George Conk
@georgeconk.bsky.social
sailor, husband, father, lawyer, law professor, editorial board - New Jersey Law Journal
My SSRN page: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per
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George Conk
@georgeconk.bsky.social
· Jun 23
North River 2 - at City Island, Bronx, NY.
Buzzards Bay 14 - L.F. Herreshoff, designer.
17' LOA, ballast 750 lbs lead.
The Boat School, Eastport, Maine - builder - 1985.
Mahogany plank, oak laminate frame, spruce mast.
Purchased 1999.
Buzzards Bay 14 - L.F. Herreshoff, designer.
17' LOA, ballast 750 lbs lead.
The Boat School, Eastport, Maine - builder - 1985.
Mahogany plank, oak laminate frame, spruce mast.
Purchased 1999.
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
This sad story is everything that is wrong with the death penalty - a charade of justice; a tool for the dreadfully ambitious like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
theintercept.com/2025/11/20/m...
This sad story is everything that is wrong with the death penalty - a charade of justice; a tool for the dreadfully ambitious like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
theintercept.com/2025/11/20/m...
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
Richard Randolph, now Malik Abdul-Sajjad, is scheduled to die tonight. His biological mother will never get a chance to meet him.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
This sad story is everything that is wrong with the death penalty - a charade of justice; a tool for the dreadfully ambitious like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
theintercept.com/2025/11/20/m...
This sad story is everything that is wrong with the death penalty - a charade of justice; a tool for the dreadfully ambitious like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
theintercept.com/2025/11/20/m...
Celebrating my 80th with family at Michael's in Madison Park, Brooklyn near where I was born - Gerritsen Beach.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Celebrating my 80th with family at Michael's in Madison Park, Brooklyn near where I was born - Gerritsen Beach.
The Brittle Grip of Ultra-Wealth talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-b...
The Brittle Grip of Ultra-Wealth
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November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The Brittle Grip of Ultra-Wealth
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November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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The Brittle Grip of Ultra-Wealth
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November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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He is comically, objectively, and dangerously unfit to be president. By any conceivable metric.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
He is comically, objectively, and dangerously unfit to be president. By any conceivable metric.
open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...
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Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
At the finish - cross country 5km
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
At the finish - cross country 5km
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Headline should read, “Backed Into A Corner, Trump Flips on Epstein Files” because deep sixing the Epstein Files is the one issue Trump can’t force GOP Members to back him on.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President, in Reversal, Urges House to Approve Releasing Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Headline should read, “Backed Into A Corner, Trump Flips on Epstein Files” because deep sixing the Epstein Files is the one issue Trump can’t force GOP Members to back him on.
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Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
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I’m a Marine, Soldier, mechanic, sports radio host, and former executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. I’m also just a working class guy who grew up in a Mason City trailer park.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’m a Marine, Soldier, mechanic, sports radio host, and former executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. I’m also just a working class guy who grew up in a Mason City trailer park.
"Catholic in Name Only"
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"Catholic in Name Only"
It's Not the Hypocrisy about Who Is and Isn't Catholic. It's Actually about Authority.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"Catholic in Name Only"
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The view out back
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The view out back
[Epstein] was into the barely legal type. (sic) Like, he liked 15-year-old girls. I’m just giving you facts that he wasn’t into, like, eight-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”³ - Megyn Kelly
Donald Trump has ordered Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Bill Clinton and other Democratic enemies.
Trump Demands New Epstein Probe With One Glaring Loophole
The move came as the president struggles to contain the firestorm over Epstein’s bombshell emails.
trib.al
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
[Epstein] was into the barely legal type. (sic) Like, he liked 15-year-old girls. I’m just giving you facts that he wasn’t into, like, eight-year-olds. But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”³ - Megyn Kelly
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Christian Nationalism
#Christiannationalism
GOD is not a gun-toting patriot. These people are nuts!
They want this to be the norm in the USA. Kick rocks!
#Christiannationalism
GOD is not a gun-toting patriot. These people are nuts!
They want this to be the norm in the USA. Kick rocks!
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Christian Nationalism
#Christiannationalism
GOD is not a gun-toting patriot. These people are nuts!
They want this to be the norm in the USA. Kick rocks!
#Christiannationalism
GOD is not a gun-toting patriot. These people are nuts!
They want this to be the norm in the USA. Kick rocks!
There's a certain genius about Oreos compounded with bits of Oreos.
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
There's a certain genius about Oreos compounded with bits of Oreos.
We the bishops of the United States are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement. We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. -U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We the bishops of the United States are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement. We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. -U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
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Nov. 13, 1957 | Texas Officials Threaten and Jail NAACP Officers for Not Disclosing Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
McGovern: Seriously, we were worried. We actually started handing out missing person posters. Nobody has seen you for eight weeks. But, hey, I'm glad that you are ok. I'm glad you survived your nice, two-month paid vacation