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Jay C  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:13:29pm

Watching this now.
Very strong comments from VP Harris

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:16:17pm
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Jay C  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:17:23pm

And equally strong and direct words from the President.

Man, what a break this country got last election - can you imagine the utter bullshit TFG would put out?

Yeah, I can: thank God it’s only a thought exercise

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:18:57pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:19:27pm
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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:19:42pm

What is new to me is how this admin is about team spirit. Leaders lift. Joe is never alone: Kamala is right there as a collaborator and a leader in her own right. I’m starting to suspect Joe knows his place in history and is doing what he can to make it happen.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:20:33pm
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darthstar  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:20:54pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

Of course.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:20:54pm

re: #6 BigPapa

What is new to me is how this admin is about team spirit. Leaders lift. Joe is never alone: Kamala is right there as a collaborator and a leader in her own right. I’m starting to suspect Joe knows his place in history and is doing what he can to make it happen.

He’s a highly intelligent man who has been around the game for almost 50 years. There’s no doubt that what you say is true.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:21:17pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

“American way of policing”. Sure, it’s as American as apple pie to put a knee on a guys throat for NINE FUCKING MINUTES.

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darthstar  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:22:26pm
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:22:33pm

re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth

If there’s anything that needs to get a rectal microscope it’s the “American way of policing”.

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darthstar  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:23:41pm

re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth

All students? Wow. That’s some old school school lunch program level shit there.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:24:42pm

re: #13 darthstar

All students? Wow. That’s some old school school lunch program level shit there.

no more free lunch shaming

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:24:59pm

re: #13 darthstar

It would not mean anything to me. I always brown bagged and I still do.

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BigPapa  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:25:06pm

re: #9 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

He’s a highly intelligent man who has been around the game for almost 50 years. There’s no doubt that what you say is true.

I don’t know if Joe knows the full calculus of his impact but I think I think it’s clear he’s operating on gut instinct at the very least and his gut instincts are very good.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:26:35pm

Ditto

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:27:43pm

re: #17 Patricia Kayden

I agree.

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DodgerFan1988  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:27:55pm

Go to Hell!

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:27:59pm

True story:

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Secret ANTIFA Operative  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:29:53pm

I haven’t dipped my foot in the right-wing Twitter fever swamp, because I value my sanity, but among so-called “mainstream” conservatives” like Lowry, there is a persistent mention of rioting, almost as if they’re disappointed there won’t be any.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:30:48pm

re: #19 DodgerFan1988

Go to Hell!

Miss me with that shit. Go on and fuck right off, and keep fucking off until you’ve fucked off the edge of the earth. The judge, if anything, was favorable to the defendant. The jury was a completely mixed jury of white and non-white, male and female. All the i’s were dotted, t’s were crossed. Judge Cahill knew this would be the case of the century and he did everything he could to ensure this case was on the level. If you believe otherwise, then call Eric Nelson and tell him you’ve got some advice for him, and listen to him give you an earful because you’re a stupid sack of shit.

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plansbandc  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:32:45pm

Well the Right got it’s talking points. They are all over Maxine.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:33:36pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:37:38pm
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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:39:34pm

Communities of color across the nation are relieved that a modicum of responsibility was held. Chauvin is the rare exception to the rule that holds cops above the law, even when they’re caught on tape doing felony conduct, killing persons of color, engaging in excessive force, and watching their fellow cops just wink and nod it away.

What was different here?

For starters, other cops openly stated in court that Chauvin’s actions were criminal and wrong. They openly stated in court that he violated all the rules.

That’s not going to stop the right wing nattering nabobs of bigotry from claiming that the jury was rigged or that this was a show trial.

They were hoping for nullification - that the jury would ignore the facts and hold Chauvin not guilty of murdering Floyd despite the video showing him choking the life out of Floyd.

These same right wingers are also going to ignore that Barr’s DOJ was contemplating a plea deal that would see Chauvin take 3d degree murder and 10 years in prison, but Barr balked because it was seen as too lenient.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:39:39pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:40:12pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:40:55pm

re: #19 DodgerFan1988

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Go to Hell!

He’s right, Chauvin should appeal on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel, because his lawyers were a fucking joke.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:46:18pm
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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:46:22pm
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gocart mozart  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:46:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:51:53pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:54:21pm

Something to keep in mind:

I think we’re about to see another round of efforts in state and local legislatures, under pressure from police unions, to make filming of cops and their activities illegal.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:55:01pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

Bunty bawhole

I love Janey Godley. I think that is going to become a new epithet.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:56:04pm

A recent hack into a Christian crowdfunding site revealed some of the people who had given money to Rittenhouse. Among them was Lt. William K. Kelly III. Kelly not only gave money, but also words of encouragement.

