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... A federal jury in Manhattan issued the verdict Wednesday in favor of the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, and one of the country's biggest lenders, BTA Bank, awarding more than $32 million in damages, including interest, according to the lawyer for the plaintiffs, Matthew L. Schwartz of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

The loss in court is a setback for Sater, a controversial real estate operative who once had offices at Trump Tower. ...

@#14 ... The cities also send out a brigade of trucks to scour out and spray every possible larva hatching area they can find. ...

Back when I was a kid living in NYC, the city used to send out spray trucks around dusk on summer evenings.

@#15 ... It's more about the mosquito hosts who spread it. Viruses could give a ---- about anything else other than where their hosts can thrive. ...

Thanks for the correction.

Yeah, that makes sense.

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... The federal fraud trial was the first in a $250 million Covid relief scheme that prosecutors say is the largest of its kind.

The verdict comes days after one juror said she had been offered nearly $120,000 in cash in exchange for voting to acquit. The juror was dismissed after reporting the alleged bribe attempt to the court and police.

A second juror was released Tuesday after a family member brought up the alleged bribe in a conversation.

After deliberating for more than three days, the sequestered jury found five of the defendants -- Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Mohamed Jama Ismail, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff and Hayat Nur -- guilty of most of the crimes they were accused of, according to NBC affiliate KARE reporter Lou Raguse.

Two other defendants -- Said Shafii Farah and Abdiwahab Maalim Aftin -- were acquitted of all the crimes they faced, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. ...

@#2 ... Saw one on the street in Portland today. Still ------- hilarious. What a --------. ...

What concerns me is the seemingly high numbers of recalls that Telsa has been facing.

How can the Tesla dealers handle that work load.

Oh wait, are there Tesla dealers?

How does a Tesla owner get Tesla-mandated service?

And, fwiw, those polls are still wallowing in the margin of error.

But, that aside, my question asked in #1 still stands.

... Convicted Felon continues to lead Sitting President +1.5 ...

... and in a Country over party sense, is that not a sad thing?

What would your current alias propose to change that?

@#6 ... Now the shoe is on the other foot. ...

I do enjoy the comments of Legally..., mostly because they seem to highlight an aspect of the current, I'll say, scenario that I may have missed.

That aside, and back to your comment...

I am not yet convinced that "the shoew is on the other foot."

Yeah, Ukraine's sovereignty-defense efforts against Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion seem to be more successful than they have in the past, I am just not at the point of "shoe is on the other foot" at this point.

@#13 ... It's like the comedy writes itself! ...

Yeah.

One of the reasons I hang in here to such late hours at times.

@#2 ... Let's keep it real. At least 99% of these headlines ...

Cool. That's a rather specific stat.

Please show your work to come to that conclusion.

Or is your alias just venting miasma as it seems to be doing of late?

@#74 ... Her diary certainly did, which is 1,000,000x the evidence as provided against Trump. ...

OK, let's start with that.

Some person's thoughts and imaginations, as written in a very personal and not-to-be-shared diary. appear to your current alias as significant in a Court of Law as physical evidence?

Stated a little differently, would you want your personal thoughts and imaginations to be used against you?

In my view, fortunately, the laws of the Country do not work like that.

Yer up.

@#23 ... No simple solution. ...

So, what is your current alias' complex solution?

@#12 ... Did they propose or enact sweeping immigration reform? Fund asylum courts and additional agents? ...

In June 2018, the Republican-controlled Congress did propose a bi-partisan "Four Pillar" bill that addressed the issues fmr Pres Trump wanted to be addressed.

But he seemed to skewer the bill anyway.

Why?

The answer is simple, fmr Pres Trump gains more benefit from having immigration as a main talking point in his campaigns than he does if the GOP actually works to solve the problem.

Bottom line is the question --- why does the GOP not want to solve the immigration problem they seem to be so vocal about?

I have an answer, but I doubt if some here would like it.

@#10 ... Everything I wrote is 100% true ..

So, your current alias has links?

Care to share those links?

... Bolivia's president is urging the general populace to rise up and fight back against armed insurgents that have stormed the palace. ...

OK, change "palace" to Congress and does anyone else see a correlation?

@#6 ... Take note how Biden and Democrats are always gaslighting and obsessed with subverting our democracy and then outrageously lying about it ...

What is your view of the January 6 so-called "tourists?"

@#40 ... Of course he's going to show up. As will Biden. ...

That's my view as well.

And, at times, I wonder why the news media seems to have created and propagated this meme.

Where did it originate?

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... Tesla previously recalled the Cybertruck in April over a faulty accelerator pedal assembly and in January for a software problem in which the font size of brake, park, and antilock brake system visual warning indicators were too small. The January recall also affected Tesla Model 3, S, X, and Y.

A new recall notice says, "the front windshield wiper motor controller may stop functioning due to electrical overstress to the gate driver component. A non-functioning windshield wiper may reduce visibility in certain operating conditions, which may increase the risk of a collision."

The wiper motors have a gate driver that "may have been damaged due to electrical overstress during functional testing," the notice said. The fix is to "replace the windshield wiper motor with a wiper motor that has a properly functioning gate driver component."

The wiper motor recall affects 11,688 cars. While it is estimated that 2 percent of cars have the defect, the notice said the "recall population includes all Model Year 2024 Cybertruck vehicles manufactured from November 13, 2023, to June 6, 2024."

Tesla said it is not aware of any crashes, injuries, or deaths related to the wiper motor problem. Newly manufactured Cybertrucks shouldn't have the problem because "the supplier introduced a functional test using a lower current to prevent damage and ensure integrity of the gate driver," the notice said. ...

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... In July 2023, after 13 years as the Netherlands' prime minister, Mark Rutte announced he would resign from office, saying he was "retiring from politics." Rutte had been the longest-serving prime minster in the history of the Netherlands, a country of just over 17 million. So, why did he step down?

Rutte's liberal-conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy had deemed his approach to asylum-seekers too lenient, causing his fragile four-party coalition government to collapse. This was followed by snap elections in November, won by far-right populist Geert Wilders. Rutte had been unable to prevent this shift toward the right, arguably marking the biggest defeat of his political career.

Since his resignation, the 57-year-old has remained in office for nearly a year in a caretaker role as Wilders' complicated government talks have dragged on.

Retirement plans postponed ...

@#3 ... You: They were Dem Crisis Actors! ...

Who is (are) the "You" in your comment?

@#9 ... Here is what my crystal ball says: NONE OF THAT WILL HAPPEN ...

My guess is ... what might occur will be somewhere between what your current alias asserts and what the person your current alias is replying to has stated.

Fmr Pres Trump, in the past, has shown a tendency to push the limits of Judge Merchan . To the point that Judge Merchan had to issue this warning...

@#10 ... I don't think the mosquitoes care about political leanings or immigration status either. ...

I agree.

Mosquitos are a non-political blood-sucker.

And the attempts of some to try to politicize this medical issue (#11) do not help to resolve the problem we face.

Only four?

@#4 ... Interesting how many 'unusual' diseases have been cropping up in the USA in recent years ...

Yeah, but I'd categorize it more as "frightening" than "interesting."

From what I've read, dengue fever seems to ~enjoy~ the hotter, more humid climates, hence Pueto Rico, as mentioned in the article.

But how long before the hot, humid weather of our southern states provides a breeding ground for that illness?

@#6 ... previously a member of Captain Beyond ...

Oh, don't get me started...