Comments by "possumverde" (@possumverde) on "CBS Evening News" channel.

  1. I'm not seeing the problem here. The SEALs are an elite group where severe lapses in judgement like Gallagher's are not acceptable. The pardon restored his rank. Where the Navy assigns him is up to them.
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  2. ​ @BeBoppin2000 A bunch of Israeli soccer hooligans effed around in someone else's country and found out. End of story.
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  3. It went both ways. You'd know that if you actually watched the report before commenting.
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  4. But...but...I thought Trump was the peacemaker...
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  5. ​@Val-z8I Tariffs will just drive Mexico into the arms of countries like China etc. for starters. Unlike us, they aren't stupid enough to be isolationists in the modern world.
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  6. ​ @michaelhartle9737 Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences of that speech. With what they were chanting, they earned it.
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  7. Here's another thought. You can't get your appeal heard by SCOTUS without the original case having been backed with enough evidence to warrant it's existence. Completely sandbagging like Trump's team did, doesn't work in their favor in this.
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  8. That's about the dumbest reason to vote for someone I've ever heard... especially when said indictments are completely legit. If you truly wish to vote conservative, there are far more deserving candidates than Trump to choose from.
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  9. Gotta love the desperation of the Trump bots and supporters. They're spamming every single comment section on this topic trying to play it down and demonize the judge for doing their job...sad.
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  10. Barely 1% of our budget actually goes to other countries. Nowhere near enough to use as an excuse to not pass the relief bill. The Republicans are just being dicks because they're butthurt over losing the WH and the Senate (and they're panicking over their party being spilt between personality cultists and sane, mature adults.) The Dems just need to "abuse" their newly won majority and force the relief through using budget reconcilliation. The Reps have used it multiple times in the past to bypass the need for Democratic votes. It's time to give them a taste of their own medicine. They don't want unity so there's no reason to waste anymore time on them.
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  11. So does Trump.
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  12. Step one in normalizing Martial Law...
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  13. Trying to protect our long term interests and not to remake the mistakes of previous weak appeasers you mean.
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  14. ​ @cudjoemann Grow up and read some history kid. Trump's weak appeasement approach will be far more likely to lead to a world war than making a logical military decision against an extremely overextended and undersupported enemy.
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  15. @K MB They need to give up on working with the Republicans on it. Which they appear to have done since it looks like they've now decided to just push the relief through via budget reconciliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 they would otherwise need. Don't be surprised if the relief bill ends up getting passed before the end of the week. Edit: The Republicans had their share of pork in the recent bill as well. It wasn't just a Democrat thing.
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  16. Yes he is.
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  17. Or he was tipped off somehow and had time to prepare defenses.
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  18. We should have at least sent in some of our air power. On the ground, Ukrainian forces are strong, they just don't have an answer for the long range stuff...
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  19. The officers did their jobs properly. The blame for the little girl's death goes entirely to the person whose criminal acts were responsible for creating the situation to begin with. It's an unfortunate tragedy but that's all it is. There is no blame to be thrown at the police.
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  20. They were. They acted as a county in that they received local taxes from their area and used them to fund the fire department, police, and everything else a county pays for. On top of that they pay a substantial property tax and are responsible for a sizable chunk of the state's tax revenues each year. DeSantis and his poorly qualified state minions...er representatives, have shot Florida in the foot here. Now the two districts responsible for the area will have to pay all those expenses along with the state. They will fail to provide anywhere near the quality of service Disney was able to and thus tourism will suffer. That will lead to lost revenue for the state. Combine that with all the lawsuits Disney is going to file and mostly win, and Florida just got a lot poorer. All because their governor takes politics too personally and doesn't think before he reacts.
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  21. It's only coming out now because he stalled it with everything he could. The information could have been unsealed long before now. He essentially created his own October surprise by trying to run from his problems instead of facing them. A nasty habit he's had for most of his life.
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  22. Normally such legislation requires 60 votes in the Senate. They've been trying to get the 10 Republican votes they would need to pass it. However, it now appears that they have given up on the bi-partisan approach and are just going to use budget reconcilliation to push it through instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate.
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  23.  @michaelturano7522  You know no such thing. You just want to believe that.
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  24. The Navy's gonna love this guy... probably shouldn't visit any ships.
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  25. We should have just given them a lesson on how to properly disappear someone...
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  26.  Xavier Medina  You should spend a little more time outside of your parents' basement...
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  27.  Robert Schultz  Depending on how many cases of covid 19 the US ends up with, the number of deaths could potentially get pretty high. During the 2018-2019 season, ~16,500,000 people sought treatment for the flu in the US (~5% of the population) and ~34,000 died from it (~0.01% of the population) for a mortality rate of ~0.2%. At a mortality rate of ~4.25% (13,600/320,000), covid 19 would only need to infect ~800,000 people (~0.24% of the population) to match those deaths. Were the number of US covid 19 cases to match those of the flu, a 4.25% mortality rate would lead to ~700,000 US deaths (~0.2% of the population.) It's highly unlikely that there will be anywhere near that number of US cases and the mortality rate will likely end up being much lower. As such, there is definitely a good bit of fearmongering going on. However, a healthy dose of concern is warranted if we want to minimize the overall threat.
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  28. Removing Gallagher from the SEALs in no way defies the President's pardon. His rank is restored, where the Navy decides to assign him is up to them.
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  29.  @razaparalarepublica8336  The protocol being followed in this weird abomination of an audit is so nonsensical and the workers so poorly qualified and openly biased that no results they obtain can really be taken seriously. While I see no reason for an audit, I'm not necessarily opposed to one (if just to shut people up.) However, if it's to be done, it needs to properly managed, transparent, an operated by a firm with no conflict of interest. As is, there's just too much of a Qanon cult feel to this to be seen as legit.
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  30. Actually, it could still be an ambush if the target was somehow tipped off to the impending raid and thus had time to prepare their defenses. The officers would go in thinking they had the element of surprise only to find that they had walked into a trap.
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  31. Like most people in this country, they know nothing of issues. They voted for charisma.
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  32. They won. They cost Israel ~$200M, international sympathy for the Palestinians increased significantly, and the militants now have a good idea of how much rocket spam it will take to overwhelm and exhaust Israel's "iron dome." Strategically, that's worth a few buildings and the sacrifice of ~0.01% of Gaza's population.
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  33. Prayers aren't going to prevent the economic collapse or the strengthening of our enemies due to poor policy.
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  34. It's part of the indictment and indictments are always unsealed minus personal/private information etc.
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  35. Calling the Saudis allies is like calling one's drug dealer an ally.
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  36. Judging from the comments, I'm beginning to think people don't realize that one can agree with the ID requirement and still be against the law in general due to some of the other bs it contains...
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  37.  @FadeHook23  Unless the plan is to live in a car, moving can be pretty expensive. Many places require a few months rent up front. Then there's activation costs for utilities, a new renter's insurance policy, and various other up front costs that can nickel and dime you. On top of that, you'll likely need a U-Haul truck and/or possibly paid movers as well depending on the circumstances. Going by my own finances, it could easily eat up two or three months pay.
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  38. For what exactly, the appearance of impropriety from hiring someone she had a relationship with? Simple nepotism alone doesn't necessarily warrant removal. Despite a great deal of internet buzz to the contrary, his pay was not really unusual all things considered. He actually took a significant pay cut to take on the position. The $250/hr he received was $300/hr less than his firm had been paid for consulting work under the previous DA and his billable hours with his firm (greater than $250/hr) were almost non existent over the time that he held the job. With him taking a pay cut, he clearly didn't need his special prosecutor pay to go on those vacations. In the end, this is simply Trump and pals oompa loompa lawyers resorting to digging around in an opponent's "bedroom" for something to blackmail them with. A tactic that basically says, we don't have a legitimate argument so we'll go for public shaming instead.
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  39. She was elected because she was the only name on the ballot...
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  40. The problem is that a neutral third party with the security clearance necessary to view the documents likely doesn't exist. Especially one whom both sides could agree on. The choice will thus be left up to the Trump appointed judge which would obviously raise questions of potential bias. Also, appointing a master to begin with is somewhat pointless as (assuming no bias) the kind of documents they would be looking for would only make up a small fraction of the total and have little, if any, significant effect on the outcome other than stalling it. Furthermore, as appointing such a master would definitely count as special treatment, doing so would set a bad precedent as well. Edit: Even though the outcome wouldn't likely be significantly affected, anyone the judge appoints who lacks the proper clearance would have to be vetted to receive such clearance before they could do the job. If the judge wanted to, she could simply keep picking people that won't pass a background check etc. and thus be able to stall the case indefinitely.
