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News & Political Discussion / Re: Team Biden/Harris
« Last post by BC on Today at 05:47:32 AM »

^ This was not your original contention, and you are moving the goalposts.

My original contention was that this rather intelligent jury should be able to decide according to the law.  If as you stated this is just a kangaroo court they can decide to acquit.

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To the contrary, it was a very good rebuttal to your original contention about the infallibility of juries.

Of course, juries can err, as they did with some of the IP exonerations. As I stated, many pre and post-conviction recourses are available to Trump and his team if they believe the jury or court has made a mistake, and juries decide correctly more often than not.

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CNN clears self; "We had nothing to do with it."

You: "Hurr, durr, okay."

Riiiiiiight.  It was just a coincidence....

I pointed you to additional information to consider when forming your opinion. A government lawyer toting a suitcase to court is noteworthy. I can imagine someone following him when he left, maybe going to the airport and even noting which flight and to where may well have been enough to prompt a news crew stakeout.

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The left-wing media BLARED about how it was "fake" and Big Tech turfed it before the election to help Biden.

Washington Post joins New York Times in finally admitting emails from Hunter Biden laptop are real
Bruce Golding
Published March 30, 2022

So a year and a half after the election, when it would have been material to whether Swamp Thing Joe Biden was on the take or not, WaPo FINALLY had the decency to admit the truth...and don't think that timing was an accident - well after the 2020 election, well before the 2024 election.

The timeline seems to be correct as you posted. According to this article, forensic analysis revealed the contents of the laptop were real in November 2022.  I suspect this prompted the retractions?   
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-laptop-data-analysis/

No smoking gun found.

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LOFL!  Just a minute ago you were screeching "No direct proof!  No direct proof!" now it's "There's no standard of proof!  There's no standard of proof!"

Which is it, Timmy?

As far as political impeachments go, either way is the way it is.  IIRC I was asking why Biden had not been impeached yet.  Do you believe he ever will?  Surely the MAGA folks want to put on a show or?

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I used Gore as an illustration of why the court would/would not intervene.  But I get it, you struggle with abstract thinking.  I will try to dumb things down for you.

Feel free to do so. I'm listening.
   

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Trump is campaigning against the process.  Simples.
 

He can do so within the bounds of the limited gag order and outside the courtroom. Shoot at the judge, shoot at the prosecutor, but leave the jury, witnesses, and families alone.  Pretty easy to comply and campaign.  Instead, he wants to only attack and complain about the process, not campaign.   



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Ok, now you're getting weird.

What's not weird about all that's Trump...

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There were, in fact both Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters outside the courthouse.

I could say more, but I will just wait for you to move the goalposts again.  :chuckle:

No need to move anything. The link you posted was from a year ago during the indictment and subsequent mugshot photo shoot.  Any vids of MAGA protesters last week or this week at the courthouse?

As far as I can see, his battle cry is being heeded by only very few of his supporters.

https://www.nysun.com/article/trump-called-on-supporters-to-protest-outside-the-courthouse-only-the-most-dedicated-answered

https://www.tiktok.com/@thegoodliars/video/7361089006928661806


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In your opinion. OTOH:


Donald Trump's Family Skipping Court 'Right' Decision, Legal Analyst Says

"I think Trump is making the right decision to have no family in court. I think juries can see through the manipulative tactic of bringing family members to court as props to elicit their sympathy," {Former U.S. attorney and University of Michigan law professor Barbara } McQuade said. "A person who really loves their family would not subject them to the pain of listening to ugly accusations and evidence against him."

B/B

Indeed, my opinion.  Everyone has one and it's ok to differ.  https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-melania-trump-hush-money-trial-presence-experts-2024-4
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News & Political Discussion / Re: Alexei Navalny has died in prison
« Last post by rosco on Today at 04:28:29 AM »
The assessment does not absolve Putin of ultimate responsibility for Navalny’s fate, only that the Russian president likely did not call for his killing at that time, the sources said. By sending Navalny to the notorious high-security penal colony in a remote town above the Arctic Circle, the Kremlin had effectively imposed a death sentence on the opposition leader, the sources said.[/i]

B/B

 :ROFL: :ROFL:

Even when it wasn't Putin, it was still Putin  :chuckle: MI6 and the CIA are responsible too, if we're looking to point fingers. They made mr irrelevant slightly more relevant.
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News & Political Discussion / Re: Team Biden/Harris
« Last post by B.B. on Yesterday at 12:39:27 PM »
They get it right far more often than not, and there are many layers of appeal, pre- and post-conviction.


