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Posts posted by Brisketexan
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10 minutes ago, TXSooner518 said:
Also, the ability to not retreat before using deadly force in self-defense only applies if you have a right to be where you are. She didn't have a right to be in his apartment, thus must retreat rather than using deadly force if possible. It was possible.
This. The prosecution counter-argument needs to be short and to the point: if you buy the argument of the defense, then you are finding that the standard is 1) you can walk into any residence claiming "whoops, I thought this was my house, it was dark, I was confused," and 2) kill anyone you see, because hey, an intruder in YOUR house should be shot, and 3) you just walk away free as a bird. While an innocent man lies dead in his own home. Killed by an unlawful intruder. Nope. You go into someone else's home and kill them, you go to prison. That's the only outcome that makes any sense.
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Defacing those should be a crime against humanity.
I'm referring this to the Hague, posthaste.
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16 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:
to be clear, i'm not necessarily outraged, but more inclined to not believe the first cop account outright. but the account is confusing, i will grant you that:
we need to know more about this federal agent who has no idea how to arrest and/or subdue a suspect.
The individual was last seen wearing this uniform:
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23 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:
This is very wrong and we've covered this before. President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho saw, recognized and reacted to a real crisis, demonstrating both deft negotiating skills with other branches of government and political courage by identifying the SMARTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD and delegating extraordinary authority. In this way he showed deep understanding that his role as leader was to marshall our forces towards a common goal while enlisting and celebrating the skills and achievements of the best among us that they might inspire others.
If Camacho were president today we would be tackling climate change, healthcare and our crumbling infrastructure, and reaffirming the importance of knowledge, expertise and objective reality in our culture. How can you compare this president to that?That this is perhaps the most accurate post I've ever seen on this board is about as sad as it gets.
We would, without question, be better off with President Camacho at the helm than this current goat rodeo. Fuck.
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2 minutes ago, texas08 said:
For what it’s worth, state television reports that military members were tricked into thinking that they were going to receive some medals...so that’s why they went to that particular military base (where the military actions started).
Then they got woken up in middle of the night and told that a jail was being taken over and that inmates had weapons and would start breaking out to fight civilians soon.
Then all of the sudden they’re given blue ribbons and Guaido does what he did. They claim they had to escape, but that they were definitely tricked. Two separate accounts, but both recorded by state tv TeleSur.
What a shit show.
https://mobile.twitter.com/teleSURtv/status/1123229085155590144
1 -- this will end badly. Poor calculation by the opposition.
2 -- that soldier on the right is going to be highlighted in a lotta chicks' twitter feeds before the day is out.
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What I have learned, by going to the Guardian website....is that the Russians appear to be weaponizing a very cute and friendly beluga whale, and sending it out to fuck with Norwegian fishing boats. Tell you what, the Russians are the best trolls the world has ever seen.
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We have a three tier system in Texas designed to peddle the most harmful drug in America to the public in a way that maximizes revenue to the state, but we can't decriminalize cannabis and do the same.
God bless Texas.
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3 hours ago, next2naus said:
I did not know Brain Manly was the Chief, he's a great guy.
I've met him a few times (we even get our haircut at the same place....yeah, I have a boring haircut). He's willing to engage in conversation about some tough topics. Nobody's perfect, but he's a step up for us.
2 hours ago, hayden_horn said:while i agree that this guy was determined to be killed by cops, if they started shooting without knowing whether this dude actually had a weapon, i'm still going to have a problem with it.
the cowboy culture of texas cops needs to be curtailed.
if it all went down according to current reporting, then the guy was determined to die. i guess for some of yall that doesn't warrant any sympathy, but just because someone wants the cops to kill them doesn't mean the cops SHOULD kill them.
I'm definitely withholding judgment here. IF the facts are as they've been relayed, I suspect it's a justifiable shooting.
1) a suspect with an immediate history of serious violence (like, it happened minutes ago).
2) retreats to a wooded area (where it's difficult to see exactly what he's doing).
3) that area is very close to a lot of civilians (both passerby and residents)
4) this violent person keeps telling you he has a gun and is going to shoot you.
5) the person does something (makes a move, charges at you, something like that) that tells you that, if he has a gun, he is an immediate threat to you and others.
Under that set of facts, I believe that shooting the suspect is justified. We shall see what the facts show.
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Just now, Uncle Nate said:
Gotcha.
But still, if I'm the DA and I want to make sure she doesn't squirm free, I'm going with the charge I think the jury would accept no matter what type of emotional heartstrings the defense pulls.
They'll charge it as a lesser included offense (I expect -- 4th and 5 can probably explain much better than I can).
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8 minutes ago, RexWilson said:
Good to know that our thinking has progressed zero percent since [checks notes] the 19 fucking 30s.
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6 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:
He's the perfect president for the United States in 2019. He's fat off of fast food, pretends he makes more than he does, and does nothing but watch television. Look at what our founding fathers and early presidents wrote about and compare that with Trump. They were able to cite Rousseau, Blackstone, Plutarch, and Cicero without any problem and now we're stuck with a guy watching Fox News 24/7...fuck us and what we've become.
