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boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Handsome Ralph posted:

Christ did any of you ever follow white collar criminal proceedings before today or this your first?

Cause a bunch of you are chicken littleing over what really amounts to common judge nitpicks against prosecutors and defense attorneys alike. Toxx if you're so confident Manafort's gonna walk or get a slap on the wrist.

Just gonna quote this again because lol

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Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Counting on Mueller to get them out of it

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:18

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

I've just been hurt so many times in the last couple years.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:18

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

Handsome Ralph posted:

I'll take that action. Non-perma ban?

It's not so much confidence, it's that the events of today, I've seen it happen before with other trials.

The Bundy's getting off was mostly due to the prosecutorial equivalent of going for a Harlem Globetrotters style dunk when a layup was all that was needed to get the job done. I don't see that happening here.

Are you still willing to take this toxx?

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:19

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Woodchip posted:

good news everyone!

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1030243090802597888

Yeah! More time to plan my AT around it!

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:24

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

https://jalopnik.com/several-tesla-gigafactory-workers-allegedly-trafficking-1828393920

quote:

I�d imagine you can smuggle massive amounts of contraband in the panel gaps alone

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:28

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

boop the snoot posted:

Are you still willing to take this toxx?

Yep.

Hot Karl Marx and I reaffirmed our toxxes a page ago. But for the record, Manafort doesn't walk out of that court room a free man when the jury reaches a verdict. If he does, I'll eat a weeks probation. :toxx:

I'm not foolhardy enough to toxx whether he gets convicted on all 18 counts or only a couple counts though.

Woodchip posted:

good news everyone!

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1030243090802597888

There's a part of me that wants to believe Mattis is doing this on purpose because he thinks the whole thing is retarded, sees the possible writing on the wall and lol at a democratic congress letting this thing just happen without any push back.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:43

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Hopefully it will quietly go away and the chuds pretend it never came up in the first place to save face.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:55

BaconAndBullets: Feb 25, 2011

Handsome Ralph posted:

There's a part of me that wants to believe Mattis is doing this on purpose because he thinks the whole thing is retarded, sees the possible writing on the wall and lol at a democratic congress letting this thing just happen without any push back.

If I've learned one thing in my military career it's when your boss wants you to do something stupid just do the minimum amount of work to show :effort:

and delay it until he forgets or leaves.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:55

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

On one hand it's the hundred year anniversary of the end of world war 1, so I can almost see an argument for a parade. On the other hand no one has actually made that argument and instead it's driven solely by Trump's desire to stroke his ego. He's literally the reason we can't have nice things.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:56

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Handsome Ralph posted:

There's a part of me that wants to believe Mattis is doing this on purpose because he thinks the whole thing is retarded, sees the possible writing on the wall and lol at a democratic congress letting this thing just happen without any push back.

Apparently this being cancelled to next year is making Q people nuts cause there's a post saying 11/11/18 is important

edit:

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1030247048543653888

# ? Aug 17, 2018 01:58

Slim Pickens: Jan 12, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Well it kinda is

As Nero Danced posted:

it's the hundred year anniversary of the end of world war 1

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:02

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Thank goodness we finished fighting the last war ever a century ago.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:11

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Apparently this being cancelled to next year is making Q people nuts cause there's a post saying 11/11/18 is important

edit:

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1030247048543653888

Brainworms are a hell of a thing

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:11

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

As Nero Danced posted:

On one hand it's the hundred year anniversary of the end of world war 1, so I can almost see an argument for a parade. On the other hand no one has actually made that argument and instead it's driven solely by Trump's desire to stroke his ego. He's literally the reason we can't have nice things.

Donnie trying to plan a solemn occasion would be the worst thing.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:19

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Apparently this being cancelled to next year is making Q people nuts cause there's a post saying 11/11/18 is important

edit:

https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1030247048543653888

Looking forward to the cult revelation of the "real truth" that proves everyone wrong.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:26

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/wiredsources/status/1030206172589182976?s=21

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:30

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

I feel like Q is doing a whole lot of projecting...

