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Ershalim posted:Right, but wasn't the context for that that the state had specifically targeted black people as the focus of the gerrymander because they happened to vote democrats more than republicans? As far as I know, that is a crime. As for Ukraine, the GOP Fox party line is that it was good to do that. Most of them just don't think it's illegal because they don't have a concept of sovereignty that extends beyond absolute monarchy, but of the ones who do, they think it's a good, smart thing to do. (Since winning is the only thing that matters to them) They tried to argue that they didn't target black people for voter suppression, but Democrats, and since political party isn't a protected class and black people just HAPPEN to mostly vote Democratic, it wasn't unconstitutional and therefore the gerrymander wasn't illegal and should stand.
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sean10mm posted:Actually they bombed their own facilities. That's SOP if you have to abandon hardware in the field. It's why TOW squads carried white phosphorous grenades, if you have to abandon a vehicle in a hostile environment drop a coupon on the important bits and melt it to slag. It's just something that shouldn't have to be done on this scale because the idea of the United States having to make a hasty precipitous large withdrawal in 2019 is loving insane.
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Data Graham posted:He doesn't know what quid pro quo means. He just knows (dimly, after having it explained to him wearily by aides) that it's a bad thing, so whatever it is, it wasn't that. Or they think it's some, "One Weird Trick" of, if I say constantly it's not a thing, even if it fits all definitions of that thing, then therefore I obviously was trying not to do that thing. Like robbing a bank at gunpoint and when the bank person asks, "are you robbing us?" and you reply, "no no, this isn't an armed robbery. This has nothing to do with armed robbery! Just put the money in the bag while I hold this gun."
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marshmonkey posted:I'm guessing Sondland is going to get another invitation to testify pretty quick. I'm guessing it won't be an invitation.
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HelloSailorSign posted:Or they think it's some, "One Weird Trick" of, if I say constantly it's not a thing, even if it fits all definitions of that thing, then therefore I obviously was trying not to do that thing. Haha you joke but the U.S. legal definition of bribery has been narrowed significantly by court rulings over the past 20 years
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man my twitter feed is nothing but quotes from this opening statement and has been that way since it leaked
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Ague Proof posted:It's not quid pro quo if you have no intention of keeping your end of the bargain I mean, for a dude that's never been held to account for any of his stupid decisions, never pays his contractors, lies to his lawyers to the point where they won't be around him alone, the Ukraine stuff is pretty light-weight by comparison in his mind. That's why he considered it such a perfect phone call, he thought he had Sonland do his dirty work
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ewiley posted:I mean, for a dude that's never been held to account for any of his stupid decisions, never pays his contractors, lies to his lawyers to the point where they won't be around him alone, the Ukraine stuff is pretty light-weight by comparison in his mind. That's why he considered it such a perfect phone call, he thought he had Sonland do his dirty work The phone call was perfect
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Drunk Theory posted:I think that's just it. They did not have a contingency for that. So now they are putting together plans for other incredibly stupid Trump orders so they aren't as blindsided. Yeah, hence my snide sarcasm. I get the distinct feeling that every thing about military discipline and planning that has been blown up to mythic proportions is all just so much hooey, and really this whole "Pentagon has contingencies for everything" thing is some hearsay from jet-age MIC mythmaking perpetuated by movies. The people in charge of planning this stuff never would have imagined these kinds of contingencies, because they were entirely too ludicrous, but it turns out they (and not alien invasions) are exactly what they should have been worrying about all along. If I may illustrate via Spamusement: http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/189 
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Very USPOL related: Russia and Turkey has come to joint agreements over the YPG and Syria. Russian took a diplomacy failure by Trump and turned it into pure diplomatic gold. https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1186699972353417216?s=20
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This is utterly damning https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1186735274648375296 This ties aid assistance to a public declaration of investigating Biden. Not Bursmia, which is what Republicans have been using to say it's just about "corruption", but Biden specifically.
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https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1186727622723756032 what an interesting day to mention that, mitch
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I wonder if Bill Taylor is the whistleblower.
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While it's easy to assume this is due to lack of regulation in the Trump EPA, let's not rule out this being the physical manifestation of Pestilence, one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Tayter Swift posted:this photo is amazing Are those bats?
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ketchup vs catsup posted:republicans: literally airborne death Rolling coal on the entire country beejay posted:Are those bats? They're birds, presumably tweeting
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Just a note of a confounding variable here: manufacturers have largely switched over to gasoline direct injection engines in recent years. They are much more efficient, but generate higher particulate emissions than normal fuel injected gasoline engines (which have essentially no particulates in the exhaust).
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I still think Trump is safe but it really feels like we're getting close to the "Senators have no choice to admit that Trump should be impeached but won't be because anything else makes them sound like they should be in a home" line.
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Ok this is a ridiculous implication. Like 99.9% of PM 2.5 variability is going to be from wildfire activity and sandstorms in Arizona, not "non enforcement of clean air act standards." Almost all CAA enforcement is on the state level and even Mississippi and Alabama have basically kept their programs intact.
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HelloSailorSign posted:Or they think it's some, "One Weird Trick" of, if I say constantly it's not a thing, even if it fits all definitions of that thing, then therefore I obviously was trying not to do that thing. So basically the "I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY" scene from The Office except it's real life and the guy yelling it is the President of the United States
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lol this is an excellent point the guy currently gleefully delivering truckloads of evidence of trump's guilt was the guy they put in there after they fired the old person for not helping the crimes https://twitter.com/GaryLegum/status/1186740298480803842
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Shifty Pony posted:Just a note of a confounding variable here: manufacturers have largely switched over to gasoline direct injection engines in recent years. They are much more efficient, but generate higher particulate emissions than normal fuel injected gasoline engines (which have essentially no particulates in the exhaust). That can't be the reason, I have it on good authority that they all switched because "CALIFORNIA IS RUN BY loving R WORDS"
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The only good thing to come out of this administration is “crime” becoming a verb
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Chad wolf. E: And Lindsey Graham doubling down on: "It's EXACTLY the same as a lynching", is loving bonkers. Like, I know, trump is the boss and all that, but ffs. That's like the first question any journalist should ask him from now on. 'Are you sure it's the exact same thing as a lynching? Okay, moving on'. Revelation 2-13 fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Oct 22, 2019 |
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This is absolute loving horse poo poo, gently caress this dude, I hope he loses his race.
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In his defence, with a name like Chad Wolf he never had any chance of becoming anything in his life other than a tremendous cock. Poor guy.
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empty whippet box posted:This is absolute loving horse poo poo, gently caress this dude, I hope he loses his race. uhhh
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Man, I'm sure that boot licking is paying off great for Gra- https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1186711198361882624 https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1186733399874117633 Oh
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empty whippet box posted:This is absolute loving horse poo poo, gently caress this dude, I hope he loses his race. Can you explain?
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drat it's more fun to watch them eat themselves when I have a loving clue why they turn on each other. Actually nvm it's still just as fun
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empty whippet box posted:This is absolute loving horse poo poo, gently caress this dude, I hope he loses his race. Oh hey Adam, didn't know you had an account here. 
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oxsnard posted:Ok this is a ridiculous implication. Like 99.9% of PM 2.5 variability is going to be from wildfire activity and sandstorms in Arizona, not "non enforcement of clean air act standards." Almost all CAA enforcement is on the state level and even Mississippi and Alabama have basically kept their programs intact. It could also be because the country came out of a recession.
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Willo567 posted:Man, I'm sure that boot licking is paying off great for Gra- seems unlikely op
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beejay posted:Can you explain?
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