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Old 08-18-2020, 06:36 PM   #2926
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If Biden accepts the nomination this week and then gets sick, Covid say, not dead but really sick, what happens?
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Old 08-18-2020, 07:16 PM   #2927
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Saying a lawyer "Need to Go Back to Law School" is not libelous. Neither is calling a doctor "a real tool." Whew!
https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/arch...812-081720.pdf
Hopefully "Go back to your law school and ask for your money bacK?" is similarly OK because I forgot to go off the record when I hurled that pearl.
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Old 08-18-2020, 07:18 PM   #2928
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If Biden accepts the nomination this week and then gets sick, Covid say, not dead but really sick, what happens?
Icky gets on a plane to the UK and goes into isolation for two weeks.
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Old 08-18-2020, 09:38 PM   #2929
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My only uncle, a non college educated white dude from rural Wisconsin, who had every excuse to be a racist asshole but actually cared about other people instead (which isn’t to say he was without prejudices, especially unconscious) died suddenly from non-covid coronary issues. Everyone who came to his visitation, in rural Wisconsin, wore a mask (inside, outside and too close together, I have critiques). My father, who spoke during the service (which shouldn’t have been inside and I watched on livestream from outside), was right to end on how my uncle cared about others and believed in science. My uncle worked in a window factory for more than 30 years. There’s no excuse for the politics we are seeing.

Almost everything he said was a snarky joke at someone’s expense, but it was never hurtful. He was trying to be funny and in a very midwestern way, avoid expressing real emotion. He wasn’t just disguising a criticism (a thing my father does). He was, in my book, an unequivocally good man (aside from the Packer and Badger thing).

He wasn’t sure he approved of the behavior of certain Packer players, yeah, especially Black ones, but he was fundamentally a good human. He didn’t hate anyone. Even if unfamiliarity left him unsure about some people. He was who we pretend that people who support 45 are, but he would never have. Had it ever come to it, I’d have told him how he was being ignorant but it wouldn’t come to that.

His son spoke at his funeral and called him his “best friend”. His daughter didn’t use those words directly, but was just as close to him. Hard to aspire to more. It’s very sad.
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Old 08-18-2020, 11:26 PM   #2930
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If Biden accepts the nomination this week and then gets sick, Covid say, not dead but really sick, what happens?
Based upon what I read today, Michelle Obama is nominated by acclimation.
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Old 08-19-2020, 01:57 AM   #2931
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My only uncle, a non college educated white dude from rural Wisconsin, who had every excuse to be a racist asshole but actually cared about other people instead (which isn’t to say he was without prejudices, especially unconscious) died suddenly from non-covid coronary issues. Everyone who came to his visitation, in rural Wisconsin, wore a mask (inside, outside and too close together, I have critiques). My father, who spoke during the service (which shouldn’t have been inside and I watched on livestream from outside), was right to end on how my uncle cared about others and believed in science. My uncle worked in a window factory for more than 30 years. There’s no excuse for the politics we are seeing.

Almost everything he said was a snarky joke at someone’s expense, but it was never hurtful. He was trying to be funny and in a very midwestern way, avoid expressing real emotion. He wasn’t just disguising a criticism (a thing my father does). He was, in my book, an unequivocally good man (aside from the Packer and Badger thing).

He wasn’t sure he approved of the behavior of certain Packer players, yeah, especially Black ones, but he was fundamentally a good human. He didn’t hate anyone. Even if unfamiliarity left him unsure about some people. He was who we pretend that people who support 45 are, but he would never have. Had it ever come to it, I’d have told him how he was being ignorant but it wouldn’t come to that.

His son spoke at his funeral and called him his “best friend”. His daughter didn’t use those words directly, but was just as close to him. Hard to aspire to more. It’s very sad.
Sorry adder.
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Old 08-19-2020, 10:54 AM   #2932
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If Biden accepts the nomination this week and then gets sick, Covid say, not dead but really sick, what happens?
It happened to Nixon in 1960.

The race goes on. If between now and then Biden withdraws, I believe the DNC fills the vacancy, based on a thorough knowledge of rules as they existed before I went to law school.

There was some discussion of Trump withdrawing before the final in 2016 when his numbers were crashing, but then Comey and his deep state warriors rescued Trump. You never know what can happen.
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Old 08-19-2020, 12:45 PM   #2933
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My only uncle, a non college educated white dude from rural Wisconsin, who had every excuse to be a racist asshole but actually cared about other people instead (which isn’t to say he was without prejudices, especially unconscious) died suddenly from non-covid coronary issues. Everyone who came to his visitation, in rural Wisconsin, wore a mask (inside, outside and too close together, I have critiques). My father, who spoke during the service (which shouldn’t have been inside and I watched on livestream from outside), was right to end on how my uncle cared about others and believed in science. My uncle worked in a window factory for more than 30 years. There’s no excuse for the politics we are seeing.

Almost everything he said was a snarky joke at someone’s expense, but it was never hurtful. He was trying to be funny and in a very midwestern way, avoid expressing real emotion. He wasn’t just disguising a criticism (a thing my father does). He was, in my book, an unequivocally good man (aside from the Packer and Badger thing).

He wasn’t sure he approved of the behavior of certain Packer players, yeah, especially Black ones, but he was fundamentally a good human. He didn’t hate anyone. Even if unfamiliarity left him unsure about some people. He was who we pretend that people who support 45 are, but he would never have. Had it ever come to it, I’d have told him how he was being ignorant but it wouldn’t come to that.

