The press is incorrectly reporting Giuliani's appeal rights

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Thursday December 21, 2023 · 9:45 AM PST

2023/12/21 · 09:45

There have been various stories on the news (echoed in comments on this site) that Giuliani cannot appeal the verdict without posting a bond. That is incorrect. Georgia law is clear, and I’m fairly certain this would apply throughout the US, that an appeal does not require posting a bond. (Jonas v. Jonas, 633 S.E.2d 544 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).

A supersedes bond is used to stop collection actions during an appeal. Usually, collection actions are stayed for thirty days after entry of a judgment to give a defendant time to appeal and post a bond. The judge’s latest ruling just waived that thirty day stay.

Many times good faith appeals will proceed with no bond and no collection effort because the parties realize there is a possibility of the judgment being reversed and its a major problem to unwind collection efforts.

On a related issue that is also being misreported, Giuliani may file bankruptcy because the bankruptcy system stays all collection actions, even on debts that cannot be discharged. It used to be common when there were monster awards to use the bankruptcy process to stay collection while the appeal was pending. The courts have cracked down on this, but it still stays collection at least long enough for the bankruptcy court to rule that collection can proceed.

Breaking-appeal to vacate stay denied

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Thursday October 13, 2022 · 12:28 PM PDT

2022/10/13 · 12:28

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022
ORDER IN PENDING CASE
22A283 TRUMP, DONALD J. V. UNITED STATES The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on September 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied.

3 Strikes - Yes, Evangelicals, God is sending you a message

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Wednesday August 26, 2020 · 6:57 AM PDT

2020/08/26 · 06:57

How many times has one of the TV preachers told us God had sent a hurricane to someplace as a warning against some kind of sin. Well,

In 2008, a hurricane interfered with the Republican convention delaying Bush’s planned opening night appearance;

In 2012, a hurricane caused the cancellation of the first day of the Republican Convention;

In 2020, a major hurricane is hitting during the third and fourth nights of the Republican Convention. At a minimum, the big story today and tomorrow will be the hurricane.

If God is sending a message, the message is pretty clear, Evangelicals, he does not like something about Republicans.

(BTW, the 2016 convention was held a month earlier and not during the peak of hurricane season.)

If you are going to vote by mail...(especially Florida)

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Thursday July 16, 2020 · 1:23 PM PDT

2020/07/16 · 13:23

In Florida, and I suspect a lot of other places that allow a mail in ballot, the signature on the envelope in which you submit the ballot must match the signature on file with the Supervisor of Elections. If its been a awhile since you registered, remember to update your registration signature so that your ballot does not get rejected. Signatures change (mine has changed a lot).

In Florida, you can download a new registration form, mark it as a record update, complete it and mail it in. Don’t let your ballot get rejected.

To someone good at creating photo-memes: Trump's first place win

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Friday December 20, 2019 · 8:15 AM PST

2019/12/20 · 08:15

Trump is the 5th president to lose the popular vote

Trump is the 3rd president to be impeached

Trump can be the 1st president to be removed from office.

That’s winning.

It's Time to Know if the Tax "Cut" Hurt or Helped You

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Tuesday February 05, 2019 · 6:48 AM PST

2019/02/05 · 06:48

A lot of people are not happy with their refunds. But its time to find out if you really got a tax increase or a tax cut:

1. Complete you 2018 return. Make a copy to do a 2018 test return.

2. If you have one time only deductions on the return (like disaster losses or unusual medical bills) eliminate them from your test return.

3. Recalculate the line for “Amount You Owe”.

3. Using last year’s return (or prepare a new return feature on tax software), change the income figures to what you received this year.

4. Remove any one time only deductions.

5. Enter this years total figures for deductions that change yearly (such as mortgage interest, regular medical bills) without any caps added by the new tax law but using any caps that would have applied in 2017.

6. Calculate the “Amount you owe” on the test return.

7. Compare the two amounts.

This tells you the amount you gained or lost (regardless of refund amount or increase in weekly checks).

(One note-at least according to the software I use, the purchase money mortgage insurance deduction from 2017 has not been finalized for 2018, so you may have another deduction coming in a few months.)

Good luck.

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