TLA: I Live My Life a Quarter Century at a Time
In the middle of all that, when I was out in Cupertino, I was asked if I wanted to work on a secret project with the code name “Überbar”. I was shown some prototypes and basically told that six people had seen it, and if it leaked they would know it was me that had talked. I figured if anybody was finally going to kill off DragThing, it might as well be me.
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*USA Today *: Trump’s historic sentence: Was he treated too harshly? Or too easily?
Trump was convicted May 30 in Manhattan Criminal Court on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On Friday, Judge Juan Merchan sentenced him to an “unconditional discharge,"which means Trump will get no prison time or probation as he prepares to enter the White House for a second time on Jan. 20.
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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, a former public defender, said Trump got off way too [easily] for the serious crimes of which he was convicted, while a 17-year-old boy she represented “was held on felony probation for taking some candy from his school’s concession stand.”
Editor in Leaf: The Toronto Maple Leafs Should Fire Marc Savard
When you look at the Leafs power-play, it’s boring. They spend way too many seconds passing the puck backwards in their own zone after a face-off win and have standstill forwards at the blue-line during a break-in, which just doesn’t work. It’s so easy for the other team’s defense to stop the Leafs from their break-in, when half the team isn’t moving, so it’s not shocking that they don’t look good.
Verge: Drone takes out Super Scooper fighting Los Angeles wildfires
The water-dropping aircraft is now grounded for repairs as civilian drones hamper firefighting efforts.
Canadian CL-415 from Quebec is a heavy lifter (6000 liters per fill) so the loss will have a significant impact.
Last Updated: 10.Jan.2025 23:22 EST
