Fogbow

My next cow story also involves cave exploration, but no bull. At a different cave - a great one where you walked in the side of a mountain and climbed out the top, then you could walk down the mountainside to the cars - we had a group of four of us, and we woke up Sunday morning, and got packed up ...

Yikes.

Only 45 Democrats with any guts at all. I am disappoint.

I think D.A. Bragg's decision not to vigorously cross-examine Costello is a missed opportunity, but I admit it's a judgment call, and they may be trying to get it over with. It sure sounds like Costello's testimony is worthless for the defense in any case. But now we get a whole week off from any ac...

I put a cow story in the Poor ol' Rooster thread.

So one time I was with my buddy John McCord, and my German Shepherd/Doberman mix dog, Eli, and we went to rural West Virginia to camp out and explore a cave - we had a book, Caverns of West Virginia , which described how to find the caves, and we explored a couple dozen caves over the years. . And a...

The mean judge wasn't gonna let him testify without cross-examination. So unfair.

Even with the gift link, the failing NY Times refuses to say who the second witness for the defense was, or what they testified to. However, they did bring us the all-important news about all the stupidity that the yammering monkeys outside court had to say.

Yeah, he or she is a venomous copperhead snek, and quite a large one.

No one has ever died from being bitten by a copperhead in the state of North Carolina. You will be very sick, and you will need to go to the hospital, but you will not die from the venom. The water moccasins are a different story.

I used to go caving (we didn't say spelunking) in rural West Virginia. Like, I spent a lot of weekends there, and I have a couple good stories about encounters with cowmobiles. In neither of which, so y'know, was I injured or even in physical contact. I get along very well with our bovine brethren a...

It's generally pretty easy to get a witness like this really angry during cross-examination. 'Course, people who lose their temper start making mistakes. And there are all kinds of physical things happening in your body when you really get angry - muscles tense, blood flows change, and anger is quit...

Yeah.

He knew he wasn't really supposed to hit a girl.

Hay, it's the stupid thread.

I suspect that cross-examination of Costello is gonna be brutal. What's the over/under on the number of times Merchan has to clear the courtroom to yell at the assholes? Mr. Costello, you're an attorney, correct? So you have some minimal idea of how to behave in court, in front of a judge, is that c...

I'm very jealous of this jury, which has been highly entertained with a huge stinky mess all over the place. However, I do wonder if Donald is fully aware that the jury will decide his future. He may be delusional enough that he will try to fire some of the jurors, Celebrity Apprentice -style. He pr...

I was waiting for that.

I really think Costello might find himself charged with criminal contempt of court. He may be dead center at the / in the FA/FO meme.

I'm sure the judge will instruct the jury not to speculate about why the courtroom was being cleared. Why would they need to speculate? Upthread, the story is that Merchan said, "Are you trying to stare me down? CLEAR THE COURTROOM! " That sounds like nobody really needs to speculate. Cos...

Ol' Wifehorn is reporting that Merchan cleared the courtroom three times trying to get control of Costello. That's gonna leave a mark.

Fifteen minutes ago on the North Raleigh Greenway.

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He's a healthy feller.

No, no, if he could have seen it he would have absolutely loved it. Great service, at least 20 of us got up in the front of the church and sang the Navy Hymn for him, it was magical. And then we had a fun reception with everyone from fellow residents of the community on rolleters to little great-gra...

Well, there was no shooting or any knifings, so it was an unqualified social success. And it's officially over, so we're going to dinner in a while. Mañana we leave for home early in the morning.

Well, I wasn't gonna make and distribute any of TRL's letters anyway.

Foggy ... may sell the letter or give it away ... :snippity: You own the copyright. Salinger v. Random House, Inc. (2d Cir. 1987). That's seemingly self-contradictory. If'n she owns the copyright, I don't think I should be able to sell the letter. What if the letter from TRL is full of legal advice...