It just wouldn't be acceptable for me to make my neighbors look bad, like, and hire po white folk. Or pay a living wage. . . . .My neighbors would all blacklist me. . . .
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It just wouldn't be acceptable for me to make my neighbors look bad, like, and hire po white folk. Or pay a living wage. . . . .My neighbors would all blacklist me. . . .
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You never know. Like the lie we all say at the start of salary negotiations: it is about the opportunity not the money.
You never know. Like the lie we all say at the start of salary negotiations: it is about the opportunity not the money.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to LogGrad98 again.
or the worse lie, it's about the comraderie, not the rep?
You never know. Like the lie we all say at the start of salary negotiations: it is about the opportunity not the money.
So, srs. How are you feeling about your job over there?
Do you ever look over your shoulder and long for the Truckee River sinks again?
I stayed overnight in Fallon a few days ago. Nice farm area. I think I've been over Donner about six times since I saw you.
Long term weather prognostications?
A couple of tropical storm remnants have moved onshore in SoCal this summer, but no actual hurricane yet. Right now "Guillermo" shear moisture is streaming from near Hawaii on to California and to my ranch. Well, and beyond.
The high Sierras are green again with very adequate rainfall over the past few months, but the foothills still look dismally dry, and folks are still on water rationing all over California. Not that those regulations will ever be relaxed, actually. Near Sacramento, a customer was telling me about people who own their homes being "evicted" for water use violations. . . . .
A couple of tropical storm remnants have moved onshore in SoCal this summer, but no actual hurricane yet. Right now "Guillermo" shear moisture is streaming from near Hawaii on to California and to my ranch. Well, and beyond.
The high Sierras are green again with very adequate rainfall over the past few months, but the foothills still look dismally dry, and folks are still on water rationing all over California. Not that those regulations will ever be relaxed, actually. Near Sacramento, a customer was telling me about people who own their homes being "evicted" for water use violations. . . . .
Top forecasters have raised the El Nino warning flag, saying this is the third strongest El Nino event in sixty years. SoCal is supposed to get way above average moisture this winter, while NorCal may still come out drier than average. But lots of tropical storm activity in the East Pacific. Guillermo has been weakening, but another is forming and expected to track out to Hawaii on the same path over the next six days.
El Nino weather patterns are characterized by persistent low-latitude low pressure centers of the southern California coast. Satellite imagery has been showing this to be the case, even now. Usually, the pattern develops in September and starts producing storms that proceed across the southwest, rather than the usual Pacific storms that drop down over Wasington and Oregon, and proceed across the northern tier of states predominantly.
The early advent of this pattern is preventing the East Pacific hurricanes from moving northward, directing them instead to move towards Hawaii. New Mexico is having significant monsoon rains.
A weak Pacific low off the central California coast is dropping southward, producing rain in the Sierras and will bring some rain inland over the next few days. Another upper atmosphere low is off the tip of Baja California, directing subtropical moisture towards New Mexico.
A weak Pacific low off the central California coast is dropping southward, producing rain in the Sierras and will bring some rain inland over the next few days. Another upper atmosphere low is off the tip of Baja California, directing subtropical moisture towards New Mexico.
So, no "deep freeze" for me this winter, maybe some deep snowfall but it'll melt because no inversion, and lots of rain, about 170% of normal, or almost 12" compared to 7", and a mountain stream runoff lasting to September. More grass than the cows will be able to eat.
More work than I can do.
More work than I can do.
America: The Prison People
I've been to the jail a couple of times lately, on account of someone I know being in there. Trial date coming up pretty fast. The defense attorney recently went on a campaign to pressure him into a plea "bargain" wherein 32 of 34 counts would be dropped in exchange for a guilty plea on two.
I was asked by relatives whether I would join in advising him to take the "deal". I said "no".
I've been to the jail a couple of times lately, on account of someone I know being in there. Trial date coming up pretty fast. The defense attorney recently went on a campaign to pressure him into a plea "bargain" wherein 32 of 34 counts would be dropped in exchange for a guilty plea on two.
I was asked by relatives whether I would join in advising him to take the "deal". I said "no".
Doing the plea deal might get him off and out of jail in a couple of years, sure. But it would still leave him, the rest of his life, impaired as a citizen with significant damage. If he loses and gets slammed with a long sentence, there is a significant possibility of getting the verdict overturned on appeal. Time is in his favor, and there are huge consequences if he pleas it out. It is literally a life or death decision, really, for more than one person.
I can't make that kind of a choice for him. I will respect him though, if he doesn't do it, because imo he will be putting the welfare of others ahead of himself.
I can't make that kind of a choice for him. I will respect him though, if he doesn't do it, because imo he will be putting the welfare of others ahead of himself.
We may gamble here in this life over a few years plus or minus, and think no harm, but whatever happens in this world is really "short-term". The long run involves spans longer than our lives. Maybe belief in more than this world. You get one chance to stand for something that is right. If he does the plea, there will be others who are victimized as he has been. I think it is vital to make this a real fight for justice. Maybe he will lose, but I think doing the fight will either end cycle and result in no further victims, or pave the way for a prosecution on the accusers. Yep, perjury. . . . and a pretty good list beyond that. If the real perps cruise to an easy "victory", there will be others whose lives will be ruined, for sure.
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Public defender is a thankless job really, and a tough go for an attorney. But as such it often can lead to less than optimal representation, to put it very very lightly. For a public defender it is often about workload, which tends to be very heavy. So if they can get a plea arrangement that nets a slightly tougher sentence (or maybe not, could be the guy really did weigh the alternatives and feels this is his clients best shot at minimal punishment) but ends the case more quickly means one more thing not overloading the PD's plate.
It is a little bit like real estate agents. The last thing they have in mind is what is best for the client. What is important to them is closing the deal. Yeah they can help you keep looking for a better house at a lower price and thereby increase their workload and decrease their commission, or the other side they can help you hold out for that extra $10,000 on the sales price no one wants to pay, and in the end for them it means a lot more time and not really any change in money worth mentioning. So what would you do? You would do what they do and stress how much they liked the big kitchen or that in this economy that is the best price they are going to get and push them to sign on the bottom line so you can move on to the next one and stop wasting your time on this deal.
I think I babed that up nicely. Your welcome!
I guess it depends whether he did the crime for the 2 counts or not... if he did then what's wrong with going ahead and admitting that?
If he didn't then hopefully the the jury can see that and acquit him - so in that case it would be worth taking the risk.
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The goal of everyone on the wrong side of the legal system is to get off scott free. For some that is reasonable, as they are innocent. For the majority however, it is ridiculous, yet they still hold out hope they will never be made to be accountable for their actions. What if the guy is guilty of all 34 counts, shouldn't he just own up to them too?
That is the real, and ultimately elusive, American Dream: freedom from accountability and consequences on any level, at any cost.
You do the crime, you do the time, it's that's simple. It's good for the society, and it's also good for the wrongdoer as it will give them time to reflect and contemplate on what they have done, and hopefully they won't repeat it ever again.
Win/Win.