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#32504 2021-02-22 21:44:35
Let The Revolution Begin!
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#32505 2021-02-24 08:05:42
I watched some of the hearings yesterday on the January 6 riot, and wondered if maybe somebody had dosed a couple of the senators (Hawley, Johnson). Perhaps someone spiked their adrenochrome.
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#32506 2021-02-25 08:08:04
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#32509 2021-02-27 17:36:47
Wounded Knee Occupation (1973): The Wounded Knee Occupation began on this day in 1973 when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and American Indian Movement (AIM) members seized the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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#32510 2021-02-28 13:09:08
How To Fix Spot:
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#32511 2021-02-28 19:03:32
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#32512 2021-02-28 22:20:54
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#32513 2021-03-01 12:15:03
SpacePuppy wrote:
You were having yourself a day yesterday, weren't you?
We all know that neither Biden or Harris are that great, but they were light years ahead of the other future. All we can try to do it get behind strong Independents and hope for the best.
Because this was the alternative reality last election.
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#32514 2021-03-01 13:06:09
Baywolfe wrote:
SpacePuppy wrote:
You were having yourself a day yesterday, weren't you?
We all know that neither Biden or Harris are that great, but they were light years ahead of the other future. All we can try to do it get behind strong Independents and hope for the best.
Because this was the alternative reality last election.
https://cruelery.com/uploads/157_c47956 … _thumb.jpg
But, But, Trump!
Doesn't cut it. The Democrats are going to do the 2012 lose everything dance again.
Returning to business as usual wasn't my hope for this election, believe me, but here we are.
Syria, Dems pissing on 15.00 an hour, which is still not enough, 1400., not 2k, Oh, forget the student loan forgiveness, which would be the biggest business stimulus of the last 70 years. Fuck that, we have other shit on the docket, like repopulating the slave labor in prisons with what were once law abiding citizens who are going to refuse to give up their rights around the second amendment.
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#32515 2021-03-03 07:42:32
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#32516 2021-03-03 12:50:05
Wakey Wakey!
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#32517 2021-03-03 12:52:18
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#32518 2021-03-03 13:05:44
Heh:
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#32525 2021-03-08 14:29:31
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#32528 2021-03-09 09:48:53
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#32529 2021-03-09 15:38:54
I would imagine the custody battle to be trying to get the other ex partner to take the wee tyke...
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#32530 2021-03-14 21:28:31
Careful How You Choose!
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#32531 2021-03-14 21:30:51
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#32533 2021-03-15 18:16:30
This kinda nails it:
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#32534 2021-03-16 11:30:49
SpacePuppy wrote:
This kinda nails it:
At most, this nails a small part of it, it being the semantic legal argument. One way to read the Second Amendment is "Because a well-regulated militia is necessary, the right of people to bear arms shall not be infringed." You could take the comma out and flip the order of the clauses and get: "The right of people to bear arms shall not be infringed because a well-regulated militia is necessary." This avoids the lame interpretation that treats the "Militia" clause as surplusage, a mistake that underlies arguments sometimes made on both sides.
The Supreme's Heller decision leaves second amendment rights with the same kind of boundaries as first amendment rights. That is, the court will be very skeptical of any regulation of the individual rights granted, but if the regulation is deemed "reasonable," it can be constitutional.
If only to challenge your view, read this.
Oops. Forgot the pic.
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#32535 2021-03-16 11:44:15
I've read several articles that say this state was key in adding the Second Amendment. One, they wanted their own army, and two, they wanted to defend their right to slavery.
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#32536 2021-03-16 15:02:34
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#32537 2021-03-16 15:05:25
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#32538 2021-03-16 15:39:35
It is in the details:
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#32539 2021-03-16 22:29:41
Mr Rogers always said, “Look for the helpers.”
So y’all should put some respect on Hugh Thompson Jr
Some excerpts from the Wikipedia entry:
He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre
Thompson and his crew, Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn, stopped a number of killings by threatening and blocking American officers and enlisted soldiers. [They also] saved a number of Vietnamese civilians by personally escorting them away from advancing United States Army ground units and assuring their evacuation by air.
Thompson and his crew, in disbelief and shock, returned to their helicopter and began searching for civilians they could save. They spotted a group of women, children, and old men in the northeast corner of the village fleeing from advancing soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, Company C. Immediately realizing that the soldiers intended to murder the Vietnamese civilians, Thompson landed his helicopter between the advancing ground unit and the villagers.
