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  • #91
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    But we have secret NASA photos of the World Turtle!

    Which shows that the earth itself is balanced on the back on some elephants, and the elephants standing on top of the turtle.

    I'm always still in trouble again

    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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    • #92
      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
      Which shows that the earth itself is balanced on the back on some elephants, and the elephants standing on top of the turtle.
      Duh!

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      • #93
        Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
        Obama - pardoned 212, communed the sentences of 1,715
        Trump - pardoned 25, communed the sentences of 10

        OMG! Trump is abusing his pardon powers!


        To add an interesting case here Thomas Jefferson pardoned every last person convicted under the Sedition Act. Even though that is pretty much a slap in the face to John Adams and the Federalist Party, nobody today seems to think he was being a king. Was Jefferson being a king, Jimmy because that is far more brazen than anything Trump has done with his pardon powers.
        There is a difference in that Obama's pardons were an act of mercy and had nothing to do with himself personally, while Trump is pardoning his allies whose crimes are connected to, or parallel to his own. Trump also claims that he has the absolute right to pardon himself. In other words Trumps pardons are self serving, not acts of mercy as intended by the Framers. That's how a dictator operates, not how a president is supposed to operate.

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        • #94
          Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
          Here's an analogy to help you understand why people don't really bother with detailed responses to your posts:

          Pseudo Jimmy: "The earth is flat and balanced on the back of a giant cosmic turtle!"
          Interlocutor: "Dude, seriously, you're a moron."
          Pseudo Jimmy: "I don't see a refutation, or an argument to the contrary, here."

          That's essentially the nature of your political ramblings.
          Dude, seriously, you're a moron.

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          • #95
            Originally posted by JimLamebrain View Post
            Dude, seriously, you're a moron.
            And it's turtles all the way down with you, isn't it?
            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
            Than a fool in the eyes of God


            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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            • #96
              Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
              And it's turtles all the way down with you, isn't it?

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              • #97
                Originally posted by JimLamebrain View Post
                Are self-portraits your new hobby?
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • #98
                  Originally posted by JimL View Post
                  There is a difference in that Obama's pardons were an act of mercy and had nothing to do with himself personally, while Trump is pardoning his allies whose crimes are connected to, or parallel to his own. Trump also claims that he has the absolute right to pardon himself. In other words Trumps pardons are self serving, not acts of mercy as intended by the Framers. That's how a dictator operates, not how a president is supposed to operate.
                  Not that I can find. Most of his pardons seem to be linked to drug offenses or the military, with very few having to do with political allies. Trump has given the least pardons, of any president in the past century. Your tin foil hat is showing again.
                  Last edited by lilpixieofterror; 02-24-2020, 06:53 AM.
                  "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                  GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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