dajo9 said:

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It sounds interesting but to me he is still Trump's dirt bag lawyer.

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bearister said:

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In a prior era he would have been tried and convicted of treason, sedition and dereliction of duty and executed at dawn.

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bearister said:

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Cicely Tyson's book was a good read. She had a long, interesting, meaningful life and interacted with many historic people (her relationship with Miles Davis was of particular interest to me). It makes you laugh to think of the schmucks that think they have had lives worth writing about.

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Anarchistbear said:

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Jeezus Tom this is so 2016

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bearister said:

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dajo9 said:

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It sounds interesting but to me he is still Trump's dirt bag lawyer.

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An eyewitness to criminality is always interesting to me. When they testify at trial, the defense attorney always argues that the witness is a rat bast@rd testifying only because he is disgruntled and looking for a deal from the government. The problem is the jury rarely buys it because:

1. The testimony is inherently believable and consistent with what everyone believed to be the case anyway; and

2. The defendant almost never testifies to rebut the cooperating witness' testimony because to do so usually just makes things worse for them.

Cohen's book was an entertaining and informative read. tRump is a two bit crook and dumb as a truckload of turnips. In a prior era he would have been tried and convicted of treason, sedition and dereliction of duty and executed at dawn.

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