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  41. You kids are so panicky...
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  42. You're not getting the full story. It may have gotten a bit out of hand but the Israeli soccer hooligans did ask for it and it had nothing to do with their race or religion. They were chanting "Gaza has no schools because Gaza has no children", "death to arabs", went around climbing houses to tear down Palestinian flags, disrespected a minute of silence for Spanish flood victims, and some even dragged a cab driver who was apparently Arabic out of his cab and beat him severely (critical condition). You behave like that in someone else's country and you really don't get to cry about finding out what happens.
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  43. Slow enough for the officer to get his rounds off.
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  44. ​ @pejpm It can be if the target is somehow tipped off to the impending raid and thus has time to prepare their defenses.
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  45. He hasn't quite mastered the art of Mussolini
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  46. Not likely. Appeals look mostly at the evidence presented originally. With nowhere near the amount necessary having been presented to back any cases that might reach them, SCOTUS may well choose not to bother with any of them.
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  47. Yes, many do. Including honest moderate and centrist independents and Republicans. Anyone who's read it without bias would have a hard time voting for the man.
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  48. Appealing the ruling is a must. Allowing such an illegitimate order to stand unchallenged will set a horrible precedent and only encourage more judges to base their rulings on political/personal bias rather than the law.
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  49. Still no reason for DeSantis to shoot his state in the economic foot over petty vengeance... Dude's got a long way to go and a lot of growing up to do if he ever wants to be President. Just like Trump, he takes politics too personal and lets his temper cloud his judgement.
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  50.  @randomsasquatchwithwifi4090  An executive order can't do it but it can be pushed through using budget reconcilliation. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate. They've been trying to avoid using that process because it's something the Dems have heavily criticized the Republicans for using in the past to bypass the need for Dem votes. They're not going to waste much more time trying to get Republicans on board though. Don't be surprised if the bill gets passed before the end of the week.
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  51. It's been customary for a few decades at least to continue briefing ex-Presidents. I agree though. With his history of accidentally leaking classified info while in office, Trump had no business getting briefed once out.
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  52. SCOTUS is not going to overthrow the certified results of four states just because another state doesn't like them. The Texas case is just some piddly state AG trying to pick up some political capital for their future political aspirations.
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  53. Currently, all surviving Presidents are getting briefed if they want to. That's been customary for quite a while. The argument behind it is that they often serve as unofficial ambassadors so knowing who to be wary of and what not to say (to avoid contradicting current policy for example) come in handy.
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  54. I feel sorry for the friends and families of the these hostages. It's a shame that Israel prioritized genocidal revenge and land grabbing over the lives of the hostages and ~35,000 Palestinian civilians. It's no surprise though. It was clear from the start that the hostages were of no concern to the IDF. I mean, when your battle plan calls for the (mis)use of 2,000 lb. bombs to destroy everything in a 10 block radius just to take out one building with a handful of suspected Hamas members thought to be inside (something the IDF has consistently done the whole time) you can't expect to find many if any of the unaccounted for hostages still alive in the end. Their bodies will be buried amidst the rubble along with those of the innocent civilians you're hellbent on erradicating. The sick part is that people will place no blame on Israel or the IDF for any of this... Hamas should never have taken hostages to begin with but I doubt even they thought the Israeli government and the IDF would so openly inact their final solution to the Palestinian question with no concern whatsoever for the wellbeing of the hostages...
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  55. Hmmm...wounded civilian at the cops feet to protect, one of the calls said the guy had a gun, dude didn't immediately surrender, yeah, might as well let him have a chance to do more harm before dropping him... Sometimes I think the police in this country should just go on strike for a while and let people like you take care of things...
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  56. Run one with legitimate protocol, mananged by a contractor with no conflict of interest and workers who are well qualified, properly trained, and unbiased, and I will...
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  57. Executive orders can't deal with budget related things like a relief bill. Those have to go through Congress. Which it appears is going to happen soon as it seems they're giving up on working with the Republicans on it and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 needed otherwise.
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  58.  @murphyrod4839  Enforcement, yes. More, not so much. Those already on the books are more than enough to get the job done if properly prosecuted.
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  59. Using the old trick of giving oneself an "out" at the beginning of a speech then spending the rest of the speech intentionally inciting the crowd only works on the simple minded and/or those with little to no personal integrity. Mature, honest adults see it for what it is...and his tweets came hours later after his advisors begged him to do it because of how bad it was making him look for not doing so. The man intended it to happen. He spent the weeks leading up to it fueling it with lies and then set his lie enraged minions loose.
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  60. The $2,000 includes the $600 already sent out. Also, they appear to have finally given up on getting Republican support and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 needed otherwise. Don't be surprised if the relief gets passed before the end of the week.
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  61.  @happydee6950  Qanon theories on social media only count as red flags to members/followers of said cult (and sad little state legislature representives trying to get their vote.) In the real world, they're seen for the horsesh*t they are and ignored.
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  62. @Fancy_Blotworth  It'll be OK kid. The adults know what they're doing. If you pay attention in history class you may one day understand.
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  63. Israel needs an investigation to figure out how a fire started in a tent camp after they dropped things that go boom and make fire on it? I thought they were supposed to be intelligent...
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  64.  @colinhobbs7265  You're wasting your time. People only make comments like this one to see how many upvotes they can get from other fringe. They're not interested in counter arguments. They're just looking for some ego strokes to raise their low self esteem.
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  65. It tells you Qanon needs something better to do with their time.
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  66. They were originally hoping that they could get Republican support for it (for unity and all...) However, it now appears that they've finally given up on that and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That method only requires a simple majority Senate vote as opposed to the 60 vote that would have otherwise been necessary. Don't be surprised if the relief bill has been passed by the end of the week.
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  67. Boy, are you in for some major disappointment... SCOTUS may not even bother hearing Trump's case(s) to begin with. They aren't required to. On top of that, if they do hear one, it will be an appeal. Appeals are usually judged on the evidence presented in the original case. Trump's legal team has presented no meaningful evidence in any of the cases which might reach SCOTUS. The court will be presented with a case with no evidence behind it. They can allow new evidence to be presented, but they're not going to waste their time by doing so in a case that won't even change the outcome if Trump's team were sucessful. That's the one good thing about SC Justices being appointed for life. They owe nothing to the Presidents who appointed them or their party. They can simply rule on the law alone without fear of reprisal. The law does not favor Trump in this. He's done and both he and his team know it. You and all his other supporters are being played by his team and tabloid news outlets like OAN and Newsmax because the majority of you have no clue about how elections, the courts, and the government in general function and therefore don't know any better.
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  68. There's nothing statistical that suggests fraud in this election. If you're one of those who think Benford's Law applies, then you should be the one to brush up on your statistics knowledge. That's the only argument I've seen anyone try to make that even remotely came across as competent and it fails due to how our precinct system is designed. When you account for the conditions involved mechanically with this election that haven't been in prior elections, the stats are fine.
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  69.  @Micloren  I've read a good bit of it. You don't have to get far to realize it has no chance. To begin with, SCOTUS isn't even required to hear it. Even if they do, they'll be hearing an appeal. Generally evidence and testimony not presented in the original case is not considered in such appeals. Despite what gullible Trump supporters think, no meaningful evidence of widespread fraud was presented by Trump's team in court for their case. All they can show with the evidence presented originally is that the same random irregularities and and minor frauds found in all elections occurred in this one as well. That's not going to get them anywhere. With what SCOTUS will be presented with, I doubt they'll even bother hearing it. They might give it a brief look, but with no evidence backing the original case, don't be surprised if they actually laugh at Trump's team's arguments and then chastise them a bit before tossing it.
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  70.  @dudebrosefson4699  I take it you don't read at an adult level. Sorry but I don't have time to dumb it down for you.
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  71. They got his archives so anyone watching his old videos will be paying the Onion with ad revenue etc. They also got his infrastructure to add to their own. And they got it all cheap.
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  72. For perspective, were the number of covid 19 cases in the US to equal the average number of seasonal flu cases (~5% of the population during the 2018-2019 flu season) a mortality rate of 4.25% (13,600/320,000) would lead to over 700,000 US deaths.
