@JonMortensenV8Z There is a weird kind of mountain lion fetish that appeals to a certain type of person in the Los Angeles area.
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Robert Anderson
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Robert Anderson
@ProfRobAnderson
Professor of Law, University of Arkansas. Admiralty and Maritime Law, Corporate, and M&A.
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I grew up in Agoura and feel the same, been bitching about this thing since it was a $30M dumbass idea. Mountain lions are territorial so I don't think the fights are that unusual.
The fact is that they already collar them and already have them tranquilized to do so. Could just drive them to Ojai and drop them off, and move some from San Luis Obispo or Bakersfield to Malibu for tens of thousands of dollars.
But alas, there would be no conspicuously virtuous consumption for them to feel good about, and it wouldn't scratch the itch of caring more about nature than people. It's yet another case of this:
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The reality is even more ridiculous than the headline. The whole reason for this bridge is so that a handful of isolated and extremely inbred mountain lions in the Malibu area can breed with normal mountain lions on the other side of the freeway to diversify their genetics.
One of these inbred mountain lions killed my dog in my backyard on a college campus in 2022. The National Park Service had a tracking collar on the animal and knew where it was at all times. They didn’t give any warning to the college or anyone else. After this happened, they only admitted it was their animal after a reporter questioned them.
The animal was so inbred that its father was also its grandfather, and then it mated with its father/grandfather.
Mountain lions are not endangered in California in the slightest. There are actually too many of them in this area, causing them to kill each other over territory.
The NPS catches all these animals every few years to replace the batteries in their tracking collars. They could literally just drive them to the other side of the freeway in a pickup.
The mountain lion that killed my dog was hit by a car and killed a few months later. What a waste.
New York Post@nypost
California's priciest bridge is in SoCal and costs $114M - but it's not for cars trib.al/CO69Lsq
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@BartGonnissen It's comical how posting an explanation of law of the sea prompts dozens of unhinged comments about unrelated conflicts on land all over the world.
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So just stating the 2 opposing views on Hormuz transit rights without taking a side has people demanding that I apologize for Gaza, Lebanon, famine in Somalia, and the fact that the store is out of Rice Krispies. I am just stating what maritime law says, nothing more. You can debate about the declining value of international law, the decline of international institutions and they're all valid points, but the people that start screaming about me because I don't mention the bombing of a school or the legality of the war in general need to find a different channel. I write about maritime issues and maritime law is still part of that. I try to inform people about maritime issues, nothing more, nothing less. Do with the info whatever you feel like, but don't threaten me because I didn't write about that one issue you're hyperfixated on or because you suffer from monomania.
Bart 🌊⚓️@BartGonnissen
Does Iran have the legal right to create checkpoints in the Strait of Hormuz? According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, they do not. However, Iran signed but never ratified UNCLOS 1982, similar to the United States. As a result, Iran reverts to UNCLOS 1958. The key difference between the two conventions is that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 designates the Strait of Hormuz as an international strait, allowing for "transit passage." In contrast, UNCLOS 1958 refers to international straits with "innocent passage." The term "innocent passage" permits foreign vessels to navigate through a coastal state's territorial waters without prior authorization, provided their passage is considered "innocent," meaning it does not threaten the peace, good order, or security of the coastal state. Under the rules of UNCLOS 1958, Iran can enforce its domestic laws in the Iranian part of the Strait concerning: - Safety of navigation - Pollution prevention - Security and surveillance Iran asserts that the United States cannot enjoy the rights of "transit passage" as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), arguing that the U.S. only has the right of "innocent passage" since it never ratified UNCLOS 1982. In response, the U.S. dismisses this claim, stating that "transit passage" has become a principle of "customary law." This means that if all countries adhere to a particular practice for decades, it becomes legally binding, regardless of whether the treaty has been ratified.
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@mc43129300 @brim006 @GoodAmericanMan And the Colorado one connects two large areas of wilderness. The one in California only connects a tiny enclave of the Santa Monica Mountains.
