thelawlorfaithful Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, NVGiant said: Happy, you’re invited to my desert island, as is @smltwnrckr and @toonkee. There is also room for @BSUTOP25 and @halfmanhalfbronco, so long as they bring their grandmas. I would’ve invited @thelawlorfaithful, but he crapped on the whole idea. In my defense, I didn’t know there would be a golf course on the island. We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornontheblue Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said: RIP Jack Kudos to @BSUTOP25 for the President Amash comment. Yeah that guy was worse than @retrofade. God rest his soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornontheblue Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, happycamper said: Watching the trump guys circle the bases on this, as if "our corruption ended up trumping your corruption" is worth celebrating, is kinda worrisome No, we just read a lot of bullshit on this board for the last 3 1/2 years. Feels good to let the truth come forward and clean it all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelbacker Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, happycamper said: Backer you have turned in to such a goddamn lunatic that the only read anyone can get from you is "if you don't like it, it is damaging to Trump". That's it. Objectivity from you is as distant a memory as the bronze boot is for csu fans. LOL. Considering I was right about FISA, Russian collusion, the Mueller Report and now Flynn and I'm the lunatic. Ok. Why is it you never question the objectivity of the people that were wrong on all those issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrabbit Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said: You’re bad at this. Try harder. Apparently good enough to nick a nerve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, NVGiant said: Happy, you’re invited to my desert island, as is @smltwnrckr and @toonkee. There is also room for @BSUTOP25 and @halfmanhalfbronco, so long as they bring their grandmas. I would’ve invited @thelawlorfaithful, but he crapped on the whole idea. We will bring our fry sauce recipes and you can help settle a critical debate. With our without a touch of dill pickle? Fingers steaks for everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, smltwnrckr said: There are a handful of alternatives but they never happen because at the end of the day people don't want them. I don't think white collar crimes (let alone those allegedly perpetrated by the president's friends) should be the starting point for reigning in police and prosecutorial misconduct. One unjust prosecution dropped is unequivocally a better starting point than no unjust prosecutions dropped. And given the implications of the corruption involved in this prosecution: the functioning of our system of government, it’s dedication to our rights and the rule of law; it seems a better start than most process (not white collar) crimes. We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVGiant Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said: In my defense, I didn’t know there would be a golf course on the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jackrabbit said: Apparently good enough to nick a nerve. No Jack, I often agree with you and feel you make smart people dumber and hinder winning arguments. You don’t nick a nerve, you’re actively unhelpful to your cause. We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackrabbit Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, happycamper said: Watching the trump guys circle the bases on this, as if "our corruption ended up trumping your corruption" is worth celebrating, is kinda worrisome This whole thing sucked from the start. Its really too bad we are here, and this is just the 1st inning. I see much damage to our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Happy facepalmed me. I imagine at this minute there is a 9% chance he is in the third paragraph of a well reasoned, airtight post as to how we couldn’t support the infrastructure needed to maintain a golf course and the reason he demands it be it be a temperate rainforest island is because our 21st century skills would leave us dead of exposure or starvation otherwise. We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSUTOP25 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, NVGiant said: Happy, you’re invited to my desert island, as is @smltwnrckr and @toonkee. There is also room for @BSUTOP25 and @halfmanhalfbronco, so long as they bring their grandmas. I would’ve invited @thelawlorfaithful, but he crapped on the whole idea. If you called it a “dessert” island, you could probably get some AAC fans to come along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smltwnrckr Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said: One unjust prosecution dropped is unequivocally a better starting point than no unjust prosecutions dropped. And given the implications of the corruption involved in this prosecution: the functioning of our system of government, it’s dedication to our rights and the rule of law; it seems a better start than most process (not white collar) crimes. It's not unequivocally the case. The AG essentially has just functioned as the defense attorney for the president's friend. As Hero of the Universe Ken White has stated, it's transparently corrupt and would have failed if the defense had made the same argument (and will fail in the future when defense attorneys like White make it to the SAME Justice Department). Prosecutorial reform does not mean that the prosecution should function as the defense, because that will carry itself out as it did here - selectively, and to support the interests of the prosecutor or his boss. Is there an argument that this is ultimately good on balance because the outcome was one less crime prosecuted that ultimately didn't really harm anyone? Sure. You're making it. But that argument doesn't care anything about process... it's entirely ends based. And I always took you as a fan of process. Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest #1Stunner Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Best analysis I've seen on why General Flynn got screwed and this investigation was corrupt. Comments from Author and Reporter for Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi (who is not a Republican). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, thelawlorfaithful said: Happy facepalmed me. I imagine at this minute there is a 9% chance he is in the third paragraph of a well reasoned, airtight post as to how we couldn’t support the infrastructure needed to maintain a golf course and the reason he demands it be it be a temperate rainforest island is because our 21st century skills would leave us dead of exposure or starvation otherwise. Good news is you are bringing along some Idahoans. I would propose one of the many islands off the Western Coast of Canada. There are dozens that are rather large and uninhabited. Rich in resources and with minimal 21'st century equipment like chainsaws, guns (for hunting and masturbation purposes), fishing equipment, a small boat. We could live like kings. And we could go on raiding parties and win women from those pussy Canucks. We could clear enough land for a golf course and would not need to water it in that part of the world, it would just be old Irish style. Long grass, not well maintained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smltwnrckr Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, halfmanhalfbronco said: Good news is you are bringing along some Idahoans. I would propose one of the many islands off the Western Coast of Canada. There are dozens that are rather large and uninhabited. Rich in resources and with minimal 21'st century equipment like chainsaws, guns (for hunting and masturbation purposes), fishing equipment, a small boat. We could live like kings. And we could go on raiding parties and win women from those pussy Canucks. We could clear enough land for a golf course and would not need to water it in that part of the world, it would just be old Irish style. Long grass, not well maintained. or... Planning is an exercise of power, and in a modern state much real power is suffused with boredom. The agents of planning are usually boring; the planning process is boring; the implementation of plans is always boring. In a democracy boredom works for bureaucracies and corporations as smell works for skunk. It keeps danger away. Power does not have to be exercised behind the scenes. It can be open. The audience is asleep. The modern world is forged amidst our inattention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornontheblue Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 24 minutes ago, halfmanhalfbronco said: We will bring our fry sauce recipes and you can help settle a critical debate. With our without a touch of dill pickle? Fingers steaks for everybody! Definitely with the dill pickle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 minute ago, smltwnrckr said: or... Piggy, Simon, Jack et all did not have any Idahoans to guide them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonkee Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 26 minutes ago, NVGiant said: Happy, you’re invited to my desert island, as is @smltwnrckr and @toonkee. There is also room for @BSUTOP25 and @halfmanhalfbronco, so long as they bring their grandmas. I would’ve invited @thelawlorfaithful, but he crapped on the whole idea. I was going to say no thanks until you mentioned the grandmas. Would be one hell of a sausage party without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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