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Perhaps they have. I was not commenting on this trial specifically, I was commenting on your patently wrong assertion ,in general, that the prosecution does not have to present its case before the trial begins. They do. They have to present a theory of the case before trial. They have to present a list of witnesses before trial and often a summation as to what each will speak of, generally. they have to produce all physical evidence in their possession whether they intend to introduce it or not. Our system does not countenance trial by ambush by prosecutors.

It is embarrassing to have a President who can spout such outrageous lies and expect we will believe him. It is more embarrassing to have his spokesperson try to double down on the idiocy as something noble. That both believe they can sell such lies shows they are dangerously out of touch with reality. The world is laughing at us. Time for another Delaware get away where Biden can wrestle a folding chair on the beach, an incident he will remember as appearing at Wrestlemania and him defeating the Rock. I look forward to hearing all about it Monday as he calls some reporter Jack, says the event was "for real", and then whispers part of the lie a second time before seeing folks who aren't there and reacting to them. Years from now we are going to learn the truth as to the conspiracy by Biden's handler's to prevent we, the American people from understanding the extent of his impairment. We will learn that unelected partisans conspired to keep the public from understanding that the 25th Amendment should have come into play. We will understand the extent of this treason. We have a man of subaverage intelligence who has always been a congenital liar and plagarizer who now has dementia and he is starting to believe his own lies, his alternative reality. He should be under a conservatorship or a guardainship. He should be prevented from driving, owning a firearm, and from signing contracts. He most definately should not be President. The above is not an endorsement of Trump who I find unfit for Office as well. We as a nation are doomed. We have already been overthrown, we simply have not come generally to recognize this. We will soon. Hopefully the Chinese will be benevolent as they harvest our wealth.

They don't have to present their case, they do, however, have to allege the charges with sufficient specificity such that the defendant can prepare a defense. The prosecution does not get to say, Mr. George you are charged with 12 felony counts of a disgusting and immoral nature, how do you plead?

I find it hard to believe that then judge did not sequester the jury panel. In the information age, in the middle of a media capital, I see no way the panel will not recieve outside informaiton about the trial and will not be subject to pressures from family, and friends. Almost no one is nuetral on this matter and I see no way folks won't share their strong opinions with thee jurors.

He is announcing his presence with authority, like Nuke Laloosh.

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Double engine plane, not single engine Passenger, not pilot Engine failure not shot down Ocean not over land where there may have been cannibals most of whom did not eat strangers, they consumed their relatives upon death as part of religious observances. Interestingly there is some speculation that a Rockefeller was eaten by cannibals. Of course that is all it is, wild speculation.

Maybe a dingo ate his Unkie.

My theory is he was up watching T.V. last night. He saw the Gilligan's Island episode with the Kupakai headhunters and then a documentary on Amelia Earhart and what with the drugs his staff puts in his tapioca right before bedtime he had some wild dreams conflating the two programs and thought they were true family history. He thought about planes being lost in the south pacific and about headhunters, and well, the old gentlman got confused. This will be pretty easy to confirm, we just need a reporter to ask a follow up question as to whether Ginger, MaryAnn, or the Professor were able to escape the cannibals. if he says yes we know it is just a dream he confused for reality.

Nah, he's old and not well marbled. He would be a very unsatisfying entree.

Meanwhile there has been a resurgence in interest in the Fine Young Cannibal's music.

Ocean going cannibals are the most dangerous, and the hungriest of all the cannibals. It is known.

I had an uncle whose will to live was consumed by his shrew of a wife, but that's as close as I get. I guess maybe I am the outlier that proves the matter.

Hot sauce, vaginal fungicide, those two things are easy to get confused.

She should be lauded for her honesty.

He probably founded Bose speakers. We will found out in the next addition of The World According to Biden.

Fascinating.

Been to Hooters maybe three or four times, I don't really remember the precise number of times. Always for lunch. Never been to a Twin Peaks or Tilted Kilt or the others. I enjoy attractive waitresses when I go elsewhere, so I understand the concept of trying to guarantee that experience.

I have tried over 150 jury trials in my career. There is nothing preliminary about jury selection and voir dire. Every jury trial I had was won at that stage. A good attorney establishes relationships with the jurors at that stage and part of that relationship, part of the credibility established, depends upon the conduct of persons sitting at counsel's table whether prosecution witnessess or the defendant, not to mention co-counsel and staff's behavior. This trial has not only started, it may be at its most interesting and decisive phase.

I think some judges believe it distracts others in the courtroom from where their attention ought to be focused, on the rulings from the judge and the presentation of evidence from the witness box. Myself, I don't ascribe to that line of thinking as defendants or respondents have a million little facial expressions and body postures jurors are studying anyhow. Use of phones is just one more "tick" to consider as to how involved a defendant may be in the trial or hearing.

They could make him surrender it to the bailiff upon entering the courtroom. i remember when cell phones became ubiquitous. Attorneys would have them on thier persons and either forget to turn them off upon entering courtrooms or deliberately leave them on thinking it was somehow a sign of status to have one and to have it go off in court. I knew several judges who would confiscate cell phones if they went off in thier courts and who would not return them.

I bet I check mine less than 10 times a day. I often leave it sitting for hours on end as I do other things. I often do not have it with me.

He's the Jets problem now!

I hate to see a trial not even at the evidentiary phase and already it has substantial appealable issues built in. Now typically appelate courts give great deference to trial courts on issues such as change of venue and recusal of the trier of fact, but here the issues are more glaring than usual so I cannot be certain the trial is not already tainted meaning why even go through the excercise. When one couples those potential issues with the novelty of the charges and with the potential of allowing rather far ranging impeachment evidence this whole matter becomes subject to question, and criminal trials should resolve questions, not raise them. Long after this trial stops generating politcal discussion it will continue to generate legal discussion. This trial is unique, it is a one off, and as such it will be studied by scholars as it inevitably will be used down the road as precedent.

You obviously forget the charisma, the magnetism of Dukakis. The Dukakis flags. The "Dukakis" haircut men, women, and babies were sporting. The trend where everybody was getting their picture taken in a tank wearing a helmet.