His son spoke at his funeral and called him his “best friend”. His daughter didn’t use those words directly, but was just as close to him. Hard to aspire to more. It’s very sad.
So sorry about this. Hang in there.
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Old 08-19-2020, 01:27 PM   #2934
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My only uncle, a non college educated white dude from rural Wisconsin, who had every excuse to be a racist asshole but actually cared about other people instead (which isn’t to say he was without prejudices, especially unconscious) died suddenly from non-covid coronary issues. Everyone who came to his visitation, in rural Wisconsin, wore a mask (inside, outside and too close together, I have critiques). My father, who spoke during the service (which shouldn’t have been inside and I watched on livestream from outside), was right to end on how my uncle cared about others and believed in science. My uncle worked in a window factory for more than 30 years. There’s no excuse for the politics we are seeing.

Almost everything he said was a snarky joke at someone’s expense, but it was never hurtful. He was trying to be funny and in a very midwestern way, avoid expressing real emotion. He wasn’t just disguising a criticism (a thing my father does). He was, in my book, an unequivocally good man (aside from the Packer and Badger thing).

He wasn’t sure he approved of the behavior of certain Packer players, yeah, especially Black ones, but he was fundamentally a good human. He didn’t hate anyone. Even if unfamiliarity left him unsure about some people. He was who we pretend that people who support 45 are, but he would never have. Had it ever come to it, I’d have told him how he was being ignorant but it wouldn’t come to that.

His son spoke at his funeral and called him his “best friend”. His daughter didn’t use those words directly, but was just as close to him. Hard to aspire to more. It’s very sad.
I'm sorry for your loss. Thankfully, it sounds like he had a good run and was worth emulating. Sorry you had to also stand outside for what should have been more intimate.
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Old 08-20-2020, 02:35 PM   #2935
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I'm looking forward to Sebby's defense of Bannon.
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I'm looking forward to Sebby's defense of Bannon.
Ha ha, I was just visiting the chatting board to say the same thing. I’ll give it a try:

This is the Politics of the Feral and the Vicious. There are no “rules” governing how Bannon may defend himself, for in this game, rules are only for suckers and assholes. Justice is a word pubescent boys tattoo on their dicks while being violated up the ass by multinational corporations wearing porcupine condoms. Let the leprous scab-encrusted vampire wolves rip each other apart, but this is no closer to “justice” than an ISIS beheading orchestrated by a Nazi pedophile.
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My only uncle, a non college educated white dude from rural Wisconsin, who had every excuse to be a racist asshole but actually cared about other people instead (which isn’t to say he was without prejudices, especially unconscious) died suddenly from non-covid coronary issues. Everyone who came to his visitation, in rural Wisconsin, wore a mask (inside, outside and too close together, I have critiques). My father, who spoke during the service (which shouldn’t have been inside and I watched on livestream from outside), was right to end on how my uncle cared about others and believed in science. My uncle worked in a window factory for more than 30 years. There’s no excuse for the politics we are seeing.

Almost everything he said was a snarky joke at someone’s expense, but it was never hurtful. He was trying to be funny and in a very midwestern way, avoid expressing real emotion. He wasn’t just disguising a criticism (a thing my father does). He was, in my book, an unequivocally good man (aside from the Packer and Badger thing).

He wasn’t sure he approved of the behavior of certain Packer players, yeah, especially Black ones, but he was fundamentally a good human. He didn’t hate anyone. Even if unfamiliarity left him unsure about some people. He was who we pretend that people who support 45 are, but he would never have. Had it ever come to it, I’d have told him how he was being ignorant but it wouldn’t come to that.

His son spoke at his funeral and called him his “best friend”. His daughter didn’t use those words directly, but was just as close to him. Hard to aspire to more. It’s very sad.

I'm very sorry for your loss Adder. He sounds like a great guy.
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I'm looking forward to Sebby's defense of Bannon.
Given his level of sophistication (Goldman, P/E, campaigns, bundling, etc.) and his wealth (his Seinfeld royalties [yes, he owns a slice of syndication rights] alone should be more than enough to survive quite well), if he was dumb or greedy enough to skim a foundation or PAC (don't know what the wall fund was), fuck him.

This isn’t politics. I don’t see a “process crime.” The charge is defalcation. And Barr allegedly signed off on it.

If it’s true, Bannon is an epic dumbass. If false, it may be political, but I see no evidence of that yet.
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Given his level of sophistication (Goldman, P/E, campaigns, bundling, etc.) and his wealth (his Seinfeld royalties [yes, he owns a slice of syndication rights] alone should be more than enough to survive quite well), if he was dumb or greedy enough to skim a foundation or PAC (don't know what the wall fund was), fuck him.

This isn’t politics. I don’t see a “process crime.” The charge is defalcation. And Barr allegedly signed off on it.

If it’s true, Bannon is an epic dumbass. If false, it may be political, but I see no evidence of that yet.
Did Barr sign off? I've read a lot of speculation that this particular investigation was the reason that Barr tried so hard to put a complete novice in the SDNY a few months ago.

There is a certain class of rich dude who never is rich enough. I imagine Bannon is one of those.
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Did Barr sign off? I've read a lot of speculation that this particular investigation was the reason that Barr tried so hard to put a complete novice in the SDNY a few months ago.

There is a certain class of rich dude who never is rich enough. I imagine Bannon is one of those.
There's also a certain class of grifter who just can't not grift.
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