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facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

Mr. Nice! posted:

They didn't arrest her. They raided her house and took all of her equipment so they can figure out her sources and see if there's any crime they can charge her with.

The only "real crime" I've seen a reference to is that she potentially hacked into the state's emergency system. :jerkbag:

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Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1336096580554928128?s=21

Am I nuts or does he look like Andre Braugr (sp), from that Brooklyn show and Homicide?

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

Mr. Nice! posted:

They didn't arrest her. They raided her house and took all of her equipment so they can figure out her sources and see if there's any crime they can charge her with.


Woofer posted:

The way the dude calmly walked in and pulled his pistol out of the holster says a LOT to me.

:acab:

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010
Ultra Carp

Eason the Fifth posted:

I know it's cool to say that 2020 sucked, but folks, I gotta opine that this whole god drat decade was pretty much just flaccid, turgid rear end

There hasn't been a good Halo game since 2010 so this checks out

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Acebuckeye13 posted:

There hasn't been a good Halo game since 2010 so this checks out

Conversely there’s been two good doom games.

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

Woofer posted:

I admittedly wasn’t paying attention until the last decade but it really seems like poo poo started going off the rails in 2012ish. It was a slower burn until then, but the wick ran out and the dynamite finally exploded. But I’m sure if I was paying attention I could’ve seen things flying off the rails after 9/11.

Bin Laden won.

Joe Flacco wins superbowl mvp, world collapses, checks out to me.

e: I guess that was technically in 2013 but still

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Woofer posted:

Bin Laden won.

100% he did.

stealie72
Jan 10, 2007

Midjack posted:

100% he did.
19 guys and a couple million dollars to destroy America. The most efficient own of an empire.

Pine Cone Jones
Dec 6, 2009

You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!
https://twitter.com/myhlee/status/1336113409331490818?s=19

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
That whole thing is especially funny because Donnie got turned down twice and per Fetterman, the Pennsylvania House/Senate is essentially dissolved right now and does not exist.

Porfiriato
Jan 4, 2016


https://twitter.com/ProsAlliance/status/1336054734105452544?s=20

:eyepop:

This is the new DA for LA County and he did this literally within a couple hours of being sworn in.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Follow-up, dude let a round fly, grazed an antifa, is in jail on 1st degree assault.
https://twitter.com/FPhoenix161/status/1335407695516430336

Woofer
Mar 2, 2020

Porfiriato posted:

https://twitter.com/ProsAlliance/status/1336054734105452544?s=20

:eyepop:

This is the new DA for LA County and he did this literally within a couple hours of being sworn in.

Did he announce it or did he do it? He apparently said the same thing when he was in SF, though he was just the police chief there. Not sure how much more the DA can do since I’m not really hip to the legal system like that.

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011


Stultus Maximus posted:

Follow-up, dude let a round fly, grazed an antifa, is in jail on 1st degree assault.
https://twitter.com/FPhoenix161/status/1335407695516430336

Not only did he graze an antifa, he grazed an antifa *goon*. Another goon is in the same regional protest medic organization and confirmed it.

Fucker shot one of our own.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
A goon everyone was calling a cop two weeks ago.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

A goon everyone was calling a cop two weeks ago.

Was that breadandsucc?!

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Yup.

Brunch Covidian was the one accused of being a permaban rereg in that thread around the same time. Cool zone is an interesting read. So much infighting.

That's a pretty boss username though.

Porfiriato
Jan 4, 2016


Woofer posted:

Did he announce it or did he do it? He apparently said the same thing when he was in SF, though he was just the police chief there. Not sure how much more the DA can do since I’m not really hip to the legal system like that.

Here's his twitter thread talking about it. I'm not super-familiar with the CA legal system but, I think in a lot of jurisdictions saying stuff like "as a matter of policy we're not going to pursue the death penalty in criminal cases" is about as firm as you can get since he can't overturn the death penalty by himself. The cash bail thing does seem to be concrete though.

https://twitter.com/GeorgeGascon/status/1336050940952989696?s=20

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

CRUSTY MINGE posted:

A goon everyone was calling a cop two weeks ago.

He should’ve made fewer “how do you do fellow antifa” posts

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Was he also posting in the lefty gun thread at the time? Maybe that was brunch. Cspam is a land of contrasts.

