Reuters: Trump family loses bid to move marketing scam lawsuit to arbitration
NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan rejected an effort by U.S. President Donald Trump and his adult children to send a lawsuit accusing them of exploiting their family name to promote a marketing scam into arbitration.
Spring is here.
In the woods behind the house, the buds are on the trees.
Soon—
so soon—
I will not be able to see my neighbors.
That has a bittersweet quality to it, this year. Maybe you do want to see your neighbors, any signs of human life, right now.
We too gauge the seasons by watching a nearby house disappear and reappear every year as the foliage ebbs and flows.
House Gone = Spring:
I’ve been living here just short of a year and I haven’t even met any of my neighbors yet. That’s on me, mostly; I didn’t introduce myself when we moved in and after a few months it seemed impossible to start knocking on doors. When we got sick a couple weeks ago, not knowing the neighbors suddenly seemed like a much bigger liability.
That said, as in physics where every action has an equal and opposite reaction, I am sure the neighbors are equally excited that they will not be able to see me.
Herbie Hancock is 80 today!
Ah, I was wondering if this had to do with ACN…
The video for Rockit used to terrify me when I was young.
WaPo: Kansas court strikes down GOP measure allowing in-person Easter church services, lets coronavirus restrictions stand
LAWRENCE, Kan. —The Kansas Supreme Court on Saturday struck down a Republican-led effort to allow the continuation of in-person church services across the state despite the governor’s ban on such gatherings to prevent the spread of coronavirus — what has been called the “War over Easter” here — as the virus-related death toll continued to rise.
Not just an early example of the ‘uncanny valley’… but the only one ever involving legs!
It still creeps me out.
Great song, though.
So a big reason WI Republicans pushed so murderously for elections there was to get a conservative on the state supreme court. Turns out, a Democrat won the seat, which bodes well for the presidential election.
USA Today: President Donald Trump’s claim that he has total authority over governors to “reopen” states drew pushback Monday, including from some fellow conservatives.
