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So, the brain is weird and it would be stupid to assume that a stroke would affect everyone's speech pattern the same. I've posted on this thread my interaction with a neighbor who was having a stroke and she was mixing words up, but speaking them relatively clearly. So, obviously different than your anecdote. Because anecdotes aren't science. Do you have any indication, other than the speech issues, that Fetterman is having cognitive issues that are interfering with his job? If not, maybe just shut the fuck for a while. Be sure to inform us if he starts rambling about insane shit, like Jewish space lasers or trickle-down economics.

Probably, although the local laws are probably more restrictive. And any decent size contractor has a strong motivation in keeping their Recordable Incident Rate low. But, the unions may be pushing rules that provide some additional break time. And that's not a terrible thing.

Blacks for Trump, aka “Michael the Black Man”, is a nutcase with a history of violence. Way overdue to be banned from contact with Trump. But, FoxNews recently ran an article on him, which is likely the reason for him getting banned now.

The last two cut off: ...they were 16 but looked 20. xii: "I think of you as my daughter. Is that weird?" - which Giuliani said will engaging in sexual contact with Ms. Dunphy.

I think you are still giving people way too much credit for tracking anything. "My Aunt Buela went to LA to be on the Price is Right, and she said there was a homeless guy pissing on a toddler. A toddler! Ain't no way I want that for America!" That's the level of political discourse in America. Great, he compared our inflation rate against the UK. Do you think Hannity's audience believes the UK (or any European country) is the baseline? The baseline is whatever they think it should be.

As we learned with Hillary, right wing talking points are effective in winning elections. There were a ton of independents and even Democrats who believed, or at least half-believed, the absurd bullshit the right wing nutcases had been saying for years about Clinton. There are more who believe that California is failing. Shit, there was an article in the Atlantic about SF being a failed state. Citing reality or a nuanced understanding of reality doesn't really matter. It would be really hard to work through those talking points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. But, California is extremely productive for fundraising. With his connections, he would build a massive war chest in the primaries.

48% agreed/35% disagreed/17% didn't know It's really tough to win a general election while supporting Trump with those numbers. But, for Republicans, it's 67% who disagree with the charges. Hard to win a primary if you support the rule of law here.

That's got to be a weird dynamic. Do you celebrate when your dead Nazi great-grandfather is returned? What's the protocol here?

The rise of pop-country was a response to modern black music integrating into mainstream music. It was the music industry version of suburban white flight. But Garth seems ok.

The potential of the Ukrainian economy is a bigger threat to the Russian power brokers than NATO. Ideally, Ukraine wins this war, they continue to make progress in countering corruption, the west pours a shitload of investment into the country, the average Ukrainian has their standard of living greatly increased, and the average Russian watches it all from a very close distance, both geographically and culturally. At that point, all the discussions on arm treaties and pipelines won't make any difference. It will boil down to people wanting a better life for themselves and their children, and Putin being in the way of that. [I assume this has already been said a bunch of times, a bunch of different ways, on this thread.]

1. Pretty much all human intelligence sources are anonymous to the public. The European spy agency who fed the CIA the information knows who it is. It's not like it was posted on a message board. 2. That doesn't necessarily mean the Ukrainians did it. It would be surprising if they didn't have conceptual plans drawn up on how to blow up the pipelines. But it does demonstrate they perceived some advantages in destroying it. 3. I still absolutely do not fucking care if they did. They are fighting for their lives.

It easier when they play dead.

Now, I understand. You think there is a reasonable chance that nothing will happen, but, in such a situation, the people who said nothing would happen are still stoopid, because they didn't correctly map out why nothing happened. Sure "people are involved" has been shredded, but "any time you get any case in front of 12 people you can't possibly know the outcome..." is the kind of insightful, hard-hitting, analysis I come to this board for. Seriously, invest less in convoluted insults. They aren't paying off.

I think you are extrapolating way too much. I'm certainly not saying this shit shouldn't be pushed as far as it can be pushed. But, calling the "nothing is going to happen" crowd stupid is fucking asinine. There is plenty of shit that should have stuck, but didn't. And, as much as I may appreciate the legal analysis, the reality is there is no precedent - legally or politically - for sending an expresident or future candidate to prison. The legal consequences here aren't like some trigonometric proof we can work through in a vacuum. People are involved. Politics are involved. I certainly hope Trump goes to prison and I recognize that is one of the several possible outcomes. But if the last six years have demonstrated anything, it's there is wide chasm between logic and reality. Y'all believe he is going to prison. Cool. I hope you're right. You want to throw shit at everyone who would lay money the other way? Go fuck yourself. Not everyone has to agree with you.

…after serving nine months of a five year sentence.

You seem very concerned about whether people think Trump will have any consequences. Not sure why. Question for the board: let’s assume Trump is convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. How confident are you that Biden wouldn’t pardon him prior to that sentence starting? 100%? 75%?

Yeah. For the last 7 years or so. What channel were you watching? I would think Trump's most solid legal defense would be to claim that he is a lying piece of shit. His vulnerability to prosecution is based on him speaking honestly to people in a room. He could have been looking at a Denny's menu and claiming it was secret war plans. Would that really seem unlikely or out of place considering what we know about him? Shit, they could bring in a couple hundred million character witnesses who would testify that he just says stupid shit all the time, and for no particular reason. I doubt Trump would make such a claim, which makes me smile a bit.

Frozen? Who here would have taken "frozen" at the start of the invasion? History is full of invaded countries that simply maintained continuous resistance eventually resulting in the defeat of a superpower. A stalemate is just another version of a Russian embarrassment. The idea that Ukraine is capable of result cleaner than that is just a testament to how badly Russia fucked up. "Ukrainian counteroffensive liberates Crimea" was not on anyone's bingo card at the start of this shit - certainly not on Putin's nor the average Russian's. Now it's a real possibility.

So, this nefarious plot started after Biden was no longer VP and prior to him running for Presidency. The Chinese are so sneaky.

I mean, to a certain degree, I buy that. She claims she was offered $1M per year as a business development manager. Really? I assume Rudy G is basically a one horse stable at this point. I also assume Rudy doesn't need much help in getting his name out there. Does anyone believe that $1M per year is the going rate for a BD manager in that situation? I like that her website includes her modeling work. Am I being too cynical here?

Yeah, a lynch mob would never gang up on someone.

Stop being a twat. It's a discussion board and you've got probably 50+ posts in this thread. Don't act like you're above it all when your complete bullshit is called out. If you don't want to talk about it, then stop talking about it. It's pretty fucking simple.

Cool. Did you figure out that the role of film "producer" doesn't really exist for commercials? In film, a major element is financing - convincing people to invest in the film because it will sell enough tickets. That just doesn't exist for a commercial. I'm sure there are people with the title "producer", but it is obviously not the same role. I mean, I shot a couple music videos, and there was someone with the title "producer" for those, but her main role was to get the donuts and beer. I'm going to take a wild guess and say Baldwin never brought donuts and beer for the crew. Fucker.

Do you think that statement (the first part) is incorrect? Fuck, the courts have backed up that politicians can profit from their positions as long as they don’t exchange “official acts” for compensation. (See Governor McDonnell.). Acknowledging the fucked up system is a necessary precursor to changing it.

What is amazing to me is we are still talking about disclosure rather than ethics of act itself. Sure, Thomas not disclosing it is a red flag he knew how unethical it was. But disclosing it doesn’t cure the problem.