^ This was not your original contention, and you are moving the goalposts.


IP wasn't a very good example to substantiate your point. Do you have others?

To the contrary, it was a very good rebuttal to your original contention about the infallibility of juries.

I rely on the reports of folks who investigated and not on emotions.

CNN clears self; "We had nothing to do with it."

You: "Hurr, durr, okay."

Riiiiiiight.  It was just a coincidence....

How turfed? Hunter Biden was charged for acts discovered on the laptop.

The left-wing media BLARED about how it was "fake" and Big Tech turfed it before the election to help Biden.

Washington Post joins New York Times in finally admitting emails from Hunter Biden laptop are real[/quote]
Bruce Golding
Published March 30, 2022

So a year and a half after the election, when it would have been material to whether Swamp Thing Joe Biden was on the take or not, WaPo FINALLY had the decency to admit the truth...and don't think that timing was an accident - well after the 2020 election, well before the 2024 election.

I can't find anywhere that impeachment requires some burden of proof standard for conviction. 

LOFL!  Just a minute ago you were screeching "No direct proof!  No direct proof!" now it's "There's no standard of proof!  There's no standard of proof!"

Which is it, Timmy?


Whatabout...
    Whatabout...
        Whatabout...
            That's why...

I used Gore as an illustration of why the court would/would not intervene.  But I get it, you struggle with abstract thinking.  I will try to dumb things down for you.
   
Which is exactly why Trump is trying so hard to get into that orange suit

Trump is campaigning against the process.  Simples. 


and enjoy the bondage accessories.


Ok, now you're getting weird.

Where are all his supporters protesting for him outside the courthouse?

There were, in fact both Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters outside the courthouse.

I could say more, but I will just wait for you to move the goalposts again.  :chuckle:

Heck, even his wife and kids aren't there to support him in the courtroom...  IMO this says more than anything else we can toss around here.

In your opinion. OTOH:


Donald Trump's Family Skipping Court 'Right' Decision, Legal Analyst Says

"I think Trump is making the right decision to have no family in court. I think juries can see through the manipulative tactic of bringing family members to court as props to elicit their sympathy," {Former U.S. attorney and University of Michigan law professor Barbara } McQuade said. "A person who really loves their family would not subject them to the pain of listening to ugly accusations and evidence against him."

B/B


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News & Political Discussion / Re: Alexei Navalny has died in prison
« Last post by B.B. on Yesterday at 12:02:21 PM »
Putin likely did not directly order Navalny’s killing, U.S. intelligence agencies conclude
The assessment does not absolve Putin of ultimate responsibility for Navalny’s fate, only that the Russian president likely did not call for his killing at that time, the sources said.


U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t directly order the killing of Alexei Navalny at a remote penal colony in February, according to three sources familiar with the matter. But the precise circumstances of the opposition leader’s death at the Arctic prison remain unclear.

The assessment does not absolve Putin of ultimate responsibility for Navalny’s fate, only that the Russian president likely did not call for his killing at that time, the sources said. By sending Navalny to the notorious high-security penal colony in a remote town above the Arctic Circle, the Kremlin had effectively imposed a death sentence on the opposition leader, the sources said.


B/B
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News & Political Discussion / Re: Team Biden/Harris
« Last post by BC on Yesterday at 11:14:37 AM »
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/bidens-earned-15-million-after-obama-administration-1404153

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Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972, weeks before he turned 30, and he spent the next 44 years on a federal government salary. He filed disclosure forms as vice president showing that he and Jill had $303,000 to $1 million in assets and liabilities between $560,000 and $1.2 million.

