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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
She would actually be one of the more respectable "finance chairmen" the GOP has had for a while, and would still be even if she was convicted for prostitution. Title was previously held by Michael Cohen (felon), Elliot Broidy (previous felony reduced to misdemeanor, second felony pardoned by Trump), Steve Wynn (sexual misconduct tab in the tens of millions of dollars, forced to register for FARA for representing Chinese government). The GOP is a criminal organization. -
Guys like McConnell and Cruz think Warniok won the Senate seat because he is black, rather than in spite of being black. It's a similar reason to why Palin was a vice-president candidate. They truly believe white men are persecuted and the obstacles are lower for minorities.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
I keep waiting for the Saudi scandal to drop. Jared was the de facto ambassador to the kingdom for like a year. You know shady shit went down. -
God bless John Fetterman, and thank God the stroke wasn’t even slightly worse.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Sure. But let’s keep I’m mind that the US was an extremely late entry in WW1. Whatever you can say about the American experience in WW1, you can say tenfold about any any other participant in WW2. Also, my point is less about why the generation was the way the way they were, and more about how they have been misconstrued since. FWIW, I was talking to an engineer today who recently left the workforce, and riffing on how I think we are running into a parallel with the “lost generation”, except coming out of COVID instead of WW1. We are in weird era that has yet to be defined. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Since generation discussions aren’t going away, and it’s a Saturday night, I always like to point out that the “greatest generation “ was absolutely for staying on the sidelines as Nazis bombed London. Maybe that’s a testament to restraint. But, more realistically, it just means generational differences are overstated. -
Presidential popularity polls don’t really matter that much. It’s Biden against an ideal, not Biden against an actual opponent.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Fantastic analogy, particularly the part about the Chinese knockoffs looking like Wally. Disinformation has graduated from photocopied newsletters, to email forwards, to professional looking websites, to cable news programs. If you didn’t have the context, it would be difficult to distinguish them from legitimate news. It doesn’t help that during this time, the legit news has degraded, losing field reporters and moving towards sensationalism and personality driven content. There is plenty to criticize them for, which lowers their credibility. Murrow said, “to be persuasive, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be truthful.” Unfortunately, he was wrong. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
My guess is that after reviewing the tapes of dozens of people for several hours, there are instances of them doing disrespectful or unprofessional things. Espionage is acceptable if you catch someone picking their nose. He needs another Strzok/Page affair. He needs a tangent to distract from the main point. Also, if the FBI releases the security tapes of Trump staff obstructing justice (prior to the raid), he needs to confuse the conversation by pointing to other security tapes that he will claim bolster his case. It’s all about muddying the waters. That’s all he has. And it frequently works for him. -
I would think that the movement for “women” should be between “white women” and “non-white women.” Not understanding the math there.
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I was born in 72. Used to have the dreams/nightmares about nuclear war and the aftermath. Most kids I knew did as well. Mass shootings fills that headspace for kids today. I really wish we would do something about it.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
If Trump officials said "Here are the boxes that were taken from the White House. If you feel the need to review them to confirm that we have returned all classified documents, help yourself." Once you have decided to work for Trump, I don't see what options you have other than to work within parameters defined, unless for some reason you believe they are fabricated. It's not like a lawyer is going to search through all the rooms in Maralargo. That being said, if that lawyer were later to have a credible reason to believe he had signed a false document, I would imagine he would have a duty to correct the record with the Feds. I would also imagine he would be a little pissed about it. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Same here. -
I think taking a position of "backing" a huge group of people comes at the cost of holding them accountable. You can't "back the FBI" and then turnaround and say that some of them should be fired. And certainly there are people in the FBI, not connected to the Trump situation, who have done shit they should be fired for. Saying "I support the FBI," especially right now, implies that regardless of the situation, regardless of the actions, you have picked the people you are supporting, frequently against another group of people, regardless of the particulars of the situation. I save that kind of backing for family, and even that has limits. I support laws. I support the objective, fair enforcement of those laws. That includes the laws that limit the FBI. To me, the "If they can do it him, they can do it to anybody" is great insight into the Republican mindset regarding criminal justice. You don't see Republicans saying that about victims of police violence, like Breonna Taylor or George Floyd. Because they know it's not true. There is a social hierarchy, and they see black and poor people near the bottom of that hierarchy. Their major defense comes down to why Taylor and Floyd should be subject to the violence - Floyd with his past criminal issues and Taylor because she once dated someone a criminal. It's okay if the police victimize folks lower down, because they wouldn't dare do it to a middle class white guy. But with Trump, their concern is the cops are going after a rich white guy. That's a fear the GOP can exploit. If they go after Trump, then no one is safe. To them, the disproportionate impact of police violence is what makes it acceptable, or even desired.