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Record 2668. #LarryAndTommy #JoeHouston #HereComeTheJudge Kicks off with Larry & Tommy's funk take on Pigmeat Markham's comedy proto-rap "Here Comes The Judge" also released in 1968. From there it's Joe Houston's big sax blasting 50's style R&B jazz. #funk #soul #rhythmandblues #protorap #pigmeatmarkham #vinyl #records #nowspinning #vinyljunkies #recordcollection #vinyligclub #rocknroll https://www.instagram.com/p/CizC8m6ra7Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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At William's Energy they take their chili making skills seriously. Judging the annual cookoff with the firemen of Station 20 and owner of Mini Mixer Bakery, Chloe Marshall. There was chili with and without beans, white chili--who knew, venison chili and one that was too hot to handle. Great fun with a lot of cracker eating and water drinking. #chili #chilicookoff #chiliwithbeans #venisonchili #venison @minimixerbakery #fireman #firestation #station20 #hotterthanhell #toohot #toohottohandle🔥 #thisisyourbestyear #judge #herecomethejudge #blackgirlswhoblog #williamsenergy #whitchili #firemen https://www.instagram.com/p/B9LEJ_WjDXB/?igshid=bc4mhioi8ojj

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“Viral” is a synonym for “sick,” after all. 

Not that Dasani is going to sign her up. 

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ALL RISE!!! @thejudge44 puts the Good Guys up 7-4! #HereComeTheJudge #CourtsinSession #GoYankees #Chase428 🙏🏽😆⚾️🗽🏟⚡️🔥💥☄️⚖️👎🏽🏆 (at Meredith Manor Hiram Clarke Texas)

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The failure to pay taxes is only part of it

So, there’s this:

Stephanie D. Harvell, 28, in January 2016 won $500,000 on a $5 “Hot Ticket” scratch-off ticket from the Michigan Lottery. A few months later, husband Mitchell T. Arnswald on May 6, 2016, bought a house on Lauria Road in Bangor Township for $80,000, records show.

Arnswald, 29, owes delinquent property taxes for 2016, 2017, and 2018 totaling $4,863.50, according to the Bay County Treasurer’s Office. Arnswald on March 21, 2019, filed a hardship agreement with the county, agreeing to make monthly payments of $60.

He did not make a single payment, records indicate.

If the delinquent taxes aren’t paid by March 31, 2020, the county could foreclose on the property.

So they won the lottery, bought a house, and are about to lose the house.

But they have bigger problems. They’re accused in a string of burglaries. 

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2019/09/couple-who-won-500000-lottery-now-facing-burglary-charges-owe-thousands-in-back-property-taxes.html

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Your reminder that the First Amendment prohibits GOVERNMENTS from restricting speech. It doesn’t restrict PRIVATE ENTITIES from restricting speech.

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If psychosis is performance art, is it time for Jones to run for President? (But as an Independent, of course.)

USA TODAY: Infowars host Alex Jones blames 'psychosis' for his Sandy Hook conspiracy claims.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/30/infowars-host-alex-jones-blames-psychosis-sandy-hook-claims/3318972002/

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Hercules Capital Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) saw its shares trade down sharply on Tuesday, but it’s not based on earnings or any other traditional metrics that you might have expected. Tuesday’s drop is being tied to news that the company’s chief executive officer was included on a list of parents in an FBI complaint related to the college admissions scandal that has been all over the news on Tuesday....

According to Wedbush’s Henry Coffee:

We have no idea how this will play out and to what extent this will or will not impact the company’s long-term growth rate. While we do not want to underestimate the importance of Mr. Henriquez to the company, it is important to point out that the indictment is a personal matter and does not in anyway involve HTGC itself.

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Meanwhile, another judge takes on...winter. 

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ANTI-TRUMPSTERS: We need to protect the independence of the judiciary!

NEWS: Paul Manafort only got 47 months in prison.

ANTI-TRUMPSTERS: We need to review judicial performance!

