Comments by "Barry On" (@barryon8706) on "Nate The Lawyer" channel.

  1. "Believe all women" is incompatible with "innocent until proven guilty." The woman should be charged with the cumulative sentences that would have been delivered to the people she tried to victimize, to be served consecutively.
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  2. There's something odd about someone declaring America is awful and declaring it awful to keep people out.
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  3. "He was hungry. He was poor. He was mentally ill." All of that is sad, but he wasn't restrained for any of those reasons. He was restrained because he was threatening strangers.
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  4. She had lots of evidence -- but almost all of it was her testimony. When she was caught lying, the jury did the rational thing and discounted it.
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  5. When people lose faith in the legal system being a justice system, they're pushed to vigilantism.
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  6. If I were on the jury, I would have voted for acquittal. If the law doesn't protect him -- if the law has firmly displayed that it has no interest in protecting him -- then the law should not prevent him from protecting himself. Edit: Looks like it was a divisive opinion. I get that, and I was on the fence for a while. And I get that what he did was legally murder; but since law enforcement had abandoned him, I don't care what it was legally. Legally, he couldn't make his house appear empty. if the legal system is one-sided, it has ceased to be a justice system. My assumption is that turning them over to the police would not have kept them off the streets for long. If the cops aren't even trying to stop burglaries then it suggests the courts are clogged, and the teens will be out on bail and re-offending in no time. If I'm wrong then I do indeed have my head up my ass. It wouldn't be the first time.
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  7. If I were on the jury I'd already be extremely skeptical regarding her testimony. If the photographs have been edited, I'd be extremely skeptical regarding those as well. I can't think of anything else she has, though I admit I haven't been following closely.
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  8. Does this mean if I visit Paris I can just go to New York and get a flight to Paris? I guess I'd have to buy my own flight back, of course. "Of course I'm a migrant. I traveled hundreds of miles." And how are they going to send people if they don't have passports? Hmmm. 🤔
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  9. If I was on a jury, knowing what I know, I'd go for self-defense. I'd call the response reasonably proportional, too. If Tyson had been trying to really hurt the guy he would have ended up with more than abrasions and a pouty face.
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  10. If the U.S. border doesn't matter, how can New York's?
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  11. To those people who hold up that natural womens' bodies are different as an excuse, I want someone to ask them why we have women's sports.
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  12. "Harassing" vs. "threatening". Little things a reporter can do to influence the spin of a story.
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  13. A judge couldn't overturn the constition anyway. Judges do arbitrarily add to it, unfortunately, but if some judge somewhere could overrule the constitution directly, it would be time for America to have a new government with a new judiciary that understands that judges are not kings.
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  14. The punishment is on the lighter side. A lot of people like to think that nobody's evil, but stories like this should serve as a reminder to the contrary.
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  15.  @timothyandrewnielsen  That's not how insurance works long-term. Rates go up, and probably policies get canceled.
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  16. I think the drive to be out there with the headlines early is really getting in the way of trustworthy journalism. And of course confirmation bias plays a role: when I first heard the Jussie Smollet story I thought it sounded dicey, but I probably would have believed the hotel story. And the hotel story was much easier for Fox News to check on.
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  17. They need to do the responsible thing and ask a newspaper to publish a retraction for them, on page 17 just below the tide charts.
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  18. He raised awareness of the dangers of tackling Dave Chappelle.
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  19. Laws that say somebody must be arrested should lead to a lot of lawsuits for false arrest. Otherwise there's no reason for them to stop, or at least no reason they care about.
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  20. She hit all three? How sure are they that it was an accident? Alcohol doesn't just slow reflexes, it lower inhibitions.
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  21. They also use height, something not much affected by personal behavior, as the determining factor. That's not a fair comparison for scholastic achievement or wealth, both of which are strongly affected by personal behavior.
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  22. I left California and I've never voted Democrat.
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  23. Not only can people be of mixed-race, but where people draw the line between races is also fluid. When Kirk kissed Uhura it was a big deal, but when Ricky kissed Lucy it was just another night. White and Hispanic was no more a different race than White and French. Now it'd be a marriage between a Brown man and a White woman.
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  24. The "why do we have women's sports" question is a good one. And the refusal to answer is rather telling.
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  25.  @Will-ug5rs  I think people have the right to defend property using non-lethal measures, and if the rioters escalate to where self=defense is needed, that's on them. And considering what happened to Kyle, I think it's probably a good thing he was armed. Maybe the rioters should have stayed home.
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  26. When they say "racist" they aren't using the same definition the rest of us use. They do expect the word to have the same impact, though.
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  27. I'm open to whatever evidence Heard's side has to present; after all, abuse could have been mutual. All I know of is Heard's testimony and some photos of some small bruises, and her testimony means nothing to me..
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  28. Not a hate crime. He didn't hate her because she's trans, but because he was decieved.
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  29. They should do a show together.
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  30. They seem to be dodging any examination of the evidence. I wonder why.
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  31. Her parents raised her "better." It's been persisting for generations (like a lot of prejudices) and it'll take a while to be really rare.
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  32. He's a powerful many and anybody will lie to curry favor with him. And he was unceremoniously dropped from big budget features after having been convicted of nothing. I think those are somewhat contradictory, but I'm sure Heard is much smarter than I am and can make those both make sense.
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  33. 10% faster is a lot faster when the difference between first and fifth can be fractions of a second.
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  34. Want to know if they really want "believe all women?" If they never admit heard lied, I'd say that's a good sign.
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  35. Imagine being on top of the world finding out that about your sister. I wouldn't trade places with Mr. Leonard for twice his money.
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  36. Hope you feel better soon! There's been a time my wife had to drag me over the floor to the bathroom. Then for the way back it occurred to me that we had a rolling office chair and that I was an idiot for not thinking of it sooner. 😊
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  37. "Cooperate with the D.A.'s office." It looks worse for Majors, but I'm still going to withhold judgement. This does suggest he's not in the same boat as Johnny Depp, but...
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  38.  @Will-ug5rs  Pardon my obsession with detail, but my answer to "is it OK to travel to a conflict with an AR-15 and kill 2 fellow humans" is in two parts. The first part, "is it OK to travel to a conflict with an AR-15" is yes. For "Is it OK to fill 2 fellow humans" : if it's self-defense, yes. But think the question I'm supposed to answer is, "Is it OK to go armed into a situation where people can be easily provoke?" And my answer is yes. IMHO, people being easily provoked is no reason to give them any latitude whatsoever. You don't give ground to mobs to save their lives. Any action they take is still 100% their responsibility. Look, I get that if Kyle had stayed home, two people might have lived. And the death of skateboard guy might be a tragedy -- he may have honestly thought he was catching a murderer. But he was mistaken. And I appreciate that you put a very high value on all human life. Regarding Rosenbaum, I think we're going to disagree on that. I acknowledge he was human and a person, but he lost most of my regard when I heard he threatenedt to kill Rittenhouse if he got him alone. His species was less important than his character. I admit that stance holds individual responsibility over human life.
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  39. A lot of immigrants from south of the border may not be familiar with that kind of cold. Mexico City hasn't had snow in 50 years.
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  40. Since the DA failed to do its duty, hopefully a civil lawsuit will be forthcoming.
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  41. If she perjured herself she really needs to pay a penalty. Wade should too, but Willis is in a position with a lot of power.
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  42. He can just pledge that $650K, right?
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  43. I think that was the right choice. The real question is, what is YouTube going to demonetize this video for? Current phase of the moon? A sudden and inexplicable rise in the centipede population? Concerns that cheerleading could cause cancer?
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  44. The teach the alphabet today too. L,G,B,T, and Q.
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  45. If they also approve capital punishment for those supreme court justices who disagree with Florida law, I feel they will have provided an adequate loophole. More seriously, I've always felt that attempted murder should get the same penalties as murder.
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  46.  @etantife  He didn't need to die, but it was OK under the circumstances to risk his life.
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  47. I don't know all about the evidence in her case, but whenever I've had people assaulted I've always taken the plea deal.
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  48. It's often easier to hate people by groups than individually. Easier availability of someone to attack, less intellectual effort, etc.
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  49. I remember when I survived an assassination attempt. This cold virus tried to kill me. I sniffled for a week.
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  50. They should just split the leagues between the men's league and the women's league and have them operate independently.
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  51. Dr. Richey has said he's just opinion. Basically, he's admitting that he cannot be trusted to report the facts.
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  52. I'm pretty sure the jury will want to rule in favor of Depp. I mean, the jury might want to sentence her to hard labor.
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  53. I get the motivation for this, but (1) they'll get more dead young Black men, and, regardless of whether the vast majority of those were justified or not, they will never be justified in the eyes of a lot of the local population and politicians, and (2) I suspect that the vast majority of the national guard didn't sign up for this and retention is going to go way down. That said, more police and a DA office that will prosecute are the answer, but that's a lot easier said than done.
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  54. Does she get a shorter sentence for it being "top quality"?
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  55.  @Demonsouls1993  A prosecutor could push that way, but AFAIK there's no law saying they're deadly weapons. That whole "these hands are registered as deadly weapons" thing is a myth.
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  56. Roland Martin. Dom Deluise. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
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  57. I hope she faces criminal charges. Being a mayor means having a lot of power, and with great power really should come responsibility.
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  58. Innocent until proven guilty and she wasn't proven guilty. I think she got too hard a sentence for something seen over her shoulder. On the downside, I think snapchat is going to get a lot more popular in certain circles.
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  59. As close as I get to watching a documentary about the Markle are YouTube videos.
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  60. That right-wing protests are more likely to be violent is news to me. But I think a reasonable question is, are the right-wingers starting that violence? We may not have the data. As far as the question you asked, let's flip the politics. Most guns are not involved in murders, but a lot of murders involve guns. In this case, I'd honestly call BLM protests mostly peaceful, though I'm decidedly on the other side of the aisle from the protestors. I think both sides are trying to oversimplify, though.
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  61. It's easy for them to entertain it if they don't care about the truth.
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  62. Our ancestors fought for us to govern ourselves. Despite hiccups, in general I still value that right. But some of those hiccups are bigger than others.
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  63. What a tragic mess!
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  64. A lot of them still want open borders, but with someone else paying for it. To be fair, generally speaking, the cost of a national policy shouldn't be on a few cities, but if those cities wanted open borders then they should be the ones to pay for it.
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  65. Thank you, Nate. This is a deeper dive than I'm likely to get anywhere else.
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  66. It's entertaining to watch from the outside, but I feel for those trapped in the situation.
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  67. She took multiple beatings without a single bruise? Maybe that's why WB cast her as a superhero!
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  68. That's bad. Heads need to (metaphorically) roll. Mistakes are one thing, but coverups are not mistakes. I'll keep an open mind but "we tried the keys and they didn't work" seems incompatible to me with an unlocked door. For practical purposes, "You don't need guns, you have the police" takes another hit. It was always ridiculous due to response times, and but this underscores it in scarlet.
