"Tech bro" should be an immediately disqualifying occupation. They have shown that they don't understand/don't care how things work in the real world. Move fast and break things is not how you govern.
"Looking like fajitas at a restaurant" is not a good argument to me, as I *love* fajitas. My only issue with them is that they seldom come with enough wraps, so I either have to overload the wraps to use all the fillings, or I have a bunch of fillings to eat at the end with no tortillas to put them in.
I do not, however, feel any love for Ramaswamy. To me, he'd be more like the cilantro on top of my food -- some people inexplicably* love it, but to me it's just terrible and I'd be happier without it around.
The words “almost hanged by his own party” will be etched onto Q-Tip’s tombstone. I know Mother still loves him, but everyone else thinks he’s either a traitor or a theocrats. Some both. He should just give it up.
So should anyone polling behind him. Damn, what could be more humiliating than that?
Criminal charges have nothing to do with intent. Intent is something that helps to persuade juries; legally it isn't required that you demonstrate it. Do we require that every mass murder indictment prove intent? No. Bank robberies? No.
Think about it. If this is the MAGA-Right's plan going forward, we can't get suckered into it.
IAAL, and intent - or mens rea - is very much a required element of most criminal charges, including both examples you gave (how do you unintentionally rob a bank?).
Let’s say you back over a child with your car.
Did you look around your car before you got in and check your mirrors before backing up (assuming you don’t have a new-fangled backup camera)? No intent; no crime.
Did you get into your car and just put it in reverse without checking? That’s reckless, which can bump you up to involuntary manslaughter.
Did you see the child behind the car and back over the kid on purpose, because you never liked him anyway? That’s intent to kill, and murder.
Right? It's like they have no idea how the justice system is set up to work in this country, if a grand jury agrees that the government has enough evidence to compel someone to answer to charges it isn't mean old Joe Biden doing a "witch hunt" to somebody.
ex-Republican Tim Miller nails it on occasion - today's piece in the Bulwalk (another substack thingey) is a good one. First, I must note that the fajitas thing also popped out to him:
"First things first: If I were a candidate I would immediately fire anyone who revealed themselves to be too lazy to assemble fajitas. "
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But more than that, the body of the article seems on point:
"THERE’S ANOTHER WORLD out there—one that’s better than ours. In this world there are two healthy political parties waging vigorous primary campaigns with vibrant debates between factions and these factions have genuine disagreements over what policies will best serve our fellow Americans. I don’t begrudge anyone aspiring to build such a world. I don’t even begrudge those who have chosen to live in a blissful state of disreality and disconnect from politics entirely, rather than face the Super Not Great world we do live in.
"But I would expect professional political commentators, and donors shelling out millions in campaign cash, and the political strategists receiving that cash, to live in the real world.
"Alas this is not the case. Instead we have a heavily capitalized right-wing ecosystem that exists to prop up an imaginary Republican presidential primary so that the participants can feel better about their party identification. This way they can do business with Republican politicians or chew the fat at the club without feeling icky at having to admit that their Grand Old Party has become something dark.
"In this imaginary primary, some people are wondering if Tim Scott might surge to the top. Highly unlikely! Others are looking longingly at Glenn Youngkin and chattering among themselves about whether or not he might perform better than DeSantis.
"In this fake primary there are several candidates using creative strategies to figure out how to make it onto a debate stage. Yet should they succeed, they do not plan to use that stage to directly challenge the person beating them by 50 points in the polls. (If he even bothers to show up.) Some people in this fantasy world are even talking about Rick Scott running for president. Yes that Rick Scott! The one with the inverted endo- and exoskeletons."
"Tech bro" should be an immediately disqualifying occupation. They have shown that they don't understand/don't care how things work in the real world. Move fast and break things is not how you govern.
How big of a burn would it be if Scott beat DeSantis in Iowa?
"Looking like fajitas at a restaurant" is not a good argument to me, as I *love* fajitas. My only issue with them is that they seldom come with enough wraps, so I either have to overload the wraps to use all the fillings, or I have a bunch of fillings to eat at the end with no tortillas to put them in.
I do not, however, feel any love for Ramaswamy. To me, he'd be more like the cilantro on top of my food -- some people inexplicably* love it, but to me it's just terrible and I'd be happier without it around.
