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  1. Just now, TwiceHorn said:

    District court judges do little or nothing to satisfy political masturbatory fantasies of either side.

    Well, it amuses me when people think they do.  I fondly recall El Guapo's rants about how Judge Sparks is a "commie libtard activist judge."  Sam Sparks.  The GHWB nominee.  That Sam Sparks.  Makes me chuckle every time I think of it.

  2. Just now, DigglerontheHoof said:

    "I used that word because they forced me into it."  -Nancy Goodman, Raleigh Racist

    That's the entire Trumpkin mentality.  Seriously, voiced by posters on this site: "I don't WANT to support Trump, but all you libtards calling him out for being racist, and a liar, well, you're FORCING me to support Trump."

    We are the United States of Stupid, in free-fall with no bottom in sight.

  3. 20 years ago, I was drinking $1 PBRs at the bar at the Chili Parlour with two other lawyers, a dedicated drinker at the other end of the bar, and the bartender.  On a Wednesday night.

    The door comes flying open, letting the streetlight glare into the dark bar, as one buddy's wife comes barging in -- "GODDAMIT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE!  YOU'RE LATE FOR [the function they were supposed to go to]!!!"  My buddy hustles out the door.  The door swings shut.  Shit got real quiet.  The bartender waits, and says "that....was AWESOME."  We all chuckled, and kept drinking our PBRs.  Had to pay our buddy's share, though.  We left $10 for him, and we tipped pretty well.

    PBR ain't all bad.

  4. Just now, Chooky said:

    And off we go. 

    Here's my question for Trumpkins: how do you justify this?  I mean, I hear y'all hollering about how you think "No, the DEMS colluded with the Russians!"  Fine.  Let's say they did.  Shouldn't we want to stop THAT?  Shouldn't we want to secure our elections against purposeful foreign interference, REGARDLESS of which "side" it might favor?  

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  5. 16 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

    You know, it’s possible that BOTH the school officials AND the parents are in the wrong here. I feel like I stumbled into the cloak room with the lack of nuance in most replies.


    Yep.  There seem to be some pretty common sense rules here.

    1 -- pay your bills.  Even the little ones, like $20 or even $450.

    2 -- the punishment for failing to pay a lunch bill of that amount is not and never should be "you lose custody of your children."  In fact, a school officer callously and vindictively  threatening to seek loss of custody for something this fucking trivial significantly damages the credibility of the school when it SHOULD speak out on matters that SHOULD cause a loss of custody (e.g., a child speaking out on being abused).

    If you want someone to pay a debt, you turn it over to a debt collector or you file suit.  Those are your fucking remedies.  And if you want to avoid debt collectors and lawsuits, pay your damned bills.  Threatening someone with loss of custody, pointing a gun at them, kicking them in the nuts, trashing their car -- hey, those all might feel nice, because fuck those guys who owe me money. But all are disproportionate to the issue.  And most of them are illegal. In fact, the threat at issue here might have been illegal, depending on the fair debt collection laws in that jurisdiction.

    What the fuck is wrong with our sense of proportion?  "You owe the money!"  "You broke the law!"  Those are used as excuses to exact horrific consequences, when our system specifically embeds proportion in our laws.  If I owe you $50, you can't take me to District Court.  You can't have me arrested and charged with a crime.  You can sue me in small claims or county court at law, or you can turn me over to a collection agency.  That's it.  If you commit a low level misdemeanor, you can be fined.  Not summarily shot by a cop, or thrown in a cage and left to rot with no water, etc.  What the fuck is fucking wrong with us?

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  6. The louder someone protests against the gays, the more I assume they're gay. 

    Had a government class with Corey Birenbaum (head of the YCT back in the day). One day, as part of a mock constitutional convention we were having, Corey went off on a rant about the gays, and how we shouldn’t give them constitutional protection and such. He went on and on. As he paused at the end, silent pause.....someone in our class of 100 or so says “Jesus, would you come out already?” Got the biggest laugh of the year.

    I later crossed paths with him when he was the right hand man of (now convicted felon) congressman Steve Stockman. He was just as pathetic as before.
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  7. Has everyone come to the realization that the USA is a declining power who is on the fast track to economic ruin and mass population idiocy?
    And that nothing will be done to stop it. 

    If so, it’s about goddamned time. It’s been obvious for quite a while.
  8. 1 hour ago, EMAWesome said:

    Maybe focus a little more on the American part of peoples backgrounds a less on the (fill in the blank) hyphen part of their background?

    That would make much more sense of the hyphen part didn't get Americans tossed in detention for almost a month because they don't seem American-y enough....

    https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/23/detained-american-citizen-border-immigration-1428424

    It would make much more sense if the hyphen part didn't get the president telling people they should GTFO out of their country.

    It would make more sense if the hyphen part didn't cause Americans to be verbally and physically assaulted, and murdered, while they are going about their daily lives.

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    Two men were fatally stabbed and another wounded after being attacked by a man whom they confronted once he began yelling racist comments at two teenagers on a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, on Friday. One of the teenagers was Muslim and wearing a hijab, while the other was black. Fifty-three-year-old Army veteran Ricky John Best, a father of four, died at the scene, while 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, a recent college graduate, died after being transported to a local hospital. A third man, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher is recovering from serious wounds he received during the attack. 

