And how well do you think controlling, narcissistic people who can't sit still fare when isolated in a cell that's only a couple of feet longer and wider that they are for 23 hours a day?
I would have thought jail was Trump's room 101 and that it's far more likely that he thinks it could never happen to him.
Each time the justice system tries to de-escalate, Trump will inevitably escalate because escalation is a big part of his modus operandi.
They can't predict how he will escalate in any given moment, but out of respect and recognition of his presidential campaign and the democratic process as a whole, the justice system can't help but to give him more rope than any other citizen would normally have. It's really important that the justice system isn't guilty of the same, or similar crimes that Trump is accused of, and indicted for.
The question is, given his obvious display of cunning and guile, does Trump have the wit not to hang himself?
Crimes are solved because of the mistakes people make, not the 'perfect' bits.
Except he's not pushing it beyond the legal confines of the gag orders.
The gag order imposed by Judge Engoron protects court staff. I don't think AG James is court staff, just as Judge Chutkan isn't court staff.
Trump is doing exactly the same thing as he was before, except the gag orders are so narrow he's able to endanger and harass without breachng those orders.
It's frustrating, it's painfully slow and it's likey pretty scary for all those involved in Trump's various prosecutions, but I have complete faith that Trump will get the due process he is entitled to without error of judgement, other than his own.
The gag order issued by Judge Chutkan incuded protections for her court staff/personel, but she didn't specify herself as a part of that parameter.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Judge Chutkin since she issued the order, at his rally and in his media posts, including one comment that I view as a thinly veiled racial slur.
If he did this, as inappropriate as it is, he may not have broken the conditions f the gag order and his pretrial release.
Trump pushes the boundaries in the sure knowledge that, having incited one rebellion, that he can incite another should he have his pretrial release revoked.
It's perhaps assumed by observers on both sides of the divide that the justice system is too scared to confront his behaviour in the proper manner.
Personally, I've been rather agog at the cleverness of the prosecutorial lawyering, and as such, I have no reason to believe that the advantages and privileges currently bestowed on Trump are a matter of neglect, error, or foolishness.
"... as though they have prior notice of the time of passing."
Movie stars don't necessarily have a sudden, dramatic movie death.
Like the rest of us, there's most often a period of palliative, end of life care where people sit around waiting for their loved one to slip away.
The hospice nurses made up a camp bed for me next to my mum's bed and even produced a trolly full of mini, disposable toiletries for my comfort and convenience in the last few days of her life.
One of my four rescue dogs was abandoned at a pound by her family. The excuse was that the owner and his partner were working long hours, but I suspect it was because the partner couldn't handle a disgusting habit the little dog had developed. She was otherwise incredibly well trained.
She was utterly traumatised when she came to live with our family, eyes like saucers traumatised, but sometime in the first year she finally felt secure again, disgusting habit abandoned in favour of trying to bully the big dog and thieving child-sized socks for the fun of the chase.
I bet my bottom pound sterling her first owner regrets giving her up to this day.
I think women primarily dress for their own pleasure, to feel good about themselves. The number of women over the time period of their lives who specifically dress in let's say mini skirts to target, let's say random and middle-aged men's fantasy trigger is probaby fairly insignificant.
There is an assumption however that exciting random, middle aged men is first and foremost in the minds of those women who wear mini skirts. The reality is likely that those men never cross their minds. Why should that be any different for cis, or trans gender women?
It's not a question of deceit, but simply bad feeling towards someone who they think has somehow spoiled their fantasy. If it's just a fantasy, though, it can be anything the fantisist wants, i.e. of a cis, rather trans gender woman.
If there is an annoyance, there is some muddling between fantasy and reality, some muddling of what the relationship is between the fantasist and the object of their fantasy, some sense of entitlement that the object of their fantasy should somehow meet the fantasist's standards in reality.
There is an almighty arrogance in thinking that a transgender woman has deceived a random bloke in a bar because he wants to fantasise that he is anywhere in her orbit, other than in his mind.
It's not women's responsibility to live up to men's fantasy expectations. It's men's responsibiity to manage their fantasies.
Well, you'd think not watching it would be the perfect solution, but clearly some chaps think they have ownership over the type of objects (cars, little spaces, teddy bear substitutes) that are allowed on their show.
D'ya think I should tell them that women, whether cis, or trans, partake in pageants for their own selves, not for middle aged tossers?
People are not the same as second hand cars, Ozzie.
The most damaging thing is when you evaluate people in terms of 'worth', because you are a person. When you artificially lower some people's worth, it's to make yourself feel better about your own perception of your own worth.
People who don't think in terms of ranking human worth, or can see all human life as having equal worth, tend to see themselves as equally worthy.
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Which begs the question, where is home?If it's Trump Tower, I predict a rush of Repunzel memes.