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@JohnathanGross do you have evidence to support the non-student status of the dog?
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I guess that was a defense available to the bastards that stole every inch of copper from my home, along with all appliances and electronics while I was deployed. After all, it's reasonable to expect a soldier to desert to protect the assets his tax dollars retain police to protect, since there is no expectation that law enforcement will do their duties. I guess it's unreasonable to expect valuables to be stored in the safety deposit boxes of a bank that's frequently robbed as well. Abandon all home, ye who live here. Oh well, I'm back in PA now and we're castle doctrine and stand your ground.
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@jackedakk same here. Lost a cousin and a few friends in the attack and well, it's funny. Lost more friends serving in the wars, only one of which made sense.
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A combo lock with three digits is pretty much not locked at all to begin with. They're the cheapest POS one can buy beyond a fire security box. Meanwhile, a secure safe for firearms that requires two keys being used at once to open it costs $320 on Amazon for a handguns only sized safe. The pistol retails for around $1k - $1200, one would reasonably presume other firearms in the house if one is being bought for the son's usage, so the cost of a properly secure safe is a drop in the bucket. And more than a reasonable protection on an investment.
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Well, real proceedings would bore an audience senseless, military or civilian. The interesting part would be, was the order unlawful in a way universally understood by service members of that rank and experience level? Was the command environment conducive to allowing such violations of the law?
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@nvelsen1975 perhaps you can show us when an arms dealer sold a firearm to a minor child. What was said here was that a parent bought the minor child a handgun. Possession of which is unlawful under federal law for anyone under age 21. 18 if employed as an armed security guard.
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@Sorcerers_Apprentice a true horror would be a narcissist with dementia.
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At this point, I really have to be up front and ask honestly, just how much money and real property was transferred during their ex parte "meeting"? Sounds like RICO was being violated by most of the officers of the court. Of course, corruption and Georgia courts... Well, I repeat myself.
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@the_last_ballad oh my goodness, I'd forgotten that Jesus said that the end times would happen before all of his apostles died! That means at least one is still alive. Well, it ain't George Burns, maybe Mel Brooks? I'll just get my hat, already wearing my running shoes...
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Sounds like an interesting form of protest. Then, the courts would likely decide that pads and tampons that are in used condition are medical waste, requiring specialized disposal and the torches and pitchforks of a sizable majority of taxpayers objecting would be noted and entirely not dismissed. Self-preservation being a rather strong human trait and all.
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@ripmeemaw2119 you are absolutely right! Better to never object to the objectionable, when a fixed bayonet can far more effectively address the outstanding problem.
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No, it was, "I wasn't able to defend myself!", right after utterly refusing to defend himself at all. But, it's an excellent example for law schools in times when mounting any attempt at defense would've resulted in significant harm to the client's interests.
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The problem is, he's essentially asserting that he is allowed to do it, not should be allowed to do it, that he's a god-emperor, like the tyrants of old. Something the Founders found a horrific notion and thought they insulated against. He's successfully fractured his own party and created a constitutional crisis at the same time, all due to shenanigans with the courts jurist selections, endangering nothing less than our Constitution in its entirety.
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@pdxshadow9819 yeah, every business and the city burned to the ground daily. At least, that's what Fox reported. How something already incinerated was burned again the following day is beyond me, since ashes tend to need a lot of convincing to burn. Most, as in 90% of the protests were peaceful, not that fascists care about rights guaranteed by our Constitution.
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"Too bad, your offer has been accepted. This shall be Infowars last show, as seances aren't considered worthy of radio. Guido?"
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Jurors have been attacked and even killed in the past when their names became known. And those, not in as high profile cases as this, but frequently involving violent common criminals. So, their names remain sealed, lest our court systems fail due to a lack of responding jurors.
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@angtxsun4460 yeah, because those two groups got together in the past so successfully, which is why we haven't needed a foster care system. Oh wait... Insanity is doing the same failed thing over and over again and expecting new results. Replication of a failed experiment to confirm failure is one thing, putting the failed experiment into production, that's just batshit crazy.
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@dannydaw59 I actually had to look it up. He does need to wear reading glasses, but hates being seen wearing them. I need reading glasses to see as well, seeing beats effectively being blind to close objects, so screw the beholder. Mine being permanently fixed at +1.75 power, due to implant lenses that replaced my cataracts. Hell, even if he needed Mr Magoo's +2.50 and climbing glasses my wife needed, his aversion is decidedly odd - especially when giving a deposition!
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@dreaxuslordofdecay and a tyrant king was decidedly not what a single Founder wrote about - ever - anywhere, they abhorred such a notion in the extreme, but wanted proscribed powers for each branch. Essentially, the converse of your fanciful argument. Indeed, were the intent that the President were supreme leader, it would've plainly said so in the Constitution, that no laws bind him, also plain, that his power was unlimited also plainly laid out and not given any proscriptions at all and frankly, the Constitution would've never been either signed nor ratified.
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@GoXDS unless the attorney, realizing that the case was doomed, sought to provide grounds for incompetent representation as grounds for an appeal. Which I'm sure would be quite well received by the bar...
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As I recall, it's typically "Your honor, permission to approach ___", the variable being jury, witness or bench.
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Are coffee cup stains still forgiven? I'll just get my hat...
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Another frequently used argument is for a firefighter arriving to the home on fire and being shot by the untended mantrap.
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A state can always indict someone, even the POTUS while in office. It's only a custom that federal charges won't be laid, as that presents a conflict of interest in that the executive branch is bringing charges against its head.
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@Demortra given the precedent, it appears that soon, for one to have an effective attorney, one will have to retain only eunuchs and hermits.
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Never start a legal fight with a corporation whose legal staff numbers exceed your state National Guard numbers.
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@Bound4Earth I entirely concur. With every right there are responsibilities and duties.
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It felt like witnessing the rape of Lady Liberty to me.
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@pdxshadow9819 I was unaware of the first amendment being predicated upon how popular its exercise is with business owners! What other rights have been curtailed due to unpopularity with businesses?
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@fisheyenomiko and by extension, saying that his then wife is ugly. But, not his type, as she didn't let him do whatever he wanted to her.
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@XXMatt0040XX one wonders why we're experiencing a 23% decline in births...
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Given the biblical "interpretation" by one chief injustice? Perhaps instead, a fundie minister with a fine wooden stake and a cord of wood might be a superior option. Given the jurist overrode the Almighty's decrees, hence knows better than God, an entirely Satanic viewpoint. Not a suggestion, just an observation from an ordained minister, of both ancient punishments for blasphemy and the general practices of those of such like minds.
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There is only one caveat against that view. If the parent purchased the firearm and properly secured it in a safe storage device (secure gun locker or safe) that the minor child lacked access to, they cannot be held at fault. We know, however, that was not the case, so this multiple firearm owner says to not throw the book at them, throw the entire law library. When our children were growing up, I kept a number of firearms about, some within easy access, due to the neighborhood that we lived in. Handguns were secured, save for two, which were in open storage and would be missed instantly. I wasn't especially concerned about my hunting rifle, as someone trying to conceal a hunting rifle in 45-70 is a laughable exercise. The kids never had access to the secured firearms, the open storage was in constant view of us and as said, would be instantly noticed due to how they were stored (a bright background was concealed by the firearm, think safety orange in a dark woodtone background) and plenty of paranoia was observed.
