@TomWellborn and yes, #Musk is an incompetent asshole, cuz #CAwildfires are combatted by the best of the best, with #USFS's "#Helljumpers" on the ground.

I'd bet €500 that Musk won't pass basic firefighter training and be kicked out of my local fire brigade for being an antisocial asshole who cannot be trusted and noone would entrust him with their life.

• Because in the end that's what makes or breaks an entire platoon of #firefighters: Either everyone is trusting each other to have their backs and help or they are incapable of anything.

I know that Musk will loose this bet if he were to take it at all (cuz he's a #coward!) because he lacks something he can't buy or get done for him:

• Being a human being with actual empathy and a conciousness!

Seriously, Musk would not be allowed to even serve as #convict #firefighter because he's just a spoiled brat.

• Sincerely, a fmr. Firefighter.

The delay will spare #Trump a distraction — & humiliation — at a critical moment. MVP #KamalaHarris’s entry into the presidential race in July upended the campaign & erased his lead in the polls.

Justice #Merchan, a veteran judge who once vowed to apply “the rules of #law evenhandedly,” was an unlikely deliverer of relief for the former president. Yet his ruling on Friday marked just #Trump’s latest success in dragging out his varied #legal entanglements, a strategy that has paid off in all four #criminal cases looming over the [#abuser]….

The judge’s decision to push the proceeding is likely to infuriate Bragg’s liberal supporters & fuel accusations that #Trump is above the #law, shielded from the consequences of conviction, unlike any other #felon. To avoid that impression, left-leaning legal scholars — & Trump critics seeking catharsis — wanted Justice #Merchan to hold Trump accountable promptly after he was convicted in May of having #FalsifiedBusinessRecords to cover up a sex scandal.

Justice #Merchan’s decision came at the request of #Trump, who had asked to #delay the sentencing until after the #election, partly so he had more time to challenge his #conviction. Prosecutors working for the Manhattan DA, #AlvinBragg, who brought the case, had deferred to the judge, paving the way for at least a brief postponement.

The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s #criminal case in Manhattan postponed his sentencing until after #Election Day, a significant victory for #Trump as he seeks to overturn his #conviction & win back the White House.

In a ruling on Fri, the judge, Juan M. #Merchan, cited the “unique time frame this matter currently finds itself in” & rescheduled the sentencing for Nov 26.

“She said he was ‘the sexiest man I’ve ever met,’ & a lot of people say that Justin is his son. He swears that he isn’t, but how the hell would he know! Castro had good hair, the ‘father’ didn’t, Justin has good hair, & has become a communist just like Castro.”

Any suspicion that #Trump didn’t write this book himself should be allayed by the presence of such glorious gibberish.

“He [#Zuckerberg] told me that there was nobody like #Trump on #Facebook. But at the same time, & for whatever reason, steered it against me. We are watching him closely, & if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison — as will others who cheat in the 2024 Presidential Election.”