Thompson reported the atrocities by radio several times. Although these reports reached Task Force Barker operational headquarters, nothing was done to stop the massacre. After evacuating a child to a Quảng Ngăi hospital, Thompson angrily reported to his superiors at Task Force Barker headquarters that a massacre was occurring at Sơn Mỹ.
Thompson testified against those responsible for the Mỹ Lai Massacre. Twenty-six officers and enlisted soldiers, including William Calley and Ernest Medina, were charged with criminal offenses, but all were either acquitted or pardoned.
Thompson was condemned and ostracized by many individuals in the United States military and government, as well as the public, for his role in the investigations and trials concerning the Mỹ Lai massacre. As a direct result of what he experienced, Thompson experienced posttraumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, divorce, and severe nightmare disorder.
Ron Ridenhour:
A helicopter gunner, Ridenhour heard of the massacre from friends while serving in Vietnam. While still on active duty, he gathered eyewitness and participant accounts from other soldiers. On his return to the United States, he wrote a letter detailing the evidence, which he sent to President Richard Nixon, five senior officials at the State Department and the Pentagon, and 24 members of Congress, [2] spurring a probe that led to several indictments against those involved, and the conviction of William Calley. His own account of learning about the massacre can be found in the article, "Jesus Was a Gook," published in Nobody Gets Off the Bus: The Viet Nam Generation Big Book.
Whole thing would have been hushed up without his work.
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My Lai Massacre (1968)
On this day in 1968, the My Lai Massacre took place when U.S. troops in the Sơn Tịnh District, South Vietnam massacred and raped hundreds of unarmed civilians, including women, children, and infants. The event was a war crime and suppressed by the U.S. military despite multiple whistleblowers coming forward. Estimates of the total killed range between 347 and 504.
Despite two soldiers writing letters to their superiors about the possibility of a war crime having taken place, the U.S. government claimed that the event was a military victory for several months after it occurred. It was only after an independent journalist broke the story and the true nature of the massacre became public that twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses.
Only one, Lieutenant William Calley Jr., was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest. The incident sparked global outrage and spurred the domestic anti-war movement. Three U.S. servicemen who had tried to halt the massacre and rescue the hiding civilians were shunned and denounced as traitors, including by multiple U.S. Congressmen.
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#32540 2021-03-17 15:46:42
Fled wrote:
SpacePuppy wrote:
This kinda nails it:
At most, this nails a small part of it, it being the semantic legal argument. One way to read the Second Amendment is "Because a well-regulated militia is necessary, the right of people to bear arms shall not be infringed." You could take the comma out and flip the order of the clauses and get: "The right of people to bear arms shall not be infringed because a well-regulated militia is necessary." This avoids the lame interpretation that treats the "Militia" clause as surplusage, a mistake that underlies arguments sometimes made on both sides.
The Supreme's Heller decision leaves second amendment rights with the same kind of boundaries as first amendment rights. That is, the court will be very skeptical of any regulation of the individual rights granted, but if the regulation is deemed "reasonable," it can be constitutional.
If only to challenge your view, read this.
Thanks for the Link. Working through it. my ADHD works up overtime when I spend time on the computer, esp reading. I have grown accustomed to it, but what a bother.
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#32542 2021-03-21 16:46:34
Just Sayin'
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#32543 2021-03-21 21:57:37
I like to keep a casual eye on the weather at my relatives homes.
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#32544 2021-03-22 15:22:50
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#32545 2021-03-22 16:45:49
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#32546 2021-03-25 10:49:36
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#32547 2021-03-25 19:04:20
Doesn't Fit The Narrative If True:
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#32548 2021-03-28 15:21:31
Depravity is in the eye of the beholder...
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#32549 2021-03-29 16:24:35
SpacePuppy wrote:
Doesn't Fit The Narrative If True:
https://i.redd.it/anfe8akvf7p61.jpg
Maybe it was just a bad 2020, here's the graph for the Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and March 2021, by shooter's race or ethnicity.
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#32550 2021-03-29 18:38:47
Baywolfe wrote:
SpacePuppy wrote:
Doesn't Fit The Narrative If True:
https://i.redd.it/anfe8akvf7p61.jpgMaybe it was just a bad 2020, here's the graph for the Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and March 2021, by shooter's race or ethnicity.
https://cruelery.com/uploads/157_number … nicity.png
Thank you for reminding us of the precise racial mix of the United States.
(Yes it follows the mix almost to the number.)
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