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  69. How much safer is first class? I think I've seen more crazy people filmed in coach, but I also think that the difference is going to be statistically very small.
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  70. I think that's the responsible thing for her to do. I still have serious doubts about a politician who wants special treatment because of their sex and skin color. Edit: But if other mayors lived rent-free in that apartment (New Orleans isn't noted for clean government) then I wouldn't charge her for getting caught in the same apartment. I would get her to move out, though.
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  71. If words are violence now, what do we call what we used to call violence?
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  72. I unsubscribe from people who use articles in the title. You know, "the" and "a" and similar. I see those all the time and I think they're really overused.
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  73. If there was a way to move to Trappist 3, I'm fairly sure there'd be life there pretty soon.
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  74. Innocent until proven guilty. But if she's guilty then she turned her life around a full 360.
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  75. If there had already been numerous firearm safety problems before then, was it reasonable to take the armorer's word for it? I think that's a judgement call, but I think that's enough for an indictment to let a judge or jury make that judgement. OTOH, it is stupid for him not to check, and it would have been stupid for the armorer if she had been insulted; the generally accepted behavior is for everyone to check before handling the firearm.
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  76. The professor isn't just extremely left-wing, she's divorced from the facts. Calling cops can backfire even if you're the one who calls them, but an active shooter roaming around is worse.
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  77. Along with "Hands up, don't shoot!" For some people, right or left, facts are secondary to the narrative.
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  78. It sounds like clear-cut nepotism to me. I can see that one job might trigger panic attacks or something and another one might not, so the medical leave could be legitimate. But the hiring sounds really supect, and the performance is, honestly, what should be expected of such hiring.
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  79. The shows you mentioned dropping N-bombs (and Blazing Saddles) also share something else in common. They were against racism.
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  80. Good grief. Time served for killing a child. Well, back to being an attorney, I guess.
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  81. If there is no one to enforce laws, then you can carry whatever you want.
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  82. You called it both times, and you made the reasons clear both times. Would imperfect self-defense apply to the sentencing?
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  83. I hadn't heard of him. I won't say what I think until I've learned enough to actually think, but condolences to his friends and loved ones, and also to his fans.
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  84. What was he supposed to do, trust her not to fire? I think that would be an unreasonable standard. The only questionable bit, to me, would be that he could easily have killed someone downrange, but I also don't think he could have been required to not fire. I wonder what was wrong with her. Psychotic break? I haven't seen anything about a toxicology report.
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  85. I almost said that NBC was blinded by narrative, but, realistically that doesn't explain the editing choices they made. I can't reconcile how they did this with any concern for the truth.
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  86. Isn't it the law thatyou can only keep classified documents at home if they are kept in a secure location such as a garage? 😀
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  87. I'm going to discount Floyd saying that he couldn't breathe because (1) he was saying it before he was placed on the ground and (2) I've heard people screaming that as they're being arrested, indicating that people do lie about it. But even if he didn't mean to kill Floyd, I think other behavior indicates he showed depraved indifference to the man's life. I wouldn't take Chauvin's heart condition into account at all. I would take into account that it's his first felony. 18.3275 years. But anything from 15 to 30 seems pretty reasonable to me. Probation would be ridiculously light.
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  88. To be fair, could Heard have genuinely thought Kate Moss had been attacked, or (from Heard's words) just thought of Moss's fall. Or she could have been lying through her teeth, of course. But it was good for Depp's side to establish that Heard didn't know Moss had been attacked, and that Depp didn't have a habit of pushing people down stairs.
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  89.  @normcmiller For that matter, what happens to insurance rates and business in her district? There are reasons for "food deserts" (and other deserts), and I suspect they're expanding.
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  90. It's true that inaccuacies and inconsistencies don't prove that a rape didn't happen, but in our legal system you don't have to prove innocence. This sounds like a case of her word vs. his, and she's been shown unreliable. If I were on a jury, reasonable doubt would be pretty easy.
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  91. Adult web sites? So if I'm in Utah I can't see how to do my taxes, fix up some wiring, and find out if I need that colonoscopy? Good thing I've got that VPN!
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  92. Judges have a huge amount of power. He shouldn't be one.
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  93. Because the president nominates supreme court justices.
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  94.  @ltsiver  Communism was pretty good at the "dead" part too.
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  95. I can see how they're not citizens, but non-citizens have been granted at least some constitutional rights, even illegal immigrants. But AFAIK the originalist positition would be silent on this. I can't argue that the court is legally wrong. I imagine it didn't want to get into areas such as miscarriage, fetal nutrition, and a whole host of possible complications.
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  96. I think Depp has a tall hill to climb to show that he probably never abused her, but this was as good a push up that hill as I can imagine. I haven't followed the trial in detail, but from what I have heard, if I were on the jury I'd not only find for Depp, I'd try to sentence her to hard labor.
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  97. It sounds as if he did threaten people with harm. "I'll hurt anyone on this train."
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  98. I think he'll still be re-elected.
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  99. I'm an ex-Californian, and I approve this message.
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  100.  @Lydia-Frost  Because things won't improve if conservatives stay, either. Let the democrats keep trying their policies and eventually they may face reality.
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  101.  @bowez9  That's not unfair. I tend to favor the self-defender's rights a lot more than the provoker's, but other people might disagree.
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  102.  @bowez9  There I don't agree. Being especially capable of defending oneself does not, to me, reduce someone's rights in doing so.
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  103. That suit looks like someone skinned a 70s couch. I was really skeptical of the idea that the robbery was a fraud because that seems to me a really stupid way to do that fraud. I'm not firmly on the fraud side at this point, but now it's sounding a lot more likely.
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  104. The first part seems straightforward: "Victims" could be understood to imply that there is a perpetrator. "Rioters", "looters", or "arsonists" is a bit more iffy to me tbh. I don't think they are relevant unless Rittenhouse saw them doing that. Saying there were rioters, etc.,, active in the area would be relevant.
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  105. They voted out Lightfoot and brought in Johnson. If they kick Johnson out they might just elect somebody even worse. The voters of Chicago seem unable to connect the dots between cause and effect. I'm not saying they're stupid, but they do seem to have some serious blind spots.
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  106. Poor Pakman. I don't know if I've ever seen someone so disappointed to find out that people weren't murdered.
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  107. I don't get it. You suggested that she's not especially bright, and she confirms that a lot, but then she's been really successful in a lot of ways that I wouldn't expect from a stupid woman. I'm trying to reconcile her as an evil genius and simultaneously as the evil version of Gilligan, going from success to success by dumb luck.
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  108. My other beef with the Roe v Wade decision (from a layman's POV) was that it ignored the interests of the unborn in America. AFAIK a right to privacy doesn't allow you infringe upon the well-being of another who is also protected by U.S.. While Isuppose it's true that the unborn are by definition not citizens (not having been born to Americans or being born in America), the courts decided that U.S. law applies to non-citizens in the U.S. as well, even those illegally in the U.S. If the court had decided that the unborn aren't legally persons, that'd be one thing. Refining ambiguous terms seems a court-worthy thing to do. If the voters didn't like it, they could pass laws to explicitly disambiguate that.
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  109. I wish I hadn't already had my birthday. Alpacas in those little party hats would have been adorable.
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  110. If he wanted to say he faced bombing he could have joined CNN. Seriously, if this is on the level (this being MSNBC that's a big IF) I respect his courage, though not his sanity.
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  111. That sounds like they did him dirty. And that has to hurt.
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  112. "There's gotta be some logic to it." Heh. I remember optimism.
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  113. It's a common tactic, probably used by both sides. If a shoplifter attacks a security guard and the guard unalives him, people will scream about "He was killed over a bag a chips" or some such nonsense.
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  114. There should be a long prison term for abuses of power like this.
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  115. San Francisco is getting rid of capitalism, one fed-up store at a time. It'll be fascinating to see what comes out of this, but I'm glad I'm doing that from a distance.
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  116. I think a suspension is a good call here, until he's convicted.
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  117. It sounds as though there's insufficient evidence to conclude that this was a hate crime. However, his mass murder lacked measures to ensure equity and accurate demographic representation.
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  118. We can't be the housing project of the world any more than we can police the world.
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  119. I can see the judge's point, but I lean strongly in favor of giving the jury more information rather than less.
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  120. I hate to say it, but itf Smollett's attorney is right about protecting against double-punishment then I'd side with Smollett. The law has to protect people who commit despicable acts the same as others according to its letter. Ideally, Kim Fox should suffer some sort of penalty, but it's Chicago.
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  121.  @universalsoldier2293  I don't disagree with any of that.
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  122. It seems to me that Bouzy picked precisely the wrong attack and the wrong target.This was something like the Scarecrow challenging the Tin Man to a torch juggling competition.
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  123. Chicago's mayor: "Stop talking about our city!" New Orleans mayor: "It's pronounced Naw Awlins." (probably)
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  124. Every other lawyer you know really sucks at law, then.
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  125. I think he should go into the penile penal system.
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  126. To find out if you were ripped off? To warn others?
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  127. I'll say innocent until proven guilty, but Lizzo's defense sounds pretty weak.
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  128. It looks like I rushed to judgement. I really have to stop doing... I mean, I really have to carefully consider not doing that.
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  129. I don't understand what she's thinking.
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  130. If you don't charge minors as adults, minor become a lot more attractive to those trying to find someone to do something criminal.
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  131. "A White man will not be convicted of killing a Black man." Odd that she, of all people, hasn't heard of the George Floyd case.
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  132. I doubt it'll help much, unfortunately. I think this is mostly an election between Trump and anyone-but-Trump.
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  133. IIRC, in Atlanta a taser is considered a lethal weapon. And innocent until proven guilty is for a trial, not for defending yourself; you do not have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that someone intends you death or grave bodily harm before responding with lethal force. If someone breaks into your home in most of the U.S., that someone is presumed subject to lethal force by the homeowner, unless there is evidence that they were not a threat.
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  134.  @racheld23biscuitsmom42  You're wrong here: "Asking that shooting deaths of overwhelmingly young black men be investigated and eventually prevented is not demonization." Young black men are not overwhelmingly the victims of police shooting deaths. They are disproportionately so, but the majority victims of police shooting are white. You're wrong here, too: "It’s asking that certain races finally be humanized." Young black men disproportionately commit crimes, so you would expect more to be shot by the police. There's nothing dehumanizing in treating young black men like other humans of similar activity. I have to agree with: "asking that a human being, no matter their title, do not kneel on another humans neck until they are dead.. is not unreasonable and it’s certainly not demonizing an entire organization."
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  135. She seems to be a professional victim. What ever happened to that stiff upper lip?
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  136. I feel sympathy for Mr. Johnson, but he really shouldn't be in that job. His city is suffering and his response is to flail wildy at imagined conspiracies.
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  137. I'm not sure I agree. If someone was asked to write down Lincoln's Gettysburg Address then a squiggly line should get a zero score. If it was phrased as, "Show that you know what the Pledge of Allegiance says" then the question was fine and the zero score was as well. But accusing a kid of aligning with communists and pedos is beyond the pale; what did the teacher think this was, the internet?
