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December 8, 2018
Rachel Maddow used the term "grok" tonight in her discussion of trump and the recent filings
I am geek and I loved the fact that she used this term from Stranger in a Strange Land and evidently I was the only one who noticed
https://twitter.com/residual_images/status/1071266389451816960
https://twitter.com/ishgooda_l/status/1071233625742630913
https://twitter.com/beattie8_sharon/status/1071228997663645696
https://twitter.com/juneday864/status/1071231945575673856
https://twitter.com/dw422rb/status/1071236213888040960
December 8, 2018
See Collusion https://thelawdictionary.org/collusion/
I can see this being used as a law school exam soon
Effie-I think this will be a great law school exam question
How is collusion different from political synergy? Compare these two definitions https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/synergy
synergy
(also synergism)
The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
(also synergism)
The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
See Collusion https://thelawdictionary.org/collusion/
What is COLLUSION?
A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose, as to defraud a third party of his right Cowell. A secret arrangement between two or more persons, whose interests are apparently conflicting, to make use of the forms and proceedings of law in order to defraud a third person, or to obtain that which justice would not give them, by deceiving a court or it officers. Baldwin v. New York, 45 Barb. (N. Y.) 359; Belt v. Blackburn, 28 Md. 235; Railroad Co. v. Gay. 8G Tex. 571, 26 S. W. 599, 25 L. R. A. 52; Balch v. Beach, 119 Wis. 77, 95 N. W. 132. In divorce proceedings, collusion is an agreement between husband and wife that one of them shall commit, or appear to have committed, or be represented in court as having committed, acts constituting a cause of divorce, for the purpose of enabling the other to obtain a divorce. Civil Code Cal
A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose, as to defraud a third party of his right Cowell. A secret arrangement between two or more persons, whose interests are apparently conflicting, to make use of the forms and proceedings of law in order to defraud a third person, or to obtain that which justice would not give them, by deceiving a court or it officers. Baldwin v. New York, 45 Barb. (N. Y.) 359; Belt v. Blackburn, 28 Md. 235; Railroad Co. v. Gay. 8G Tex. 571, 26 S. W. 599, 25 L. R. A. 52; Balch v. Beach, 119 Wis. 77, 95 N. W. 132. In divorce proceedings, collusion is an agreement between husband and wife that one of them shall commit, or appear to have committed, or be represented in court as having committed, acts constituting a cause of divorce, for the purpose of enabling the other to obtain a divorce. Civil Code Cal
December 7, 2018
12/09 Mike Luckovich: I have time to write
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1071120420114456581
December 6, 2018
Luckovich-Santa's naughty list
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1070759934101520384
December 6, 2018
12/06 Mike Luckovich: Trump played
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1070484229077778437
December 5, 2018
Remember Blake Farenthold, the disgraced former congressman who never repaid $84,000 in taxpayer $ t
https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1070303271372447747
December 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1070096847841230848
President Obama met with Beto
https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1070096136445353987https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1070096847841230848
December 4, 2018
Luckovich-No Collision
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