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You cannot retrieve messages from the carrier. The carrier does not save them. The carrier only has a record of the number that you sent or received a text from. This comes up in litigation all the time. People delete important texts, or even you need them in a usable form in court. You go ask your carrier for them and find out they don't exist on some server somewhere. The phone destruction is new. It's different than all the other cases. Maybe Brady really didn't do anything wrong. But the spoliation of evidence rule rests on the legal belief that innocent people don't destroy the evidence that would prove their innocence. Take the Duke Lacrosse rape case. I believe it was a receipt that showed at least one of the boys was at an ATM at the same time the dancer claimed she was being raped. He had that receipt that showed the time and date on it. Proof that her story didn't make sense. That led to the unraveling of it (among other things). Now suppose he didn't have that receipt? What starts the unraveling then?

It's called spoliation of evidence. It's a basic rule of evidence that if someone destroys something that could be evidence it can be construed they had something to hide. Sure, Tom Brady always destroyed his phone. I believe that given how famous he AND his wife are. But, he destroyed it AFTER the investigation began and AFTER he had been asked for the texts. He couldn't secure it in a safety deposity box for a little while? He just HAD to get a new phone right then? Does he have to prove his innocence? Well, not prove his innocence, but the CBA says the players will cooperate with NFL investigations. The players gave the power to the Commissioner to investigate and hand out discipline. That means, yeah, Tom Brady had a duty to preserve evidence that he reasonably knew (remember he had already been asked for the texts) might be part of of the investigation. The Wells Report had a lot of flaws. Mostly, no one knows WHY footballs have to be in the specified range other than it's been in the rules going back to the 1940s. No one has ever bother to investigate the effect of weather on footballs before. If all the NFL had was the Wells Report, there should be no suspension. But then Brady destroys possible evidence. You don't destroy evidence that can exonerate you. So not only was there the inference he had something to hide, but he violated his duties under the CBA. He was wrong and he is being suspended for it. He loses a 1/4 of the season for a possible miniscule advantage. And maybe he didn't do it. But he looks bad for doing it and the Commish is within his power to draw a negative inference from it.

I've decided that when the folks start talking about using the tools as Experian, the sales guy will say "Oh you checked your score with Experian, great, in addition to your FICO score we also decide credit based on how much of an asshole you are, you now get that 38.99999% rate." Let's see how much credit swagger they have then.

And just so you know. a Blighty Ticket means you are sent back to England to recuperate, not kept at a hospital in France or sent to the Front. A Blighty wound is a severe enough injury to get you sent home. The Americans referred to them as a "hometowner."

God, Joan is all kinds of stupid. First of all, loverboy had apparently been caught by the Brits. That would have put him in a POW camp for the duration. Not the greatest place to be, but much better than actually IN THE WAR. Second of all, what did she think would happen when she helped loverboy get away? They would just chuckle and go "oh love makes people do stupid things?" It was WAR. He was on the other side. The rest was blah. This show could have shown so much about what the nurses went through during WWI. But noooo, it's just basically Downton Abbey at the Front.

She's with her mamma now. May they both find the peace they could never find in this life.

That. Was. Hilarious. Just one quibble, not everyone who tweeted about Sharknado thought it was the best ever. I was losing it. Capitol Weather Gang (hey it was a Sharknado that fell into their purview) apologized for tweeting about it.

I've said this before, this family will never be the elite they think they are as long as they strumpet themselves out like this. The true elite are very careful what they associates themselves with (which is why the Duchess of Cambridge sent back the free Kardashian Kollection klothes). This family will stick their name on everything and think that makes them elite.

Vikings open training camp this weekend. Football is back, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Sharknado 3 day. Oh Hell No. Oh Hell YES. (sorry couldn't resist) Looking forward to this. Although I have to say as someone who is a cheese junkie, even the "shark"something v. something is gettig a little lame over on SciFi. They are clearly out of ideas. And Z list actors willing to appear in said low, low, low budget flicks.

I think it's great that Caitlyn Jenner is transitioning. HOwever, I don't need to see a picture of her new outfit every damn day. I thought she was just caught up in the Kardashian famestrumpeting. Turns out she is just as bad as they are. The paps wouldn't be getting pictures of her everywhere if she wasn't telling them where she was.

