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  1. 19 minutes ago, RPM said:

    Never heard of him or the case. He needs to print an update and full retraction.

     

    17 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

    yet another reason for ALL COPS to wear the damn things.    

    this is the part that I dont understand why the cops dig their heels in on wearing the body cameras. 

    for probably 95% of their interactions, its going to show the cop doing their job correctly.   of the remaining 5%, 3% are probably going to be a bit aggressive and iffy.... and then probably 2% are going to show some actual violations.  

    so the dirty cops get exposed, and maybe get booted, and it will reduce sheer number of lawsuits against the cops because the camera will most often show nothing going wrong.

     

    These.  I always favor the truth.  Period, full stop.

    I don't want cops to lie and bullshit and create a blue wall of silence.  I don't want people with an agenda to lie about cops, and use the bad reputation that cops have among a lot of people to advance their pet cause, or get a cop in trouble if he didn't do anything wrong.

    If a cop does something wrong, I want the truth to come out.

    If someone wrongfully accuses a cop of doing something wrong, I want the truth to come out.

    Cameras provide the truth, or something damned close to it.  Wear the cameras, turn them on, and let's be done with this shit.

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  2. 29 minutes ago, MoJames said:

    There is this odd parallel between gun enthusiasts and drug addicts.

    I consistently have conversations with drug addicts in regards to the need to decrease the use as it is a factor in their health and very well could be the etiology of a multitude of their complaints.  Each and every time, they have another potential cause they believe could be causing their symptoms, but at no point are willing to change the approach on their addiction.

     

    8 minutes ago, GW Hayduke said:

    Interesting point. I’ve always considered the position of “responsible gun owners” or “law-abiding gun owners” as grounded squarely in identity and sense-of-self. It seems that they feel threatened or under attack by those “other people.” For some reason, they aren’t able to see that they are citizens of a society and sometimes society seeks its citizens to do things or make sacrifices for betterment or protection of other citizens and society as a whole. 

    There is an identity wedge between some gun owners and the rest of society

    FANTASTIC pair of posts. I had never thought of it that way, but it really makes an incredible amount of sense.

    Many of us know the pattern of addicts, but it really works with a variety of pathologies.  For example, we have recently been dealing with a family member who we've dubbed a "welfare queen."  He's an able-bodied 25 year old man.  But he is pathologically lazy.  He dropped out of college.  He has no job.   His parents support him.  So, he has lots of time to help the family, right?  Wrong.  When called upon to assist in his grandparents' move (moving some elderly folks across multiple states into a new home), he came with his mother...and then hardly lifted a finger.  His ability to find an excuse to not do a particular task, not do any hard work, not get a real job, etc., is unlimited.  There is ALWAYS an excuse.  There is ALWAYS something external to blame.  The one place he'll never look is at himself, and acknowledge that he's a worthless mooch who is a drain on everyone around him.

    A lot of gun owners in this country exhibit a similar pathology -- there's always some OTHER excuse or thing we can do, but no way should they change anything they are doing with respect to guns.  It's all about self, and not about society and any sacrifice for the greater good.  The parallel is not so much to addiction, but to pathologies that incorporate selfishness at the expense of all else.

    To be fair, they're not alone in that respect.  I think that ethos has infected us on most every issue -- we have turned from a country of "we the people" into "me the person," and everyone else be damned.  That's a recipe for breaking a society, and we're following it to the letter.

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  3. 3 hours ago, phdhorn said:

    The free will/predestination discussion is always a lively one over about 5 beers.  In between and around "that chick has a great rack."

    And I am predestined to check it out.  Because of evolution and my reptilian brain.  Or divine design.  Whatever.  Just look at that -- she's magnificent.

  4. Either of those imo results in removal from office. If Mueller uses one of those formulations, and it does not result in removal from office, burn the shit to the ground. 

