@mikeh Well done on that article.

@foxfier Well, hi there! Long time no see!

Following in the steps of the WaPo case, both the CNN and NBC cases can go forward on potentially narrowed issues. There are slightly different issues at present. Although the CNN order came before the NBC, NBC is similar to WaPo in that the court had to hold that references to Sandmann blocking Phillips were too objective to be dismissed as permissible leftist lies under the guise of opinion. The CNN order related to allowing Sandmann to file an amended complaint where he presumably made similar allegations. CNN: https://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Sandmann-v.-CNN-Order-Denying-Motion-to-Dismiss.pdf CNN can still file a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. But presumably it will be only partially dismissed. NBC: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.kyed.89044/gov.uscourts.kyed.89044.43.0.pdf "Therefore, as in the two related cases, the Court finds that the statements that plaintiff 'blocked' Phillips or did not allow him to retreat, if false, meet the test of being libelous per se under the definition quoted above. " h/t Legal Insurrection Is the judge taking the position that any statement that is not libelous per se is per se not libelous?

Upon the news that Washington state passed a bill to allow the composting of human remains (https://tinyurl.com/y5b93hq2) this poem came to mind: Reincarnation, by Wally McRae "What does Reincarnation mean?" A cowpoke asked his friend. His pal replied, "It happens when Yer life has reached its end. They comb yer hair, and warsh yer neck, And clean yer fingernails, And lay you in a padded box Away from life’s travails." "The box and you goes in a hole, That’s been dug into the ground. Reincarnation starts in when Yore planted ‘neath a mound. Them clods melt down, just like yer box, And you who is inside. And then yore just beginnin’ on Yer transformation ride." "In a while, the grass’ll grow Upon yer rendered mound. Till some day on yer moldered grave A lonely flower is found. And say a hoss should wander by And graze upon this flower That once wuz you, but now’s become Yer vegetative bower." "The posy that the hoss done ate Up, with his other feed, Makes bone, and fat, and muscle Essential to the steed, But some is left that he can’t use And so it passes through, And finally lays upon the ground This thing, that once wuz you." "Then say, by chance, I wanders by And sees this upon the ground, And I ponders, and I wonders at, This object that I found. I thinks of reincarnation, Of life and death, and such, And come away concludin’: Slim, You ain’t changed, all that much." McRae lives in Rosebud, Montana. After Baxter Black is probably America's best know cowboy poet.

@irb From the Link Library group: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Imprimis_Dec_12-21_8pgWEB.pdf Great Reset. Interesting piece.

@ladylazarus welcome to Ricochet!

A belated thank you to @nandapanjandrum @randyweivoda @raykujawa @rushbabe49 for sending me Christmas cards, despite not being part of the Christmas card exchange. It is nice to be remembered!

Just enjoying unemployment -- not. Then I busted my Achilles tendon (Left) in June, which has totally screwed my summer. Getting better, pool and bike rehab is good. Not inspired much to write. So tired of covid19 ... all the good jokes are used up. Thanks for asking. How are you? When is the Florida Keys Ricochet Meetup? Best, Jim

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A reminder that Trump is not running in a vacuum, he is running against the most-loathsome group of politicians in recent memory. https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2019/09/16/dccc-polling-voters-democratic-party-focused-impeachment/