Gina Szanboti

Especially note who said that. Guess he thinks he's the only party?

I hear pipe bombs are useful against Terminators. That could be considered a commercial application, I guess.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-17/fire-breaks-out-in-kyoto-animation-1st-studio-building/.149097 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-18/police-16-people-confirmed-dead-in-kyoto-animation-fire/.149102 "Kyoto Animation's 1st Studio building is located near Rokujizō Station in Uji City in Kyoto. Most of the studio's main line production takes place inside the building. The company also has a head office, a 2nd Studio building, a Tokyo Office, and the Animation DO building in other locations."

They caught him at the scene. Only ID on him so far is he's 41, no motive yet. He's one of the injured. I think there's still about 30 people unaccounted for. Hopefully they were all taking an early lunch.

Well, along with the lives lost (at least 13) and the injured (nearly 40), that building and most of its contents are destroyed or ruined. There's no smooth recovery from that.

^ All of this (referring to Queen's post not Hidden's, who ninja'd me). It's funny, but Dr. Stone keeps looking like David Production is doing it, with character designs that have echoes of JoJoBA in them. And I was shocked when one of ANN's preview reviewers dogged on Given's instrument animation, because that was one of the things that most impressed me. It's only a step down from the stellar work in Kids on the Slope. Makes Piano no Mori look like it's from the stone age.

Huh, I always thought her name was pronounced "March-ee" not "Mark-ee." Clearly, I never talk to anyone irl. But yeah, that last bit made me physically cringe just hearing him say it, and he wasn't even right up in my ear or yanking my hair.

Are you sure that was a deposition? oO Judges aren't usually present for those even in criminal cases, let alone small claims, and depositions usually take place in attorney's offices or a business that provides deposition services. It's hard to imagine a judge taking time to oversee a deposition for a small claims case. I can't say it's never happened but as the lawyer told Vic, you must be a unicorn. Heh, regarding objections to form, I ran across this bit about TX rules: Objections to form are frequently used to signal the witness to be careful in answering the question. Since the judge is not present, all other objections, in particular those involving the rules of evidence, are generally preserved until trial. They still can be made sometime at the deposition to indicate the serious problem to judge and witness, but the witness must answer the question despite these objections. If the form objection is made, the opposite party still has the right to re-phrase the same question and ask it again. Indeed, in Texas, lawyers were so aggressively using objections to indirectly coach their witnesses on the record that all objections outside four narrow categories are now prohibited and making such prohibited objections waives all objections to the question or answer at issue.

That might be good, but the way it was shot didn't do anything for me. I get more vertigo and stomach drops watching the chase scene in Bullitt.

I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but remembering you or anyone here is not high on my list of priorities. You guys don't impact my career or professional standing in any way. If your income and employability depend in a not insignificant way on your public image, then most people would at least know some of the major players in that side of the business (like ANN, who interviewed him just last year (and two other times), and asked for a response for their story on this just 5 mo. ago. He's also appeared on their podcast, but he's practically never heard of them?), as well as who their "rivals" and colleagues are. I've been interviewed a few times in my life, and I always wanted to see how the article turned out and how badly what I said was misrepresented. If my career hinged in part on my fame, it seems like I'd be even more vigilant about that, but maybe that could get overwhelming at a certain point. But I don't think he's reached the level of fame where you have to ignore the tabloids to keep your sanity. There's no judge present during a deposition. It's not even done in a court room. That's why Lemoine reassured him he could ask for a break, or take his time answering because this wasn't "a Bataan Death March." I know that "I don't recall" is a standard way of not answering a question. I have been watching the House Committee hearings. But while there are some things it's reasonable not to recall, or to hedge with "not to my knowledge," waffling that way on some questions just really shoots your credibility in the hoof. Like why hedge about knowing what Sentai is for crying out loud? Why not just say "They're an anime dubbing company in Houston," instead of "I believe Sentai is the new company formed in Houston" like it's some kind of gotcha question? And yet, he does remember that the woman organizer of a new convention was the yellow ranger in Power Rangers!

They can object to what he says in the depo, but they can't stop him from saying it, like they can in a trial. He had as much latitude as he wanted to explain, he just didn't bother. It's up to a judge to later determine if the jury can hear his explanation or not. If they don't object at the time, then they can't later. His lawyers come off as utterly disinterested in the whole proceeding, while he comes off as someone who's insulated himself in such a tiny bubble that all he can see is actually doing his job and having a vague sense that people are being mean to him. I don't know if he was trying to seem stupid, or if he really is that helpless about adulting? If neither, then he's an habitual liar like Trump. All those "I don't know, can't recall" moments feel like his version of taking the 5th. Some of the things he claims he doesn't know: Whether he's a contractor or regular employee, and how he gets paid. How much money has been raised in his name and where it's going, or really anything at all about the GFM War Chest, including its purpose or whether he's even seen the website before. The general makeup of his fandom. Whether he was fired for sexual misconduct or resigned from his teaching job. (dude, if the former, you'd remember that. If not, then that leaves the latter) The names of any other voice actors in the industry who might be more well-known than he. Who his lawyers were and are. Who his agent(s) is. Who the main players behind the Rangers are (except for one moderator), including the extent of his mother's involvement. He's never heard of Gizmodo, barely heard of ANN, has never read any of the interviews he's done with anyone, though he might've heard some rumors about their content. At least he finally admitted to maybe reading the Polygon article, after a lot of hedging. He's not entirely sure what Sentai is, or ADV Films (though he made some miraculously spot on guesses!) He may or may not have an iCloud account, but doesn't know if his phone backs up to it. Can't put a monetary value on the results of the alleged defamation (does that mean he doesn't even know what he's asking for in the lawsuit???). How many people have publicly accused him of sexual misconduct in his hotel room(s), though he thinks it's probably fewer than five. Plus many, many more (unfortunately, it's in a format that's not searchable). He's not working, or going to many cons, so you'd think he'd have time to bone up on some of this stuff. But given how dire all this ought to be, he's taking it bizarrely lightly. Like these exchanges: Q: [Are you familiar with] chebedragonessa47? A: It's fun to say, isn't it? Q: If you turn to Exhibit 8. Are you familiar with a magazine called -- A: Oh, that's awesome, what a great picture. [This is like stopping in the middle of your testimony and whipping out a mirror to admire yourself in it.] This is just not how you behave in court or a deposition room. Lol about the "witness consultant" they had in there at the beginning, who turned out to basically just be Vic's hair and makeup before they booted her.