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@robertmiller9735 due to statute, the SS is currently working on figuring out what, if any protection detail that he'd get if he is convicted and sent to prison. Traditionally, for those who divulge classified information, it's solitary confinement, so if a protective detail is still mandated, it'd only need to be minimal.
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D&D was based upon military war games. Similar here. All, to try to model the real world without breaking it.
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That's precisely why, should such happen to either of my daughters or granddaughters, I'd handle it personally. That could range from long range rifle fire from a mile or so away to an unfortunate industrial accident involving a malfunctioning electric urinal. As you should well recall, it's always a bad idea to make an old counterterrorism type angry.
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Well, a bowl of pudding has a superior IQ to that of the insurrectionists that intended what happened to occur.
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@loganbuhain1559 frankly, I've served for nearly 28 years, I've worked alongside of the military since retirement. I do not know of any military commissioned officer or non-commissioned officer who would not acknowledge this. What astounds me is this maladministration has essentially declared war upon the populace. A populace that is the most heavily armed populace on the face of this planet. No good can come of that ever!
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It's literally a religion to them.
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@Klongu_Da_Bongu what a fascinating observation - from someone who has obviously never lived in the southern US. An observation of that which entirely is an outright lie. But then, I've lived in the south quite a bit of my rather long life.
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@Klongu_Da_Bongu why would I use a map, when I could simply go to those clinics, which I have?
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True, now all we need is Tort Turkey. ;)
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@KristenEnz how much blood sustains that which is in a freezer? Electricity and blood are quite different. And not much sustenance is going on, when around 1/3 - 1/2 products of conception end up inside of a tampon or sanitary napkin. Are we next to charge women for failed implantation?
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I'm thinking of three words. A Greek tragedy.
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@HappyBeezerStudios that's what I said, then she slapped me. ;)
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@marygoround1292 I'd watch when the ladies' rooms are cleaned, see if the two bags get consolidated or have separate bags. If they get consolidated, it's some odd etiquette thing. I'm unaware of any such secondary waste stream though, at least in any western nation I'm aware of or lived in. As for the biohazard bag approach, they'd just outlaw abandoning biohazardous waste... And besides, sounds far more expensive and exhausting than just investing in pine tar, some wood or a cheap pot to boil it in and some waste feathers from a poultry slaughterhouse... Then, a Home Depot fence rail and some cheap concertina wire to bind them on for their ride out of town in their new feather suit. It was a highly effective treatment a couple of centuries ago.
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If I were to need brain surgery, it's entirely possible for me to be smarter than my brain surgeon. But, I also need to be smart enough to recognize the fact that I'm not a brain surgeon, nor do I have any knowledge whatsoever about brain surgery.
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@PeteOtton I can think of one individual. Trump.
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@OverdriveGamesAnime said the gravedigger to the Trump: When you want to get out of the hole, you first have to put down the shovel. Given Trump's current digging rate, he should soon hit magma.
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@MawkiieTawkiie it's literally a religion with them.
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Sy Fan just another troll trying to cause trouble.
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@SM-nz9ff save for reality. I've been a juror a few times. Courtrooms are boring places, utterly bereft od Hollywood excitement. Attempts to do so result in a pissed off judge and sanctions.
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We've dined with our contracting office, but the dining was an official meeting over lunch to discuss contract issues, was documented thoroughly and had a trail of e-mails that remained preserved to further document what was discussed. Most of the meetings involved scope creep, which the contractor's management was fine with, due to underperformance issues and neither the contracting officer nor I were interested in suffering penalties over.
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Just another pathway into a new form of affordable living - prison.
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@viator1987 so, it's an affirmative defense to say "I was tired". So, one can then reasonably infer that a plaintiff or defendant that claims fatigue is utterly justified in pulling out a machine gun and killing all of the attorneys in the room. Both are unlawful acts, both are equally sanctionable, regardless of the length of proceedings. And for the record, I have given depositions in the past, so I'm well cognizant on how long they can take - especially in federal cases. There are breaks and even multiple sessions in depositions, just to avoid fatigue being claimed in a later claimed erroneous statement being given. As ShinmaWa1 said, a one off gets overlooked, habitual times becomes at least malfeasance, obstruction and the judge will be getting a phone call that will annoy them. @SlinkyTWF, that name is a character in a video game series. As one who has had some rather unpleasant interactions with very real terrorists and terrorist organizations, I suggest you acquaint yourself with the rather modest difference between fiction and reality.
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@WanderTheNomad I'm pretty sure he'd refuse to remove his bra and girdle.
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@charlespancamo9771 conviction? So, how many years is he convicted to serve for? Oh, for knowing so much about law, you don't know the difference between a judgement in a civil case and a criminal conviction. Or for criminal cases, a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt vs civil's requirement of preponderance of the evidence. Or the sheer lack of a defense being raised. Your ignorance doesn't add up, as every US citizen in the land knows those differences. Perhaps you should stop getting legal guidance from Russia Today.
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The real question is, can there now be any successful prosecution for anyone doing the same thing? Equal treatment under the law, save for the god-emperor, who can do no wrong because he's a god? Or equal treatment under the law and since Trump was not prosecuted, nobody else can be either? I guess we'll have to await the Imperial Decree at the end of January.
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@megalonoobiacinc4863 well, two locks would need to be picked. I doubt someone with the issues he already was facing would manage the patience to pick both successfully. Whatever happened to simply adopting underage drinking, like the rest of us did back in the day? I'll see myself out...
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The problem with such idiots weaponizing the CPS, what the end result is that CPS then loses credibility. A CPS without credibility protects no children.
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Well, in reality, an admission like that is extremely dramatic and I'm willing to bet, fatal to his career.
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Well, as a society, we're a bit funny about putting people in prison. We're weird, as in we like to have a trial and conviction, just not throw people into prison and maybe get around to a trial a few decades later.
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I've been referring to him as Typhoid Tucker. The Fox version of Mary Mallon.
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@wordforger well, how many reporters interviewed PVT Manning in prison? No internet in solitary. Letters are read and censored. Uncle Sam cam be extremely vindictive when aroused to ire.
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@erkinalp some seem to conflate everything that goes on in the world with the US, either as a root cause or where it occurred. Amazing, right until one realizes that the average US citizen couldn't point out on the map the difference in the locations of the UK and Uganda.
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@sharonfleshman6961 what really ruined Hollywood court dramas for me was sitting on a few juries. But, as retired military, I still retain a fine sense of duty.
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Could you picture what they'd do to every episode of Matlock? Perry Mason? Hell, they'd have Raymond Burr climb from the grave, just to commit suicide.
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@butterh2 I'll suffice it to say, for being a fanatic, she's underperforming.
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I've taken to calling him Typhoid Tucker.
