Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "ABC News" channel.

  1. This is unforgivable.
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  2. What a beautiful little girl. She is so solid, well-spoken, and has a very good, clear memory of what happened. I wish her a good life going forward. So disturbing, no way to know how this will affect her in the years to come.
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  3. "People just didn't want to believe it." Thank you, sir. That sums it up.
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  4.  @wioi  He approached a LOT of women. A lot of them said no, or someone interrupted. Like a group of girls or a boyfriend came by and he backed off. At least two did get in his car and lived. He let one go because she had cut her hair short, the other escaped.
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  5. I am SO sorry for his girlfriend. So, so sorry.
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  6. ​@0098Elaine After he got it and was hospitalized, he was chastened and said he wanted all Americans to get the treatment he got. Notice the subtext -- we do not have that offered to us. Accidentally told us the truth.
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  7. If that were true, it's not relevant. You don't get to kill a person who is on drugs. You don't get a freebee. If that were true, then you could kneel on anyone's neck who has taken an overdose, and say oh well, I didn't do anything criminal to them. I have never seen such a lack of logic in the people who defend Chauvin.
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  8. On the contrary, if Floyd was using opioids since the beginning of the year, he was habituated. Hence a larger dose would have no effect, or perhaps modestly delay his death if he were in extreme fear and anxiety. Painkillers are used not just to keep patients comfortable, but to avoid overtaxing their cardiovascular system with the anxiety that severe pain will invariably bring. You don't like facts, do you?
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  9.  @Djevan41598  He chose to appear in this report, and allowed his minor children to appear as well.
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  10.  @rvrmn2682  No. You have a right to send a letter to a judge. Can you be serious? Whether it was wise or ethical is beside the point. Suddenly, everything you don't like is a "crime?"
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  11. So, these 6-figure salary, stock option millionaires do not understand that they are getting paid for "soft skills?" Of course they should be fired. What did they think their jobs were?
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  12. How anyone could ever fall into any of this is incomprehensible. I really mean that.
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  13.  @noahhaon2147  Are you nuts or something?
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  14. I have an idea. Get a stop watch, run it to 9 minutes and 29 seconds. See how long that really is.
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  15.  So much white privilege  "On Wednesday (May 27), Trump tweeted that he has instructed the FBI and Department of Justice to investigate Floyd's death: At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2020 ....I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!" So, . . . is Trump "the left?"
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  16. Yes, extremely intelligent. Really a pleasure to listen to.
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  17. @Frankie T. Wankum Esq. Gay people have kids. She also said "or a college kid trying to make her way in life." The point that there may be many good reasons why that woman took that job is lost on you? Should someone have to exhaust all possibilities in order to make that point?
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  18.  @myfeelingsarehurt6655  What is relevant is that you cannot shorten a dying person's life. That is a homicide. You cannot shorten a physically fragile person's life. That is a homicide. You cannot shorten a mentally ill person's life. That is a homicide. You cannot shorten a drug addict's life. That is a homicide. There is no "balancing test," taking into account probable lifespan. It could have been days, or hours. It does not matter. If you believe what you profess to believe, you better find a new country to grow old and die in. Because you are too sure that a version of what happened to Floyd won't happen to you, when people decide you aren't so valuable any more, and will kick the bucket soon anyway. Because that's where we are.
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  19. How was the cashier anti-gay?
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  20.  @mastercontrolprogram163  Good luck being logical and factual around these people.
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  21.  @danimalthebruce2569  Just the opposite is true. Habitual use leads to remarkable tolerance. You have NO idea what a lethal dose would be to someone using. Why are you so dead set on believing nonsense? You have zero knowledge on the matter, just what your equally ill-informed friends tweet, or something.
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  22. Not to mention that she escorted the kids out of the class while bleeding internally. She is a true hero.
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  23.  @vg6761  Archaic class system? Brought it up, or saw it's still in force?
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  24. I also thought that luckily, she's in Europe.
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  25. @rvrmn2682  Someone who is not a party to a case but wants to write to the judge concerning their views on something like the length of a sentence are allowed to do so. The letters will be entered into the record and the judge is under no obligation to take them into consideration in deciding on the sentence. Both the defendant and the government have a right to see them. Families of the convicted and of his or her victims often write to the judge prior to sentencing. Where do you get bribery out of this?? Note that I'm not saying it's a good practice to write -- or that it isn't. There's nothing legally dubious about it is the point.
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  26.  @rudyrubio2475  So, you've read the court documents, have you? Because they are all publicly available, on the Minnesota Courts website.
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  27.  @thehousedown  Good grief, those mothers had no idea at the time. Those girls had not yet been interrogated. The police at first refused to divulge which girl was hurt, because they could not, in order to investigate properly.
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  28. @krispeekream  His point that police handled this badly is correct. But he was assuming that she was the perpetrator in that particular incident, when she may have been the one acting in self-defense. The police didn't investigate properly or follow the law.
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  29.  @danimalthebruce2569  Actually, you know how people typically overdose? They are clean for a period of time, often due to incarceration or hospitalization, then they take what they think is "just a little bit less" than the dose they were used to taking before they were clean. That is the typical case. LOOK IT UP. But more to the point, you don't get to kneel on someone's neck and shorten his life, even if he would have died of other causes an hour later. You are still responsible for the homicide. If that weren't the case, anyone fragile for any reason could end up being fair game. And when someone is in police custody and in distress, police are supposed to try to save his life, or summon paramedics and allow them to do so. What parallel hell are you living in?
