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i recognize based on you polluting the board over the last week that you are literally too stupid to insult but... 1) it has not been overturned by appeal to date. it likely will not be. even if it was, this is not create a federal offense from bragg which is the point. 2) jack smith was not responsible for investigating matt gaetz.

once they are indicted and being prosecuted. not really to be investigated. especially when there's absolutely nothing there. the more concerning thing to me about gaetz being in charge of the doj is not politically motivated revenge investigations, it is incompetence in actually investigating and prosecuting real crimes mixed with a healthy dose of corruption and an unwillingness to pursue actual crimes stemming from said corruption. i would not be surprised if gaetz got outwitted by el chapo's kid and el mayo in the most slam dunk trial of all time.

mccabe arguably violated federal law while at the fbi authorizing improper releases and was fired. i don't doubt that gaetz would fire smith. that said, substantially more skilled and higher quality u.s. attorneys than matt fucking gaetz tried their damndest to get him indicted by a grand jury and the grand jury refused to do so and the feds were left holding their dicks. also, jack smith is not andrew mccabe.

he can tie up doj resources investigating jack smith all he wants. that's for sure. he may even get a friendly judge to sign off on an fbi warrant to go rearrange his house and harass smith (though i doubt it). but anyone that knows anything about jack smith knows that there is nowhere to go with any of it and getting a grand jury to indict him for jaywalking will be a real challenge.

well, he could open a federal investigation of him if he broke federal laws. i am not aware that prosecuting a suspected felon, prevailing in a jury trial, and getting 34 felony convictions against said defendant is a federal crime. yet.

umm, i have some bad news for you...

jack smith a fucking boy scout to the extreme. so much so they did not actually get trump put in jail. even with creativity, there is absolutely no basis for an indictment. bragg's prosecution led to a jury convicting trump of 34 felonies that have not been overturned in any way by appeal. what basis is there to pursue criminal charges in that context?

For what do you think matt gaetz will be able to convince a grand jury to indict Jack Smith...even in this bizarre version of reality?

what exactly? of all people in the world, what does even a malicious politically motivated d.o.j. going to possibly be able to get jack smith on? or alvin bragg? what do you expect a grand jury to indict them on?

all this navel gazing "the party learned a big lesson and needs to do some introspection on itself" bla bla bla bullshit every four years always cracks me up...just like it did in 2008 for republicans, 2010 for dems, 2012 for republicans, 2014 and 2016 for dems, 2018, 2020, and 2022 for republicans, and now 2024 for dems. while it certainly gives a bunch of folks (especially a few here) the opportunity to project some level of superiority or gloating that "if only this enormous national apparatus of political machination that seeks to bring compromise to a million different competing interests have listened to me about who they were not properly advocating for...," it really is just a bunch of nonsense and an excuse for a bunch of marginal magazines and marginal journalists and opportunity to do longform post-mortems full of hindsight bullshit. just as much nonsense as all the poor, broken people who have been peacocking around this forum the last week making extraordinarily lame attempts to dunk on everyone else while betraying just how broken they truly are. american politics is actually quite a simple equation for a few decades now and it really is just a consequential derivative of our society accepting (if not advocating for) a crony capitalism economic system flirting with all out oligarchy. because of the extraordinary and accelerated changes in wealth inequality over the last few decades, the overwhelming majority of the impoverished, poor, lower-middle class, and middle-middle class are now substantially poorer in a relative sense than they have ever been. there is very little dignity and they are overwhelmingly bombarded through media, entertainment, social media, and even politics with how inferior their lifestyles are now which gives them the perception of failure and a miserable experience of daily grinding. they are unsatisfied in their lives relative to how they believe models on instagram live, billionaires on private planes, etc... these are the majority of voters. when people feel perpetually unsatisfied and unhappy, they are not rational about economics and no one out there is pointing them to the fact that in this time of "extraordinary inflation" before and after tax corporate profits have increased from 2.4 trillion a quarter in 2019 to 4.1 trillion this year. since they don't understand that, the only person to blame for the malaise and their general dissatisfaction is the most visible and perceived powerful person in the nation. life sucks and someone else is to blame. i will punish the status quo by electing something different (which is just a continuation of the status quo under a different color). for trump in particular, he exacerbates the appeal because these people that believe they have nothing to lose don't see him for what he is (the guy unapologetically stealing their life savings and exacerbating the inequality), they farcically see him as iconoclast and agent of burning everything to the ground. the preceding are the most important contributing elements to presidential elections now. second, harris was a minority woman. minority is not that bad, woman is the worst possible sin. particularly amongst hispanic men, white men, and a heeeeeell of a lot more women than is polite to discuss. third, biden's choices thrust harris into a losing position and created an environment with no real alternative and was just a bad situation. there's really not much more to it than that. 2026 and 2028 will be a reaction to this election when all these suckers and losers (not the maga cult ones but the rest of them) realize that their lives are still shit (likely much worse) after a few years of the upcoming circus.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/indefinite-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk

