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re: Need watch advice
Posted by lsu223 on 10/18/25 at 3:25 pm to Old Character
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I like that. Quick search was around 5k
Check bezel.com
They authenticate all watches in house. I grabbed a “used” blackbay for $2,600 that still had tags on it. Beautiful watch - black dial with a blue bezel. Similar quality to rolex but you can decide if you like wearing one before spending rolex money.
re: Need watch advice
Posted by lsu223 on 10/18/25 at 1:53 pm to Old Character
Grab a Tudor Blackbay 58 for $3kish
re: Another innocent life lost in the FQ
Posted by lsu223 on 10/10/25 at 8:48 am to The Third Leg
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It punches far above its weight class. Some international draw, enormous history, unique aesthetics. Place is an abject failure.
Totally agree. It’s the 59th largest metro area behind places like Tulsa and Rochester. You’re right though - it has far more to offer than those areas. I think realizing that New Orleans isn’t a major city with a large economy may actually help solve issues more efficiently.
re: Another innocent life lost in the FQ
Posted by lsu223 on 10/10/25 at 7:36 am to The Third Leg
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easily the shittiest major city
It’s hardly a major city
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If you truly believe this, then no one can help you.
What are you talking about about? It's a chart made by Socialism Done Left. Totally legit
re: Po Wittle Kenny Levy… Now we need to feel sowwy for him for simply trying to indoctrinate…
Posted by lsu223 on 9/5/25 at 10:58 am to soonerinlOUisiana
Left Louisiana altogether. Now teaching at the prestigious Cleveland State University College of Law.
re: TSA to end shoe removal policy at some airport security checkpoints, government source say
Posted by lsu223 on 7/8/25 at 9:23 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Why only some?
Either it’s an actual threat or it isn’t.
Probably because not all airports are equipped with the same scanning hardware.
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Will we ever have the technology to be able to track these scammers down? Mind boggling that we can't.
Complicated question but we do have the technology. The sad reality is that for $17k it isn't feasible to expend the resources it would take to track them down. I can almost guarantee that the money is ending up in Africa. It will have been routed through more than one crypto wallet by the time it gets there.
I actually work in child crimes now and what's becoming prevalent there is even more terrifying. Scammers use AI to create nudes from a teenagers instagram account or con the teen into sending an actual nude posing as another teen. They then identify themselves as scammers and demand payment or they'll forward the images to all of the teen's followers.
Sad reality is that to my understanding there is not a single instance in which the scammer has followed through with the threat. If the teen just ignores them the scammer moves on. If they do send money the scammer will continue to pressure for more and more. You can find tragic stories of kids committing suicide over this. The scammers are so intentional about what they are doing that they will identify high performing or achieving kids knowing that they are more likely fear their parent's disappointment of having nudes exposed.
Again - these scammers will almost always be in Africa in nations that will not cooperate with extradition. The current administration is devoting more resources in the FBI to these types of crimes so hopefully we see something change in the future.
re: My wife was scammed
Posted by lsu223 on 6/27/25 at 10:13 pm to LSUGrad2024
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If she fell for it, then it means she did something in the past to make her believe it was real.
I understand the thought but it isn't really the case. The typical interaction will involve the scammer suggesting it's a warrant for failure to appear for jury duty or for some unpaid traffic citations you may have forgotten about.
They then create confusion on the phone and demand that the victim stay on the line. This is to prevent the victim from calling a spouse, friend, or even law enforcement who will explain that it's all a scam.
The scammers will even go so far as to find the names of deputies or officers in the jurisdiction they are calling in so that if the victim tries googling the "caller" it will appear in fact to be an actual member of law enforcement.
I know it all sounds hard to believe but I guarantee you that ordinary law abiding folks fall for this every day. These scammers are great at quickly generating panic on the part of the victim and providing enough real world verifiable information to make the scenario appear plausible.
re: My wife was scammed
Posted by lsu223 on 6/27/25 at 9:59 pm to Grasshopper
I'm a prosecutor in Texas and have some experience handling financial crimes.
Sounds like you know but the money is definitely gone. Try and give her some grace. Hard for some to believe but this is incredibly common. More than people even know - many folks are too embarrassed to report these types of crimes.
Others won't understand but I can't tell you how common it is for otherwise intelligent/successful people to fall for this sort of thing. These scammers have become much more sophisticated and are prepared with a great deal of personal information of the victim before calling. This isn't the nigerian prince scams of old.
Don't listen to everyone giving you a hard time or suggesting she's manipulating you. Be as kind as you can in the moment, I'm sure she's beating herself up.
Sounds like you know but the money is definitely gone. Try and give her some grace. Hard for some to believe but this is incredibly common. More than people even know - many folks are too embarrassed to report these types of crimes.
Others won't understand but I can't tell you how common it is for otherwise intelligent/successful people to fall for this sort of thing. These scammers have become much more sophisticated and are prepared with a great deal of personal information of the victim before calling. This isn't the nigerian prince scams of old.
Don't listen to everyone giving you a hard time or suggesting she's manipulating you. Be as kind as you can in the moment, I'm sure she's beating herself up.
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my childhood buddy who clears a mil/year by himself every year
No he doesn't. I'm an attorney 20 minutes outside of Dallas (still Dallas) and family law practitioners are not "clearing" $1 million/yr on their own nor are misdemeanor prosecutors starting at six figures. You're asking the right a questions in regards to mapping out your future but I'd have more realistic expectations of what this career will earn you or you'll be in for a rude awakening.
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an hour outside of Dallas
I'd be skeptical of that. I'm not aware of any counties in the state starting misdemeanor prosecutors at six figures.
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Starting salary 100k as a DA, then 200 + whatever I bring in forever.
Where is this at?
$1,350 for a 3 year old. DFW
re: What did Law professor Levy do or say to warrant being investigated?
Posted by lsu223 on 1/25/25 at 2:55 pm to SouthPlains
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Yes, Diamond and Smith (assistant deans or whatever they were) sat in class to observe him that day. A bizarre choice by Levy, to be sure.
That was so surreal. I recall thinking that I was watching someone trying to get themselves fired in front of 100 students.
re: What did Law professor Levy do or say to warrant being investigated?
Posted by lsu223 on 1/25/25 at 2:22 pm to SouthPlains
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- he got into it with a couple of frat boys about being a vegetarian on Tuesday. The next class on Thursday, he skipped the torts topic of the day and gave us a 45 minute PowerPoint presentation on why we should all be vegetarians, too.
I'm so glad you posted that. I remembered something like that but couldn't recall the exact scenario. We must have been in the same section. Had him for torts that year as well. From what I recall his first semester faculty evaluation was during the class he went through his vegetarian PowerPoint. We were all convinced he'd be let go after that.
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If he actually did that he deserves to get in trouble but zero chance that’s what happened. Somehow he has existed at lsu law for 20 years or whatever without any incidents like this, including the first Trump tenure, yet the second Landry gets elected we’ve had two instances of professors being punished. This is a Landry thing not a Trump thing.
I wouldn't be so sure. Levy is actually a really nice guy but very very left and in the past has struggled with remaining professional in that regard. I think he's been there closer to 10 years. I was at the law center when he started in 2011 or 2012.
Canada incidentally has never elected a woman to be PM. I believe Kim Campbell only served for a few months after the elected PM stepped down.
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