What’s That Great Smell? EDITED
I hope your day is warm and wonderful and that somebody loves you enough to make you a chocolate pecan pie. I also hope you can mix leftover Aunt Erlene’s potato salad in with the turkey bones so that it doesn’t stand out on your plate that it’s awful. I do not know who taught that woman to make potato salad but they are going to hell.
I’ve got some great updates on the Alex Jones in Texas which I will post later after the hub bub is over and I just need to sit and grin.
EDITED:
Okay, there was another Alex Jones hearing in Austin last week. This one was for sanctions and a request for the judge to overrule the Texas Legislature’s cap on punitive damages. It works like this: In Texas, the jury decides on two damages – one is actual damages and the other is called punitive damages. Punitive damages are meant to punish the bad guy who caused the lawsuit.
The jury in this case awarded about $4.5 million for actual damages on a vote of 10 – 2. We learned after the trial from the jurors themselves that the two who voted “no” wanted the damages to be much higher. Next the lawyers argued punitive damages to the jurors. The jury came back with $45 million on that.
However, the Texas Legislature decided that jurors could be trusted in deciding between life and death but they could not be trusted with really important stuff like money. So, they put a cap of $750,000 for punitive damages. Juries are never told about this.
So, no matter what the jury says, the most that you can punish a civil shame bucket in Texas is $750,000.
There are a few rare exceptions to the cap but they are narrow and difficult to prove.
The judge in this case is Maya Guerra Gamble and I’ll have more to say about her later. After a day long hearing with lawyers Numbers 15 and 16 for Jones, she ruled that this case did not warrant caps and awarded the entire $50 million to Neil and Scarlett.
One other thing: The lawyer who totally messed up the Jones defense was there. Andino Reynal returned to the scene of his last humiliation. Mark has asked for a sanctions hearing against him for the waste of time and money during this case. The judge has made no secret of the fact that she is “disappointed with” his appearances in court. He spoke not a word during this hearing and let the two new lawyers do all the talking.
He, however, did claim that he will be the attorney to represent Jones in the next two cases. We are pleased to hear that.
More to come.
Happy T’giving to you too.
1Looking forward to exercising grin muscles when you have time to fill us in on the shenanigans of A.J.!
Happy Thanksgiving to all patron of the salon.
2Anxious for the alex jones update.
I just finished baking an Apricot-Raspberry Cobbler to take over to my brother’s for the feast.
3Thanks for all you do. Best Wishes to all Salon patrons!
4Happy Thanksgiving, JJ! Hope it’s a wonderful day for you and the family! Give Mark an extra helping of any damn thing he wants because he deserves it for holding Alex Jones’ feet to the fire and bringing justice to families who’ve been defamed by his lies! Much love to all y’all!
Donna
5Happy T-Day to everyone! The three generations of happy women in the kitchen gave me the boot. Or at least a subtle hint I could fix them drinks then disappear to entertain all the kids – outside.
Ms. JJ yes please, a big helping of what Mark has done to Alex Jones. That’s a better dessert than both peach and pecan pie. Crow pie for Alex, the more the better. Thank Ms. JJ and Mark!
6Happy Thanksgiving, JJ, and to all the regulars here. When you’ve rested up, I’d love to hear more of the tribulations of Alex Jones, who deserves every one of them.
7Happy Thanksgiving JJ and everyone! Hope you’ll have a great day with fun, food and family. Pumpkin pie with loads of whipped cream is still a thankful favorite!
8Enjoy your Thanksgiving, JJ. Am waiting to hear with bated breath about the latest of Jones’ troubles.
No chocolate pecan pie for me. I bought a pumpkin pie from “Food and Friends” to help with their fundraising. This group started out taking food to AIDS victims in the 1980s and have since expanded their reach.
9Nothing better than good potato salad. Nothing worse than a bad potato salad, and the good Lord knows I’ve had plenty of that.
10Thanks for the update. Two hours till dinner here. The judge was fair and just and saw right through him. I hope the next action against Jones is to bring him to justice for how he’s moving/hiding his money to avoid paying the plaintiffs. That might get him jail time. We can only hope. And hope his current attorney is still defending him. Happy Thanksgiving!
11As Mr Jones has said that he`s bankrupt, (put his money into off-shore accounts), can the local schoolkids hack his accounts and be rewarded with 10% of his money .
12Happy Thanksgiving, JJ, and all the regulars here at the salon!
This is good news to see here this black Friday morning!
13Let’s hope Trump hires Andino Reynal as his attorney.
14I overlooked that story, so I’m thankful to see it here.
On a more homely note, after 54 years of making 6- and 7-course Thanksgiving dinners, I retired this year. Bought a smoked turkey and turned the rest over to my granddaughters, who are 12 and 10 and already good cooks.
But I still did all the washing up.
Which gives me a chance to say that Luke 10 is the most evil chapter in a very evil book. If you did not get food poisoning this Thanksgiving, don’t thank Jesus.
15Harry, I agree. Martha should have just sat down and took it easy like Mary. It would not take long before the men-folk realized that no grub would come their way without the women doing all the work. The Kingdom of Heaven being imminent is dandy, but if it’s going to take more than 3-4 days, folks get hungry. Since it’s been 730460+ days with no sign of the end times, those guys should have been thankful that Martha was bustling around. And maybe lent a hand.
Every Thanksgiving I give a dinner for grad students who don’t or can’t go home for the holiday (not easy to fly to India and back for a 4-day holiday). But I make Spanish rice, vegetarian enchiladas and quacamole instead of mashed potatoes, turkey and cranberry sauce. Plus I have no hesitation conscripting help in the kitchen – “hey, you’re not doing anything. Chop these onions for me.” [It’s also helpful for introverts, to get them out of a stressful position with lots of people around talking, and into a quieter kitchen].
16If I had given the Sermon on the Mount, it would have started with Blessed are the dishwashers . . .
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