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@nerfherder4284 not quite. A piece of fiction can be actionable, hence some rather interesting defensive measures introduced by the author. In one work, the author essentially admitted to doing so, creating a rather nasty character, who was sadistic and had some sexual deviant behavior, noting also that said character had a small penis. It's referred to as the Small Penis Defense. For, what man would place upon the public record, "Your honor, that character is indeed in reference to myself and I do have a small penis!"?
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Well, at least your state has a perk. I'm in Pennsylvania, we gave away our only perk to Kentucky, via the rifle that got named after them - from PA rifle makers.
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I grew up during the civil rights movement era. MLK was on one side, militants were on the other. Faced with two forms of opposition, any child could predict who the power brokers would deal with and a hint; it ain't the folks with guns and bombs. As for the war on poverty, worked great. Google McNamara's 100000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000 That was part of that "war", killed a sizable number of its beneficiaries.
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@1FatLittleMonkey so, when is Alabama going to open their first cryogentic nursery school, then primary and secondary schools, since those are mandated rights?
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Historically, roads going to and from a park are county and municipal, Disney had control and costs for them instead and now, DeDodo decided to try to strip them away and have nobody pay for them, as his act left nobody to maintain them. Infrastructure typically is park infrastructure and belongs to Disney. That leaves public utilities, which like the roads, would be in limbo.
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Technology, like the Great Firewall of China? Video surveillance all over the PRC and Russia? Technology is a tool and a double edged sword. As an example of the sword, Dutch intelligence had breached a Russian intelligence network and watched and recorded the DNC attack live, having someone from the US embassy summoned to witness the attack. During the Dutch hack, the Russian security video network was also breached and each and every person working on that breach was recorded coming and going. Intelligence has spies of various sorts, which is actually and counter-intuitively, a good thing. They keep everyone honest and in one case, literally stopped a thermonuclear war from occurring during a US/NATO military exercise that the Soviet Union thought was an actual attack in progress.
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Well, he got a $5k fine, two days later, a $10k fine and after that, he was fit to be tied. So, maybe he's getting low on pocket cash. Or more likely, liquid assets like cash.
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Naw, second best legal team ever. The first, "proving" an election was "stolen", hilariously, proving only that voters "stole" the election from someone fundamentally unfit and proved that so repeatedly.
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Entertaining would be to see a subpoena served to "someone". I'll refrain from being in proximity to judge's chambers, largely out of concern for retaining what little hearing that remains.
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Oh, roofing torches are flamethrowers. Outlaw those, outlaw non-leaking flat roofs. Or being able to set back fires to control a wildfire. If you want to get rid of someone who has a recording that announces "this call is being recorded for quality assurance purposes", announce that you are recording for quality assurance purposes. They'll reject consent and disconnect every time.
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So, you advocate for giving him special treatment that's above and beyond that of other convicts?
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@pdxshadow9819 still in a decaying orbit. Let's wait and see if and where it lands.
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No worries, Krampus gets them on Christmas.
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@Klongu_Da_Bongu compared to the foreign rightie, who is a zero target for an entire thermonuclear arsenal?
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@Zeyev ours was even easier, as meals were at the DFAC.
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Well, I'm 60 and I most certainly need a high school girlfriend - like a hole in the head. That's like promising me a bunch of virgins, yeah, no. I'll take a single harlot, who at least knows what she's doing and won't bring unnecessary drama into life.
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Sure, save that there's usually a cap on how many can be deducted for.
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@asheronthedruid infamous is more accurate.
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Whenever someone suggests seceding from the Union, I simply suggest that they're correct and we do need to roll back the clock by repealing Posse Comitatus and re-instituting Reconstruction, as the job was obviously incomplete. And for second civil war buffs, I suggest they'll enjoy the Hunger Games that would be instituted. Freedumb is expensive.
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@kingchrystia1417 you're absolutely right! We should've surrendered to King George, rather than resist! We could've formed our own French Surrender Brigade. Talk about scapegoating! Blaming people for calling for peaceful protest for Trump's wiping his ass with the Constitution.
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@backyard_expert they are, his 31% don't give a shit, as they think they're exempt from his malfeasance.
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@JC-fj7oo I suspect that he left his magnifying glass in the bathroom, so that he could find it. But yeah, when doing anything where I want to see up close, such as legal paperwork or examining incriminating evidence, I'll always wear my reading goggles.
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That gets seriously complicated. There is "international law", established by various treaties and agreements. Then, there is Egyptian law and there, things can get... Weird and interesting.
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@pulsefel9210 that's gauged upon the degree of harm to the safety, security and national interests of the United States. Has anyone died? Have we lost major assets or relations with an ally? Did it cost US citizens their freedom and properties? Finally, we have precedent. PVT Manning was sentenced to 35 years, served nearly 7 before Obama commuted the sentence. One cannot claim to be fair when someone divulged 700k+ classified documents to a foreign interest, then demand the execution for possessing a few hundred documents and waved around only a few. If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer keeping my Constitution intact.
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@zwenkwiel816 good question, as RICO cases can get convoluted.
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@rigelb9025 yeah, the SEC gave him another talking to about that very subject. Again. He did the same antics with his own companies to inflate their stock price and got stern warnings. Last I heard, they were considering actually charging him. Were it you or I, we'd be underneath the prison, where it takes light a month to reach us.
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That's why? I thought it was due to people like me, who generate websites using only a plain, vanilla text editor. Want pretty? Get a web developer, mine are gonna be plain, cheap, easy and uglier than an elephant's scrotum. Ugly, but it works.
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@SylviaRustyFae nope. Mantraps remain illegal for good reason.
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@RoonMian you obviously confuse civilian life with military life, as well as a combat environment and a peacetime civilian environment. You also betray ignorance of what a war crime is, which are clearly defined under the Geneva and Hague Conventions, as ratified by most nations.
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@CaseyEm thank you for making my point for me. If police won't protect, how does one protect oneself and one's possessions without vigilante actions? As for landmines being a ear crime, try learning what the Hague and Geneva Conventions say. Charted, attended minefields are permitted, but should be removed after their military necessity has ended. That's for both manually triggered attended mines and target triggered unattended mines.
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Prime, the best tasting ricin one has never had... Go ahead and sue me, Paul. You'd get as much award as suing Jesus were he alive, you'd get as much truth exposed at trial as well. Welcome to me, the original PR nightmare from hell, making Freddy Kruger looking good. And the Pyrrhic victory of old look good...