and there i was, cheering on your chelsea boys against arsenal at stamford this past weekend...and that's how you're gonna do me?

do you think appointing matt gaetz to the role of attorney general is in this country's best interest? if so, why?

damn, immortal is persistent if nothing else. this has to be like his 20th username he burns through just to write this stuff that only a child would find effectively incendiary...try as he may. it is amusing that as big a letdown as the election was, he and johnny sack seem to be the only people who were truly broken by it. christ they are pitiful. the only disappointing thing is he hasn't held up his end and posted any more pics of his wife's butthole since the original username. too bad.

that ain't happening again for a few cycles.

it just cracks me up because it has been on every single price increase notice from entertainment subscriptions services to software services to retail, etc... your service sucks. you're extracting maximum profits because your previous price theory models that preceded covid got thrown out the window and the market is inefficient in crony capitalism.

pre-tax corporate profits: $2.4 trillion in Q4 2019 to $4.08 trillion in Q2 2024. 68% increase in fewer than five years. from 2019 backwards, it would require you to go back to Q4 2004 to see that level of growth in before-tax corporate profits controlling for the financial crisis (as i did for covid). What took 15 years previously achieved in 4.5 years. after-tax corporate profits: $2.12 trillion in Q4 2019 to 3.41 trillion in Q2 2024. 60% increase in fewer than five years. from 2019 backwards, it would require you to go back to Q2 2005 to see that level of growth in after-tax corporate profits controlling for the financial crisis (as i did for covid). what previously too 14 years achieved in 4.5 years. "in order to continue to provide the same excellent service....."

stunts/twists are obviously a nice way to mix up the defensive line rush/run defense and add some confusion to the offensive linemens' reads. but stunts/twists are not a static thing...there are variations of them including fixed vs. read stunts. there are significant risks associated with them in both the run game and passing game but definitely moreso in the run game. in the run game, the biggest risk is losing gap control and putting a lot of pressure on your linebackers. it has the potential to make a well executed inside counter that would go for four yards go for 20 yards, etc... it can also have a big impact on run fits and totally undermine them. they are generally considered to be significantly more effective in defending/rushing the passing game and rely on poor communication and discipline from the offensive line to create big defensive plays (the type we see from campbell and williams routinely). the biggest risk in the passing game along with the run fits is that the rush lanes can get wildly out of whack and breaking contain becomes especially easy. it's extremely risky against vince young, cam ward, johnny manziel, etc... free ten yards every time because one linebacker can't cover everything. similar risk as an all out blitz that misses and then jalen milroe is running 60 yards down the field by himself. for the most part, the last two years, PK has had the luxury of having a much better defensive line than the opponent's offensive line straight up and can contain the run game and make the passer uncomfortable while running a base defense. pk is an extremely risk-averse d.c. and if you are just way better than the opponent, then there is no need to roll the dice and increase the risk of giving up an explosive play. pk is pretty consistent that if it is 3rd and 8, he is going to flood the zone and count on his 3-4 rushers creating pressure. sometimes that is very frustrating because some all out blitzes in key moments can wreak havoc but he currently has the dlinemen (and last year) to keep it relatively straight forward and limit the downside potential.

so THAT is what @TreatyOak looks like with his face unsmudged.

that's awesome man. as for the list vis-a-vis austin, a few things surprise me, a few don't. first, the complete omission of uchi and uchko from one star all the way down to recommendations is startling to me. i don't understand how that is possible. same for pasta bar. second, having three bbq places get a star and not include franklin is something. i like both hestia and olamaie but a little surprised to see them both awarded a star. barley swine with a star and dai due with a green star both seem about right. there were a few "recommended" that I would have given bibs and vice versa. they really seem to love bbq.

love it, i may fly up once you set the date.

you guys all need to calm down and take a breath. seriously.