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  73.  @photobyTaps  Nothing he can do about this as long as the Republican led House refuses to let him restrict weapons shipments to Israel. That's the only diplomatic language that country speaks with us.
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  74.  @dayzreloadedpve  Well, to be fair, one doesn't need to be a doctor to read the medical examiners report and realize that he found no evidence supporting a cause of death due to external physical causes. Anyone with some pre-med, nurses, and emts would all know enough to understand what they're reading.
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  75. Somewhat. Though, the information available at the time did point to it going to Biden in a very close race. The other swing states, including Georgia all had stronger data in support of their eventually ending up blue. I had Az as the only one that was too close to call on election night (I had it blue but by such a low margin that I wouldn't have felt comfortable calling it.) However, the media had far better access to accurate data than an amateur like me so I didn't consider it to be a huge surprise.
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  76.  @edwardp8463  It didn't hurt that her opponent dropped out of the race...
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  77. There were multiple instances during Trump's term where he accidentally leakes classified information in press conferences and on twitter. He's never been very good at knowing when to keep his mouth shut. Also, his ego loves the feeling of knowing something others don't...unfortunately, that often leads to him telling them what they don't know so they'll know they didn't know it while he did...
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  78. We can start by no longer allowing verdicts to be based on mob rule rather than rule of law...
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  79. If breaking an addiction were easy, there wouldn't be any junkies...
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  80. What exactly is he supposed to do? The Republican led House won't let him restrict weapon supply to Israel and that's the only diplomatic language that country speaks.
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  81. There are a lot of moderates, centrists, and independents who were...not enthused by that horrible rally. It's a shame that the Republican party has been usurped by such a mindset as was portrayed in general there.
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  82. No, it's extremely bizarre. Go look at more footage of it and interviews of registered independents and Republicans who were hired to assist and quit due to the nonsensical protocol being followed and the implied/veiled threats made to those involved who took their concerns over the legitimacy of the operation to the CyberNinja staff overseeing it. I have no problem with a legitimately conducted audit other than considering it an unnecessary use of resources given the lack of evidence supporting the need for one, but the way this thing is being handled is just odd. To the point that any claims they make on it's completion will be dubious at best.
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  83. To pass it without needing any Republicans on board would require doing so through budget reconcilliation. It's an approach that Dems have criticized Republicans for using in the past to avoid needing Dem votes. I think they delayed a bit hoping they could pass it the "right" way. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the Republicans are interested so Dems will probably start the reconcilliation process soon. Edit: Reconcilliation only requires a simple majority Senate vote instead of the 60 needed otherwise.
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  84. Grow up child.
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  85. If you can't get anyone to testify in court under oath or present any legitimate evidence in court to prove it...then yes.
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  86. They didn't have a choice, she was the only name on the ballot...
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  87. We'll see. We have a President who wants to break our addiction to oil. If anything were going to change concerning our middle east policy, now would probably be the time.
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  88. Sorry man at the end, nothing Biden can do. Only Congress can block already approved weapon shipments to Israel and until such shipments are threatened, Israel has absolutely no reason to listen to the US on any issue.
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  89. ​@jdoe7697 He was paid $250/hr, about $300/hr less than his firm had been paid for consulting work in the past (well before Willis became the DA.) When you divide his total earnings by the two years he worked, it comes to equivalent of ~33 to ~35 40 hour weeks per year. Over those two years, his work as a special prosecutor left him with very few billable hours with his law firm (which would have been at a higher rate than $250/hr.) Long story short, he took a significant pay cut by accepting the job and definitely didn't need that pay to cover the vacations. So as far as the money issue goes, I'm not seeing a problem there. Now, the nepotism involved in his hiring is a different story. Even if qualified for the position (which is debatable) he should not have been offered the job if for no other reason than to prevent the appearance of impropriety. However, that alone doesn't make his pay fraudulent.
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  90. Nah, this is a pretty minor abuse of her power. It's just a small thank you to Trump for appointing her. If she pulls any further such nonsense though, a look at her bank accounts etc. might be warranted.
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  91. The only significant fraud that occurred in the 2020 election came from and/or was in support of, the Republican candidate...and even that couldn't save him.
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  92. Such legislation normally requires 60 votes in the Senate. The delay has been due to their attempts to get the 10 Republican votes they would need. It now appears that they have given up on getting bi-partisan support for it and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority in the Senate. (It's a method they have criticized the Republicans for using in the past in order to bypass the need for Democratic votes and were hoping they wouldn't have to resort to it to get the relief through.)
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  93. Grow up kid.
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  94. And you need to grow up...
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  95. The Human shield excuse is total bs. Israel knows that the rocket teams move after firing and thus their counterstrikes will only harm civilians. They act out of vengeance not self defense. Also, in an area with a population density of over 5,000 people/km^2 (26,125/km^2 in Gaza City) there aren't a lot of suitable options for launch sites that don't have civilians nearby. Especially if you have to constantly be on the move to new sites. What would you have them do...just continue to bend over and spread their cheeks for their oppressor? As for being terrorists, one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter. Many resistance groups in WWII committed acts that would classify them as terrorists under the modern definition and which often led to reprisals on civilians. Despite that, they're remembered as heroes. Underdogs fighting a far superior oppressor don't have the luxury of fighting conventionally and not endangering civilians. Said civilians understand this.
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  96. If he thought it dangerous enough to hide from the public in order to prevent panic in the market, what did he think would happen when said dangerous virus began to spread rapidly across the country blindsiding an unprepared population?
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  97. Not even in office yet, and he's already lying about his dealings with other countries...
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  98.  @thatflyguy8387  My condolences to Texas...
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  99. They will likely get it passed soon. They were hoping they could get enough Republicans on board to do it bi-partisan. Since that seems to have failed, they will likely push it through via budget reconcilliation. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate and can thus be done without Republican votes.
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  100.  @annaverano5843  They don't.
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  101. Putin isn't exactly insane. He is however caught up in delusions of grandeur. He sees himself as the second coming of Stalin and is hellbent on reforming the Soviet Union by force if necessary. He very well could consider the use of tactical nukes in Ukraine. Especially now that he's seen how timid (bordering on cowardly) the west and NATO especially, are. We're not talking about high yield nukes. Just low yield nukes used in conjunction with conventional military activity. The use of such would not necessarily justify the use of high yield nukes on Russia in response. I doubt his generals would allow/reccomend it as it would likely cost them China as an ally and neutral countries would turn against them. All for something that just isn't tactically sound or useful to begin with. However, if he has followed to closely in Stalin's footprints and only has "yes men" for generals, who knows...He was KGB and it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to risk the entire country if he felt that buckling to the west would doom Russia to mediocrity and leave them too weak to stand up for themselves anyway. Despite how badly he and his buddies have treated and robbed the Russian people, he is still driven by a sort of warped patriotism so nothing should be considered completely off the table.
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  102. Without more info the officer deserves the benefit of the doubt. However, one would think that if he was behind the car and had enough time to get those rounds off, then he had time to simply get out of the way instead. While if he was to the side, it wouldn't have been rolling at him so opening fire would seem unnecessary. Hopefully there will be body cam video to clear it up. As is, the story does seem a bit dubious.
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  103. Primaries are complete garbage when it comes to determining which candidate has the most support. One of the main reasons being that moderates and centrists are less likely to vote in the primaries than those who are more polarized. Basically, the only thing primaries tell you is who has the most support from a party's hard core/radical demographic. As a result, candidates like Trump, Bernie Sanders, etc. who have near cultish followings will appear to be front runners at some point but can't count on that holding up once the quieter demographics enter the mix.
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  104. That's actually interesting. Until sentenced, he can't actually pardon himself and the DOJ can't force a judge to dismiss a case that has already been concluded awaiting sentencing.
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  105. Insurance would be a nightmare if they allowed hired security to handle such things and they'd have to pay their hired security enough to make such risk worth it (you don't want someone who would take such a job for low pay as that generally means they're doing so because they like such confrontations.)
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  106. A gun battle occurring outside would put neighbors/bystanders at greater risk while waiting for the target to leave would require keeping "eyes" on the house to see them do so. The latter risks the suspect realizing they're being watched, giving them time to either try to sneak out or prepare for battle.
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  107. Sadly, their life expectancy is greater than that of the criminals/mercs being sent in suicidal attack waves against them.
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  108.  @hikoseijuro9291  Unless presented as evidence in court, affidavits alone are pretty meaningless. Their list of people willing to testify under oath whose claims support the kind of fraud alleged is pretty much non existent.
