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The Edward Snowden-Oliver Stone Convergence Is Here at Last

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goddamnedfrank6/02/2014 2:41:05 pm PDT

I don’t disagree with today’s POTUS ruling, but Robert’s language raises a red flag.

Allowing Bond to be prosecuted under a treaty aimed at compounds such as ricin, sarin and mustard gas, Roberts said, would elevate dish detergent, stain remover and vinegar to chemical weapons status.

“Any parent would be guilty of a serious federal offense — possession of a chemical weapon — when, exasperated by the children’s repeated failure to clean the goldfish tank, he considers poisoning the fish with a few drops of vinegar,” he said.

I’m not saying that a parent poisoning their child’s pet is a war crime, but it’s kind of a fucked up, weird, random, pointlessly cruel, side-eye worthy thing for a Supreme Court Justice to readily conjure up as a benign counter example.