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Zwabu posted:I would think that lying for years on your taxes about hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in income must be a criminal offense? Thomas has two AR-15s. One engraved with "Checks" and the other "Balances".
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Apr 16, 2023 19:31
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If only some part of the US legal system were able to decide what counts as bribery
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Apr 16, 2023 19:37
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I mean if he was capable of even an ounce of shame enough pressure might convince him to resign, but unfortunately I've some bad news about that first part.
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Apr 16, 2023 19:45
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Zwabu posted:I would think that lying for years on your taxes about hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in income must be a criminal offense? It means they can’t be charged for decisions they make unless they’re found to be committing judicial misconduct. They can’t go around shooting people, even if they e just sentences said person to the firing squad.
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Apr 16, 2023 19:46
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Zwabu posted:I would think that lying for years on your taxes about hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in income must be a criminal offense? Oh yeah. I forgot about the (possible) tax fraud thing if he didn't disclose those things.
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Apr 16, 2023 20:02
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Wayne Knight posted:Thomas has two AR-15s. One engraved with "Checks" and the other "Balances". The world is so crazy now I legitmately can't tell if this is real or not.
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Apr 16, 2023 20:34
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BiggerBoat posted:Oh yeah. I forgot about the (possible) tax fraud thing if he didn't disclose those things. It looks more like he reported the income to the IRS, but lied about the actual source of that income everywhere else. I'm also pretty sure that Thomas has been caught lying on his disclosure forms multiple times over the years. The response has consistently been a shoulder shrug followed with "whatayougonnado?" by everyone in the vicinity of oversight.
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Apr 16, 2023 20:53
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Members of Congress get caught on the reg for not disclosing stuff like stock purchases and sales so I doubt they'd remove the motes in their own eyes long enough to take Thomas to task. And that's when they have insider knowledge about industries they're purportedly regulating or bestowing with contracts!
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Willa Rogers posted:Members of Congress get caught on the reg for not disclosing stuff like stock purchases and sales so I doubt they'd remove the motes in their own eyes long enough to take Thomas to task. Don't most of them use the Rick Scott defense of "oh no, I don't own any stocks. I gave them all to my wife"?
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If you look at the list of infractions a lot of them are for congressional spouses, such as:quote:Feinstein was months late disclosing a five-figure investment her husband made into a private, youth-focused polling company. The disclosure forms (and rules) cover both people's finances. eta: Plus dependent children, which is why you have your large adult sons do the serious grifting.
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Pretty sweet that the people who are elected to enforce laws are allowed to essentially do insider trading in full view of the american public and no one ever wants to do anything about it. ANy elected government official should divest or place in a trust any and all stocks they sell or buy, period. Instead, we have a government that's allowed to pass laws which directly affect their investment portfolios with prior first hand knowledge of how that will impact the stock they own. It's incredible.
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Stupid question, what is that new central fed banking thing that the right is up in arms over called? And what's it's deal? A vaguely remember hearing the right wingers losing their poo poo over it but for the life of me I can't remember what it had to do with or what it was called. They are touting it as some social credit score nonsense or the government is going to control how you spend money blah blah blah.
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cr0y posted:Stupid question, what is that new central fed banking thing that the right is up in arms over called? And what's it's deal? FedNOW, basically a service instantly transfers money between bank accounts without a settlement period, backed by the fed. Replacing a lot of existing ACH transactions and competing with the Realtime Payment networks that banks have set up already (zelle)
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Remember Charlottesville? Virginia doesn't have a statute of limitations on felonies. And it turns out there were a lot of felonies on Tiki Torch night. Most notably: quote:§ 18.2-423.01. Burning object on property of another or a highway or other public place with intent to intimidate; penalty. Now, if you read that and recall the events of that night, you might think there was a strong intention to intimidate and terrorize. A jury in 2021 found there was a conspiracy en route to hammering Spencer, Kessler, and others for millions in damages. It'd, in fact, be clear to anyone except for the MS-13 fearmongering, ICE loving county attorney in charge at the time who (despite the opinions of his counterparts and challenger) insisted he couldn't build a case against the torchbearing mob. quote:But in Virginia, prosecutors come and go and a felony lives forever. In an October 2019 debate between then-sitting prosecutor Tracci and his challenger, Jim Hingeley, Tracci again scoffed at the idea of indicting these cases, saying Hingeley's belief that it was even possible was a sign he was inexperienced and wrong for the job. A month later, in November 2019, Hingeley won the election. Now it seems he's trying to make good on his campaign promise of proving Robert Tracci wrong.