Thanks. I had actually found that earlier, but I thought it was just regarding the scope of discovery motion. The depo doesn't start until page 20 as Exhibit A. What jumped out at me right off the bat was this: So what's the first thing they do? Put it online and have a YT livestream of the video (I think - I haven't given them any hits, so the titles could be lyin')! oO Anyway, I dl'd it before it gets yanked. ::puts on the popcorn::

Again, has anyone found where the whole thing is online? Ironically, I think it could well be the Risembool Rangers that are the biggest leak in this sinking ship. Any jury they get would almost certainly have no idea about FMA or why his fans would want to call him The Fuhrer. His mother being The Matriarch of his fandom is just icing on the shit pie, given his age (and boy did he try to avoid admitting she was even involved!). It's kind of weird that he didn't try to clarify why they attached that name to him (come to think of it, it's kinda weird no matter what you know about it, since he wasn't playing Bradley). I mean, just imagine him or his lawyers trying to explain this to a jury. Edit: and note how careful Lemoine was to specify "human being" in that question. I think he expected Vic to try to explain it too.

I knew baby echidnas were called puggles, but I never knew the term referred to all baby monotremes. Also monotremes have 5 pairs of sex chromosomes!

Daos, can you provide a brief summary of some of their delusions on how they think Vic won? I don't want to give them views.

I'm still working my way through this guy's recap (does anyone have a link to the whole deposition?), but this is not what I'd call a clever opening gambit: "Sorry, I was daydreaming of the tropical getaway $200G is going to buy me just for showing up here. At least Lemoine seems to be having a good time, but you can just hear his wry amusement at all this coming through the text.

What kills me is that if the men lost all 20 games, they'd still rake in a $100,000 paycheck, while if the women lost they'd get zilch. I guess it's no wonder the women's team is so much better - they have to be if they want to eat.

I make it to suit me, since I'm not feeding anyone else. There are three things I do that probably no one does (besides not using celery or fresh onion - I don't like crunchy potato salad): I make the "sauce" separately first so I can tweak it until it tastes the way I want, then add the egg whites and potatoes until I get the best ratio and coverage; I use a tablespoon or two of sugar - surprised the hell out of me that this was key to making it taste right, but it does as long as you don't add so much that it actually tastes sweet (add more dill relish and/or mustard if that happens to tart it up again); and while the potatoes are cooling after cooking, I take a small one (about pool ball size or smaller) and mash it up like mashed potatoes (including a splash of milk) and add that to the sauce. It keeps it from getting runny and adds a lot of body, but still tastes like potatoes, without making it chalky like cornstarch does. I use about 1 1/2 eggs per potato (so like maybe a dozen eggs for 6-7 potatoes), but I don't always use all the egg whites. I also use both sweet and dill relish, plus a ton of onion powder (ok, 1-2 Tbsp) and a little paprika. Lots of mayo, a Tbsp or 2 of mustard, pinch of salt. I add some celery salt if I have it, but I usually don't have any that's not old and crappy. I make good, thick deviled egg potato salad, as long as you don't know what's in it.

Yeah, the women get $250,000, which is a nice payday, but the loser men get 1.1 mil. The women's team also gets higher ratings and draws more revenue. I want them to go visit the WH after all, wearing hoodies, and when he starts congratulating them on camera, they should all unzip to show t-shirts that say, "Close the Baby Jails!" or "Impeachment Now!" And they should all bring their own lunches.

It seems like only its legs are short, as in dwarfism. Either that or she's about 6.5 - 7 ft tall (where she's grasping the reins should be about 5' or more above the ground and yet it's well below her shoulder height). I mean, her knees are even with its belly, so her lower legs alone must be ~2.5' long! Maybe she has one of her minions carry around a half-apple and place it for her when she dismounts so she won't look short. Yeah, I know I'm nitpicking, but it was just so jarring when she hit the ground way before I was expecting that motion to complete. Gotta say though, she does fill out those tights nicely.

Ah, I didn't notice they were different sources. I just watched elfie's which was kind of hilarious. "Grisha, you'll never get out of the wall" and "But it would be no good if my mother came out of the wall!" have kind of a different implication given what we've learned about Titans and walls. But stuff like, "I first thought about what to talk I thought of that day," is nearly incomprehensible, and "Grisha, I'm dangerous! Look ahead and walk!" is just silly. I can't even imagine why anyone would write, "That. Young. Day. I." and think it was a reasonable translation.

So in other words, he announced four shows at Momocon that he didn't actually announce, other than to say there were four of them? The more people try to explain this, the stupider it sounds. oO

Lol, this horse must be built like a dachshund.