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  109. Given his age and clean background, this likely the result of dementia.
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  110. Such a "middle man" doesn't exist. The special master will have to have the security clearance necessary to view the documents. As a result, the pool of potential candidates who would meet all of the requirements will be quite small and pretty much everyone on it is going to be politically connected/biased in some way. Furthermore, as there are no qualified candidates, neither side's lists will have anyone they can agree upon. That will put the choice in the hands of the Trump appointed judge and thus raise questions of potential bias. Also, anyone the judge picks will need to be vetted for the necessary security clearance before they can even do their job. That alone will significantly stall the case. If the judge wanted to, she could simply keep picking people who won't pass a background check etc. and thus stall the case indefinitely. In the end, the type of documents the master will be looking for will only be a small fraction of the total and their removal will not significantly affect the case anyway. The whole thing is simply a stall tactic.
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  111.  @arthurjeremypearson  You can usually get around the spam filter if you include the link along with a comment containing more characters than the link.
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  112. We'll have to wait for the full details but if it was a situation where the suspect had somehow been tipped off about the impending raid giving them time to prepare their defenses, that could be considered an ambush.
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  113. Sandbagging doesn't really work here. In that situation, SCOTUS will be hearing it as an appeal which means they will be looking at the evidence presented in the original case. They can choose to allow new but likely won't since the original doesn't meet the standards to begin with.
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  114. It's better than bending over and spreading the country's cheeks like our former President did.
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  115.  @cranshawmccaw  They are stubborn children...
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  116. Trump's pardon has not been defied. Presidential pardons do not expunge records or even signify innocence. They simply negate the sentence (in this case, the demotion.) As long as Gallagher's rank is restored (which it is), if the Navy deems his actions worthy of removal from the SEALs and reassignment elsewhere, then they have every right to do so.
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  117. Since ex-Presidents often act as unofficial ambassadors, briefings can help keep them from getting caught up in dealings with people who might be considered risks to our national security. Whether such potential benefit is worth the risk, I don't know.
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  118. You should think about returning to reality one day... The officer had a wounded civilian at his feet to protect and they were told the suspect had a gun by whoever called it in. No one has x-ray vision and all the training and firearm discipline in the world can't prevent ricochets and wall penetrations in a situation like this. They rightfully protected the civilian they knew was there (and injured.) The blame for the little girl's death goes to the guy responsible for creating the situation which made the officer's actions necessary to begin with.
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  119. No. Some people would rather die at home at peace with themselves than abandon it all just to live a little longer. Not everyone's psychological make up will allow them to like what they see in the mirror if they were to chose the path of a refugee.
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  120. That can't stop the hypersonics or the long range artillery. What they need is US/NATO air power to strike launch sites/artillery and take out the jets launching one type of Russian hypersonic missile before they can fire. A couple of squadrons of A-10s with some fighter escort wouldn't hurt either. Especially with how the Russian commanders like to bunch their forces up out in the open. It may be too late depending on how many troops Ukraine has left but foreign close air support for Ukraine ground forces might give them a fighting chance as well. It's moot anyway since NATO/the west aren't going to remember where they left their...courage...anytime soon.
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  121. The Capitol building wiki has the floor plans from 1997. Little of any significance has changed since then.
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  122.  @revdraco  Also, in states that automatically send out ballots to everyone in their voter registry (which can occasionally cause some ballots to be sent to the dead) it would be fraud if someone were to fill out and return a ballot accidentally sent to a deceased person.
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  123.  @tfelder4944  Interestingly, The autopsy (which the medical examiner said he performed before seeing any video of the incident) showed no signs of damage to the neck muscles, larynx, etc. one would expect if the knee on the neck had enough pressure behind it to cause suffocation. In fact, there was pretty much no conclusive evidence found in the autopsy tying his breathing issues etc. to any external physical cause. Also, during the investigation, he stated that without the video, the physical evidence from the autopsy was consistent with a fentanyl overdose being the cause of death (the statement was never given as an official report though.) It wasn't until the autopsy was complete and he had finally watched the video evidence (and was getting slammed with political pressure and fear of riots etc.) that he ruled it a homicide and blamed it on the officers.
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  124. Nah. It will remember him as one of the few leaders of the time period who actually put some effort into doing his job and managed to hold out far longer than he should have given the force he was up against. He'll also be remembered as an excellent example of what happens when you trust the US (and the west in general) to uphold their agreements.
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  125. Executive orders can't be used for budget related things. That has to be done by Congress. On the bright side, they seem to have finally given up on getting Republican support for the relief bill and are apparently going to just use budget reconcilliation instead. That approach only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 they would otherwise need.
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  126. Bah, they're solar balloons likely launched by hobbyists/as experiments. The reported shapes, sizes, and even altitudes match. Such balloons have likely been in use for a long time and are only now being noticed due to the paranoia caused by the Chinese balloon. They've been described as being roughly the size of a car which would give them an angular size of ~0.02° at 40,000 ft. That happens to be the limit on what the human eye can resolve so they would have been nearly invisible from the ground. Reports by pilots of seeing balloons at that altitude aren't exactly rare and have occurred almost as long as such balloons have existed. They are considered harmless unless they're directly in a traffic lane so such reports have no reason to spread much.
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  127. Last I checked Russia started it, so whatever happens is on them.
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  128. Move along troll
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  129. Go to bed kid and let the adults do the talking.
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  130. Given the choice between living the refugee life and just refusing to give up your home even if it means death, there will always be those who find death to be the more acceptable fate. Also, in such a situation, forcing your enemy to actually do the deed if they want your home so badly rather than just running and letting them take everything is just as honorable a way to go any other. If everyone up and fled everytime some bloodyhirsty warlord like Putin invaded, the world would be full of nothing but runners and invaders.
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  131. An incoming President needs to be up to date on such info when they take office. An ex-President doesn't. Especially if said ex-President happend to accidentally leak classified info multiple times in press conferences and on twitter while they were in office...
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  132. Whatever the orcs do to them, Ukraine should do to any Syrians, neck bearded Chechens, Wagner group members, "separatists", and any other mercenaries working for Russia that they've caught.
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  133. Russia will steal it like they did Crimea...
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  134. All the Trump supporters and bots spamming the comment section do indeed reek of desperation.
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  135. No one cares what you think troll. Move along.
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  136. Ever stop to think that maybe some simply chose to stay? There are those whose psychological make up would prevent them from being at peace with themselves were they to abandon their home and history simply to stay alive.
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  137. Says someone who will never bother reading it...
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  138. Win or lose, Russia will have defeated themselves by the time this is over. The cost they're paying is too great for any gains they might make.
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  139. Executive orders can't deal with budget related things like covid relief. Those have to go through Congress.
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  140. Executive orders can't deal with budget related things like covid relief. Those have to go through Congress.
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  141. Don't worry, Trump will be giving himself over to Putin in two months...
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  142. Rubles are currently 0.012 USD. Whatever you're getting paid to troll, is worth less than most toilet paper.
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  143. The amount is scaled based on the recipient's income.
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  144. They had nuclear weapons as a deterrent to Russian invasion. The US/UK (with the approval of NATO) agreed to defend Ukraine militarily should Russia ever invade in return for Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons. Someone, didn't uphold their end... Also, Putin has been meddling in Ukraine's affairs so much since he's been in power that their government wasn't even close to being stable enough to build up a proper defense until the better part of the past decade.
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  145. They've finally given up on getting Republican support and are going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 needed otherwise. Don't be surprised if the bill gets passed before the end of the week. Had they done this to begin with, people would have condemned them for bypassing bi-partisan support while claiming they want unity.
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  146. They're done negotiating. It appears that they are just going to use budget reconcilliation to push it through instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 needed otherwise.
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  147. Executive orders can't be used for budget related things like the covid relief bill. That has to go through Congress. The relief bill will be passed soon though. The delay was due to their attempt to get Republican support for it (it normally requires 60 votes in the Senate to pass such bills.) It now appears that they have finally given up on bi-partisan support and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority in the Senate.
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  148. Shotguns aren't as effective against armor or if the officer needs to shoot through soft/hard cover etc. It's not like a video game where you can carry multiple weapons (along with ammo for each) and easily switch on the fly to better fit the immediate situation. You use a weapon that will be effective in as many possible circumstances as you can and a shotgun isn't that weapon.
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  149. To be fair, they never should have been forced to make such a decision in the first place.
