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General Discussion / Can you pass the Bar Exam? Let's study together. Question 2:

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 03:31:13 PM »

Question 2:

A man sued a railroad for personal injuries suffered when his car was struck by a train at an unguarded crossing. A major issue is whether the train sounded its whistle before arriving at the crossing. The railroad has offered the testimony of a resident who has lived near the crossing for 15 years. Although she was not present on the occasion in question, she will testify that, whenever she is home, the train always sounds its whistle before arriving at the crossing.

Is the resident’s testimony admissible?

(A) No, due to the resident’s lack of personal knowledge regarding the incident in question.

(B) No, because habit evidence is limited to the conduct of persons, not businesses.

(C) Yes, as evidence of a routine practice.

(D) Yes, as a summary of her present sense impressions.

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General Relationship / Look at this JJ!!!

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 03:27:58 PM »

This is what the video clip reminded me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Zp75xe6tE

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General Discussion / Can you pass the Bar Exam? Let's study together. Question 1:

« Last post by Believe_N_Me on Today at 03:18:14 PM »

Question 1:
 
A father lived with his son, who was an alcoholic. When drunk, the son often became violent and physically abused his father. As a result, the father always lived in fear. One night, the father heard his son on the front stoop making loud obscene remarks. The father was certain that his son was drunk and was terrified that he would be physically beaten again. In his fear, he bolted the front door and took out a revolver. When the son discovered that the door was bolted, he kicked it down. As the son burst through the front door, his father shot him four times in the chest, killing him. In fact, the son was not under the influence of alcohol or any drug and did not intend to harm his father. At trial, the father presented the above facts and asked the judge to instruct the jury on self-defense.

How should the judge instruct the jury with respect to self-defense?

(A) Give the self-defense instruction, because it expresses the defense’s theory of the case.

(B) Give the self-defense instruction, because the evidence is sufficient to raise the defense.

(C) Deny the self-defense instruction, because the father was not in imminent danger from his son.

(D) Deny the self-defense instruction, because the father used excessive force.

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Marriage & Family Life / Good for these women, gotta do what's best for you

« Last post by theking on Today at 02:12:37 PM »

Much better than having kids just to neglect, abuse and even killed them at the end...

Women Confessed Why They'll Never Have Kids, And It's Extremely Enlightening

"Being conscious that my genetics suck, [that's when I realized I didn't want kids]. I also think it's egotistical to have them and pass on your genes and put their lives in danger. The number of people with diseases who can pass them down through MANY generations absolutely scares me.

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General Discussion / Are these Republicans really hypocrites?

« Last post by theking on Today at 02:08:51 PM »

Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes

You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief.

It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back.

The White House tweeted out the forgiven PPP balances of 13 GOP House members critical of student loan relief, under the heading, "This you?"

The PPP helped people remain employed while the government literally shut down much of the economy,. Only an intellectual clown would compare that to what Biden is doing now with student loans.

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., recipient of $616,241 in pandemic relief

That's a really unfair comparison, the argument goes, because the PPP loans were never intended to be paid back. Under the program terms, the loans would be forgiven if the money was used to support the workers of a small business that had been forced to close or curtail operations because of pandemic restrictions.

In other words, it's said, the PPP money was never expected to be repaid. By contrast, student loans were taken out in full expectation that they would be repaid — if not for the handouts being distributed by the White House.

"The PPP helped people remain employed while the government literally shut down much of the economy," Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), tweeted back in 2022, the first time Biden made this purportedly invidious comparison. "Only an intellectual clown would compare that to what Biden is doing now with student loans."

Norman received $616,241 from the PPP, according to the White House.

There's something to be said for the distinction made by the PPP-pocketing student relief critics, but not nearly as much as they claim. More on that in a moment.

This is just another example of how our political press is incapable of telling the forest from the trees, or how it's perennially distracted by a shiny object. (Insert your own pertinent metaphor here.)

In this case, the shiny object is the idea that it's Biden who is the hypocrite for comparing the PPP loans to student debt. This misses the bigger picture of how America's economy is structured to benefit corporations and the wealthy — that is, the patrons of the Republican political establishment — at the expense of average Americans. The pundits who are flaying the White House for making the connection are merely buying a GOP talking point.

Not only right-leaning commentators are committing this error. Not a few progressive-minded writers are complicit. Here, for instance, is Jordan Weissmann of Semaphor, usually a percipient analyst of economics and finance: "The thing about this talking point is that I know everybody in the White House, including the [communications] shop, is smart enough to know how disingenuous it is."

Read more: Column: Bidenomics has been a boon for working-class voters. Why don't they give him credit?

Let's take a closer — and a broader — look.

The comparison between student debt relief and the PPP loans first emerged in 2022, when Biden first announced his plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for households with incomes of up to $125,000. The White House then issued a series of tweets targeting GOP critics of student debt relief whose PPP loans had been forgiven.

The Supreme Court invalidated Biden's original proposal in 2023. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a 6-3 conservative majority that although the law gave the secretary of education the authority to "waive or modify" the terms of student loans, the White House had gone too far.

After that, the administration implemented a new program, the SAVE plan, that limited monthly repayments on student debt for most borrowers to as little as 5% of their income and ended payments for borrowers living near or below the federal poverty standard. After as little as 10 years, the balance on loans originally totaling $12,000 or less will be permanently forgiven.

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General Discussion / Lao was around long before the Asian "colonizer" was on the map

« Last post by theking on Today at 02:06:21 PM »

Lao Gan Ma was in fridges long before Momofuku's chili crunch was in headlines

Asian Americans and avid foodies alike point out that Lao Gan Ma's chili sauce predates newer products by decades — including Momofuku's, which launched in 2018. Chang, who has been open about his own love of Lao Gan Ma, nodded to it in his recent statement.

"You Are A Culinary Colonizer": People Are Calling For A Boycott Of David Chang's Momofuku After The Company Sent Cease-And-Desists To Asian-Owned Businesses

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General Discussion / Should make some Asian folks in L.A. happy

« Last post by theking on Today at 02:01:25 PM »

L.A. cuts tentative deal to provide $15 million to spare Chinatown tenants from steep rent hikes

L.A. cuts tentative deal to provide $15 million to spare Chinatown tenants from steep rent hikes. The Los Angeles City Council will consider a deal to aid tenants living at the Hillside Villa Apartments, foreground, in Chinatown.

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General Discussion / Re: Y'all should have bought Trump's DJT stocks...

« Last post by theking on Today at 01:58:01 PM »

i have a small $1000 stake in crypto
not too crazy

The neutral PH members already called you out so using your mommy's money and posting FAKE "side of the road" photos of her account is NOT yours...

But what does hmgLIAR do when he's caught red-handed for LYING? LIE some more of course..

"SEEING IS TRULY BELIEVING YO"

 

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General Discussion / Re: the GOP is always crashing the stock market... their ecomony plan don't work

« Last post by theking on Today at 01:51:37 PM »

you have short term memory that of a goldfish

Says the loyal closet "goldfish" fan:

per the "legit" "ALL CATTLE" PROOF quotes below:

I like trump

Trump is alot like me

I have to agree with trump...

"SEEING IS TRULY BELIEVING YO"

 

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General Discussion / Re: Uber to pull out of Minneapolis, MN - Good job!

« Last post by hmgROCK on Today at 01:03:52 PM »

Yeah, working to keep liberal voters super poor and dumb.

But don't worry, white liberals are here to save you. Keep voting for them. They'll help you keep your Uber job.

liberal policy in your city has make you rich
has it not???

 

go to the deep south
it will take poor to the next level


see my other thread