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@brontewcat sold who the gun? The accusation was made that the federal firearms dealer sold a firearm, specifically a pistol, which is federally illegal, to a minor child. Which, per all facts revealed in the case is entirely false. The FFL holder lawfully sold the village idiot a firearm, who then violated the law and the common sense that the Almighty gave to a common house brick by letting her troubled teen son have free and easy access to it - again, in violation of federal law. That's as bad as wanting to sue a firearms manufacturer for the proper function of their firearm when it's unlawfully utilized. Yet, for some odd reason, we don't see Ford motor vehicle company getting sued when pedestrians are intentionally ran down by terroristic idiots. Especially, given that despite the hyperbole, I've yet to see a firearms advertisement bragging about how many people that firearm can kill and maim. Although, I do have some heartburn over the advertisements from a marksman perspective. Want to sell me that expensive chunk of steel, one would have much better luck discussing its much greater accuracy and environmental tolerance than the tacti-cool crap currently advertised. I'm far more inclined to consider a product that's, say an AR-15 with 1 minute of angle accuracy than one advertised with a search light, radar set, photon torpedo launcher and a Volkswagon attached to its stock. The same being true for handguns. And for the next gun nut that blathers about an AR-15 in 5.56x45mm being a great hunting rifle, that individual is at great risk of having a magazine shoved up their butt sideways and secured with a sand encrusted eggplant. It was a varmint round, it still is a varmint round and it'll always be a varmint round. Oh, just to be pedantic, swords are also lawfully considered arms. So are spears, archery weapons, well, weapons in general. More worriesome is, the school was well aware that the teen was troubled and was powerless to get the minor child help in the face of a criminally negligent parent. That's something easily addressed, as every other form of abuse currently can be legally addressed. But first, we have to get off of our fat, lazy collective asses and make mental health care of greater importance than dentistry, which itself is treated as inferior to cosmetic surgery! Seriously, it's easier to get a boob job than braces, which are both infinitely easier than to find covered mental health care. I've no need of a boob job, the state capital is rife with plenty of fresh boobs and right down the street from me. No need of braces at my age. I could use a mind, mine has been blown over the last two decades...
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@brontewcat restricted knife sales? So, those sensible countries have outlawed food preparation? Germany must be really upset, given they sell some of the highest quality cutlery in the world! And a few of those ever so sensible countries still allow hunting of wild game - requiring the use of a suppressor on the hunters rifles. I could mention the Swiss and their arms controls, but that'd take a fair sized book to factually cover the subject. Still, we're talking about the occasionally United States, where citizens are allowed all manner of firearms, ostensibly to be able to overthrow M1 Abrams tanks or something. And a nation with no mental health care system to speak of. But, to mitigate those factors, we do have a societal embrasure of violence as a means of conflict resolution.
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@brontewcat I actually own a pair of switchblades. Military related, now retired, but bought them, they're mine unless the government wants to name an acceptable price to acquire them and well, if I can locate the things. Useful tools, switchblades are banned by many for being dangerous, which they are - to the bearer. Today, I lug around a small pocket knife that has a spring assist, as frequently, I run flat out of hands to open a knife and otherwise, I'd be forced to lug around a fixed blade of greater length. See the balance there? Same balance when I mentioned a National Firearms Act item - a suppressor. In a number of European nations, a suppressor is desired to not disturb residents during hunting season, not banned in the US, they are NFA weapons. Now, I've had my share of Rambo style idiot knives, got seriously tired of getting jabbed in the hip or losing mobility when mounted near my chest, went with a saner US Air Force aviation survival knife for the majority of my military career. Civilian life, I have my assisted opening 2 1/2 inch knife that's around 6 and 1/3 centimeters. Does its jobs, enough said. Now, is that a weapon? A hammer is a weapon, when used as such, as is a common screwdriver. People have been hitting one another over the head with the latest rock replacement since people were mistakenly invented. Now, let's go back to firearms control, which is lacking in the US and needlessly so. First, take the idiot's brigade out of the picture. All semiautomatic firearms derived from military service rifles go under a new chapter of the NFA. Shy of machine guns, lower than suppressors (yeah, there's a legal threshold in the US practical law, as states have input beyond the NFA). Handguns, I'm shit out of luck figuring out, due to Heller vs D.C.. Here's the fun of it, occasionally, I do hunt, using typically either a 30-30 lever action or a 45-70 lever action. I also compete with an AR-15, frequently enough against active military and also compete in M1911 tournaments. And thoroughly hate gun nuts, who prefer "victory via superior volume of fire" idiocy and go beyond hatred of those who think that they can lawfully overthrow their government with their toy vs MLRS, artillery, bombers, tanks and royally pissed off infantry. But, we've also have a rather confounding legal landscape. That whole second amendment being key to governmental function in a national emergency and citizens rights. Idiots fixate upon militia, never following laws, critical being the various militia acts, upon which the conscription system is rooted upon. Military aged men (now, women are admitted, due to legislation), who are fit mind and body, can be conscripted into military service nationwide and are classified as unorganized militia. That's every able bodied male, typically between the ages of 17 - 45, now adding women (formerly, only women in the National Guard, aka Organized Militia). I'm big on law, I've lived under lawless conditions during deployment, ain't fun at all. I'm also big on commonsense, which alas, is an endangered species, courtesy of my national fixation on quick fixes, rather than permanent fixes. I do however, personally advocate for the concealed carry of 105 - 155 mm howitzers. With one exception, Atomic Annie is also allowed, despite being of a higher caliber. Look up the weights and sizes to get the humor. Had a concealed carry permit, long ago, still have the card for it. One night, as I was cleaning, yet again, my M1911 pistol (yeah, I have a decided preference there), I considered how sporting an armed criminal would have to be, to allow me to equalize the odds by lugging my own out. Stopped lugging around that pig iron the next day. Guns, like hammers and saws are tools, to be used for good or ill. How often do you lug around a hammer or saw? And I live in an "open carry state", where very few bother, see the hammer and saw argument... Here, we've got an obvious parental neglect case, initially viewing things opposite, well, suggest it to say, I'd happily beat both parents to death with their own livers. We've got a massive, glaring hole in our mental health non-care system. As a result, we've got a massive number of mentally injured children, teachers, staff and some dead. All because Ronnie Raygun defunded mental health care and funded vaporware of Star Wars. If there's a hell, I hope to be allowed the privilege of shoveling coal onto Ronnie. I've other reasons, but they're classified... So, I'm not against your views, just tempering them based upon prevailing law and that beyond diamond hard Constitution.
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@mehere8038 the real point is, once convicted of a felony, the individual is ineligible for federal office. Not accused, convicted. That whole innocent until proved guilty by a jury of one's peers in a court of law, as that Constitution thingie says.
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Actually, the suggested revision of when death occurs would be quite, ahem, entertainingly aromatic. Given that neuron activity has been detected a week after death has occurred. @angelmendez-rivera351, the problem actually is that a very loud and threatening minority has hijacked the political machinery of our failing, due to their phenomenal efforts, nation. And I say threatening, as in far too frequently, these religious maniacs will bring guns into the discussion - assuming that the rest of us aren't firearm owners and combat veterans. Yeah, had such discussions and suffice it to say, they're paper tigers, talk and bluster, but when the bluff is called, are conspicuous by their sudden absence. Especially when in person and I flop my military retiree ID card down.
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@christianglassel9950 they certainly do product phenomenal amounts of vaporware.
