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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's just the poorly designed default position.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nope, it was ~~reasonably~~ randomly assigned. It's just that the odds weren't great.

So he rolled the dice on Florida, calculating his one in 26 odds of drawing the dreaded Judge Cannon were pretty good. The problem is, as they said in “The Music Man,” he didn’t know the territory. The odds were really as short as three to one against drawing Cannon.

The catch is that the Southern District of Florida is administratively divided into five divisions: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Key West and Fort Pierce. This is supposed to be for the convenience of the parties and their lawyers, and has no other legal significance.

Cannon is the only judge sitting in Fort Pierce, which is in St. Lucie County, 68 miles north of Palm Beach and 128 miles north of Miami. But, for the purpose of assigning judges, Fort Pierce is treated as part of the neighboring Palm Beach Division. There are three federal district judges in Palm Beach, one of whom is a senior judge. What Smith did not know, or failed sufficiently to appreciate, is that the pool of judges administratively eligible to try the case was not 26 but four. (If you remove from consideration the senior judge, the eligible pool narrows to three.) The grand jury that returned the Trump indictment sat in Miami because the courthouse facilities were more accommodating than those in Palm Beach, but an administrative order deemed the investigation a Palm Beach inquiry.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4052380-how-trump-ended-up-with-judge-cannon/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not a "train guy" but the engineering is absolutely fascinating to see.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As others have alluded to, your question requires a distinction: are you talking about wanting to date or wanting to fuck?

Romantic attraction is based on the full package. Yes, their appearance matters, but so does their personality, their hobbies and interests, their emotional maturity, their ability to hold a conversation, their experiences and worldview, etc.

Sexiness is just about physical appearance. How their body looks, facial structure, the way they do their hair, their posture and confidence, their clothes, etc.

I'm a dude, just north of 40. I think peak physical attraction is a woman who's 18-25, brunette, slim and toned, small to medium breasts, I'm not much of an ass man, etc.

But, I'm a middle aged dude. Would I want to date most women that age? Hellllllll no. My gf is 5 years younger than me and even that small of a gap has shown some differences in things like pop culture references and lived experiences. I can't imagine easily connecting with someone that young.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

My current job is WFH, so no one would know or care. But I previously had a safety sensitive job that held us to either the same or higher standards as the federal Dept of Transportation. They were so strict that we had posters advising against drinking kombucha at lunch or using pure CBD products at all. My SO at the time had a CBD balm that I would put gloves on to help apply because I didn't want to risk it. The company said that while these products were likely fine, if an accident or something happened and we had to then take a drug test, any registerable amount would be grounds for immediate dismissal with no recourse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It was for the articles!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. Just like fElon reminded us the other day - it was the public workers that killed people, not Hitler.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was Dustin from the YT channel SmarterEveryDay

https://youtu.be/kUfF2MTnqAw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

It can kill you without you even noticing until you keel over dead

And you'll likely laugh about it while you're dying!

https://youtu.be/kUfF2MTnqAw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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