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:30

Vasudus: May 30, 2003

The people that believe in Q won't accept anything but their perceived reality of them. Literally nothing will convince these people, even though it's most likely that 4channer that got discovered yesterday, sixteen years ago in Trump time.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:32

FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

boop the snoot posted:

https://twitter.com/wiredsources/status/1030206172589182976?s=21

Judicial Watch was given classified information by a congressman from California

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:33

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Judicial Watch: Really focused on the real issues.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:36

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boop the snoot posted:

https://twitter.com/wiredsources/status/1030206172589182976?s=21

LOCK HER UP

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:46

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Handsome Ralph posted:

Manafort doesn't walk out of that court room a free man when the jury reaches a verdict.

Because he's been jailed on the DC Circuit case.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:46

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

joat mon posted:

Because he's been jailed on the DC Circuit case.

Lol I kinda forgot about that.

Like he actually gets a convicted at this trial (presumably sentencing won't happen for awhile).

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:49

mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004; Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration; Nap Ghost

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1030270284245467136?s=21

k

# ? Aug 17, 2018 02:50

Terrifying Effigies: Oct 22, 2008; Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

As Nero Danced posted:

On one hand it's the hundred year anniversary of the end of world war 1, so I can almost see an argument for a parade. On the other hand no one has actually made that argument and instead it's driven solely by Trump's desire to stroke his ego. He's literally the reason we can't have nice things.

The hundred year anniversary of the War to End All Wars should be commemorated by a black clad caisson and taps, nothing more.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 03:34

Solaris 2.0: May 14, 2008

Terrifying Effigies posted:

The hundred year anniversary of the War to End All Wars should be commemorated by a black clad caisson and taps, nothing more.

Honestly the British had it right to call it Remembrance Day. Celebrating WWI as anything resembling a victory is..short sited at best. It was an utterly pointless slaughter of millions of people, left the world in far worse shape, and set the stage for round two only twenty years later.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 03:40

boop the snoot: Jun 3, 2016

The hundred year anniversary of the war to end all wars should be a parade by the people who fought in the war that will never end.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 03:45

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

Solaris 2.0 posted:

Honestly the British had it right to call it Remembrance Day. Celebrating WWI as anything resembling a victory is..short sited at best. It was an utterly pointless slaughter of millions of people, left the world in far worse shape, and set the stage for round two only twenty years later.

We do Remembrance day here in Aus, and it's the most solemn day on the calendar, with a minute of silence at 11:11. It remains true to its intent, and is a good example of what a day of remembrance should be.

Unlike Anzac day, which has become a politicised national day of making GBS threads on the left by nationalists and conservatives seeking to co-opt what used to be a day of remembrance of the time the UK wasted 2000 of us by throwing us against a couple companies of Ottoman machine gunners.

Everyone involved is dead, so it's become corrupted by people who claim to speak for them.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 04:12

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

mlmp08 posted:

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1030270284245467136?s=21

k

This will finally bring down the Clinton Administration

# ? Aug 17, 2018 04:23

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

Don Dongington posted:

We do Remembrance day here in Aus, and it's the most solemn day on the calendar, with a minute of silence at 11:11. It remains true to its intent, and is a good example of what a day of remembrance should be.

Unlike Anzac day, which has become a politicised national day of making GBS threads on the left by nationalists and conservatives seeking to co-opt what used to be a day of remembrance of the time the UK wasted 2000 of us by throwing us against a couple companies of Ottoman machine gunners.

Everyone involved is dead, so it's become corrupted by people who claim to speak for them.

I guess you guys have your own version of "SUPPORT ARE TROOPS" too.

This might be going way off topic and it predates the great war a bit but you reminded me of something I read about a year or so ago, are Australians still pressing the Breaker Morant thing?

# ? Aug 17, 2018 04:25

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

As Nero Danced posted:

I guess you guys have your own version of "SUPPORT ARE TROOPS" too.

This might be going way off topic and it predates the great war a bit but you reminded me of something I read about a year or so ago, are Australians still pressing the Breaker Morant thing?