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@scriptles so, it'd be a democracy under your definition if say, the former candidate choked to death on a cow femur and obviously wasn't eligible for the ballot and no other candidate is available save their opponent? It's then still a democracy for those now disenfranchised because their party no longer has a candidate? You spent considerable time typing up that drivel, but entirely none thinking other permutations through. Because, under your suggested system, we'd be Russia, where candidates can disappear on mythical charges, "fall out of a window" or all other manner of mayhem, but it's a single candidate democratic election. Meanwhile, you omitted one part. The voter still has a ballot if a candidate is replaced and can vote for whomever they please. But, giving voters even that level of choice after losing a candidate is not democratic and foolish. Got ya.
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@JeffTheHokie well, Sir, given his performance, demeanor and overall conduct, I would be forced to admit that very well may be true. I'd have to review his orders in order to be certain. One does get a certain leeway when one has served since the ice age... ;)
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What they fouled horribly was the actual heart of his defense. The distinction between a lawful order and an unlawful order and the erosive effect a criminally complicit command environment can have on that distinction. It's literally at the heart of what happened at My Lai, but Hollywood always loves to get it wrong or worse, not even wrong. Love the graphic on Rule #1! First time I've saw it, but certainly not the first time I heard it. If memory serves, the first time I heard it, saber toothed cats were still an annoyance... I disagree on who was pushing the code reds, as sergeants and corporals aren't ordering a lieutenant to give that order. But, it did start interestingly with perjury... Marine officers are not gods? Seriously? ;) May I introduce you to second lieutenant god... Wow, I could be charged with reckless endangerment of all personnel hearing that one, due to the extreme risk of dying of laughter. I've gotten unlawful orders in the Army, largely due to poor wording and not listening to an objection to the order not being lawful, what prompted an instant reevaluation is, "Very well, Sir, however I'll require that order documented and digitally signed". Never got such a document, the order was instead made lawful and properly considered. "Going after the Colonel", you know, insubordination for performing your sworn duties. Yeah, totally Hollywood. Although, had the Colonel in a real world court bellowed his career ending tirade, I'd have closed with my own bellow, starting quietly with "Sir, I am a veteran and a honorably retired former service member and military retiree, hence now a civilian and a representative here today of the US citizenry and taxpayers and would like to state, for the record, NOT IN MY NAME!!!", giving my sternest NCO glare. Yeah, wouldn't be allowed, but it would out Hollywood Hollywood and any attempt, rightfully having me ejected from the courtroom, likely alongside the wayward Colonel. Mr Navyman? Just whose department is on the head of a paper paycheck from the USMC? Oh yeah, Department of the Navy, sailor. ;P:p:P:p It's a favorite rub at the VFW, reminding them I was US Army Medical Corps, they are US Navy Marine Corps, the other gentlemen largely being US Marine Corps Judge Advocate General Corps and at some points, I had affiliation with US Army Chemical Corps, as well as US Army Communication Corps. Yeah, long career... High ranking Marine officer? He'd be properly referred to as a Senior Marine Commissioned Officer, which actually means something anywhere but a court of law, where that only comes into play under very special conditions - such as the Colonel's upcoming general courts-martial proceedings. I don't even think senior officers can receive a summary court martial at that point, it'd be special or general, both due to rank and nature of the charges. While on a jury, we once did have a situation where shouts were needed - by the jurist to order a recess until the nearby noise could be abated and examination and cross could be conducted at levels below a bellow. After an slightly extended lunch, the noise had ceased, although I don't believe it was by direction of the court, just that the conditions requiring the noise be made had ended (aircraft overhead, which was unusual for that location and probably was due to some emergent or contingency conditions that had ended). Memorable only because, as a juror, we were fairly well bored out of our minds and seeing a judge shout to be heard yielded entertainment to the spectacle. Military justice is... Complex, due to the unique nature of the Armed Forces (not my words, but the words of the SCOTUS). A number of offenses that are lesser felonies for civilians are capital offenses in the military. Some of the biggies, espionage, mutiny, sedition and treason, typically get civilians a lengthy prison sentence at most, a service member could actually be executed for. That reflects the position of public trust granted to our military, both to represent our nation and her values, as well as being entrusted with our most lethal of weapons. Hence, the need for a level of discipline unheard of in the civilian world.
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Being a US based corporation, they're bound by both US law and Costa Rico law. Just as a US citizen that travels abroad is still governed by US law, so a violation of federal law can result in one's arrest and incarceration. There are quite a few US citizens in prison for violating federal law, including terrorists.
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@KayKay114 it was repeatedly mentioned in every one of the films that the island belongs to Costa Rica.
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I've burned the flag many times, as it was worn, tattered and unservicable and that's the US Flag code method of destruction. As mentioned, protest is allowed, so when I see foreigners protesting in their home countries and burning the US flag, I shrug, as that's permitted here and anyone objecting is objecting to our very own, very first amendment. As for profanity on public display, were that unlawful, what is to prevent someone from deciding that a specific political party's name or candidate's name is profanity? Now, we'd have a monarchy and anarchy would ensue - rightfully so, as we are decidedly not a monarchy.
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From what little has been said, there was one critical thing present that created a major liability risk. As proved by two unintended discharges previously, there was absolutely no culture of safety within the entire project and that always is the fault of the senior leadership. That, from a retired soldier, small arms expert and multiple firearm competitor. From my chair, accidental discharges are only such due to a malfunction - everything else is regarded as negligent, regardless of laws to the contrary. It's that mindset that creates an atmosphere where all consider themselves part of the safety chain.
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My reading of the SCOTUS decision is the outright denial of the entire ninth amendment, effectively repealing part of the Bill of Rights from the bench. This is unique since the ratification in 1787! The day prior, denial of second amendment regulation of the "well regulated militia" under all interpretations of the militia by case and codified law. Followed after by undermining the first amendment separation of church and state and another attacking Miranda. I postulate a full on assault upon the entire Bill of Rights. Next, we'll see. Perhaps they'll mention that women aren't mentioned in the Constitution, hence are not people under the Constitution and have no rights or even that no one has a right to life codified in the Constitution... Welcome to the United States, a nascent Constitution Free Zone. Where all aren't true citizens as we previously understood the concept, but chattel property of the state or its appointees. Perhaps we should call France to borrow their national razor...
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I'm entirely unconvinced, I'm absolutely certain that the entire SCOTUS consists of illegal space aliens. The legal ones being in Congress.
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Well, at least she did address the sanctions - by quoting Buzz Lightyear.
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Oh, he still has McDill AFB to chase away, with SOCCENT, CENTCOM, AFRICOM, MARCENT and mobility command, to name major commands HQ'd there. And one military resort, which is across the water from Disney and would lose attraction with DeDodo's "improvements". Which is really a big deal nationally, as he'd chase both the DoD and the largest corporation in the state away, while being affiliated with a party that has historically been aligned with the military and big business. I'm sure PAC donations would reflect that loss of party loyalty to those who pay for campaigns nationally. This would be the first time in my life I've heard of someone shooting themselves in the foot with a howitzer.
