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5 years 267 days ago

Never had jury duty. They either didn't need me before I ever had to show up to the courthouse or I was halfway across the country in school.

I've heard there are certain ways to pretty much guarantee you won't get picked for jury selection, but don't know specifics.

The idea behind Black Lives Matter isn't that they matter more than other people, it was to draw attention to the higher than average incarceration rates and perceived biases in the judicial system as a whole.

Indian Empire and Issues Test Bed

The Texas Attorney General, not wanting to lose the Governor of Texas for more than a day, offered up the following statements to share with the Judge:

1. “I CAN ONLY COMMUNICATE TELEPATHICALLY.”
2. “MY PEOPLE DO NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR EARTH LAWS.”
3. “JUSTIN BIEBER TICKETS ARE GOING ON SALE THAT DAY - AND I NEED TO GET IN LINE FOR THEM!”
4. “I HAVE TO BRING MY SEEING-EYE WOMBAT.”
5. “I SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY.”

Issues Test Bed and Egregious erudition

Your AG is an alien? Fascinating.

The Oppressed Peoples of Issues Test Bed

Those were lines The AG suggested that we use on the judge to get out of Jury Duty. Fortunately, probably, we did not have to use any of them. All we had to do is adopt a stance PaTex told us when we turned teenaged - "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

Gig em Aggies wrote:

The only thing worse than a bad law is a badly written law. Let us hope you are correct in your assessment.

Trecdom2 wrote:

I've heard there are certain ways to pretty much guarantee you won't get picked for jury selection, but don't know specifics.

In my case it was easy. The judge is calling the roll, he reads my name, pauses, looks over his glasses at me and asks, "Are you the same _______ that writes for the newspaper?"

"Yes your honor," I replied.

"You're outta here," the jude said while motioning me toward the door.

Trecdom2 and Egregious erudition

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Indian Empire, Wikiplay, and Egregious erudition

Break out the Earl Gray. We will see more adventures of Jean Luc Picard!!

NewTexas and Egregious erudition

Wow, that is pretty amazing and cool since Stewart has not done that role since 2002! So, this is going to be a second Star Trek series running on CBS Pay TV? Two Star Trek series running at the same time is pretty amazing in itself, two running on the same network is really amazing.

Trecdom2, Safj, and Egregious erudition

Yes it will be on CBS All Access, unsure how the foreign markets will view it. I'm guessing the same way they get Discovery.

I'll post the link to the formal announcement in a bit.

Egregious erudition

The Total Suppression of Wabbitslayah

***** State of The Region Address *****

August 5, 2018

Greetings Citizens of Texas!

It is our great pleasure to announce that the nomination process is over for the Second Trimester 2018 Texas Elections. The following is the slate for the new Government of Texas. This week will be a time for candidates to campaign, debate and make speeches on the offsite forum. Next Sunday we will begin the elections. Join all the fun on the offsite forum at:

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Election Notes are in that forum as well.

We have a bit of a more tame round of-of Elections this time around with only one Cabinet position being contested. In the Department of State race, which ended in a tie last Trimester, one of the incumbents has not been nominated, nor has she thrown in her own hat. Trecdom is not off scot-free though, he will still have to face the inimitable No Confidence. Texas Ambassador Safj is going to attempt to upset incumbent Seeker Alpha in the World Assembly Affairs race. Incumbent Indian Empire is uncontested in the position of Secretary of Defense. Lt. Gov. Hiram, unlike the last Election, also faces no competition this term. There will probably be no bold moves in this Trimester. All candidates need to remember, there is RL work involved in these positions versus RP work, of which there is some of that too. These are not cushy jobs; just ask any of them. As usual, all races will have the ever-pesky and dreaded No Confidence to run against.

Where the last race for the Texas Representative Council Election was low on incumbents, this one is high! We have all 5 returning to race as well as 3 former TRC members, all of which have served on the TRC multiple times in their time as a Texan. You know what all that means? Yes, there will be a couple of losers since there are 8 nations going for 5 positions. But, no one is ever a loser who has taken part in Texas Government and the election process. We like to think that all the incumbents are a tribute to the job that they are doing and have done in the past representing The Great Region of Texas! Kudos nominees! In these 55th Texas Elections, as in every election, a well-made speech or no-speech may decide the final 5. That is a serious tip for would-be TRC members. * wink * Texas, please join us in saluting all our nominees for Texas Government!

Congratulations to all the Candidates!

Governor (non-elected)
The Big Tex Happy Taco Stands of NewTexas

Lieutenant Governor
The Gigantic Frozen Igloo of Studly Penguins

Secretary of Defense
The Social Republic of Indian Empire

Secretary of State
The Spring Nation of Trecdom2

Secretary of WA Affairs
The Progressive Union of Seeker Alpha
The Serene Compassionate Utopia of Safj

Texas Representative Council (5 to be elected)
The Barnes-Free Conglomerate of Ewing Oil Co
The Galactic Empire of Gig em Aggies
The Concordium of Independent Planets
The Oppressed Peoples of Issues Test Bed
The Holy Empire of Richard I
The Serene Compassionate Utopia of Safj
Shemiki
The Southeast Texan Republic of United States of Woodward

Let the Speeches and Campaigns begin!

Long Live The Great Region of Texas!

Big Tex
Governor of Texas

Indian Empire and Egregious erudition

Atryan states

Trecdom2 wrote:

Yes it will be on CBS All Access, unsure how the foreign markets will view it. I'm guessing the same way they get Discovery.

I'll post the link to the formal announcement in a bit.

Hmm. I'm interested, and Patrick Stewart can hardly go wrong, but I think it all depends on whether it can capture the aesthetics and themes of the era better than Discovery did.

Safj