I love the scoreboard behind the bar in the first image: “Stories Half Fly Ball” all the stats a baseball fan needs. It also looks like the guy behind the bar on the right quit his bartending job, took off his tie and is having a drink. Good for him. I’d like to meet the artist.
I’d be happy to make the introduction: chatgpt.com/images
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anonymous
March 6, 2026 10:31 am
Outing myself as the aging late Boomer/early Gen X tween that I am – when I was in high school, there was a little drug use (the stoner contingent), and at times a few items might find their way out of 7-11 without being paid for. That was pretty much it. This is horrific, and I fully agree with the decision to try them as adults.
I will out myself as lateish Boomer and will tell you that you are fooling yourself if you believe that this is unique to this generation. Between football team and fraternity hazing, bullying and abuse like this has been going on for a very long time. Not excusing it in the slightest. Just saying the Pollyanna perspective that things like this only occur in this day and age is fiction.
OP here. You may be right, and I can only speak from my own perspective and experience. There was no social media, and everyone was not walking around with a camera in their pocket. I am sure that many things happened of which I was blissfully unaware.
Any empirical study will tell you that youth crime is much lower today than in the 70s and 80s. The idea that the only crimes were people smoking pot and shoplifting is sepia-stained nostalgia, nothing more. What is true, though, is people were much less likely to talk about being sexually assaulted back in your day.
OP here again. That’s correct. I remember a couple instances of teachers assaulting students. There would be whispers about it. In one case they wound up married and with a baby. The teacher would be quietly removed from the classroom. No one was ever arrested, etc. I am sure many things like went on under the surface, and I am not totally naive about that fact. I’m not suggesting that the 70’s and early 80’s were somehow a perfect time.
What are you smoking. Went to several inner city schools and it was so much safer years ago than today. There were no police at the schools. Schools were open. There were fights and bullying but it was dealt with harshly with suspensions. Kids dropped out rather than venting their anger on others. Drugs were prevalent and kids died. But no one came to school high or on drugs or alcohol. So much worse today.
People always like to say that crime is higher or lower then other times, but I don’t think we really know. How can we when reporting that data is strictly voluntary and many police departments don’t report it. And what is reported is always doctored. I remember a scandal way back when when Chicago was misclassifying crimes to make their numbers look better. The investigative reporters found cases that were clearly homicides but reported as suicides for example. One they highlighted was someone found tied to a chair with a single shot to the head. Classified as a suicide. So yeah, people love to say things are better (or worse) but I don’t think we really have any idea.
You can look at any police department, or national stats, or academic studies, you can look at homicides (harder to hide a body), or violent crime, or all crime, and it will all tell you the same thing: crime has fallen spectacularly in the last 30 years and is significantly lower than in the 70s and 80s. There is literally no competent evidence going the other way.
This is true. I now blame all my failings on lead exposure.
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Anonymous
March 6, 2026 10:42 am
“One of the Meadows students told his parents about the video, according to the suit, and one of that child’s parents notified Meadows and Alexander Dawson School officials. ”
As a parent, this is why I work so hard to keep open communication with my kids. These kids at Meadows could have decided to say nothing out of fear or approval. It may be that other kids saw the video and took that path. These kids, however, knew it was wrong, knew they must act and felt they could discuss it with their parents. And thank goodness they did! Whomever they are, they did everything right!
Really bad things happen when kids don’t feel that they can, or don’t want to keep open communication with parents. There are many ways we parents can stumble to kill those open lines. Parenting is hard work!
I agree. There was little girl at my daughter’s former midde school who was being bullied. She took her own lfe. The parents later learned the child had informed teachers but no one contacted the parents.
So the ChatGPT Discussion brings up a question that I have had for a very long time which is what exactly are registered Document Preparers allowed to do? Can they write motions and insert caselaw? Can they draft affidavits and put the elements into the pleading?
