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Foosters

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  1. 3 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    Cross-posting from the weather thread, but yeah--I'm really worried about this, too.  The homeless don't have access to the information to know that they need to get inside.  And they sure as shit don't have the gear to sleep outside in these temperatures.  I'm afraid a lot of of them are going to die if Austin's city government doesn't take serious and concerted action now to get them into shelters.

    More homeless die in LA every year than in NYC for this exact reason, despite the obvious differences in climate.

  2. 3 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

    wow, so i'm only incrementally watching as i pass through the living room, but abby phillips on cnn just reported that many republican senators are purposefully not listening, with feet up on their desk, reading books or other materials. 

    how fucking disrespectful. shameful. well, it would be shameful if they had any fucking shame left in their black, selfish hearts. they were in the fucking capitol when it was stormed! their shit was looted, broken, rifled through. 

    i simply cannot process the mindset it takes to be such a fuckstick.

    Do you spend lots of time trying to process why terrorists are terrorists? 

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  3. 1 minute ago, B00M said:

    A lot (all?) of these R senators are already extremely wealthy. They don't NEED to be reelected. Think long term about the precedent. Fear of violence against their families is about the only reason I can come up with not to convict. But it's short sighted and selfish. Trump shit on all of them and their families from day 1. Stop humiliating yourself and the few principled conservatives left and turn on the mother fucker already. 

    The fact that the "jury" is composed of the co-conspirators makes the whole thing bizarre. Trying to imagine a prosecutor asking a jury of 12 to convict the defendant when the getaway driver and 2 accomplices are sitting in the jury.

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  4. I feel for some of you guys.

    The only republican in our social circle was a guy who co-owned a construction company that his dad founded. Married. 3 kids. Nice house (they owned) in a safe, white suburb of LA. They have lived in LA their whole lives. Had a conversation with him during BLM movement this summer. I thought it went well. Even thought that maybe I might have changed his mind. Just found out that he's moving his entire family to Boise so they can escape the hellhole that is LA. They don't know a single person there.

    Amazing.

  5. 5 minutes ago, Bevo said:

    So, from one of the earlier posts, his car hit the door panel of the first car and rear ended the second car. Sounds like he didn't have time to brake and went around the first car but couldn't make it around the second. Does it matter if the car ran out of gas on the freeway and the owner didn't call police to report it? Does it matter if the children were wearing seatbelts? Or is the only relevant info that the driver was impaired.

    Its an interesting point. Technically, none of that impacts the ability of DAs to prove the case. That said, in negotiating a resolution, it can certainly play a role. A guy driving the wrong way on the freeway with a .20 who maims someone is in a lot more trouble than the guy with a .09 who maims a pedestrian who was illegally crossing in the dark.

     

     

  6. Anecdotal evidence from another jurisdiction, but where I come from, a repeat DUI offender who hospitalizes multiple victims with critical injuries will almost certainly be facing at least a couple of years in prison.

  7. 30 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

    Any really really top legal minds who have an interest in the welfare of this country--is there anything to stop them from offering free assistance to the plaintiffs?

    I see that you're asking me. I'll have to research this and get back to you.

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  8. 9 minutes ago, Born to Run said:
    3 hours ago, Foosters said:
    I'm all for means-testing the military career.
    You were in the shit? Pension for you.
    You played pilot at Ramstein for a few years? Hit the bricks pal.
     

    Lol at this govt system parsing out who gets what. Both parties - spend moar; support the troops. Forever

    It was a joke. I'm not seriously suggesting we means test the military

  9. 1 minute ago, DonkeyCigars said:

    I feel like this isn’t fair. You are being paid to defend, potentially with your life, the country and civilians (I guess this is debatable but generally true to most folks way of thinking); on the other hand, you are getting paid just for being a human being citizen (not necessarily bad; I think all people should be paid).

    What is it with people and not making apples to apples analogies, to prove a point?

    I'm all for means-testing the military career.

    You were in the shit? Pension for you.

    You played pilot at Ramstein for a few years? Hit the bricks pal.

     

  10. 4 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    *cop who makes $95k/year to beat up black teenagers*

    "I'm so tired of these damn GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS!"

    **retires at age 43 with lifetime pension.

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