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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.
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boop the snoot posted:You seem very confident in your separation from 2018’s reality so I will toxx that Manafort ends up walking if you toxx for the contrary. 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.
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Smiling Jack posted:I think alot of it has to do with proper hydration One time when I was in ROTC, I was at Ft.Knox doing land nav exercises or some poo poo. Anyways, they pair us up with this e5 reservist to lead my fireteam of cadets around the woods for that days course. Anyways, this dude keeps bragging about how he does UFC and he's ripped, but we're going too fast for him and that we need to slow down or else we'll get heatstroke. Also not to drink water too much or we'll cramp up. We then hit our second AP that was next to an aid station and some water buffaloes, so he tells us to go refill our canteens and to wait for him. We wait about five minutes and then turn around to see him getting wrapped in a wet ice towel and getting an IV of fluids, so he's obviously done for the day. Then this portly reservist major comes over and tells us he'll take over with his for the rest of the day. Despite the guys size, he was able to scramble around the woods no problem because he actually drank water instead of bragging how he's in super shape and don't need no hydration breaks. Also the other fun part of that event was hearing over the radios the constant calls for medics and what not because cadets kept loving dropping from heat stroke or twisting their ankles and poo poo. We came in second out of 65 fireteams or whatever, so that was cool. Welp, that's my dumb story about hydrating when it's loving hot out. Thanks for reading. 
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:When I was in IOBC we had a dude go into whatever happens when you drink too much water. Hashbrowns?
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Vasudus posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/Popehat/status/1026843794753314817 Yep. If you read the bloomberg article, it's pretty clear the judge isn't dunking on prosecutors because he's a chud, he's telling them "We get your point. You don't need to make it ten different ways. You've made your point, let's move on".
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Excuse me, are you implying that serious and not biased journalist Glenn Greenwald is purposely misconstruing something someone else said to try make a point?
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Aug 7, 2018 21:45
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The Tribune-Sinclair merger is dead. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/tribune-media-ends-3-9-billion-merger-deal-sinclair-n899071  ?
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Solaris 2.0 posted:So I just want to vent for a moment. I decided to try to post in D&D. Particularly the Local Politics s thread. I figured it may be a good resource of Goons organizing in groups around the country to remove Republicans from power and push for liberal candidates. Yeah I saw your posts in there and didn't realize you were a gip regular at the time. I was gonna chime in but figured I didn't want to deal with the stupidity. There are few non broke brains in that thread, but yeah, it's incredibly infuriating to deal with because as you said anyone who's a liberal or who has worked with establishment Dems on any level is painted as somehow worse than Trump and his ilk. It's stupid but as someone else said, they are a very vocal minority and an annoyingly loud one at that. I mean everything you need to know about how loving dumb some of the regulars are is when one guy says DSA sucks because they are pro trade union and co-ops rather advocating for seizing the means of production or nationalization.
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For real, Pelosi despite all her faults, was an incredibly effective speaker. Why the gently caress else do you think the GOP constantly uses her as a bogeyman? You can certainly make the argument now that if/when the dems regain the majority, she should let someone else be speaker, but stop pretending that if she steps aside or whatever, republicans won't find another bogeyman.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Which is literally the job of the speaker of the House. Ideological purity is not the job of the Speaker of the House which is why Paul Ryan is so bad at it. He's a Randroid dream come true, but he can't control his own caucus so he was a bad choice for the Republicans. Yep. Also again, Pelosi was fine with getting the public option into the house bill, it was only pulled out because Liberman is a turd and wouldn't let the senate vote on that version. For real, I get that if you want to argue that maybe Dems shouldn't elect her as speaker if she's still in her seat the next time they gain a majority, that's fine, but pretending that her leaving office or not being speaker suddenly solves the problem with GOP messaging is pants on the head retarded. You guys know they just find something else to harp about.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Turtle man gets results As did Pelosi, Reid, and Boehner. Ryan has issues getting poo poo done, and it's not because Democratic voters can't stand him.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Our stable allies! Mueller had recently requested that part of the trial remain closed and in secret so as to not publicly disclose evidence that he'd rather not make public at this time (related to a future indictment possibly). My guess it's in relation to that, but I'll wait for Popehat's take. EDIT:  https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1027944199050514432
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Eating paper to own the libs. https://twitter.com/TPM/status/1027976045964800011
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Vasudus posted:
Fuckin' "Greatest Generation" right there.
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In my head cannon it's the same black WW2 vet that gets posted with his Thompson all the time.
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FBI fired Peter Strzok. https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...m=.528fe1a13be8 Trump is gonna be even more insufferable than usual today.
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mlmp08 posted:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-munich-attack-wreaths-palestinian-terrorists-antisemitism-a8489731.html quote:“I was there because I wanted to see a fitting memorial to everyone who has died in every terrorist incident everywhere, because we have to end it. You cannot pursue peace by a cycle of violence. They only way you pursue peace is by a cycle of dialogue.” 
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I think what annoys me about that picture the most is how loving dumb they all look trying to look tough, the president even more so than usual.
