DL Open Thread Monday, April 29, 2024
Trump’s courtroom snoozing isn’t just a punchline – according to this expert, it’s another sign of his cognitive decline. According to Dr. John Gartner, “Trump fell asleep 4 out of 6 days of his own trial. Falling asleep is not in and of itself particularly specific to dementia. I fall asleep at dinner parties, because I’m old and work too hard. Bill Clinton was famous for it. But can you remember a criminal defendant repeatedly unable to stay awake at his own trial? I can’t. It’s obviously very rare. Most people are pumped full of adrenaline when they’re in the dock.”
If Kristi Noem’s puppy-killing brag was supposed to boost her changes of becoming Trump’s vice-presidential choice, it appears to have failed. “Governor Noem just keeps proving over and over that she’s a lightweight,” one Trump insider said. “We can’t afford a Kamala problem.”
Something you notice when you drive a Mini Cooper is the growing size of American vehicles, very few of which are cars anymore: 80% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. are SUVs or pickup trucks This article looks at how that came to pass.
The floor’s yours.
I’m seeing a lot of small to mid-size SUVs which are much smaller than the behemoths targeted by critics. The SUV form factor has a lot of advantages, especially as a family car.
Whoever makes an affordable electric SUV comparable to a Honda CR-V, with good build quality and AWD will win the market.
But yeah, there are way too many full-size pickups used as daily drivers with nothing ever in the bed.
I think Trump’s snoozing at his trial is also a sign that he takes none of it seriously, having been able to skirt the law his entire life. He’s about to get his “wake-up call!”
The biggest wake-up call is how vulnerable the US legal system is to key members acting upon incentives that are in conflict with justice.
^This^
The Bar Association has been exposed as wholly fraudulent, as have great many lawyers.