“God bless,” wrote the executive officer in Norfolk police’s internal affairs unit. “Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up. You’ve done nothing wrong. Every rank and file police officer supports you. Don’t be discouraged by actions of the political class of law enforcement leadership.”

Kelly has now been fired not for the donation, but for the comments attached to it. City Manager Chip Filer called the words “egregious.” He continued, “Those comments violated departmental policies and erode the trust between the Norfolk Police Department and those they are sworn to serve.”

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:56:31pm

Even Lorenzo the Cat is grateful.

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gwangung  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:57:14pm

re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Meh. He’s going to get reinstated within three years.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 4:58:15pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:00:10pm

So, I’m calling it now, before the week is over it will become accepted by MAGAts that the jury voted to convict because they were afraid of Maxine Waters and the “threats” she made. That the usual “holdout” in the jury pool instead got pressured into voting to convict by the others for fear of being seen as “racist.”

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:00:25pm

re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth

A real Attorney General speaks.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:01:02pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:01:10pm
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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:02:43pm

In my “Trending on Twitter”:

Ben Shapiro
#rotinhell

Gee, I wonder if the two could be related.

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:03:08pm

re: #43 The Pie Overlord!

And they will taste even better because of the home made bread.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:03:57pm

re: #42 jaunte

IQ of murder, death, kill (187). Yeah, this guy should not be in law enforcement.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:04:44pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:05:09pm
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mmmirele  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:06:15pm

re: #3 Jay C

And equally strong and direct words from the President.

Man, what a break this country got last election - can you imagine the utter bullshit TFG would put out?

Yeah, I can: thank God it’s only a thought exercise

Does TFG stand for “The Former Guy” or “That Fucking Guy”? Inquiring minds and all that.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:06:47pm

re: #47 jaunte

Reports are indicating that the victim was the one who called cops because other girls were attacking her. She grabbed a knife in self defense, and the cop shot her four times.

Unfu…. totally fucking believable.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:06:53pm

re: #49 mmmirele

Does TFG stand for “The Former Guy” or “That Fucking Guy”? Inquiring minds and all that.

The Former Guy “officially”, but I’m sure we use it in both the normative and pejorative sense. ;)

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:07:12pm

Ugh, this fuckwad just HAD to run his yap, didn’t he.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:10:01pm

re: #52 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

That’s not how any of this works, but it wont matter to the Fox news crowd.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:10:11pm

But then on the flip side, welcome aboard, woke… Erick, son of Erick? My brain just kinda asploded.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:10:31pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:12:08pm

re: #42 jaunte

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Your daily reminder that wingnuts view cops as enforcers of white authority.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:13:08pm

re: #50 lawhawk

Reports are indicating that the victim was the one who called cops because other girls were attacking her. She grabbed a knife in self defense, and the cop shot her four times.

Unfu…. totally fucking believable.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:14:17pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:14:45pm

re: #55 lawhawk

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Something tells me they’re really regretting listening to the advice of their union lawyers to keep quiet because without their testimony there was no way a jury would convict Chauvin.

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lawhawk  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:17:04pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

Apparently, she called cops because someone in her home was abusing her.

According to Bryant, Makiyah called the police because someone in her house was abusing her. She went on to say that police saw a knife on the ground near Makiyah and shot the teenager four times.

How the fuck do you shoot someone like that? What superpowers did she have? Telekinesis? Because if the knife was on the ground, then she wasn’t a threat. She was the victim who called cops, and the fucking cops murdered her just as surely as Chauvin murdered Floyd.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:19:32pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Mike’s never been the same since Maxine Waters beat him to death with his own spine.

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A Three Hour Tour  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:19:50pm

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

Does Mama Maxine have to hand Michael Tracey his balls again?

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PhillyPretzel  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:20:38pm

re: #62 A Three Hour Tour

Since he did not learn the first time she has to do it again.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:21:12pm

re: #63 PhillyPretzel

Since he did not learn the first time she has to do it again.

The mood she’s currently in, rather than handing him his balls, she might make him retrieve them from his own throat.

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Jay C  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:23:15pm

re: #49 mmmirele

Does TFG stand for “The Former Guy” or “That Fucking Guy”? Inquiring minds and all that.

