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#8581 User is offline   Tsundoku 

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 08:23 AM

Can't we all just ... get along?

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 11:01 AM

View Postworry, on 04 March 2019 - 09:03 PM, said:





Man I hate Democrats.


Can't risk offending those donors now can we.
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Posted 05 March 2019 - 10:36 PM

View Postworry, on 04 March 2019 - 09:03 PM, said:





Man I hate Democrats.


They support too many gay. If they would lower the level of support for all of gay down to maybe 60 percent of the gay, then 40 percent of voters who don't support the gay would come over.

In case the math is needed, there are 40 percent more voters who don't support the gay, so if you trade 40 percent of voters who support the gay for 40 percent of voters who don't support the gay, then you end up with .40G more voters, where G stands for the number of Russian citizens who will vote during the next election.
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Posted 05 March 2019 - 10:49 PM

What the hell kinda nonsense post is that?
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Posted 06 March 2019 - 05:14 AM

Not sure if Brujah is trying to make some kind of joke post or if he's just a homophobe.
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Posted 06 March 2019 - 09:45 AM

I think it was a joke, but the internet has made it hard to tell for sure.
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Posted 06 March 2019 - 09:49 AM

Could be drunk.

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Posted 07 March 2019 - 03:16 AM

Lol this last week has certainly been a great way for Dems to spend all their momentum and good will.


Meanwhile:

At least this happened:
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 12:53 AM

Sorry to go Tweet-crazy.




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Posted 08 March 2019 - 05:18 AM

That is + what ever he gets in that other state, right?

I guess we can hope he gets shanked in prison by a Russian mob inmate.
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 05:37 AM

Yah, DC sentencing on Wednesday. I don't need or want him to meet a violent end (which isn't to say I'd weep for him), but I'd at least like to see an ounce of gravity and or perspective afforded to the crimes he's committed.
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 05:57 AM

Sheesh guys at least he's not a minority teen with a single joint, he's only done a bit of light treason, let's look at the big picture here...
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 06:01 AM

Just read that on top of the relatively light sentence, he's being fined 50,000 USD. The possible fine is between 50,000 and 20 million+.

So they give him a 50,000 dollar fine?

Is this judge deliberately being a dick?

I realize Manafort probably is deeply in debt but for fucks sake.

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 07:03 AM

View PostAlternative Goose, on 08 March 2019 - 06:01 AM, said:

Just read that on top of the relatively light sentence, he's being fined 50,000 USD. The possible fine is between 50,000 and 20 million+.

So they give him a 50,000 dollar fine?

Is this judge deliberately being a dick?

I realize Manafort probably is deeply in debt but for fucks sake.



'The Judge Who Let Manafort Off Easy With 47 Months Is An Arch-Conservative

President Reagan nominated Judge Ellis to the Eastern District of Virginia. Presidents have a special reason to want to stack that particular court with strong conservatives. The Pentagon and the CIA are in that district. There is a great desire among conservatives to stack that district court to handle the cases that concern national security brought in that district, including espionage cases.Take a comparison of the Manafort case with another prosecution of a political figure, a black Democratic Congressman from a black district in Louisiana named William J. Jefferson. [...] Jefferson’s case was basically bribery. It was nationally famous because agents raiding his house found cash in the freezer.Manafort may have gotten off easy with four years, but Ellis threw the book at Jefferson. In 2009 Ellis sentenced Jefferson to 13 years, the longest sentence of any Congressman to that date.'<h1 _ngcontent-c11="" class="fs-headline speakable-headline font-base" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; line-height: 1.38; position: relative; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></h1>

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 01:29 PM

View PostAzath Vitr (D, on 08 March 2019 - 07:03 AM, said:

View PostAlternative Goose, on 08 March 2019 - 06:01 AM, said:

Just read that on top of the relatively light sentence, he's being fined 50,000 USD. The possible fine is between 50,000 and 20 million+.

So they give him a 50,000 dollar fine?

Is this judge deliberately being a dick?

I realize Manafort probably is deeply in debt but for fucks sake.



'The Judge Who Let Manafort Off Easy With 47 Months Is An Arch-Conservative





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Posted 08 March 2019 - 06:25 PM

The Democrats didn't plan this in the slightest but at least their milquetoast 'all hate is bad' rebuke attempt got 26 Republicans voting against condeming bigotry of all forms
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Posted 09 March 2019 - 12:12 AM

View PostQuickTidal, on 08 March 2019 - 01:29 PM, said:

View PostAzath Vitr (D, on 08 March 2019 - 07:03 AM, said:

View PostAlternative Goose, on 08 March 2019 - 06:01 AM, said:

Just read that on top of the relatively light sentence, he's being fined 50,000 USD. The possible fine is between 50,000 and 20 million+.

So they give him a 50,000 dollar fine?

Is this judge deliberately being a dick?

I realize Manafort probably is deeply in debt but for fucks sake.



'The Judge Who Let Manafort Off Easy With 47 Months Is An Arch-Conservative





Hands up those surprised by this.


Unfortunately many of the judges Trump has been rushing through the Senate seem as bad or worse.
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Posted 09 March 2019 - 02:03 AM

View PostAzath Vitr (D, on 09 March 2019 - 12:12 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 08 March 2019 - 01:29 PM, said:

View PostAzath Vitr (D, on 08 March 2019 - 07:03 AM, said:

View PostAlternative Goose, on 08 March 2019 - 06:01 AM, said:

Just read that on top of the relatively light sentence, he's being fined 50,000 USD. The possible fine is between 50,000 and 20 million+.

So they give him a 50,000 dollar fine?

Is this judge deliberately being a dick?

I realize Manafort probably is deeply in debt but for fucks sake.



'The Judge Who Let Manafort Off Easy With 47 Months Is An Arch-Conservative





Hands up those surprised by this.


Unfortunately many of the judges Trump has been rushing through the Senate seem as bad or worse.


IMO one of the longer term ramifications thats being somewhat overlooked that will be hell to pay down the road.


And i dont thing its overlooked because no one thinks its important. Its just this shit storm is so fucking big.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 09 March 2019 - 02:03 AM

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 10:41 AM

View Postworry, on 05 March 2019 - 10:49 PM, said:

What the hell kinda nonsense post is that?


Asking what KINDA nonsense post at least implies that worry knew it was some sort of nonsense.

Categorically speaking, nonsense with an agenda.

View PostAlternative Goose, on 06 March 2019 - 05:14 AM, said:

Not sure if Brujah is trying to make some kind of joke post or if he's just a homophobe.


I don't know. Neither really.

Joke implies funny, which it's not, and I'm not a homophobe.

View PostMorgoth, on 06 March 2019 - 09:45 AM, said:

I think it was a joke, but the internet has made it hard to tell for sure.


Was it really in doubt that it wasn't serious...


View PostAlternative Goose, on 06 March 2019 - 09:49 AM, said:

Could be drunk.

Brujah if you're reading this and you're drunk, write "Hitler did nothing wrong".


I don't drink. At all.

Hitler did one or more things wrong.



worry's post about the Democrats struck a chord.
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Posted 09 March 2019 - 10:45 AM

Are you.... high? 🤔
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