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@ramblinbananas888 minimum maintenance, any significant care belies one's intent. So, the bare minimum to keep vermin back and "reduce eyesore" crap. Which means, allow some cosmetics to begin to degrade in a highly visible manner, inducing panic in the populace due to the visual impact and reinforcing the mental impact of their loss and novel poverty.
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"Go talk to and find out". <Kraken returning>"I don't eat ass".
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Well, the USMC is a corps of the US Navy and hence, on the rare occasion that you'd receive a paper paycheck, you'd see proudly emblazoned being issued by the US Navy. As for reprisals, I've been with many joint forces on our now ubiquitous joint bases, "Fine by me, we'll kick each other's asses for a while, no matter what, I'll win, as I've rank, time in grade and time in service on God. Jesus can't get promoted before me". And hell, I can chew the crayons with the best of them, despite being Army.
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The GOP, promoting more children by lowering the birthrate by 23% and climbing. Might as well call them the Dodo Party!
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@liyon316 well, the Committee for Public Safety pretty much did that in France, after removing the ringleaders of the national corruption that was literally starving the populace.
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I've taken to using an appropriate epithet for Tucker, Typhoid Tucker. The Mary Mallon of the mass media.
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@larryrowe5259 personally, I call them zero targets.
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I've always said, people should feel free to burn any Constitution that they are wearing.
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But oddly, ignoring the Mann Act, which a woman named Maxwell just was convicted under.
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Legally speaking, yes, they're the same gravity in breach of law. Also considered, scope. As a thought experiment, I kill family members of your family at the numbers of documents that were astray. For Biden, we're talking immediate family and some cousins, for Trump, a VFW hall sized venue. We're talking a mass murder vs Joe Mengle level atrocity. Going into improperly classified data, well, that's an atrocity well known in government and essentially intractable, to the point where I've read documents that were proudly marked SECRET/FOUO. Secret is special, in it could harm our government's interests, FOUO is For Official Use Only and hence, not subject to summary declassification and release under law. An IP address could be FOUO, the base chow hall roster and those consuming meals roster certainly would be. An entire network's IP scope and base roster is secret for plainly obvious reasons. The massive difference is, if I took any of those documents home, I'd be in a maximum security prison, likely close to Manning's old cell. Executive branch, like seniormost military leadership both realize the overclassification and deal with rivers of such documents, so behavior is decidedly more casual. Welcome to the real world, where some things are a major pain in the gonads for rank and file, not so much upstairs. And if I see another anything not UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO, but otherwise marked something higher/FOUO, there very well may be a death or severe bodily harm involved... And yeah, I Goobered security stuff down a lot, not that it's a classified thing, the guiding documents are unclassified and publicly available, bur boring as hell. But, lawyers who specialize in such things, well, they're rare and about as expensive as live Dodo birds.
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I'm reminded of what Caesar did once he assumed power as emperor of Rome with the Senate, disbanded them and only reconvened them once their power was neutralized. I doubt this Congress will sit idly by and lose their authority and powers. Downside, we'll end up with Vance as POTUS.
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@radchad4588 yeah, cities burned to the ground daily, heard all about it -daily. Odd though, cities burning daily on consecutive days.Ashes burning? Oh, Guinness, Guinea is a nation, jackass.
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So, basically the litigation is against the criminal and unconstitutional constitution itself allows the government to unlawfully seek charges against the god-emperor forever Trump, who can never do anything unlawful, for he is the source and origin of all laws. The mighty firer of the Old God, who he ordained as "a pussy for letting his son get killed" and then fired, replacing Him with Himself, the savior of the Savior, the holiest of hollies, ultimate source and origin of all compost in the universe. Shall we hold a pool for how long the jurist can hold a straight face for this imbroglio?
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GOP once stood for Grand Old Party. Now, it's Groping Obnoxious Pricks. Lead by someone with tiny hands and having a member indistinguishable from a finger... Oh, was that my outside voice? My bad.
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@michaelellringer5600 because Scotty is going to beam him there? He's had to turn in his passport, suffice it to say that he's on the no fly list, his jet won't be available to him and if any pilot flew him out of the country, that pilot now is a criminal and all assets get seized. And both nations get a hell of a lot of military aid from the US, which would instantly evaporate. As in, "What F-35? All we have for you is an F-U".
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Vomiting a little into my mouth, but... Elon does some things very well. He's a hell of a showman, right up there with Libarace with moderate skill in a narrow area, but a master showman. He also has proven twice, massively disparate fields, that he can pick management teams and engineering teams and avoid picking bullshitters, but instead picking highly competent staff. In everything else, he's a walking clusterfuck. So, do give credit where it's due.
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Especially for a crazy, a serial liar, and profiteering off their accusations against him.
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Well, The Duffel Blog is a militarized version of The Onion. You know, The Onion with garlic.
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@Klongu_Da_Bongu zero target, one utilized to zero in a firearm sights. Why does Putin incessantly talk about and threaten their usage? Telling that you don't deny that you're not from the US, per your own phrasing.
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Anyone else would be charged with dereliction of duty and be looking at hard time in prison.
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It is not civil disobedience to refuse to obey an unlawful order, it is the codified law to question, then refuse to obey an unlawful order. Any military who do obey an unlawful order are subject to murder charges under Article 92 of the UCMJ and the penalty is death by lethal injection. BTW, it's more than lights out at the White House, Donald Trump finally has his wall - around the White House. Welcome to America, the world's newest Constitution free zone.
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Why would he bother, when he's got a superpac laden with hundreds of millions of dollars that's not required to only be for election expenses?
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Ah, but every state, territory, possession or protectorate share a commonality with every state of the union. None are mentioned in the federal Constitution, with only the District of Columbia being named in the Constitution.
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It's also not defined in codified law per se, but given as an example in a SCOTUS decision on the first amendment. When SCOTUS examples become codified law, the SCOTUS has burned the Constitution on its very own, as only Congress and the POTUS can codify federal law together.
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PhD in astrophysics, so she's a consultant for the Space Force... Maverick was flying a new fighter, both a fighter aircraft and a fighter subterrene. I dunno if I wanna fire a missile at anything while underground, doesn't sound like a good career move...
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@justcameron9500 a little trivia. It's hanged, drawn and quartered. Hanged by the neck until nearly dead, taken down and splayed out, allowed to recover consciousness, then is emasculated, then eviscerated, then decapitated and the body divided into quarters. The quarters scattered to the points of the compass, the head encased in pitch and put on a pike before the entrance to the city or government seat. Not too funny to discuss when you realize what the actual punishment was. Better to simply crucify him against the wall, then pull the nails from the hands and let him hang by his feet.
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@purphexyon high profile criminal case impacting national security? Act up, chastised isn't the word, severely disciplined is the word. It's viewed as, no national security, no nation and fundamentally, national security and survival trumps all.
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@decaturdev7127 not a low security risk crime like financial crimes, this is national security. Look up national security, then look up Manning.
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@guybrushthreepwood362 if that happened, there would be absolutely no protection for national security data, no possible prosecution, as this would provide an affirmative defense and the US would lose every human intelligence source, electronic source, imagery source and intelligence partner. And the higher level courts would censure the jurist, the government would appeal and have to win or we'd literally lose the nation to our enemies. But, totally possible. As likely as the jurist playing Russian Roulette with a machine gun.
