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{CC}StealthBlue
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On June 09 2017 03:36 Plansix wrote: Thank the Supreme Court, citizens united and nearly 30 years of efforts by the conservatives to erode the power of the FCC. Free speech forever, even it is all lies. To be fair airing ads regarding Comey would probably be legal regardless of all that (he's a big enough public figure I think). That stuff just makes it far easier to hide who is controlling and funding the ads. On June 09 2017 03:36 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/872883675083546625 He just missed Comey's subtle subtext. Sure, he said he thought he was fired because of the Russia investigation, but you're missing that Comey hates himself and thus thinks firing him would improve the investigation. Edit: I hope "Predisent" takes off just like "covfefe" but I doubt it will. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/872860185576001536 what exactly is going on here, I must have missed some story Concerning the whole Comey thing, I doubt that this will do Trump in but are they going to throw Sessions to the wolves? | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On June 09 2017 03:47 Nyxisto wrote: Okay I know that this is absolutely unrelated but given that some here follow Kurt Eichenwald + Show Spoiler + https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/872860185576001536 what exactly is going on here, I must have missed some story Concerning the whole Comey thing, I doubt that this will do Trump in but are they going to throw Sessions to the wolves? He accidentally posted a screenshot of himself with a tab opened to a very specific hentai that has nothing to do with tentacle porn, and is now claiming he found it while trying (and impossibly somehow failing) to prove that tentacle porn exists to his wife. | ||
ZeromuS
Canada13404 Posts
On June 09 2017 03:54 Nevuk wrote: He accidentally posted a screenshot of himself with a tab opened to a very specific hentai that has nothing to do with tentacle porn, and is now claiming he found it while trying (and impossibly somehow failing) to prove that tentacle porn exists to his wife. Pretty funny gaffe tbh | ||
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ticklishmusic
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ShoCkeyy
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WASHINGTON — Since the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law nearly seven years ago, Republicans have promised to make it their mission to repeal the legislation, which they say is strangling the financial industry and killing jobs. They will take their most significant step on Thursday when the House of Representatives votes on a bill that would gut major elements of the regulatory legislation, drafted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The bill coming up for a vote, the Financial Choice Act, has maintained a low profile compared with Republican plans on health care and taxes, but it represents a major part of an agenda the Republicans say will unshackle the economy and accelerate economic growth. “This legislation comes to the rescue of Main Street America,” Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday. “The Dodd-Frank Act has had a lot of bad consequences for our economy, but most of all in the small communities across our country.” | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
Body-cam study: Oakland police spoke less respectfully to black people Oakland police officers tend to speak less respectfully to black people than to white people during traffic stops, using language in these everyday interactions that can erode community faith in the police, according to a first-of-its-kind study of body-camera footage released Monday by Stanford researchers. An analysis of 981 traffic stops made by 245 Oakland officers in April 2014 found that officers were more apt to use terms of respect such as “sir,” “ma’am,” “please” and “thank you” when dealing with white motorists when compared to black ones. They apologized to white people more frequently for having to stop them, and expressed concern, telling them to “drive safe.” After stopping black people, officers more often used terms deemed to be disrespectful, calling them by their first names, “bro” or “my man,” and instructing them to keep their hands on the wheel, the study found. “We found that the officers on average spoke fairly respectfully to people — it was just that they spoke even more respectfully to white community members than they did to black community members,” said Jennifer Eberhardt, a Stanford professor who co-authored the study. “No matter how we looked at the data, there was a race gap there.” The study found that officers spoke more respectfully and more formally to older people. But the racial disparities persisted even after researchers took into consideration the severity of the infraction and the location and outcome of the stop. The race of the officer making the stop “did not contribute a significant effect,” the study said. Source | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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ShoCkeyy
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On June 09 2017 04:03 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: I love how the GOP has amnesia as to what caused the 2008 crisis. They don't give two shits about who gets financially ruined since they'll never be affected. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
McCain being himself. I guess he really wasn't feeling well. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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GreenHorizons
United States23761 Posts
As always, until you can recognize violence on both sides, I still conclude you have selective blindness for others. And that will diminish my sympathies. @Danglars the rest of the post was total nonsense but I had to point out this is ridiculous and disgusting. “No matter how we looked at the data, there was a race gap there.” But don't tell Danglars, he's sure that talking about race in policing is counter productive. | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
On June 09 2017 03:13 xDaunt wrote: Y'all heard it from zlefin first! Marbury v. Madison --- not that interesting. Time for him to rewrite law curricula nationally. yes, I get it; you're trolling. you claim something indefensible so you dodge and change the issue and strawman, you are a lawyer, just not one that gets the supreme court all that well, we get it. Since you've chosen the path of the troll, for the umpteenth time, no point in talking to you. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On June 09 2017 04:31 zlefin wrote: yes, I get it; you're trolling. you claim something indefensible so you dodge and change the issue and strawman, you are a lawyer, just not one that gets the supreme court all that well, we get it. Since you've chosen the path of the troll, for the umpteenth time, no point in talking to you. You are the guy who almost always expresses pro-technocratic policy positions -- i.e., you want the experts to decide things. Yet here you are expressing conclusive opinions on something that you clearly know nothing about, and you are tripling down on it even after you have been called out. Sorry, but the hypocrisy is too good to ignore. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
The dude has moments like that. Another drama that involved him was people sending him strobe memes to trigger his epilepsy, and then he sued said people. He has an ego that can match Trump's, blow for blow, and he is also kind of delusional at times. Long story short, he is a special breed of drama queen. | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On June 09 2017 04:26 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: Hopefully that's all that it is with McCain. If it's anything more severe, he should probably retire and give up his seat. Senile old man on the stand isn't good optics for him or the party. I have so much respect for the man. Thats what an american hero looks like. I wonder how much pain he still endures on a day to day basis. His body must feel closer to 100 than 80. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On June 09 2017 04:26 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: Hopefully that's all that it is with McCain. If it's anything more severe, he should probably retire and give up his seat. Senile old man on the stand isn't good optics for him or the party. I definitely can't help but feel that the circumstances of having to deal with Trump and being put back into the spotlight as "the steward of anti-Russia policy" has put him over the edge. I've slowly seen his descent into insanity over the past few years. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On June 09 2017 04:41 LegalLord wrote: The dude has moments like that. Another drama that involved him was people sending him strobe memes to trigger his epilepsy, and then he sued said people. He has an ego that can match Trump's, blow for blow, and he is also kind of delusional at times. Long story short, he is a special breed of drama queen. I find it much easier to write him off as an attention-seeking fool and move on though, simply because he's not our president, nor is he in any other prominent position of power. He should've consulted Handel on the matter though, she has tentacles, tremendous tentacles even. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On June 09 2017 04:46 NewSunshine wrote: I find it much easier to write him off as an attention-seeking fool and move on though, simply because he's not our president, nor is he in any other prominent position of power. He should've consulted Handel on the matter though, she has tentacles, tremendous tentacles even. He used to be posted here often for his Trump-Russia "bombshells." Slowly but surely he's fallen out of favor as people realized that he's full of it though. | ||
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