Pokebball
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Youngkin would probably bring Virginia which is a virtual tie at this point. Those you mentioned would not bring with them a state
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1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Well, Trump's comment didn't say what occupations it would be limited to. It was obviously aimed at "hospitality workers," generally defined, but how do you define that?
It did say those that normally get tipped
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5 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
So what would stop, say, a lawyer (hah!) from taking his client's credit card for billable hours, then flipping the screen ask the client to add a 15, 20, 25 percent tip?
Do lawyers normally get tipped? I seriously doubt they'd be included.
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Spending is what made it surge
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What I find both funny and disturbing is neither candidate, neither party and not one poster in this thread (including me) own the high ground from a Jesus perspective. And yet we are all posting from a position of judgement, one way or the other. A friend shared this article with me, just this morning. I think it's a good read.
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13 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
I think you may be off by, oh, a hundred million or more ...
... there's only about 350 million in this country.
you mean Biden?
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1 minute ago, wnyguy said:
Why not just believe the science, like we were told?
The lack of transparency was criminal. That's the biggest take I got out of the COVID years.
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5 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
The biggest evil of covid is what they did to kids, and they did a lot of other evil things.
Not surprising in the least given these are the exact same people who want your kids reading anal/oral books in school.
The educational loss in our kids will take decades to reverse, or get caught back up. Seeing that this information was known as early as it was and was purposefully hidden from the public, is what is so bad it's almost criminal.
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1 minute ago, BillsFanNC said:
Reminder...
The wife of a US SC Justice flies the US flag upside down?
He must recuse!!!!!!
A Manhattan judge contributes to the campaign of the political rival of the defendant in the case he is presiding over?
Crickets.
their hypocrisy is deafening
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5 hours ago, nedboy7 said:
“Watching my party — the party of law and order — absolutely turn their guns against the jury, against the judge, against the system … this party has lost all ability to think for itself,” Kinzinger said Friday
I think Kinzinger's and Cheney's hatred of Trump clouds their judgement. I didn't vote for Trump in either 2016 or 2020, largely due to his character flaws. I didn't necessarily think he did anything illegal. He was just an arrogant SOB with little to no civility. For full disclosure, I didn't vote for Clinton or Biden.
I liked and respected both Kinzinger and Cheney for calling Trump's character out. I voted for Cheney in 2020. Now, however, I believe both Kinzinger and Cheney purposefully withheld information and testimony from the public relating to the Jan 6 investigation. Kinzinger's comment today is in this same vein. The means doesn't matter to him, as long as it's harmful to Trump. This NYC trial was 100% political and the result severely hurt many Americans trust and faith in the judiciary, all "to get Trump"
A few years ago, I held Gabbard, Cheney and Kinzinger in the same category. I thought all three were brave, willing to put country over party. Cheney and particularly Kinzinger seem to me, to be willing to push truth aside over their hatred of Trump. That's not America.
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4 minutes ago, BillStime said:
The legal scholars were not part of the jury.Huh? That's what legal scholars do. They live in courtrooms.
And she wasn't on the NYC jury, I agree
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There are a lot of people on this board that have higher opinions of their opinions than other's have of their opinions.
Don't ever forget that and you'll be just fine
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10 minutes ago, BillStime said:
Low bar?absolutely. many a legal scholar are critical of this NYC case. and all she did was ask the question
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Just now, BillStime said:
That's all you got? That's a pretty low bar. Now do NYC
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1 minute ago, BillStime said:
Yep. He followed the facts and the jury agreed.Now answer my question - is Aileen Cannon a judge or a member of Trumps defense?
Everyone holds biases to some extent. Bragg pursued Trump hard and he made that a part of his campaign for DA. I think it's pretty clear he had significant bias against trump, and clearly campaigned on it.
What's your case against Cannon?
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6 minutes ago, BillStime said:
Bragg did not campaign on “getting” Trump.https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/12/heres-what-manhattan-district-attorney-alvin-bragg/
Here's what Bragg said, interpret that as you may...
While campaigning, Bragg said: "I have investigated Trump and his children and held them accountable for their misconduct with the Trump Foundation. I also sued the Trump administration more than 100 times for the travel ban, the separation of children from their families at the border. So I know that work. I know how to follow the facts and hold people in power accountable."
He also said that he would continue with Vance's investigation and hold Trump "accountable by following the facts where they go."
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3 minutes ago, Scraps said:
The DA wouldn't have changed.
the jury in the DAs district would have. It's a moot point now, except for the appeals process
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8 minutes ago, BillStime said:
Should the venue and judge in the classified documents case be changed?did anyone incolved in this case campaign on getting trump?
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10 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Here's a thought: maybe it's not the end of the Republic.
Maybe if young men (and face facts, we're talking about men) with political aspirations learn that they will be prosecuted for breaking the law even though they are well-connected, there will be a new class of politicians who don't treat the law as nonbinding guidance.
Venue changes are extremely rare, and are based on pre-trial publicity in a particular district that could be addressed by moving the trial elsewhere.
Where could we have moved OJ's trial? Trump's trial? Were the prospective jurors of WDNY (Buffalo) unaware of who this Trump fellow is and what people say he's done or been wrongfully accused of doing?
Such motions are not based on how the district's populace voted in the last election.
Venue changes, particularly, are done to obtain fairness. Given the DAs campaigning on getting Trump and the recent civil case, I don't think it would have been odd at all.
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1 minute ago, Scraps said:
I guess Trump shouldn't have committed the crimes in Manhattan.
Venues and judges are changed all the time to achieve fairness in our judicial processes. Not necessary opining that either should have happened in this case, but fairness is always considered pretty important in our judiciary. Bias is always considered, both in fact and in appearance. Odd the powers didn't think either was necessary in this case.
We'll see what the appeals process concludes.
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Just now, The Frankish Reich said:
The jurisdiction always matters.
The judge always matters.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
So we've answered the "so what"! Making progress
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2 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
No wonder all those hedge fund managers and Black Rock CEOs are lining up for Biden
They support both, don't they?
Just now, L Ron Burgundy said:He's being tried because he committed crimes. And 34 felonies may result in a different outcome for once than a slap on the wrist. More to come too. He's done worse than this.
Again, the ends justifying the means
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4 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:
And…NY did and 12jurors agreed. So what?
So what?
You don't think jurisdiction mattered in the case? You don't think the judge mattered in this case?
Interesting
Pardons For The Criminals Of January 6th? Trump will release these violent criminals into society!
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Violent?