* -- inexplicably to me, anyway
+1 for the cilantro hate
News flash, Mike. Your movement isn't in that great shape. Too much red meat, not enough vegetables. You know where this is going, don't you?
The words “almost hanged by his own party” will be etched onto Q-Tip’s tombstone. I know Mother still loves him, but everyone else thinks he’s either a traitor or a theocrats. Some both. He should just give it up.
So should anyone polling behind him. Damn, what could be more humiliating than that?
I love me some fajitas, but do not like this dude...conundrum?
Fajita libelz!
Criminal charges have nothing to do with intent. Intent is something that helps to persuade juries; legally it isn't required that you demonstrate it. Do we require that every mass murder indictment prove intent? No. Bank robberies? No.
Think about it. If this is the MAGA-Right's plan going forward, we can't get suckered into it.
IAAL, and intent - or mens rea - is very much a required element of most criminal charges, including both examples you gave (how do you unintentionally rob a bank?).
Let’s say you back over a child with your car.
Did you look around your car before you got in and check your mirrors before backing up (assuming you don’t have a new-fangled backup camera)? No intent; no crime.
Did you get into your car and just put it in reverse without checking? That’s reckless, which can bump you up to involuntary manslaughter.
Did you see the child behind the car and back over the kid on purpose, because you never liked him anyway? That’s intent to kill, and murder.
I've known fajitas, you sir are no plate of fajitas.
Pence is a white flour tortilla covered in mayonnaise with white American cheese.
On a white plate. A cold white plate.
He's provolone and jack cheeses.
Provolone and jack libelz!
Thanks for the inspiration. We're having tacos tonight.
Therapist: They are NOT anti-depressants.
Me: All I'm saying is I've never been less than happy when holding a taco.
Therapist: For the last time I can't get your insurance to cover tacos!
Me: Don't yell at me. You need a taco.
That fajitas and tacos comparison? *kiss* Perfection.
lol. I see the primaries have entered the "I'm not a"-phase
Trumpy doing his best "Blue Steel" glare in those "FOX Business Poll" photos. It means he's powerful I guess. I'm immune to that shit.
I hope Vivi doesn't fizzle out until after he passes DeSatan in at least one poll even if for just one day.
"I'm not yet convinced that they were criminal."
That's fine. Jack Smith is and he's a prosecutor. So he gets to make the decision. Then a jury of twelve men and women get to decide if he's right.
That's the fucking system. Shut up and let the system do its job.
Right? It's like they have no idea how the justice system is set up to work in this country, if a grand jury agrees that the government has enough evidence to compel someone to answer to charges it isn't mean old Joe Biden doing a "witch hunt" to somebody.
Ramaswamyramadamadingdong aint gonna happen!
ex-Republican Tim Miller nails it on occasion - today's piece in the Bulwalk (another substack thingey) is a good one. First, I must note that the fajitas thing also popped out to him:
"First things first: If I were a candidate I would immediately fire anyone who revealed themselves to be too lazy to assemble fajitas. "
.
But more than that, the body of the article seems on point:
"THERE’S ANOTHER WORLD out there—one that’s better than ours. In this world there are two healthy political parties waging vigorous primary campaigns with vibrant debates between factions and these factions have genuine disagreements over what policies will best serve our fellow Americans. I don’t begrudge anyone aspiring to build such a world. I don’t even begrudge those who have chosen to live in a blissful state of disreality and disconnect from politics entirely, rather than face the Super Not Great world we do live in.
"But I would expect professional political commentators, and donors shelling out millions in campaign cash, and the political strategists receiving that cash, to live in the real world.
"Alas this is not the case. Instead we have a heavily capitalized right-wing ecosystem that exists to prop up an imaginary Republican presidential primary so that the participants can feel better about their party identification. This way they can do business with Republican politicians or chew the fat at the club without feeling icky at having to admit that their Grand Old Party has become something dark.
"In this imaginary primary, some people are wondering if Tim Scott might surge to the top. Highly unlikely! Others are looking longingly at Glenn Youngkin and chattering among themselves about whether or not he might perform better than DeSantis.
"In this fake primary there are several candidates using creative strategies to figure out how to make it onto a debate stage. Yet should they succeed, they do not plan to use that stage to directly challenge the person beating them by 50 points in the polls. (If he even bothers to show up.) Some people in this fantasy world are even talking about Rick Scott running for president. Yes that Rick Scott! The one with the inverted endo- and exoskeletons."
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