I want to reiterate Fichman’s sentiment—I recently was approached by the owner of a small company. He had a deal with someone who had a deal with someone else...etc. But of course, none of this was on paper.

I saw that too, and was shocked.

Pretty much nailed it.

Could be. But From now on, he’ll be known as “the judge with an asterisk.” That’s a difficult legacy to live with. And it will reduce his value as a lobbyist or speaker or writer or teacher or attorney (assuming he isn’t disbarred) for the rest of his life. I think at this point, stick a fork in him.

I am an old (almost 60) and I have used salted butter exclusively for many decades—quiche crusts and ch0c0late chip cookies being among the fruits. I have yet to see a convincing case made for butter sans salt.

My apologies for the misspelling—I tend to spell phonetically and rely on spell checkers to clean things up. I won’t mess up your name again.

Roo, many good points—I agree that the statute of limitations is a major problem in all of this.

I agree, but the statute doesn’t, and needs to be changed. However, he’s clearly subject to criminal and civil prosecution, and I hope he gets it.

Well, he did retire in an awful hurry. The problem is that the particular Judicial Council in question is limited to investigating sitting judges (which is undoubtedly the reason that Kozinski resigned as quickly as he did). This part of the document is telling:

It’s like the old joke: “What’s the second most boring sport in the world? ________. (whatever your target enjoys). And the most boring? ________ on television.”

TVs are one of the reasons why, when I lived in Chicago, I used to go to Jimmy’s Woodlawn Tap. They didn’t have one.

Gotcha. I just remember biking around the city lakes and seeing the PHC working off a flatbed with folks like Claudia Schmitt (sp?) and running into so many musicians on the West Bank...

Well, my childhood is now totally fucked.

Your comment on libraries was the start for me. Ever seen a prison library? I have, though only on video. I can’t speak to what they contain, but I can say the ones I’ve seen are tiny. And please note that inmates have significantly more time to spend in the libraries than do most people.

I grew up with parental cars like the Plymouth Fury III (early ‘70s). The worst possible combination: huge, heavy, RWD, automatic.

Or maybe they’ll buy that medicine they or their family member need, or maybe they’ll spend it on food.

There is no such thing as Minnesota-style pizza, and square-cut ‘za (which is what Domino’s used to do) is an abomination. There are a number of good pizza places in MN (or were, when I lived there 40 years ago) but there is nothing distinctive.

That is something with which I can agree. Though by “exploiting” I meant something more along the lines of “put into practice,” so I would substitute technologist or engineer in place of entrepreneur. But yeah, I think we have the same basic idea here. But as I said above, give me Heechee prayer fans. I’ve already had…

Exploring, perhaps. Exploiting? Probably not.

there’s plenty of research that from the start is known that it won’t give a significant answer