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tameobo t1_jdyin6m wrote

Reply to Dupont/Georgetown vs NOMA by AbbreviationsOwn7423

DuPont and Noma/Union Market are great. I personally wouldn’t want to live in Georgetown. I think being around all the tourists would get pretty annoying and there really isn’t much a of a nightlife scene which as a student you might be looking for (but don’t want to make assumptions).

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[deleted] OP t1_jdyii6d wrote

Reply to comment by Salami2000 in Felon who killed DC cyclist attempts to vacate plea deal. by [deleted]

You clearly do not understand the operative effect of “COMMA OR” in that statute.

The first clause, “Perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary” is met by all three felonious acts.

The second clause, which comes after an “or” and so is an alternative clause not a requirement of the first clause, says “in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate a felony involving a controlled substance” is definitely met by the reckless driving high and killing someone felony and arguably by the other two felonies as well.

I would avoid the LSAT and law school if I were you.

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[deleted] OP t1_jdyfz2b wrote

Reply to comment by Salami2000 in Felon who killed DC cyclist attempts to vacate plea deal. by [deleted]

The stolen van is a felony—which is sufficient in its own right for felony murder. The reckless driving while fleeing the officers constitutes a felony—which is sufficient in its own right for felony murder. Both of these felonies were also committed while the suspect was on PCP. Further, killing someone while driving under the influence of a schedule 1 narcotic is a third felony and, ipso facto, involves a controlled substance. Those are three separate avenues that enable a felony murder charge.

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QueMasPuesss t1_jdyewnn wrote

Reply to Traffic at kite festival in dc by nickyiy

Drove into just north of the tidal basin in 12 min today found parking no problem then walked around for an hour then went home. Lunch break blossoms > whatever mess y’all did yesterday.

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MFoy t1_jdycexa wrote

Reply to What’s the hype about these blossoms? by FutureHendrixBetter

Lost in all this is the historical significance, that the trees were gifts from Japan to welcome peace between our countries. The first tree was planted by President Taft’s wife. Most of the original 1,800 Yoshimi Cherry trees are still alive, but more were propagated from the original trees to fill in along the rest of the Tidal Basin.

In fact, the original grove in Japan that our Cherry trees were taken from was damaged in WWII, so Japanese Arborists took cuttings from the DC trees to rebuild the grove in the early 1950s.

The Japanese gave another gift of cherry trees in the 1960s, and after a flood in the 1980s, DC gave more cuttings back to Japan. Cuttings are consistently passed back and forth from the original lineage of trees in order to ensure their genetic purity.

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