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  138. I still think this was a genuine robbery. Admittedly that's because I find it hard to believe anybody would be stupid enough to fake this when IMHO there are better ways to commit insurance fraud. if this really was fake, he made Jussie look like Einstein squared.
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  139. Innocent until proven guilty. I hope he's innocent. Otherwise it seems like an early end to a promising political career... Even if he is a Democrat. 😉
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  140. It seems to leave Heard with two options: say that Depp didn't abuse her, or show that she was actually abused. If the former then Depp loses his case but clears his name, and that might be a more important victory.
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  141. Snce they can't be federally prosecuted, do they lose 5th Amendment protections? Or would possible state or local prosecution still keep that valid?
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  142. He didn't need to kill her, but IMHO that doesn't mean he's in the wrong. Requiring her to pull the trigger before he can just isn't a reasonable requirement to me.
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  143. Saying "straight" means "not crooked" is like saying "not gay" means "not happy."
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  144. It's nice to see that even those voters can change course when an experiment doesn't work the way they wanted.
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  145. That was the doctor's first clue that they needed treatment.
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  146.  @abrahamplepcher8985  Thank you, Abraham You've been very polite in the whole thing.
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  147. OK, here's one for you on a different approach to mens rea. Chauvin may have been concerned that Floyd was in the throes of excited delirium and could have hurt himself, and had his knee on Floyd in the idea that it might prevent injury rather than comliance. If so, would that still constitute assault? As an aside, from what I can tell of Minneapolis's good samaritan statutes (604A.01 GOOD SAMARITAN LAW), they would not give him immunity from civil or criminal liability, for different reasons. That may not cover reckless action, but would a reasonable person consider the prolonged use of an approved technique to be reckless? Appreciate your pretty objective take on all this!
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  148. I can see logic in requiring masks on airplanes, because people are packed more tightly together there than in most indoor venues, and for hours. But that isn't a legal justification to continue an emergency provision for what is no longer an emergency. In any case, the mask mandate was very rough on some people with breathing problems; my mom couldn't have made a six hour flight from California where she lives to new England where I live with a mask on, just from difficulties breathing.
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  149. Split the leagues, and let each one fend for itself. Problem solved!
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  150. Camille needs an action figure.
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  151. In a world with plenty of evil people, some still manage to stand out.
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  152. Could this call her past decisions into question?
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  153. I'm buying stock in Alpacas. I think the demand is going up.
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  154. They didn't learn from the Covington kids. This lesson needs to be drilled into them until they actually learn it.
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  155. I don't know. I can't support anti-Semitism, but that's a hard one to root out sometimes. I hadn't heard what he said, but that sounds genuinely anti-Semitic.
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  156. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." I don't know if it was done to make pro-Trumpers look bad or not, and I don't know if I'll ever know. It hardly matters when BLM and Antifa can burn down buildings and the news will point out that they're mostly peaceful, but will take this as a reason to crush pro-Trump groups.
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  157. Nimrata is going to be difficult for a lot of people to pronounce as well. Sunny really didn't engage her brain before opening her mouth.
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  158. I wonder if JD's intention is something other than winning the case.
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  159. I'd say it depends. Blaire White looks and sounds female, so I'd argue that being attracted to Blaire White you're attracted to features more typical for the female sex. Put most males in a dress and they don't look female. Dylan Mulvaney is kind of in-between.
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  160. We don't want to give everybody an equal education. We want to give everybody equal opportunity to education, but the idea of honors and AP courses is to give more education to kids who can handle it either through intelligence or the determination of the students -- or their parents telling them to put down the controller and pick up the textbook. Equity demands equal results, and any different in results is considered a result of bias. If there's a homework gap, then it's society's fault, not the parents' or the kids', not because of facts but because no other answer is considered acceptable through the lens of equity.
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  161. Did he get the refund?
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  162. Hollywood is nothing but remakes now, even in court.
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  163. This was a good video. He was trying to game the system by trying to keep a bike out of service when he's not entitled to it, but she really could have let that go. I get it: she's like 24 months pregnant and just got off a 105 hour shift, but when she was crying for help she wasn't in any danger or trying to defend anything. My verdict: there's enough blame to go around. They should sit down and have a beer (non-alcoholic for her).
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  164. Making the home look empty is not an invitation to burglarize it.
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  165. Maybe the Cessnas were to get closer to God. 🤔
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  166. The left pretty consistently mischaracterizes what happened, with "killed for riding a subway car" being pretty typical. Their dishonest approach taints any action they take on the matter, IMHO.
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  167. Be careful what you wish for. Be even more careful what you vote for.
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  168. What are the criteria for 2nd degree manslaughter there? I don't think she showed depraved indifference.
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  169. Can the federal government stop him?
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  170. He wasn't given the death penalty. It was an unintentional death resulting from restraining a dangerous man.
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  171. This narrowly missed being a Christmas miracle. I still think the league should separate the women's league from the men's league and let each fare on its own.
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  172.  @scottholder4431  Then that's what they should be saying.
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  173. IMHO: In and of itself it's not the end of the world, but neither are separate water fountains. Neither one's a good thing, but mostly they're part of a nasty whole.
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  174.  @xbass97x  That's a good point. I've been stupid plenty of times, but that is on a different level.
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  175. He needs to be sentenced to time for every SA conviction. Consecutive sentences.
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  176. She compared having to work for a living to slavery. The appropriate responses are laughter and ridicule.
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  177. The View said they derided the idea because Trump proposed it. They admit prejudice, and blame the target of that prejudice. It's like someone saying, "Sure, it turned out that <ethnic slur> was innocent of <stereotype> but you could hardly blame me. Everyone know they're all like that."
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  178.  @drmattbarnes1371  I get that. I just don't know if it's relevant unless Rittenhouse saw them riot or loot. I suppose it could back up claims that he saw them do that, though.
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  179.  @JunohProductions  I didn't know that. I think arsonist and rioter would certainly apply, then!
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  180. If they are seeking sylum then their lives or health were in danger, weren't they? In theory at least. Shouldn't they be grateful for safety? 🤔
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  181. Carrying a gun is a right that must come with a lot of responsibility. She blew it, and she blew it several successive times. I think the sentence is a little high if she didn't intend to kill him, especially compared to people getting away with a slap on the wrist for murder these days, but she needs to go to prison for several years. Edit: If people getting a slap on the wrist for murder isn't happening in Georgia then I'd withdraw my objection to the length of her sentence.
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  182. It's about time and past time.
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  183. Would a Men's Only tournament be OK to you?
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  184.  @ellie6229  That sounds fair. Thank you!
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  185.  @apwmojack  California had Ronald Reagan for governor for a spell.
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  186. She's not stateless. Crazy is a state.
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  187. I think you're being completely fair to those people you featured.
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  188. Good man! Best heroic wrestling move since El Santo.
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  189. I remember when sports journalism involved journalism.
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  190. He's 100% a hypocrite. He deserves to be judged by his own standard for others.
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  191. The job was to open a briefcase. How do you demonstrate intelligence while opening a briefcase? Gilligan would get that right after a couple tries.
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  192. I think the second critic made good points about wells working in several years' time was important. Other than that... There's a lot of hate out there, and it shouldn't surprise me to keep seeing it.
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  193. In this case they gambled and lost, but in the long run they'll have to blame capitalism, IMHO. There's less demand for women's soccer, so people providing it cannot charge as much, which is because the fans discriminate, which in turn is because nature discriminates. The best players are going to be overwhelmingly male. The women's league can either ask men to support them more than they do already, ask for legislation requiring people to watch them equally, or ask for the leagues to be merged so that the best players overall can compete with each other. I'm going to guess they'd go for option #2 before they go for #3.
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  194.  @laurent5176  I'm still drinking, sorry, I meant thinking about the details.
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  195. No true Scotsman non-binary would shoot up a place.
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  196.  @TrashWerewolf  That's a good point. Thanks.
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  197. Maybe she stole his look and I think the fashion police should be notified, but isn't the real question who wore it better?
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  198. I'm waiting for the next revelation. He has diplomatic immunity as ambassador from Oz? He's actually several squirrels testing a human suit? He's a time-traveller who will have gotten a license in 2030 but came back in time to stop ChatGT from taking over Michigan?
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  199. She was framed by Russian hackers. The whole Ukrainian invasion was just a smokescreen for this, their real goal.
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  200.  @danporath536  I admit that I don't know. Are those part of the relevant laws?
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  201. I think Charlemagne gave too much credit to BlackAndMissing. I caught the contradiction right away, but if I was ready to be skeptical and, people being people, that makes a difference. He should have done more research (as you did), and he should issue a correction and try to do better in the future. And Carlee should claim the reward from Crimestoppers for her own safe return, and use that to reimburse emergency services. And if that gets her a Nobel Prize in the Field of Chutzpah, as it should, that would provide extra funds. All of which might be equally likely to Charlemagne issuing a correction, but I'm ready to be surprised.
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  202. I think any reasonable jury would throw it out, but I don't know if New York is a reasonable place.
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  203. Entitled to be treated as well as women?
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  204. Yes, I like it. Prosecutors are dropping charges for some people due to political bias or "bad optics," leaving private citizens no ways to defend themselves other than to kill offenders and hide the bodies. OTOH, it does have grounds for abuse. I keep seeing people take 13 items through the 10 items or fewer lane at the grocery store, and it's awfully tempting...
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  205. If he doesn't remember then he should be locked up until cured. He's a danger to himself and others.
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  206. The conversation just got a little less poisonous.
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  207. She sounds like a disgrace to Illinois politics. Which is saying something.
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  208. Yes, I think he's guilty. I wish the case weren't so circumstantial, but the standard is "reasonable doubt" rather than "no doubt."
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  209.  @pelinoregeryon6593 Yes, beyond reasonable doubt for criminal cases in the U.S.. What "beyond reasonable doubt" means is for the judge or jury to decide.
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  210. A problem with letting it resolve itself is that when another official gets caught with their hand in the cookie jar (their hand or whatever other anatomy...) and the university wants to terminate them and they aren't straight White males, there will be objections along the lines of, "why didn't you do it to this straight White guy?"
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  211. I'd treat that as a kidnapping. I understand detaining him (even by mistake) but that was clearly false arrest.
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  212. There was a recent murder in a Detroit suburb over stolen Taco Bell. I think it was last week.
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  213. To be fair, Hexum's shot was fatal because he didn't know that a blank can be fatal when the muzzle is pressed right up against your head. He should have been told, but if he'd used the gun as intended instead of thinking he was going to play Russian roullette and just get a loud noise, he would have been fine. In the case of Brandon Lee, that wasn't his fault at all. It was a freak accident, but stll the armorer's responsibility.
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  214. It's like the Amber Heard case. Either Amber Heard was telling the truth and several other people were lying, or Amber Heard was lying. Either the Markles are lying or several other people are lying. I'll just go with the numbers on this one.