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  150.  @joyce8854  Perhaps. Though there are plenty of people who would see abandoning their homes and histories simply to continue breathing as a fate worse than death. Not everybody's psychologically cut out for the life of a refugee.
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  151. More like cowards...
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  152. The Russians won't guarantee the safety of the civilians in the plant's bunker. Only those from elsewhere. They've also been rounding up civilians seeking safety and taking them to Russia against their will.
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  153.  @zain4019  I doubt it will maintain that rate long enough to reach such totals over that amount of time. Currently (in the US) it's mainly hitting areas with the highest population densities. As it moves out into less dense areas, it's infection rate will likely slow down accordingly. We'll just have to wait and see.
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  154. Kentucky isn't the brightest state in the union...
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  155.  @Big-lron  There's actually quite a few new depositions and other evidence not included in the original indictment. Just to make sure it meets SCOTUS's requirements.
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  156. That evidence was never presented in the Senate. The House managers caught the error on their own before the Senate trial ever started (Trump's lawyer himself pointed that out.)
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  157.  @aldofromsf  The edits you're talking about don't meet the standard to be considered "doctoring." The laws concerning editing are directed at things like deepfakes, actually inserting things a person didn't say etc. Just cutting things down for time, even if out of context, is allowed. Edit: Also, the questionable evidence was never introduced during the trial. At best you could say it was displayed for the "grand jury." Considering what was changed, it's unlikely that that bit would get a case thrown out of court. Disbarment would be unlikely as well. There would be a hearing and it would need to be shown that the questionable evidence was done with intent to deceive and that doesn't seem to be the case here.
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  158.  @SynValorum  If you want to support a false friend that's only good for causing us trouble with nothing of any real value to offer in return, sure.
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  159.  @mosark6554  Sadly, you'd be wrong. Part of the strategy in fighting their oppressor is for Palestinian civilians to be killed in punitive reprisals. Every death nudges international sympathy for the Palestinians a little higher and lowers the international opinion of their oppressor a little more.
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  160. It's a victory for the Palestinians, they increased international sympathy for their cause, cost Israel at least $200M, obtained a good idea as to how much rocket spam it will take to overwhelm and exhaust Israel's "iron dome", and now have some time to build up the necessary number of rockets to do so. All for the cost of a few buildings and ~0.01% of Gaza's population. Sad as the losses are, strategically that's a win.
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  161. What the doctors need to be telling people is that it's mortality rate is 7 to 8 times lower than that given by the media. They don't include the positive for antibodies people in the calculation like they should. It is definitely dangerous and requires safety measures, but the unnecessary fearmongering for ratings by the media needs to stop...
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  162.  @robertjohnson1681  Decisions can only be as good as the information they're based on. Deblasio's statements were made before it had even been declared a national emergency and matched the information coming from the cdc and other federal sources at the time (including the President's continued downplaying of the threat.) While the President's claim of wanting to avoid panic by witholding what he knew from the public is at least legitimately arguable, he could and should have passed his real concerns on to governors, mayors, etc. to give them a better idea of the danger so they could properly prepare. By not doing so, he ultimately made the threat to the public greater than it needed to be.
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  163. They delayed it to attempt to get Republican support for it (unity and all...) It now looks like they've finally given up on that and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only needs a simple majority in the Senate as opposed to the 60 needed otherwise. It'll probably be passed before the end of the week. Edit: Executive orders can't be used for budget related things like the covid relief. Those have to go through Congress.
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  164.  @lanierredd3  f*ck off
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  165. Way to earn those rubles. In a few decades they might actually be worth more than the paper they're printed on...to collectors of relics from the failed Russian state.
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  166. Apparently the medical examiner is...This case is the first time I've ever come across a medical examiner's report where they arbitrarilly ruled out the only potential cause of death supported by physical evidence from autopsy in favor of one with no such support...Maybe he's just incompetent.
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  167. I'd much rather run the stars and stripes up the pole than a white flag like our previous mistake was fond of doing.
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  168. Even more embarrassing that we have a President elect who can't even wait until he's in office to start lying about his dealings with other countries...
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  169. ​ @anttttmannnn It's a paid political spam account spouting MAGA catch phrases for likes.
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  170.  SuperDave Miorgan  Initially, that's what it was thought to be considering the information that was available. No official medical examiner report has been released, but there are rumors that it may have been due to bear mace instead which was heavily used at close range by the insurgents. Personally, I hope it was blunt force trauma. Death by bear mace would a much less pleasant way to go.
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  171.  @lilaharris5804  He made it back to his precinct afterward, made some calls, etc., seemed ok but then collapsed. That's why head trauma was suspected. When people suddenly collapse an hour or two after a physical altercation, it's often due to a slow bleed in the brain.
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  172. Thanks to the paranoia caused by the Chinese balloon...yep. that's possibly what's going on here already. The sizes, descriptions, and even altitudes of these other "objects" are all consistent with their being solar balloons. Their origin is likely either hobbyists, part of an experiment, or trolls.
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  173. Bah, He's just another lazy attrition general like the rest. His past successes have come at a steep price when it comes to casualties and equipment loss. He'll most likely deplete his soldiers morale even quicker than the original commander did and have to "regroup" again in a week or two.
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  174. Nah, if this minor abuse of her power is as far as her bias goes, she'll lose respect among her non Trump appointed peers but that will be about it. Anymore bullsh*t like this though and she could very well find herself looking for a new job.
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  175. There's more to the relief than just the cash payout. Increases and/or extensions to unemployment benefits, food stamps, etc. are also included as part of the cost. Also, the payout amount increases for those with dependents and some other conditions. In the $600 bill, the cash payout accounted for about 1/3 of the total cost when those other benefits were factored in. As usual, there's definitely too much pork included in our budget, but it's not as lopsided as some would have you believe. Edit: With the $600 bill, I mean solely the covid relief portion. Not all the other budget items in the full appropriations bill.
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  176. Executive orders can't deal with budget related things like covid relief. Those have to go through Congress.
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  177. There are fates worse than death. Living under Putin's boot may well be such in the eyes of many Ukrainians. He's made it clear that he will never agree to terms that don't leave him in far more control than is acceptable so negotiations likely aren't realistic at this point.
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  178. Executive orders can't deal with budget related things like the relief bill. Those have to go through Congress.
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  179. You evidently don't...
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  180. I've read the law in question. The answer to your question is no one.
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  181. The brown shirts...er red shirts...are out in force in the comments...with the bots in tow
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  182. ~3.5% of what Trump's golf trips alone cost us (low ball estimate.) Which doesn't include trips to his properties where he didn't play.
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  183. The people will not allow him to overstay his welcome.
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  184. Better things to do.
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  185. It'll be interesting to see. Technically, a pardon can only be issued once sentenced and the DOJ can't force a judge to dismiss a case that has already been concluded and awaiting sentencing. Theoretically, the judge could hold it until he's out of office and then sentence him.
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  186. I really hope Trump was following proper security protocol on personal device use...though I doubt it. A VP is forced to. Edit: Also, dislike for the click bait title.
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  187. The US occupation of Japan following their surrender at the end of WWII would beg to differ. That situation was an extreme outlier though. For the most part occupations do tend to lead to loss of rights.
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  188.  YouTube Censorship  Grow up kid.
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  189. 60+% of the budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the like. The majority of the rest goes to the military. Only ~1% goes to foreign aid.
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  190.  @JustinSwimberlake5236  Past and present US budgets. The data is available through many sources.
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  191. It's the stubborness of someone who refuses to be driven from their home and will continue to go about their business regardless of the danger. It's likely also her own little way of telling Comrade Putin to go eff himself.
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  192.  @k333rl  There are many in the US still who understand her behavior and would do likewise in similar conditions.
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  193. Injustice for Derrick Chauvin...
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  194. Then move there and rid us of your filth.
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  195.  @webportal6659  Actually, they do. As a Trump appointee she should have recused herself to begin with. Also, there's no point in bothering with a special master in this situation. The only purpose it serves is as a delay tactic. The types of documents they will be looking for will make up a tiny fraction of the total and their removal will not significantly affect the case. Going through the bs of vetting whoever is picked for the security clearance to view the documents will just be time wasted. Especially if that pick happens to fail their background check thus forcing the process to be repeated for a new choice.
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  196. Ever stop to think that maybe the civilians still there are there by choice? Some people would rather die at peace with themselves at home than abandon it all just to live a little longer.