Yes but…………… NRS 240.030(a)(1) states “Preparing or completing any pleading, application or other document for the client.” Does “prepare” or “complete” mean draft a motion or opposition or does it mean fill in the blanks of a Civil Self-Help Center form?
It has been a while but asI recall the SOS has a list of registered document preparers. Last time I looked, there were very few actually licensed. Like maybe only a handful. There is/ was an explanation of what a document prepare can do.
The key is that the preparer can only fill in a form based the customers direction but cannot give advice by explaining the law or the effect of what is written.
What is going on with the Supreme Court clerk? They struck my motion for streamline extension on a brief and required I get a telephone extension.
The new NRAP abrogates telephonic extensions on briefs.
This is one of 5 examples that I have in the past month alone. They required a certificate of compliance on a motion. There is no rule for this under NRAP 27.
How am I supposed to navigate this when I’m supposed to follow rules that don’t exist?!
Trial and error. The NSC clerks, much like bird law, aren’t governed by logic and reason. Whatever you do wrong, they’ll always issue an order giving you a cure period in my experience.
you can still get a telephonic extension though? See NRAP 26(b)(1)(B) (“Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, a party may, on or before the due date sought to be extended, request by telephone a single 14-day extension of time for performing any act except the filing of a notice of appeal.”)
Can I suggest one area that there might be a disconnect? New NRAPs adopted last August which do not show up on the leg.state.nv website. Make sure you are using the updated NRAPs.
Totally unsurprising but the A’s “artist rendering” of new stadium clubs is clearly AI slop. Too cheap to hire a real artist.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/athletics/as-unveil-high-end-club-spaces-behind-home-plate-at-strip-ballpark-3715727/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=homepage&utm_term=A%E2%80%99s%20unveil%20high-end%20club%20spaces%20behind%20home%20plate%20at%20Strip%20ballpark
It is such a bummer we got the A’s instead of an expansion team.
I love the scoreboard behind the bar in the first image: “Stories Half Fly Ball” all the stats a baseball fan needs. It also looks like the guy behind the bar on the right quit his bartending job, took off his tie and is having a drink. Good for him. I’d like to meet the artist.
I’d be happy to make the introduction: chatgpt.com/images
Outing myself as the aging late Boomer/early Gen X tween that I am – when I was in high school, there was a little drug use (the stoner contingent), and at times a few items might find their way out of 7-11 without being paid for. That was pretty much it. This is horrific, and I fully agree with the decision to try them as adults.
I will out myself as lateish Boomer and will tell you that you are fooling yourself if you believe that this is unique to this generation. Between football team and fraternity hazing, bullying and abuse like this has been going on for a very long time. Not excusing it in the slightest. Just saying the Pollyanna perspective that things like this only occur in this day and age is fiction.
OP here. You may be right, and I can only speak from my own perspective and experience. There was no social media, and everyone was not walking around with a camera in their pocket. I am sure that many things happened of which I was blissfully unaware.
Any empirical study will tell you that youth crime is much lower today than in the 70s and 80s. The idea that the only crimes were people smoking pot and shoplifting is sepia-stained nostalgia, nothing more. What is true, though, is people were much less likely to talk about being sexually assaulted back in your day.
OP here again. That’s correct. I remember a couple instances of teachers assaulting students. There would be whispers about it. In one case they wound up married and with a baby. The teacher would be quietly removed from the classroom. No one was ever arrested, etc. I am sure many things like went on under the surface, and I am not totally naive about that fact. I’m not suggesting that the 70’s and early 80’s were somehow a perfect time.
What are you smoking. Went to several inner city schools and it was so much safer years ago than today. There were no police at the schools. Schools were open. There were fights and bullying but it was dealt with harshly with suspensions. Kids dropped out rather than venting their anger on others. Drugs were prevalent and kids died. But no one came to school high or on drugs or alcohol. So much worse today.