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  215. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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  216. There's no country on earth with openborders, and there's probably a reason for that. I'm sure most of the people coming here are decent people, but they strain safety nets and if they flood in there's less motive to integrate.
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  217. They got what they wanted and don't like it.
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  218. I've never heard of Mia Hamm. I'm a broken record on this, but they should split the leagues. There's no good reason for men's soccer to have to support the women's league. The WNBA has been a drag on the NBA forever, with no end in sight.
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  219. We don't know if her lawyer actually suggested it or not, do we? I think we only have her word for that.
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  220. I am shocked to find corruption in Illinois, and especially a suburb of Chicago. Shocked, I tell you!
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  221. Oh yes, it could happen today.
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  222. Because that's not how drug overdoses work. Have people ODed on fentanyl with one third that amount? Yes. Have people survived having more fentanyl? Yes. There are doses that won't kill people and doses that will, but there's a lot of grey area in there that will depend on how acclimated they are to their drug (maybe very in GF's case) and what shape they're in (very poor, in GF's case).
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  223.  @blkgranitess  Nate covered it somewhat. The drugs and Floyd's overall poor health contributed to the death, and nobody is denying that. If you rob a bank and someone has a heart attack, that person was probably in really bad health. But as long as the knee on the neck also contributed, that conceivably makes it felony murder.
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  224.  @JorenMathews  Maybe. The medical examiner said it was a combination of things, including the knee. But like Nate said if you rob a bank and someone dies from a heart attack, it's legally felony murder. If the jury disregards rhe ME report then anything's possible.
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  225.  @JorenMathews  i think a gentle.push isn't a felony so no felony murder. But as Nate described it, legally if a person is very unhealthy it's still the felon's fault. Ethically maybe not, but legally it is.
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  226.  @JorenMathews  I can't agree with you there. A knee on the neck can be performed harmlessly, but that doesn't mean it can't cause harm, either. You can push someone without causing harm, and you can push someone in a way that does cause harm, right? You can twist someone's arm behind their back harmlessly or harmfully. You can put your knee on a neck in ways that don't cut off bloodflow, or ways that do. You can put a knee on a neck briefly, or keep doing it for several minutes.
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  227. I can agree with Kasparian here -- it's painful, but she's right so rarely that iI can handle ir But if I have to agree with Chenk on anything -- even the color of the sky -- I may switch political alignments to, I dunno, arbor-capitalism, where the means of production is privately owned by trees. Or just chaotic evil, which at least sounds fun.
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  228. Outlawing words that don't support someone else's politics is more than dodgy.
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  229. It's like performing sex on a stage and then being upset that someone pointed at the stage. I don't know that her doing sex online would influence my voting. It's freaky but you can still be honest and do it. But her defenses are entirely dishonest. I wouldn't vote her in for dogcatcher.
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  230. I think it has to be a direct and immediate threat to count.
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  231. MySpace? I didn't see anything about that on the Geocities pages I frequent.
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  232. "Thou shalt not kill" in the Bible and the Torah translates to "don't murder." The same texts have killing as the punishment for more than one crime. I wonder if she knew that?
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  233. She/they? Whichever the speaker chooses?
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  234. Imagine the kind of power Skynet would have if it got a license to practice law. 😯
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  235. Manslaughter, I'd say. I'd like to know more, but if person A's number is on person B's phone, that doesn't mean they're having sex.
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  236. Knowing false accusations of something that would get prison time should be treated as attempted kidnapping.
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  237. Maybe she keeps adding to the fraud to keep the FBI too busy to close the case?
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  238. Some of those definitely sound like crimes, but it's really hard to tell where to draw the line. "Of course I'll respect you in the morning."?
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  239. Maybe they were researching a reimagining of "21 Jump Street".
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  240. Martin looks like Dom DeLuise. Take a good look and you can't unsee it. That's it; I don't really have anything useful to say.
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  241. Can't be called out for sleeping on the job.
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  242. It's a huge victory of message over facts. Now imagine the worldview for the people CUNY is graduating.
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  243. It's a miscarriage. She should pay a price, and there's no way she should be a cop again because you should only get one chance to screw up that badly. But it wasn't a crime.
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  244. I thought shipping migrants to sanctuary states was going to fail. Woops.
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  245. I think she means that even when a city is run almost entirely by Black people there is a non-Black conspiracy really running things...? It would make her quasi-honest, at the cost of being a lunatic.
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  246. The very reason we have "women's sports" is because everybody used to think "woman" = "female." If someone wants to change "woman" to be a "social construct," fine, but why divide sports by a social construct?
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  247. TBH, I'm not sure I'd charge Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide for pulling the trigger. I would have checked the gun for live rounds and anyone knowledgeable about guns should have because it takes a moment to prevent a world of hurt, but it was someone else's responsibiity to make that a cold gun. OTOH, I'd charge him as the producer if that's possible.
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  248. It took a bit, didn't it?
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  249. There should probably be more safeguards. Like getting an independent lab to do the same tests. I know that would add up to $$ though.
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  250. I agree with you on the verdict, but are there grounds for appeal?
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  251. Yeah, that's worse.
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  252. This is a clear violation of the "no take-backs" rule as established in Timmy Jones vs. Scotty "Snotty" Wlliams, 1973, in the playground out by the swings.
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  253.  @animalfarm9817  Thank you!
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  254. Not quite. In 2023 sentencing data, "When examining all sentences imposed, females received sentences 29.2 percent shorter than males. Females of all races were 39.6 percent more likely to receive a probation sentence than males. When examining only sentences of incarceration, females received lengths of incarceration 11.3 percent shorter than males." That might or might not be wholly or partially due to prior criminal records, though. Men do tend to commit more serious crimes than women.
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  255.  @anthonym840  I'd caution against some of that reasoning. There are probably some men given shorter sentences than some women. I'm more comfortable with averages. But that said, I'd say that the legal system is biased probably in favor of women, even with everything else being equal. I'd also say it's probably biased in favor of Whites over Blacks; those sentencing statistics show similar bias, though that could also be wholly or partially due to priors. Blacks commit more serious crimes than Whites, just as men commit more serious crimes than women. Both the right and left object to this, but to different aspects, which is both funny and sad. I'd be fine with more standardized sentencing, with judges individual preferences removed. Give each crime a grade, factor in all the priors, and arrive at a sentence with a formula that's hopefully simpler than the tax code. For people like myself who value equal treatment over equal outcome, that would be worlds better.
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  256.  @anthonym840  Yes, but I can still object to one kind of reasoning you used, even if I support the conclusion. If I say that I know rain exists because elves tell me so, I'm very likely wrong about the elves but I'm right about the rain. You said, "As weve seen, men have served longer for the same crime, even with no prior convictions." That's true, but in and of itself it doesn't matter much, and I wanted to point it out because I've seen well-meaning people get trapped by that kind of thinking. For an example, we see times when Blacks get shot by cops and Whites don't, and some people will look at times Whites didn't get shot and say, "If he'd been Black, cops would have shot him." But we also see times when Whites get shot and times that Blacks don't. There are a lot of police encounters across the country in cases where a cop could reasonably shoot someone or not.
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  257. This should be treated as attempted kidnapping.
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  258. No idea. I'm going to be solidly on the fence until I see evidence.
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  259. All she had to say was, "I misspoke. Mentally, I had earmarked that money for a donation, and in my mind it had been donated." But she can't even admit an everyday mistake.
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  260. Just rename women's sports as female's sports and everybody should be happy. Right?
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  261.  @KuroNekoExMachina  If Kyle had attacked someone he would have lost his right to self-defense -- temporarily. 1: He didn't attack anyone 2: Even if he had, he retreated and by retreating would have regained his right to self-defense. Now, look up what a "straw man argument" is. And then stop doing it.
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  262.  @KuroNekoExMachina  LOL didn't know you were just trolling
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  263.  @KuroNekoExMachina  👌 I'll be happy to let other people judge that for themselves.
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  264.  @KuroNekoExMachina  👌
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  265. Amen!
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  266. We need to remember that Depp has many powerful friends. Enough for otherwise unconnected people to lie for him with their careers on the line, but not enough for him to be kept in profitable franchises from people in the same business he's in. Somehow.
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  267. 1) Justified. Easily. 2) Not justified. He was a crazy man with a knife, but he wasn't threatening anyone. I can understand a cop's desire not to let a crazy man with a knife get away, but them's the breaks. 3) Justified. Despite repeated warnings, she'd closed to a distance where a quick dash could get those scissors through his throat. 4) Justified, for the same reason as #3. It's sad when this happens to the mentally unstable, but if it comes to killing them or putting a cop at immediate risk of death or serious injury, the cop has a right to kill in order to save his own life. In fact, cop or not, I would have given any citizen with a legal right to possess a firearm the same verdict. That might not hold for those states with a duty to retreat, but I cannot expect law enforcement to just come back the next day and hope the person is feeling more cooperative, especially in case #4 where, if I understand correctly, the decedent had been battering someone.
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  268. I don't know. To my ear, it sounded like the attorney just said that they could have used makeup, not that they did. But a reasonable person could take that combined with her refusal to say Jussie didn't see white as implying that they did. As far as claiming that they actually attacked Jussie without his direction? Take her to the cleaners.
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  269. Could his finger have run back along the drigger guard and dragged the trigger backward? I can see that being done without realizing it, though of course that's a lot less force than most triggers will need to fire a gun. I'm of two minds on criminal charged. He was assured that it was a cold gun, but if he was aware of the mishaps that had happened on set then arguably he should not have trusted that assurance. He did violate basic firearm safety, but I think actors do point guns at other actors as a part of acting.
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  270. You know, if the board is just saying "These are tactics you can use to help filter out disinformation," and makes those public, that might be OK, depending on what that advice is. If the board is picking out select stories (or, worse, viewpoints) as "disinformation," then that's in no way OK with me. And the same if Trump were in charge. Or anyone else but me, really, and the only reason I excuse myself is for the very ethical reason of I could take bribes and get really rich.
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  271. To me, his being a pedo and gay shouldn't damage people's perception of gay people. However, the support of him should damage people's perception of LGBTQ advocacy. I'd say the same thing if people defended him as a "good Christian" -- banding together in circumstances like this show an uncomfortable amount of loyalty to some identity over individual behavior.
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  272. His life lately sounds like it should be on TV. As far as the robbery goes, I think it was really a robbery. Doing insurance fraud that way would be beyond stupid.
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  273. I don't see how it could be justified. Maybe he was running toward a pile of bricks? I wouldn't necessarily throw the book at her (not a library pun) without knowing more about what happened, but she needs a felony conviction now to (at least hypothetically) keep a gun out of her hands.
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  274. I think to some extent, Black Panther was escapist fun. Captain America 4 wasn't as much.
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  275. Life sentence. I don't agree with concurrent sentences.
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  276. I'm a tad skeptical.
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  277. With the climate growing warmer, is this kind of weather going to become an every 200 year thing?
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  278. I agree on consecutive sentences being a bad idea. And yes, she deserves to stay in prison for the rest of her life.
