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Jason

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  1. 2 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said:

    This is the entire fatal flaw of American jurisprudence - that something's legality has its basis as to whether or not it's a "right" rather than whether or not it has utility for society as a whole.

     

    A lot of the founding fathers didn't want to include a bill of rights in the constitution because they knew that as soon as you started spelling out some rights, people would start arguing that rights not spelled out don't exist. Which is of course why we get these ridiculous mental contortions about what's covered by privacy considerations, or why something is artistic speech and thus protected.

     

    The counter-argument was basically "don't be silly this is clearly a document about a government of limited and enumerated powers."

     

    Oops.

  2. 1 hour ago, Chairslinger said:

    It's a shame that this story hasn't gotten more traction, because it would be fun to hear Fox News try to convince their viewers that it's a real threat that this kid might hold someone up with a lawnmower.

     

    Can't you just see Tucker Carlson explaing the logistics of raising the mower onto its back wheels and pointing it menacingly at soneone.

     

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    This is the entire article:

     

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    KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Attendees at a conference of Florida Republicans applauded and laughed during a speech in which a conservative provocateur said the Democratic Party was historically the party of the Ku Klux Klan and segregation.

     

    Author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza referred to the Democratic Party as the “party of slave plantations” at the Sunshine Summit conference on Friday.

     

    D’Souza also said the political platform of the Nazi Party in Germany would sound similar to that of the Democratic Party if the word “Jew” were replaced with “the top 1 percent.”

     

    President Trump recently pardoned D’Souza, who was convicted of a campaign finance violation in 2014.

     

    In February, D’Souza mocked on Twitter a photo of Parkland, Florida, students upset over the failure to ban assault weapons in Florida. He later apologized.

     

    Really good example, IMO, of how "just reporting the facts" is not useful.

  4. 21 hours ago, PaladinSolo said:

    lol....

     

     

    The whole thing is ridiculous. Melendez, the host, had three different interactions with two White House operators and got through two call screens before Jared Kushner called him from Air Force One. According to Melendez, Kushner asked if he wanted to talk to the president then or have them call him back later, which is what he did.

    The details: When the White House operator calls back, he says: "Hello is this Sen. Menendez?" and then "Hello is this Air Force One?"

    • President Trump picked up the phone congratulating who he thought was Sen. Menendez and telling him he "went through a very tough situation."
    • He also talked about immigration. "Bob, let me just tell you I want to be able to take care of the situation every bit as much as anybody else at the top level. I'd rather do the larger solution rather than the smaller solution."
    • He said the North Dakota Senate race is "a tough race."
    • Regarding his SCOTUS nominee, he said they'll be done making a decision in 12 to 14 days.

    The White House didn't respond to requests for comment.

     

     

    @Chris- @SaysWho?

     

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