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  30.  @danimalthebruce2569  False, misleading, and most of all irrelevant. Your fatal dose or my fatal dose or a user's fatal dose or an addict's fatal dose do not come close to the same amount, with respect to their physiological tolerance, not their psychological craving. Nor do police, or anyone else, get a "freebee." Funny how you ignored that part. In the rich suburbs outside of the city where I live, police brag about how they carry antidote and save lives. They've been carrying it for at least 5 years now.
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  31.  @danimalthebruce2569  But more to the point, you don't get to kneel on someone's neck and shorten his life, even if he would have died of other causes an hour later. You are still responsible for the homicide. If that weren't the case, anyone fragile for any reason could end up being fair game. And when someone is in police custody and in distress, police are supposed to try to save his life, or summon paramedics and allow them to do so. What parallel hell are you living in?
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  32.  @danimalthebruce2569  "Paramedics called to treat George Floyd after a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes last year testified Thursday that they thought he was dead when they arrived. Derek Smith, one of two paramedics who testified in a Minneapolis courtroom Thursday, said that when he arrived on the scene he could not find that Floyd had a pulse. "In lay terms, I thought he was dead," Smith said. Seth Bravinder, the second paramedic, told jurors Thursday that officer Derek Chauvin was kneeling on Floyd when they arrived. "They were still on top of him," Bravinder said." A "hostile crowd" did this?? Okay, end of discussion here. Waste someone else's time.
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  33. I have an idea for him. Apply to a non-profit that represents LGBTQ people. Oh, he'll make $65k a year, maybe. Is that the problem?
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  34.  @paulogaspar8295  She could not have found him without his prior consent, or a law which lifts the veil. It isn't "creepy" to donate sperm and produce children, possibly, who you will never know? Or not know whether they exist somewhere at all?
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  35.  @lambsquad_9047  What a hater he was. Hate incarnate.
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  36.  @QuiteTheLady  I never thought I'd live to see anything like it. Especially during COVID. That this is happening during a pandemic, when we should ALL appreciate the sanctity of life, and want to be a little more gentle with each other, is harrowing. Every time I think we've reached a moral bottom, some people will go lower. Why? That's the part I can't understand.
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  37. Pandemic is influencing us all. :/
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  38.  @johnmartin4641  A C-suite employee is always always always the public face of his company. He is always in public relations, for which he was NOT qualified. Of course he should have a good job, commensurate with his education and merit. Just not the one he thought he was entitled to.
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  39. This happens all the time.
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  40. ​ @floriansailer7887 Even worse -- this timeline is false. They were apart for nearly a week, when he returned to Florida by plane to sell some things from his storage unit and she had the van. She had the golden opportunity to flee, and time to talk it through with friends. Why does the press hide that?
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  41. ​ @taylorfrink1182 Because this report is misleading. They were apart for almost a week. She did have a chance. The moral of the story: you cannot trust the media. They could have told the truth in this video and actually helped people.
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  42.  @pfjohnson1964  Read the law. Letting immediate family continue to live with you is not illegal in Florida. As long as you don't obstruct police or lie to them or destroy evidence, you've broken no law. Real simple.
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  43.  @danimalthebruce2569  No. Because the police would not let anyone near Floyd until he had already been unresponsive for several minutes.
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  44. No. You do not report on your father to the FBI. You speak with his doctor. You consult a lawyer. You keep at it. I'm not arguing with his concerns.
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  45. Takes one to know one? Whatever you may think of Bannon, and however odious his politics -- or poor his character -- may be, these observations are true.
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  46. Pray for literacy
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  47. He has not been charged with first degree murder. Nor with involuntary manslaughter.
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  48.  @QuiteTheLady  AMEN. EXACTLY.
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  49. The burden should be on anyone wanting to give a non-FDA approved vaccine to a minor to come up with solid data to show that it is safe, effective, and necessary.
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  50. @Jacob King Compared to no heart condition is it mild, when that was the case prior to vaccination?
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  51. You're right, that part is wonderful.
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  52. Everyone knows moms like them. That's why it is so upsetting.
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  53.  @Stefanie3  That is exactly what they're saying. I decided to emigrate by 2025, nearly two years ago. I didn't know how sorry I'd be that I didn't take the steps in 2019, once I knew. I don't want to grow old and fragile HERE. Heck no. My closest relatives here all died out. I don't have a crew to protect me any more
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  54.  @Stefanie3  Neighbors? Really?? Yes, my closest relatives live in Bar, known as "Antibari" in ancient times, because of the shipping route between Bar and Bari, Italy.
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  55. I'm surprised she believed her. I'm serious.
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  56.  @privateaccount1366  Thank you so much!
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  57. Had he made money doing this very thing, abusing a wage worker, he would have been proud. He would have been preening, on television, at cocktail parties . . . These people are empty.
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  58. Yes, this is the usual correlation. It is not a necessary connection, particularly in a virus that is not highly lethal, but you're right, it certainly is what usually happens.
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  59.  @JordonDev  Exactly. Not to mention we all know there are young athletes who cannot go back to their sport for 6 to 9 MONTHS, due to signs of cardiovascular inflammation. Serious stuff.
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  60. @RachMonPhoebs  I can see a lot of this story is being whitewashed, which makes it less effective as a lesson for others, but there is no way someone can claim to know that Gabby played a major role in mutual abuse. That's at most a wild guess, and it says something about the person doing the guessing. There is no basis to think so.
