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Raenir Salazar posted:Bolton is also kinda old and probably knows he's peaked, so in theory striking back is his next best shot at being relevant for the NeverTrumper crowd in a post-Trump world. no, pompeo was an evangelical senator/rep/whatever who got picked to be CIA head and wasn't the "worst" choice. OAquinas posted:Like anyone would believe him? 
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theflyingorc posted:Did i read something in this thread earlier that indicated that Guyger was likely to serve her whole term, because Texas? yeah there's some statute about no shortened sentences for murderers
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theflyingorc posted:Did i read something in this thread earlier that indicated that Guyger was likely to serve her whole term, because Texas? There was some confusion about whether or not she would be eligible for parole as a murder convict but it looks like the no parole rule only applies to capital murder.
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theflyingorc posted:Did i read something in this thread earlier that indicated that Guyger was likely to serve her whole term, because Texas? quote:According to Texas Government Code Section 508.149, an individual convicted of certain crimes, such as ... 21) murder; or 22) capital murder, may not receive probation. edit: my bad. She has to serve at least 5 years before parole eligibility. So yeah, she'll be out before she's 40. OAquinas fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Oct 3, 2019 |
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OAquinas posted:Like anyone would believe him? Was it this thread that had the discussion of the alternate biblical meaning of "feet"
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Raenir Salazar posted:I mean it seems weird, wasn't Pompeo CIA? Confirmed fairly overwhelmingly by the Senate? This is a level of corruption that Senate R's seem to be uncomfortable with. look up the Dulles brothers some time. it will cure you of your belief that the sets "psychopathic WASP true believer" and "CIA bigwig" do not intersect.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:agreed, replace her with a Hindu Imagine the poo poo fit the right would be throwing if the judge had convinced her to find Allah or Vishnu. (Replace "find Vishnu" with a more accurate equivalent phrase if possible.)
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Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting.
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Oct 3, 2019 03:40
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting. Weren't all the 911 hijackers engineers and poo poo like that? Fanatical and conspiratorial thinking can take over anyone.
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Oct 3, 2019 03:43
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theflyingorc posted:Did i read something in this thread earlier that indicated that Guyger was likely to serve her whole term, because Texas? yea, murderers don't get probation without the governor pardoning them here so at least she'll serve the full bullshit sentence. Mercury Ballistic posted:Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting. I've got bad news about the caliber of people those two institutions churn out
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting. Not sure that college can prepare you for a multinational political scandal bigger than any in this century if not country's history sparked at least in part by the dumbest person to ever hold the office of the president. Also Pompeo is a christian fundamentalist trying to coax the loving apocalypse, he is not a smart man.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting. Trump seems to have a cloud of stupidity that constantly hangs all around in him, affecting anyone in it too long. Pompeo isn't the first Trump WH staff that's started acting far, far dumber then they should.
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yea seriously guys remember Pompeo's time in congress, he's always been this stupid and mean
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting. You are seriously misunderstanding fancy expensive stickers for intelligence.
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Mike's own drat wikipedia page posted:In 2015 in a talk at a church, Pompeo said that "politics is a never-ending struggle ... until the Rapture."[136] Aw man how did mean ol Trump make such a smart guy act like some kinda paranoid idiot
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Raenir Salazar posted:Bolton is also kinda old and probably knows he's peaked, so in theory striking back is his next best shot at being relevant for the NeverTrumper crowd in a post-Trump world. Pompeo wasn’t CIA, he was a congressman with military experience. He was on some committees and poo poo but everyone was surprised Trump nominated him as CIA director because he didn’t have much experience. But there wasn’t anything terribly wrong with him so he was confirmed. Then he jumped to Secretary of State after a little more than a year. He is the guy who probably kissed the ring early on. No one should be surprised he is going to bat for Trump. He wasn’t on some path to stardom or anything before Trump plucked him off the backbench
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FizFashizzle posted:The best ending would be Trump finally burning Rudy and him spilling all the poo poo he knows about trump. The best ending would be rampant rabies let loose on them all, with them spilling infected saliva all over each other. One can dream tax anyway: 
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What’s really funny about the Trump-Giuliani thing is if you went back in time and explained everything that happened but left out the names, 99 times out of 100 they would think Giuliani was President and Trump was his senior advisor or some poo poo.
