Enjoy the supermoon tonight! Unless it's cloudy or raining. In which case, no supermoon for you, and you can commemorate the battle of Puebla in the dark. To the links!
That reminds me: did I mention that Orly Taitz is on the ballot for Senate in California? And no, she didn't get the Republican Party's endorsement.
This moon will appear up to 30 percent brighter and 14 percent bigger than the dullest moons. We reach Supermoon status at around 11:54 p.m. eastern time, but that’s not when the moon will appear most spectacular. The moon will look biggest just as it’s rising over the eastern horizon. In Washington, D.C., moonrise is at 7:55 p.m. Saturday evening (check your local moonrise times). So viewing will be best from just after that time through around 9 p.m. If you’re taking pictures, a subject in the foreground will make the Supermoon look even bigger.
The moon will look biggest just as it’s rising over the eastern horizon.
In Washington, D.C., moonrise is at 7:55 p.m. Saturday evening (check your local moonrise times). So viewing will be best from just after that time through around 9 p.m. If you’re taking pictures, a subject in the foreground will make the Supermoon look even bigger.
You're unlikely to hear a peep about this on Fox "News"...but the California Secretary of State's Election Fraud Division is now reportedly investigating a firmed hired by the Sacramento County Republican Party said to have submitted thousands of fraudulent voter registration forms. According to a report today from Sacramento ABC affiliate News10, a private, for-profit firm calling itself Momentum Political Services, hired by the local Republican Party "to boost GOP registration ranks in key battleground communities" has turned in more than 3,100 hundred invalid voter registration cards during their recent drive. Voter registration forms have allegedly been turned in with fake addresses, voter names that don't exist, duplicate Social Security numbers, and party affiliations that seem to have been changed "by someone" to Republican. The head of the firm has admitted she has hired workers with criminal backgrounds, as found via Craigslist.
According to a report today from Sacramento ABC affiliate News10, a private, for-profit firm calling itself Momentum Political Services, hired by the local Republican Party "to boost GOP registration ranks in key battleground communities" has turned in more than 3,100 hundred invalid voter registration cards during their recent drive.
Voter registration forms have allegedly been turned in with fake addresses, voter names that don't exist, duplicate Social Security numbers, and party affiliations that seem to have been changed "by someone" to Republican. The head of the firm has admitted she has hired workers with criminal backgrounds, as found via Craigslist.
Of course, Dewey’s managing partners may have been confronting the realities of a vastly more competitive market for professional services. When I was a young associate at Cravath, one of my tasks was to compile the detailed billing records, organize them and submit them to the senior partner. What emerged for the client was a one-sentence bill in calligraphy on beautiful stationery: “For professional services rendered,” followed by the time period covered and a large number with a dollar sign. So far as I know no client ever objected or asked for a more detailed explanation, and had they done so, I suspect the senior partner would have deemed it a grave breach of trust. Today, firms bargain over rates and compete fiercely for both their own talent and for clients. Clients have figured out that much of what lawyers do is a commodity that can easily be outsourced far more cheaply. Law firms always had a few dynamic partners who wielded disproportionate influence both within and outside the firm, and another group who may have been highly skilled and specialized, but were rarely seen by clients. They were supported by a broad base of lower-paid associates who developed their skills at client expense and performed, in many instances, relatively menial and repetitive tasks. “There’s a dawning recognition that many partners don’t add much value other than their legal work,” Mr. Clay said. “Many are being asked to leave, or to accept a nonequity, salaried partner status.”
Today, firms bargain over rates and compete fiercely for both their own talent and for clients. Clients have figured out that much of what lawyers do is a commodity that can easily be outsourced far more cheaply. Law firms always had a few dynamic partners who wielded disproportionate influence both within and outside the firm, and another group who may have been highly skilled and specialized, but were rarely seen by clients. They were supported by a broad base of lower-paid associates who developed their skills at client expense and performed, in many instances, relatively menial and repetitive tasks. “There’s a dawning recognition that many partners don’t add much value other than their legal work,” Mr. Clay said. “Many are being asked to leave, or to accept a nonequity, salaried partner status.”
The piece of pottery that turned up last month in the warehouse of Goodwill Industries of Western New York might be described as "primitive." Roughly 7 1/2 inches tall, the vessel features a fluted opening and wartlike protrusions. But it arrived with a note inside suggesting that its provenance may be prehistoric.
Roughly 7 1/2 inches tall, the vessel features a fluted opening and wartlike protrusions.
But it arrived with a note inside suggesting that its provenance may be prehistoric.