Yes.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:24:01pm
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:25:23pm

re: #60 lawhawk

I’m 47 years old, whiter than sour cream, no criminal record. Something I learned as a teenager is that there’s no situation so bad that it can’t be made worse by the arrival of the police. My work sometimes takes me in close proximity to the police, and even professionally I treat them the way I would treat any unpredictable dangerous animal. My words and movements are considered and deliberate. I telegraph my intentions as much as possible. I avoid prolonged eye contact. As soon as is practical, I put as much distance between them and me as I can. My list of reasons to distrust the police is miles long. I don’t think of any of them as being “here to help.”

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:28:59pm

re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Senate has just confirmed Lisa Monaco as deputy attorney general, 98-2.

The two ‘no’ votes were cast by Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.

What happened to Josh Hawley? Wasn’t he rejecting every Biden nominee?

ETA: Just saw #11 — made the same point!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:30:55pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:32:22pm

re: #52 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Ugh, this fuckwad just HAD to run his yap, didn’t he.

Yeah, the treason lobby has Dersh by the balls, probably with Russian state support considering the intricate microbiology required to locate them in the first place.

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DodgerFan1988  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:33:25pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:35:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:37:14pm
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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:37:31pm

re: #72 The Pie Overlord!

I’m honestly not sure how to feel about Congresswoman Waters and President Biden commenting on the case. On the one hand, I can see why the judge was upset with Ms. Waters, and why people would call it inappropriate to comment. But you can’t be a politician in this hyper-connected day and age and not have something to say on the biggest and most impactful criminal trial of the 21st century (so far).

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:37:32pm

re: #67 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I’m 47 years old, whiter than sour cream, no criminal record. Something I learned as a teenager is that there’s no situation so bad that it can’t be made worse by the arrival of the police. My work sometimes takes me in close proximity to the police, and even professionally I treat them the way I would treat any unpredictable dangerous animal. My words and movements are considered and deliberate. I telegraph my intentions as much as possible. I avoid prolonged eye contact. As soon as is practical, I put as much distance between them and me as I can. My list of reasons to distrust the police is miles long. I don’t think of any of them as being “here to help.”

I remember a film strip we saw in school when I was 6 or 7 (circa 1956). It explained that “the policeman is your friend. If you have trouble or you’re scared, find a policeman.” Since the only police I knew at the time were British bobbies and USAF APs, it was probably true. Today, it seems like a different universe.

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:40:49pm

re: #31 lawhawk

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:45:45pm

Historic image: Elvis (center left) and Buddy Holly (far right) in the same photo in Lubbock, 1956.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:51:49pm

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Charles Johnson  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:56:27pm
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Charles Johnson  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:56:40pm

Dramatic Princess

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:59:07pm

re: #52 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Ugh, this fuckwad just HAD to run his yap, didn’t he.

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I would think he’d at least know the difference between state and federal court systems, and who has jurisdiction in each.

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stpaulbear  Apr 20, 2021 • 5:59:51pm

re: #79 Charles Johnson

I’ve got a scar on one of my knuckles because I was feeding a squirrel. I’m not a fan of videos about cute domesticated squirrels. They’re tree rats.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:00:42pm

re: #81 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

I would think he’d at least know the difference between state and federal court systems, and who has jurisdiction in each.

And believe you me, the Minnesota Supreme Court is not about to give this fucker anything.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:00:48pm
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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:01:49pm

re: #19 DodgerFan1988

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Go to Hell!

interesting that most of those saying this waited till after the verdict to do so

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Hecuba's daughter  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:01:57pm

re: #78 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

The air freshener law is one of thousands on the books designed to give legal cover to authorities for stopping people of color. They appear non-biased in language, but in practice they are used to target minorities.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:01:59pm
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Patricia Kayden  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:02:06pm

re: #82 stpaulbear

I’ve got a scar on one of my knuckles because I was feeding a squirrel. I’m not a fan of videos about cute domesticated squirrels. They’re tree rats.

Boooooooo!! They’re cute rodents.

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KingKenrod  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:02:09pm

Michael Tracey is the biggest doofus on Twitter and a terrible writer too.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:02:11pm
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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:02:38pm

Never serve a squirrel a knuckle sandwich.

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DesertDenizen  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:02:58pm

re: #86 Hecuba’s daughter

The air freshener law is one of thousands on the books designed to give legal cover to authorities for stopping people of color. They appear non-biased in language, but in practice they are used to target minorities.

Like the bicycle registration law in the previous thread. Despite intentions it is clearly used to harass people of color.

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jeffreyw  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:03:05pm

re: #48 The Pie Overlord!