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Your Honor, the Prostitution rests sated.
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Well, they can bring their muttations, we'll bring more trouble than Carter has little liver pills.
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Trump, Titanic, six of one,a half dozen of the other.
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I absolutely have a legal right to own a howitzer. I also enjoy the legal right to absolutely refuse to waste money on purchasing a howitzer and each $200 taxed destructive weapon round, as given my hearing loss, I'm rather noise adverse. ;) Flamethrowers, yeah - if I had a real interest in setting back fires to block the movement of wildfires, which is crazy way too much work for my liking or for use as a roofing torch, with which I'd likely injure myself.
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You burned it once already, when our mighty militia prevailed at the pub... We then chased your forces all over the continent, but never managed to force them into our strongpoint. The pub. If you want more humor, just look up our history of invading Canada...
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How can a Cyber Truck be illegal when it so rarely works? As for the honking statute, they literally outlawed their own militia, for proper PMCS of vehicles requires sounding the horn during checks and hence, prohibit the operation of their rescue vehicles. That said, I rather doubt that any of their officers will want to argue with men with machine guns and artillery, given the necessity for both in response to natural disasters. Hey fits right in with the President that wanted to nuke a hurricane to blow it out.
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You missed the same thing that the prosecutor missed. What happens when you've stretched leather, then wet it and allowed it to dry without it being stretched to stay the same size? It shrinks and the last time I had it on me, I noticed that blood is mighty wet. And jurors are instructed to consider only what was presented in the trial. And I've been a juror several times for several trials. Still, the Simpsons isn't exactly realistic. Homer would never get an operator's ticket in the US, Chernobyl or with TEPCO perhaps, but not in the US. ;) As for stinky britches, never found cause to sing about them. Cut back on the beans, yes, sing, nope. I like keeping a patent airway.
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@meh8982 your first instruction by your attorney during deposition or before testifying, "I don't remember" is preferred over remembering some things or trying to relate foggy memories.
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I still love those who insist that the Constitution protects "the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", conflating a declaration of war, the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution. The Declaration had no legal standing in the US, that war long being over before we even had a Constitution. And it ignores that inalienable right of life being forfeited in an executed prisoner, making the right utterly alienable. The same being for liberty, otherwise all prisons, jails and inpatient mental health care facilities unconstitutional entities. And laughable is the "right" to the pursuit of happiness, as how can one prohibit that? Frankly, all of the nonsense spouted off is an indictment of our civics education, or more specifically, it's abject failure thereof. And if English became a mandatory language, would I need to change my old insignia, which reads "de oppresso liber"? There would be some significant resistance to that, with folks one really shouldn't want to fight with.
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Trump is singular and unique, in that were he to meet me again (met him back just before y2k) and he'd tell me his name, he'd be the first person to identify themself and be carded by me.
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What steams my clams is the prohibition by the SCOTUS against jury nullification. Anarchy doesn't lie there, but justice occasionally lies there and a right is fundamentally discharged via caveat of the court. Yeah, it's complicated within some areas. :/
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By the same token, study for the CISSP. One doesn't need to know that at that level, one hires people who do know and fully understand the risks and benefits of specific types of interfaces. I don't need a CIO that knows how to maintain and back up a SAN.
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@seandobbins2231 save for that whole democracy thing. You know, if one isn't a criminal, specifically a convicted felon, one can run for public office and create policies. Not specialists, whose opinions are known to vary depending upon who is paying for their "services" and well, listening to them while growing up, as often as some physicians told us smoking was bad for us, there were an equal number claiming smoking was good or neutral to one's own health. Hence, decades of inertia, until finally the prostituted voices got drowned out by their peers - rather than weeded out via self-policing of their ranks, which was intended. Our largest problem now is that political leadership has ended up selected strongly by largely religious minorities, who are enforcing idiocy and forcing it down a nation's throat, resulting in a race to the bottom and those are the very results we see here. An upside, due to that idiocy, one party went full Nativist mode and is rapidly destroying itself, just as that Nativist group destroyed the Whig party in the mid-1800's. Excuse me as I farther calm down. Just detonated at some militia goofball in another channel, who proclaimed all militia members were labeled by our government as domestic terrorists. He won't enjoy the exchange further, as I was unit historian for a historic National Guard unit - one founded under Colonel Benjamin Franklin. And well, lessee... Militia being, by Act preexisting this nation as able bodied males of military age (ages specified by each act and occasionally differing), later updated for females (initially only in the National Guard, but expanded by legislation, but leaving conscription an unresolved question) as unorganized militia and organized being organized militia that was in 1903 given a new fangled nation, the National Guard. So, he's getting hit over the head with both codified law and history. That seems to make me a liberal in his book, a decidedly odd and telling tell on his part.
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@topogigio7031 you do realize what the phrase "based upon" means, don't you? Derived from old war gaming systems, then customized to become what we know today. I watched it as it developed, way back in 1974 until today. But, what would I know? Those that were there wouldn't know anything whatsoever about what was going on there and then.
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@leehongjin6884 overruled under Article 1, Section 8 of the federal Constitution.
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It isn't that Matt left his Venmo account to public, but that it was set to pubic that seems to have generated outrage. While he sang, "Thank heavens for little girls", for without them what would Matty Gaetz do...
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@mikgus not seeing that happen. He's undermined himself too much, alienated the majority of the GOP moderate base and his devoted voters are a tiny minority. Even were they to try to force all non-Trump voters away from the polls at gunpoint, they'd still not manage to get enough votes for him. DeSantis, is of graver concern. Especially, given grand juries are looking at his election fraud scam. Kind of hard to run rallies and speeches while in court defending one's liberty against one's felonies.
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@alphanerd7221 ?
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@FlameDarkfire I'm totally for more tanks for police. No tracks or fuel for the tanks, the usual maintenance bills, but no tracks to wear down or fuel to waste. Maintenance is expensive as hell for armor, as is fuel.
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As I've said for decades. The United States of America has the absolute best government that money can buy.
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Which would universally fail. Treason is exceptionally narrowly defined in the Constitution. So narrowly, only a few convictions were ever obtained in the nation's history.
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That's one of the reasons firearms were created.
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That is a thing, that entire public trust thing exists because of that fact. A trust by the public is abrogated, so the punishment for such a betrayal is enhanced. Given that this is all straight time, with no time off for golfing or behavior, does it really matter is Trump is sentenced to 17 years or 17 million years? He'd die in prison either way. Albeit a lot lighter, as there is no Burger King in the supermax. And icing on the cake, it's solitary, as he can't be trusted not to flap his yap about classified information.
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Trump drained the swamp by pumping in raw sewage.
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OK, she'd first have to be impeached by Congress. Then, her judicial immunity stripped so that she could be charged with dereliction of duty. I figure that'll happen right around when the sun goes out.
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And I'd be "Just as well, I was going to suggest you come back and discuss this in another 30 years or so".
