Pete1111

May I ask, what is SGT?

Freeman gave quite a sermon after and reminded there is more to come. Is Miss Lindseybelle on this mix?

...as well as other speech that harms the judicial process can be prohibited.

Considering the honesty of George Santos, the intelligence of Lauren Boebert, the empathy of Marjorie T. Green, the moral standards of Matt Gaetz, the integrity of Kari Lake, the spine of Kevin McCarthy, and the personality of Trump, how would your nephews square any decision to vote Blue? Or are they unaware of these modern GOP traits? 😉

The fast pace of the information flowing on TikTok and the number of views per post might not be a fair equivalent to Dad's barber shop.

That's a good point, especially in these modern times when so many are gathering their political ideas from TikTok.

The welfare of Palestinians is not a priority for Iran. Iran wants to stir the pot in Gaza and Lebanon. They help keep the cycle going. Regarding Netanyahu, it seems Israelis blame him. Can anyone be surprised how it looks, that a corrupt leader willing to diminish democracy and enrich himself may have taken his eye off the ball?

The GOP Grifters that get punished are the dumb ones that don't know how to cover their tracks or the ones that piss off the wrong people. Sara Huckabee for example. There had to be a more palatable way to fund a gal-pal trip to Paris with Arkansas tax revenue than claiming the $19000 was for a lectern, too easy to disprove. The trouble with Joe Harding and the GOP is there are so many more grifters queued up to follow with more GOP grift. Didn't Iowa Repubs actually get rid of their auditor (a Dem) which seems to give their GOP government free reign with state funds?

A lot of people are saying it......Biden doesn't have the mental faculties that Trump has.

A lot of people are saying it...Biden might lose if Trump picks a very strong woman running mate.

Tis true. Though the context has evolved, the original post was a worthy question and remains an important topic that's been continually debated in the media. IMO, one applicable argument across all the indictments since @Luckys post is the scenario that when the justice system ignores criminal activity because the President was involved it invites the same criminal activity or worse under future election cycles and/or future administrations. I agree, (probably because I've read your posts), that Democrats need to talk about other things such as the economy, jobs, energy projects, other infrastructure projects and so on. And it seems Biden is doing that. But I expect the Fulton County indictments will bring a final blow, that will get discussed a lot, especially how Trump's crimes affected people like Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. Their case is going to look undeniably bad for Trump. From how I understand the law in Georgia, people are going to serve time in jail if they don't flip on Trump. Back before any of the indictments, some of the talking heads speculated that Fulton County is where Trump will fall. Of course not everyone agrees and maybe I'm swept up in the drama, but to me it seems that the Trump team knows from Fulton County, if they don't win in 2024, he's fucked. .

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Earlier this year (May 2023) Lindsey Graham claimed the focus on Clarence Thomas is an unethical initiative by the Dems to delegitimize a conservative court. But by now isn't it clear Uncle Thomas is largely responsible for the fall in the Court's reputation? I'm not waiting for LindseyBelle to chime in again anytime soon, at least not until he learns his fate in Fulton County, whether he is indicted or is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Grand Jury election fraud case. Since that news may come soon (this week?) ol' Lindsey will need to check his hair and makeup for another turn on Fox, for more spin. Frankly, I'm not as focused on Clarence and Lindsey though. Rather, I'm excited to see The Donald have his mug shot and fingerprints taken before appearing in court, in Fulton County

I'm excited upcoming film "Saltburn" has a steamy, homoerotic relationship featuring Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan. IMO Keoghan was fantastic in Banshees and Elordi is also great. Sounds like the actors got shredded for the roles. But I dread how the woke Internet will cry foul and raise a stink the production did not cast an out gay actor. I just don't agree films should limit their cast nor do I understand where on the Kinsey scale the actor must land to avoid being fired.

That's it, in a nutshell, although how the lamestream media keeps framing the race with messaging about Biden's unpopularity is not helping. Rather, they could explore data showing how Biden is not optimal yet he remains preferable to TFG, due to Trump's potential dementia, his indictments, grifting by his company, sexual abuser, etc. But the lamestream media remains hands-off in too many ways. Similarly, they could frame the Manchin 3rd party candidacy with the inevitable Trump win and by pointing to what Ayres predicts in @stevenkesslar post, 4 years of retribution, not to mention more Trump crimes and more pardons. But the media does not focus on those issues. Not enough anyway.

Economically, if the strikes don't settle soon, that's going to hurt. Barry Diller talked about it on Face the Nation, Sunday. I'm not concerned about lack of new content. I will ramp up my reading.

Love Mel Brooks.