But in April 2017, months after leaving the vice presidency, both Bidens signed a multi-book deal with Flatiron Books, for Joe Biden to write two books and Jill Biden to write one. Soon after, the Bidens bought a $2.7 million in Rehoboth Beach, Del. The house has six bedrooms and multiple decks and adjoins a state park, according to The Daily Times. The home in Rehoboth Beach is the second home owned by the Bidens: They purchased their first, in Wilmington, Del., in 1996.

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The tax returns released by Biden’s presidential campaign show the Bidens paid a federal income tax rate of 33.9 percent in 2017 and 33.4 percent in 2018, for a total income tax of $3.7 million and $1.5 million during those years. They gave away a combined $1.3 million to charity in 2017 and 2018.

Yeah, it seems they really needed the cash eh? Pure greed...
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News & Political Discussion / Team Biden/Harris
« Last post by 2tallbill on Yesterday at 09:52:00 AM »

Maybe you just didn't know
about all the evidence gathered and presented so far?

https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/

It's important to read between the lines here: 'We have absolutely nothing linking a dime to Joe Biden.' Don't get me wrong, I believe
no President's children should benefit from their parents' position in government with influence peddling.  Surely Trump's kids did not?

You didn't mention all the times Joe met, called and ate with these foreign "business associates"

Foreign entity sends the money to the relative, then the relative writes a $200K check to crooked Joe and a $40K
check to Joe and calls it a loan repayment (but there is no loan). The relatives buy the house that Joe lives in.
There are checks written to Joe from the relatives for hundreds of thousands.

The Mafia would never had been convicted if all it took was one degree of separation, one cutout or one shell account.
The mafioso's didn't own the houses they lived in, neither did Crooked Joe.

Joe received the money. You can pretend it's not true, but inside you know.

You want the left to be in power so much, so you don't care how crooked they are or what they sell for their payola.

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News & Political Discussion / Re: Ukrainian Losses
« Last post by AvHdB on Yesterday at 06:54:11 AM »
And predictably, facts are dismissed as fake news because those facts threaten the existence of the parallel universe you appear to mouth breathe in.

Odd I have wondered if one put BC and Rosco in front a drip painting by J. Pollack you two would discuss the beauty. The discussions would be is it depicting a sunset or springtime landscape. Another analogy would be the creature quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and swims like a duck and you maintain it is a cat.

Perhaps B.B. would wonder how long it took to create the painting and I would wonder could the canvas set a new record at auction.


Nurse.....you're missing a patient.  :HOSPITAL:

Feel free to inhabit any place in your fantasy world, I will hang with the realists. In the meantime try to find a ride to the clinic so they can control your meds.

Hopefully the nurse is cuter than the sheep.
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News & Political Discussion / Re: Ukrainian Losses
« Last post by rosco on Yesterday at 06:07:36 AM »
And predictably, facts are dismissed as fake news because those facts threaten the existence of the parallel universe you appear to mouth breathe in.

Odd I have wondered if one put BC and Rosco in front a drip painting by J. Pollack you two would discuss the beauty. The discussions would be is it depicting a sunset or springtime landscape. Another analogy would be the creature quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and swims like a duck and you maintain it is a cat.

Perhaps B.B. would wonder how long it took to create the painting and I would wonder could the canvas set a new record at auction.


Nurse.....you're missing a patient.  :HOSPITAL:
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News & Political Discussion / Re: Ukrainian Losses
« Last post by AvHdB on Yesterday at 05:22:27 AM »
And predictably, facts are dismissed as fake news because those facts threaten the existence of the parallel universe you appear to mouth breathe in.

Odd I have wondered if one put BC and Rosco in front a drip painting by J. Pollack you two would discuss the beauty. The discussions would be is it depicting a sunset or springtime landscape. Another analogy would be the creature quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and swims like a duck and you maintain it is a cat.

Perhaps B.B. would wonder how long it took to create the painting and I would wonder could the canvas set a new record at auction.
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News & Political Discussion / Re: Team Biden/Harris
« Last post by BC on Yesterday at 03:46:20 AM »

Maybe you just didn't know
about all the evidence gathered and presented so far?

https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/

It's important to read between the lines here: 'We have absolutely nothing linking a dime to Joe Biden.' Don't get me wrong, I believe no President's children should benefit from their parents' position in government with influence peddling.  Surely Trump's kids did not?
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