    We can go on like this for days.

    It's easy to say "stop focusing on the hyphen" when you don't have a hyphen that makes you a target.  If you REALLY mean that, than what you MEANT to say is that "focus on making sure society doesn't hurt Americans because of a hyphen in front of their name."  But you don't mean that.  You don't mean that at all.

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  9. 1 minute ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

    Exactly.  I'm amazed at how spineless the Dems are.  Leaderless and spineless.  

    This.  When folks say "both parties are the same," if they are referring to the "gutless coward" aspect of the parties....I agree 100%.

  10. 16 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    Maybe not the best thread to post this but I can't find any better ones either.  Bold type are my highlights of this piece.

     

    https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/08/17/the-dangers-of-illiberal-liberalism?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/thedangersofilliberalliberalismopenfuture

     

     

     

     

    16 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    These key tropes—“we will not tolerate” and “this is not a debate”—are now frequently deployed to curtail discussion of issues deemed to be taboo

     

    17 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    This secular version of blasphemy follows a sacred script

     

    17 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    calling for official censure against anyone perceived as uttering [differing] views

     

    18 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

    “anyone who doesn’t puppet their views is seen as an apostate, a heretic or a traitor”

    What I find fascinating is that you, an unwavering fan of a man who has repeatedly condemned as traitors and told them to leave the country four women who dare not share thoughtless and naked wrapped-in-the-flag "patriotism," posted thoughts like this.  Truly amazing.  

    You can't help but make yourself look like a fool, can you?

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  11. 1 minute ago, RomaVicta said:

    Brisket,

    I don't know. I do think that the time for action is now. Tamely playing politics, at this point, legitimizes Trump's actions and sets a horrible precedent for what presidents can do.

    Time to fight now. The facts are right there. If no one on the other side changes their mind, I don't care in my calculation. Fight now. Fight hard. Win or lose, it's the best decision.

    I'm there. I don't think passive strategies have any chance of good outcome. Fascism is at our door.

    Trump delenda est.

    GOP delenda est.

    Agreed wholeheartedly.  You go to war with the army you have.

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  12. Here's my question -- does any of it matter?  Did a single person in America change their mind or position today?  Those who read any of the report and have paid any attention know that we have a crooked criminal in the White House.  Those who are loyal to Trump won't ever change their mind -- no matter what the evidence, shooting a man in the face in the middle of 5th avenue, etc.  And then there is the biggest group -- those that aren't paying any attention at all, and haven't done so.   They aren't paying attention now, so they aren't moving either.

    Positions vis-a-vis the administration are fixed.  The only thing that can change them is an externality that likely has little to do with the POTUS.  If we drop into a deep recession, that might change minds.  Likewise, if economic pressures push average worker pay up, that might move some folks.  Otherwise, everyone who's paying attention has already decided.  And anyone who isn't paying attention isn't going to suddenly start. 

    Today was theater.  Everything has been theater, playing to an audience that has already reviewed the play before it was performed, or an audience that isn't even in the theater at all.

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  13. Well, I guess there’s nothing left to look forward to but the future.

    ....when we will have an infinite supply of self-important mediocre $5 tacos from one of 300 Torchy’s locations, which will be the only option in town.
  14. 7 minutes ago, bernorange said:

    A global economic downturn is going to happen whether Brexit happens or not.  Hell Deutsche Bank (leading contender for Lehman 2.0) might beat a no deal Brexit to the punch.

    Yes, a downturn is coming -- both the signals and timing are there.

    Trumpism and Brexit may well be the turbo-boost that makes it hit ludicrous speed, though.  And neither of them have a clue or any credibility when it comes to deploying the tools to soften the blow.  That's the concern, dude.

  15. Exhibit eleventy billion in support of the proposition that just because you're really smart about subject X, that has NO bearing on whether you're smart/capable/qualified/have a lick of common sense with respect to subject Y.

    Indeed, professors are probably the archetype of that exhibit -- they know a crapload about their narrow subject matter, but often don't have enough sense to avoid pissing into a 50 mph wind.

    Layer on the fact that smart people are often the MOST gullible, because they know they're smart, ergo, they can't possibly be gullible.  That creates a GIANT blind spot for them....which a decent conman/woman can exploit like hell.

  16. 2 minutes ago, lemonlime said:

    Their god is someone born a millionaire, who attended Wharton because of daddy's money, and lives in a gold tower in Manhattan.  But fuck the liberal "elites."

    On some level, I have to admire their chutzpah.  It's as if McDonald's just started shamelessly marketing itself as "America's healthiest restaurant.  McDonald's makes you skinny, and increases your lifespan.  Heavily salted french fries are the healthiest food in the world, and we serve them so that our customers can become immortal.  You shouldn't eat at any of those places that sell salads and veggie smoothies -- salads are the #1 way that people become fat and die of combined heart attacks/strokes!"

    The gumption it takes to say things that are patently false with a straight face....man, I wish I had it.  It would probably make my life much easier, and more financially lucrative.  All you gotta do is destroy and then dispose of any moral compass you might have.

     

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  17. 3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

    Detaining American citizens for a month to own the libs.

    But remember, this is all just about ILLEGAL immigration, not [checks notes] imprisoning brown people because you just don't believe a brown person can be a real 'murican.

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