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		By: Owie		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thought it was Swan Lake, not Goose Lake. Like Katanji Jackson Brown you can’t tell a goose from a swan without an ornithologist.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thought it was Swan Lake, not Goose Lake. Like Katanji Jackson Brown you can’t tell a goose from a swan without an ornithologist.</p>
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		By: Miguel cervantes		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://nypost.com/2024/04/16/us-news/sen-bob-menendez-may-throw-wife-nadine-under-the-bus-in-corruption-trial-court-docs-show/]]></description>
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		By: om		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 04:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Open Thread - Ukraine war on Russia

&lt;b&gt;How Ukraine&#039;s Cheap Drones Hit Targets Deep Inside Russia, Explained - H I Sutton&lt;/b&gt;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SItosg3_mI]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Open Thread &#8211; Ukraine war on Russia</p>
<p><b>How Ukraine&#8217;s Cheap Drones Hit Targets Deep Inside Russia, Explained &#8211; H I Sutton</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SItosg3_mI" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SItosg3_mI</a></p>
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		By: Karmi		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://substack.com/@technofog&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Techno Fog&lt;/a&gt; has a breakdown of the jurors—3 women &#038; 3 men, and gives a brief description of each.

&lt;a href=&quot;https://technofog.substack.com/p/trump-on-trial-the-jurors?r=1gh9xe&#038;utm_campaign=post&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;triedRedirect=true&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trump on Trial: The Jurors&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Jury selection has concluded in The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump. After a long voir dire, six jurors have been selected: three men and three women. 

&lt;b&gt;All in all, this jury isn’t bad&lt;/b&gt;. Manhattan voting demographics put the odds of a Trump voter being on the jury at roughly 1/6. The jurors aren’t overtly political, a couple of them might lean conservative or even be Trump voters. One even described Trump as “fascinating.” 

That’s assuming they’re telling the truth. Jurors in politically-charged cases are notorious for hiding their beliefs for the sole purpose of getting on the jury. As we discussed last week, it happened to Roger Stone - his forewoman was a vocally anti-Trump on social media. She deceived the court about that fact and helped lead the effort to convict Stone. 

It’s probably safe to say that there won’t be an acquittal. Not a guarantee, but those are the unfortunate odds. Trump’s best bet is for a hung jury, for 1 or 2 jurors to resist the pressure to go along with others and vote guilty. Is there a juror, or are there multiple jurors, with the courage to stand alone? We’ll find out.&lt;/blockquote&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://substack.com/@technofog" rel="nofollow ugc">Techno Fog</a> has a breakdown of the jurors—3 women &amp; 3 men, and gives a brief description of each.</p>
<p><a href="https://technofog.substack.com/p/trump-on-trial-the-jurors?r=1gh9xe&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow ugc"><b>Trump on Trial: The Jurors</b></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Jury selection has concluded in The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump. After a long voir dire, six jurors have been selected: three men and three women. </p>
<p><b>All in all, this jury isn’t bad</b>. Manhattan voting demographics put the odds of a Trump voter being on the jury at roughly 1/6. The jurors aren’t overtly political, a couple of them might lean conservative or even be Trump voters. One even described Trump as “fascinating.” </p>
<p>That’s assuming they’re telling the truth. Jurors in politically-charged cases are notorious for hiding their beliefs for the sole purpose of getting on the jury. As we discussed last week, it happened to Roger Stone &#8211; his forewoman was a vocally anti-Trump on social media. She deceived the court about that fact and helped lead the effort to convict Stone. </p>
<p>It’s probably safe to say that there won’t be an acquittal. Not a guarantee, but those are the unfortunate odds. Trump’s best bet is for a hung jury, for 1 or 2 jurors to resist the pressure to go along with others and vote guilty. Is there a juror, or are there multiple jurors, with the courage to stand alone? We’ll find out.</p></blockquote>
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		By: physicsguy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[F,