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  197.  @phoebus  Because Trump's policies from the mid 1800's to the early 1900's are exactly what we need to move forward...
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  198. Grow a pair so you can respect what you see in the mirror...
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  199. We don't have much choice in the matter currently. Israel has made a habit of reminding us that without our support, they may be "forced" to add the use of their nuclear arsenal to their military doctrine. In "self defense" of course...
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  200. Nah, this has always been their goal. It's the only logical approach for someone trying to reform the Soviet Union by force. If you don't wipe out the people whose country you're stealing, it will just become a guerilla war later. They were simply trying to save money by throwing fodder at the cities originally. Conscripts are far cheaper than hypersonic missiles and air strikes.
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  201. You'll be fighting more than just Democrats... and you will lose.
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  202. He wouldn't be able to pass the background check necessary for the security clearance to view some of the documents.
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  203. If you used turbotax to file your most recent return, there's a chance that it was originally sent to an invalid bank account and returned. If that's the case, it might take awhile to straighten it out.
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  204.  @stephenc3060  Because the symptoms experienced by the majority of people who have it are similar to a very bad cold/moderate upper respiratory flu. Something many people wouldn't consider bad enough to warrant a doctor/er visit.
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  205. Why should anyone care about like/dislike ratios on youtube?
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  206. Quite a few if he wants to reach the 220 that Trump signed.
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  207. Executive orders can't deal with budget related things like covid relief. Those have to go through Congress.
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  208. I think you missed a spot when you were polishing Comrade Putin's knob...you should probably get back to work before he notices...
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  209. Nothing. They would simply be opposing the judge's obvious attempt to stall the case. Whoever gets picked for the position will first have to go through the vetting process for a high enough security clearance to legally view the documents. That could take months (and if they fail a background check etc. the process would need to be repeated with a new choice.) In the end, the types of documents the special master will be looking for will make up a tiny fraction of the total and can be removed without significantly affecting the outcome of the case making it all rather pointless.
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  210. Tell that to the Republican led House...Biden tried to do just that and they overrode him. Preaident's can't stop aid packages without their approval.
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  211. ​ @patricialoriega2652 Israel is 2% Christian. Lebanon is 30% Christian. Remember that when the civilian casualty reports from Lebanon start piling up...
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  212. The cowardice is most likely coming from the Joint Chickens of Staff at the Pentagon. They carry the most weight when it comes to military advice for the President. Sadly, they apparently soil their Depends at the mere thought of fighting a legitimate defensive action against a true threat to the world... Staying militarily out of this won't prevent a world.war, it will guarantee one in 5 to 10 years as Putin will simply continue to exploit our cowardice into stronger positions for himself until he's secure enough to really lay it on. Then we'll have no choice but to fight.. and against a much stronger Russian military than we would be facing now.
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  213. They're solar balloons likely launched by hobbyists. They come in different shapes including cylindrical and some whose frames would make them look octagonal. Such balloons have likely been launched by hobbyists for a long time and are only now being noticed due to the paranoia caused by the Chinese balloon. Interestingly, they've been described as being roughly the size of a car which would give them an angular size of ~0.02° at a distance of ~40,000 feet and 0.02° is the limit for the human eye to resolve. In other words, such balloons very well could have been in use all along and we would likely not have been able to see them. They would also be nearly invisible to radar as well. One would think that were hobbyists the origin, whoever launched those being shot down would come forward and identify them to end the confusion. However, doing so would likely lead to them getting hit with the bill for shooting it down, grounding flights, etc. as well as potential fines/jail time for not getting proper permission from the FAA etc. to fly them.
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  214. Ukraine is worth it as Putin must be checked now to avoid more expensive problems in the future. Israel is not as they only cause us future problems while refusing to listen to us.
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  215.  @justinunion7586  They're most likely solar balloons probably launched by hobbyists/as experiments. Such balloons can have the size and shapes to match the descriptions and the 40k ft altitude would be about right. Also, they've been described as being roughly the size of a car which would give them an angular size of ~0.02° from 40,000 ft away. The smallest angular size a human eye can resolve happens to be ~0.02° so they would be nearly invisible from the ground (especially when you factor in atmospheric haze etc..) Such balloons could have been in use by hobbyists etc. for a long time without being seen and are only now being noticed due to the paranoia caused by the Chinese balloon. Reports from pilots of balloons at those altitudes aren't exactly uncommon and generally aren't considered much of a threat so few ever hear about it.
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  216. He also promised to seek unity between the parties. The delay is due to they're attempt to get Republican support. It now appears that they've given up on that and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 it would otherwise need. Don't be surprised if the relief gets passed before the end of the week.
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  217. They were trying to get Republican support for it (for unity and all...) It now appears that they've given up on that and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate. They will likely start the process in the next couple of days and it won't take long to get it done. Had they done that from the start, people would have condemned them for doing an end around to bypass the need for Republican votes after saying that they wanted unity. This way the Dems can at least say that they tried to work with the Republicans on it.
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  218. Grow a pair.
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  219. We'll see. We do have a President who wants to break our addiction to oil after all.
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  220. Actually, if people eventually find themselves in an economic situation to do so, it's possible to "gift" money to the government when you file your taxes. In other words, there's nothing preventing people who received covid relief from paying it back if they want to. That's what I plan on doing whenever I find a job that pays enough to cover more than just the bare necessities.
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  221. His behavior for fhe first ~2 minutes or so was the result of him trying desperately to hold his breath not the sxecution method itself. Once that was over and he actually started breathing the N2, he lost consciousness fairly quikly. The heavy breathing and random twitches that occurred afterward are what one would expect from someone dying from oxygen deprivation. While it may be a bit unsettling to watch, he was unconcious and had no awarenesa of it. In othsr words, if you remove the unnecessary self inflicted agony from holding his breath ao long at the beginning, all he would have felt was a brief period of normal easy breaths, then a sudden feeling of euphoria/drunkenness for two to three seconds, immediately followed by loss of consciousnesa. Once unconscious, he would have felt nothing more and would eventually die from oxygen deprivation. Despite what many anti-death penalty people claim, Nitrogen hypoxia is not something new. In fact it has been used for decades as a quick, painless, and safe method of rendering someone unconscious (usually for tests requiring unconsciousness and/or looking at behavior after regaining consciousness.) There are plenty of people out there who have experienced it first hand and they'll tell you that there's no discomfort involved (other than the occassional headache afterward from the brief lack of oxygen.) The only difference between it's non lethal and lethal uses is simply that the nonlethal version replaces the N2 with 02 as soon as consciousness is lost so that they quickly regain it, while for an execution, the N2 is kept going until the condemned dies from oxygen deprivation. It really is the most humane way to end a life.
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  222. I don't recall any police getting to bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher or people chanting "hang [insert scapegoat here]" while having built a makeshift gallows during that protest. Nor were any of those involved carrying flex cuffs and looking for people to take hostage.
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  223. Not immediately. They should hang around awhile and sue the crap out of the state and the two districts now responsible for the services Disney covered in the past any time those services are not adequate. In the meantime they can shop around to other states who don't have a governor with the temper and patience of a 12 yo spoiled brat. Someone will be more than willing to cover some of the relocation costs to bring such a cash cow into their state economy.
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  224. Because some people would rather die at home at peace with themselves than abandon said home and their history simply to stay alive a little longer.
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  225. Storming the capitol to prevent Congress from doing their constitutional duty to certify the Presidential election is outright treason. The riots in the cities aren't. Not defending the riots as they should be prosecuted as well but they don't reach the level of treason. Chanting "hang Mike Pence" and building a makeshift gallows while the VP was in the building they stormed doesn't help their case either.
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  226. Many of those videos were staged by Patrick Lancaster for propoganda purposes (a fraudulent self proclaimed "independent journalist" who's been on Moscow's payroll for years.) Also, Russia hasn't guaranteed the safety of the civilians in the bunker. Just those from other areas of the city. To go along with that, there have been numerous reports (some already confirmed by humanitarian agencies) of civilians seeking safety being rounded up and sent to Russia against their will (Russia pulled the same bs in Crimea as well and even gunned down surrendering forces a few times there.) Many civilians and soldiers have plenty of reasons not to trust Russia and only come out when they're absolutely desparate... some not even then.
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  227. No it's not. It's a politically manufactured scapegoat for ignorant people to blame all their woes on and get distracted from what the upcoming administration is really going to be up to. Edit: Mass deportation will however lead to a state of economic emergency.