Emphasized for truth. One evening a couple of weeks ago, our Norwegian friends visiting finally asked "so, Trump...what the hell?" Our answer was pretty simple -- "We'd like to tell you that's not who we are. But that's exactly who we are. America has a LOT of really shitty people in it, and now everyone knows it. Trump won because a lot of people wanted a guy just like him to be president. Imagine what those people are like -- and you'd be right."
Trump is our American id. He's the perfect punctuation mark for the end of the American century.
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3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:
We should remember Ericcito is also in deep with the Chinese.
Smart guys sell weapons/services to all sides and players. Well, smart and EVIL guys.
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Just a note -- I really don't have any dog in this fight. Don't have any big drinkers or addicts in my immediate family (my grandma was a world-class drunk, but that was before my time).
I just wanted to note that I skimmed and read parts of this thread, and see a lot of folks who 1) have been through some shit, 2) have worked out some shit, 3) who are still working out some shit, and 4) are genuinely interested in helping other people work out their shit. That's, well, some good shit. It takes personal strength, resilience, and kindness. As I've gotten older, I've come to think that kindness is perhaps the most important quality any of us can have and exhibit, so it does a soul right to see it being exercised.
I'm not here to pat anyone on the back, or speak from any high position. I just wanted to tell you that even to a guy who isn't wrestling with the same demons (hey, my demons are different), it does us all good to actually see people working through their stuff and helping other folks do the same. It's the way we're supposed to take up space in this world, and the example is a good one for all of us.
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1 hour ago, 4th and 5 said:
Hey man we plowed this ground months ago, go look at the culpable mental states in chapter 6 of the Texas Penal Code. And then read chapter 19. It’s a murder case.
Listen to 4th and 5, guys. It ain't about your feelings, it's about the law. It's a murder case.
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4 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:
God damn outsourcing of CIA jobs.
We've gone all-in on good old fashioned third world graft and corruption.
US tax $$$ ----> Blackwater (to do dirty work) ----> Trump organization family (in the form of campaign contributions, "expenditures" at Trump properties, etc.). It' just a good old money-laundering operation. That $100 you paid in taxes today? You can follow that $100 bill from the US Treasury to Eric Prince to Donald Trump, via an "expenditure" at Mar A Lago for a Blackwater conference/workshop/whatever (or some similar transaction).
The Trump crime family appreciates your contribution. And they sure hope for more foreign shenanigans, because they clear mountains of cash for every Blackwater contract that gets closed.
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7 hours ago, Cajun said:
Any Leg that hairlips Steve Adler and his merry band of COA crooks is ok by me.
Many folks get your frustration with a particular local government. But ask the folks in small-town Texas how the "kill all local government entities" crusade is going for them. In places where the school district is the largest employer and provides the center of community life. In places where the city and county provide key essential services on a shoestring budget. When you drop the "local government killer" bomb, you throw out a shit-ton of babies with that bathwater.
Nevermind, of course, that the places that are held up as hell on earth -- Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas -- are also the economic engines of the state.
Trump Republicans are killing legitimate rural Republicans, all to show what hardasses they can be. Let's see how that works out for them.
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9 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:
Yes and this was reported yesterday:
Should end well.
The day that Eric Prince's corpse ends up dragged through the streets of some country he tried to fuck with will be a good day for planet Earth.
I have no love for Maduro. But Eric Prince is flat-out evil.
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30 minutes ago, closetojumping said:
I waited tables at a Black-Eyed Pea in Pasadena one summer. They had a smoking section. I don’t think a further explanation of what I was dealing with is necessary here. There were three dishes ordered in that section at what had to be an 80% clip of what was ordered back there daily. 1) CFS or 2) Pot Roast or 3) Meat Loaf. Chain smoking was a given as one of the sides.
With any one of those, mashed potatoes and coffee were constants as accoutrements, whether lunch or dinner. If the CFS was ordered though? It was almost certainly bathed, and I mean fucking soaked, in Tobasco and/or Louisiana Hot Sauce.
Working in that section was a lesson in people watching and behaviors, but picking up the hot sauce on cream gravy trick (although not bathing CFS in it) was well worth it.
Also, I’ve discovered that most of the people I dealt with during that time had offspring that eventually wound up posting as regulars on the Movies & TV board on Surly.
I waited tables at Convict Hill restaurant in the summer of 89. Was hotter than hell that summer. When I worked the lunch shift, we drew a lot of blue collar types from the nearby Motorola facility. They invariably ordered the lunch special: a CFS, mashed potatoes, salad with ranch. Some of them did the hot sauce routine. But ALL of them ordered coffee. It puzzled me, it still does (and I'm a coffee drinker). It was 104 outside....and they all drank coffee instead of iced tea.
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13 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:
A lot of diversity in those countries too.
13 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:And their taxes are flatter and less progressive than ours.
