Upate no.1159

 Update from the Sunland

No.1159

25.3.24 – 31.3.24

Blog version:  http://heartlandupdate.blogspot.com/

 

To all,

 

The follow-up news items:

-- On Monday, a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, reduced the sized of Tiny’s surety bond for the civil judgment against him in the New York State business fraud case—New York v. Trump [NYSCEF Index No. 452564/2022] [1133]—from US$464M to US$175M. They also gave him another 10 business days to present the required bond for his appeal to proceed. The judges offered no rationale for their ruling. We do not know the basis of his appeal other than the public yammering of Little Fingers, and we know how much those words are worth.

-- Tiny’s trial in the criminal fraud (Stormy Daniels) case—People of New York v. Trump [NYSC, Cty of NY Indictment No. 71543/2023] [1107]—was moved to the 15^th of April to give his legal team time to review late breaking discovery documents. The judge rejected any further motions to delay the trial. This is the first trial that potentially has prison time as a consequence of conviction. Of course, Little Fingers has been mouthing off in advance of the trial, threatening the judge’s daughter. That man is an idiot!

-- Boeing’s actions continue to baffle me [889, 896, 1149]. With all the management induced errors of various forms, they chose a new fixer to jump in and correct the problems. Is the new fixer an engineer, schooled in the intricacy of safety and integrity? No, the chosen person is a financial wonk. Finance! Go figure! When did Boeing lose its faith in good engineering? Well, I wish the new fixer good luck. I am not impressed or optimistic.

 

Early Tuesday morning, at 01:27 [R] EDT, 26.March.2024, the Singapore-registered MV Dali impacted the southwest pylon of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsing the entire through-truss and truss suspension portions of the bridge into the 48º F. waters of the Patapsco River estuary east of Baltimore. The bridge carried two-lanes each way of the I-695 highway. The bridge wreckage closed the vital harbor of Baltimore with at least 10 other ships trapped inside the port and block the interstate highway. There are ways around the lost interstate highway branch, but there are no workaround solutions for the ships. They deployed several heavy lift, barge borne cranes to begin the process of freeing the Dali and clearing a safe channel for reopening the port.

A surveillance video looking into the harbor across the bridge was released a few hours after the accident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqipWZMo4zk

The container ship was bound for Sri Lanka. As the Dali approached the bridge, the ship appeared to lose all electrical power four times and veered to starboard directly at the southwest piling, as it approached the bridge. The massive, loaded, container ship struck the unprotected southwestern pylon supporting a major primary support for the truss bridge sections. The publicly available evidence suggests the ship lost control, likely due total electrical power failure, as it was departing Baltimore Harbor. The reasons for the power failure are as yet unknown, or at least not public yet.

The onboard harbor pilot reportedly radioed for tug assistance and made a mayday call when it became clear they did not have control of the ship. They also dropped the anchor in an effort to slow the ship, but of that was not enough to avoid the catastrophic impact. The four-lane roadway (two lanes each direction) dropped into the water. There appeared to be trucks and automobiles on the bridge when it collapsed, although on both ends of the bridge had stopped all traffic when the mayday call came in. Portions of the bridge rest on the bow of the ship, which appears to be down by the bow slightly. The ship appears to be stable and safe for now, as they await the clearing of the entanglement holding the ship in place. I sure hope they are working on resolving whatever it was that cause the original problem onboard the Dali.

We probably will not get the NTSB findings for a year or more. They have the data recorder. I am confident they will figure out the cause and corrective action(s).

 

Good Christians share their Bibles. Billionaire Christians give away Bibles to anyone who wants the Good Book. They do not try to hawk the Bible for US$59.99 in a lame attempt to raise money for legal woes that were self generated (no one else). We do not need more examples of how vile and crass that man is, but there ya go. Another example can be added to the continually growing list.

Yet, all that aside, the truly sad fact is that man has fooled, hoodwinked, and conned so many good American citizens to believe in him and support his candidacy. That reality is the greatest tragedy in this protracted sordid episode in American history.