One might draw a parallel how @Lucky's original OP, whether Alvin Brag's 34 count Felony indictment against Trump was a good idea, got dragged into a trans debate like MAGA does, keeping our eye off the ball, when our focus was on TFG's crimes. They toss their current dog whistle style smoke bomb tactics into a debate. So, circling back to the OP, it is a fair question that many were asking. Trump fucked around and broke the law to keep hidden what could have hurt his candidacy. It worked. Trump didn't get Comey'ed like Hillary did. So, does America want to go after Trump now? The deed was done. Trump won. His scheme worked. What good does it do now to make Trump pay for that unlawful activity. In my mind (and I am an engineer, not a lawyer) the answer is yes. Justice should be blind to the person committing the crime. Right? But in this case many were questioning that belief. Justice should not be blind. Alvin Bragg charging Trump would only help Trump raise money and help his poll numbers. Therefore New York should just let it go. Fast forward three months, Lucky's OP is more and more apropos, and the media is parroting the same arguments. Jack Smith and Fani Willis have Trump in their sites. The media responds how Trump fund raising and poll numbers will benefit. The dialogue has shifted slightly. Barr, Pence, Haley and their ilk are now claiming how sticking Trump in prison (vs. Indicting Trump) would be wrong for America. Me, I would stick Trump in Guantanamo. But back to the OP. As an engineer and not a lawyer, I would logically ask if forgiving Trump for his crimes in NY is best, then which crimes rise to a level that cries our for Justice? My opinion is Trump is part of a dangerous situation threatening our Democracy. His crimes must not be ignored at any level. History must make clear every crime he is guilty of and we must assign a just sentence in every case. Not making Trump pay for all his crimes is a terribly, risky path to take. LOCK HIM UP!

You make a good point. Even if the Dems kept their nose clean 24/7, how the GOP spreads culture war misinformation and spreads lies about our government and the Dems needs a far better response. The GOP may be shooting themselves in the foot by supporting criminal and ignorant politicians yet the Dems could be taking better advantage. Back to the OP, Corporate America knows that workplace diversity is a competitive imperative. So, I say "no, the gays have not gone to far." Then, can the Dems wake up Corporate America to help stop this ant-diversity crazy train the GOP is on? Or can the Dems pay attention to the Lincoln Project and to the clever young Dems in the House that are rubbing the GOP's nose in their mess? Or do we just need more @stevenkesslars out their banging on doors. Or all of that and more. Yet, a lot of voters base their decision on their personal economic situation. Do the Dems know how to make a better case for that? I fear they don't. So maybe it is time to throw away the rule book. Our gay lives are at stake.

I'm somewhat relieved to hear you are not worried, because I am very worried. But maybe I worry too much. Nevertheless here are two things I worry about. First, denying service for creating a web site seems nearly benign. I am definitely one of those people that prefers not to have service from someone that is antigay. I'm careful, e.g. I would never consider surgery at our local Catholic hospital. And so on. But the idea that it is acceptable to deny service because I'm gay sounds like a scary world. Again, I worry a lot. Second, I am not confident marriage equality won't be overturned. Do we know there are already members of SCOTUS that would undo Obergefell v. Hodges? We just don't know how many. We also know there are members of far right think tanks and alt right Xtian groups that want to re-criminalize being queer. Frankly, it's slowly happening already in red state legislatures. The pendulum is swinging in the wrong direction. When Niki Haley recently campaigned how great life was back in the 1950s I thought of Tab Hunter, just turned 24, arrested in 1955 for attending a party that was busted by the cops. It was all gays and lesbians, dancing together. Tab wrote in the Hollywood Reporter he had been invited to a party by a friend and gone for the free food. Some folks prefer those terrible old ways. So I worry.

Funny (HA-HA!!!) how the lamestream media parrots Trump's claims "the indictments have driven up his poll numbers". Why bother reporting facts any longer when drama sells? My sense is the anti Trump floodgates are slowly opening. The Bret Baier interview on Fox followed by Fox unfavorable commentaries looked pretty bad. Trump got cooked. And then Brit Hume rubbed salt in the wounds. Not a machete up Trump's ass but a good start.

Former AG Bill Barr on Face the Nation suggested a former president should not serve prison time. He also compared Trump's behavior to a 5 year old boy, and that the United States should not serve as a therapy session for Trump's outrageous behavior. That said, he also confirmed Trump's legal defense is baseless, that he is guilty. As far as J6, Barr was not as forthcoming other than to reconfirm the idea that VP Pence unilaterally reversing the election result makes no sense in the same way Trump's document case defense makes no sense. Trump tends to latch onto the best sounding ideas for himself, no matter how bad, just like his MAGA and QAnon adherents latch onto nutty ideas they find on the Internet. That's frightening, especially considering a candidate with a 5-year-old mentality is running for the GOP nomination. While one might claim indicting Trump is akin to a therapy session for TFG, I would circle back to the OP, and respond that no matter how Bill Barr frames Trump's crimes, indicting TFG is necessary and important for our democracy and important for our allies to see that the US has not lost all of its marbles.

Disney canceled a 1 billion dollar investment in Orlando. That slowed his mouth a little.

I finished this one. Honestly my interest diminished as I read. Perhaps this is one young adult book that truly is meant for young adults only.

I watched the documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore and thought about the film's discussion of feminist criticism of her TV show. Nowadays are we cheated out of entertainment of that caliber when it doesn't pass a woke litmus test? A small majority of whiners and bots can make a big enough stink on Twitter to make investors and advertisers extra careful. While people have a right to their opinion, the passage of time shows how silly some criticism seems, like the feminists that didn't like The Mary Tyler More Show. It was a comedy, so one should expect a lot of squirrelly behavior. Yet it was a show where the majority of the players were women (Leachman, White, Engel, Harper and Moore) and the major dufus was a guy. The character Mary Richards ultimately inspired Oprah to pursue television. I suppose the woke mob can find fault with Oprah as well if they look hard enough. That is our world now.