In a recent interview on ABC’s This Week, Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders reiterated his position that he wants the United States to look more like Scandinavian countries policy-wise:
George Stephanopoulos: “I can hear the Republican attack ad right now: ‘He wants America to look more like Scandinavia.’”
Bernie Sanders: “What’s wrong with that?”
Specifically, Sanders wants the United States to adopt a lot of the spending policies that many of the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) are commonly known to have. Policies such as government sponsored college education, paid parental leave, and universal healthcare.
Many of these new government programs would be expensive and necessitate higher taxes. It is instructive to look at how Scandinavian countries structure their tax systems in order to raise revenue for these programs. Interestingly, some of the ways that Scandinavian countries raise revenue may make Sanders, who is a proponent of highly progressive taxation, uncomfortable.
High, but Flat Income and Payroll Taxes
Scandinavian countries are known for having high taxes on income. According to the OECD, Denmark (26.4 percent), Norway (19.7 percent), and Sweden (22.1 percent) all raise a high amount of tax revenue as a percent of GDP from individual income taxes and payroll taxes. This is compared to the 15 percent of GDP raised by the United States through its individual income taxes and payroll taxes.
In order to raise a lot of income tax revenue, income tax rates in Scandinavian countries are rather high except for in Norway. Denmark’s top marginal effective income tax rate is 60.4 percent. Sweden’s is 56.4 percent. Norway’s top marginal tax rate is 39 percent.
However, the rates are not necessarily the most important feature of the Scandinavian income tax systems. In fact, the United States’ top marginal income tax rate is higher than Norway’s and only 18 percent lower than Sweden’s, yet raises 40 percent less income and payroll tax revenue than Norway and 50 percent less than Sweden.
Scandinavian income taxes raise a lot of revenue because they are actually rather flat. In other words, they tax most people at these high rates, not just high-income taxpayers. The top marginal tax rate of 60 percent in Denmark applies to all income over 1.2 times the average income in Denmark. From the American perspective, this means that all income over $60,000 (1.2 times the average income of about $50,000 in the United States) would be taxed at 60 percent.
Sweden and Norway have similarly flat income tax systems. Sweden’s top marginal tax rate of 56.9 percent applies to all income over 1.5 times the average income in Sweden. Norway’s top marginal tax rate of 39 percent applies to all income over 1.6 times the average Norwegian income.
Compare this to The United States. The top marginal tax rate of 46.8 percent (state average and federal combined rates) kicks in at 8.5 times the average U.S. income (around $400,000). Comparatively, few taxpayers in the United States face the top marginal rate.
Perfect examples of missing the forest for the trees.
The "less diversity" in those countries that matters isn't racial....it's something that we're failing wildly at in recent decades. Income inequality. The US has staggering income inequality, so when you're looking to tax "where the money is," mathematics dictates that you look at mostly the top end of the graph -- it's where most all of the money is.
In Norway, on the other hand.....
And these results all start at the beginning -- a better education system, broad and equal social support (things like universal healthcare), etc. Sure, every country and culture is different and will be different in some ways.
But here, if we took some of the basic measures that most other western democracies have taken to reduce income and wealth inequality, then you 1) create a larger class of people who make real money and have real money, and then 2) you can and should tax that increasingly larger group of folks, which results in a much flatter looking tax chart.
The fact that we have such a starkly progressive tax system is a symptom of an underlying illness in our system. It would be MUCH better for us if we helped create more households who could make enough money to pay into a flatter tax system.
But, you're surely right. It's because we have black and brown folks. That's clearly the answer.
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59 minutes ago, Loco said:
you've never had great fried chicken... you can keep the white sauce too... fucking animals
You talking cream gravy on CFS and chicken fried chicken? You mean, proof of the divine as well?
Wanna take your life to 11? Sprinkle some Louisiana hot sauce (I'm a Crystal man) onto your cream gravy over your CFS. The angels will sing, women's skirts will seem shorter to you, the sun will shine brighter...it's life-affirming shit, man.
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I like pickled jalapenos sitting on top of my fried chicken so the spicy vinegar soaks in.
Various vinegary hot sauces on fried chicken is proof that God is love.
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The hemp bill will make it id guess.
the only effect it would have is to align Texas with federal law on hemp. Even pussy boy Patrick shouldn’t be afraid to send that one through right?
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19 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:
Don't be ridiculous. If there's one thing we know about this President, it's that he doesn't pay bills.
Kim should have let Trump rawdog him and spank him with a magazine. Then he woulda gotten PAID.
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18 minutes ago, babysdaddy said:
Retaliation for mosque shootings in New Zealand. But a vet. So really something for everyone to be pissed atThis is getting kind of awesome.
Mosque shootings to retaliate for general muslim badness.
Sri Lanka bombings to retaliate for mosque shootings.
Terror plot here to retaliate for mosque shootings.
Pretty sure we'll have someone kill some muslims to retaliate for Sri Lanka.
Man, this is a PRODUCTIVE game.
Dallas officer kills man after mistaking apartment for her own, police say
in Daily Texan
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This guy gets it.