Brandy is a pop singer from the 90's.
Brady is a douche.
The Super Bowl's what? I love a good cliffhanger.
"Super Bowl": a trademark of the NFL that is zealously protected by an army of well-funded lawyers.
958 is a judge.
I'm going with the Patriots.
Anyone have background context on the Wilson Elser case? What did the attys do/say at depo that caused sanctions?
Reading this Wilson, Elser case, which comes so closely on the heels of the Hall, Prangle decision, certainly makes you wonder how many times in the past these defense firms have pulled this crap and gotten away with it. I'm sure it happens a lot.
GO PATS!!!!!!
Interesting discussion toward later parts of yesterday's thread, discussing the Halverson race of about 10 or 12 years ago, and the high caliber of some of the opponents she defeated(including future judges).
It goes to show how little is reported on judicial races, and how little people pay attention to regarding these races, until it is too late. There was no coverage until she was on the bench a few months and all that weird stuff stated to happen.
But during the election there were already legitimate issues the media should have focused on and didn't. These included
that she was ill and incapacitated to the point of being unable to perform the job,580 pounds, no mobility, and constantly breathing from oxygen tanks, no meaningful legal experience or knowledge beyond serving as a law clerk, significant past legal problems of a troubling nature including before she moved to Nevada from California, marrying a convicted felon she apparently met while he was still dealing with challenges through the criminal justice system, having run a purely grudge-driven election in the previous cycle by running against the Chief Judge's husband after the Chief Judge fired her–apparently for incompetence, aberrant behavior, and the complete inability to get along with other personnel, and other non-stop drama,etc..
Yet everyone acted so shocked when she started unravelling shortly after being elected, even though a great many of the tell tale signs were already in place.
It's also a good argument to eliminate judicial elections.
Going back, it's how we got judges like Gates, Steve Jones, Vega, Walsh, Miley . . . .
Because Vegas
Practically everyone who practiced in Family Court will tell you that Steve Jones was an excellent judge.
Steve Jones was a great judge who did a fine job on the bench. He did a ridiculous thing involving his pseudo-brother in law. Colossally stupid. But he knew his stuff on the bench.
To; 12:28.He may have been an excellent judge(and was, in fact, in my view), but it becomes almost impossible to separate out, and compartmentalize, judicial performance vs. what the authorities viewed as being outrageously unethical, and even criminal, conduct.
Same would hold true of the Family Judge who was removed about 10 years ago for conduct having significant sexual and racial overtones. Although he was never viewed as being an excellent judge on the level that Jones was largely viewed as, he was viewed as at least average or above average.
But once all these problems come to light, if they are serious enough, someone's judicial performance becomes of secondary concern, or even largely irrelevant. It gets to a point where people simply believe these judges should not be in a positon of such public trust, regardless of how effectively some of them address their case load.
And we see this playing out in the current situation with the judge and the charges concerning an altercation between her and her 18-year-old son. This, in conjunction with other past public problems of the family, becomes the center of the debate, and it largely becomes irrelevant whether she was a below average judge, average judge, above average judge, very good judge, or whatever.
That all said, it's always quite helpful to have some real good will and a sterling reputation as a judge to start with. If you are a highly regarded judge it puts you in a better position to possibly emerge from certain charges and still perhaps preserve one's career, while a judge regarded as below average or poor will be unable to generate much in the way of helpful, mobilized support behind them when battling serious charges.
So, as to the judge with the charges(since dismissed, I should mention in fairness) concerning her and her 18-year-old, if there is to be any repetition of family drama that again attracts the attention of the media and the criminal justice system, it does not necessarily help her that she is not generally viewed as one of the more highly regarded judges.
Anybody find it ironic that old bar building on Charleston is now the Haunted Museum with Tec Bundy artifacts
It was quite old and creepy. Down the one hallway there were locked research or storage rooms that appeared to be sealed for many decades.
I recently saw the original Dracula film from 1931-the one with Bela Lugosi.
The catacombs of Dracula's castle did remind me, in some eerie ways, of the old Bar Building.
So, kind of seems like the perfect place for a Haunted House Museum, as I half believe the old building was in fact haunted even prior to the conversion.
I thought it was beautiful!
Hi, Kim. I am still waiting for my valid bar complaint against my attorney to be pursued. Please post on here when you guys will start enforcing the Rules of Professional Conduct. Thank you!
History of the building?