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Oct 3, 2019 03:55
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Not than I am a pompeo fan, but he went to Harvard Law and was first in his class at West Point. By those metrics, he should be smarter than he is acting. "smart" people aren't immune to dumb behavior. smart is something you do, not something you are. being an ivy league graduate or doing well in school doesn't necessarily make you smart. and most importantly, "smart" people are just as prone to falling for scams or getting wrapped up in idiot schemes, except it's harder to pull a "smart" person out of this nonsense if they think they can clever their way out of the situation, or continue to explain their own behavior to themselves
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So... having observed the utter blatant insanity of the last few days I can’t help but recall some documentaries I saw about Putin’s rise to power that detailed how Putin employed a strategy to secure power that involved more or less overloading the Russian government and general public with blatantly obvious corruption. I need to find the documentary to elaborate on it, but seeing all the insanity with Giuliani I can’t help but wonder if a similar playbook is being run here. I think the documentary was a Channel 4 doc that explored Trump’s Russian mob connections. Does this ring a bell for anyone else?
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ReliableSand posted:So... having observed the utter blatant insanity of the last few days I can’t help but recall some documentaries I saw about Putin’s rise to power that detailed how Putin employed a strategy to secure power that involved more or less overloading the Russian government and general public with blatantly obvious corruption. I need to find the documentary to elaborate on it, but seeing all the insanity with Giuliani I can’t help but wonder if a similar playbook is being run here. TBH, Trump has been doing this since day 1. This is where the 'nothing matters' poo poo comes from. That is also why people hate the 'nothing matters' folks. This is also why I support the 'nothing matters' movement. It gives you a gauge on where we are in this poo poo. If it continues to some individuals off it let's you know that there is still hope. When, it stops pissing people off then it let's you know we are too far gone.
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figure 12. moving on (a person) like a bitch
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Rick Perry continues to surpass low expectations https://mobile.twitter.com/RickPetree/status/1179502325955747845
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Charlz Guybon posted:Rick Perry continues to surpass low expectations if you told me in 2016 that my former Fancy Governor would be the smartest dude in the Trump admin I'd call you a goddamn liar but here we are
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Maybe Rudy the Rudester is saying all this insane poo poo so he can plead diminished capacity later. He is a brilliant lawyer ya know.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Rick Perry continues to surpass low expectations I got stuck in a meeting with a bunch of conservative donors to the A&M system one time, and while they were saying other ignorant poo poo, they took time to collectively poo poo on Rick Perry for being absolutely and completely stupid. Apparently his wife is the brains in the operation, so it's probably her advice.
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sexpig by night posted:yea, murderers don't get probation without the governor pardoning them here so at least she'll serve the full bullshit sentence. I keep forgetting you're a fellow Texan, that helps explain your frequent rage and even more frequent irony-as-mental-defense-mechanism 
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JosefStalinator posted:I got stuck in a meeting with a bunch of conservative donors to the A&M system one time, and while they were saying other ignorant poo poo, they took time to collectively poo poo on Rick Perry for being absolutely and completely stupid. Apparently his wife is the brains in the operation, so it's probably her advice. yea rick is famously even among his fellow chud dipshits considered a complete moron who just happens to agree with them. yet somehow he's surviving this shitshow
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I keep forgetting you're a fellow Texan, that helps explain your frequent rage and even more frequent irony-as-mental-defense-mechanism we dared to hope, once, with Beto, and now look upon our empire of ash 
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JosefStalinator posted:I got stuck in a meeting with a bunch of conservative donors to the A&M system one time, and while they were saying other ignorant poo poo, they took time to collectively poo poo on Rick Perry for being absolutely and completely stupid. Apparently his wife is the brains in the operation, so it's probably her advice. Rick Perry knows who butters his bread. And he knows Trump’s staying power is 8 years while Exxon and Boeing are (effectively) forever.
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Charlz Guybon posted:Rick Perry continues to surpass low expectations rick perry, for all his many, many, many, many faults, is quite good at avoiding legal consequences for his nonsense sexpig by night posted:we dared to hope, once, with Beto, and now look upon our empire of ash 
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sexpig by night posted:Aw man how did mean ol Trump make such a smart guy act like some kinda paranoid idiot It should be pointed out this wasn't a joke, he was dead-serious when he said it, and no one laughed.
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:What in hot flying whistle gently caress is going on in Texas? There’s also a federal judge in Dallas that opens every court session with a prayer. Also I’ve never really believed that rick perry is as dumb as people say. Dude got a D in meat class but has been a+ in corruption for like 30 years without any major consequences.
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This is basically just Wacky Deli, but less funny
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The Glumslinger posted:This is basically just Wacky Deli, but less funny That's most lovely webcomics that somehow still get reposted on this forum outside the dedicated bad webcomics thread.
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Kerning Chameleon posted:Comedy distracts and redirects your anger. Don't fall into that trap.
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