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  61.  @kitcat901  If you care so much, you might take ten seconds to read the law. You'll be fine. I promise.
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  62. @kala3019  The misinformation is this video. They were apart for nearly a week, when Brian flew to Florida alone to clean out a storage unit and sell some things to raise money. We need to figure out why she didn't flee. She was alone and had her van. She could have mailed his possessions back to him and gone blank, taken a new route home, gotten a burner phone.
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  63.  @fthurman  She can ask for more. Only pain and suffering/emotional wounds have a limit, although legitimate treatment for diagnosed PTSD has to be compensated, even if she has insurance.
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  64. ​@battle619 The kind who needs help desperately. You do not report on family to LE except to prevent an imminent violent crime. You speak to doctors, lawyers, psychotherapists. You seek alternatives.
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  65.  @divinerevelation.777  I agree he should have a good job, for which he is qualified. I'm sure there are many such jobs that don't have C-suite high profiles. C-suite is the public face of a company -- that is what he was. How did he ever imagine a clerk at a drive through window is as well? It's not a mistake like all of us make. If the video had gone viral and he had gotten lavish praise from everyone, and maybe a stint as an MSNBC commentator on LGBTQ issues in the modern workplace, he would be proud. He would never have given that young woman a second thought, much less an apology! You know, sometimes the harassed person is the one to lose their job, not the harasser.
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  66.  @John-kv7jo  How is that relevant? He was in obvious distress. Why do police in all the affluent suburbs carry Narcan, and administer it so often? I find that bizarre, by the way, but it works.
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  67. The 1980 election was our single biggest mistake.
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  68.  @jrag1000  So well said. Yes, you're right.
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  69. I'm opposed to the choice they made AND I want them released to America immediately.
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  70. That's all well and good, but why should he have such a lucrative job? These jobs ARE public relations jobs. Hence he is objectively unqualified. What else doesn't he know?
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  71. Just to be clear, of course he should have a job. A good job, commensurate with his education and skills. Just not the jobs he thought he was entitled to.
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  72.  @peeks7165  Then why do minors have to be vaccinated to protect older people? That was your point.
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  73.  @peeks7165  "LOL"
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  74.  @peeks7165  I was responding directly to your comment. If the old are all vaccinated, why should young people be vaccinated to protect older people? Older people are protected already. There may be very good reasons for the young to be vaccinated, but you didn't present one.
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  75.  @TheMroldtimer  And they should get vaccinated to save themselves (why? they're "uneducated troglogytes"), or to save you? (Because they should love you very much.)
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  76. @Jacob King The only valid comparison is to the risk of contracting COVID and developing the same or worse complications. I've had mild heart conditions. I could live to 95 with them (my grandmother did), but they were life-altering. But this is America. I don't count. I get that part.
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  77.  @TheMroldtimer  You know all these people? And they should listen to someone who abuses them? False flag here? Would that be you?
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  78.  @TheMroldtimer  So, a parent reluctant to vaccinate a minor child with a non-FDA approved vaccine is a "troglodyte" who doesn't care about human life? Even if they themselves were vaccinated, and their kid is up to date on all approved vaccines, and they still use masks indoors? They aren't allowed to wait for more information? Why would that be?
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  79.  @BluRey100  Wouldn't it be interesting if one of these ingredients isn't good for some people, and that the myocarditis has nothing to do with the mRNA or "spike" proteins in general? Nothing would surprise me.
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  80.  @Mirv063  Yes, the risk of myocarditis and the severity is greater in COVID than from any vaccine. But what is the risk of contracting COVID? Irony that those opposed to taking the vaccine are often opposed to essential precautions like masks.
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  81.  @lisaschuster9187  What do you mean by forgiven? I would have given him a new job immediately. Just not the sort of job he imagined he was entitled to.
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  82. This didn't happen on US soil.
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  83. This did not occur on US soil.
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  84. The doctors are monsters.
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  85.  @Stefanie3  I have to move, my family is in Montenegro now, on the coast. (Poor me, huh? LOL)
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  86.  @Stefanie3  Unfortunately, the gun issue is bad. I hate to admit that if we are in a relatively safe area, we get used to it. There is no part of my city that I frequent that does not have an annual shooting. This is what we consider safe. I wish I were exaggerating. But to be candid, you do get a sixth sense about it, to some extent. It's not an illusion, you really do get street smart -- to an extent. I'd rather not know!
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  87.  @Stefanie3  You are really kind. I appreciate that a lot. Yes, my family in the States simply died out. These things happen. (They were all WWII refugees.) Being alone doesn't suit me, frankly. These have been hard times.
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  88.  @Stefanie3  Yes, I do. Sardinia! How wonderful! I'm happy for you. Isn't it strange how different the US looks from the outside? As for Montenegro, it's sheer luck. I haven't had too much luck in life, but when you consider that maybe one million human beings are Montenegrin, I guess it's special to be one! :)
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  89.  @Stefanie3  Thank you so much. At a time like this, I want you to know that means a lot.
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  90.  @MiraculousAngelTarot  They were apart for nearly a week. This infotainment fails to mention that.
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  91. All of this is irrelevant anyway. I don't know why they are confusing the issue. It's purely an obfuscation technique. You cannot shorten the life of a fragile person, or a suicidal person, or a clearly DYING person. That is a homicide. It doesn't matter if he would have been dead later that night. The defense tactic to push this line is wanton, and misleading. They are doing the whole body politic a disservice. Someone needs to speak up against it.
