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I met David Paterson and his wife— I had a 45 min convo with him in his kitchen one day when he was Lt Governor. We talked about liberal v conservative principles, coming together v being at odds. I like him, and she’s very nice as well.

Rest assured if I need "simple" you'll be the first person I think of.

Thanks Frank, pretty sensible write up. Btw, for those counting, this would be our 4th liberal gov/ag involved in illegal/unseemly behavior. Sptizy goes down. Scheneiderman had heavy hands with the ladies. Cuomo does Cuomo things. Letitia says no one is above the law except her.

I agreed with you that the Admin should work to get the gangbanger back in accordance with the court order. I think that caused you to have a mini-stroke, your Mom put you and on bed rest until about an hour ago.

You’re confusing “analysis” with “conclusion” which doesn’t really surprise me. With respect to “nuance” , as I assumed, you’re an empty suit.

I included context, history and power dynamic in my analysis. Again, some things are complicated, this one is not complicated. It's unnecessary to re-litigate American history in every situation that is discussed. Someone, somewhere along the line mentioned "systemic power dynamics" and like a child drawn to a butterfly, you were captivated. As to the bolded sentence, I have no idea what you're rambling about there. Do you?

I'm not the DaVinci Code, BillSy, nor am I particularly complicated. Michael Brown was acting in a criminal manner, put himself in harms way, made some very bad decisions that lead up to his departure from this earth. When he assaulted an officer, attempted to secure his weapon, then was attempting to return to assault him again, he was shot. I don't know him, don't know his family, but the facts are pretty clear. Ashley Babbitt was acting in a criminal manner, put herself in harms way, made some very bad decisions that lead up to the departure from this earth. When the officer was concerned for his life, perhaps concerned she would assault him, he made the decision to shoot her. Those facts are pretty clear, too. The difference is in the treatment of each case from the perspective of liberal politicians and people like you. In one case, the dispatch of a criminal has you turning on police, talking about legs shots, trashing the officer doing the hard, dirty work of law enforcement. In the other, two quick thumbs up, a cursory investigation and not one word about unarmed individuals being shot. There's no kicker for me here, BillSy. I already know who you are, and how you think, and how completely full of **** you typically are.

Everyone has their blindspots and hypocrisy, but when it comes to police involved shootings, the liberals are Hellen Keller. On the one hand, you have a Michael Brown, a guy intent on ending the life of an officer and demands for civil rights investigations. You get all sorts pf platitudes---shoot 'em in the leg, etc. On the other, Ashleigh Babbit, an unarmed individual, officer shoots to kill and is cleared of any wrongdoing in what amounts to about 20 minutes. Crazy stuff.

@The Frankish Reich thoughts on LJ and wrongdoing here. I do support due process here.

How many of you are there?

Based on the thoughts shared in this post, can I ask if you were born in 1911?

My comment was directed to Turk based on what he shared, not a comment on strategic alliances and global politics. Thank you, though, for sharing your thoughts unrelated to mine. In my neighborhood analogy, there’s usually one neighbor who does that, stops to interrupt a conversation before attempting to hold court on his favorite subject (himself, usually) and going on about his financial prowess. My experience is there is a pretty high likelihood that somewhere down the road, a For Sale sign ends up in his front lawn when economic changes occur or poor decision making catches up with him.

I don't care much what the rest of the world calls us. The simple reality is that those who suggest such things likely could not tell you who the Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, or just about anything about our country beyond the President. Most would struggle with VP, and have no idea how our judicial system works. They couldn't tell you the proximity of Pensacola to Atlanta, the tax rate scale, our property or sales tax system, how our education system works, the proximity of Buffalo to Ontario, the distance between Buffalo and NYC, or just about anything else. The couldn't tell you a thing about the impact on the psyche of people from WNY when employers like Bethlehem Steel folded up shop and the good people of WNY were left to deal with blight and the rusty skeleton of the plant that used to employ 20,000. On the other hand...why would they? They have their own issues, their own imperfect laws and politicians to deal with, and their families often share similar stories to the ones described above. Sure, they have opinions. Great. I liken it to walking down the street, hearing my neighbor yell their opinion out the window to me. If my nice liberal widow friend down the street (who currently rocks a "We stand with Ukraine" on her front lawn and a "Don't Tread of Me" flag in her garage, which was kind of interesting to me) yells out that she likes my new haircut, or that she appreciated me removing the very heavy snow off of her driveway when her snowblower failed a month back, great. If she yells out she doesn't like the color of my front door, or the coat I have on, I guess I would just move on. Hasn't happened yet, of course, because while people are very comfortable lobbing insults at others on a message board, in person, my experience is people can have disagreements on most things without being disagreeable. If you feel you need to bow your head to those in other countries, I can respect your right to that opinion.

