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bolverk

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  1. 54 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

    New statement from Perry’s lawyers...

     

    That second point should be pretty easily verifiable, so I doubt his legal team would be lying about it. Glad he didn't crash the memorial. That restores a smidgen of my ability to not think all of humanity is comprised of absolutely worthless assholes.

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  2. 3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I wonder if it's somebody from Surly posting that on twitter, but then, it's the internet, and she's pissing off plenty of people, and it wouldn't be hard to dig it up.

    I'd say it's pretty likely. Can't remember all the details, but wasn't there a group from another board who came along digging up shit on Romeo Rose for us?

    Also, after skimming that, it looks like whoever is responsible forgot to include her fake broken arm.

  3. 35 minutes ago, Lobo said:

    That raises an interesting question...what State Houses/Senates around the nation could potentially flip this year...thus setting the table for redistricting upheavals?  I'm not terribly interested in Democrats capturing myriad state legislatures.  I know I'm a CR minority/Rex Kramer acolyte in this regard...but give me a split U.S. Congress, a pragmatic SCOTUS, and Donald Trump's head on a fucking spike.  When it comes to the States...they're big kids...let them plot their own way and let's all shut the fuck up about our neighbors.

    Yes, we should tend to our own Texas garden. That said, your logic on the partisan balance of the federal government should also be applied closer to home. I think you're only 4-5 years younger than me so for, essentially, your entire adult life, this has been a one-party state, and it's high time for it to become competitive again. A big part of that goal will be redistricting as Republicans have recently shown themselves to have created district maps that discriminate against minorities.

  4. 19 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Hell no, too easy to commit fraud by other party.  You can stand in a line at Walmart, The grocery store you can wait in line to vote.

    Grocery stores and neighborhood schools cannot be used for voting in Travis County because of Covid concerns, according to a local KUT news story I heard on the radio this morning. Our county clerk said that it has been an extreme challenge (and remains ongoing) to find new voting locations for this fall and election administrators are very concerned that people are going to be confused about their traditional voting locations having changed. She also reiterated that the voting process will be slower than normal due to the safety precautions that must be taken, as well as the fact that a huge chunk of volunteers are elderly and won't be able to man the booths.

    Fortunately, we've extended early voting by a few days but it sounds like it's going to a mess regardless.

    ETA link to story: https://www.kut.org/post/voting-defunct-bank-election-officials-get-creative-search-safe-polling-sites-texas

  5. 2 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    I would guess it is an abundance of caution, given last weekend started this thread.  

    That's kind of where I'm at on this. It's very likely there will indeed be protests tonight, but the "paid protesters" from Portland smacks of the Soros tropes.

    While I get that last weekend's protesters probably didn't have a permit to march down Congress, job number one of the cops should be to keep the peace and protect protesters, bystanders, and property. I don't think they did that last weekend even though they had an evident presence given the extremely rapid response time to the shooting.

    These quotes from the KXAN story should actually be encouraging:

    APD: “We are bringing in the necessary staff, and have partnered with other local law enforcement agencies as we have done throughout the past few months, to allow for those peacefully and lawfully practicing their first  amendment rights while also working to prevent any violence or destruction of property.”

    DPS: “DPS supports the right of individuals to lawfully protest, and public safety is our top priority. Therefore, DPS will be increasing our presence this weekend, along with our local law enforcement partners, to ensure public safety needs are met and to combat any potential criminal activity.”

    Those are absolutely the messages I want to hear.

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  6. 19 minutes ago, Art Vandelay said:

    There aren't any. She's passing along info from APD contacts. Believe it or don't, I don't care. Just wondering if anyone had heard similar things.

    The quote from your friend said: "there have been a few media reports." If she can't provide evidence of that, then I'd say it's probably bullshit social media hysteria.

  7. 7 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

    I just don't see how any of those if's can be proven. I'm not saying that they aren't true, and if they are true then fuck him. But legally how do you prove them? I don't think his older twitter posts are enough. 

    I don't know either, but if I were tasked with investigating this thing I'd be contacting his ride share vendor and requesting closed circuit camera footage to see how/where he was driving before the whole thing went down. For example, was he driving parallel and in the same direction of the protesters before hanging a right onto 4th to head them off at the pass on Congress?

    I'd be looking for that kind of thing.

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  8. 25 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

    Note: (They openly support Communism, too.)