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:07:00pm

re: #90 jaunte

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You really can just taste the bitterness and bile in statement’s like Ben’s. They really expected to tune in to see yet another cop walk free.

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mmmirele  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:07:53pm

re: #23 plansbandc

Well the Right got it’s talking points. They are all over Maxine.

This is true. My brother got his talking points from Fux Noise last night and wanted to rant and I was like, Dude, there is no way Maxine said to burn it all down. But I’ve given up talking sense into him because he wants to believe this shit.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:08:04pm
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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:09:34pm

re: #94 Targetpractice

You really can just taste the bitterness and bile in statement’s like Ben’s. They really expected to tune in to see yet another cop walk free.

The people of the Great State of Minnesota have officially had enough of this shit. Finally, we’re leading the way - the long and hard road to making police accountable and, ultimately, driving racism out of the system.

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:09:44pm
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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:11:11pm

re: #87 Belafon

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i actively appreciate it every damned morning

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:12:49pm
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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:14:06pm
“Republican senators Tuesday discussed a counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, likely coming in at $600 billion to $800 billion and paid for with user fees and unspent Covid relief money,” Politico reports.

i said it a few threads back
i think it was in fact just this morning

biden read them perfectly

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:14:47pm

The expiry for the half-staff notice for the mass murder in Indianapolis is at sunset.

President Joseph Biden has ordered the flag to half-staff as a mark of respect for the lifelong service of former Vice-President Walter Mondale, from now until sunset of his interment.

A Proclamation on the Death of Walter Mondale (White House Proclamation Website, very long text behind the hide bar)

Click to Reveal

Today, our Nation mourns the loss of one of our Nation’s most dedicated patriots and public servants. Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale served the people of Minnesota as their Attorney General from 1960-1964, as a United States Senator from 1964-1976, as Vice President of the United States from 1977-1981, and as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1993-1996.

As Minnesota’s Attorney General, he drew national attention in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court that established that indigent criminal defendants have the right to legal counsel.

As a Senator, he was instrumental in the passage of The Fair Housing Act to combat racial discrimination in housing, Title IX to provide more opportunities for women, and numerous laws to protect our environment.

Walter Mondale defined the modern vice presidency, elevating the position into a true partnership with the President. As Vice President, he helped lay the groundwork for the 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, the Panama Canal Treaty, and nuclear arms negotiations with the Soviet Union.

As the 1984 Democratic nominee for President, he made history when he became the first Presidential nominee of either party to select a woman as his running mate.

In continuing his service as the United States Ambassador to Japan, he became the voice and face of America to that important ally.

For nearly 60 years he had a remarkable partnership with his wife Joan, a devoted advocate for the arts, who passed away in 2014. We mourned when he lost his daughter Eleanor in 2011 and today our Nation’s sympathies lie with his sons Ted and William and his six grandchildren.

On a wall at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, there is a quote from Walter Mondale. It reads, “We told the truth. We obeyed the law. We kept the peace.” Walter Mondale did all that and more.

As a mark of respect for Walter Mondale and his life of service to our Nation, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including section 7 of title 4, United States Code, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and on all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, on the day of interment. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:15:02pm

re: #99 Dangerman

i actively appreciate it every damned morning

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We all know what would be happening with Trump still in the WH. He would have been tweeting like a madman during the trial about how Chauvin was being “railroaded” and that Floyd was a “thug,” would have screeched that Maxine Waters should be jailed for trying to “incite a riot,” and his response to Chauvin’s conviction would have been to moan about how “wrong” it was and promise DOJ resources would go to overturning the verdict.

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🌹UOJB!  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:15:07pm

re: #72 The Pie Overlord!

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Fucker KKK forgot about what his idol Tricky Dicky did during the Manson trial!

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:19:33pm

re: #100 Belafon

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biden’s ‘run’ for president a couple of times - he never caught on.
and of course he sat out ‘16 so who knows what could have happened after 8 years as vp

granted it’s only been just a few months
and any of those other congresses could have been way different majorities, etc

had he caught on, i don’t think he would have been the same president any time in the past that he’s being now.

he is exemplifying the right man person at the right time for this exact time

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:24:00pm
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina woman was charged with driving her car into a yard where three Black teenagers were playing basketball, injuring one of them.

A Pitt County Sheriff’s Office news release said deputies responded Sunday afternoon to a report of a child intentionally hit by a car in Greenville.

