Cugalabanza

Of course I am not surprised. Still, it's a phenomenon I don't understand. I'm not trying to take away anyone's rights, it's just not for me. If I find myself with a little extra money & am looking to make a flashy impulse purchase, I'd rather buy a new guitar.

Guys, these old 2nd Amendment arguments are irrelevant now. Trump today revealed that he has the superpower to defeat gunfire with his bare hands. The whole idea of an armed militia as a safeguard against a tyrannical fed gov is moot! The next revolution won’t be fought with bullets—it will be fought (apparently) with… manic narcissism.

I have no idea

Yeah, I can't think of another reason to have a delay.

It's not a throwaway at all. Clearly, it's about shooting up (heroin).

I understand what you're saying, but I'm more concerned with the more fundamental stupidity where people are so stupid, they can't identify a square root symbol and think it's a drawing of a gun. That's the part that's funny. You're fixating on the damp corner of the basement view, which is less interesting and unfunny.

No, it’s just shocking to see how stupid we’ve become.

Holy **** or ? Maybe both.

Having to take only three dicks would be a refreshing change around here.

Did I hurt your feelings or something?

What’s the difference between a bowl of dry, room temperature mashed potatoes and Jared Kushner? The mashed potatoes don’t look worried in every picture lately.

Ok, I admit I was wrong on this. Apologies. I am a jackass. I loose one turn.

Ok

I wouldn’t call it malice from Sessions. I’d call it being tone deaf and insensitive.

Obviously. My objection is that I think Session isn’t just referencing a piece of history. I think he’s implying something about the Present, in terms of how things ought to be. It’s a fetishising of an ideal that is conspicuously...white.

I knew I'd sort of take a hit one this one. I still feel that Sessions' words were problematic. I know I'm alone on that here. I understand how people are fed up with oversensitivity. I get that. I just feel like "Anglo-American Heritage" as used here excludes some certain people. And Sessions has a history of being seen as insensitive about this stuff, so he should be more self aware.

I think it's kind of coy to pretend that's what my point is.

I understand the history and the etymology. I still think it's coded. You're speaking to a bunch of sheriffs. Why all of a sudden bring up "Anglo-American heritage?" If you want to point out the origin of the notion of sheriff in England, you can talk about that, but the way he brought it up, that's skeevy. If you are a black sheriff listening to that speech, would you not find that offensive at all?

Session is not bright. He doesn't need the heat that he's gonna get over this. This smells racist to me. You can argue otherwise and say that his statement is technically accurate, but this is some loaded language.

“The office of Sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement.” - Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the National Sheriff's Association winter conference in DC. I expect some people will want to have some explanation on this.

I suppose. I know it's a technical point and probably a picky one. But likelihood is not the same thing as proof. You're probably right that it will turn out Trump was being spied on. But we'll have to wait to know that for sure and to know the extent. By the way, I'm with you about the state of surveillance in this country and I hate what it means for liberties. Maybe I'm just being a pain in the ass, but I'm not comfortable calling what we've heard so far "proof."

I understand all this about the warrant & FISA and the hops. But is there any concrete evidence that Trump was bugged? I think the answer to the question remains (for now) NO. Of course, that may very well change, but it's still in the status of supposition as of right now. Well, the right is fond of saying "show me the concrete proof" on the subject of Russian collusion. And they're right to say that. This is the same thing. Supposition vs. proof. I think we have to wait for some things to come to light.

What is the evidence that Trump was in fact "wiretapped?" I know the assumption is that he was, due to the FISA warrant obtained to surveil Page. But it's still conjecture at this point, no? Just like there is no concrete evidence of Russian collusion. These are both smoke/fire suppositions. Unless I've missed something. What is your evidence that Trump was in fact spied on?

It looks like my rep number is pretty low, but that’s just because I recently rolled over the nines.