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  279.  @MrRavellon  According to the medical examiner, the neck compression did contribute. Maybe Chauvin didn't apply his knee correctly, or maybe you're mistaken, but I'm going to trust the medical examiner more when he says it did happen vs. someone saying it shouldn't happen.
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  280.  @MrRavellon  The official medical examiner. As to what factors led him to that, I don't know. But injury to the neck or head wouldn't be needed for that to be the cause, and I'm surprised you even bring that up.
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  281. Maybe the Russian site copied him, and Bouzy, by a stroke of genius, intentionally left in security holes so that the Russian sites would be compromised. And maybe Martians are secretly controlling Earth's supply of thermal underwear.
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  282. How does he make money in porn? ...Now that's something he could teach a course in, come to think of it.
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  283.  @Andrew-vz7fj  That's true. But it's also more detail than I've seen elsewhere on YouTube, and, importantly to me, it appears to me that it was done without considering the political impact before giving me the information.
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  284. For me, this wasn't something I was up in arms about. Budweiser can consider Mulvaney to be a woman if they want, as long as they don't insist that I do.
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  285. It lasts from the beginning of the world until the end of the world, but AFAIK they never specify which world. Loophole?
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  286. It's good that Biden is showing a little sense, but I have to admit I'm looking forward to seeing him get attacked for it by his allies.
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  287. These politicians aren't even up to "mistakes were made." Edit: I found it darkly hilarious that the "Remove your valuables" sign had to be chained down. And hilariously sad.
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  288. Can Harris use Biden's campaign coffers because she was part of the Biden / Harris campaign?
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  289. I've never liked the malice standard for defaming celebrities. On general principles, they should have the same rights normal people have.
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  290. To be fair, I think White people can be anti-White, too.
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  291. Innocent until proven guilty and I'm not an expert. I suspect that the Biden administration is targeting him, but I don't know that for sure, either. I strongly suspect Adams will resign and before too long, too.
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  292. That's a moral quandry, isn't it? But there's no way that seat is going red again next election unless that guy cures cancer. With fusion
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  293. Dick Cheney's gun was supposed to be areal gun loaded with real ammo. That's how you hunt. A deer isn't going to go down because someone pulled a prop gun and yells, "Bang," no matter how appreciative the deer might be of theater. Dick Cheney's buddy knew it was a real gun with real ammo and got in the way of the gun during the hunt.
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  294.  @philt161  That doesn't mean someone else can't get in the way of the gun, does it?
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  295.  @philt161  You seem to be ignoring that there's a difference between pointing a gun at someone and someone getting in the way of a gun. You also seem to be confused as to why Baldwin might be charged; that it isn't just pointing a gun, but not checking a gun, and then carelessly handling a gun. Are you ignoring these differences or are you confused?
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  296. She's lucky he didn't press charges. That's SA. Rappers aren't safe if she stays on the streets.
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  297. Most underwear for men is bought for them by women, at least in America. Look at the underwear models there. Try to find one with a beer belly. 😀
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  298. Good on him not dating Camille Vasquez! She's attractive and seems nice, but way too sharp -- there's no way he'd get away with *anything*. 🤣
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  299. I don't know whom I'd find more convincing, but if it's a case of he said / she said, how could a jury conclude that she lied about the rape but not the battery?
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  300. My friends never give me gold bars. And here I thought they liked me!
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  301. I'm glad she didn't get on the bench.
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  302. Not according to "Mars Attacks." More seriously, I don't know. I think running away counts as retreating, though.
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  303. They're calling it genocide. 🙄 It's been a while since the left was honest with their talking points, but this is a new level.
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  304. Man, I'm in the wrong business.
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  305. His "accomplishments" don't seem to be abot actually making most of his constituents' lives better. Though another day off is always nice.
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  306. We have to allow in these refugees fleeing Canada. Some people hate poutine and hockey allergies can get pretty serious.
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  307. It's already dicey enough just electing politicians. Voters need to vet them a lot more carefully.
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  308. If they are claiming asylum, doesn't that mean their lives were in danger back home?
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  309.  @bobsmith-wg9fz  Because he did it to entice the burglary, as Nate explained, it meant he legally couldn't defend himself. It's really messed up, IMHO. Maybe -- maybe -- that would be OK if the police were defending him, but they weren't.
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  310.  @riptors9777  Legally, he wasn't even allowed that, since he made his house appear empty to entice them in. Legally, he's only allowed to be a victim a 13th time, or to never leave his home appearing vulnerable.
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  311.  @bobsmith-wg9fz  According to Nate the Lawyer, it would legally count as enticement.
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  312.  @bobsmith-wg9fz  Bob,please pay attention to what I am saying. I am not saying it's right. I'm passing along the view of the law according to an actual lawyer.
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  313.  @riptors9777  You're assuming revenge. I'm assuming he mostly wanted to stop the threat of further burglaries. The taunt points toward revenge, but it doesn't mean it was all revenge? Was it murder? Yes. That's what the jury determined. That's a legal question, not a moral one. It's like the "rooftop Koreans" (and I don't now to what extent those are true) during riots when the police withdraw from an area. Legally, you cannot protect property with deadly force, and if you shoot someone to defend your store then you're a murderer. For me, morally, if the police have abandoned protecting the people in an area then they shouldn't be allowed to object to how people handle it themselves. That's selective law enforcement. Justice is only justice if it's blind.
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  314. I like that due process is taking place.
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  315. Can we cast Camille as Mera?
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  316. No, Nate! They may rape, murder, assault, etc., but certainly they respect the LGBTQ+ principles enough not to fib!
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  317. Seems like there were more people conspiring to paint Amber badly than killed JFK.
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  318. IMHO the picture does not clearly show Kyle pointing his gun at somebody. What the jury believes may be totally different; flip a coin, there. Maybe after the prosecution own-goaled enough the defense had to to the same by calling Rittenhouse to the stand.
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  319. So in 2023 you can hate someone while doing something you believe completely unrelated to that someone. Huh? This is the epitome of "it's all about me."
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  320. If you can't put them in solitary, put them together. Replace "you're going to solitary" with "Bubba needs a new cellmate."
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  321. Who hasn't wandered into an elevator, pulled down signs, and hit the big red button?
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  322. All my ancestors are from Africa if you go back far enough. I'm African-American, right?
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  323. Good luck! We might see Lorenz contracting a sudden case of responsibility.
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  324. Serious question -- if they've cohabited a long time and refer to each other as spouses, would it be a common law marriage? It looks like New York (her home state) doesn't have common law marriage, but Washington D.C. does.
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  325.  @HippopotamusPencil  So if you were pregnant and someone accidentally or maliciously caused an abortion, you would consider that an assault? And I would think a minor one, if there were no permanent damage. You can grow a new fetus a lot more easily than a new finger.
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  326.  @HippopotamusPencil  Sorry, I was unclear: you would consider someone causing you to miscarry or abort to be assault rather than murder? As to the second point, I would consider the stabbing more major. Sure, someone might be fragile enough that being yelled at might be emotionally traumatic, and a stabbing could heal, but so what? At some point I think you have to assume reasonable consequences for an action. So if a fetus is just as important as a finger, and it being killed far less permanent than a fingerectomy, then I think it would be less serious an assault than one causing the loss of a finger.
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  327.  @HippopotamusPencil  Thank you for the answer to the first. As to the second, being beaten to an inch of your life causing a miscarriage is the more serious crime, but that's because it involves a lot more damage than just the loss of a finger. It would not be the miscarriage in and of itself.
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  328. This sounds less like Tyga's fault and more like Pooh.
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  329. It's about time. I understand local governments wanting to try something new, and the states themselves are supposed to be laboratories for democracy. But when those experiments don't work, you change course or it isn't an experiment any more; it's an expression of ideology.
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  330. If someone unalived that woman and I were on the jury, I wouldn't convict. Same for the judge.
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  331. It could be a strategic move to get people looking at it more carefully.
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  332. To be fair, AOC could just be delusional.
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  333. I don't blame Harris for this. But none of those people should claim to be a journalist after this. Entertainer, sure.
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  334. I approve of the NAACP wanting to ensure due process. It gets lost in their paranoia and bias, but I'll give them credit for it. But it looked intentional to me and giving it to a jury was the right call, IMHO.
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  335. Tastes great vs less filling.
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  336. I can see the acquittal basded on disparity of force. I would have acquitted him of the discharge on grounds of necessity. I suspect the jury compromised, either between members or they just didn't want to get him on the more serious charges.
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  337. It sounds like everybody is lying about something and I don't trust anybody. Including me. If I lied to myself about that shirt looking good on me, what else have I lied about? Is my name really Barry??
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  338. Would anyone serious seriously thing that unlimited immigration would work?
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  339. Couldn't they just split the league in twain? The U.S. women's team has been really successful achievement-wise but not commercially. If sponsors and fans' pocketbooks pony up, great. If not, well, they can blame the sponsors and fans.
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  340. It's unfortunate for her, but I don't know if anything less would have worked as a wake-up call.
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  341. Plot twist: she took his fingertip off because she thought it needed sharpening.
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  342. I hate to say it, but I have to fall on the side of not justified. He wasn't under imminent threat, as far as I can tell. It's true that someone in the crowd might have had a gun, but not knowing you aren't under imminent threat isn't the same as having reason to believe you are under imminent threat. The streets are full of people who might have a gun hidden on their person and want to do me harm, but I don't get to shoot them "just in case." Gunning it vs. moving slowly might not be as much of a factor in my judgement. He'd already tried moving slowly. If he drove through the crowd at 30MPH, that's not justified IMHO, unless fleeing a ranged attacker or any other reason he needs to escape *now*, like the car being on fire. If he drove through at 15MPH, think that would be justified (if driving through them at all was justified). That's more than average running speed for humans. If a window had been broken or he saw someone with a gun or molotov cocktail, it would have been justified. Floor it, and ask the mechanic to hammer out the dents after. I think imperfect self-defense may be an ameliorating factor in the sentence. A lot of people would have been frightened under those circumstances and acted unreasonably. But as much as the crowd look like Darwin Award wannabees, I think the cop erred.
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  343. That's at least a little impressive. BLM on the other side of the pond still claims to believe Jussie Smollett.
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  344. Hypocrisy if their native language. And if the teachers union president doesn't understand that the origin of something doesn't determine how useful it is, she fails logic, even if she's right about the origin.
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  345. Except in one detail (I think the cops had reason to stop him), I think the teen has a solid case and the cops have none. But in a world where anyone can be sued, I wouldn't create a policy that cops can't countersue. I'd just resort to whatever standard methods exist to discourage frivilous lawsuits, such as having the cops pay for the legal bills.
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  346. The court said it's OK to cross state lines and shoot people! Well, in self-defense. They leave that part out a lot, but I'm 100% sure that they leave that out by accident and not at all too support a political narrative. I'd type more about how much faith I have in these people, but I have to go walk my unicorn.
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  347. Some people take it as faith that, by definition, you can't be wrong about your gender. I think this is a result.