The news release said that Daina Renee Forrest, 35, of Greenville, had been driving around and threatening the three teens by waving a knife and cursing. The release said Forrest “intentionally veered her car off the roadway and partially into the yard to strike the children.”
…
Deputies said when they searched her car, they found marijuana, crack cocaine and a knife.

Sgt said: “I don’t believe it was a race hate crime, no.”

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Secret ANTIFA Operative  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:24:17pm

What a fucking tool!

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Sherlock Hound  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:24:54pm

Sit down, Nate.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:25:46pm

On Earth-2, President Trump greeted the news today of Derek Chauvin’s conviction by holding a presser where he declared that there should have been a mistrial due to Maxine Waters’ comments, that he’s ordered the DOJ to investigate whether Chauvin’s rights were violated by the conviction, and revealed that he’d spoken with Chauvin to express his regret at how “terrible” he’s been treated.

Next door on Earth-3, President Trump held a presser to express his joy that Derek Chauvin had been acquitted of all charges, that it was “awful” the way he’d been put on trial for doing his job, and that there would be a DOJ investigation into whether or not it had been “malicious prosecution.” He also took time to announced that he’d invited Chauvin to the WH to express his gratitude for his years of service and present him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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🌹UOJB!  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:27:15pm

By the way did Crackhead Mike release his new movie or was that sabotaged, too?

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Rightwingconspirator  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:31:18pm

Yup. This is a month of relief. Months of a normal presidency. Relief at reasonable immunity now that it’s two weeks since a J&J vaccine.

Massive relief we did not eff this up like so many other trials. So glad to have celebratory gatherings, yet aware we have work to do to make this stick.

No more unnecessary force.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:33:13pm

re: #108 Sherlock Hound

Sit down, Nate.

“This team has had such a shitty first half I don’t think they’ll win.”

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:34:31pm

What shocked me about today was not that Chauvin was convicted, it’s that he was convicted on all three counts. I’ve become so jaded by this point that I expected a conviction only on the lowest count that would have him out in 5 years of less.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:34:53pm

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

An “attack on civilization”? What “civilization” would that be?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:34:58pm

It’s 4/20 and I am in Colorado.

So obviously I’m about to hit some edibles for the first time in my life.

👍🏼

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:35:32pm

re: #113 Targetpractice

What shocked me about today was not that Chauvin was convicted, it’s that he was convicted on all three counts. I’ve become so jaded by this point that I expected a conviction only on the lowest count that would have him out in 5 years of less.

I agree, though I did think third-degree murder had a chance of sticking. I was very shocked that they convicted on the second-degree charge.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:38:04pm

re: #116 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

I am happily eating a lot of crow tonight, because here at LGF about a month ago I said Chauvin would walk. This crow actually tastes pretty good!

Added: After looking at the manslaughter charge, I thought there was no way in hell he would walk on that one. I was surprised they convicted him of the other two.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:38:54pm

re: #117 Ace Rothstein

I am happily eating a lot of crow tonight, because here at LGF about a month ago I said Chauvin would walk. This crow actually tastes pretty good!

I was pretty down on the possibility of conviction, as well. The moment the news broke was the first time I really had that feeling that conviction was even possible, let alone likely.

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Jay C  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:39:45pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s 4/20 and I am in Colorado.

So obviously I’m about to hit some edibles for the first time in my life.

👍🏼

Just don’t do a Maureen Dowd on us.
Or if you do, try to blog it, if you’re able.

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:39:52pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s 4/20 and I am in Colorado.

So obviously I’m about to hit some edibles for the first time in my life.

👍🏼

Eat them in 10 gram increments, start with 20 or 30 and wait at least an hour to see how you feel before upping the dose. Or, go the Hunter S. Thompson route and do what Terrence McKenna might call an “heroic dose” and eat them in 100 gram increments, this route will get you blazed off your fucking ass for maybe four or more hours.

Enjoy! Welcome to my home state.

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:39:56pm

re: #112 Eclectic Cyborg

“This team has had such a shitty first half I don’t think they’ll win.”

they’re scoring less in the third quarter so far than all of the second. there’s no chance.

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:41:04pm

re: #121 Dangerman

they’re scoring less in the third quarter so far than all of the second. there’s no chance.

Reporter: “Coach, what’s it going to take to win this game tonight?”

Coach: “Scoring more points than the other team.”

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gwangung  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:41:08pm

One step forward, another step back. Reportedly, the Columbus cops were saying “Blue Lives Matter” at the scene of the crime.

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William Lewis  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:41:19pm

re: #82 stpaulbear

I’ve got a scar on one of my knuckles because I was feeding a squirrel. I’m not a fan of videos about cute domesticated squirrels. They’re tree rats.