The Historic Wengert House Designated As A Landmark On The City’s Historic Property Register
Zak Bagans, Star Of The Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures, Plans To Turn Building Into A Public Museum To House His Artifacts
The Las Vegas City Council Wednesday approved designating the Historic Wengert Home at 600 E. Charleston Blvd. on the city’s Historic Property Register. The home was found eligible for listing by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) based on its association with the Wengert family.
The home was recently purchased by Hellfire Media, the company behind the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures television series. Zak Bagans, the star of the show and owner of Hellfire Media, intends to convert the first floor of the building into a public museum to house his privately-owned artifacts that have been collected over the years during his travels as a ghost hunter. The second floor of the house will be retrofitted at a later date for public assembly space.
The Wengert Home was constructed in 1938 in the then popular Tudor style for Cyril and Lottie Wengert. Cyril Wengert was one of a handful of prominent businessmen in Las Vegas who built many of the large commercial institutions that still endure today in Las Vegas. In particular, Mr. Wengert was instrumental in the development of what is known today as NV Energy. He figured prominently in our early banking industry and contributed significantly to local social institutions and the nascent Las Vegas Catholic community.
The home passed out of the Wengert family in the early 1970s and served as law offices and eventually the home of the State Bar of Nevada. Several additions in the Tudor style were made to the rear of the home in the 1980s. The architecturally compatible additions are an excellent example of adaptive reuse that allows for the retention of the historic building while expanding square footage for modern needs.
Robert Stoldal, chairman of the HPC, believes the designation and conversion to a public museum will bring awareness to the benefits of adaptive reuse of historic homes. “Hellfire Media found an excellent location to house their collection and are smart to market the historic nature of the former Wengert Residence.”
The HPC is an 11-member volunteer board that reviews preservation activities in the city for buildings, structures and places of historical and architectural significance. It reviews historic designation applications to National Register of Historic Places and city of Las Vegas Historic Property Register. The commission meets every 4th Wednesday of the month at noon.
To: 3:07. I don't care how official, and supposedly uncontroverted, the facts are that the building wasn't built until 1938. I agree with 1:54. That building did look like the catacombs of Dracula's castled. So, it was probably build hundreds of years ago, and was situated in Transylvania or somewhere in the Carpathian mountains, and was brought over to Vegas years ago and reassembled stone by stone.
That's how creepy it was. It is as creepy as 1:54 insists it is, but likewise as beautiful as 2:57 says it is.
I was in that building on several occasions representing attorneys accused of misconduct. You almost got the idea that if misconduct was found, and the sanction amounted to more than a reprimand, that the attorney would be brought to a remote room at the far end of the hallway, to be feasted on by Dracula's wives. On second thought, that might not sound nearly as bad as some of the draconian punishments recent bar leadership has meted out.
Note to current Bar leadership: The above is what is known as a (admittedly lame)attempt at levity. Please do not pursue me.
Do you want Boo Berry or Count Chocula? I prefer Boo Berry, because Boo is toothless like OBC.
Dear Mack Daddy, will you be my boo?
Off topic, but how is it that we don't have statewide rules of criminal procedure? I don't practice criminal law, but I'm looking into something right now only to come across what I remember being told when I studied for the bar – that there are no NRCrimP.
Hardesty has put together a committee to create them.
I hope he puts Elissa on there. She is good with criminal procedure.
Jim will make them up himself and accept no input from anyone else.
4:40, thank you for the laugh.
Preach, 5:05
Blogmasters stuck in trial? No new topics.
Blog, finally, is dead?
As dead as bar counsel ethics and morals.
So I have a question that I cannot seem to find the answer. Corporate Defendant. I want to take the deposition of the Directors on the Board regarding board action. Do I have to subpoena the Board Members or can I just notice up their depositions as representatives of Corporate Defendant?
Why not 30(b)(6) depo?
30(b)(6) I get one deponent. I want to ask each member of the Board how and why a board action was taken (because I suspect there is dissention and a weak link) pursuant to 30(b)(1).
11:07 AM-Depositions of Board of Directors. Answer: Depending on the corporation, the issue, and the size of the corporation, you would take the deposition of the Secretary to the Board or Chair of the Board. I had this issue arise in trial and the Judge quashed the subpoenas for the Board of Directors at trial. Remember discovery is limited with fishing expeditions or harassment.
Thank you for your thoughtful answer.