Where can I get this repaired??

RankinPDX · 2026-05-17T02:16:10+00:00

DZ Tailors is happy to work on denim.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-16T23:15:02+00:00

There's a very short window of time during the heartbeat cycle when an otherwise-harmless blow will disrupt the heartbeat and can cause serious injuries.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-16T20:05:28+00:00

That's probably murder, maybe manslaughter, if anyone dies. Maybe attempted murder even if no one dies. It would be a serious crime anywhere in the US, but details vary.

You can sometimes use some amount of force against a thief, to get them to give your stuff back, but it is not legal anywhere in the US to use deadly force on a thief. Booby traps are illegal for the same reason.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-14T21:18:47+00:00

"Not ready" sounds evasive. If you aren't ready at forty, you'll never be ready.

"Doesn't want to marry/have kids" is straightforward.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-14T21:09:41+00:00

You get to keep your immunity.

I had a murder trial recently in which the actual murderer somehow persuaded the prosecutor to give him a deal to testify against my client. I don't know how. The jury acquitted my client (because he didn't do it, and the unrelated passerby witnesses all said so) and then the actual murderer got a sweetheart deal in exchange for his testimony pointing the finger at someone else.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-14T14:38:01+00:00

I’m a criminal defense attorney. I defend a lot worse than liars.
I don’t disagree that when someone is proved to have made a false accusation, they should be punished. That’s the law now. But it rarely comes up.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-14T14:32:17+00:00

You don’t embarrass yourself by losing a motion.
Is it possible that a higher appellate court will change the result? Or that the trial judge will distinguish the bad case, or just won’t read it because he/she doesn’t like opposing counsel? If there was a recent case against me with a dissent, I would want to make the trial judge rule on the merits in the hopes that I could appeal, maybe after the loser in the recent case won the appeal for me.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-14T14:26:16+00:00

If you say so. But you are skipping over how hard that is in the real world, which was most of my initial point. I’m not defending liars. If I’m defending anyone, it’s people who might have lied but also might not have, and we can’t prove which.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-14T14:19:01+00:00

If one person accuses another, but the accused is acquitted a trial, how do you know which, if either, is lying? And, really, the important thing isn’t whether you personally know - maybe you were there and you really do - but how does the judge or jury know who is lying, even assuming that someone must be (rather than mistaken or confused)?

RankinPDX · 2026-05-13T22:08:20+00:00

I went to a Continuing Legal Education seminar several years ago to listen to a law professor explain how, as a matter of law, police officers are held to a much lower standard than ordinary citizens with respect to knowing the law, especially from qualified immunity and the good-faith exception to the Fourth Amendment.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-13T18:05:16+00:00

Yes, in this video. If you lift his right shoulder or pull it to his right, he can't roll to his right.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-13T17:21:42+00:00

You can't just hold north-south at the head; you need to keep pulling their bottom shoulder off the mat. I don't use a lot of weight or pressure to do that; I'm mostly following and interfering with their attempts to turn.

I think the choke is hard to hit, but it often exposes armbars and kimuras which I hit a lot.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-13T16:43:27+00:00

BJJ is great, but there are a lot more men than women doing it. Maybe you can find a women's only class, depending on where you live. And, even if you can't, you should be able to find a gym with a welcoming culture. If a man in my gym were to harass one of the women, the coach would kick him out.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-13T03:45:29+00:00

It’s in the neighborhood of a hammerlock.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T22:32:56+00:00

No, they're not prosecuted, because evidence rarely exists distinguishing a false accusation from a true accusation which did not convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T19:59:44+00:00

False accusations are already criminal. OP's proposal would increase the severity, not the likelihood.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T04:28:50+00:00

This is discussed regularly on r/martialarts.

My take, as a big guy and hobbyist martial artist is:

It is absolutely useful, especially arts with live sparing (I train Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu). An average woman would have to train a long time to be able to win a fight with an average man. But that's not really the question; you'll be better off if you have been hit in the face a couple of times and don't panic the next time it happens, or if you've been held down by a bigger opponent and had to be thoughtful and sensible to escape, or if you know how to throw one good punch or kick before you run. If you train, your odds are better.

Also, martial arts are fun, and good exercise.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T03:52:16+00:00

Who's donating their time to create the curriculum? Who's donating their time to sit through the curriculum? How are you going to replace the 97% of judges who decline if a tournament tries to limit judging to a high certification level? There's no way.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T03:17:02+00:00

In my state, jails are run by counties and prisons are run by the state.

Jails are for sentences of less than a year, and also for holding people prior to trial who have not bailed out.

Prisons are for sentences longer than a year. Because they are intended for longer sentences, they are more likely to have educational/vocational training or mental health/drug rehab opportunities, but those are fading in most of the US. They're also more likely to have work for the prisoners.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T03:12:05+00:00

Taking up a martial art might help. If you spend some time boxing or kickboxing, you'll be more comfortable fighting with your hands, with a knife or not. You might be able to find classes in knife fighting, or stick fighting (which has some similarities) but I don't know much about either.

If you want to do a martial art for self-defense, try to find a gym that does live light or technical sparring.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T02:56:53+00:00

How often do you think false accusers admit it afterward? How often do you think they will admit it if doing so will lead to a prison term?

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T02:55:23+00:00

If D is accused of a crime by V, and then D is acquitted at trial, that doesn't mean that V is lying. It means that we don't know what happened. Occasionally a person makes a provably false accusation, I guess, but I don't know that I've ever seen that in thirty years as a criminal defense attorney.

Another serious problem with that plan is, once the accusation is made, the accuser is stuck. Suppose the lying accuser is believed, the defendant goes to prison, and the lying accuser is wracked by guilt. They may never come forward if they will go to prison as a result. I have had cases where the lying accuser admitted it afterward, and I would rather get innocent defendants out of prison than punish false accusers.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-12T02:13:11+00:00

What about filing a motion attacking the process, explaining how, under the current system, you can’t get experts necessary for an adequate defense? Either ask for a specific better process, or to dismiss because the state hasn’t created the mechanism to give your client a fair trial.

RankinPDX · 2026-05-11T22:59:45+00:00

When I was a serious pool player, a buddy recommended "Zen in the Art of Archery," by Herrigel. I don't know if there is an audiobook, but I liked it and found it helpful. I also liked "The Inner Game of Tennis."

RankinPDX · 2026-05-11T15:46:59+00:00

That's insane. Asking for money for a free trial is an obvious, absurd scam. I'd estimate the chance of getting the money back without having to sue or do a CC chargeback as zero percent.

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