Upstream of the Herd

Trump's bond in Georgia is $200,000.  This is the first time Trump has had to post bond. The Georgia Racketeering and Conspiracy indictment details:  https://www.scribd.com/document/665036274/Trump-Indictment-Georgia-081423# Trump's Georgia bond agreement details: "CONSENT BOND ORDER FOR DEFENDANT DONALD JOHN TRUMP The above-captioned matter having come before the Court for consideration of bond, and with consent of counsel for the State of Georgia and for the Defendant, the Court hereby GRANTS and ORDERS that bond is set in this matter as follows: (1) Bond Amount: Count 1: Violation of GA RICO Act $80,000 Count 5: Criminal Solicitation $10,000 Count 9: Criminal Conspiracy $10,000 Count 11: Criminal Conspiracy $10,000 Count 13: Criminal Conspiracy $10,000 Count 15: Criminal Conspiracy $10,000 Count 17: Criminal Conspiracy $10,000 Count 19: Criminal Conspiracy $10,000 Count 27: Filing False Documents $10,000 Count 28: Criminal Solicitation $10,000 Count 29: False Statemen...

 When I went job hunting a while back, I discovered all the facilities in my area (Houston) also have no-nicotine policies. That means I'm trapped at my place forever, I guess (but today is my very first day not smoking- it feels weird but I've made it through the day so far. 45 years. Yup. You read that right. 45 years of smoking.) One facility had a sign posted on the door to HR that said "We don't hire anyone who uses nicotine in any form" or something similar, so that includes e-cigs/vapes, patches, gum. It is understood that this no smoking policy is based on insurance costs.  I understand that most places with this policy only test at hiring. I did hear a reports of annual testing from one person but have no verification of that.  I also see how smoking could reappear as a problem when it's time for a company's annual enrollment period for health insurance benefits. My facility charges smokers an additional $600 per year in insurance costs (which mea...