Appeal Denied by Moscow Court A Moscow regional court declined to overrule the drugs conviction of U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Griner, paving the way for the two-time Olympian to serve nine years in a penal colony for the possession and smuggling of less than a gram of hashish oil. The court hearing Ms. Griner’s appeal on Tuesday had the option of leaving the verdict as it is, reducing the sentence or overruling it and returning it to the lower court where the case was first heard. The decision sets the stage for further diplomatic wrangling between the U.S. and Russia, amid already icy relations over the war in Ukraine. Ms. Griner’s best hopes of returning home have long been thought to rest on a negotiated prisoner exchange between the two countries, but the process is complex.

@Jolly said in Forget Taiwan: There are bigger fish available... https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2022/10/24/as-russia-gets-weaker-xi-jinping-may-forgo-taiwan-to-grab-eastern-russia/?sh=378d75556ce4 Makes no sense. If the CCP wants access to natural resources, it would be easier for them to cut deals (and these can be secret deals) that are advantageous to China with Putin while Putin is weak and desperately needing support, rather than to militarily confront Russia. If Putin can partially mobilize Russians for its little Ukraine excursion, Putin will fully mobilize Russians for defending mother Russia from a bona fide foreign invasion (that will likely have the support of the Russian people too). It may be a wet dream for the free world to have these two formerly communistic and now autocratic regimes spin their wheels on grinding each other down, but I doubt neither is this stupid.

I don’t know.. I mean, it’s not like he abandoned the date for correcting him on how to pronounce Thai Food…

https://twitter.com/MirrorDarren/status/1584462212046852098?s=20&t=3cadkwR5Rm4Q3sDrHSnvcg

https://www.barrons.com/articles/las-vegas-sands-stock-wynn-macau-xi-51666625051 Shares of lodging and gaming companies Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts, and Melco Resorts & Entertainment tumbled Monday as investors reacted to the consolidation of power by Chinese President Xi Jinping. … Sands and Wynn derive a significant portion of their revenues from Macau, Melco operates primarily in Macau. Zero-COVID policy has not been conducive to the casino business.

I guess it’s so noticeable as his Presidency follows on from the healthiest man to ever hold the office

Do Ringtones really count? That’s a little strange…

Well, it is their justification. But it would never hold up at Scotus, which they well know, and that’s why they modify it every time some class has standing.

Judge, jury and executioner.

Big whoop.

@George-K said in Yamaha couldn’t buy this type of product placement!: @LuFins-Dad said in Yamaha couldn’t buy this type of product placement!: I posted about it back then on TOCR or jgoo’s place… This? Link to video That was them! I remember the name, now. I just think they were on a Comedy Central show… Either way, I think it’s plain that Zelensky plagiarized their act!

@George-K said in No tats for 10-year-olds: @Catseye3 said in No tats for 10-year-olds: But is it the state's responsibility to step in on something I happen to disapprove of? It arrested the mother who allowed the 10-year-old to get a tat. That answer your question? Did the mother allow the tattoo or actively promote the tattoo? Want to know my guess?

Exactly

Anti-skeeterism. It's a thing.

@taiwan_girl said in The Chimps are Offended?: @George-K said in The Chimps are Offended?: The previous name is an inaccurate and stigmatizing label for a virus that is primarily affecting a community that has already suffered a long history of bigotry Are they talking about monkeys? LOL Hence the title of the thread.

No more so than counting money. The way you do that is two of you total the batch and if you agree, its correct. Easy peasy. It's only prone to error if your process is.

OK, it looks like fun, it's on my kindle, I'll get to it