    Neither of those results in removal. Nothing will. Someday, you’ll realize that.
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  5. She’s a Hispanic lesbian cop, who served in the US Army, who also worked for the Border Patrol and worked as an undercover federal agent to bust drug gangs, among other jobs. 
    Abbott will have to tread carefully in the debates. 
    He will still probably win, but it will be entertaining to watch his supporters fuck up. 

    She’s going to get CRUSHED. White would have lost, but she’s gonna get crushed.
  6. See, President Chevrolet didn’t violate the emoluments clause, cuz nobody paid over sticker price. Sure, a buncha foreign officials just HAPPENED to order loaded Corvettes and Suburbans, loaded with every possible option, for themselves...their wives...children...nieces...nephews....cousins...guys who are friends with their cousins...guys who one met a friend of their cousins. But they didn’t pay a penny over sticker, so no emoluments issue.

    And hey, all those local sales in DC that the Ford guys lost, well, that doesn’t mean anything.

    You have to love the trolls. Define every wrongful act in such an extreme way that they can already exonerate Trump. Good stuff. Many chuckles.

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  7. If you look at that graph, the tide turns almost instantly after Trump brought on Rudy and they started ramping up the public criticism of the Russia investigation.

    Enemies have used propaganda and disinformation a billion times over the millennia for one reason: because they work.

    Enemies of the republic are waging a disinformation campaign, they are winning, and they are going to win.
    As someone who has never voted for a Democrat for statewide or national office, I felt a lot better about things when I was convinced the GOP was going to get wiped out in the midterms and Trump would be soundly defeated in 2020.  Trumpism being here to stay is still hard to swallow.


    Sounds like some of y’all are coming around to the glaringly obvious: rhis country is toast.

    Sit down, pour yourself a scotch. We’ve been waiting for you.
  8. paging Army Brat and the conversation from this morning. While I tend to agree with you on party BS - the idea of my comment to you was we need you to call out this BS. this is BS. no way around it. I'd like to see everyone call this out for what it is.

    Sorry, dude - “both sides.” Gutless cowards who use that to excuse their enabling of an anti-American admin shoulda told ya.

  9. Getting played like a fiddle by a tinpot dictator.
     Nick Allen  Rozina Sabur 
    22 MAY 2018 • 5:42PM
    Donald Trump has cast doubt over whether his highly-anticipated meeting with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, will go ahead next month.
    "It may not work out for June 12," Mr Trump said. "If it does not happen, maybe it will happen later."
    Mr Trump was holding talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House.
    The US president added that he does believe the North Korean leader is willing to give up nucler weapons, amid fears about apparent North Korean backpedaling.
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/22/donald-trump-says-north-korea-summit-may-not-happen-next-month/

    Again, I want to laugh. I really do. But, you know, the “our entire country is getting skullfucked while dictators laugh at us” thing bothers me.
  10. SCOTUS fucked us with Citizens United.

    I’m reaching the conclusion that it’s going to be this century’s Dred Scott case...it’s going to make a complete shitshow inevitable.
    Imagine what would happen if all of the people who rally around the second amendment reacted similarly to threats to the amendment that comes right before it.

    You’re adorable. It’s a great and sad thought.
    I do feel a bit sorry for Kim's interpreter.  "No, really, that's what he said.  I don't know what it means either.  Nobody does.  Please don't shoot me with an anti-aircraft gun."

    Fuckin’ made me laugh out loud in the airport.
    21:45 in video
     

    But, you know, he’s not an authoritarian or anything like that.

    Sorry, anyone who normalizes anything this gelatinous shitspewer does is a treasonous collaborator with evil. (Yep, I used the words, Anastasis. Because they fucking apply.)
  11. That's what bonds are for. Do people want the kids safe or not? You don't have to have the full body scanners that the airport uses. Just use the walk though ones that they have at the theme parks. That should be a huge deterrent. You also have police officers outside to protect the students in line. Or we can just complain about the cost and do nothing.

    Oh. Bonds. Free money.

    Seriously?

    And again, we’re not talking about 1500 people over the course of a day. We’re talking about a system that has to process them in about 15-20 minutes. On top of retrofitting numerous campuses to create a single point of entry.