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@ChuckDeVore We ended up moving to Arkansas after that. Much happier here.
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Ah yes, the California Mountain Lion - protected from wildlife management efforts (hunting) by the sole California ballot initiative to make it to the ballot and pass without the help of professional petition gatherers or ads to boost it. Californians with little connection to nature voted to make things more difficult - for nature.
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@ProfRobAnderson I think about this from time to time. So sorry for your family.
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@KatieZacharia The mountain lions on the south side are so inbred that they can't even hunt deer and they go after pets. One of them killed my dog on a college campus. It was so inbred that its father was also its grandfather (seriously), and it also mated with him to produce offspring.
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It’s very important that people realize that they built this bridge so there wouldn’t be inbred mountain lions.
That’s the truth.🤡
End Wokeness@EndWokeness
It's not just the cost. This monstrosity is on its 4th year of construction.
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@anthonyrickey Poor Vladimir! A lot of people have violated their fiduciary duties to him!
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@ProfRobAnderson Kicker: one of Vladimir Gusinsky's (more expensively) dismissed cases from Delaware was among the key cases discussed at Tulane today. He's a frequent-filer well-known to those who follow Delaware dockets.
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An important case under Texas law shows the power of Texas's new SB 29 for cutting off meritless claims. The 3% threshold for derivative claims is essential for eliminating wasteful litigation. Check out Foley & Lardner's memo for details (link in reply).
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@brainspoon It's more than that. After the mountain lion attack the California Department of Fish and Wildlife told me that if I tried to exercise my legal rights the mountain lion fanatics would threaten my family. He said that after officers euthanized lions they received violent threats.
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@ProfRobAnderson Some friends of our are neighbors to a celebrity in Malibu who lost some farm animals to a mountain lion recently. I think it was not made public for both celebrity and mountain lion reasons.
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But after conservatives came to Erwin’s defense during his appointment, he would never hire left of center. So UCI was only distinguished by its high salaries to libs.
Andy Grewal@ProfGrewal
@ProfRobAnderson @jadler1969 Seems like they are actually doing what UC Irvine was trying to do
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@anthony_schutz No. More to the point, they catch all these mountain lions every couple of years to replace the batteries in their collars. They could just drive them across the freeway in a pick up truck.
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@ProfRobAnderson Was it killed on the highway that the bridge crosses? (Seems relevant, and sorry about your dog)
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@jadler1969 @ProfGrewal They did succeed in spending a lot of taxpayer money, and they are also doing really well on Bluesky.
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@ProfGrewal @ProfRobAnderson Irvine never tried very hard.
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It is difficult to overstate what Texas A&M law has accomplished in just ten years. If this momentum can be continued, even in part and even for a short time, this school will tear apart the longstanding hierarchical order in the legal academy. That would be a good thing.
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@anthonyrickey @PrawfBainbridge I am fondly remembering the time a few weeks ago when former Chief Justice Strine challenged me for evidence that Delaware was captured by the plaintiffs bar…
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@ProfRobAnderson @PrawfBainbridge For what it's worth, SCR17 apparently dead.
linkedin.com/posts/activity…
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Multiple sources now reporting that the Delaware Corporation Law Council will *not* be proposing any attorney fee reforms as provided by proposed SCR 17.
This makes me think back to the Texas A&M conference when former Chief Justice Strine challenged my assertion that Delaware was captured by the plaintiffs’ bar…
Delaware simply cannot see that it is hurtling straight into a train wreck.
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Recently during an oral argument a judge asked me if I had any authority to support my position. I just said, "Yes, Your Honor, I refer you to the case of Nunya." Then we all have a good laugh and they ruled in my favor.
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Should be 13 keys instead of 10 levers.
Derek T. Muller@derektmuller
There are just 10 levers a school can pull for USNWR purposes. The question as to why a few can pull those levers effectively, & most schools express shock each year at where they land among the rankings, is a true exercise in management capability.
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