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  92. I hope she gets a long hug every day from everyone in her family.
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  93. After seeing the remaining segments, either the reporting was somewhat unfair to detectives, or they took too long to grasp what was going on. The documentary may have been exaggerated, to create suspense. I hope so. Too many clues to overlook.
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  94. If it is meaningful to say that you love someone you've never met, then I love her. A true hero.
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  95. I'm so sorry. Tell her to LOVE HERSELF.
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  96. ​@jjandb1 The timeline is wrong. They were apart for nearly a week, when he returned to Florida by plane and she had the van. She had the golden opportunity to flee.
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  97. @kitcat901  Please cite the statute and elements of the crime.
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  98. @Effoff027  Well first of all, suing the estate of Brian Laundrie and winning meant the Petitos obtained custody of everything that ever belonged to him -- every book, every post, every email, every journal, every little scrap of paper. That's important. That is a small measure of justice.
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  99.  @kitcat901  Try reading 777.03. It's obvious you didn't. It excludes immediate family.
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  100.  @Digger-Nick  Your opinion is irrelevant.
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  101.  @olorin1710  I know. I mean, what kind of a country are we if Nice Policemen can't even kneel on a druggie's neck for nearly ten minutes now and then? Sheesh. A guy can't do anything anymore! This reminds me of all the whites in South Africa who were angry to be called to account by the Truth and Reconciliation movement, which was an amnesty project aimed at forgiving the past, not punishing. That's how low all of this "Chauvin is innocent" rhetoric is.
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  102.  @honorafox4709  So, you believe an autopsy can contradict video footage authenticated in court my multiple witnesses under oath and accepted into evidence? Interesting. Is this the new, post-Trump reality? Truth is whatever I feel like it should be, in this tweet. I have the right to change my mind in the next tweet. "Court?? Is that a real judge? He doesn't look like a real judge to me."
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  103.  @jimwheeler6094  Oh my goodness, you are questioning "Her Truth."
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  104. The guys in the video are asking that question.
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  105. As if you didn't know. 😂
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  106. I hope lifetime salary, plus punitive damages.
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  107. A person kept in a wheelchair can lose the use of their legs permanently.
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  108.  @John-kv7jo  How do they do it for the passed out suburbanites? You tell me. Of course you still have nine and a half minutes to account for, unless you find that acceptable, too.
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  109. Few people are friends, to anyone.
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  110. Right. This is not the first such case. Look up the case of the dentist who poisoned his wife. It was not his first such act.
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  111. Beautiful tribute. Yes, Dannielynn is adorable in every way. Breathtaking.
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  112. Because it is so close to self-defense in light of the extraordinary circumstances.
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  113. Why didn't anyone help her?
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  114.  @ananse77  I agree. As some have pointed out, this is how she is going to make a living now. A lot of people don't make an honest living anymore. In her case, it is not evident what else she could do, and she will need money for therapy, dental work, medical care, and rehabilitation. Ask why a modest, contrite person in her circumstances could never afford what she can afford. That seems to be a big question now.
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  115.  @OrangeCat1992  Cite the Florida statute.
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  116. Because it is a cover, and it works. Other people -- normal people -- let their guard down. When would the parents of a pretty 14-year-old daughter let a 28-year-old stranger live with them? Only with religion as the cover story. No other way.
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  117. IN WHAT CITY? Sorry, I have got to know.
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  118. ​ @Eagle7-tn2wg Maybe you should appreciate the Constitution more. That would be good. Looks like we may really need it in this century.
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  119.  @spartacusrex1144  That case has something to do with this one? How?
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  120. @patrickrudiger8762  Exactly. As far as I know, if the demonstration takes place in a traditional free-speech forum (a public park or public square being typical examples), and is not too close to the actual home, so that it presents no risk of impeding anyone's movements to or from the home, it's legal. There's no general prohibition on demonstrations "near" a judge's home. Why would there be?
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  121.  @rvrmn2682  Why not just admit you don't know the law? No, you do not seek out a judge to speak to him in person.
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  122. @caledoniawarrior  "that?" What? lol
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  123.  @ka3097  Yeah, but Americans are generally not too bright? You've noticed?
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  124. This was so funny.
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  125.  @markishbasedgod5251  You imagine that many of us haven't worked very hard, yet reaped little reward? What world do YOU live in?
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  126.  @nerdify3780  You better believe I've never so much as thought to do something like that. I know I'd be on the curb in a heartbeat.
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  127.  @divinerevelation.777  There are degrees.
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  128.  @CherryBlossomBlyue  First of all, yes. Even the CFO is the public face of the company. But if you sense something additional may be going on, always trust that little voice. You are more likely right than wrong. :)
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  129.  @Jason47D  BEST question
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  130.  @peeks7165  The older person should get vaccinated before minors are.
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  131.  @ludastout2852  Well, many flu strains kill children and young people disproportionately. COVID doesn't, thank goodness.
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  132. From the CDC official website: "A growing body of evidence indicates that people fully vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) are less likely to have asymptomatic infection or to transmit SARS-CoV-2 to others." So for this purpose (reducing transmission), we need a cost/benefit analysis as well, based on available evidence of probabilities, which is still limited. Not surprising for a new virus and new vaccine. I think an indoor mask mandate should have been maintained, for the most part. Delta variant is said to be spreading, but . . . Well. Let's sit on our hands again.
