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The only problem I have is that the parade grounds are or were trashed and left that way by the Greeks. Haven't been over there in a few years so they may have started cleaning it up before they go to the game. They for sure needed a few more trash cans. The high schoolers all drink on the steps of the union and not one of them pick up their beer cans and solo cups. They just walk around on top of the trash. But none of it seems violent or unsafe other than underage drinking.

I know you have a lot on your plate. i know your focus is on your kids and yourself. and it should be.

don't discount the amount of influence you may have in helping her survive. You can't make anyone become sober or clean, but you can have a solid repeat verbal message. "Don't do this to your kids. Your kids love you. You have a whole life to be a mom still." I don't think you should do an intervention or make you believe you can have any persuasion. One day - come what may - you'll know you did everything you could to give her a reason to not waste her life. Your kids and you will know it and you won't regret it. Just say what you need to say to encourage a better life.

It's worked for a loved one of mine and it hasn't worked for a loved one of mine.

she was framed

OJO was never hit by a vehicle

I can't believe I just read this whole thread. I think you'd be doing her a favor by asking if you can be frank with her. Then ask her a question if she's explored medical or dental issues that could be causing her bad breath issue. Just say you don't mean to insult her but hope that she is seeing if it's something that is easily curable.

what if the wife makes more money?

One thing we figured out is that even if inflationary impacts recede, prices will never go down. Dealers got used to higher priced vehicles and we just won't see those lower prices ever again. Don't think that auto prices will go down if you just wait. They probably won't.

she's definitely a narcissist. you can tell that in the documentary. she has a lack of empathy and is focused on herself. A psychologist pointed out that her saying, "i hit him, I hit him" is evidence that she is a narcissist. The text messages read today clearly reveal she thinks mostly of herself. It's damaging that she cites the kids he adopted (his sister and brother in law both died within a year of each other) as the reason for a chasm in their relationship She's not an endearing defendant, but that doesn't make her a killer. It'll be interesting this time around if the defense admits that she may be a scorned, jealous, insecure person but there's no evidence of a collision.

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For the defense? Way more. Karen Read has worked out some sort of deal with her defense team, so they aren't currently charging her. If they were billing her standard hourly rates, she'd be in the hole millions of dollars. But they still have to pay for witnesses, etc. For example, the defense had a $24k bill just for the two ARCCA witnesses in the 1st trial. She's using donations to cover those expenses.

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Do you think that's why she did the documentary...to be able to afford all the expenses of her defense?

why doesn't anyone mention the fact that spouses that have never worked are entitled to 50% of their spouse's earned social security? So people who have just single incomes in a joint household wind up getting 150% of earned benefits? Is that just not a material amount to begin cutting first, rather than going straight for higher taxes and raising the full retirement age? And this windfall provision just made a bad situation worse. People who were precluded from receiving benefits because they get state or federal or teacher's pensions now can get social security too...especially the 50% of their spousal security benefit mentioned above that we were previously denied.

I rewrote the reasonable doubt list I began a page back. Mainly it's a bunch of errors of investigation and conflicts of interest. Should be enough.

the prosecution evidence proving she did it:

there was one JOK hair on the taillight

tailight pieces are in the yard

taillight pieces embedded in JOK's shirt

Jen McCabe and paramedic recall her saying "I hit him" over and over when they found his body the next morning