This is actually the first I've heard of it.

Also yeah, we do have a fair bit of ARE TROOPs but only ever around national holidays; when it comes to actually dealing with veteran's PTSD, or having mature adult discussions over what we're doing poking hornets nests in the desert, everybody goes suspiciously quiet.

Also over the last few months, someone has been blowing the lid on a whole lotta war/hate crime allegations against the SAS in Afghanistan, which again, curiously nobody wants to talk about. We really are just US-Lite most of the time.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 04:32

As Nero Danced: Sep 3, 2009; Alright, let's do this

Kind of figured, it's a weird historical case that I imagine some politicians might drag up every now and then to score points about "Australia first" or something like that, merits or demerits of the case notwithstanding.

I have to agree though, the more I learn about Australia it sounds like America with cooler accents and crazier animals.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 04:48

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

For what it's worth I was at the cenotaph for anzac day this year, and our prime minister just silently laid a wreath. Didn't make the day about her or what she had to say. I respected that a lot.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 04:52

Don Dongington: Sep 27, 2005; #ideasboom; College Slice

Slavic Crime Yacht posted:

For what it's worth I was at the cenotaph for anzac day this year, and our prime minister just silently laid a wreath. Didn't make the day about her or what she had to say. I respected that a lot.

Your PM is loving awesome.

Ours is a goddamn merchant banking lawyer, and the two guys that want his job are an ex-cop known for authorising hate crimes against asylum seekers and the last one, who made said hate crimes policy in the first place.

Edit: But I guess neither of them are a loving cheeto so there's that

# ? Aug 17, 2018 05:05

psydude: Apr 1, 2008

Don Dongington posted:

We do Remembrance day here in Aus, and it's the most solemn day on the calendar, with a minute of silence at 11:11. It remains true to its intent, and is a good example of what a day of remembrance should be.

Unlike Anzac day, which has become a politicised national day of making GBS threads on the left by nationalists and conservatives seeking to co-opt what used to be a day of remembrance of the time the UK wasted 2000 of us by throwing us against a couple companies of Ottoman machine gunners.

Everyone involved is dead, so it's become corrupted by people who claim to speak for them.

Dead veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who have been turned into memes for Trump can probably sympathize. You know, if they weren't dead.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 05:42

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Solaris 2.0 posted:

Honestly the British had it right to call it Remembrance Day. Celebrating WWI as anything resembling a victory is..short sited at best. It was an utterly pointless slaughter of millions of people, left the world in far worse shape, and set the stage for round two only twenty years later.

I always thought this was a great take on it. Note the author died in battle shortly after.

code:

 The Parable of the Old Man and the Young
Wilfred Owen, 1893 - 1918

 So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,
and builded parapets and trenches there,
And stretch�d forth the knife to slay his son.
When lo! an angel called him out of heaven,
Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him. Behold,
A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.

But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

Pretty good 'gently caress you' to the leadership if you know the original bible story it refers to.

# ? Aug 17, 2018 07:54

Hot Karl Marx: Mar 16, 2009; Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!

Don Dongington posted:

We do Remembrance day here in Aus, and it's the most solemn day on the calendar, with a minute of silence at 11:11. It remains true to its intent, and is a good example of what a day of remembrance should be.

Pretty sure the whole commonwealth has rememberance day, cause in Canada it is the exact same situation. I really like the war memorial my city has to remember the wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jDBVIhty0

edit: oh poo poo, the guy who made it also designed the huge Vimy Ridge memorial Canada has in France

# ? Aug 17, 2018 10:48

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Pretty sure the whole commonwealth has rememberance day, cause in Canada it is the exact same situation. I really like the war memorial my city has to remember the wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jDBVIhty0

edit: oh poo poo, the guy who made it also designed the huge Vimy Ridge memorial Canada has in France

Americans get a free bloomin onion at Outback Steakhouse. I don't think we're doing this right.

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orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

Flikken posted:

Americans get a free bloomin onion at Outback Steakhouse. I don't think we're doing this right.

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