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  133.  @peeks7165  The questions posed here (first two comments) are excellent. Right on point.
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  134. Another question: what will people who had reactions to the vaccine like myocarditis do in the future, when boosters will probably be needed?
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  135.  @Jason47D  This is important if true. Unless young people get COVID at vastly lower rates, the vaccine is much less of a risk than the disease.
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  136. Why you're supposed to know the father of your child . . .
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  137. For the self-defense portion, yes. It upsets me so much that kids are so socialized that they do not automatically SCREAM at the top of their lungs.
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  138.  @TheDescendingChaos  How likely is it that someone under 18 will contract COVID and develop myocarditis?
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  139. Difference in reported numbers: https://youtu.be/mR4_-eyt_TI
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  140.  @TheMroldtimer  Are you okay?
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  141.  @TheMroldtimer  Why did you call people with legitimate concerns ugly names? Does that encourage trust in vaccination? They will have to hurry up and get vaccinated to prove to you that they are not the "troglodytes" you claim they are, hm? Let's politicize this further. Brilliant idea.
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  142.  @openmind2464  Anyone with a history of arrhythmias in their family should think twice before giving any mRNA vaccine to a minor child. I mean come on! Why are we breaking all the rules of prudence for this? Not EUA prior to puberty anyway, and 12-17 authorization for Pfizer is very recent.
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  143.  @openmind2464  Plenty of vaccinated people object to the idea of mandating it on kids. I know them personally. Since when do we mandate prior to full approval? Remember when "miracle" antidepressants provoked suicide in teens? I remember.
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  144.  @openmind2464  SO cavalier!
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  145.  @matthewxd5063  TRUMP was president when the moratorium on US funding of this viral research was lifted. He could have stopped it. Looks like Fauci and Trump played good cop bad cop.
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  146.  @jenalatz3589  I agree children do not need this. Teens are recommended to have it, but they are minors. I would not vaccinate a teen at this time.
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  147.  @mfam2371  So what is the still huge and insurmountable problem with masks and prudence?
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  148.  @hollenfeuer1  I already got this spam from you once, thanks. FDA approval is a rigorous process involving advanced statistical analyses such as multivariate regression. We've only just learned of the remote myocarditis and endocarditis risk. Once the full analysis is completed, the risk could turn out to be smaller than we think, or, if not, we may find that there is an easy way to determine who might get it, and everyone else can rest assured that it won't happen to them as a result of the vaccine. What do you think full approval means? News reports don't substitute for this analysis. Right now, people who know someone who apparently got severe side effects from the vaccine are reluctant to take it, when those side effects could be rare, or related to some other medical condition -- or, they may turn out not to be side effects at all, but coincidental. Or the result of catching a bad cold right after getting vaccinated (my European relatives were told to take extra care not to get sick for 72 hours post vaccine; no one here has been told that, that I know of). In short, everyone I know reluctant to take this vaccine has experienced at least one life-altering medical mistake, has all their other vaccines, and wears a mask. IOW, I don't know the nut cases whose stories we've been regaled with. As for what millions of Americans have taken, that includes a whole lot of stuff that no one should.
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  149.  @C_A_I_N_N  Let's see how many insurance companies won't PAY for treatment for vaccine-induced myocarditis. Let's see who gets the bill. Then you'll know who is taking an EUA drug at their own risk. Let's see how fast the federal government comes in to compensate them. Will the collection agency jump in first? Reality.
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  150.  @C_A_I_N_N  Other channels are reporting 1200 cases. Israel made the link first, and said it was not coincidental. It is too soon to have a peer-reviewed study published. Look up Bayesian probability. The real issue is minors. At 18, they can get their own vaccine. Not stopping them.
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  151.  @C_A_I_N_N  Precautionary Principle. Some people follow it.
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  152.  @C_A_I_N_N  The same was true of antidepressants. Millions got them. They went through a very stringent FDA approval process. Only later were they linked to severe suicidal ideation and actual suicide in those under 30, and especially in teens, and especially in males. I already explained in another post what FDA approval means. They will generate and analyze tons and tons of data before full approval. We will know a LOT more then. Most of what you hear now, pro and of course con, is very preliminary. A lot of the "con" is nonsense. That is true, but that fact by itself fails to make the pro case.
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  153.  @hollenfeuer1  You're assuming what the FDA still has to investigate prior to full approval. You are likely to be right. You cannot, however, claim to know at this point. I had one other thought -- about the accidental lab leak hypothesis. Suppose that was ultimately found to be what happened? For some reason, some people apparently think that makes the vaccine more dubious. It strikes me that a vaccine may be all the more necessary if this virus was manipulated in some manner and released by accident. Keeping it real. :/
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  154. Chauvin pled guilty to federal charges. Read what he pled guilty to.
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  155. I only wish one thing: that I were surprised.
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  156.  @cyd3174  What makes you think she has CHOICES about where she works at every moment of her life? Be honest.
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  157. Everyone is incompetent now.
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  158. People are having a hard time accepting how normal the parents of the two psychotically criminal girls seem. There is nothing remarkable about these mothers. That is hard to accept. Law enforcement and everyone at the hospital must have suffered trauma as well. This was really hard on them.
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  159. Love/hate . . . And clear how both were engendered.
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  160. Money. Love of money is the root of all evil.
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  161. ​ @jaroldtromp2235 What statute of limitations? None for murder.
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  162.  @nillyk5671  Oh my God. Thank you for that information.
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  163. That was not what her mother said.
