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Last edited by JimL; 07-13-2020, 04:11 PM.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostTrump won Texas by 9% in 2016 and the population only grows about 1.3% per year and that includes children and other non voters so the fact that he is down in the polls by up to 5%, according to the latest Univ. of Texas poll, has little to do with population growth. Trump is also down in Florida and Arizona. Apparently some Trumpsters are honest enough with themselves to admit to the fact that they've made a big mistake.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostPolls.... snicker.
I guess ODB is done trying to "prove" whatever his point was about why Texas is in play in 2020.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostThat is what's being discussed, Bill.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostIt's like a child who heard someone praised for saying something smart one time who just keeps repeating that same thing over and over. RWNJs want all the praise without doing any of the work of understanding the matters about which they opine.
I guess ODB is done trying to "prove" whatever his point was about why Texas is in play in 2020.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02...in-high-trump/
Overall, equal numbers of Texas voters approve and disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Beneath that, the poll found, Republicans are highly supportive, with 83 percent saying they approve, while 84 percent of Democrats say they disapprove. The president’s numbers are remarkably similar to those in last February’s UT/TT Poll — the first survey after Trump took office. Then, as now, Republicans were solidly behind him and Democrats were solidly against him, making the blended numbers appear balanced.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostTexas is in play because demographics there are changing. It isn't rocket science.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02...in-high-trump/
Overall, equal numbers of Texas voters approve and disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Beneath that, the poll found, Republicans are highly supportive, with 83 percent saying they approve, while 84 percent of Democrats say they disapprove. The president’s numbers are remarkably similar to those in last February’s UT/TT Poll — the first survey after Trump took office. Then, as now, Republicans were solidly behind him and Democrats were solidly against him, making the blended numbers appear balanced.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostPolls....snicker.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostTexas is in play because demographics there are changing. It isn't rocket science.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02...in-high-trump/
Overall, equal numbers of Texas voters approve and disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Beneath that, the poll found, Republicans are highly supportive, with 83 percent saying they approve, while 84 percent of Democrats say they disapprove. The president’s numbers are remarkably similar to those in last February’s UT/TT Poll — the first survey after Trump took office. Then, as now, Republicans were solidly behind him and Democrats were solidly against him, making the blended numbers appear balanced.
What was that definition for insanity again?
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostTexas is in play because demographics there are changing. It isn't rocket science.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02...in-high-trump/
Overall, equal numbers of Texas voters approve and disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Beneath that, the poll found, Republicans are highly supportive, with 83 percent saying they approve, while 84 percent of Democrats say they disapprove. The president’s numbers are remarkably similar to those in last February’s UT/TT Poll — the first survey after Trump took office. Then, as now, Republicans were solidly behind him and Democrats were solidly against him, making the blended numbers appear balanced.
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostSo your response is that Texas is only in play because it's permanently going blue. You sure pwned me, bro.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostYes. It's just another in a long line of TrumpOCD reactions. It has nothing to do with Trump. Pointing out your and others' TrumpOCD is like shooting fish in a barrel.
But I am curious, your article from 3 months ago said Texas wouldn't go blue. Now it is clearly in danger of going blue. How can that be since demographic changes can't possibly explain that change over a 3 month period?
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostAll I really care is that Trump and his supporters are out of power. The exact reason isn't very important to me. That it is due to demographic reasons is only more likely to lock in those gains long term.
But I am curious, your article from 3 months ago said Texas wouldn't go blue. Now it is clearly in danger of going blue. How can that be since demographic changes can't possibly explain that change over a 3 month period?That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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The full court is likely to back Sullivan. Trump will be forced to use his pardon power. In America, POTUS pals get off, even after pleading their guilt; what an example to set!
Trump and his fans are truly the Devil’s children.
In ruling against Sullivan in late June, appellate Judge Neomi Rao, a recent Trump nominee, found that “this is not the unusual case where a more searching inquiry is justified.”
But Judge Robert L. Wilkins disagreed, saying it was “unprecedented” for the court to shut down Sullivan’s review before he had rendered a decision. Wilkins said the judge should have an opportunity to examine the Justice Department’s change of heart.
“This is no mere about-face; it is more akin to turning around an aircraft carrier,” Wilkins, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, wrote of the government’s action. [[Transcripts of calls between Flynn, Russian diplomat show they discussed sanctions]] Sullivan’s filing said the majority opinion was legally flawed for the reasons Wilkins cited. Sullivan said it was also flawed because it granted the government relief — approval of its dismissal motion — even though only Flynn and not the Justice Department petitioned the appeals court. Sullivan’s filing also said the majority relied on arguments never raised before the lower court.
“Any one” of these flaws weaken the legal standard usually required for a writ of mandamus, the type of extraordinary relief Flynn sought to shortcut the regular appeals process, Sullivan’s team argued. Such writs normally require a petitioner to show that no other remedy is available.
“Taken together, they threaten to turn mandamus into an ordinary litigation tool,” inviting “forum shopping” by parties to bypass a trial judge and run to the circuit court, Sullivan’s filing argued.
Sullivan’s attorneys also argued that the majority ignored U.S. Supreme Court and D.C. circuit court precedent allowing judges to appoint outside or amicus counsel and schedule hearings when litigating parties no longer are opposed. Sullivan’s filing also argued that the majority ignored precedent that allows the government to dismiss prosecutions only with the permission or “leave” of a trial court.
As a result, on either score, Sullivan’s team argued, Flynn failed to show a “clear and indisputable” right to immediate dismissal of his prosecution and plea of guilty. That requirement ensures that even unique, unprecedented legal questions are resolved deliberately with a full record — even if the outcome appears “potentially straightforward,” they said.
Federal appeals courts, one step below the Supreme Court, rarely agree to take a second look at cases initially decided by three-judge panels. But the D.C. Circuit recently sat as a full court to reconsider the dismissal of two lawsuits brought by House Democrats — one to enforce a congressional subpoena for Trump’s former White House counsel Donald McGahn and another challenging the president’s spending on a border wall.
Flynn was the highest-level Trump adviser convicted in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation. Instead of proceeding to sentencing, Attorney General William P. Barr ordered a review of the Flynn investigation. He then moved to drop the long-running case, saying new evidence showed FBI agents did not have a valid reason to question Flynn, so any lies he told did not amount to a crime.
The case of the retired U.S. Army general has energized Trump and his supporters who say Flynn was set up by anti-Trump investigators in the FBI. But many current and former Justice Department officials view the reversal as a troubling sign of the department’s giving in to pressure from Trump.“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
“not all there” - you know who you are
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Originally posted by firstfloor View PostThe full court is likely to back Sullivan. Trump will be forced to use his pardon power. In America, POTUS pals get off, even after pleading their guilt; what an example to set!
Trump and his fans are truly the Devil’s children.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...1ff_story.htmlThat's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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