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I was growing tired of playing the Mega Millions. No longer has to be me.


Yup, now I can shut down my cross-border importation and currency transfer business and stop warring with the cartels, too. Happy days!
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Budgetary constraints lol

That's rich.

"We would totally go after this case, we just don't want to spend the money!"

Yeah, okay.


If you say so. I've had civil racketeering cases where the Feds refused to get involved because the amount didn't involve enough millions. And those are clear RICO cases where the firm I worked for at the time had already done all of the investigation. There are only about 6,000 AUSAs in the whole country. They simply aren't going to devote them, or the funds, to perjury cases, when those aren't big money or big headline matters.
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Makes you wonder why the Trump DOJ hasn't done it either.... doesn't it?


Perjury cases are notoriously difficult to get convictions in, though it can be done. However, when you add in the courts' general reluctance to get involved in election cases, it can become even more of an uphill fight. Beyond that, even the DOJ has budgetary and staffing constraints, and they have assigned priorities for types of cases; perjury actions would certainly be very low on that list. Arguably, they often should be higher, but bureaucracies operate under their own "logic".
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That makes the continuing illegality all the more dumb, They’re leaving literal hundreds of millions in tax dollars, taxes that people would gladly pay, on the table every year by keeping it illegal.


Except that people still buy it illegally, because those selling it illegally sell it cheaper (and with possession being legal, why not go with the cheapest provider?). Same with growers - if you're not paying taxes on it, you can operate much more cheaply.

The states that legalized it expected this huge tax boost, but results have been mixed. Hell, California, being California, has even managed to lose money on it.
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It’s borderline ridiculous that we’re even having to state that in 2026, nobody does.


If the state isn't getting their cut on taxes for selling it, they care quite a bit. Sorta like alcohol - if you pay taxes on it, they don't care; but sell it without paying taxes, and suddenly, they take an interest.
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Because you know, VA tech has a strong pitch


And "commitments" are always ironclad.
Playing in Charlotte could make some sense as a recruiting tool. Hasn't Kirby pulled a fair number of recruits from NC?
Not sure why they would use that picture to announce his commitment. Both Kirby and Temorris look like they're seeing someone get murdered right behind the photographer.
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Between them, who can beat Bottoms?


Adrian Peterson, although he'd have to be a write-in.

re: This Good

Posted by FaCubeItches on 5/11/26 at 12:21 pm to
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Feels like the Australian break dance girl doing cobra and kangaroo moves


Pump your brakes, kid. That woman is a national treasure!
- My Australian relatives (and they can almost say it with a straight face)

re: Hantavirus Thread

Posted by FaCubeItches on 5/7/26 at 1:46 pm to

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How many people are coming in contact with infected rat urine and feces to where this is a legitimate concern?


For most folks in the US, not that often; for the poor, especially south of the border, the risk can be significant.

It got Gene Hackman's wife, though, if memory serves.

re: Ted Turner has Died

Posted by FaCubeItches on 5/6/26 at 5:37 pm to
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Ted Turner used to have wet t-shirt contests on college night at Braves games.


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He's 210 and also ran a 4.48 in the 40, put up a 41 inch vertical, bench pressed 405, can squat 600+ and a 385 power clean. And he was....unranked. Huh?


Seems like his extremely advanced age would be a concern.
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Those Euro women sprinters are hot. Too bad I could never catch any of them.


Just spike their water - slows 'em right down.
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I mean just in general...should making the tournament be viewed as a successful season moving forward?


As a baseline, that's a good starting point. If/when we start making it consistently, the next step is making a deep run.

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Of note Dawgs, when called out in GA our constitutional lawyer moves to Cali.


I've been in California for slightly longer than this thread's been around, but hey....I'm sure you know best.
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How can we be talking about the 1st and “government regulation of speech” in the same sentence?


Funny, the First Amendment talks about those very things in its first and only sentence:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

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You’re not that dude in GA and you know it.


Your reading comprehension skills are truly remarkable. You, alone among all life in the universe, were the first to discern that "CA" is not "GA". Please alert all necessary geographers and cartologists.
What about Jerry Indoorplumbing? As long as we still have him, I'm ok with it.
Supposedly, the code word "Mike Price" will get a new client a 15% discount on an around-the-world.

Supposedly.
Yeah, I've only been doing state and federal appeals for over 25 years, including First Amendment issues. But by all means, enlighten me as to how the First Amendment really works.