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PostNouveau posted:All the people with oversight powers are frantically pretending they don't have oversight powers, so I don't think it's gonna happen. What's the point of this? Even if Roberts and the seven other justices came out and publicly and called for Thomas to resign (obviously not going to happen), it wouldn't be binding at all. Roberts doesn't have any power to punish other justices does he?
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Charlz Guybon posted:What's the point of this? Even if Roberts and the seven other justices came out and publicly and called for Thomas to resign (obviously not going to happen), it wouldn't be binding at all.
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Apr 17, 2023 03:14
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Senators McConnell & Fetterman have announced their returns to Congress this week. Sen. Shingles (D-CA) is still out
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Willa Rogers posted:Senators McConnell & Fetterman have announced their returns to Congress this week. Sen. Shingles (D-CA) is still out Have we actually seen video of McConnell?
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Charlz Guybon posted:Have we actually seen video of McConnell? No. We've at least seen proof that Fetterman is still alive. McConnell and Feinstein are....?
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As I said, McConnell has announced his return to the Senate tomorrow. Feinstein is ostensibly waiting for doctor's clearance "to travel."
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nine-gear crow posted:No. We've at least seen proof that Fetterman is still alive. McConnell and Feinstein are....? Emperors_Death_Bed_Scene_Dark_Crystal.MOV
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Emperors_Death_Bed_Scene_Dark_Crystal.MOV Alternatively, "Somehow, Palpatine returned" dot gif
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Don't know how big this story is nationally, but it's a major deal locally. https://www.thedailybeast.com/family-demands-justice-after-black-teen-ralph-yarl-shot-in-the-head-after-ringing-wrong-doorbell Basically, a black 16-year-old (Ralph Yarl) was going to pick up his siblings at 115th terrace, but ended up at the same address on 115th street a block away. Instead of saying "Oh this 115th street, you're looking for 115th terrace which is the street behind us, crazy right?" like a normal person, the white homeowner shot him through the screen door, went outside and shot him again. Somehow Ralph is alive in critical condition. There have been protests all over the city as the shooter has yet to be charged, although I'm not sure how quickly charges come about for any type of attempted murder. Lee Merritt, who represented the family of Ahmaud Arbery, is representing the Yarl family as well, so this might gain steam.
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Missouri's a castle doctrine state, so there's room for any proceeding to go very badly.
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Honestly it's kind of silly that representatives have to be physically present in the capitol to vote. Seems like maybe our government should consider taking this newfangled invention of instantaneous global communication into account.
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Does castle doctrine allow you to shoot someone through your door? The castle is everything from the driveway to the street?
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Fister Roboto posted:Honestly it's kind of silly that representatives have to be physically present in the capitol to vote. Seems like maybe our government should consider taking this newfangled invention of instantaneous global communication into account. The House temporarily had remote voting during the height of the pandemic. If it hadn’t been removed when the GOP took the house, it’s definitely gone now
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On top of it being super hosed up that they shot him through the door, then shot him again, the fact that the victem only got help after the fourth place he went to made him lie down on the ground with his hands up. Like, it's possible that he was just super unlucky and no one was home in the first three homes he tried, but... probabaly not.
