He's a US Supreme Court Justice and is at the centre of allegations that he's been accepting gifts from millionaires, from free flights (hence the "ticketed" part ) to luxury stays at various places. Not a good image from someone expected to be impartial. And he won't recuse himself from cases where he has a clear conflict of interest.
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Llondel, a definitely "not correct" then to your suggestion.
If what you say is true, I trust he is removed from his post.
I will give it to Opsboi as he is on the right track.
Apparently murder can only be tried by, what are called, "ticketed" circuit Judges (they may now be called district judges?).
They are approved, the term ticketed is used, by the higher judiciary as such.
Reading further, it would seem that there is a hierarchy of judges and what cases they can try.
One learns something every day!!
If what you say is true, I trust he is removed from his post.
I will give it to Opsboi as he is on the right track.
Apparently murder can only be tried by, what are called, "ticketed" circuit Judges (they may now be called district judges?).
They are approved, the term ticketed is used, by the higher judiciary as such.
Reading further, it would seem that there is a hierarchy of judges and what cases they can try.
One learns something every day!!
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Opsboi in the chair.
'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.
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'Yes, Madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly.' Sir Winston Churchill.
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Ooops, sorry
Which “poor man’s Sherlock Holmes” drove a bulletproof Rolls-Royce named “The Grey Panther”?
Which “poor man’s Sherlock Holmes” drove a bulletproof Rolls-Royce named “The Grey Panther”?
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I've nearly forgotten the answer
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What was the relationship between him and his young companion?
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.
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Sexton Blake naturally, now then what is a dissectologist?
Something I happened on today.
Something I happened on today.
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Just a guess - one who dissects bodies in preparation for examination by medical students?now then what is a dissectologist?
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That is what happens in medical schools today but in the '50s in Aberdeen (Scotland)medical school two students shared a cadaver and took it apart themselves. So they were finding their way around, say, the path of the vagus nerve so the results were not pretty. The prof of anatomy always insisted that at the end of the anatomy phase there was a proper funeral, held in the dissecting room. The relatives of those who had donated their bodies for medical science were invited to attend. Back then in Scotland there was the custom of "viewing the remains" (like an Irish wake but sober). The relatives of course remembered the deceased as they had been and being presented with the bits and pieces all disassembled caused some distressing scenes.
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Curiosity can take you into some strange places.
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Wrong and interesting in that order.
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Rossian, D1's FiL told us tales of when he was studying in the UK, complete with dissecting while smoking, as everyone did in those days..
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I know this because it came up in a family zoom quiz during the pandemic, it’s someone who does jigsaw puzzles.
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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Correct
YHC
YHC
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What plant is the basis for tequila?
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Weber's Blue Agave (Agave tequilana)
I actually have one. I fear it will be quite some time before I cane harvest it and make a very small batch of my own.
Until then I will have to buy.
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I actually have one. I fear it will be quite some time before I cane harvest it and make a very small batch of my own.
Until then I will have to buy.
PP
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PP is correct as only blue agave is used for tequila.
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What do Boston, Dallas, Denver, and New York City have in common at the moment?
PP
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