The Hall of Fire

I wonder if this helped push through aid for Ukraine. BBC: German spying: Two men held over suspected Russian sabotage plot The two men, described as dual German-Russian nationals, were detained in Bayreuth on suspicion of spying for Russia, prosecutors say. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said auth...

Sunny, John Hurt voiced Aragorn in Bakshi's animated LOTR (and later played the character "Kane" in Aliens, who had a very bad case of indigestion).

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That was fun!

The U.S. House of Representatives has finally passed a new aid package for Ukraine.

This thread started 3 days less than a year ago today.

N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:16 pm But in the end, it does More no good ... .

Or does it do no more good?

Her most recent post here was on March 30, but I've seen posts from her on Facebook just a few days ago.

Apparently, a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse shortly after jury selection ended. It would be premature to say what his motivation was. Reportedly, he was still alive when he was taken away in an ambulance.

Jury is selection is now complete with a fully jury of 12 jurors and 6 alternates. On to the Sandoval hearing (presumably after lunch).

This made me laugh out loud.



Needless to say, writing that the defendant "actually is the devil" is in fact good cause to dismiss a juror.

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Monday and Tuesday will be short days because of Passover. They will go through lunch and end at 2 p.m.

We should be able to finish picking the alternates in the morning and move on to the Sandoval motion, with the trial on track to begin with opening statements on Monday.

We now have a full jury of 12 jurors, and only need 6 alternates. [eta: we are going fast now, already have the first alternate]

Now up to 9, and Trump is OUT OF PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES!!!!!!11

Even though it is only half of the total, the rest should go a little quicker since Trump can only challenge for cause. [ETA: prosecutors still have 2 more peremptory challenges.]

We're back to seven. Seems a long way around to get back to where we started. Hopefully we can pick up a few more before the end of the day (and keep them!). https://twitter.com/TylerMcBrien/status/1781053303494721935 Think Trump is going to freak out when they run of peremptory challenges (which is...

It's interesting how often we home in on the same details.