People always like to say that crime is higher or lower then other times, but I don’t think we really know. How can we when reporting that data is strictly voluntary and many police departments don’t report it. And what is reported is always doctored. I remember a scandal way back when when Chicago was misclassifying crimes to make their numbers look better. The investigative reporters found cases that were clearly homicides but reported as suicides for example. One they highlighted was someone found tied to a chair with a single shot to the head. Classified as a suicide. So yeah, people love to say things are better (or worse) but I don’t think we really have any idea.
lies, damned lies & statistics.
You can look at any police department, or national stats, or academic studies, you can look at homicides (harder to hide a body), or violent crime, or all crime, and it will all tell you the same thing: crime has fallen spectacularly in the last 30 years and is significantly lower than in the 70s and 80s. There is literally no competent evidence going the other way.
Y’all had all that lead in your brains
This is true. I now blame all my failings on lead exposure.
“One of the Meadows students told his parents about the video, according to the suit, and one of that child’s parents notified Meadows and Alexander Dawson School officials. ”
As a parent, this is why I work so hard to keep open communication with my kids. These kids at Meadows could have decided to say nothing out of fear or approval. It may be that other kids saw the video and took that path. These kids, however, knew it was wrong, knew they must act and felt they could discuss it with their parents. And thank goodness they did! Whomever they are, they did everything right!
Really bad things happen when kids don’t feel that they can, or don’t want to keep open communication with parents. There are many ways we parents can stumble to kill those open lines. Parenting is hard work!
I agree. There was little girl at my daughter’s former midde school who was being bullied. She took her own lfe. The parents later learned the child had informed teachers but no one contacted the parents.
Interesting to see how this turns out. Open AI is getting sued for UPL (among other things) for assisting a pro through advice and preparing forms. https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/openai-hit-with-lawsuit-claiming-chatgpt-acted-an-unlicensed-lawyer-2026-03-05/
So the ChatGPT Discussion brings up a question that I have had for a very long time which is what exactly are registered Document Preparers allowed to do? Can they write motions and insert caselaw? Can they draft affidavits and put the elements into the pleading?
NRS 240A covers licensure and what they can do. NRS 240A.030 defines their ‘services’ https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-240A.html#NRS240ASec030
Yes but…………… NRS 240.030(a)(1) states “Preparing or completing any pleading, application or other document for the client.” Does “prepare” or “complete” mean draft a motion or opposition or does it mean fill in the blanks of a Civil Self-Help Center form?
It has been a while but asI recall the SOS has a list of registered document preparers. Last time I looked, there were very few actually licensed. Like maybe only a handful. There is/ was an explanation of what a document prepare can do.
The key is that the preparer can only fill in a form based the customers direction but cannot give advice by explaining the law or the effect of what is written.
Did not see that description. Do you have a link?
The Florida Bar has done a switcheroo on the Halligan investigation: https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/when-florida-bar-said-it-was-serious-about-ethical-violations-it-meant-to-say-yes-sir-glory-to-the-maga-empire/
What is going on with the Supreme Court clerk? They struck my motion for streamline extension on a brief and required I get a telephone extension.
The new NRAP abrogates telephonic extensions on briefs.
This is one of 5 examples that I have in the past month alone. They required a certificate of compliance on a motion. There is no rule for this under NRAP 27.
How am I supposed to navigate this when I’m supposed to follow rules that don’t exist?!
Trial and error. The NSC clerks, much like bird law, aren’t governed by logic and reason. Whatever you do wrong, they’ll always issue an order giving you a cure period in my experience.
you can still get a telephonic extension though? See NRAP 26(b)(1)(B) (“Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, a party may, on or before the due date sought to be extended, request by telephone a single 14-day extension of time for performing any act except the filing of a notice of appeal.”)
Key words in that citation “on or before the due date”.
The language in the new rules that says no telephonic extensions on briefs is the “except otherwise provided” part that makes NRAP 26 not apply.
Can I suggest one area that there might be a disconnect? New NRAPs adopted last August which do not show up on the leg.state.nv website. Make sure you are using the updated NRAPs.
Im using those new NRAP rules
Is this an appeal or writ proceeding?
Appeal