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  1. He's been a Senator for a good long time (since 2011), 2019 is recent history for him. I noticed him as a sponsor of a version of the First Step Act quite some time ago, and a more charitable version of what actually got passed. I'm sure he's always been some kind of reactionary, but he used to not be "based."
  2. Other than a common-law type false advertising claim, which could be quite viable, the law requires country of origin labeling on the product itself. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1304 and provides penalties for failure to mark or marking falsely. So, conversely, lying your ass off, without mismarking the product itself, doesn't seem to be actionable. I also assume this is 100% a Patriot Mobile/Trump deal.
  3. Vague and anonymous. Although it seems plausible, maybe even likely, I'm not seeing enough evidence.
  4. At one time, Mike Lee appeared to be a semi-sane and serious Senator, if a Mormon reactionary.
  5. Here's the affidavit for the Complaint, which does not allege charges in quite the same way as an indictment, but the charges are stalking, using a firearm in a crime of violence, and using a firearm to commit/attempt murder, both under 18 USC 924. https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/read-minnesota-shooting-vance-boelter-charges-full-text-pdf-rcna213316 For the firearm-to-commit/attempt murder charge, it would seem that the murder/attempt would have to be of the federal variety, which means "Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States," which this ain't.
  6. Even the most gung-ho MAGAt US Attorney might flinch a little at an entire prosecution for the purpose of giving Trump an opportunity to pardon. And federal prosecution, in most cases, does not preclude state. So it's all a giant waste of time.
  7. Some of it sure. A lot of it is just political "tough on crime" shit. Congress can't do anything useful, so they pass a crime bill.
  8. At least in professional academia, the higher you go, the more likely you are to encounter some savants, who are really good at the school part, maybe good at the actual job or work, and pretty incompetent in everything else.
  9. USC 12 (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998) 2 (1960, 1995) 14 LSU 7 (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023) 1 (2017) 8 Texas 6 (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005) 6 (1953, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2009) 12 Arkansas 0 So, yes, yes we do need someone to take out LSU.
  10. I usually dislike it when the feds bring overlapping, concurrent charges with a state. Other than glory-seeking, or maybe putting the death penalty on the table, I'm not sure why the feds are pursuing this. The firearm law that it falls under, 18 USC 924, is one of the most draconian and probably worst federal criminal laws on the books.
  11. That would probably mean further exposing Timmy and Farris and they're all more scared of Timmy and Farris than Kenny.
  12. The federal nexus on criminal charges seems extraordinarily weak here. The US Attorney (acting) doesn't seem to be a hack, but it's hard to tell.
  13. Did they take all the imitation crab meat?
  14. Nah, it's a licensing deal. That's one of the main reasons Trump has avoided bankruptcy since AC, much of his revenue comes from licensing and other deals that don't involve any "management" by Trump or Trumpco. I am super-skeptical about a $499 phone with those specs made in USA.
  15. “Trump Mobile, its products and services are not designed, developed, manufactured, distributed or sold by The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals,” the bottom of the website reads.
  16. One of the things this underscores to me is that a lot of people buy into this mythology that rich fucks mean anyone can make it here, especially if we undertax them and let them do unto others with impunity. But it underscores that the vast majority of people (who believe this) don't understand how privilege works and how easy it is to get much richer if you are already rich.
  17. Soooo, second time lately you've posted that link, recently. Did you bookmark it? I think most of us that witnessed it remember "besthugecocks" and "Emma" and "pegging," but the entire link? Curious if the link still works. But not curious enough to click it.
  18. Yeah, there are few federal murder statutes, most involving federal property. It's going to be state charges.
  19. Well, one way to attack that fucker, without bunker busters, is airdrop some light armor and sappers in there and get after it the old-fashioned way. The way things are going, doesn't sound like there's much to stop em.
  20. I think the most fundamental thing is that en route to age 25, women mature faster than men. Now that women are coming closer to equality than ever before, in terms of education and employment opportunities, and our society casts the die mostly before about age 25, women have just flat beat the pants off men, period. There's some other stuff dragging men down, too, but I suspect the above is the single biggest thing.
  21. Took a while for it to sink in.
  22. Yeah, again, I think this was a US Army thing long before it was Eeyore's Birthday. So I am certainly not going to fault soldiers for participating. Particularly those with a highly ceremonial role, who would be expected to participate in whatever the Army chose to do for its birthday. I suppose strictly speaking, once this became a propaganda tool, we could hope for some sort of boycott or insubordination. But the orders in that case would be a weird mixture of legitimate and illegitimate that it would be hard to ask them to disobey.
  23. The other thing is, why is Fox interviewing an obscure DIA "officer" for any reason other than her shitty alt-right views.
  24. Yeah, I kind of have to guess that this gives Trump some kind of cover for joining the op. Something like "I didn't start this and didn't want it to start, but once it happened . . . ."
  25. I agree, but it's pretty well documented that he's a big fan of show tunes and other schlocky stuff.
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