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Criminal defense lawyers sound the alarm about mass incarceration if Roe falls : NPR

Picture a court of law, jury in place, set to determine the fate of a woman who has had a miscarriage. And she's been charged with murder.

This hypothetical is part of how the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is training its members to prepare for a wave of criminal charges if, as expected, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

Only it's not a hypothetical — this happened in 2019. After a California woman delivered a stillborn baby at 8 months, she tested positive for meth at the hospital and the staff called the police. The Kings County prosecutor charged her with the "murder of a human fetus" and she spent 16 months in jail before the charges were dismissed.

I often wonder how my friends from years past made out with their Crypto assets…

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I often wonder how my friends from years past made out with their Crypto assets… 💵

I stayed away as I have a hard time believing its a sustainable investing strategy. It’s not a diversified asset, it’s not based on a physical product and it has few government regulations. So I stayed away.

Granted the people I knew years back who bought Crypto probably did pretty good if they sold it at the high point although if they got out too early or too late they probably would have not made out too well. Seems more like gambling than actually a long term investing strategy. Boring and understandable is good when it comes to money.

I’m also more than a little bothered by the amount of natural resources – electricity, fossil fuels and electronic waste that goes into making the currency grow. The idea that so much resources going into essentially useless mathematical computations seems like such a waste. While many economic activities actually produce real value to real people, Crypto mining just solves useless math equations in the search of monetary growth.

One Year Ago During the Week of June 16

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Last year …

On Thursday 06/17/21 we had mostly sunny 🌞 with high of 73 and a low of 46, which is seven degrees below normal.

On Friday 06/18/21 we had mostly sunny 🌞 and rain showers 🌦 with high of 79 and a low of 46, which is a degree below normal.

On Saturday 06/19/21 we had partly sunny 🌞 and rain showers 🌦 with high of 82 and a low of 63, which is two degrees above normal.

On Sunday 06/20/21 we had humid 🌦 and partly sunny 🌞 with high of 82 and a low of 58, which is a degree above normal.

On Monday 06/21/21 we had humid 🌞, mostly sunny 🌞 and thunderstorm 🌩 with high of 86 and a low of 68, which is five degrees above normal.

On Tuesday 06/22/21 we had cold 🌩, humid 🌩, partly cloudy 🌤 and rain showers 🌦 with high of 68 and a low of 50, which is 13 degrees below normal.

On Wednesday 06/23/21 we had cold 🌦 and mostly sunny 🌞 with high of 70 and a low of 46, which is 11 degrees below normal.

Weather Update – June 16, 2022

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Remarkably cool weekend ahead 🌤️

Not much precipitation once we get past today but unusually cool and windy for June. At least the bugs won’t be bad up north.

Today.
Feels like …
June 11th.

Showers is likely then Partly Sunny

 Showers likely, mainly before 9am. Mostly cloudy.

South wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

and

 78 degrees , 63 max dew point, 8:36
sunset.
Tonight.
Hot !

Chance of T-storms then Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy.

South wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

and

 64 degrees , 64 max dew point, 5:15
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
June 27th.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly sunny.

South wind 7 to 14 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

and

 82 degrees , 66 max dew point, 8:37
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
June 1st.

Slight Chance of T-storms then Slight Chance of Showers

 A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy.

West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

 53 degrees , 5:15
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
April 26th.

Partly Sunny

 Partly sunny.

Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph.

and

 64 degrees , 46 max dew point, 8:37
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
May 16th.

Mostly Clear

 Mostly clear.

and

 48 degrees , 5:15
sunrise.
Juneteenth.
Feels like …
May 12th.

Sunny

 Sunny.

and

 70 degrees , 40 max dew point, 8:37
sunset.
Sunday Night.
Feels like …
May 16th.

Mostly Clear

 Mostly clear.

and

 48 degrees , 5:15
sunrise.
Monday.
Feels like …
June 11th.

Sunny

 Sunny.

and

 78 degrees , 45 max dew point, 8:38
sunset.
Monday Night.
Feels like …
June 5th.

Partly Cloudy

 Partly cloudy.

and

 54 degrees , 5:16
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
June 8th.

Mostly Sunny

 Mostly sunny.

and

 77 degrees , 57 max dew point, 8:38
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
June 22nd.

Chance of Showers

 A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

 59 degrees , 5:16
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
July 4th.

Mostly Sunny

 Mostly sunny.

and

 83 degrees , 64 max dew point, 8:38
sunset.

Daily Update – June 16, 2022

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Good morning! Happy Thursday.

With the rain showers at six AM I skipped my morning walk but caught the earlier express downtown which was on time and will walk the Plaza before work. Mostly packed and ready to go up north though I might wait until tomorrow depending on the weather.

Rain showers and 69 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. ☔ There is a south breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 58 degrees.

Last night I got packed for heading out of town ⛺ and went to the library 📚 and got a bunch of books to read up at camp. Truth be told it looks like a cold weekend for June with highs only in the fifties on Saturday. Looks windy so I’m not sure if I will bring my kayak 🛶.

I have Friday through Tuesday off, 🏖 and I’ll probably stay off the internet during that time as I won’t have service up in the woods 🌲🌳 and want to do more reading. 📖 The phone is such a distraction. I’ll schedule some other posts for the blog and turn off my Facebook tweets avoid vandalism.

I am looking at the forecast for Saturday ♨ and I’m not sure if I should bring the heater or not. I want to have two coolers so they last all four or five nights with the ice and it’s just more stuff to bring but it’s going to be chilly on Saturday with the wind. Decided with the breeze to skip bringing the screen text.

It will be nice to be away, been eight 8⃣ weeks since I last got out of town but with gas prices what they are I figure I have to cut back plus work has been super busy. Who know next weekend might be really hot and I might do Schoharie. Depends. 🔥 Looking forward tonight to having a big fire. Also I think 🤔 I want to get some ✨ sparkling devices on Monday. I’d like to camp for the Independence Day Weekend 🇺🇸 but where is undecided.

I am thinking about taking the first week of August off for summer vacation 🏊‍♂️. Those weekends aren’t race weekends at Watkins Glen so it should be quiet in the National Forest. I might take off the Friday before to get the campsite I want by getting there early. Then I’ll have two full weekends to hang out and go there directly to save fuel ⛽.