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CowboyFred

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  1. First time ever clicking this thread (big mistake, I know) but in the last page or 2 I've seen this mentioned multiple times. This 14 number I assume is citizens that have died/been killed by police in custody or in the process of custody that weren't armed compared to the amount of officers that have been killed (I'm assuming while on duty or in the process of making an arrest or whatever)? Quick question and sorry if its been asked and answered before or just ignore me completely: Does that 14 number (or the way they came about it) differentiate between whether the police knew, at the time, that the perp was armed or only found out after investigating? For example, say I have a gun in my glove compartment but I never bring it up or even mention it because of something or another and shit goes sideways with my police encounter and I'm killed (either rightly so or the cop fucked up), am I included in the number of armed people killed by the police even though my weapon was never a factor in my encounter with the police? Or if it was in my trunk and they only found it after doing an inventory search of my car after it was impounded by them?
  2. interesting little thing I picked up on after looking at some information from the last video about him speaking to a foreign leader in Europe: California has approximately 33 million acres of forest while the US as a whole is roughly 818 million acres (3.3 million square kilometers). The only European nation that has a comparable amount of forest area to us is...Russia with 8.1 million square kilometers of forest area. (I know technically all of Russia isn't in the European continent but it accounts to about 40% of the total area of Europe but I also don't put it past trump to not know any of that and just assume they're in Europe) Second in Europe is Sweden with almost 281,000 square kilometers. It would be weird if Sweden (or any country below them in rank) would call themselves a "forest nation" when they don't even have a 10th of the forest area we have in the states. I guess what I'm saying is that based on what he's said there it is not crazy to assume he was speaking with Putin or someone else in Russia...
  3. oh for fucks sake with these people
  4. saw that video earlier today as well and oh boy... also noticed that the date stamp above that Florida politician was May 2011. kinda cracks me up we're still arguing the same shit
  5. Hopefully getting closer @Biff Tannen
  6. It seems as though a small group of dudes (maybe 6?) were the ones talking shit. Weird thing to be protesting about but also lazy media (random people with blue check on twitter) automatically labeling these fools "BLM protestors" and just fanning flames. Of course idiot in chief will probably begin retweeting those claims as well as something like "Look at Joe Biden's America".
  7. the bolded is literally a link to mcenany's statement. There is no mention of the actual witnesses just that 8 have "debunked the story". She supposedly brings up 2 new "witnesses". The first, Derek Lyons a staff secretary, straight up says I was with the president the day after. The second new witness, Dan Walsh, confirms the bad weather call and the helicopters weren't able to fly but thats about it. Other than that they just gave personal opinions (lol) as to why they don't believe he'd say such a thing. I've seen Huckabeef come out and deny it but if you want to call her credible when she has straight up lied or told half-truths during her press conferences while press sec, that is a strange one to take at face value. I do know Bolton only said he didn't hear it but could see him saying it (this one probably hurts more than it helps). Trump even slipped up (lol again) and said he even called Melania that morning back at the White House when she was there with him. This is not a personal attack as I don't typically do those here (swam is gone so we good now) but man this is reaching. I agree with you on the fact that news reporting (even the Atlantic) has their fuck ups (probably too many than should be happening) and its beyond shitty when the correction doesn't get nearly as much traction as the original. Also in complete agreement that there is shitty journalism on both sides and journalists should in fact be arbiters of the truth. Keep the opinion pieces in the opinion section. On the Trump story being debunked, I cannot agree with you on that.
  8. This is what I got from reading the article as well. Bern makes a good point that a deeper look into lower brackets below the 200K threshold. I know my father works for AT&T and when all this shit came out he guessed (correctly) that instead of giving employees a raise they'd probably get a bonus and the rest would go back to shareholders, executives, etc. They ended up giving employees a one-time $1,000 bonus. AT&T (as well as others) instead moved that money back to shareholders in one way or another. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-got-a-giant-tax-cut-but-has-laid-off-thousands-union-says/ Edit to add that my pops would probably fall in that "deeper look" into the tax brackets as he makes (usually) between 90-105K a year depending on overtime work so I'd be interested to know how, if at all, his taxes have either increased or decreased.
  9. are you saying that because they're white?
  10. I don't get it tho because when you cross from Mexico to the US on foot or by car, you pay on the Mexican side as you're leaving the country. The US charges you when you leave into Mexico. Is he saying we are going to be charged again after paying in Mexico and crossing the bridge to the US side?
  11. Vladeck is a great for you legal nerds
  12. lol poor hippie protestors are just standing there and the bitches with guns go attacking them
  13. another one that cracked me up...
  14. he just retweeted the 2nd one
  15. Funny story about Gitmo: my 1L Federal Civ Pro professor was a former attorney for the military and "spent a lot of time at Gitmo". He swears to this day that not one person was tortured at Gitmo. This dude also saw Abe Lincoln as a traitor and made sure to drive around in his diesel truck Earth Day because it is all a lie anyways. Probably the worst professor I had in law school.
  16. same. I didn't see football being played until later in the fall or January. Happy it is here tho. Here's to hoping all teams stay relatively COVID free and we can have somewhat of a normal life again. Fuck aggy and its still fuck bob stoops
  17. I found this reply pretty funny as well
  18. I just got back from spending about 9 days in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. It might have been 60-70% mask usage in convenience stores. Mask requirement signs on the door but people just walk right in. First time I saw it I had to make sure there was actually a sign on the door (there was). Even the 50-60 year old cashier (smelled like a smoker and easily 300+ pounds) took her mask off while helping those gentlemen in the store without the mask and only put it back on when I went up to the counter. Also noticed as the week went on (I got there last sunday) more and more people began to arrive in this small town. From what I gathered, most of the people in that town don't care for the masks. Also driving back and holy shit San Angelo. went into a gas station and there may have been 4 out of 10 people wearing a mask inside with me and the 2 cashiers being 3 of the 4. West Texas don't give no fucks. Also: not intended to be a dig or be seen as talking shit to Goredho but those were my experiences. The more west from San Antonio I went, mask usage declined.
  19. From what I saw on social media, bars in San Antonio and Austin were already open and let’s just say social distancing was not in effect. We’re fucked(again).
  20. *their
  21. bro seriously fuck you. don't give a fuck about anything you may reply but just fuck you. hope karma catches you one day you sorry excuse for a human being
  22. I'm pretty sure thats not how the actual infection rate would be calculated, but I'm also no fan of maths. I wasn't saying shit about cancelling one way or the other just pointing out that by the looks of it we might spike again on college campuses after seeing a bunch of shit on twitter about mass gatherings being the norm at schools across the country.
  23. welp ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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