Ah, but they taste great in an instant pot stew!

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:41:21pm

re: #117 Ace Rothstein

I am happily eating a lot of crow tonight, because here at LGF about a month ago I said Chauvin would walk. This crow actually tastes pretty good!

I think we all expressed similar thoughts since the story first broke.

First, we all doubted that there would be any formal charges.

Then there were doubts that the whole thing would ever go to trial.

And finally were doubts that there would be anything but another hung jury or acquittal.

If that deserves eating crow, then I say “Pass the salt.”

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:41:52pm

re: #125 Targetpractice

And the gravy.

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Renaissance_Man  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:43:11pm

re: #117 Ace Rothstein

I am happily eating a lot of crow tonight, because here at LGF about a month ago I said Chauvin would walk. This crow actually tastes pretty good!

Me too, have been vocal about saying there was no way a white cop would be convicted like this. Appeals still worry me.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:43:20pm

re: #119 Jay C

Just don’t do a Maureen Dowd on us.
Or if you do, try to blog it, if you’re able.

If I end up like Greg Kelly, I’ll let you know.

//

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:44:39pm

re: #120 teleskiguy

Eat them in 10 gram increments, start with 20 or 30 and wait at least an hour to see how you feel before upping the dose. Or, go the Hunter S. Thompson route and do what Terrence McKenna might call an “heroic dose” and eat them in 100 gram increments, this route will get you blazed off your fucking ass for maybe four or more hours.

Enjoy! Welcome to my home state.

Thanks for the tips! My goal is to get nice and mellowed out, not totally blazed.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:46:19pm

re: #127 Renaissance_Man

Me too, have been vocal about saying there was no way a white cop would be convicted like this. Appeals still worry me.

I’m starting to relax about that now, after reading some comments from lawtwitter. Criminal prosecutors and defense attorneys indicate that the success rate on appeal, especially for a case of this magnitude, is really fucking low. Basically, the way criminal appeals work is stacked in favor of the verdict, similar to “clear and convincing evidence” to overturn a ruling on a sportsball field. The trial has to have been fucked up in a way that materially changes the way the jury would have seen the evidence, or the appeal is denied.

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teleskiguy  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:50:00pm

One time I ate a 100 gram THC brownie when I was living in Denver, this was before full legalization, the brownie was purchased by my roommate at a medical dispensary down the street from us. I got really high off it, what surprised me was how long I stayed really high.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:50:09pm

re: #127 Renaissance_Man

Me too, have been vocal about saying there was no way a white cop would be convicted like this. Appeals still worry me.

It will take anywhere from months to years for the appeals process to work its way through the system. During that time, he’ll be off the streets and sitting in a cell, forced to deal with the reality that being a white cop no longer works as a guaranteed “Get Out of Jail Free” card. 10 other cops testified against his actions and the head of the Fraternal Order of Police came out today to say that this was a fair trial and a just verdict.

And given today’s verdict, there’s a good chance that his accomplices will be in the cells next to his by year’s end.

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Charmingly Persistent  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:51:24pm

re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg

Start with 5mg if you don’t partake much.

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:51:51pm
President Biden this week will pledge to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by the end of the decade, as part of an aggressive push to combat climate change at home and convince other major economies around the world to follow suit,” the Washington Post reports.

while it is just a pledge, it’s not nothing

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Ace Rothstein  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:53:05pm
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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:53:33pm

re: #130 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

I’m starting to relax about that now, after reading some comments from lawtwitter. Criminal prosecutors and defense attorneys indicate that the success rate on appeal, especially for a case of this magnitude, is really fucking low. Basically, the way criminal appeals work is stacked in favor of the verdict, similar to “clear and convincing evidence” to overturn a ruling on a sportsball field. The trial has to have been fucked up in a way that materially changes the way the jury would have seen the evidence, or the appeal is denied.

they lied.
it was only 8 minutes not 9 and a half. //

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Amory Blaine  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:54:23pm
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Belafon  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:55:18pm

re: #130 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

I’m starting to relax about that now, after reading some comments from lawtwitter. Criminal prosecutors and defense attorneys indicate that the success rate on appeal, especially for a case of this magnitude, is really fucking low. Basically, the way criminal appeals work is stacked in favor of the verdict, similar to “clear and convincing evidence” to overturn a ruling on a sportsball field. The trial has to have been fucked up in a way that materially changes the way the jury would have seen the evidence, or the appeal is denied.

