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softlynow

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  1. Voted early in Conroe. All the volunteers were in Covid's kill zone. There's no hope for Montgomery County. Ever. Quick aside, I've had 2 conversations with low info olds in Conroe about political issues recently. It was not surprising that they both thought Dems were out to take away health care (1 thought they wanted to END medicare) and raise taxes on retirees to pay for college. And yes, they thought highly of the ACA, but despise Obamacare. I didn't take a moment to wonder how the fuck because we all know how the fuck. I'm sure they'll both be adorning their cars with Tucker Carlson '24 stickers when they're available.
  2. The new "last throes." See Cheney, Dick re: Iraq, 2005.
  3. Biden needs to run four corners at this point. Stay home, Zoom a few friendly appearances. Tweet a bit. No debates. Hell, Biden's campaign ads could be 30 seconds of uncut Trump speeches followed by Biden doing his best Jim Halpert. Biden 2020: No But Really
  4. Given recent headlines, I'd like to see this happen: Trump loses in November, he flees to Russia the day of Biden's inauguration, Iran asks that six-party talks reconvene immediately with the offer of reinstating the old deal in exchange for the extradition of Dotard, the new deal is signed days later, Iran televises a ridiculous show trial which all the networks run during the day garnering tremendous (the best, you wouldn't believe how great) ratings, and, because I am merciful, he's sentenced to life in a 6x8 cell with no solid walls and a 24-hour live camera feed on a new website called rthedonald.yuge. I'd settle for Biden winning, though.
  5. At least concurrent jurisdiction means the states aren't shut out of that action. From what I've seen of local prosecutors, I'm not sure they can handle computer crimes or mortgage fraud with any kind of proficiency. They struggle in trial even when the Homeland Security techs bring them open-and-shut child solicitation and porn cases. And the ones I see spend significant time doing only those cases. No push back from me on the drug war, but I think there are quite a few crimes the feds investigate and prosecute that state and local governments will never have adequate funding to be competent.
  6. So even if the connection to interstate commerce is more than "tenuous?" I was looking for specifics, but if you're nixing everything that isn't counterfeiting, piracy, crimes on the high seas, offenses against the law of nations, and treason, I'd like to see why you would prefer the feds almost completely vacate the playing field even if you'd concede that the CC and NPC aren't offended. Good luck getting the FBI to transition to what you want it to. Not a bad idea, but we know it goes nowhere.
  7. Which federal criminal laws would you want to see go away?
  8. The objective of the WH is to get Trump a "win" with a peace deal with the Taliban. Given that objective, their move to say, "yeah, we know, but we didn't tell Donny" tells us all we need to know about whether this happened. If it was a baseless report, Ratcliffe and McEnany would've said so. Instead they went to the lie their most likely to get away with. They had time to wind up for a kill shot at the NYT, if this was incorrect. They didn't. Your obsession is making you dismiss the obvious for the nonsensically devious.
  9. That's been done, and your theory has been deemed ridiculous. Start a new thread if you want a place to frappe that horse.
  10. That executive order would at least expand the Overton Window. My compromise punishment for Tucker Carlson:
  11. He thinks if he invokes the 2nd enough that a brownshirts organization will spontaneously form, protecting him from the democratic process. Laziest fucking fascist there ever was.
  12. And 52:
  13. Season? It blew up it China in Dec-Jan and is spiking now here. If there’s a seasonality to this thing it’ll be one as long as hockey season.
  14. Considering how lightly people are taking this, that’s what effective leadership looks like.
  15. If I’m on your jury, you got no worries.
  16. Let the video roll. 5 seconds in, it's clear it's from the party in the article.
  17. No, the best way to change minds is have the issues affect them personally. The other way polling usually moves on issues is the older folks set in their ways die off, and are replaced with people still working out their worldview. One other key way minds "change" is the culture demands that it does, at least publicly. Polling suggested racism was "solved" long ago. Uh huh. Pointing out hypocrisy usually leads to embracing that hypocrisy and turning to whataboutism as a reflex response, in my experience. People like GR are lost causes. They will ride the nuke to its detonation. Correct the record if you like, but don't delude yourself into thinking you're in a real conversation.
  18. Exactly. If we get to the other side of this conversation with the song still uniting us, great. If not, we have to unite behind something new.
  19. Nah. It’s rather comforting that one of the internet’s core functions is in their hands.
  20. To hide their tiny dicks.
  21. Not that I would post 'em anyway, but that file pre-dates my NAS, and all those old paper files are no longer maintained at my firm. Closest comp I can think of is a cupgraded Kristen Bell with a two-pack a day habit who worked harder on maintaining a tan.
  22. Are you referring to the Magellan exception?
  23. She was accused of being a few things, but unfaithful wasn't one of them. Could be that was a two-way street, and neither wanted to go there. But my experience is every last bit of dirty laundry comes out in these kinds of divorces. Every. Fucking. Bit. And it's more annoying to everyone involved than helpful to their case. In divorces these days, adultery is kind of assumed, and usually doesn't mean a damn thing in the property division or maintenance award. Bottom line on this case, probably, but no one mentioned it.
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