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Foosters

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  1. 1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    I’m not convinced Gorsuch or Kavanaugh will be an automatic vote on this. Alito and Thomas? Sure. They’re hacks. But the Nixon decision was unanimous. Clinton couldn’t stop a sexual harassment suit with immunity. The law is pretty fucking clear, but I see this as a 7-2 decision 

    Even if Gorsuch and Kavanaugh go along with it, where are they going to get that 5th vote from? Roberts? No way, right.

     

    Right?

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  2. 56 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Seriously- can we drop the bullshit of “you are advocating for an approach that’s going to kill lots of people?”  

    Every approach is going to kill lots of people if there’s not a vaccine or treatment protocol by yesterday. 

    Shelter in place happens?  People still dying. 

    Unemployment hits 20%?  People dying 

    people can’t get medical care or are afraid to go to the hospital?  People dying. 

    Theres no outcome here without a fairly significant body count. You can decide to play it out for a long period of time and consume basically the entire economy or you can try to rip the bandaid off. Either way though, lots of people are going to die. 

    And yes- I realize- either way the economy is going to get hit. And hit hard. But man- if we could lock in “only” a 10% drop in gdp I’d be ecstatic. Maybe our kids can someday be as well off as our parents!  What a wonderful thing to shoot for. It all sucks. 

    No, we can't drop it. You've already acknowledged that it's worth opening up because fatality rate is low. More fatalities is the major flaw in your approach, so no, not going to ignore it.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    This has also been my go to for how this is going down. We might as well have just skipped to that and avoided all the economic carnage as the sick and death are going to happen how they are going to happen anyway with something that kills less than 1% of the people. 

    We can’t and won’t shut ourselves inside for months/years for something with that low a level of lethality. So, worst of every world here as a final result, with a dash of systematic leadership failure pretty much everywhere and at every level, be it pro opening or against opening.  

    You're advocating opening it all up in order to claw back some of the economic damage. Obviously, the mere act of opening up won't magically bring things back all the way back. Large parts of the population will continue to distance and shelter. You're advocating for an approach that is going to kill lots of people. What's the number of deaths you're comfortable with? Is there a cutoff where you think locking things down is the right move? 1 million? 2 million?

     

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  4. 8 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

     

    They should mail it to every citizen over 18 along with voter registration card.

    Let the courts sort it out. Seems to be the MO for one side.

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  5. 1 minute ago, StruggleBus said:

    In San Antonio? Have you ever been to San Antonio?

    Also, feel free to read through the page you just linked. Are you fucking serious right now?

    Example:

    March 23 – Des Moines, IA: An Asian American woman was waiting in line at a bakery when a white couple said, “Oh gosh, not here” and “fled” to another line when they saw she was Asian. (Source: Des Moines Register

    So it's not happening?

  6. On 5/6/2020 at 6:48 AM, TornACL said:

    I basically never swing at the first pitch if I have gotten the lead off guy on with a single. No matter what kind of pitch, what kind of contact, it's going to be a rocket grounder to 2B or SS for a double play. 

    Also, when you send the early steal signal, the fucking computer will slide step and pitch out every time. Even on a 2-0 or 2-1 count. Maddening. 

    Did you guys take advantage of the steal glitch before they fixed it? Made swiping 2nd AND 3rd automatic. Now, its back to being impossible to steal even with Ricky Henderson.

  7. 38 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    So you get into a whole civil contempt/criminal contempt thing that takes a long time to sort through (and I'd probably just screw up anyway).

    Late last year, I was in court in Collin County on a civil matter.  I always show up a bit early for hearings because I want to get a sense for the judge's demeanor/mood.  So on this day, the hearing before me was on a child-support non-payment deal.  Mom--yeah, no shit--mom--was the non-custodial parent who hadn't been paying child support.  So there was a whole evidentiary hearing.  And at the end, the judge said she'd take it under advisement and called a 15-minute recess.

    So I'm sitting there in the front row of the gallery behind mom.  Sure.  No big whoop.  I'm reading my own notes for my hearing that's about to be called.

    And then it happens.  Judge comes back into the courtroom and takes the bench.  And I watch as very quickly the sheriff takes up a position behind mom.  That's when I put away my notes and started paying attention.  And Judge then holds mom in contempt and the sheriff has her stand up and he cuffs her right there. 

    And I'm just sitting there like "oh, fuck--now I have to go before this judge who just sent that pretty little blonde Collin County mom to jail."

     

    I hate that dance. Regularly see the unspoken communication between bailiffs and judge - the slight head nod, the mouthing of words - while the defendant stands there oblivious. When defendants finally realize what's about to happen, man, its painful to watch.

  8. 12 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

    Imagine that you have enemies in the govt that want to send you to prison, but they can't find anything solid to pin on you. But say they are surveiling you and discover you did something embarrassing, but totally legal. Like cheating on your wife with another man. 

    If they question you about it, and it has nothing to do with any criminal activity, it isn't a federal crime if you lie. 

    Is this kinda like when Whitewater morphed into a blowjob investigation and they charged a sitting POTUS with perjury?

     

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  9. 3 minutes ago, tjhooker said:

    It's great if you need it but if you can't pay 6 Mos worth of mortgage then how are you going to pay all 6 Mos when it is due.  It just delays it.  

    Yeah, I dont get this either. Same thing with rent forbearance. Ok, you cant pay because you have no job. Why not get back to us in 6 months when you'll owe us 6 months of rent in one lump-sum. Good luck!

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