I agree with you. Thank goodness people saw through it and voted accordingly.

You're upset because I agree with you. This is more evidence that you're in the midst of a significant emotional cycle.

"...then it's political opponents..." ? One of the reasons Trump was re-elected (maybe the main reason) was because of the widely held belief the Biden DOJ (and the democrats generally before that) did exactly what it is you fear. That ship sailed a long time ago.

As I said, you're outraged at times, others, not so much. It's your emotional cycle.

I understand you are situationally outraged (currently on a 4 years on/4 years off cycle), but I'm not sure why you're attacking me here when we agree. As for how people think of me, here's your guy, skipping death camps and going right to incinerating a family of 10. Your response...Give me more Joe! https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/29/asia/afghanistan-kabul-evacuation-intl/index.html Ten members of one family – including seven children – are dead after a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, a relative of the dead told CNN. The US carried out what it called a defensive airstrike in Kabul, targeting a suspected ISIS-K suicide bomber who posed an “imminent” threat to the airport, US Central Command said Sunday. The Pentagon has said the strike resulted in secondary explosions, and those explosions may have been what killed the civilians. The youngest victims of Sunday’s airstrike were two 2-year-old girls, according to family members.

4th's list of fave "Begat" songs: "Begat of You" by Kelly Clarkson "Begat" by the Beatles "Begat the Night" by 10,000 Maniacs "Begat you Loved Me" by Celine Dion

Minions is your characterization, not mine. I’ll move past that for the sake of efficiency. I think the point of the SC is accountability (even when the decisions go against my preferred agenda, unlike most liberals). I also think significant legal questions exist as it relates to “facilitate” and the SC ruling on the judge potentially exceeding her authority. Sounds to me like the system is working.

It’s certainly possible. I think the Admin should follow the SC directive to the letter. At the same time, we have to recognize that El Salvador is a sovereign nation and may have their own way of handling this matter.

Ah, the Constitution is ignored fairly often, and these things work through the process. In the inevitable chaos of a failed immigration system that seems tailor made to encourage victimization, assault and trafficking, disagreements on how to fix the problem will arise. Mistakes will be made. Legal drama will unfold. I believe the Admin should follow the direction of the SC and perhaps that’s being negotiated behind the scenes, or the judge holding the admin in contempt will solve the problem. In the meantime, while posting about the challenges in this country—-looks like Team Canada has immigration T Rex arms again. https://www.tori.ng/news/298706/canada-rejects-asylum-claims-from-over-13000-niger.html https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-deports-more-people-predominantly-those-rejected-refugee-status-2025-02-26/

Thank you for writing this up. The Trump admin should work to bring him back to the extent possible. Upon his return, probably a good time to revisit how this long clusterf*ck of a process was able to occur. Seems to me we have a system that can be gamed to benefit gang members, or a system that sets up innocent people to be treated harshly by suggesting they are gang members. Either way, it’s a clusterf*ck.

Sure.

Oh, I thought when you said you didn't understand the nonsense about it being a "landslide", you didn't mean you understood it perfectly fine. I don't know anything about your relationship with your leader, but it sounds unhealthy to me to trust anyone to that degree. I think that terms like "landslide" are used conversationally and most normal people don't hear "landslide" when used politically, immediately run to a dictionary, compare usage to meaning, and walk away thinking "cult". They might agree, or disagree, or not care a whit, but beyond that, who cares?