Larry

18 minutes ago, Fergasun said:

He can technically go up there, state, "I did not have sex with that woman" and then plead the 5th on everything else asked - right?  

Why doesn't he do that? 

(Not a lawyer).  

1)  Yes, I believe that's true.  

2)  Doing so involves him invoking the 5th, possibly hundreds of times, in front of the jury.  

3)  And if he says "I did not have sex with that woman", then he can be cross examined, on that topic.  And cannot invoke the 5th.  

54 minutes ago, mcsluggo said:

first of all......      Thermometers!!!!       (innocence restored)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

second of all..... 

 

what other answers are there? 

"Written"?  

They know that he can't speak three sentences without saying something that's provably false.  

3 hours ago, Ball Security said:

I saw another article where they interviewed the woman who he was FaceTiming with. She claims. He heard banging on the door and he yelled “who’s there?” The knocking stopped. Then started again. He went to the door and by the time he peeked outside no one is there. That’s when he went back to his room to get his gun. Then the police broke in and shot him.

 

Obviuosly that’s just her side. But the questions are why were they there? Was it a case of thin walls, annoyed neighbor? Did police identify themselves? What was the need to break down the door?

11 minutes ago, Califan007 The Constipated said:

 

This part lol...

 

 

Trump's lawyer Necheles: At the viewing parties, you are treated like a hero? They say, you are saving America?

 

Stormy Daniels: That's in strip clubs. The viewing parties are polarizing.

 

Necheles: You said you'll be instrumental in putting President Trump in jail?

 

Stormy Daniels: Show me where I said instrumental.

 

Necheles: Here's your tweet, "Making me the best person to flush the orange turd down."

 

Daniels: It doesn't say Trump, just orange turd. If you want to interpret it that way...

Gotta say.  If I'm on that jury?  Those answers aren't making me believe her a lot more.  

Just saying.  

Our cops are routinely sent into situations where most civilians don't think it's a life or death situation.  But the cop is required, for his own safety, to treat it like it is.  

Recall some statistics.  They're from probably 50 years ago.  But I assume they're still valid.  

Out of all the cops who die every year in the course of their job, the thing that more of them were doing, more than any other activity, was "traffic stop".  

And if you look at all the cops who died on the job, broken down to "what were they doing?", and adjust it for "how often do cops do that thing?".  To get a "If the cop's dispatch is X, which dispatch has the highest chance of the cop dying?"  Was "Domestic dispute."  

There's a legitimate reason why the cops have to be intentionally trained to think of these situations as potential assaults on themselves.  

But yes.  I can see how that type of training can also really encourage an attitude of dividing the world into "cops" and "threats to cops".  

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And, having said all that?  

I believe in cutting the cops a lot of slack, when the person who got shot actually has a gun.  

That slack does not extend to "well, he tried to run away, and he might have had a gun".  Or "well, I told him to lay on the ground and he didn't."  

But if the subject had a gun?  In his hand?  Some slack is due.  

("Tom Brady roast" meme)

I recall once, the Daily Show saying that OK, due to audience demands, they were going to do some "Tom Brady's deflated balls" jokes.  But just for a few minutes, and just this one.  

Only one I liked:  

"What's the only thing that can stand between Tom Brady's deflated balls and another Super Bowl trophy?"

"The Giants."  (Huge audience reaction.)  

"(Twice.)"  

50 minutes ago, Ball Security said:

I don’t have the link, but I saw something about him claiming cognitive decline in a 2012 divorce proceeding to reduce alimony.

I dunno.  I could see the argument that "being married to this **** for five years has made me dumber" working.  

3 hours ago, Cooked Crack said:

The KKK has gone woke

The rainbow robes reveal it. 

8 hours ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

Hamas should surrender. I’m sure if the leaders of Hamas were to turn themselves in (to the ICC for example, where they could have a fair trial) there would be no assault on Rafah. Think about all the lives that could be saved if they just did the right thing.

Just out of curiosity, should the leaders of Israel surrender themselves to the same court?  

Why or why not?  

Odds of this Supreme Court issuing a ruling that:

1)  Holds corporations liable. 

2)  Holds gun industry corporations liable.

Are.....

They're all Lectroids from Planet 10?  

9 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

Only one way to find out 

Recalling an exchange from The Magnificent Seven.  

"Well one of us is an idiot."  

"You can get good odds on which."  

6 minutes ago, Bang said:

And next time they will pay 40k to sit in there and listen to him rant again.

... and justify it by saying that it's because they support the policies he will pass. 

Which they will not willingly state. 

1 hour ago, China said:

RNC co-chair Lara Trump: ‘You cannot have ballots counted after elections are over’

 

Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump argued Sunday that ballots should not be counted after elections are over.

 

While speaking to Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Trump explained why her party had filed a lawsuit in Nevada to stop vote counting after the election.

 

“You cannot have ballots counted, Maria, after elections are over,” Trump opined. “And right now, that is one of the many lawsuits we have out across this country to ensure that just that happens, that we have a free, fair, and transparent election.”

 

“So in Nevada, as you pointed out, we are saying we want, on election day, that to be the last day that mail-in ballots can be counted,” she added. “And we’ve been very successful in a lot of lawsuits.”

 

Trump pointed to another lawsuit in Pennsylvania.

 

Click on the link for the full article and video

"The problem is the ballots. If you get rid of the ballots, there won't be a transfer of power."

"The DOJ indicating a Democrat at a time when the House is like a 3 vote majority is proof that the DOJ is politically motivated."

46 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said:

Trump is a habitual line stepper. Merchan should stop threatening and lock him up.

Remember a joke about a mule trainer who started his lesson by taking a 2x4, like a baseball bat, and breaking it over the mule's head. 

"First, you have to get his attention."

Part of how we got here, is that part of Republican programming is that, when you get caught doing something despicable, don'tback down. Double down. 

And do something else despicable, too. As a distraction. 

8 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said:

With what money?

Theirs.  

2 hours ago, China said:

 

Yeah, and the value of the stuff the guy took was estimated at $3700.  So on average each kid was walking around with over $1200 worth of gear?  Sure.

Well, kids now days probably have two iPhones each.  

Just an opinion, here?

But I've got a problem with the racial thread title, too. 

Didn't this used to be called "The domestic terrorism thread"?

8 minutes ago, tshile said:

Right but I was thinking more strategy wise

 

like maybe it makes it easier to go after him with a bunch of organizing a conspiracy charges if you have already convicted the people he organized to do the crimes

 

im totally guessing though and have no idea what really guides the decision making. 

Oh, I'm equally guessing.  

But for example, maybe the prosecutor figures that if he doesn't charge people like Trump and Rudy, then he can prosecute the others without being subject to people who have unlimited piles of other people's money so they can play "just throw **** against the wall and hope you can delay things for 4 years" games.  

(And he can let other jurisdictions spend their money doing all that.)  

2 hours ago, tshile said:

Charges can come later. I assume there’s a reason for doing it this way 

Prosecutorial discretion.  

4 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

He’s not a scumbucket because he’s a Democrat though. It’s because he’s from Texas a politician. 

FTFY

47 minutes ago, China said:

Yeah, that's attempted vehicular manslaughter.

Is it?  

Or is it "cutting off another vehicle, and the other vehicle didn't slow down?"