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Discendo Vox posted:Missouri's a castle doctrine state, so there's room for any proceeding to go very badly. Even without castle doctrine, there's plenty of room for things to go badly. This reminds me a lot of the killing of Yoshihiro Hattori in the 90s, where a jury didn't convict despite a very similar set of facts: quote:Hattori and Haymaker walked to the house's front door and rang the doorbell. Nobody came to the front door, but Bonnie Peairs opened the side door leading to the carport and saw Haymaker standing a few yards away. Haymaker was wearing a neck brace due to a recent injury and bandages as part of a Halloween costume. He attempted to address Bonnie Peairs, but she later testified that she panicked when Hattori appeared from around the corner and moved briskly towards her. She slammed the door and told her husband Rodney to get his gun.[2] quote:Peairs's defense was his claim that Hattori had an "extremely unusual manner of moving" that any reasonable person would find "scary". It emphasized that Peairs was an "average Joe", a man just like the jury members' neighbors, a man who "liked sugar in his grits".[11]
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I AM GRANDO posted:Does castle doctrine allow you to shoot someone through your door? The castle is everything from the driveway to the street? It shouldn't, but then it shouldn't exist in the first place. Its presence permits all sorts of absurdity in arguments. Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Apr 17, 2023 |
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Fister Roboto posted:Honestly it's kind of silly that representatives have to be physically present in the capitol to vote. Seems like maybe our government should consider taking this newfangled invention of instantaneous global communication into account. Nope nope nope. In today’s world, this means that ability to walk, or wheelchair, in and out of the chamber is a backstop to total incapacitation. If they may vote from wherever, ghouls literally from their coffin will have aides click buttons on Zoom. It would be genuinely a detriment. Same for SCOTUS. If you as a legislator are unable to make it to the chamber due to debilitating injury or illness, you should be replaced. If you as a legislator are unable to make it to the chamber due to competing priorities that somehow require you to be elsewhere, you should be replaced. Not for temporary cases, of course. But if you are so thoroughly hosed up that you are unable to do it physically, it leaves a huge question that is it you, your wife, your donor, your boyfriend, your kids, or who is it that is clicking the voting button? And how do you count quorum? Present but you’re asleep in Mexico? Also absentia, residing in foreign country yet voting in chamber, etc etc. Requiring them to drag their rear end into there and out of there is genuinely good for democracy. Even if someone else is helping them with wheelchairs or some mobility issues. Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Apr 17, 2023 |
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Fister Roboto posted:Honestly it's kind of silly that representatives have to be physically present in the capitol to vote. Seems like maybe our government should consider taking this newfangled invention of instantaneous global communication into account. Attempts to rectify this were stonewalled by Mitch McConnell.
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Blind Pineapple posted:went outside and shot him again. jesus christ i hadn't heard this part. what the gently caress e: Twincityhacker posted:the victem only got help after the fourth place he went to made him lie down on the ground with his hands up. WHAT???????? tHE gently caress????????????????????????
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Nenonen posted:"I am the law." - Judge Thomas More like Judge Dreadful 
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Twincityhacker posted:On top of it being super hosed up that they shot him through the door, then shot him again, the fact that the victem only got help after the fourth place he went to made him lie down on the ground with his hands up. The parable of rear end in a top hat Samaritan
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Main Paineframe posted:Even without castle doctrine, there's plenty of room for things to go badly. This reminds me a lot of the killing of Yoshihiro Hattori in the 90s, where a jury didn't convict despite a very similar set of facts: First story I thought of was Brennan Walker who tried asking for directions and was shot at but thankfully the shooter missed. That guy was convicted of assault despite making the same "My wife was screaming" excuse.
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Clarste posted:Sound ableist when you put it like that. This. What a bizarre and disgusting post
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Vahakyla posted:Requiring them to drag their rear end into there and out of there is genuinely good for democracy. Is there any country where this has had an any sort of positive effect on democracy? Especially in the case of United States I seem to recall plenty of times it was used to prevent democracy, by preventing some representatives from being present by tricks or physical force. I really don't personally give a poo poo where the voting happens as opposed to how they vote. Blind Pineapple posted:like a normal person, the white homeowner shot him through the screen door, went outside and shot him again. If this isn't attempted murder.... DarkCrawler fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Apr 17, 2023 |
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