 

Comments and contributions from Update no.1158:

Comment to the Blog:

“Somewhere a paralegal has the unenviable job of keeping track of all of Tiny’s cases. I’m primarily interested in the Stormy Daniels case right now because it’s a criminal case. However, it’ll be fascinating if Tiny loses properties; his ego is based on them.

“The attack in Moscow is horrendous, but the international implications are fascinating. ISIS-K claims responsibility as retaliation for Putin’s support of the villain in Syria. Putin blames Ukraine, but his worse problem is it damages his claim to protect Russians. Russians aren’t nearly as used to mass shootings as Americans.”

My response to the Blog:

I imagine it is a platoon of paralegals trying to keep track of the tangled maze of cases, motions, rulings, and dates. Yes, indeed, the Stormy Daniels case is the first of several criminal cases against Little Fingers. It is also the first time he faces potential prison time as a punishment if he is convicted.

As we now know, the New York Court of Appeals has extended the time for him to post bond in the civil business fraud case, and more importantly, they have reduced the required bond from US$464M to US$175M. In his usual post-ruling “statement,” Tiny seemed to think it was a major win for him. The appeals court ruling does not alter the size of the judgment (yet), but it seems to signal the appeals court may be leaning that way. If so, he might get away without losing any of his properties.

Horrendous, indeed! I agree with all of your observations. The Russian security services have arrested others beyond the four shooters. We will see and hear only what the Russian government wants us to hear, but hopefully, we learn more. To my knowledge, no nation on the planet suffers to mass shootings that we do; that fact alone is a terrible embarrassment to We, the People.

 . . . follow-up comment:

“I’ll follow the Stormy Daniels case against Tiny because I read her book and she expresses herself very well and also because it would be an actual criminal conviction. Be aware that when that inflated personality crashes, suicidal depression is one possibility. Heart failures and other physical dangers also lurk.

“We’ll see how Tiny fares in his civil fraud judgment. In the meantime, delay is his mode of operation, so he ‘succeeded’ by the postponement.

“Putin’s hold on Russia has been showing a few cracks. If he’s perceived as weak on internal security, that will worsen his position.”

 . . . my follow-up response:

I read her book as well. I have also listened to several interviews with her. She is an articulate, informed, and cogent person; far more believable that her antagonist. Tiny’s malignant narcissism affliction will push him beyond any or most obstacles . . . even prison. I doubt he will ever face the reality of his affliction.

Perhaps so. We shall see. He has been broadly successful in pushing potential incarceration farther away. The judicial system is inexorably chipping away at his delay actions. I still remain confident he will feel justice.

Yes, it has, but he still holds a death grip on the instruments of state in Russia. I truly feel sorry for the good Russian people who must endure their own lethal authoritarian.

 

Another contribution:

“Agreed Cap, it’s not pleasant reading at all, particularly as it relates to a leader of modern society. Someone who as a leader must lead by example not a specimen of many things that many of society will see as gaudy and flamboyant.”

My reply:

Quite so! It is embarrassing that man has misled, confused, contaminated, and subverted so many good American citizens and transformed the discontent of a small minority into the domination of a once grand old political party. The longer he maintains his grip on the party the more distant a solution or correction appears. It may take generations to recover from this debacle, and the specter of our recovery passing, if not already passed, is becoming more prominent. Very sad! That man offers no positive example of good, beneficial, human conduct. He is, always has been, and always will be the antithesis of a good citizen. He is a living example of some of the worst traits of humanity. “Gaudy and flamboyant” are seriously understated words for what that man is and has done to our once grand republic. We must vote him and his brethren into oblivion for the rest of their days.

“That’s just my opinion, but I could be wrong.”

My apologies for the downer of a reply.

Keep the faith. We shall prevail. 

 

My very best wishes to all.  Take care of yourselves and each other.

Cheers,

Cap                  :-)