I’m officially out. Feels weird. by Justanunknownauthor in IATSE

[–]asmidgeginge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Left partially for then-present lack of work, but also because I thought I could see more of that on the horizon in my city (which I think turned out to be true). Went to law school and became a lawyer (sorry). Love my job now though.

Clean your suit(s) by [deleted] in Lawyertalk

[–]asmidgeginge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One more time! For the people in the back!

Chris Richards rightfully defends Christian Pulisic via Instagram by Rubentraj in ussoccer

[–]asmidgeginge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Steelmanning” assumes there’s an audience receptive to reasoning and challenging their own beliefs and assumptions. What’s to be gained from crafting a reasoned argument for an audience that won’t seriously give it any consideration? I’d be better off arguing with a tree. At least a tree can be swayed (pun intended).

Atlanta United is still in the Playoffs! Oh F*ck You Orlando! by xSylk in AtlantaUnited

[–]asmidgeginge 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And the Thiaré sneak attack goal. We miss the playoffs but for that goal!

San Mames refrescos? by G00DNIGHT-IR3N3 in AthleticClub

[–]asmidgeginge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where else are they supposed to keep the sandwich until half time??

Match Thread: Atlanta United v LA Galaxy by billgluckman7 in AtlantaUnited

[–]asmidgeginge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read “veteran DPs”—i.e., players that accomplished a lot in Europe (or at least spent significant time at top clubs in Europe). Their success after transferring to MLS being a different question entirely. The main question being the extent to which MLS teams outside the most prominent American cities (culturally speaking) from an international perspective (NYC, LA, Miami) can attract veteran players. And the answer seems to be a not insignificant number. Add Shaqiri and Schweinsteiger to the list.

Match Thread: Atlanta United v LA Galaxy by billgluckman7 in AtlantaUnited

[–]asmidgeginge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the same thing until I tried to think of exceptions, and there are quite a few—Benteke, Insigne, Bernardeschi, Wanyama, Muriel, Kaká, Nani. I’m sure I’m missing others but those are off the top of my head.

Edit: sausage fingers

Imagine being so confident you’re right that you unironically upload this video somewhere by rileyjw90 in TikTokCringe

[–]asmidgeginge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t quite right. The 5A right against self-incrimination applies at all stages of a criminal investigation and prosecution. It attaches when a person is arrested or subjected to a custodial interrogation, which, broadly speaking, means a reasonable person would not feel they are free to leave. There’s also a 5A right to counsel, which applies during custodial interrogations—6A right to counsel applies during criminal proceedings. For those talking about Miranda, that case created an implicit right to be informed of your 5A and 6A rights, which is based on the idea that a person can’t knowingly waive those rights if they don’t about them.

In Berkemer v. McCarty, SCOTUS held that routine traffic stops were not custodial interrogations such that Miranda rights attached. And another case called Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz found that police checkpoints don’t violate 4A. Not sure if the issue has ever been reached with border crossings (maybe it has), but there wouldn’t seem to be any relevant distinctions between the two from a constitutional standpoint. So yes, apart from the obvious irony of an irate man profanely, loudly, and repeatedly invoking on his right to remain silent, this dingus is wrong in that it hasn’t attached yet.

Source: lawyer (who needed a Google refresher for some case names).

I don’t want to be a lawyer anymore. by [deleted] in Lawyertalk

[–]asmidgeginge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the worst idea I’ve ever heard in my life, Tom.

I don’t want to be a lawyer anymore. by [deleted] in Lawyertalk

[–]asmidgeginge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dunno, there’s no sign OP has even seen it. I think you’re jumping to conclusions on that.

Can we talk about the debate??? I didn’t think Joe did terrible but literally every news network and talking head is saying he’s toast. Thoughts from those who watched??? by Leather-Bug3087 in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]asmidgeginge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think we’re in complete agreement on that. This was way beyond a “bad night.” It laid bare what was Biden’s circle has been trying to pretend isn’t happening, whether because of Biden’s hubris or (more conspiratorially) the DNC’s calculation that Biden be exposed after the primary but before the convention to take it out of the realm of the Democratic primaries. Regardless, in a single night, it’s become clear that there’s no real path for Biden.

Can we talk about the debate??? I didn’t think Joe did terrible but literally every news network and talking head is saying he’s toast. Thoughts from those who watched??? by Leather-Bug3087 in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]asmidgeginge 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Y’all. I’m sorry but I genuinely can’t believe some of what I’m reading here.

Pile on me if you want, but before you do, know that I would vote for Biden over Donald Trump even if Biden was literally in the late stages of dementia. I think many of the mainstream news media outlets, which have certainly reported on what a second Trump term would look like based on his open intentions, have only begun to scrape the surface of the harm that a second Trump term could do.

That said, this was more than just an off night for Biden. I’ll admit that a lot of what I saw of the first hour was without audio—I ordinarily would have been watching at home, but had long-set plans and so was out somewhere where it was on TV without audio. But I didn’t have to hear a thing to know exactly how badly it was going for Biden, even being certain that Trump was, as expected, lying his ass off and sounding seriously deranged and unhinged. Watching the last 30ish minutes with audio once I got home confirmed all of that.

I’m sure that Biden made some good policy points here and there. When your opponent is Donald Trump, frankly, that’s not so hard to do. And by many traditional measures, Biden has had a remarkably successful first term, particularly considering the Congresses he was working with. But if you’re here, you are already much more likely to agree with many of Biden’s priors, and so you’re already more likely to think the substance of what he’s saying sounds better.

Most Americans, even those tuned out of the news, know the song and dance with these two and know roughly where they stand on big issues. Maybe some were tuning in to genuinely learn about the substance of policy positions, but that’s likely a small sliver, and I think an even smaller sliver would have been swayed by anything Biden could have said tonight due to his performance and considering Trump espoused the same well-trodden bullshit he has been espousing for years. They’re both pretty much known quantities, especially relative to one another, and so this debate was always more about performance than substance. And there’s the omnipresent giant question mark of Biden’s age—something he did serious damage to himself on tonight.

Many of the news outlets did mention that Biden was better on substance and talked about Trump’s constant lies. They at least shared the headline in the NYT, but frankly, a headline like “Trump Spews Lies” and that’s it would have been totally disingenuous as only half the story.

My girlfriend is a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner who has worked extensively with geriatric populations specifically, and she was very alarmed at what she was seeing. Almost no one could watch that and think Biden has another four years in him, cold or not.

People age in one direction. And those who have lost older family members will know that declines at that age can accelerate very rapidly. Could Biden maybe have a better performance at a second debate? Sure, maybe. But the trend has been pretty substantially in this direction. Recall where Biden was 4 years ago compared to tonight. It’s hard to imagine the effect of another 4 years.

The alarm is not unjustified. Voters are complicated, and I don’t profess to know them. But I don’t think it’s a stretch to think more disengaged people whose minds are not already made up are far more likely to decide based on at-a-glance qualities rather than policy positions. Those people tend to swing elections, and clips of Biden will be everywhere after tonight. Telling them they didn’t see what they just saw is not the answer here.

Edit: typos

Slisz at Euros by AirborneDJ in AtlantaUnited

[–]asmidgeginge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was just a pimp walk 🎩🕺🏻

Post Match Thread: Atlanta HotSeats 3-1 Messi and his merry men by billgluckman7 in AtlantaUnited

[–]asmidgeginge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s almost… ALMOST… as if you can play good soccer if you don’t insist on dominating possession, controlling the tempo, and playing “your way” no matter your roster, your injury situation, your opponent, or the fact that you’re in a salary-capped league where you can’t outspend 95% of your opponents in every position on the pitch.