    Yeah, they're clearly a biased news source but they did the necessary digging to ID the guy. That's not to say they wouldn't lie about the guy harassing mourners. I don't know either way -- just saying they're the source for the claim.

  9. 1 hour ago, smuggs said:

    The fucking guy really went down to the vigil to accost mourners of the person he killed? This strategy is bolder than a bag of Doritos Jacked: Enchilada Supreme.

    That's what this website is claiming. Let me first say, I'd never heard of it but am only giving link. They also claim to be the first to break the news about the guy's identity.

    https://tribuneofthepeople.news/2020/07/30/breaking-investigation-points-to-ex-military-reactionary-in-murder-of-garrett-foster/

    (Note: They openly support the BLM movement.)

  10. 4 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Yeah that was a little east of me, still was loud.

    Must've been a different one. Based on past descriptions of your location, I think I'm northwest of you a little off of West Gate.

  11. 13 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

    I myself considered, but did not actually vote for, a third party candidate in 2016 because I knew Hillary was going to win, so my protest vote wouldn’t matter. I imagine there were a number similar to me.  
     

    Quick scan says Gary Johnson voters were numerous enough to change AZ, FL, MI, MN, PA in 2016.
     

    and that is just people that still decided to vote anyway despite it being a forgone conclusion   How many more stayed home altogether?

     

    That’s not going to happen in 2020. You hold that election again right now but instead of a media narrative of it being a foregone conclusion, we take it seriously, the results change. That’s the main difference between 2020 and 2016 imo. 
     

     

    addendum: this is partially trump hoisted on his own *etard. He got elected by just Having a knack for making a big scene. But his tendency for doing so means his garbage presidency has been in everyone’s face all the time.  That further ensures people are going to stay home because politics is on everyone’s mind. 

    Because of our messed up Electoral College system, I've voted 3rd party for Ralph Effin' Nader twice as the outcome of the vote in Texas has pretty much been preordained throughout my entire adulthood. That pattern of voting would quickly end if Texas ever mattered.

    What happened in 2016 was that Black voters didn't turn out (ascribe whatever reasons you need here) for Hillary. It was that lower turnout in three swing states that really allowed Trump to take the trind in this country.

    Sure, you can blame third party voters mathematically, but the real issue in the Midwest was an enthusiasm problem among a key constituency.

  12. 4 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    You can reply to a post and include it without hitting quote?

    All formatting problems would be solved if people would use paste special + plain text when they copy stories from other websites.

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  13. I, like many of you, live in the heavily gerrymandered TX-21, and this assclown is our representative. We need to pay a lot more attention to the stupid shit he says/does.

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    Inflammatory U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-San Antonio, suggested during a talk-show appearance this week that the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax perpetrated by Democrats and the media.

    During a chat with right-wing radio host Steve Deace, Roy accused shadowy forces of ginning up fear of the coronavirus to damage the GOP in the fall election.

    "It is all about November and all about reclaiming power in November," said Roy, a former staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. "And I think on November 4, there'll be a magic awakening on how we suddenly beat the virus."

    Roy added that he's asking the White House and his colleagues to hold hearings to "shine a light on the absolute fraud being perpetrated on the American people of fear."

     

    https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2020/07/30/san-antonio-congressman-chip-roy-says-the-covid-pandemic-is-a-hoax-meant-to-hurt-the-gop

  14. Saw mention up thread that the mysterious umbrella guy in Minneapolis was a white nationalist.

    Well, apparently, they were also stirring up shit in Richmond too.

    Police: Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists disguised as Black Lives Matter

    RICHMOND, Va. – Riots in downtown Richmond over the weekend were instigated by white supremacists under the guise of Black Lives Matter, according to law enforcement officials.

    Protesters tore down police tape and pushed forward toward Richmond police headquarters, where they set a city dump truck on fire.

    Police declared the event an “unlawful assembly” and ordered people to leave, later deploying tear gas.

    Six people were arrested. The mayor of Richmond thanked the Black Lives Matter protesters he said tried to stop the white supremacists from spearheading the violence.

    “Their mission is simple, not the Richmond we know,” said Mayor Levar Stoney.

    Besides the police department, damage also occurred in and around the VCU campus.

  15. 15 minutes ago, TornACL said:

    We're removing troops from Germany in exchange for Russia manipulating the 2020 election results. You best believe that. 

    Well, he did just have a call with Putin the other day when he didn't mention the bounties.

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