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JimmiC
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Plansix
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ticklishmusic
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ShoCkeyy
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The video in the link is quite loud, and a lot of gun fire, it literally sounds like a war zone for the time being. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article218773495.html A man who was at the center of an armed kidnapping FBI case was shot and killed late Thursday by police after he fired at several officers with an assault rifle, police said. Rapid gunfire erupted near Northwest 72nd Avenue and Seventh Street — just blocks away from Miami International Airport. Police officials said City of Miami police and Miami-Dade police were working with the FBI in an ongoing kidnapping case when the shooting happened. “The FBI was investigating a fugitive case. The suspect of this investigation fled the scene. And he was armed,” FBI spokesman Brian Waterman told reporters early Friday. “He [the suspect] was involved in a hate crime investigation.” | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
On September 22 2018 02:03 ticklishmusic wrote: All this against the backdrop of the NRA conveniently ignoring the first part of the second amendment about a well regulated militia. Well to be fair Scalia and Co. ignored it too so it's not like they don't have legal cover here. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On September 22 2018 02:08 ShoCkeyy wrote: Some known kidnapping suspect got into a gun fight with police last night about 15 mins from my neighborhood. He had an AK-47 with him, and decided to go head to head with the police last night, granted this can happen anywhere, but there were also three mass shootings yesterday across the country... This is only happening more and more every passing day with how much the news propagate this divide. The video in the link is quite loud, and a lot of gun fire, it literally sounds like a war zone for the time being. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article218773495.html Well that is terrifying, glad it was 15 minutes away and not in your neighborhood. | ||
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JonnyBNoHo
United States6277 Posts
On September 21 2018 20:05 Grumbels wrote: It's not about long-term production, it's about tactically flooding the market with cheap oil in order to drive up or drive down the oil price for some financial or geo-political purpose. + Show Spoiler [oil prices] + ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/PKd6IMR.png) + Show Spoiler [Saudi production] + ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/A6wDOl3.png) I kind of doubt a 5% bump in Saudi supply is going to cause prices to drop 50% on its own. They are far from the only supplier in the world, US is a bit bigger currently, and US wasn't coordinated with their prod changes. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/aihG0M5.png) | ||
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Plansix
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Sermokala
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On September 22 2018 02:03 ticklishmusic wrote: All this against the backdrop of the NRA conveniently ignoring the first part of the second amendment about a well regulated militia. About how the well regulated militia shouldn't infringe on peoples right to bear arms? They ignore that part they just understand how a comma works. | ||
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farvacola
United States18825 Posts
On September 22 2018 03:27 Plansix wrote: Someone at the White House leaked this to the Times has a pretty clear mission. I doubt it would surprise anyone that the 25th amendment was discussed, but the way this is framed makes it seem like Rosenstein was gunning for Trump from day one. More fuel for the “deep state” fire and the conspiracy theories. But Trump would need to fire Sessions before he could get rid of Rosenstein. And for a lot of Republicans in the senate, that would be the last straw. https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1043198104508542976 My unsubstantiated hot-take on this is that Stephen Miller is the leaker and he's been in constant contact with Bannon and has been doing his bidding all along. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15686 Posts
On September 22 2018 03:27 Plansix wrote: Someone at the White House leaked this to the Times has a pretty clear mission. I doubt it would surprise anyone that the 25th amendment was discussed, but the way this is framed makes it seem like Rosenstein was gunning for Trump from day one. More fuel for the “deep state” fire and the conspiracy theories. But Trump would need to fire Sessions before he could get rid of Rosenstein. And for a lot of Republicans in the senate, that would be the last straw. https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1043198104508542976 Story being run on Friday makes me think tomorrow is gonna be the day. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On September 22 2018 03:31 Sermokala wrote: About how the well regulated militia shouldn't infringe on peoples right to bear arms? They ignore that part they just understand how a comma works. The NRA has a firm grasp on a lot of Russian and gun manufacture’s money, so I doubt their policies are based on a firm understanding of grammar. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On September 22 2018 03:34 farvacola wrote: My unsubstantiated hot-take on this is that Stephen Miller is the leaker and he's been in constant contact with Bannon and has been doing his bidding all along. Seems legit. This entire article reeks of desperation. And right after Trump walked back declassifying the FISA warrant documents for Carter Page, because the justice department finally convinced Trump it was going to get a source killed. Edit: Shit, McCabe didn't deny the details of the story. He is playing with fire. | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
On September 22 2018 03:37 Mohdoo wrote: Story being run on Friday makes me think tomorrow is gonna be the day. Yep. I think there is another Saturday Night Massacre coming, maybe as soon as tomorrow. It has the extra benefit of distracting from the Kavanaugh mess. I hope I'm wrong. | ||
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Ayaz2810
United States2763 Posts
On September 22 2018 03:43 On_Slaught wrote: Yep. I think there is another Saturday Night Massacre coming, maybe as soon as tomorrow. It has the extra benefit of distracting from the Kavanaugh mess. I hope I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure Trump is going to fire Rosenstein tonight. It's Friday which is when they drop the biggest bomb, and Sean Hannity even said Trump is going to fire Mueller after the hurricane passed. This smells like a leak, and shitloads of people are already gearing up to protest if/when it happens. We might be at the point where Trump realizes he's fucked and he will do anything he can to stop it. Legitimately kind of nervous now. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/12/sean-hannity-expects-donald-trump-fire-robert-muel/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-wear-wire-25th-amendment.html | ||
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Tachion
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Grumbels
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On September 22 2018 02:29 JonnyBNoHo wrote: I kind of doubt a 5% bump in Saudi supply is going to cause prices to drop 50% on its own. They are far from the only supplier in the world, US is a bit bigger currently, and US wasn't coordinated with their prod changes. + Show Spoiler + Well, I’m not an oil trader, I don’t know why the price went down. It just did and I would like to know why given the effect on the economy. The few articles I read about it said it had to do with increased production by the Saudis and the US, but there is probably more behind it, like financial manipulation of some sort. Anyway, the point was that Venezuela’s economy crashed seemingly because of its reliance on oil. | ||
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Ayaz2810
United States2763 Posts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-walks-back-his-plan-to-declassify-russia-probe-documents/2018/09/21/79d95f94-bdac-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html?utm_term=.a26ee75e9132 | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15686 Posts
On September 22 2018 05:06 Ayaz2810 wrote: I'm pretty sure Trump is going to fire Rosenstein tonight. It's Friday which is when they drop the biggest bomb, and Sean Hannity even said Trump is going to fire Mueller after the hurricane passed. This smells like a leak, and shitloads of people are already gearing up to protest if/when it happens. We might be at the point where Trump realizes he's fucked and he will do anything he can to stop it. Legitimately kind of nervous now. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/12/sean-hannity-expects-donald-trump-fire-robert-muel/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-wear-wire-25th-amendment.html Friendly reminder to everyone, as soon as Rosenstein is fired: https://act.moveon.org/event/mueller-firing-rapid-response-events/search/ This is 100% the pre-firing story so Trump can be like "THEY WERE TRYING TO FUCKING COUP ME" | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
If Rosenstein lasts the weekend it's likely because Trump's aides and allies begged him not to. | ||
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