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  164. She deserves lifetime earnings, adjusted for ordinary raises and expected inflation, plus punitive damages.
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  165. Exactly. His looks will save him.
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  166.  @Honeymoon1988  I'm sorry, didn't mean to suggest that was your focus. This was really my own point, not yours. Looks do matter. A LOT.
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  167.  @Honeymoon1988  No, not at all!
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  168.  @Honeymoon1988  We are on the same page! :)
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  169.  @GodWeenSatan  I'm more glad to hear that than I can put in words. :/
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  170.  @IMissBH  Where else have you lived?
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  171. White House on alert is a funny way of putting it.
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  172.  @oooBASTIooo  Starting NOW and not looking at a watch, guess when the time is up. (Except for this comment, I'm blocking this lout.)
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  173.  @commandingsteel  You're supposed to kneel on his neck until he stops breathing, I mean talking. Obviously. I mean, what would you do, after all? /s Next thing you know, people will be passing fake $20 bills all over town. /s IOW, is there a limit to perversity? There must be. Just a hint. Where do you think it is?
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  174. But do they make money? /s
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  175.  @kwadon  LOL, some people do say it, every time. It's not some obscure principle, it's the US Constitution.
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  176. What if this is all a lie??
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  177. @timgormady3610  This mainstream media report is misleading. They were apart for nearly a week. Brian flew home to Florida to clear out his storage unit and sell a few things. She was alone with the van. She had time to talk with friends, think, and get home. This story skipped that part. It's 2025. You still trust the media?
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  178.  @joyful5506  I believe aliens are hiding him. I believe he's working for Elon. I believe. 🤣
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  179. No, there is something very profoundly wrong with them, for any media to have this effect. I agree the new media is generally a bad influence on most kids, but only seriously abnormal kids can do this.
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  180.  @rudyrubio2475  OH! You already KNOW all the facts, before they've even been tested in court! But I can tell from your answer that you haven't found those key pleadings, have you? Crazy how that's obvious.
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  181.  @rudyrubio2475  If you did listen to all the testimony, other police officers stated under oath what alternatives should have been used. What violent act was Floyd suspected of in this instance? Passing a fake $20 bill, perhaps unknowingly, but let's assume (without evidence) deliberately, is not a violent act.
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  182.  @rudyrubio2475  Well, I already know I'll be emigrating by 2025. Thanks for giving me more reasons. I never mind hearing those.
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  183.  @rudyrubio2475  WAIT! You know stuff. Like, what's gonna happen and everything. Got any stock tips?
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  184.  @rudyrubio2475  I'm waiting for the stock tips. From a guy who can foretell the future. Hey, I want what you want. $$
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  185.  @rudyrubio2475  It's exactly the opposite. You are arguing pure feelings. Floyd's criminal past is entirely irrelevant in THIS matter. It is not only the pure, "valuable" people who are protected against homicide by police, but literally everyone. You feel Floyd was not valuable. You feel sworn testimony by other police was not truthful and lacked integrity. You have zero facts to back any of that up. Just your feelings. Actually, "at the end of the day," unknowingly passing a $20 bill is not "stealing." That's not a fact, that's your "end of the day" feeling. Where do you get the idea that it is someone else and not you who is operating from feelings?
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  186.  @Spright91  No. Full approval requires a very close scrutiny of the data. New information on safety is sure to emerge. For example, it was Israel that confirmed rare myocarditis in young vaccinated men was due to the vaccine, and determined it was highly treatable in the same way you treat inflammation from a case of COVID. Our CDC still thought it was a coincidence.
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  187.  @rashonn  Full approval requires a really hard look at the available data. More information is very likely to emerge.
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  188.  @Spright91  Look, if cases go up again, I may get vaccinated. I can stay home a lot right now, or be outdoors. I prefer to wait for full approval, but that may not be possible. I like (approved) vaccines. I get them all.
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  189. ​ @willn8664  That story is probably false as well.
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  190.  @Beauty_within_33  No. Honest.
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  191.  @lilyblossom1240  None of these actions justify murder.
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  192.  @ElGeetaro8929  Read the statute and read the indictment, and the briefs concerning the motion to dismiss. The entire court record has been converted to pdf and made available online, Minnesota Courts.
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  193.  @ElGeetaro8929  I see you didn't find the indictment. Enough is enough. So long.
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  194. It does not matter whether they are. If he were 18, she would still have a case against the school for this degree of negligence.
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  195. Exactly. If (IF) you legitimately fear for your life, then act like it.
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  196. I genuinely don't. Not because of what he turned out to be. But I don't particularly like how Robert Redford looked, either. My tastes are different.
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  197.  @luisgutierrez8047  Can a young person take precautions against contracting COVID, and are they willing to? Then their risk of contracting COVID and developing significant myocarditis or other serious issues from it may be much lower than their risk of complications from the vaccine. You have got to look at that -- it's not FDA approved, and it's being given to minors. They have their whole lives ahead of them.
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  198.  @FierceZs1  The zero bad effects is totally wrong. But the different cost/benefit analysis for people under 25, and especially under 18, is true.
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  199.  @luisgutierrez8047  That makes sense. We still have to take a hard look where kids are concerned. Also, you cannot ask minors to get the vaccine to protect an older teacher who is opposed to vaccines but has no health conditions that make them more risky for him or her. But I think you're right to look at vaccines that way. If I were at home with a child, I would take the vaccine schedule more slowly than usual. If the child were to start preschool, then they need the vaccines before they go. Stands to reason.