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Rather wonky from my perspective, but interesting. 

The majority opinion, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh, held that the Excessive Fines Clause is "incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."

Writing separately, Justice Clarence Thomas explained that while he agreed that the ban on excessive fines should be applied against the states, he "cannot agree," as a matter of originalism, "with the route the Court takes to reach this conclusion. Instead of reading the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause to encompass a substantive right that has nothing to do with 'process," Thomas wrote, "I would hold that the right to be free from excessive fines is one of the 'privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States' protected by the Fourteenth Amendment."...

Thomas and Gorsuch are both self-avowed originalists, so it is fitting that they would either explain (Thomas) or at least acknowledge (Gorsuch) their heterodox views in a major constitutional case such as Timbs. For an originalist judge, it is often an uphill battle, and one of the best ways to gain ground in the war of ideas is by writing a persuasive opinion, typically penned in concurrence or dissent. How else are you going to change minds and set the foundation for winning future cases?

Which brings us back to Brett Kavanaugh. Where, you may be wondering, was the Court's newest self-described originalist in last week's Timbs legal wrangling? Did Kavanaugh also explain where he stands on the crucial debate over the original meaning of the 14th Amendment? Did he say whether or not he agrees with Thomas? Did he perhaps lay out a different originalist take of his own? Alas, Kavanaugh did none of those things. He did not bother to weigh in at all.

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I hope that wasn’t written by a lawyer

I’m signing up for a new service, and the service wanted me to certify that I had actually read the terms of service.

So I did.

And I’m wondering why.

(In all fairness, the service is not based in an English-speaking country)

[REDACTED] service may happen to system break downs or be temporarily out of work, and may bring you some inconvenience, data loss, errors, data altering or other economical losses. When using [REDACTED] service, you should take steps to minimize such damages.

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You only get one shot - OK, you get two.

Take a few seconds to watch this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=470bdH73TUY

Spoken word over a driving guitar beat with a bit of piano noodling.

Sound familiar?

Eminem’s lawyers thought it did.

https://torrentfreak.com/national-party-wins-copyright-damages-appeal-over-eminem-track-181218/

In 2014 Eminem’s publisher took the National Party to court over alleged copyright infringement of the rapper’s track “Lose Yourself” in an election campaign video....

The initial court proceedings made it clear that the National Party didn’t simply use the song without paying for it. It actually sought professional advice before starting the campaign and licensed a track called Eminem Esque, which they then used in the campaign ad.

The party hoped to avoid more expensive licensing fees by using the knock-off song, but the court previously ruled that the similarities between Lose Yourself and Eminem Esque are so significant that it breached copyright.

So the National Party initially lost the case and was ordered to pay $600,000 (presumably New Zealand dollars, whatever they’re worth). Both sides were unhappy, though, so the case went back to court again. 

“On the evidence, the proposition the National Party turned a blind eye to the risk of copyright infringement or saw a risk and embarked on a reckless course of conduct with respect to that risk was not sustainable,” the decision reads.

However, at the same time, the Court of Appeal agrees that the original damages amount was too high. It, therefore, reduces the damages amount from $600,000 to $225,000.

There is no question that the music breaches Eminem’s copyright, but the baseline figure that was initially used should have been lower. The track would only be used for 11 days and targeted a limited audience.

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The United States contends that St. Jude used three post-market studies and a device registry as vehicles to pay participating physicians kickbacks to induce them to implant St. Jude pacemakers and defibrillators. Although St. Jude collected data and information from participating physicians, it is alleged that the company knowingly and intentionally used the studies and registry as a means of increasing its device sales by paying certain physicians to select St. Jude pacemakers and I mplantable cardioverter defibrillator for their patients. In each case, St. Jude paid each participating physician a fee that ranged up to $2,000 per patient. The United States alleges that St. Jude solicited physicians for the studies in order to retain their business and/or convert their business from a competitor’s product.

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If his urine caught fire, I would be really suspicious.