The Frankish Reich

First they came for the gold fixtures, and I didn't complain because I have no gold fixtures ...

Core inflation is 2.7% YOY. That's way lower than pretty much any period in modern history other than the post-great recession period.

For a self-admitted prude, Ol' Tarheel seems pretty obsessed with pr0n.

You didn't catch the best bit, something something about you say it's sunny and it's raining ... (and then they prosecute you for perjury I guess) Hey, nobody gonna make you lie except yourself! What are you, Mike Flynn?

Hey, they got Al Capone on tax charges. Trump takes no questions. Rambles for nearly an hour. Dementia Don?

You will see exactly how nutso some people - even people who function as more or less reasonable commenters on the football side - really are.

Exactly. And I'm a realist. If he had just slinked back to Mar-a-Lago and continued selling condos to sheiks I don't think he would've been prosecuted. But no, like Napoleon he just had to come back for more. Shakespeare knew how these things end.

How often do high-priced big law partners like Todd Blanche leave their law firms to represent one criminal client?

Toned down the Orange Glo this morning. Starts off with immigration. Greatest Hits!

My quick take: Look it up. I never liked the idea of this prosecution. I thought it was ill-advised for various reasons, although I conceded that the legal theory was tighter than I imagined when the indictment was first issued. But the process was small-f fair, in that it was the process any criminal defendant gets. If you don't like that a prospective jury pool is liberal in NYC, well, then change your HQ to Palm Beach. Capital F "Fair" in a global sense? Well, sure. Argue about that all you want. In my experience I have never seen anyone prosecuted on gun possession charges for failing to disclose a drug addiction. Hunter Biden is being prosecuted for that. Sometimes who you are matters in a decision whether or not to prosecute.

I think you mean 1984. And no, I don't think Biden is worried about losing California and New York.

Don't be put off by the insults and attempts to slam the door in your face. This can be a fun and interesting place for an exchange of ideas, snark, etc. It shouldn't be an echo chamber or a place for crazy conspiracy theories to multiply. Welcome!

THIS is what the word "insult" means. @B-Man, do not be afraid of newcomers disturbing your little echosphere. There's a whole world out there to discover.

What insults? We have plenty of insult comics here. Why pick on someone who isn't?

Damn! I better cancel my meeting with that hooker and tell my accountant to recharacterize all those Tahoe travel receipts to "business expenses." So damn hard to stay on the right side of the law these days.

Quick! Change the subject!! Loser Trump is winning somewhere else!!!

Fun! Never knew Pizzagate Jack was out there looking for male and/or female hookups. Now I do. https://www.fastcompany.com/40521433/bumble-bans-alt-right-darling-jack-pobosiec-in-a-very-public-way

Hedge fund managers gonna hedge (in case Trump gets elected) So much for that Trump is the Anti-Davos candidate. Damn fools get duped again.

Another billionaire who thinks he is above the law. https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-tesla-money-drugs-board-61af9ac4

Markets open up.

Thank you for the kind introduction, Jesse ....

Yes. At least he doesn't change his screen name every 6 months

Mike Davis's phone is blowing up! Like anyone other than his fellow travelers would be contacting him.

I would guess his sentence (which almost certainly will be stayed pending appeal) will be something like his former toady Cohen got. That's probably about right.

What, now doing porn or having sex with a porn actress is creepy? I thought that was just what powerful men do!