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  200. Suddenly, we have an entire gallery of miscreants "sure" that Chauvin should be acquitted. Gosh. Remember when this happened? I do. "President Donald Trump remarked on the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, after video was released of Floyd being killed by a police officer who restrained him by pressing his knee into his neck for nine minutes and cut off his oxygen supply. The video sparked outrage across social media and the news, and has lead to widespread protests across the city. "I feel very, very badly. That’s a very shocking sight," Trump said about the video, according to the Associated Press. He added, "That was a very, very bad thing that I saw. I saw it last night and I didn't like it...what I saw was not good. Very bad." “This has nothing to do with politics and is only about making sure justice is done, and anyone who suggests otherwise is only seeking to sow division and ignore the President’s unwavering support for the African-American community,” Deere said. The president has been making an open bid to win Black support for his re-election in November. On Wednesday (May 27), Trump tweeted that he has instructed the FBI and Department of Justice to investigate Floyd's death: At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the very sad and tragic death in Minnesota of George Floyd.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2020 ....I have asked for this investigation to be expedited and greatly appreciate all of the work done by local law enforcement. My heart goes out to George’s family and friends. Justice will be served!" Even TRUMP saw it, back then. When did the talking points change? Who changed them?
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  201. ​ @mile_high_topher Great idea.
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  202. My state university is requiring vaccination for admission. Is it right for public universities to require vaccination with a drug not yet FDA approved? Another report said there were 1200 myocarditis cases. I had thought all resolved with treatment. Seems that is not quite true either. At this point, being heavy-handed will hurt the vaccination drive.
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  203.  @darwinLee81283  Exactly. And over what? This guy is not very attractive.
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  204. Thank you
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  205.  @whawkins8636  exactly
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  206.  @johnmartin4641  His job was public relations. Whatever the job title, PR is the fact. Of course he should have a job -- for which he is qualified. So, these people don't even have "soft skills." What are they good at, exactly? I mean, a lot of people know multivariate calculus. Any one of them can master the technical side of his work.
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  207.  @markishbasedgod5251  Why the name calling? That sure devolved quickly. Why?
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  208.  @johnmartin4641  The C-suite is always, always, always the public face of a company. Even the CFO, though he is usually the least involved in PR.
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  209.  @markishbasedgod5251  You think a clerk at a drive through represents the company, but a C-suite employee doesn't?
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  210.  @VIZZIONASMRtainment  This was written before Depp v. Heard. Now they would all follow the newest hashtag.
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  211. No. These women were all full grown.
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  212. These are normal, ordinary moms. That's what is so upsetting. You know you know people like them.
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  213. Well, there are a lot of excellent websites maintained by law schools. Rather than posting, you could try researching the answer.
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  214.  @omarromero396  Because a petition will result in an indictment? They teach zero civics in schools now?
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  215.  @krispeekream  We were discussing the police encounter. At that point, both were alive.
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  216.  @jordanlee3078  I like your attitude, Dad!! 😊
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  217. @icare4you123  Wrong. But if I cite the exact statute, word for word, to show that the Laundries could not be prosecuted unless they lied to law enforcement or destroyed evidence, my post will dis_______.
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  218. @mrabene87  They have sued for many millions -- Brian's estate, Brian's parents, the Moab police. Brian's estate was for possession of all of his books, papers, videos, posts, emails, etc. Good move, Brian's parents did not fight that.
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  219. Finally, a dignified and fully justified demonstration. I didn't think the Dems had it in them.
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  220. Going public could protect him. It is a risky move, true. He should not have reported on his father. Talk to his father's doctor, find a lawyer, seek out alternatives. Reporting to LE or doing nothing are not good choices.
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  221.  @terrykjones1  There are lots of good choices between reporting and doing nothing. Reporting on immediate family, unless violence is imminent, is not a good one.
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  222. @terryjones2053  Actually, no. A conviction is for past conduct. Look up the legal meaning of the word.
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  223. @terryjones2053  Also, violence could be "imminent" on the part of someone who never committed any crime before. You don't get one freebee. (And what gives you the right to judge when you don't know what words mean?)
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  224.  @terryjones2053  Too bad my detailed answer is _______________. As usual.
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  225. GOOD
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  226. I am so, so sorry. This is so unjust.
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  227.  @Digger-Nick  Why do you see anger wherever intelligence is on display? You might want to explore that question.
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  228.  @honorafox4709  You think someone else is cherry-picking? What I wonder is how anyone in this country holds a job anymore. How many ad hoc hypotheses do you plan to generate, and then congratulate yourself for your "creativity?"
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  229.  @paulboccuti8675  All right. And since when can you kill a dying person? This issue has TWO parts, no?
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  230.  @paulboccuti8675  Please explain your need to repeat this lie. I don't understand. What does it do for you?
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  231. ​@benjamintaylor4402 But, but . . . That's a long sentence. Your sentence is twice as long as his sentence. (In fact, he may have prevented a mass shooting, but I digress. What cop is going believe that, heh heh?)
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  232. The total impoverishment of the culture is what I see, with Biden and his last-minute pardons high on the list as well.
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  233. @gregwhatley6778  Well my post already _________. It wasn't favorable to Biden, either.
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  234. I'm opposed to the choice they made AND I want them released to America immediately.
