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scottsins

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  1. Shouldn’t the Committee been after these messages once the Pence kidnapping thing surfaced? That was some time ago, IIRC.
  2. True, but intox manslaughter is not simply a DWI that results in a death. That was kinda the entire point of the Nestande defense.
  3. The 5th Circuit has not ruled on the merits of the Texas case, IIRC, but they did uphold an injunction preventing the law from being used. I imagine the 5th might punt the full decision on the merits until SCOTUS rules in this appeal brought out of the 8th.
  4. Of course they are, just like I’m not legally liable for breaking someone’s ribs when performing CPR on them. This thread is just fucking bizarre.
  5. I’m day 10 since my positive test. Only thing that I can not shake is the notable physical fatigue that has resulted in some very real brain fog/memory/typing issues at work. I’m not drowsy or sleepy, just tapped.
  6. The OP’s point about Garland “not enforcing the law” is pure bullshit, if you read the statute. Good luck proving up those elements. Also, what’s the fucking nexus between that “non-enforcement” and this event?
  7. Welp. I just got my first infection. Vaxxed and boosted. Tested negative on Friday before returning to the States. Yesterday afternoon along with allergy stuff, I got a scratchy throat and was a little tired, but I had little sleep the prior night which just happens for me sometimes. Anyways. Definitely feeling a bit worse this afternoon. Wife is going to get me a pulse ox just to be safe. I got some risk factors so I’m not Fucking around. I’ll make a tele-medicine appointment for tomorrow to see if I need meds.
  8. Lol. Are people unaware that Paxton won the last primary and the last TWO general elections with these same indictments hanging over him? Fun story. At the time, I was going off to a GOP co-worker about how insane it was that he won. His response: “Unfortunately, these indictments didn’t come until after the primary…if they had occurred prior to that stage, he simply wouldn’t have been the GOP candidate.” That guy has been wrong now twice.
  9. I’ll just throw out the number 8. I think it “will make a difference” because reloading CAN take time away from murdering. Would it have made a difference in Parkland? No fucking idea and it is a red herring logical fallacy ploy to insist that any solution be perfect and eliminate 100% of the targeted problem.
  10. Yep. That’s why, IMO, magazine capacity limits across all platforms are the way to go.
  11. A criminal record is not a bar, unless that record includes a conviction for either a felony or a family violence misdemeanor.
  12. You would have to prove that the person who gave him the funds was aware that they would be used in furtherance of a crime being committed.
  13. I also would like to know how much time elapsed form initial engagement to the shooter making his way to that actual classroom. Was there enough time for an alert to be made so that all teachers would be able to get their doors locked? Edit: I guess this particular school had direct access to individual classrooms via doors from outside of the building, so it makes more sense now that the door wouldn’t be locked by the teacher yet. It makes it even more apparent that the shooter had to be engaged immediately and aggressively.
  14. I don’t have a sub, so could you tell me what the technicality was?
  15. 95% of those cases are people failing to make their payments to Rent-a-Center places.
  16. Yup. And it’s not just about the W/L at the trail level. It’s about meticulously crafting everything to withstand the rigorous appeals that are inherent to those cases.
  17. Jfc. Does no one know that convicted felons can already vote in most places? https://felonvoting.procon.org/state-felon-voting-laws/
  18. Facts. As far as another great hustle story, Jo Koy told his on Bert K’s podcast a few years ago and it was humbling to hear.
  19. It’s not a heartbeat at 7 weeks.
  20. I saw that hour when he was here. Really solid. If you think back, a lot of the jokes were not rehab jokes, but he artfully used the rehab premise to work them in. Until I figured that out, I could not at at all fathom how he was touring an entire hour within 2 months of getting out of rehab. He only had one opener here, which was a hilarious guy who did some great crowd work centered around "worst thing your parents beat you with growing up".
  21. Yep. The IVF question is not addressed nearly enough in this debate. About every person I encounter with a self proclaimed absolutist pro-life stance (no termination after conception) also says to have no issue with IVF. Once I explain how it actually works, their brains melt and the bizarre rationalizations begin.
  22. Public consensus has zero relevance to SCOTUS principles. JFC.
  23. Before that, can you answer my question about the “California DA” and what that person did to SF and LA? TIA.
  24. Also, regarding the rapist not being able to sue, I wonder procedurally how that would work. I guess there would be a miniature rape trial as part of a summary judgment hearing?
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