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Bookman

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  1. I think in hell you flop a set every hand, but lose on the river when your opponent hits his inside straight.
  2. In theory he could declare martial law.
  3. It's not impossible. All you have to do is presume it had some meaning.
  4. I'm saying the framer's expectations, even if their collective intent could be ascertained, is irrelevant. All they did was draft the document. If you're going to look beyond the text to find meaning in the words used -- e.g., perhaps you think it's ambiguous -- then what matters is the intent of the states that ratified it.
  5. The states ratified the Constitution, not the founders. And the "intent" should be found by looking at the words that were used.
  6. I obviously read what you quoted, which has to do with the text of the second amendment and is correctly arguing that the first part should be given meaning. This is true under any theory of textual interpretation. What do the founder's expectations have to do with that?
  7. Kind of makes it difficult to escape. Maybe we can set up a tunnel system like they have at the banks. You push a button and you're transported to someplace safe, like Canada.
  8. Let's build moats around every school.
  9. On this Memorial Day, let's take a moment to remember those who involuntarily gave their lives for American gun culture. Then take a moment to reflect on the Americans who allowed it to happen.
  10. What does that have to do with anything?
  11. Scalia accepted that but then he gave it no meaning at all: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf
  12. But the commas are placed so they don't have to give any meaning at all to the first part.
  13. That's only for abortion. When it comes to guns, they are textualists.
  14. Has Abbott called a special session to make guns easier to buy yet?
  15. Trump is hilarious. I laugh at him all the time.
  16. So I've been trying to get an actual understanding of the Higgs Boson, symmetry breaking, and all that. This shit is hard. I think I need to take some math classes.
  17. Son of a bitch is probably going to strike oil or find gold or something.
  18. Dolphins must be playing video games.
  19. That's because Austin is far, far superior to San Antonio.
  20. He just has to say all that happened under Obama and 40% of this country will believe him.
  21. I'm not saying anything about her personally. She never had a chance and she never campaigned. If I were a political party, my basic strategy would be to nominate someone who has a chance and then spend time campaigning.
  22. It would help if Democrats would nominate someone other than Lupe Valdez.
  23. I got it. The flop was J-J-2. Turn was a 2. River was a J.
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