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  235.  @user-om4nw8ee6l  I didn't insist that it was "our problem." It is their problem. And they are US citizens. There are many hopelessly stupid people in the world. I opt for rescue anyway. There's just too many to ignore. 😉
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  236. This is very hard on law enforcement, the prosecutors, and the therapists who deal with them, as well. They themselves may need some therapy to avoid being traumatized.
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  237. I appreciate that he was concerned, and rightly so, but you do not report on your father to the FBI. You speak with his doctor, you seek legal advice.
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  238. These are just ordinary moms. That's what's hard to accept.
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  239. No.
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  240. Whatever you may think of Bannon, this is true. 😂
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  241. @nutmegara6452  "Imminent" refers to future conduct, the serious risk of which one has direct, personal knowledge. Someone just left your presence armed, angry, and fuming about an ex-spouse. Yup, call the police. And warn the person. Everyone at that demonstration wasn't about to commit a violent crime any more than anyone at the George Floyd demonstrations was, no matter who torched what later. With George Floyd, the number was zero or close to zero in nearly every demonstration. January 6th numbers were higher from the start, but not close to all.
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  242. @truthhearit1471  You know, if people keep this up, we won't have First Amendment rights when we need them. That already happened, at Columbia, UCLA, Harvard . . . You can't take them out of a box when convenient, and put them back in when not. (Is "Free Palestine" a true threat? Have you ever read a single Supreme Court case on true threats, as opposed to political hyperbole? I'm betting not.)
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  243. @perfectlittleangel  Prison NEVER improved anyone's mental health. I'm sorry his son didn't speak to an attorney and a doctor or some therapists before calling LE. In other interviews I've seen, he strikes me as brilliant. If he had had more life experience, he would have handled this better. Yet most people have the common sense on Day 1 not to do this. FBI is never a first resort. That's just crazy. Now, his mother is digging in her heels, too. A tragedy all around.
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  244. ​ @almondflour4785 You beat me to it, lol.
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  245.  @emmata118  Of COURSE it does. He's a "valuable commodity." This is important information for you: do not let your guard down. Do not assume he's "safe."
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  246. @OreozBnB Of course there are no alternatives besides letting them go and lethal force -- in a possible fake $20 bill case. This is because in America, we raise creative thinkers.
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  247. The tone of voice of the 911 operator, you know she suspected the bicyclist who found her of some wrongdoing.
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  248. He's ugly.
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  249. She looks dazed.
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  250.  @tearofaangel1  Me too.
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  251.  @disneytoysr4fun975  Good point. I never considered joining one of those.
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  252. THIS Many jobs fall into cult-like thinking, too.
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  253. Nothing like the freefall imposed on Russia in the 1990s. The global neolibs shouldn't have gotten Russians used to this.
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  254. Murder-suicide because a guy wants to jump someone else's bones?
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  255.  @OrangeCat1992  That's not assisting in a murder.
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  256.  @kitcat901  777.03 Accessory after the fact.— (1)(a) Any person **not** standing in the relation of husband or wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or sister, by consanguinity or affinity to the offender, who maintains or assists the principal or an accessory before the fact, or gives the offender any other aid, knowing that the offender had committed a crime and such crime was a third degree felony, or had been an accessory thereto before the fact, with the intent that the offender avoids or escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, is an accessory after the fact. DUH
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  257. @kitcat901  777.03 expressly excludes the parents of an alleged offender. Brian's parents had a right to allow him to live there, and they had the right to remain silent, as long as they did not lie to law enforcement or destroy evidence. THAT would be a serious crime. You can never lie to police, and especially not when they are investigating a homicide.
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  258.  @OrangeCat1992  I quoted the statute, but that was ____ .
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  259. I'm opposed to the choice they made AND I want them released to America immediately.
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  260.  @charlesmartel342  SO WHAT?
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  261.  @gcs9350  There are many hopelessly stupid people in the world, especially in the US. I opt for rescue anyway. There are too many to ignore.
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  262.  @rob-8928  "The West was INVITED into Afghanistan?" Really? Are you counting on the vaccines to have obliterated all memory, or something? As a matter of fact, part of the shame of the "war on terror" is the absence of reliable information on the civilian toll. Children not yet born or conceived on 9/11 died in those wars. Children whose parents were not yet born on 9/11 died. Actually, the Soviets were invited into Afghanistan. The time when Afghanistan had a socialist government was the last time human rights and women's rights had any hope of being acknowledged in there. At least women could go to school and even college back then, and didn't have to be covered from head to toe.
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  263.  @johnmartin4641  This is nonsense. C-suite is the face of the corporation, not "some job." He should have a job that he understands and can perform competently, no problem. I am sure it would pay well. He is not entitled to C-suite.
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  264.  @johnmartin4641  A LOT of people have the credentials for the C-suite; that's how business is organized. If a CEO, CFO, etc., etc., were to leave tomorrow, the business moves on. A lot of qualified people also know what social media is, and have good judgment. This is the kind of guy who would not know he was exercising terrible judgment IF he were getting praise, likes, etc. These people present a risk. If you are telling me that everyone is like that now, and you can't easily replace him, then I agree. You're right.
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  265.  @johnmartin4641  Well, you have a right to manage your company as you see fit. And anyone can unexpectedly up and quit any job. Or be hit by a drunk driver. Or get married and their spouse really needs to move.
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  266. Other networks are reporting far more heart side effects: https://youtu.be/mR4_-eyt_TI
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  267.  @BlackTarH  Which involve getting used to bending over . . . not exactly the job we wanted when our parents asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up? Well maybe today it is . . .
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