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softlynow

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  1. Where is this all leading? The republic's festering wound is now obvious to all, and dramatic law enforcement reform that can only occur through federal action is undeniably necessary. Of course it will not happen under Trump, and is probably a long shot under Biden (though minor reform is likely). But where do y'all see this heading in the short-term? Will people tire of this in days or a couple weeks, like we tire with most things, and demonstrations dwindle to back page level news? Will the consistent escalation from law enforcement keep the energy going into the fall? Til the election? Until we go from crisis to damn near revolution?
  2. Does this mean that Ann-Margret's not coming?
  3. In The Woodlands and Conroe the mask wearing rate is about 15-20%.
  4. It might work . . . unless, of course, someone comes up with six-minute abs.
  5. I didn’t know the guy, but I had a damned good view of Randy Kinder’s demise.
  6. Hell, it was their plan. But Twice is right about the obstructionist right being the only right. Unless the policy goal is enrich the wealthy and the grifters, “no” is their only answer.
  7. His reelection will only happen through massive suppression or outright election fraud. Still very possible, but we're not really on the hook for that.
  8. He's gonna say "final solution" at some point. Should be good for a few laughs as we continue to confirm the lack of a bottom. [cue sad Pence pic]
  9. I think y'all should keep him occupied on this thread. I'm uninterested in his arguments and his motivations. If he's going to blanket this board with his idiocy, at least try to isolate him to problem threads. I'm done thinking about Tara Reade. She's probably lying about the assault, but even if she's not Biden will get my vote. Fuck all the nihilists, Trumpkins and pathetically short-sighted socialists who don't see the simple problems with her story, and that Biden is miles ahead as the lesser evil in any rational breakdown of the two.
  10. If he wanted to do something positive for a number of red state economies he could talk to his buddies in SA and Russia about their little price war. Well, he could if he was their peer rather than their fluffer.
  11. Nope. But now that you mention him, it seems odd he hasn’t snuck back in here. Escriva/Laphroig/LL too. They didn’t seem to care if they ever had allies.
  12. That’s true both of the government and the GOP. Trumpkin grifters have gone from a significant segment of the pastry to its main cogs. And that makes it all the more imperative that a liberal-progressive-Never Trumper coalition stick it out for a few cycles to put the republic back together.
  13. We’re seeing the consequences of societal liberality and run amok humanism breaking down the old order of things. Stupid people always existed in the same numbers. But they weren’t empowered the way pop culture does now. What was considered crude and undesirable has often become points of cultural pride. We stopped shaming morons. It should come as no surprise to us that they act and think shamelessly. Was the old way of creating social outcasts problematic? Absolutely. We just haven’t figured out a way to keep the benefits while fixing things for he less fortunate and those who make an occasional mistake.
  14. You can say that about many types of economic activity these days. A completely unforeseeable result of the age of deregulation.
  15. I'm totally against this. These guys comprise at least a third of my criminal defense clientele, and they're such pussies, as you say, that they always plead. Easy money. Shoot to maim, not kill, please.
  16. This thread is proof that Covid ain't getting a necessary job done. Need and ELE meteor.
  17. Yes. This election matters. The country is sitting with it’s choice of the two wine goblets in front of it. One cup may hold crappy wine, but the other will poison and kill the republic, and we haven’t been building a tolerance to iocaine powder.
  18. Thanks for quoting me to tell me you’re not interested in my opinion.
  19. That certainly weighs in favor of the straight-forward interpretation holding. But court operations do not get widespread media coverage, and the court closings are probably a relief to more folks than they are a nuisance or outright detriment, at least for now. However, at least a couple of those justices are hoping for a political career beyond their time on the court, and don't want to be on the wrong side of Trumpists. My gut says they would rule in favor of the plain language of those sections, but it would be close.
  20. I agree with your reading of 418. What is your level of confidence that our SC wouldn't find a new gubernatorial power, because GOP?
  21. The folks who run governments by the mantra "never raise taxes" don't give a shit about the optics of any form of postnatal human suffering. Their options are find funds for their unemployment program, or fuck the needy. The latter leads to a primary fight next election. They don't fear Dem challengers yet.
  22. Yep. For those of us forced to home school for the first time, liquor is an essential school supply.
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