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Yeah. Fair enough. I guess my point is that the FBI should not have taken the passports, but they did. It's understandable given the situation that they did, but they did something that was not their intention. It should not be defended as saying "they can take your passport if they want." That just plays into deep state paranoia and characterization that the FBI can fuck you over for no reason. At this point, it should just be "sorry, our bad, here you go, please don't keep your personal stuff with top secret nuclear documents next time." -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
It's generally accepted that Denver has the best breakfast burritos. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Maybe from a lawyer's perspective, they don't need a reason. But as a citizen, yeah, they need a fucking reason. You can't just have FBI agents deciding to confiscate passports. That's a bullshit position. Sounds like the FBI fucked up here. But, per the email, it was two expired passports and one diplomatic one, so nothing that Trump could actually use. So, it's not really a big deal. -
To be fair, Rudy has been auditioning for the role for years now. After a while I start to wonder if he saw too many episodes of "Orange is the New Black" and figured, yeah, that might be fun. He may be disappointed by the lack of lesbians.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Jay Bratt is the head of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section of the DOJ's National Security Division. I googled it and he has been mentioned in previous articles. To me, the bigger concern is if they weren't listed in the inventory. But maybe those inventories are just for the shit the FBI is keeping, not all the shit they took. Or maybe it's not that detailed. Edit ---didn't read close enough. Not sure who Jim is. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Oh, well, cool Tucker. Maybe you could start by having your show NOT BROADCAST DOCTORED PICTURES OF THE MAGISTRATE CAVORTING WITH PEDOPHILES. I think that little step could really help lower the temperature. Oh, and go fuck yourself you fucking twat. -
So you only get ballot initiatives on issues that would otherwise pass? Fucking brilliant.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
1. Gives the politicians (both sides) an opportunity to characterize the documents in a way the professionals can't refute. 2. Gives the politicians an opportunity to understand was included, figure out how bad it is, and determine a strategy for when/if it becomes public. Maybe it wasn't seized during the warrant. Maybe he was asked to surrender it. If so, that's a pretty big deal because (I would assume) he would have to agree to surrender it to prevent the Feds taking more significant actions. So, I doubt it. I doubt he would agree to it and then broadcast it. But I also didn't think he would take a sharpie to a hurricane map, so nothing is impossible. -
Are you honestly worried that Beto will successfully pass any gun legislation you'd be opposed to? Or are you just finding excuses to continue to vote for people who will continue to make school violence worse? You seem to have no problem voting for Abbot when he opposes gun control laws you support, and you know, for a fact, 100%, that Abbot will be successful in his opposition.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
I'll take the second paragraph first. That's like Yogi saying "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." Yes, people regularly completely destroy their lives over stupid shit. And yet it keeps happening. As far as Ricky Shiffer, there is stupid and there is completely crazy. The dude basically make a social media post and then jumped in his car thinking others would join him. That's just fucking crazy. I don't think you could do that on an ISIS Facebook group and expect any success. Keep in mind, this is not some hypothetical about the law enforcement helping "gravy seals." It already happens. Ahmaud Arbery. Were the cops and the prosecutor worried about their pensions when they signed off on the self-defense? Not in the slightest. And, until one of the shitstains started showing videos of the murder, their pensions were safe. Local cops are run by local governments, as designated by the local populations. And local populations in rural America are racist as fuck. So, if we are talking about the sheriff's office grabbing their shotguns and taking the FBI on, I agree that's unlikely. If we are talking about local LE supporting violent actions of right-wing extremists against minorities, it's already happening. I think it is reasonable to expect that it could extent to protecting militia groups and covering up violence on Dems/liberal activists and organizers (think 60's in the South). And, when some of the right wing militias are arrested, we'll get the Scooby Doo style reveal of the law enforcement when they take off the hoods. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Tuco replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
This. And really, the great historical irony of Trump being charged for mishandling classified documents is just too hard to pass up. Oh Great Spaghetti Monster in the Sky, make this happen. Future generations demand it.
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