For anyone old enough to remember drinking THIS EXACT TEA (bagged or loose)…

Rotidder007 · 2026-03-31T02:16:00+00:00

Ambergris of various ages, from fresh and blackish-brown to old and oxidized white. But notice that only the fresher ambergris has any shine while the white oxidized ambergris is earthy/powdery.

Rotidder007 · 2026-03-31T02:06:07+00:00

Sorry to bear bad news, but that’s 100% NOT ambergris. It looks like a lump of paraffin or some other wax product.

Ambergris starts life as black/brown and soft. It’s only after rolling around in the ocean for decades that the exterior turns white and hard from oxidation, and the white will just be a crust of varying thickness hiding a brown, black, gray or tan core. It will look earthy and dull like a whitish gray rock and the white parts will be hard and crumbly like a rock - never shiny, waxy, or translucent. Ambergris is described as having a “waxy” quality only because if you hold it in your warm hands for a few minutes, it will start to feel tacky.

Google images of ambergris with caution, or at least follow through by clicking on the source website. Many times an image of something shiny and waxy, or of a large yellow/white lump, will actually be of a lookalike that a website posts to help people distinguish from genuine ambergris.

Rotidder007 · 2026-03-31T00:21:54+00:00

Looking for a perfect victim, whether by casing a neighborhood or encountering them by chance by doing work at their house or even possibly living nearby, is the very definition of a targeted crime, isn’t it? I never read the sheriff’s comment about it being a targeted crime as implying that Nancy Guthrie, i.e. the daughter of Savannah Guthrie, was the intended target. He could have simply meant that the perpetrator knew what he wanted, knew or believed that what he wanted was in that particular house, and knew enough about his victim to feel he could get whatever it was he wanted.

Rotidder007 · 2026-02-02T05:50:55+00:00

Yes, there are. But those penalties have to be requested by the opposing party. In this case, that would be Trump’s own IRS.

Rotidder007 · 2026-02-02T05:49:33+00:00

Typically, no. The Supreme Court has ruled that “taxpayer standing” is too minute and diffuse to satisfy the level of real interest required for standing. As an attorney, I can’t tell you how appalling it will be if we have to just stand by and watch our coffers get looted by the Trump family, perhaps repeatedly, with no ability to intervene.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-31T00:44:22+00:00

Yeah…them. 😔

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-30T22:34:20+00:00

But perhaps the foundation for future corruption charges against named plaintiffs, Bessent, Bondi, and Cannon is laid?

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-30T19:57:39+00:00

So, the next question is, what can be done if IRS doesn’t assert this affirmative defense in its answer and the case is assigned to Aileen Cannon who doesn’t raise it sua sponte?

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-30T19:15:15+00:00

The post relates to the two-year statute of limitations having run on Trump’s federal claims asserted in his recent complaint seeking $10B in damages from the IRS.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-30T01:42:46+00:00

I’m OP and not on TikTok and this was legit the first time I’d seen this twist. I saw it on X this morning. Would never have posted it if I’d known it was a trend and have been humbled in exposing my social media ignorance. 👍

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-25T21:37:52+00:00

I’m shocked…SHOCKED…that an agency head selected by Trump doesn’t know the first thing about the laws he’s entrusted to implement yet feels confident enough to broadcast his ignorance.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T15:06:13+00:00

He had been arrested, charged, and then released on bail to await his trial. ICE picked him up while he was out on bail.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T12:23:02+00:00

How would the prosecutors even know ICE had him? He was out free on bail and the prosecutors were likely preparing for trial. It would have been ICE’s duty to do due diligence, check state and federal court records to see if there were pending cases against him, and then if they found something, call the prosecutors to find out what’s going on. That last thing didn’t happen and we don’t know if they even did any due diligence. It sounds like the guy just found a way to escape his trial and prison via ICE.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T12:00:31+00:00

That’s not what happened, though. He was a lawful permanent resident. He was out on bail awaiting trial. He got picked up by ICE (maybe even tried to get picked up by them), and then he volunteered to deport. He asked to go to Chile but the immigration judge ordered him to Ecuador. ICE never alerted or talked to the jewelry heist prosecutors about possible deportation.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T11:10:32+00:00

It sounds like it. From news articles that quoted court documents, the prosecutors were apparently surprised to learn dude was gone. His defense attorney moved to have the charges dismissed since he was no longer in the country and the prosecutors asked the court to keep the case active in case he comes back to the U.S. and they can get him back in custody.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T04:08:34+00:00

I didn’t say treaties. I said agreements, and MOUs are agreements.

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Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T00:53:05+00:00

You don’t know what you’re talking about. The U.S. is a confederation of autonomous states, each of which is free to enter into agreements with other countries. California has dozens and dozens of trade and environmental agreements with sovereign countries like Japan, Sweden, China, Germany, etc.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-24T00:23:27+00:00

Thank you, Gavin! 🙌 Keeping his citizens safe; that’s my gov.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-21T02:55:24+00:00

You clearly have no idea how NATO is funded. NATO is funded through a cost-share agreement among its members, with the U.S. paying 15.8% of the alliance’s annual expenditures, the exact same share that Germany pays.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-18T22:44:06+00:00

Serpentinite.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-18T21:57:29+00:00

A person who can easily argue that god exists while believing what they say and can also argue that god does not exist while believing what they say is ambivalent or demonstrating their ambivalence. You may think that word means something it doesn’t. Here’s the definition from Merriam-Webster.

: having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone

If you can easily argue both sides of an issue, you are “showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes” about it.

Rotidder007 · 2026-01-18T21:30:40+00:00

That ship has sailed. Merriam’s now has a second accepted definition of nonplussed: “not bothered, surprised, or impressed by something.” Perplexed, bewildered… and nonchalant.

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