Like Kanye? You must dress the way I say. The temperature has to be kept a certain one. Etc. The man is a control freak with rage tendencies. This is the only part I feel sorry for Kim. Kanye completely controls her. We don't know what goes on behind closed doors that makes her go along with it. Domestic violence is not about the hitting, its about the control. Yes, even with someone with her money and fame can be in an abusive relationship. She might even be more trapped because people will say "Huh, she's got money, she got resources, why doesn't she get out?" Well, the taking away your power and self-esteem so you think you CANNOT get out is all part of the abuse.

Started this over in the Spoilers thread, going to finish it here. I want my procedural back. I want my Wesen Case of the Week. I started this show to see how a cop deals with the fact that it turns out he is also a cop in the supernatural world. Get rid of the all the soapy elements. Get rid of Adalind and her baby angst. Get rid of the Royals if you can't make them want their own private police force. Get rid of the special snowflake girlfriend who causes endless angst. The coins, the keys, all of it. Go. A. Way. Just crime, research, solution, either cop or "and I then I cut his head off."

It better be the house. If he loses his job, there goes the whole basic premise of the show. I tuned into a show about a COP who discovers he has this special power and how he deals with that. I did not tune into As the Grimm Turns.

I'll believe she is actually pregnant when that baby comes out from between her legs. Face it, they can make her look "pregnant" just by not photoshopping so much and maybe removing a layer of spanx or two.

I knew I was going to screw up which school Robertson started. But my point still stands, that not fundie enough for the Duggars.

I don't see Pat Robertson picking them up. 1) He founded Liberty University which is <gasp> higher education that even allows women to attend. 2) Pat will want to be in charge and Jim Boob won't let anyone but him be in charge. Speaking of which, no way in hell those girls participate in the TLC doc without daddy's approval. And no way daddy approves participation without some control over how they are presented. I worry that with no cameras on them, they will go back to blanket training. Michelle has no idea how to parent and blanket training is a great way to control kids so you don't have to parent.

Th-th-th-th-that's all folks. Bye, bye, don't buy bonds. Turn out the lights, the party's over. (wow, I know waaaaay too many exit lines.)

Yeah, he is so tough about staying out in dangerous weather, that the boat owner from two years ago had to order him to stop finishing in a storm that everyone else ran from so the boat wouldn't sink. I think Elliott is too stupid and/or uncaring of his crew's safety to know when to stop fishing.

Oh that was awesome. Vicki Lawrence stayed totally in character when she busted out "sure that little asshole is done?" line. That's why its so great. Man they do not make jokes like that anymore. The part about the siamese elephants had not on "below the part" part in it. Proof you can be funny without being crude.

I didn't understand all of Josh's rant either. Except all the times he used the word "I" and I think I caught of a couple "and I'm the captain"s. So basically it was all about him and how's he the captain so he gets to rant and rave. Not really a good way to actually get your crew to treat you like a captain. Jake on the other hand needs a little more of Josh's arrogance. He needs to realize he's EARNED the right to be there. He worked his way up from greenhorn to deck boss. He did all the required training for his captain's license. He put in his time over the summer. He's done what he had to do and then some. That chair is his. He can handle it. Mistakes will happen. Look even Sig made a mistake trying to fish through that storm. Jake has to stop expecting he will be as good as Sig is now, RIGHT NOW. He's good enough. And he's better than Josh or Elliott, albeit that's a low bar, but it's all he has to be right now.

the worst part of the "phisticated" ads are that she is not making up a new word. The friend is saying her new room is "so-" and the lady cuts her off with "phisticated" meaning finishing the damn word to make it "sophisticated" which is a real word. BUt then the moron just takes it as "phisticated." She didn't make up a new word, she was too stupid to recognize a word that already exists.

And of course, on tv, you will put your name down for the super exclusive, years long waiting list special place to get married despite not even dating anyone. Then you will get a phone call saying that there was a cancellation for that very weekend and somehow you made it to the top of the years long list for the venue. Wacky hijinks ensue.

Kanye doesn't get to talk about ANYONE's lack of parenting skills. How long does he go without seeing his daughter? Or make Kim go trailing around after wherever he is so that he can see her? Kanye does not have to spend so much time elsewhere.

Oh so much better than revenge porn. And most still legal (could be harassment).