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The Prosecution has come to rest in Manafort's Trial. Defense is up to bat now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...age%2Fstory-ans
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EBB posted:wouldn't describe free bud light as winning Never look a gift beer in the mouth. Duzzy Funlop posted:I think I wrote some effortpost in a CE thread a while ago why I believe "Nazi" should be reserved to the actual swastika-carrying, jew-hating shitbags. So, like the Charlottesville dudes, that SS-biker at Trump's side, the actual loving Nazi party (whatever it's called in the US), clansmen (let's throw in elected politicians sympathizing with Nazis for good measure) etc. The way "Nazi" has been thrown around casually in the past decade, or hell, even during the Bush administration normalizes the word and takes away from the impact it should have. Yeah, I've had the same outlook for awhile. It's super infuriating to deal with too as a guy who studied a ton of stuff about Nazi Germany for my history degree. Because as lovely as some people are (Bush, Cheney, etc.) calling them Nazis immediately trivializes the argument as to why they are bad people, and it also trivializes the horrific poo poo the Nazis did. Handsome Ralph fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Aug 14, 2018 |
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EBB posted:So what do we call the Proud Boys instead? Neo-Fascists? I'd say that's an adequate name for them.
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As Nero Danced posted:Also the theranos wiki page is hilarious to read. They didn't think anything very far ahead, did they? At the very least, when Steven Soderbergh makes a movie about it, it'll be a fun watch.
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MA-Horus posted:I'm so loving glad I had a chance to see Egypt before it all went to poo poo. 100% worth it too, goddamn what a place. Spoiler alert, you can still go to Egypt and see this poo poo (for now) and be fine. My Trump voting in-laws went in February of this year and both came back and went from "All Muslims want to kill us are bad and are terrible!" to "Well actually, muslims are mostly good people and they hate ISIS more than we do in some cases, who knew?!?" Seriously, I get that poo poo is hosed up and bullshit, but some of you are starting to sound like my loving mom. Take some risks, enjoy the world for what it is while you still can.
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MA-Horus posted:Ease up homeboy, you're probably fine if you're with a tour-group or towards the Red Sea but I'll be hosed if I'm going down towards Aswan by myself. My bad, wasn't trying to rag on you alone or anything...I just often run into the "It's dangerous to go to places other than Western Europe and North America!" chat when it's usually massively overblown. Are there risks? Most definitely, but I'd say most of the time you're fine so long as you're not a complete idiot. Egypt, yeah, tourgroups or with locals you know and trust. Jordan, did that poo poo solo and I had no issues. FAUXTON posted:Visiting Egypt is probably about as safe as visiting Jordan, it's cool stuff like Palmyra in Syria and Persepolis in Iran that are gonna be difficult. I would have loved to visited Palmyra or even check out Saladin's tomb, but lol to that ever happening anytime soon.
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EBB posted:Informal poll: are you all fine with the current level of shitposting/white noise in this thread, or is it disruptive? Nah, it's fine for the most part. But if it gets any louder, then maybe clamp down, idk. pantslesswithwolves posted:I lived in Egypt from 2009 to late 2010. I went back in early 2014 after the coup, and frankly, I’d have a hard time feeling comfortable going back given the country’s absolutely abysmal human rights record under Sisi. It’s a pretty sad and creepy place if you dig just beneath the surface or go anywhere outside of the major tourist areas. Yeah that's probably the best assessment. Co-worker of mine grew up in Egypt (her dad is a USG employee, her mom is a local) and her family stopped going back for a few years due to the issues going on there after the coup. I think they *just* started going back for twice a year visits, but they no longer live there full time.
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Niton posted:https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1030197419903016961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stIvLRJcqCE
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Hot Karl Marx posted:looks like I'm not going to be the toxx victim then...*cough* Handsome Ralph *cough* I'm following Popehat's lead on this...anyone telling you what those notes mean is full of poo poo.  I'm still confident that he get's convicted, maybe not on every charge, but enough that he's going away for the rest of his life. EDIT: Yeah, he's got 18 charges against him in this trial. I think it's foolish to expect every single one of those charges to stick considering the average juror, but I don't think he walks on all 18. https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/1030162922780143617
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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.  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! 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.
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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).
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DrHub posted:But it's free... For the veteran, but anyone with them that's not a vet pays full price. They count on a vet bringing family or friends with them, that's where it's 
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Vasudus posted:Solution: make every American play XCOM and then ask them how confident they are with 64% odds. 
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BigDave posted:Anyone want to I already against Hot Karl Marx a few days ago that he will get convicted. If Hot Karl Marx is down for it, I'll donate to a humane society or shelter of his choosing if he walks and vice versa. I mean that way the doggos win either way. 
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Johnny Five-Jaces posted:who the gently caress is buying these? My wife and I are DINKs and I make good money and she makes medium money and... we're not even close. Same boat here. At this rate, we're planning on buying in MD in PG County or something because we could give a poo poo about schools since we're not having kids.
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psydude posted:Find a place near the MARC line in Bowie or Laurel so you don't have to deal with 50 or 295. Yeah we looked around Bowie a little bit. Laurel too. She's insistent that we get something with a couple of acres, so that kinda hamstrings us a little bit as far as choices go. But I will say if you don't give a gently caress about schools, it's MUCH easier to find an affordable place.
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