Wiseguy

And this is the reason I posted the question in the first place. Thank you for the info! We will be there for several days so will likely make some side trips as well as visiting some with our French friends (they are from the outskirts of Paris).

Thanks again! This place never ceases to amaze me.

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haven’t been to Figecc but I did spend a week exploring the Bordeaux region last year. If you want to visit a winery, you need to make arrangements in advance. It is not like California where you can drive up and down the highway and pop in for a tasting. They are not that tourist friendly over there.

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Thanks for the heads up. Did you do any tastings/tours? Any you would recommend to someone who is more familiar with California/Oregon wines than French?

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What's the downside of calling him? Seems to me that getting him to admit that he lied, coerced statements, and manipulated evidence in this case is prima facia reasonable doubt. I can't think of a good reason not to call the guy to the stand

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Really only issue is if the defense calls him, then the CW is cross examining him. That means they can ask leading questions and do a lot more to rehab his image than if they were only doing direct examination.

Some cool stories in this thread. My mom used to talk about going “across the river” to see him back in the days where the nightlife was livelier in Port Allen than in BR. Apparently there was a club there that he frequented as a performer.

On a tangential note- a while back I was at the FloraBama and happened upon this guy Brandon Giles. He is a piano player and singer with a full backing band. The dude had “it”- the energy, charisma, and stage presence that made me stop and listen and watch. Two comparisons came to mind: Jerry Lee Lewis and Fred Leblanc. At first I thought the guy was cooked out of his gourd. I looked him up and apparently he is in recovery and takes his sobriety very seriously. So it’s just his performance energy. As I was watching I kept thinking this must be what it was like to see Jerry Lee Lewis when he was young. If you ever run across this guy go and see him. It’s a fun show to go see.

I’ve said this before. The only advantage to a purpose built “outdoor TV” is they use led panels that are brighter than normal tvs and can be seen and maintain picture quality in bright conditions. If your outdoor tv is going to be watched in a shaded area without direct sunlight shining in then you probably don’t need that extra brightness. If you want to test it, bring one of your tvs from inside out to where you plan to install your outdoor tv and set it up on a table or something and watch it at the time of day you anticipate watching tv there. You will quickly see that the picture is just fine or it isn’t.

This is actually a good thing for those who want to move past this phase in our history where “gender identity” has become the focus of so many people’s lives. We have reached the point where “gender” no longer means anything and will be discarded as a topic of discussion because there is no meaning to it. Once you dilute the idea of a gender identity so much that there are 72 of them with most having nothing to do with actual gender, then this movement has jumped the shark.

I really didn’t think it could be worse today for Shan*on than yesterday. I stand corrected. Holy shite. This guy has undoubtedly cost himself a job and has definitely destroyed the reputation of Aperture. I can’t wait to hear Alesi cross the Aperture VP.

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Did not always agree, but you always knew kip loved BR.

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I think this is the biggest thing that is missing since he left the office. The passion and love for BR haven’t been the same. If you have two parties with differing views/philosophies but a common love of the entity they are making decisions for, they will debate and discuss and eventually come up with a solution that is amenable to both sides. And the common love of Baton Rouge earned Kip a lot of trust from people who didn’t necessarily agree with some of his positions because they trusted he was working for the good of the city and not just a portion of it.

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Congratulations to him. To him goes the credit. I did not do anything, lol. Thanks though.

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I get the sentiment, but I disagree. From the time he was young, you provided the environment and support that alllowed him to create a lofty goal, and then pursue it. Of course he is responsible for the hard academic work and the long hours in residency and the perseverance to complete his requirements. But without you he wouldn’t have had that tenacity and drive. So, yes, congrats to him. But also congrats to you on raising a dedicated and productive human being.

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Because the jury had to hear him call Karen Read a retard and he was searching her phone for her nudes. A text thread he was included and participated in. It impeached him both as a State Trooper and a witness.

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More than the impeachment, it demonstrates clear bias against the (then) suspect. Instead of investigating and allowing the evidence to point the way forward and tell the story, they created a story and looked for evidence (and noodz) that they could use to support that story. They never even considered anyone else. It was a botched, bias investigation. The judge refused the defense plan to call an expert witness to discuss the investigation itself and compare it to best practices. They had to use Bukenik to introduce how bad an investigation it was.