I looked at several articles, none of which addressed my two main objections. One article did say accuracy would be a problem.  How much energy? That&#039;s easy, just use 1/2 mv^2. m would be the mass of whatever bit of the tungsten rod survives re-entry,  v is the velocity on impact. Another article stated the rod itself could vaporize on impact without much damage to the target.  Not an impressive idea to me, but that won&#039;t stop the government from spending money on it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>F,</p>
<p>I looked at several articles, none of which addressed my two main objections. One article did say accuracy would be a problem.  How much energy? That&#8217;s easy, just use 1/2 mv^2. m would be the mass of whatever bit of the tungsten rod survives re-entry,  v is the velocity on impact. Another article stated the rod itself could vaporize on impact without much damage to the target.  Not an impressive idea to me, but that won&#8217;t stop the government from spending money on it.</p>
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		By: F		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[F]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Physicsguy: 

you can google rods from god and learn information that is more accurate than what I can tell you.  I don&#039;t think the &quot;rod&quot; is guidance free, and I do not know how much energy it would impart to a target.  My understanding is that would arrive with substantial energy -- as in megatons.  But without radioactive fallout and possibily with deniability.  don&#039;t take my word for it, though.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Physicsguy: </p>
<p>you can google rods from god and learn information that is more accurate than what I can tell you.  I don&#8217;t think the &#8220;rod&#8221; is guidance free, and I do not know how much energy it would impart to a target.  My understanding is that would arrive with substantial energy &#8212; as in megatons.  But without radioactive fallout and possibily with deniability.  don&#8217;t take my word for it, though.</p>
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		By: Abraxas		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2024/04/16/open-thread-4-16-24/#comment-2734611</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abraxas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t watched &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; in years.  Sometimes just lately, I tune in for a few minutes at the beginning to see if they do a Biden sketch, but they never do.  The internet is saying that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86qKgK0asGo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Beavis and Butt-Head&lt;/a&gt; sketch and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Washington&#039;s Dream&lt;/a&gt; sketch are funny.  They are.  I laughed.  Classic SNL.  But after 50 years, classic SNL has also gotten tired.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t watched &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; in years.  Sometimes just lately, I tune in for a few minutes at the beginning to see if they do a Biden sketch, but they never do.  The internet is saying that the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86qKgK0asGo" rel="nofollow ugc">Beavis and Butt-Head</a> sketch and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk" rel="nofollow ugc">Washington&#8217;s Dream</a> sketch are funny.  They are.  I laughed.  Classic SNL.  But after 50 years, classic SNL has also gotten tired.</p>
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		By: Miguel cervantes		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oh noes

https://abcnews.go.com/International/idfs-conduct-ethics-scrutiny-soldiers-social-media-posts/story?id=109035616]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh noes</p>
<p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/idfs-conduct-ethics-scrutiny-soldiers-social-media-posts/story?id=109035616" rel="nofollow ugc">https://abcnews.go.com/International/idfs-conduct-ethics-scrutiny-soldiers-social-media-posts/story?id=109035616</a></p>
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		By: Abraxas		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abraxas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I liked the Royal Ballet promotional clip for Swan Lake that you posted last week, but it made me wonder if it was like the sports highlight reels that look really exciting and make the actual games look boring.

The conductor featured in the clip, Gavriel Heine, was the first US citizen to graduate from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.  He may have been of Russian parentage since he started studying there at 17.  He went on to the St. Petersburg Conservatory, but severed offical and professional ties with Russia because of the current war.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I liked the Royal Ballet promotional clip for Swan Lake that you posted last week, but it made me wonder if it was like the sports highlight reels that look really exciting and make the actual games look boring.</p>
<p>The conductor featured in the clip, Gavriel Heine, was the first US citizen to graduate from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.  He may have been of Russian parentage since he started studying there at 17.  He went on to the St. Petersburg Conservatory, but severed offical and professional ties with Russia because of the current war.</p>
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		By: Miguel cervantes		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miguel cervantes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the dark side we have cookies
 sarc


But you see how insidious they work on ncis after the 1000th episode they retconned the premier episode where al queda was at fault

How about the bbc series about the abuses in their post office which were not mentioned on the bbc at the time]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the dark side we have cookies<br />
 sarc</p>
<p>But you see how insidious they work on ncis after the 1000th episode they retconned the premier episode where al queda was at fault</p>
<p>How about the bbc series about the abuses in their post office which were not mentioned on the bbc at the time</p>
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