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  228. It is pretty sad. You'd think Trumpists could find something better to do than troll youtube spamming dislikes on Biden related videos.
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  229. He's been a better leader than most other countries can boast these days...
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  230. They need air power. Though it's probably too little, too late at this point.
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  231. Go read it for yourself...
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  232.  @KenjiAsakura09  A lot is still redacted and it's not that hard of a read when it comes to a lot of the evidence. A great deal of the legalese can be skimmed. But no, I don't expect his supporters to even try to read any of it. They refuse to ever examine any potential evidence of wrongdoing on his part. They'll just let Fox and Trump tell them what to think about it.
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  233. Making up for time lost due to covid lockdown.
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  234. You have to. If the country fails due to overwhelming ignorance of the population, then it fails.
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  235. Good luck with that.
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  236. Nope
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  237. Then stay the f*ck home.
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  238.  @AtomicPunx  In regards to that joke of a suit from Texas, no one takes that seriously. Not even Texas...
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  239.  @frankjuankno6174  They refused to hear the case and denied injunctive relief. That case is done.
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  240. They've wasted enough time trying to play nice with the Republicans. The GOP obviously isn't interested in unity (they can't even unify themselves at this point.) Just give them a taste of their own medicine and push it through with budget reconcilliation. Problem solved, move on.
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  241. The only "civilians" I've seen say such were being interviewed by Patrick Lancaster. A known pro-Russian "journalist" hack whose previous reports on the fighting in the Donbas region were nothing but parroted propoganda from Moscow and whose crowd funding comes from political radicals and Russian sources. I can't really take anything coming from him seriously. It doesn't help that he's traveling with the Russian ground forces (which is why he's able to report from areas that the Russian military keep off limits to international reporters.) Combine that with the fact that Putin and Russian agencies in charge of information releases are known liars and I have to put the blame on Russia. Western media may be biased, but it's nowhere near as bad a Russian state run news and Lancaster's garbage.
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  242. As Arizona law stood at the time of the election and up until somewhat recently, there were no automatic audit provisions and auto-recount only triggered at a difference of 0.1% or lower (Biden won by 0.3%.) Changes made afterward are not retroactive. Edit: The laws of the other swing states concerning automatic trigger conditions were all properly followed as well.
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  243. Not all civilians are interested in being evacuated...
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  244. It doesn't all have to be dropped on future generations. Those who received relief money can pay it back if/when they can afford/want to by gifting money back to the government when they file their taxes. That's what I plan to do once I can afford to.
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  245. If you're still around in a decade or so, run.
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  246. The officer had a wounded civilian at his feet to protect. They may choose to risk their own safety by not immediately dropping the guy but they can't risk the wounded civilian's. If he even remotely thinks the suspect might have a gun in that situation, he has to drop him.
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  247.  @patobrien904  No, it won't. SCOTUS isn't even required to hear Trump's cases to begin with. On top of that, if they do waste their time on one, they'll be hearing an appeal. Usually, appeals are judged based on the evidence presented during the original case. Trump's team presesented no meaningful evidence in any of the cases that might reach SCOTUS. As such, the court will be looking at a case with no evidence behind it. They are allowed to hear new evidence if they wish, but they're not going to waste their time. Nothing is going to save Trump this time. The one good thing about SC Justices being appointed for life is that they owe nothing to the President who appointed them or their party. They can simply decide based on the law alone. The law is not on Trump's side in this.
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  248. They don't care about anything their master does or says. They just obey and spout their cult mantras.
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  249. ​ @jeffrunyan2691 Thinking for themselves is easy when they refuse to ever examine any of the evidence...
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  250. They don't pass out from the heat. They pass out because they lock their knees.
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  251. Not the media's fault that your "peacemaker" President is a warmonger in disguise.
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  252. Because the moratorium didn't erase what one owes in unpaid rent. It merely prevented eviction. Each month she would have stayed would simply have compounded her debt. Why would she shaft her landlord in the short term and herself in the long term by staying without paying when she owns property she could live on?
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  253. It won't. The suicidal attack waves Russia is using in this battle are comprised of criminals and mercs. Fodder who won't be missed by many.
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  254. ​ @joecancer6013  Enjoy your rubles while they're still worth something bot.
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  255. If Russia were to get too frisky with Western Ukraine, it could very well draw NATO into the conflict. Comrade Putin's army needs a lot of work before they'll be ready for their inevitable Polish invasion, so making them and/or other NATO countries in close proximity to Ukraine more nervous now would be a mistake.
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  256. Centrist and moderate independents also take Jan 6 seriously as well you know. It's just the far right who have permanently buried their heads in the sand over it.
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  257. The "push" is the green light to give up on getting bi-partisan support and just push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 that would otherwise be needed. Had they taken this approach from the start, people would be condemning them for taking an end around to bypass the need for Republican support while claiming they want unity.
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  258. Considering what the Russian military did to those who surrendered in Crimea, they're better off fighting to the last.
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  259. Try harder troll.
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  260. With the VP present, they should have been there already.
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  261. Nah. Such a spike was bound to happen coming off of covid lockdown/restrictions combined with the stress of economic issues, Russia's unnecessary bullsh*t destabilizing Europe, our ridiculous political polarization, etc. The pressure of the constant dread all that has caused in the back of everyones' minds had to blow some gaskets eventually with each such shooting pushing the next shooter over the edge.
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  262. Because a suspect won't ever be wearing armor or using soft/hard cover and will immediately be incapacitated by "frag rounds." This isn't a video game kid. Officers can't carry a plethora of different weapons and ammo and quickly swap them out on the fly. They use the weapon/ammo that will be effective in the most situations possible and "frag rounds" do not fit that description.
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  263. Yeah, you'd probably have more friendly fire injuries/deaths and the suspect would likely still be at large. The average civilian carrier spends far less time at the range than officers do and aren't as mentally prepared to handle such violent situations. Thus both their aim and their judgement are not likely going to be as good.
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  264. Figurtaively the Palestinians are David (the weak underdog willing to abandon honor and fight dirty for the sake of defeating a much more powerful opponent) and Israel Goliath in this modern version of the tale. Israel would do well to recognize that and consider whether that's a role they're comfortable playing.
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  265. When MAGA came along...
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  266. There were multiple instances during his term where Trump accidentally leaked classified information during press conferences and on twitter. Thus it wouldn't exactly be good for national security to keep giving him such info.
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  267. That explains why your country is such a joke I guess.
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  268.  Mike Dorman  Assuming that for every confirmed US case of covid 19 there are nine others that didn't get diagnosed, the mortality rate of covid 19 would still be about ten times that of the swine flu during that particular outbreak. Also, the numbers put up by covid 19 in the US come while we are taking far more drastic safety measures to mitigate it's spread than we did with the previous swine flu. On top of that, we have a great deal of experience with the swine flu and understand it's risks and how to mitigate them far better than we do covid 19.
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  269. You can supply weapons but you can't really supply experience/training. As another comment said, Ukrainian pilots are trained on Russian made aircraft mostly and the US doesn't have those. In order to get an iron grip in the air, the US and others would have to send in their own air power. Which they should have long since done... It's probably too late now anyway. We could dominate the skies but Ukraine may not have enough soldiers left to really take advantage of it now. Were others to send in ground forces, they would have a pretty big hill to climb in order to turn things around.
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  270. @PowderedVoltage  He doesn't understand anything beyond real estate scamming and pump and dump schemes... His policies will only benefit the wealthy at the expense of the average Joe.
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  271. There is no real answer to hypersonic missiles currently. Other than air power to take out the Russian jets that fire one type of Russia's hypersonics/launch sites of others. The same mostly goes for long range artillery as well. The only way to stop it is air strikes. Missiles and rockets might be useful in some situations but it's air power they really need and not in the form of jets for them to fly. The US or somebody is going to have to get directly involved if Ukraine is to have any real chance.
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  272. So far both Democrats and the majority of Independent registered voters support continuing the investigation.
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  273. Pale in comparrison to what the Middle East countries do to each other and to their own people. Remember that the vast majority of deaths in Iraq came well after the fight to remove Saddam was over and were due to the terrorists Iraq's neighbors sent in to prevent them from forming a stable democracy.
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  274. They only read them for the comic value to be found within...and perhaps some morbid curiosity at how so many people still fall for Donnie's bs. It's not often you get a chance to peer into the delusional minds of cultists on such a grand scale.