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  348. I thought shipping the migrants was a useless publicity stunt, and I was 100% wrong. But I think the open-border crowd don't really care about being consistent, so I don't know about the long-term prospects.
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  349. Thank you for being honest. When she's a genuine victim, she's a genuine victim.
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  350. Sounds like grounds for an investigation at least.
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  351. Maybe. We know that the friend took the fifth, we're told that friend was their dealer, but AFAIK everything else in there is a conclusion. It's a reasonable suspicion that this was a drug deal, but AFAIK nobody there has said that, and we know that the level of fentanyl in Floyd could have been lethal, but that's a far cry from saying that's what killed him. Say that you saw a neighborhood ne'er do well hanging around your house one day, and the next day you notice some tools are missing from your shed. Did he do it? Maybe. Maybe someone else took the tools and this guy was out for exercise. Maybe Floyd's friend was just there to get money, or to discuss a future drug exchange free of possible wiretaps. Maybe Floyd was high as a kite but not overdosing, and was saying he couldn't breathe earlier because he was having a panic attack. Maybe Floyd was overdosing but wouldn't have died without that knee on the neck making it harder for him to breathe.
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  352.  @abrahamplepcher8985  What you say is true, and no one is saying the officer didn't have a right to use force to arrest Floyd. But if the cop used excessive force and killed him, even unintentionally killing him by keeping his knee on the neck too long, that might be murder.
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  353. Yep, that's scary.
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  354. If race is also a social construct (not an unreasonable position) then sure. And I think I can predict the people who would object.
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  355. This is genius! if the goal is to lower the price of homes in New York by lowering demand.
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  356. Anyone miss Lightfoot yet?
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  357. Maybe they were afraid you'd pay it on cancer treatment or rent. :)
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  358. Barry Allen is the Flash? Spoilers, dude!
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  359. It's probably a good thing for Don Lemon that his spouse is another dude. Otherwise he'd never get out of that doghouse. The worst thing about what he said, though, IMHO, was that it was a strawman. "Past your prime" is not the same as "elderly."
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  360. it sounds like a life of crime has prepared her well for politics.
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  361. I'mn a live and let live kind of guy, but a private school is allowed to have standards as to what goes on school grounds. I wouldn't have expelled the kids because the mother had an OnlyFans, but if she insists on advertising it on school grounds then I'm afraid that's a foot past the pale.
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  362. Here's the kicker, IMHO. They acknowledge that Amber Heard is an abuser and a liar. That's the exact same things they suspect Depp of. So why are they so mad at Depp?
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  363. I like turtles.
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  364. Hypocrisy is the most comfortable tongue of too much of the left these days.
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  365. I don't want to guess... If they made a mistake about what happened, and some people actually thought he was asked to leave, that's understandable. If they actually lied, then the academy has failed to meet my very low expectations. Next they'll be stampeding women, assaulting cattle, and possibly putting pineapple on pizza.
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  366. I will be disappointed in our system if we don't get more Lex Spacey "WRONG!!!" memes from this.
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  367. Maybe she's just doing this for the movie rights.
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  368. We can't be the world's policeman, and we can't be the world's housing project.
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  369. If he feels endangered in the US then this can hardly be a place for him to seek sanctuary, could it?
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  370. If she identified as they/them, how would they have handled it? Maybe one nipple would have been OK to expose and the other one not?
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  371. The kneeling continued long after Floyd stopped resisting. That's the key part. Chauvin's initial actions were 100% justified. I don't think anyone is contesting that. But to continue to kneel on someone after they've been complaining about not being able to breathe, has gone limp and has been in handcuffs for several minutes, could be considered assault.
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  372.  @Ray-sr9br  Your definition of when to stop kneeling on someone and, according to Nate, what officers are trained to do, disagree. Regardless of where the knee was, the ME report listed what the officer was doing as a contributing factor, making this a homicide.
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  373.  @Ray-sr9br  It appeared to me that Floyd had stopped resisting a long time before he went limp.
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  374. Just divide the leagues into female and everybody else.
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  375. You've earned all that succes, mate. I follow you in part because sometimes a lot of people disagree with you, but you persevere, and I've always at least been able to see your point.
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  376. Even outside past performance, what could the PR team do at this point? Heard's reputation, outside of some ideologues, is lower than a snake's belly scale.
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  377. Just re-name the men's and women's categories to male and female. Problem solved!
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  378. This is a curious case. Sex under false circumstances can be considered SA, and people will disagree with wether or not these were false circumstances. Really, he should have asked, "were you born a woman?" first.
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  379. Wow. "Whoops" doesn't quite cover it, does it?
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  380. Political corruption in Illinois? Surely this is a thing unheard of!
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  381. Did they just now decide they never liked him? Or did they know back then and just played their role of dutiful support?
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  382. The TG activists do have a logically consistent opinion, I think. But it does make it entirely subjective. I think that's fine, but it isn't what a woman has always been. They just need to pick a new word to use instead, to avoid confusion.
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  383. He should sue the Dodgers if at all possible, and I think she should spend some time behind bars on perjury charges.
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  384. I never thought it was a setup. I thought it looked suspicious, but that it would just be really, really stupid for the pastor to do it that way if he wanted to do insurance fraud. And yes, I'm just crowing about being right. I'm right so rarely that I really wanted to point it out.
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  385. They do seem to be intent on chasing away their old audience.
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  386. Since they target out-of-towners more, the town might be OK with this.
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  387. Was it honest confusion? It might have been. If one of the young Black guys was filming it, then I think they probably weren't trying to steal it. Of course I might be wrong; young men are, from time to time, idiots. But regardless it looks like she was the one to really rent the bike. And yes, she should sue. They didn't learn this lesson from the Covington kids, so it needs to be repeated.
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  388. Months in prison for the old white guy because it wasn't a toxin, but just probation seems too light. A few years in prison for the young black guy for endangering the public like that. I'd say more but he did remove the food somewhat quickly, but he still left toxins on the surfaces.
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  389. I wouldn't have known Markle was Black without being told.
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  390. Yeah, transfer the case. As far as her violating her own rules, I think that's up for the voters to decide upon how serious that is.
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  391. The fastest US 100m dash high school record without wind aid was 10.00s.
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  392. According to the rules as described, the officer was justified. When the suspect was verbally confronting him, the officer used empty-handed combat. The officer didn't escalate to the use of weapons even when the suspect did, though such escalation would have been hard to justify with an increasing presence of police officers there to aid him. Early on , the alternatives would have been either go to taser or baton or let him go. "You don't want to go to jail today? OK, sir. Have a nice day." I do think that the rules as described will often lead to escalation. That said, until the officers' handguns get stun settings (better than tasers), it's either use superior force or let 'em go.
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  393. The following is a list of countries around the world with open borders: United States of America
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  394. You don't name a football team after people you don't respect. There's no football team called the "Fightin' Accountants."
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  395. You're using logic regarding something Whoopi Goldberg said. That's optimistic.
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  396. This is the most public hatred self-own I've heard of since an Antifa guy set himself on fire trying to burn a flag.
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  397. I think giving her the benefit of the doubt here would be to lean toward incompetence rather than willful malfeasance. And even that's quite a stretch.
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  398. Favre and the former governor both, probably. I'd come down harder on the governor than Favre, to be honest.
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  399. It's not the only time DEI has hurt Black people. IIRC, affirmative action often results in Black students going to more difficult (and expensive) universities than their earlier grades would suggest, which sometimes works but often has the results you'd expect. A less difficult university would have set them up better for life.
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  400. Let's hope for their sakes they don't pull another Chicago.
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  401. Good! This was fraud, but it was backed up with the threat of government force.
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  402. My tax money paid here in New England may go to Chicago because they think fighting crime is racist. I'd like to say it's unbelievable, but, these days, it isn't.
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  403. I'll keep an open mind, awaiting evidence. Until then I'll assume he's innocent.
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  404. Probably not a lot. Her putting herself as a Black woman as more important than being a mayor, though, that's a symptom of a soft on crime mindset.
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  405. I'm mostly glad the city council is declining his race card.
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  406. Absolutely she's in the wrong. I'd love to see her impeached, but realpolitick probably gets in the way.
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  407. It does seem uneven, but I'm by nature skeptical of comparing two individual cases. In a city the size of New York, statistics would be my preference, though even that is far from perfect.
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  408.  @LtDeadeye  I'd say that even though the order was to not raise the gun, I think the officer is entitled to shoot not because an order was disobeyed but because the gun was raised. I'm probably doing a terrible job explaining it. The difference is that even if the officer didn't give the order, a gun being raised is itself justification.
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  409.  @LtDeadeye  Got it. I was responding to the old version.
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  410. I think a lot of it comes down to the old "valuing property over human life" line that gets trotted out. I think we have to value property enough to risk human life, or we don't have an economy. And that's not unique to capitalism; if the system were socialist and the government owned all the means of production, someone could still grab a new car off the assembly line unless physical force is a risk. If we became a land of subsistence farmers or hunter-gatherers, the same.
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  411. She might just not think ahead. Or she might be that dumb.
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  412. I'm very conservative, and I'm for adult citizens having the same rights unless they commit a crime. I wouldn't date a trans-woman and suspect that they probably shouldn't be in women's sports, though I'm open to more evidence on the latter. As far as "not all Trump supporters are racists, but all racists are Trump supporters," that's almost true -- using their definition of racism. Using the "racism" = "racial bigotry" definition, as I do, I've seen more open racism on the left than the right, though I see plenty on the right as well.
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  413. It can be about both. But I'm in favor of governments saving money, too, so it's good all-around.
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  414. It isn't standard procedure to lay down suppression fire on the nearby apartments?
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  415. She should be charged with kidnapping, and serve two consecutive sentences.
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  416. Some politicians (and others) seem to think that passing a law is enough to cut down on some undesired activity. Without meaningful enforcement, though, it's all just words.
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  417. Yes, Watson, I remember the affair. A distant heir to the throne got deeply involved with a gaeity girl. Eventually they made England too hot for them, and settled in the colonies.
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  418. Inhabitants of vitreous housing should avoid setting lithic projectiles on ballistic trajectories.
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  419. Thank you, Nate. That cleared some things up.
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  420. So Chicago's borders count, but America's don't?
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  421. Did they hire Snidely Whipash?
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  422. Trained marxists doing well while the people they say they want to help get little to nothing? That training took. That money could have gone to low-interest loans for businesses so people could stand on their own two feet. It could have gone to legal funds to investigate shady convictions. It could have gone to Project Veritas-like investigations and stings. As far as I know, it didn't.
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  423. It looks like his finger's on the trigger in the clip at 6:06. If he cocked the hammer while his finger was on the trigger later, I think that gun will go off.
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  424. He proved that some people don't like to hear news that disagrees with them. And then, with Brian's help, he proved it again.