From what I’ve read during the trial, the prosecution laid out everything extremely well.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:55:31pm

re: #136 Dangerman

they lied.
it was only 8 minutes not 9 and a half. //

This Court finds the newly uncovered evidence insufficient to impact the verdict of a reasonable jury. Therefore, the error presented is harmless, and the appeal is DENIED. SO ORDERED this twentieth day of April, 2021, the Hon. Dopefish.

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:57:07pm
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd warned new Florida residents not to “vote the stupid way you did up north” during a press conference alongside Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday

North florida
and a pair of dicks

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Charmingly Persistent  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:57:15pm

re: #120 teleskiguy

Eat them in 10 gram increments, start with 20 or 30 and wait at least an hour to see how you feel before upping the dose. Or, go the Hunter S. Thompson route and do what Terrence McKenna might call an “heroic dose” and eat them in 100 gram increments, this route will get you blazed off your fucking ass for maybe four or more hours.

Enjoy! Welcome to my home state.

I would be asleep for the next 12 hours with 20!

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:58:21pm

re: #139 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

This Court finds the newly uncovered evidence insufficient to impact the verdict of a reasonable jury. Therefore, the error presented is harmless, and the appeal is DENIED. SO ORDERED this twentieth day of April, 2021, the Hon. Dopefish.

but I’m a cop (OK I was)
and I’m white
wtf?

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:58:58pm

re: #141 Charmingly Persistent

I would be asleep for the next 12 hours with 20!

and what dreams you’d have!

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Belafon  Apr 20, 2021 • 6:59:49pm

I just learned a new word on Domingo Spanish: rompecabezas, which is puzzle. A litteral translation of the parts would be something like broken head.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:03:50pm

re: #142 Dangerman

but I’m a cop (OK I was)
and I’m white
wtf?

I guess I used the wrong legal language in my faux statement. An appeal would not be denied; the court would write something more like, “We affirm the decision of the lower court.”

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:05:03pm

My understanding over the years is that appeals court judges are generally loathe to second-guess the decisions of criminal court judges unless there is compelling evidence that they deliberately violated either court procedure or the law during the course of a trial. And since most of the actions that Chauvin’s lawyers tried to use as basis for a mistrial involved the decisions of the judge, they’d have to come up with than just “We didn’t like the outcome of the trial!”

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:08:02pm

Blackface.

“No one here is running for anything, or plans to…”

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:10:14pm

re: #146 Targetpractice

My understanding over the years is that appeals court judges are generally loathe to second-guess the decisions of criminal court judges unless there is compelling evidence that they deliberately violated either court procedure or the law during the course of a trial. And since most of the actions that Chauvin’s lawyers tried to use as basis for a mistrial involved the decisions of the judge, they’d have to come up with than just “We didn’t like the outcome of the trial!”

I’m starting to understand the criminal appeals process, since it’s very different from appealing a civil case. Criminal appeals focus on a few key areas: Sufficiency of evidence (did the state really make their case), material errors (procedural fuckups that could have impacted the jury’s decision-making), and effectiveness of counsel. It takes a LOT to clear any of those hurdles, because all evidence presented in the appeal must be judged in light of the jury’s verdict. So if you try to argue that, for example, the defense’s medical examiner testimony should be weighted more strongly, the appellate court is literally not allowed to consider it, because it runs contrary to the verdict. You literally have to prove that the jury made an incorrect conclusion, based only on the facts that they used to convict in the first place. And the fact is, all those arguments were already tried once and failed to sway a jury of peers, so there has to be something egregiously wrong for an appeal to succeed.

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The Pie Overlord!  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:10:21pm

re: #147 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Blackface.

“No one here is running for anything, or plans to…”

Tucker is cracking up.

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:11:10pm

One fascist goes to jail, but the system remains tainted to the fuckin’ core:

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Patricia Kayden  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:19:23pm
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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:19:41pm

re: #149 The Pie Overlord!

Tucker is cracking up.

[Embedded content]

What’s driving him nuts is not simply that Chauvin was convicted, that he rationalized earlier in the trial as the jury being so “scared” of race riots that they went against the evidence to convict.

No, the thing that’s sending him around the bend is that other cops and authority figures are in agreement that Chauvin deserved to be convicted, even if they might not agree with the severity of the punishment. Tucker is a believer in total immunity for cops and can’t deal with Chauvin’s peers saying that there should be limits.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:22:18pm

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:29:24pm

re: #150 Targetpractice

One fascist goes to jail, but the system remains tainted to the fuckin’ core:

[Embedded content]

In almost none of these cases was an officers life truly in danger such that killing someone was the only way they themselves would not be instantly killed

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:29:33pm

re: #42 jaunte

Had to laugh at that guy’s Twitter handle.