PeterCat
Apr 8, 2020

Believe women.

MazelTovCocktail posted:

https://twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1336096580554928128?s=21

Am I nuts or does he look like Andre Braugr (sp), from that Brooklyn show and Homicide?

He was in command of the Isis response when I was in Kuwait/Iraq in 14/15.

Can't say that I have anything more to add than that.

Nick Soapdish
Apr 27, 2008


Can we stop having 4* as SECDEF, they've done enough for the nation and can just gently caress off to the MIC boards

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

Nick Soapdish posted:

Can we stop having 4* as SECDEF, they've done enough for the nation and can just gently caress off to the MIC boards

Beyond Mattis, who was the last SECDEF who attained four stars or more? Marshall?

TCD
Nov 13, 2002

Every step, a fucking adventure.
lol Pfizer told the US to get in the back of the queue.

Nick Soapdish
Apr 27, 2008


mlmp08 posted:

Beyond Mattis, who was the last SECDEF who attained four stars or more? Marshall?

Okay, fair enough, I just don't want any of the GO/FOs in the discussion regardless of they're selected

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

Nick Soapdish posted:

Okay, fair enough, I just don't want any of the GO/FOs in the discussion regardless of they're selected

Yeah, I can understand that.

McNally
Sep 13, 2007

Ask me about Proposition 305


Do you like muskets?
I know it isn't the point, but I got curious and so far as I can dig up Marshall and Mattis were the only SecDefs who had ever worn stars, disirregardless of how many.

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010
Ultra Carp

McNally posted:

I know it isn't the point, but I got curious and so far as I can dig up Marshall and Mattis were the only SecDefs who had ever worn stars, disirregardless of how many.

There were some generals and admirals appointed when the position was still Secretary of War/the Navy, but appointing flag officers to the cabinet was never very common and certainly not recent.

Woofer
Mar 2, 2020

It’s a civilian position for a reason and putting a career military guy in there so soon after retirement, even if it was someone as respected as Mattis, never sat well with me.

I would prefer there be no prior flag officers (and maybe even senior officers which I believe is O-6 and above?) in those positions at all, not even with a grace period.

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

Porfiriato posted:

Here's his twitter thread talking about it. I'm not super-familiar with the CA legal system but, I think in a lot of jurisdictions saying stuff like "as a matter of policy we're not going to pursue the death penalty in criminal cases" is about as firm as you can get since he can't overturn the death penalty by himself. The cash bail thing does seem to be concrete though.

https://twitter.com/GeorgeGascon/status/1336050940952989696?s=20

Wow he is pushing major change. I'm hopeful since its a major departure and could have large positive effects. I'm also extremely worried since there's going to be resistance and if it goes bad it may never be tried on such a large scale again. Still, for as poo poo as the last 4 years have been if his actions have the intended effect he could almost balance out Trumps misery (at least with COVID but the prison numbers are bad).

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Mr. Nice! posted:

They didn't arrest her. They raided her house and took all of her equipment so they can figure out her sources and see if there's any crime they can charge her with.

If she had full-disk encryption, current case law says that she could not be compelled to provide the passphrase, correct?

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug
Chuck Yeager passed away

https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/1336150145369444352?s=19

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Dec 8, 2020

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Eason the Fifth posted:

I know it's cool to say that 2020 sucked, but folks, I gotta opine that this whole god drat decade was pretty much just flaccid, turgid rear end

I knew it would be. I also have good news about the next one!

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

gently caress

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Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

He's hating Brits in heaven now rip

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Watch out, angels.

“The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down.”

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

McNally posted:

I know it isn't the point, but I got curious and so far as I can dig up Marshall and Mattis were the only SecDefs who had ever worn stars, disirregardless of how many.

You monster

Marshal Prolapse
Jun 23, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

TCD posted:

lol Pfizer told the US to get in the back of the queue.

In theory, and I know it’s not happening, can we use Defense production act, and say nah get hosed you’re making it for us right now?

Further I mean couldn’t we prevent them from exporting anything made in the US? I should add this would a horrible idea in terms of PR and other reasons and I could imagine Biden doing it.

Just wondering if either could be done, not if It should be done.

Lemniscate Blue
Apr 21, 2006

Here we go again.

A test pilot who lives to 97 is pretty amazingly badass.

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Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!



RIP to a real one.

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