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Having sat on multiple juries over the decades, suffice it to say that it's a yuge pain in the ass, tedious, boring, honestly during jury selection, I nearly fell asleep as a prospective juror. The trials, all of which did go to trial in the civil cases I sat on, slightly more exciting. Around equal between watching grass grow and paint dry. Never did consider trying to duck it, as it's a duty, not some entertainment venue, something necessary that any good citizen should feel honored to be involved with, despite it being deadly dull and designed to be such. Facts are being found, not excitement and drama. Didn't duck out of my military duties, I sure wasn't going to try to duck out of my more important civic duties!
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In Dennis' case, you also have to consider the liability of having a dangerous carnivore about around a main road on the island. The electrified fence was laughable, as mains voltage isn't applied to such fences, the voltage is stepped up from mains voltage and only the conductor is charged, the circuit would be to ground that one would be standing on. Also, the skeletons falling from the ceiling, add in liability as you said, but further damning is, the things would be predicted to fall, as the island is seismically active, so earthquakes would drop them on unsuspecting guests.
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@Gotlyfe I actually have, although it was at volume to a friend. Most nodded in agreement, although I was asked to tone the profanity down to protect tender ears. Embarrassing, as there was construction going on and they suddenly stopped...
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@Archontasil laughably, due to the Section 230 safe harbor, not moderating at all protects the company. Or one has to moderate properly, lest one lose protection. Overall, an idea that looked good on paper, but has been an utter debacle for society.
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Heh, our youngest briefly had a COVID-19 workman compensation issue, but directing her to the state website and then having her report, not to her employer alone (who unlawfully told her to file for unemployment and lose all benefits), but to the hospital she was contracted with and well, the hospital dug out the Riot Act and read it to the employer at a decibel level consistent with thermonuclear fusion. Her bills are being properly and lawfully paid for.
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Kind of hard to make war in a vague way.
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They have absolutely no authority to force me to obey the law of gravity. Alas, that law enforces itself. But, the Constitution also states that our federal government must secure and protect the public welfare, given the Constitution itself defines the nation as the people. Not dying from a fairly easily preventable disease most certainly is in the interests of the people and when one is speaking of a pandemic that's national, within the purview of the federal government assisting state and local governments and institutions. So, Congress cannot pass a law enforcing gravity, but can order masks be worn on federal property and tax and allocate tax dollars to support the states in battling a national pandemic. States who refuse to allow local counties to manage a pandemic are misguided, as a state government micromanaging, rather than coordinating county and city efforts is a fool's errand that can only go wrong. Full disclosure: Our youngest daughter, in her mid-30's, contracted COVID-19 a couple of months ago, while she was working at a hospital in housekeeping. That was ascertained to be due to a lack of compliance with hospital procedures by closing COVID-19 patients room doors to prevent the spread to the staff. The hospital, once they became aware of the issue promptly ensured compliance via inspections and training. She's slowly recovering after a couple of weeks of hospitalization. Our eldest is an RN in a hospital, she's contracted COVID-19, but thankfully remains asymptomatic. The route of transmission for her appears to be related to reuse to failure of PPE, which despite some lying by our national leadership, still remains in short supply. The companies simply can't keep up with, let alone modestly exceed current demand. I have pre-existing medical conditions, as does my wife, said conditions essentially guarantee our demise if we experience any significant level of exposure, so we mask up when in proximity to other people (it doesn't make sense for when we're simply outside, as we're in a rural area, but entering a store or area congested with people outside, it''s mask time). Keep the good information coming, Mack! Just had to textually beat down an inlaw's championing a disinformation campaign by the cult Falun Gong's Epoch Times. Disinformation has to be fought with real, true information and while it sucks to find out one is wrong, one feels a lot better once one knows what is true and what is bovine defecation being passed off as food.
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@SylviaRustyFae nope. Both apply to you anywhere you are legally allowed to be in most states. So, if allowed to be armed at work or one's place of business, they apply. If in one's private vehicle and are legally allowed to be armed, again, they apply.
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@CaseyEm that's why we have landmines, right?
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@CaseyEm amazing how you "know" my thoughts, in their entirety, based upon one hyperbole laden comment! Indeed, in your prior estimation, I'm a vigilante, so the greatest threat, the armed person is to be eliminated, yes? BTW, what are the case law supported grounds for the use of lethal force by police and how do they naturally conflict with a non-protective role for law enforcement?
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Every child deserves a parent, alas, that child didn't actually have an actual parent.
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Not any longer, one judge has effectively neutered the government's authority to govern its own secret documents. Indeed, espionage cases that are long settled by convictions are now in danger of being overturned based upon this precedent. Oddly, there are procedures and documentation methods to reclassify a document, they're a royal PIA, but it's literally routinely conducted. Oddly, not a one involves just taking a document home and leaving it in the bathroom for use as emergency toilet paper or waving it around inside of a bar.
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One small problem with one of your arguments. There was no armed mob, hence why seditious conspiracy were some of the many charges and not treason. Taking up arms against the government being, not sedition, but treason. As best I recall, only one individual was armed and thankfully, didn't utilize their weapon, making such an assertion still dicey. Now, had the oathbreakers "QRF" taken up their arms, they'd have perfected treason for all and those convicted of seditious conspiracy would've been on the hook for the full ride on treason, complete with being open to writ of attainder and corruption of blood. They didn't, so the charges are seditious conspiracy, with a few convictions thus far and the other cases ongoing.
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@totite22 the Constitution. The Constitution defines very narrowly that treason is the taking up arms against one's nation or giving aid and comfort to the enemy. As we're not at war, it's a tad difficult to have an enemy. The article goes on to require two eyewitnesses to the act of treason testify before an open court. Nobody took up arms, thankfully. Which leaves seditious conspiracy, for which there are currently several convictions and a number of ongoing cases. But, it was close. The oathbreakers, ahem, Oathkeepers had a "QRF" (Quick Reaction Force) whose arms were stored in a nearby hotel room just outside of the District limits. Had they collected their arms and entered the District, one has a claim that treason was in progress and had they arrived at the riot armed, treason would have been perfected to most reasonable minds.
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I'd simply say that we're quite comfortable as we are and I'm even more comfortable administering a comminuted skull fracture, as well as being a lapsed pacifist. Note the lack of an articulated threat, possibly implied, but I do know how to stoop digging before a hole is created.
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Trump, despite now years of court experience has yet to learn the first rule of the courtroom. DON'T PISS OFF THE JUDGE! Worse, that's rubbing off on his attorneys, who, not enjoying the heat of the frying pan, decided to jump out and check out the fire.
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I actually can. Buying Twitter from Musk, then returning it, as I ordered an extra large social media platform and he sold me a small.
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I'm reminded of the fact that PVT Manning was sentenced to 35 years, served nearly 7 before Obama commuted it. That, for 700000 documents being divulged to a foreign interest. So, yeah, loads of moving parts. Enough that, for a guy who isn't shy about taking anything electronic or mechanical apart and putting it back together again, am left thankful for lawyers who can parse through the bingo scorecard.
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