Nice to display your inferiority complex like that, Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:33:16pm

re: #155 Romantic Heretic

Flashing red Do Not Engage sign.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:33:16pm

Solvang, CA Early 1970’s

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:34:33pm

re: #148 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

I’m starting to understand the criminal appeals process, since it’s very different from appealing a civil case. Criminal appeals focus on a few key areas: Sufficiency of evidence (did the state really make their case), material errors (procedural fuckups that could have impacted the jury’s decision-making), and effectiveness of counsel. It takes a LOT to clear any of those hurdles, because all evidence presented in the appeal must be judged in light of the jury’s verdict. So if you try to argue that, for example, the defense’s medical examiner testimony should be weighted more strongly, the appellate court is literally not allowed to consider it, because it runs contrary to the verdict. You literally have to prove that the jury made an incorrect conclusion, based only on the facts that they used to convict in the first place. And the fact is, all those arguments were already tried once and failed to sway a jury of peers, so there has to be something egregiously wrong for an appeal to succeed.

I suspect when they do file for appeal, it will be to try to challenge the judge’s decision not to sequester the jury but to only go with an order for jurors to avoid viewing any news (TV, paper, web, etc) during the duration of the trial. They’ll try to argue that one or more jurors went against the judge’s order, heard about the “riots” and Waters’ “threat,” and convinced the other jurors to convict out of fear. And thus the jury was tainted and the original verdict needs to be tossed in favor of a new trial.

The problem with such a strategy is that they’d need to get a juror who’d be willing to testify under oath that they either violated the judge’s order or another juror did and that influenced the jury’s decision-making. Otherwise, it’s pure speculation and will get bounced before it ever gets a hearing.

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:34:59pm

re: #157 So Cal Greek Hippie

Miles and Jack from Sideways are inside.

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Romantic Heretic  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:36:41pm

re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth

What the hell would a barbarian like Carlson know about civilization?

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Dangerman  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:39:11pm
Deaf Black woman detained, handcuffed by police as crying daughters asked to interpret

another example of the police totally misreading a situation and then escalating it way worse than it needed to be.

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gwangung  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:42:56pm

re: #161 Dangerman

another example of the police totally misreading a situation and then escalating it way worse than it needed to be.

They flat out lied about the situation. They totally forgot their training, tried to treat her like a hearing person and it spiraled out of control.

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A Cranky One  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:49:30pm

On a lighter note:

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Targetpractice  Apr 20, 2021 • 7:51:16pm

re: #161 Dangerman

another example of the police totally misreading a situation and then escalating it way worse than it needed to be.

Another example of how cops don’t know how to handle a situation other than “Force compliance by any means.” When you view law enforcement not as serving the community but as a job where you can’t clock out until all your work is done, throwing a deaf woman to the curb is seen as more expedient than calling in someone fluent in ASL to act as an interpreter.

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A Three Hour Tour  Apr 20, 2021 • 8:15:47pm

re: #103 Targetpractice

We all know what would be happening with Trump still in the WH. He would have been tweeting like a madman during the trial about how Chauvin was being “railroaded” and that Floyd was a “thug,” would have screeched that Maxine Waters should be jailed for trying to “incite a riot,” and his response to Chauvin’s conviction would have been to moan about how “wrong” it was and promise DOJ resources would go to overturning the verdict.

Exactamundo. Trump was always quite predictable that way.

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plansbandc  Apr 20, 2021 • 8:15:50pm

re: #82 stpaulbear

Anti squirrel forces UNITE!!

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Apr 20, 2021 • 8:19:46pm

re: #159 jaunte

Oh man, the wife and I used to go to the AJ Spurs and Hitching Post and that winery where Sandra Oh worked. Then that movie came out and we couldn’t get in for like 3 years

Great movie

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jaunte  Apr 20, 2021 • 8:21:24pm

re: #167 So Cal Greek Hippie

I’m having a big glass of Frass Valley right now.

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plansbandc  Apr 20, 2021 • 8:32:36pm

re: #119 Jay C

Video the whole thing. :D

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Secret ANTIFA Operative  Apr 20, 2021 • 9:29:19pm

re: #165 A Three Hour Tour

Exactamundo. Trump was always quite predictable that way.

Trump would pardon him, even though he was convicted on state charges.


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