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  425. There isn't a country on Earth that has open borders, and there's a reason for that. Just like we can't be the world's policeman, we can't be the world's housing project or welfare officer either. I imagine some people have racist reasons for wanting immigration controlled, but that doesn't invalidate the reasonable, um, reasons. If someone was bleeding and wanted a bandage to keep the blood fairies from getting in, a bandage is still a good idea.
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  426. Isn't that contempt of court?
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  427. Different protests with similar levels of force or unruliness are being treated differently depending on the political side. That's not justice.
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  428. It's a long overdue change.
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  429. Trump needs to make her Secretary of Chutzpah
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  430. Mayor Johnson and reality aren't on a first-name basis. I get that when a cop shoots someone under questionable circumstances it can come across as a lot worse than when a robber does it, but trying to save lives by reducing police is going to get a lot more victims.
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  431. 🎵Down in the south Texas town of Progreso, a mayor found some drugs that he wanted to mule(*). Corruption went through the city officials, and all through the officials of school. 🎵 *Allegedly
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  432. Facists have to be authoritarian. It can't just be "anyone to the right of Mao."
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  433. Her defense is that she shouldn't be criticized because she's a Black woman. Even if some of the trustees weren't Black women, that would still be ridiculous.
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  434. I see an opportunity for a general store approach where someone being a bullet-resistance shield brings orders up from the back and waits for payment.
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  435. They welcome the immigrants, but want them to be someone else's burden? Um...
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  436. As far as Ye's mental health goes... I think he's crazy. Obviously not a professional opinion. But it's not seeing cyborg death penguins under the sink. It's low-grade mental illness that causes people to think Jews control everything, the earth is flat, vaccines contain microchips, and CNN is reliable. It's lending a lot more credence to what you want to believe than most people do. And in today's world where you can't trust the government, can't trust the news, and can't trust the experts, it's crazy... but it's not that crazy. As far as Htler... "Other than that how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?" TBH I have no problem with people bringing up Hitler's good points,and there are people who will say that no one is really evil, but IMHO his 10 million victims outweight his anti-smoking campaign.
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  437.  @PurringBluzzmuffin  Yes, as he seems to.
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  438. Some on the left assume that any difference in outcome must be due to discrimination. Ibrahim X actually tries to define racism as anything that produces a difference in outcome. However, in America Asians outperform Whites in several areas, and Ashkenazi Jews outperform Asians. Which the left makes excuses for. I'm OK with a helping hand for poorer people, which would proportionately benefit Blacks more. Socioeconomic mobility is good, and we're not doing as well in that as we once did. But the left has to stop pretending that inequality of outcome begins and ends with racism.
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  439. She didn't want to give him ID or step out of the car. If she's this fragile she should be trying harder to avoid conflict of this type. Maybe the cop is being a bit hard-assed, but this is like 95% on her.
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  440. Illinois isn't a lost cause, at least not yet.
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  441. Good on the voters.
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  442. If many of the people in the car applauded then I think it's fair to say that restraining the deceased was reasonable. Call it an impromptu vote. That doesn't necessarily extend to the duration of the chokehold.
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  443. If you're going to perform a citizen's arrest, you'd better be really, really certain. You're essentially trying for a justified kidnapping. "Could be armed" and "might have hurt someone" don't nearly cut it.
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  444. U.S. Soccer should split itself between the men's and women's teams and let each fend for themselves.
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  445.  @scottholder4431  There are plenty of people who say ridiculous things and expect to be taken seriously. It's not on me to interpret what they say to turn it into something reasonable.
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  446.  @scottholder4431  Taking someone at their word isn't a fault, however.
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  447.  @scottholder4431  Do I have to repeat that people are saying all kinds of things that don't make sense?
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  448. Dad bods aren't used to sell men's underwear (most of which is bought by women for men). People buy (literally) into a fantasy.
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  449. Yep, she should've taken the earlier plea agreement. Is she sincere about taking responsibility? I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
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  450. As much as I hate to say it, we all have the occasional stupid moment. As a kid I once pulled an inside door handle to prove that it automatically unlocked the door, forgetting that it also opens the door. The car was moving at the time. Nobody was hurt, luckily. Of course I was a kid at the time.
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  451. From what I could tell, U.S.-wide, police have shot around 135 unarmed Black people since 2015. And some of those were, IMO, justified. 9,913 Black people were murdered in 2020 alone, the vast majority of those by other Black people. By my simple math, BLM is going after about one quarter of one percent of the murders. The solution? There is no solution, only trade-offs, as Dr. Sowell is fond of saying. The only way not to have fatal police mistakes are either invent a 9mm with a flawless stun setting or don't have cops. Cops will never be perfect. But if you get rid of the cops then you'll end up with far more people dying violently. So you accept that cops will kill some people who shouldn't have been killed.
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  452. The MSM news propagandized about threats to democracy. It was nonsense but it was the only thing most people heard. And young women voted blue for abortion reasons. It's true that Trump is a magnet for the MSM news and dropping him would help in the short run, but the GOP nominee is going to get the same treatment no matter who it is. If Jesus comes back and gets the GOP nomination, CNN is going to be running weekly stories saying that handing out fish and loaves is causing disaster for gocery stores.
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  453. I think it's an uphill battle, but I wish her luck.
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  454. Send them to any socialist country on earth.
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  455. I don't object to the stripping as long as it isn't hidden, so that it cannot be used for blackmail. If something is legal, on her time, and not a conflict of interest, it's her business.
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  456. She might have fit right in with the Chicago mayors of a century ago.
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  457. Should this affect the prosecution negatively? It seems like prosecutorial misconduct, though not to the extent of falsifying evidence.
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  458. Sounds like a town is recovering.
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  459. She did this to herself, and other people shouldn't have to pay for it.
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  460. Just rename "women's sports" as "females sports" and both sides should be in violent agreement.
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  461. Almost like they're gaming the system
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  462. The pay gap is largely a myth, but one factor in the part that exists is that women who take maternity leave fall behind in advancement compared to the men who don't take paternity leave. Until then they're pretty much tied. Now the trans-allies might try to redefine "pregnancy" (don't laugh, some of them want to redefine what a period is) so that transwomen get pregnancy leave too. If so, expect the pattern to largely continue.
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  463. I don't know if it's legal, but it sure isn't right.
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  464. They might talk about her in schools, actually.
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  465. Their idea of a perfect world is... CHAZ?
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  466. I think it's properly legal -- and part of a political witch hunt. If the government goes after one side (Trump, January 6th rioters) more than the other side (Hillary Clinton, Antifa, BLM) for similar actions then it can be 100% legal and 100% political. If the highway patrol went after Black speeders but just smiled and waved at Whites ones, they'd be enforcing the law, but it's still be nauseating.
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  467. It might depend on the dose. You can drink and drive, up to a point (there are legal limits). I don't know how that works with weed.
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  468. People are already leaving Illinois. Taxpayers are a finite resource.
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  469.  @kiarawolfe4723  Thank you! I didn't know that. That sounds to me like it really helps the self-defense case.
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  470. People joke about Canada, New York, New Jersey, California, Kansas, Iowa, etc. Someone joking about Puerto Rico? I didn't think it was funny, but the cries of "rascism" were just all too predictable.
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  471. I think you're 100% right. Bad news sells, so there's a profit motive to spin news worse. Race is an easy button to push.
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  472. I look forward to seeing the effects of this on the elections. Chicago voters are probably a lot cause, but maybe New York voters aren't. Eric Adams is "progressive" but he's not a nutcase like Brandon Johnson.
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  473. Funny how that turns out...
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  474. The Netherlands history of hundreds of years ago is critical, but her own history isn't? 🤔
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  475. I feel sorry for both of them, but not nearly to the same extent. And wait, you jaywalk?!
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  476. Innocent until proven guilty, but no, I wouldn't invest.
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  477. The U.S. cannot afford to house all the poor of the western hemisphere. AFAIK there's not a nation on earth that has open borders and there's a good reason for that.
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  478. The cop was rude and abrasive and needs a refresher, but IMHO Hill was a lot worse. The cops had every reason to demand compliance on the window. I will admit that maybe Hill had no idea why he was in handcuffs, but that would depend on him being really stupid, so I don't know if that's really a defense. Also, Nate, you need to be pounding a table or something when you say, "You can't handle the truth!" V. disappointed.
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  479. Was the attorney lying? I'd say so. Is it admissible as evidence that there was no punishment? That's dicier. Also, if Jussie goes to jail does he get his $10,000 back?
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  480. "This is MAGA country!" Chicago? Really? Well, maybe just that one intersection?
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  481. IIRC, NYC announced a program to hand out money to migrants at around the same time as it asked the state for money.
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  482. Pete Dinklage didn't know what he was talking about. I blame Disney for Disney's decision, but Dinklage's comments are both hateful (he blamed the poor reception of the last season of Game of Thrones as audience "wanting to see all the White people get happy endings" (paraphrased) and ignorant (the dwarves didn't live in a cave), and that should be adequate reason to not take him seriously in the future.
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  483. It shouldn't be surprising, but...
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  484. ...Did someone STOP putting something in the water?
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  485. A lot of these people have only heard of snow. When I moved from southern California to New England I did a lot of research, got the cars ready, and I have multiple emergency heaters.
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  486. What kind of concentration camp lets people leave at any time? Imagine if the losing-WW2-Germans had told people to stop coming into Germany and the camps let them leaveat any time?
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  487. Republican Jack Rayn withdrew from a race because of a sex scandal; and his opponent? Barack Obama, who went on to win the Illinois senate seat.
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  488. I wonder what the expression was on the defence attorney's face during that "handshake".
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  489. I can't get behind it. I see their point, and it's true that "transphobic," "sexist," and "racist", and "White supremacist" have become meaningless in practice. But I oppose this like I oppose hate speech laws, and for the same reason. The freer people are to speak, the better we all know who they really are. And sunlight is a nice disinfectant.
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  490. I'd like to see her serve time. If she'd accused a specifiec person then I'd have like to see her get as much time as he would have gotten upon conviction.
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  491. Some universities changes the rules for SA-related expulsions because not enough people were getting expelled. I wonder if there will be calls to make SA convictions in courts easier.
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  492. Is it a setback for women? Well, yes, but it brings DV more in line with Blackstone's ratio, "It is better for five guilty men to go free than for one innocent to be punished." We do that with murder, FFS. We take that course, even knowing that by letting the guilty walk, some of them will create more victims, because the government is big and powerful and should have the burden. It's not perfect ("There are no solutions, only compromises," - Thomas Sowell), but we don't have a liberal democracy in a country where an accusation is an automatic conviction.
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  493. I'm not against this approach. I think he's scum, but until he's convicted I think a suspension makes sense.
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  494. Taking candidates off the ballot to protect democracy has got to be one of the most back-assward arrogant things I've heard of a court doing.
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  495. Women may have sex with each other in prison all time time, at least in documentaries I've seen such as "Prison Babes" 1 through 13. Between pillow fights, of course. But normally that doesn't result in a little inmate nine months later.
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  496. She wasted a lot of taxpayers' money because she didn't want to serve on a jury. I'd expect a harsh sentence for that. There was no malice, but there are a lot of crimes without malice being a factor.