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  275. It would have been unconstitutional for him to preside. The Chief Justice only presides over the trial of a President. Trump wasn't the President...
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  276. There's some logic to it. Former Presidents often act as unofficial ambassadors and briefing them can help keep them up on who might not be someone they should have dealings with. Also, it keeps them in the loop on policy so that they'll know what not to say etc. I do agree though, it's a bit odd.
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  277. One more Putin bluff called...how much weaker does his hand need to be before his backers fold him I wonder...
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  278. What was the lie? If you know anything about the method used, then you'd know that the agonizing first ~2 minutes was the result of his desperate attempt to hold his breath as long as possible, not the method itself. You'd also know that, though the labored breathing and random twitches may have been unsettling for some to watch, he haf actually lost consciousness shortly after he could no longer hold his breath and had to start breathing the N2 and thus was never aware of any of it.
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  279.  @Tokintopher444  They chose to begin the audit at a venue they knew would become temporarily unavailable to them well before the process would be completed and thus would force them to pack up and move everything into storage for a week or so then set it all back up to continue the process...They either weren't prepared or those managing it are complete dipsh*ts...or more likely both.
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  280.  @mkedan6741  The vast majority of those deaths are on the hands of the insurgents Iraq's neighbors sent in to prevent them from becoming a successful democracy. The actual fight to remove Saddam from power saw surprisingly low casualties. Our biggest mistake was leaving the Iraqi people to the wolves by pulling out when we did.
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  281. Cowardice and complacency
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  282. For what? Anyone familiar with Nitrogen hypoxia will tell you that the agonizing first ~2 minutes were the result of the condemned desperately trying to hold his breath as long as possible, not the method itself. They'll also tell you that he lost consciousness shortly after he could no longer hold his breath and had to finally start breathing then N2. Once unconscious, he was not aware of the labored breathing and occassional twitches that occurred afterward. What may have been unsettling for some to watch, was actually a painless and "quick" (relative to his last conscious awareneas) way to go from his side of things. Well... except for the unnecessary self inflicted agony he caused himself by holding his breath that is. Something he was warned would happen if he chose to do so.
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  283. Nothing he can do to stop it as President. He's already tried once and the Republican led House overruled him. Learn how your Government works under the Constitution before you start throwing blame in the wrong direction.
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  284. The IDF's criminal misuse of the 2,000 lb. bombs we supplied them with is what killed those hostages and most likely those so far unaccounted for as well. Hamas never should have taken them in the first place but I doubt even they thought that Israel would so easily prioritize genocidal revenge and land grabbing over the wellbeing of the hostages like they did. We should have never supplied such munitions to a regime so devoid of morals and common decency... They've shown themselves to be no better than those they fight. Possibly even worse considering that Hamas at least doesn't put much effort into hiding the fact that they're terrorists. Israel on the other hand...
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  285. Quit spreading false information.
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  286. About the only thing that could be changed would be to quit using full metal jacketed rounds and/or make them use handguns only. The problem is, that could put officers at a big disadvantage in various situations and still wouldn't guarantee no ricochets/rounds penetrating through walls.
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  287. Not really. A fentanyl overdose causes low oxygen levels. He may have actually helped the defense a bit. They should have him point out the evidence found in the autopsy that would explain such low levels. The level of fentanyl in Floyd's system is all there is.
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  288. At least your bullsh*t is absurdly comical... The Russian military refuses to guarantee the safety of the civilians in the bunker. Just those from other areas of the city. Also, there are numerous reports of civilians seeking safety being rounded up and sent to Russia against their will (with some of those reports already being verified by humanitarian agencies.) Add that to what Russia did with civilians and surrendering soldiers in Crimea and there's no way any civilians can fully trust them. There needs to be a legitimate neutral third party involved to process the civilians and get them to safety before many will be willing to go.
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  289. They were originally hoping to do it with bi-partisan support (unity and all.) Since that went nowhere, his "push" is the green light to just use reconcilliation instead. They'll likely start the process within the next couple of days.
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  290. The Bernie is strong with this one.
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  291. Put on a badge and get out there yourself or stfu kid.
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  292. When the districts that the area is split between have to be responsible for everything Disney has seen to in the past, they are going to fall flat on their faces. Disney will sue the crap out of them and Florida and win most of those suits. DeSantis needs to learn that politics is only personal if you make it so. If he wants to be President, he's going to have to drop his childish ways and get some thicker skin or he'll fail just as hard as Trump did. Both have/had the potential to do some good but both kept/keep letting their tempers and other unpleasant personality traits get in the way of their better judgement.
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  293. You really should cover the effect that counter tariffs will have. Farmers are going to get wrecked, and the spike in our trade deficit will lead to many layoffs. Good times.
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  294. Likely none. They have once again chosen the path of cowardice. They'll continue to make token gestures of support but don't expect them to grow a pair anytime soon.
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  295.  @sapphire605  When they don't have nukes probably...
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  296. The Potter trial was a farce and even if it weren't, that incident did not involve protecting a wounded civilian and Potter was not told that the suspect had a gun. Also, the weaponry used here was appropriate. A suspect might be wearing armor, use soft/hard cover, and if gunfire is needed, it should be of a type most likely to incapacitate said suspect quickly. It's not a video game and officers can't quickly swap load outs on the fly. They use what will be effective in the most situations possible.
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  297. Anyone with enough sense to take into account the mechanics of our elections along with all of the unique aspects involved with this one knows that the results make sense without the need for the "conspiracy" cop out.
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  298. They would if prosecutors would quit choosing gun charges as one of the first to drop/reduce when it comes to plea bargain arrangements. Seeking the maximum sentence for those that do make it to trial and lead to conviction wouldn't hurt either.
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  299. So pretty much 98% of American manufacturers will be affected...
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  300. There are members of his first election campaign who were convicted of such collusion. That fact alone legitimizes those claims far more than any evidence offered in court by Trump's oompa loompa legal team concerning widescale election fraud.
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  301. If the officers want to risk their own safety by not immediately dropping the guy, that's on them. Having a wounded civilian at their feet to protect however, changes things.
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  302. Things are a bit trickier when they have nukes.
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  303.  @blessedwithchallenges9917  Your argument doesn't exactly help the President. Had he not withheld what he knew, Pelosi, Biden, state governors, city mayors, etc. would have acted accordingly to the severity of the threat. Decisions and courses of action can only be as good as the evidence they're based on. Edit: Also, the first US case was diagnosed on Jan 20 so it was already here when he implemented the travel restrictions with China. It may have helped slow it some but in the end, informing state leaders of his real concerns so they could properly prepare would have been far more helpful.
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  304.  PickingNamesSux  In all fairness, a major stock market crash would have likely have been equally damaging if not more so in the long run. He should have at least given governors, mayors, congress etc. a heads up concerning the real severity of the threat though. That would have let them prepare properly.
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  305. Grow a pair
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  306. I pity you
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  307. No, it's bizarre regardless. I don't see how they hope anyone other than those who already expect it to find significant fraud will take it's results seriously.
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  308.  @SuperP37  I know. That doesn't necessarily mean that he didn't somehow know it was coming and was prepared for it.
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  309.  @scout-187inf  The involvement of the other two hasn't been determined yet and there's not enough info to determine his motives. It's not exactly rare for someone to committ suicide by cop (while taking a few with them) for unknown reasons or reasons that wouldn't seem worth it to most.
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  310.  @sifery9943  Begone sad troll.
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  311. The integrity of our legal system.
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  312. They were more worried about trying to work with the Republicans for "unity." It normally requires 60 votes in the Senate to pass such a relief bill. Which would have required 10 Republican votes. It seems they've finally given up on that and are just going to push it through via budget reconcilliation instead. That only requires a simple majority. They'll likely start the process in the next couple of days and it won't take long to complete it.
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  313. The covid relief will likely get passed soon. They were hoping they could get enough Republicans on board to do it bi-partisan but since that doesn't look like it's going to happen, they'll likely resort to using budget reconcilliation to get it through. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate instead of the 60 they would otherwise need.
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  314. I've seen no evidence entered, nor heard any witnesses testify under oath, in court backing any election fraud beyond the tiny amount found in every election.
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  315.  @SableTwilight  She voluntarily left due to her inability to pay. The moratorium does nothing to erase the debt of unpaid rent. It just prevented one from being evicted for not paying. All that back rent will have to be repaid eventually. If she stayed her debt would continue to grow. The financially sound solution would be to leave and live on property she owns.
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