    Sorry, the logistics are awful. If we’re going to that level, then fuck it, shut it down. We’ve lost.
  12. I'm not sure why the emoluments issue isn't getting more traction.  I guess the cynical and obvious answer is that not many in Congress want their Chuck-Rhoades-Special blind trusts and insider trading deals scrutinized too heavily.
    It offends the fuck out of me.

    This is truly the head-scratcher. It’s so glaringly obvious....yet silence. Your hypothesis is at least worth considering.
  13. It's a will. 
    Not public policy. 

    Using the COURTS...a public body, doing the work of we the people, to enforce the terms of your Will IS a matter of public policy.

    Use public entities and resources to do your work (enforce your will), then be subject to public policy.

    Leave the courts out of it, and you can do whatever you want. Just realize that you lose something really important: the ability to enforce your terms.
  14. 14 minutes ago, slorch said:

    Enforce?

     

    Fuck, I guess I'll just execute all of my heirs but my favorites. 

     

    So it's the court's job to make sure my will is executed, right? They shouldn't have any say on what the parameters are, as long as they are not illegal, correct?

    I don't mean unpalatable or fucked up, I mean illegal  

     

     

    Correct.  And contracts and other instruments that discriminate on the basis of race are illegal.  Such provisions will not be enforced by a court.  Lots of shitty provisions will be enforced.  All kinds of foolishness can be enforced.  But racially exclusionary language will not be.  You may cry that such shittiness shouldn't be illegal, but that ship sailed a LONG time ago.  And I'm glad it did -- it meant that my neighbors couldn't enforce the deed restriction on my old house that forbade transfer of my property to a negro.

  15. 2 minutes ago, slorch said:

    The right to do so in a will or trust?  Yes. 

    Do I agree with their reasoning?  Absolutely not. 

     

    Liberty is weird that way. Eh?  We don't have to have a consensus for the individual to exercise their rights. 

    A question you have YET to answer: do you get to use the government (the courts) to enforce those provisions?

  16. Sometimes when I’m with my family at a nice hotel, I’ll go down to the lobby shitter for some peace and quiet. Great spot is to find one on the conference room floor when there’s nothing going on yet. It will be gloriously empty and clean.

    This man...this man is a pro.
  17. I honestly take it as an example of a stupid person saying something stupid. Ignore, ridicule, downvote are all options.
    There are places where adult conversations can be had.  r/neutralpolitics on reddit have mods that enforce some strict rules and will delete/ban anything that doesn't have a source or that addresses the the commenter rather than position. 

    But you also need to understand that’s how a huge percentage of the population thinks and votes.
  18. You have staff doing the bag checks and then you have the campus police free to monitor and protect the lines. I don't see that as unworkable or unaffordable. 

    Write up the budget for that. Include metal detectors for the bags, and for the students. Hire and train the staff to man them. Make sure there are enough to get all the kids in the door within 15 minutes to keep them from being tardy.

    Now...do that for all the schools.

    Seriously, have you seen an airport line lately? I was there just this morning. With two lines, they were processing about 2-3 people per minute. So, how many machines will we need to process the 1500 kids at my son’s school? The cost and logistics are insane.
  19. 39 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    Libs have a lot more kills to their names than the SS ever dreamed of.

    And as long as the abortion debate leads to this kind of statement, we will never, ever, EVER get anything accomplished.

    Because anyone who doesn't absolutely oppose abortion is a mass-murderer.  Period.  Conversation over, and it can never advance.

    This is a great example to understand why we're where we are.  We could be discussing the need for better food safety regulations, and the rebuttal would be "what do you libs care? You've murdered millions of babies!"  And....the conversation is over.  This is where we are.  Abortion has 100% broken ALL politics in this country, about EVERY SINGLE ISSUE.  We're here talking about mass shootings and, well, libs have no say, because abortion.  Stop wondering why nothing ever gets fucking done, or why problems don't get solved.  This is why.

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