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  497. If we had a national anthem for every ethnicity we're going to have superbowls lasting 8 hours with no time for a ball game.
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  498. If an All-Men's Poker Tournament were held and a woman entered and won, CNN and MSNBC would still be rejoicing.
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  499. It was definitely overreach on the school's part.
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  500. The solution is really simple. Get rid of womens' sports and create females' sports.
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  501. Sounds like he was calling her attractive. The only reasonable course of action is the iron maiden!
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  502. The binary is the truth for the vast majority of humans. Definitions differ, but I haven't heard of more than 1.7%, and by most standards it's more like 0.02%. It's like saying you can't call humans bipeds because some people are missing legs.
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  503. News channels being fair? If it keeps up, I might get a little hopeful.
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  504. The next time ESPN gets an emmy, it should be presented to them by Will Smith.
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  505. Some groups will insist on nothing less than equal treatment of women and trans-women. We could resolve this easily by just re-naming the women's leagues to female leagues.
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  506. She should be arrested for battery, false imprisonment, and paying too much for a phone. Robbery I'm less certain about, because of mens rea: I think she thought that phone was hers, irrational as that thought was. I'm not saying it isn't robbery, but I'm not saying it is.
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  507. Thank you. I heard this from Aba & Preach and I shut up until I heard more, not expecting to actually hear more because I though those would be under medical privacy. I think it's fair for this XY person to compete in the women's category. It wasn't crazy for people to jump to the trans conclusion, given the olympics' trans mania, but we did still jump.
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  508. I'm surprised that they found the Kardashians defamed her. IIRC, the defendant has to say something false or recklessly claim something without caring about the truth to be found guilty. If she held a gun to his head and wrapped a telephone cord around his neck, how would the defendants know she was doing it playfully? Also, she needs a gun safety course.
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  509.  @Mandy-nt2cs  I thought they found that the Kardashians did defame her, but didn't cause her any harm by doing it.
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  510. She really needs to pay for the inevitable consequences of her own life decisions. If a bodybuilder couldn't fit, he should do the same. If somkeone demands Braille support because they won't open their eyes, that's on them.
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  511. Seems a little bit dodgy!
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  512. She may have admitted that it isn't fair, but she also said it's OK because she's nice. In a world of logic and reason this might mean something, but I doubt that's the world she lives in. Avi played by their rules and showed that the rules are easily exploitable. As far as how to handle this: divide the competition by sex instead of gender. According to most LGBTQIA+ "allies" I've heard, gender is a purely social identity and it makes no sense to divide sports up according to social identities. It also means we don't have to create 97 different leagues to make sure all the genders are covered. I'd allow intersex athletes to compete in either league.
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  513. I wouldn't think I'd agree with her on the color of the sky, but in all honesty she's coming toward reasonability in several areas.
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  514. I have to agree. I really think that Ms. Foxx needs to pay some kind of penalty, however. She seemed to be corrupt in this dealing.
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  515. This DA needs the San Franscisco treatment.
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  516. I think Virtual Dining has probably bitten off more than it can chew.
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  517. It's not a good look for the academy, but what has the academy done that has been a good look? The academy will discriminate and will knuckle under to power as often as not. People told each other that if we knew the holocaust was happening we would have done something... until the Uyghurs starting showing up an organ at a time. Everyone's braver before risk shows up.
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  518. I would think that anyone, police or not, would be justified. Was the shooting not absolutely needed? It wasn't absolutely needed. Was it justified? Yes. Those are different standards.
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  519. Non-citizens should have no right to vote or to social services. They're trespassing.
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  520. I hate people who do hasty generalizations. I heard of a Dutch guy who does that and I'm pretty sure they all do.
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  521. I think the prosecution is doing a better job at defending Rittenhouse than the defense is.
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  522. I think this is why a vow of poverty might be a good idea for that profession.
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  523. Just rename the women's leagues to female leagues. The LGBTQIA+ crowd usually say sex isn't gender, so separate the leagues by sex.
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  524. If guilty, I really hope there are consequences. A judge particularly has a lot of power, and needs to be held to the highest standard.
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  525. I think it's an attempt to leverage the zeitgeist in hopes the NFL makes a settlement to make the headlines go away. I sympathize with Flores's initially reacting badly to a sham interview, but this new angle is one I just can't take seriously.
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  526. It lappears that power sometimes does corrupt. There's a quote often attributed to Lincoln but may be apocryphal, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
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  527. If she had ground to recuse herself then using prosecutorial discretion to excuse Smollett would have stunk so hard that skunks would have been offended. By fumbling the hand-off I think Ms. Foxx drew extra attention to the case and made special treatment of Smollett nigh impossible.
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  528. Newsome has already mobilized the California national guard to help fitght fentanyl in San Francisco. I expect enrollment in the national guard there to go down because of it.
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  529. There's a difference between the ideal and the humanly possible. IIRC the officer was not in real danger because the taser had already been discharged and had not been reloaded. But the officer has a split second to identify the gun-shaped object pointed at him, and what I presume are hours of training discriminating what kind of targets to shoot at, with the kind pointing a gun at you being the kind you're supposed to shoot. I think murder in any degree is a ludicrous overcharge for a mistake in a split-second life or death situation. As far as the reinstatement goes, peace officers deserve due process as much as anyone else.
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  530. If I parked a car that I knew to have a bad parking brake at the top of a hill, in neutral, and it took out four kids, would I be guilty of manslaughter? If manslaughter is a death caused due to recklessness, then it might be, and this verdict might qualify.
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  531. CNN+ decided to retire to spend more time with its family.
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  532. I feel for her a bit, tbh, but she's probably getting what she's earned. I hope she comes out of this a changed person.
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  533. In all honesty, I think there is a case to be made, but it isn't a very strong one. While it's true that some on the left are explicitly in favor of racial discrimination, Mr. Alba was arrested for stabbing rather than shoplifting. If the no-bail "reform" applies to stabbings, then 100% he's got a case; otherwise, while it was clearly a miscarriage of justice and he should sue for false arrest, there may not be the evidence there that racism was involved.
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  534. They don't need Joy Reid employed; just keep replaying her shows, since she just has one thing to say anyway.
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  535. None of the net guns I see look all that effective for use with humans. If we can arrange for law enforcement to be bitten by radioactive spiders, this alternative might become more practical.
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  536. Where do they think they are? Illinois?
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  537. When Blazing Saddles did this, it was funny.
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  538. So he needed that bike to get home.. but there were plenty of other bikes there which she could have used? Did the sister not think that one through?
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  539. People who do this should be charged with attempted kidnapping.
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  540. It's like a cheap detective novel brought to life, except for the gumshoe trying to put the pieces together.
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  541. Just get rid of women's sports and create female sports leagues, and define female by sex.
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  542. We can't afford to handle the world's poor. We can't be the world's policeman, and we can't be the world's welfare provider.
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  543.  @TitusAndromadon  Thanks. I have a well too, but have only had one for a couple years.
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  544. I always thought Roe v Wade was bad law. It always seemed to me like they made up their own constitutional right, and then didn't bother to acknowledge the possibility of a right to life on the part of the fetus. But I completely believe it will mobilize the left. This may have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for the right.
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  545.  @dsoule4902  Maybe he didn't like muffins?
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  546. If it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that a person filed false charges that could have resulted in time served, it should be treated as a kidnapping. If the false charges would have resulted in fines, that should be treated as armed robbery.
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  547. Illinois is losing population. I expect that to accelerate.
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  548. "Our right to exist" : Lie. "Our right to get the health care that we need" : Lie "Our right to participate in the publish sphere": Lie "...to go to the bathroom when we need to": Lie "...to be able to toe the starting line": Lie I'm sympathetic to people who feel that they were born in the wrong body, but it's difficult to respect someone when they are this dishonest.
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  549. I think this is the first time I've ever seen you at a loss for words. 😊 I don't know if she was really that crazy, or if she's just making that up now. But there were people who really bought into "We're being hunted every day." Me? I think she was that crazy, because if she's offended that people don't believe her now, that suggests she minmaxed down her sanity in exchange for vocal talent.
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  550. I think jail for the attorney that tipped off a witness makes sense. I'm not a legal expert, though. I don't even play one on TV.
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  551. Yes, Blacks commit more serious crimes, but anyone comfortable with treating Black individuals with prejudice due to that should be comfortable treating men with the same prejudice, because the male / female numbers are just as bad. There's a really good reason that Justice is shown blindfolded. So what do you do with her old cases?
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  552. I think a lot of Illinois voters are comfortable with this.
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  553. I appreciate getting the straight facts, even when it's what I don't want to hear. Which means I do want to hear it, but then it gets all paradox and I'll save that for philosophy.
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  554. Penalties for this need to be very harsh.
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  555. I've been told that illegal immigrants are a net economic benefit. So what is they mayor complaining about?
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  556. I feel for her but this story sounds weird. But it doesn't affect me, so I needn't rush to judgement. This is an inauspicious pattern, though. To hell further investigation, I'm establishing a GoFundMe for Barry's Expenditure Exposure Research fund. If you want to contribute to my B.E.E.R. fund, await further details.
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  557. The people supporting DEI figure other people haven't earned their jobs, too. Hopefully some day we'll all learn to treat each other as individuals.
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  558. I'm glad he was fired. First, his language was unprofessional. Second, his OnlyFans is getting way more traffic than mine.
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  559. Thank you for keeping things honest. I hope a judge or jury can see hostile intent so Kyle can bag a slander judgement.
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  560. If it had to do with racism in the past, it's forever racist? That's nuts. The head of a teacher's union should do logic better than that.
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  561. Reid kept asking how the mom could prevent other parents from exposing their children to this book, but that wasn't honest of her. Any parent could buy or borrow that book for their kids. Even the title of "BAN BOOKS" MSNBC used was dishonest.
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  562. If there's a Napoleon of Crime, I guess there also has to be a Gilligan.
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  563. She should go to prison, frankly. And Yale should pay big time.
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  564.  @maxb2244  I was thinking they'd see the car coming and scatter, but maybe they were unwilling to abandon each other
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  565.  @maxb2244  Both good points. In the end, I'm only suspicious. I don't know nearly enough to accuse her of intent.
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  566.  @willemm9356  Thanks, I could see that happening.
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  567. I want to see how those city-run grocery stores perform in Chicago.
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  568. That could be it, or could be a part of it. One thing to keep in mind is that NATO expanding may not be a logical concern, but Putin may not be acting logically. And there might be some irredentist drives there as well.
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  569. This is feelings over facts. The offendee is always right now.
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  570. I think the rats did it to frame Taco Bell.
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  571. A Democrat who has received funding or other backing from George Soros.
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  572. I doubt I would have been able to pick her out. I never thought of "Kylie" as a Black name either, but maybe that's regional(?)
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  573. Thinking someone shouldn't wear a mullet to an interview wouldn't mean they're anti-White.
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  574. This will help CNN's ratings. Not to go up, though.
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