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KEITH TAYLOR's avatar

Oh, brother!

As the old Scottish song goes, "Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation!"

With Ken Paxton not even close to being the worst of them ...

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JCfromNC's avatar

Huh. I looked Clint Howard up on IMdB because I couldn't remember what he looked like as an adult, and found out he's been on a bunch of other ST franchises, including "Enterprise", "Discovery" and "Strange New Worlds" among others. I was only scanning through his listings, so for all I know he's been on *every* ST franchise.

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mondojohnson's avatar

We should ask our resident mixologist Matt Hooper to make this weekend's cocktail some kind of sassy, Tranya-based concoction. Too bad he's on vacation! I hope he's relishing it (RIM SHOT!)

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Anti-Social Socialist's avatar

NEVER line the rim with relish!

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Clint Howard is definitely preferable to Paxton’s smug and punchable face. Thank you.

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Demme Fatale's avatar

This episode of Star Trek creeped me out when I was a kid.

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mondojohnson's avatar

You are most definitely not alone. My sister and I still discuss how disturbing "The Corbomite Maneuver" was to our young eyes. Not just Clint Howard, but the "Wizard of Oz" bogus alien his character hid behind was also super-scary (to me, anyway). The "fake alien" went on to appear in the closing credits for subsequent episodes, and remained creepy. Cheesy by today's standards, perhaps, but my sense-memory still reacts to it.

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Demme Fatale's avatar

Totally.

Those closing credits gave me shivers for years.

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Lady Tavestock's avatar

“If Ken loses, that’s a kill shot to his political career, so it opens the door to a resolution that’s not open right now.”

Wow, I've had a lot of ups and downs in my career, but I've never had someone use the term "kill shot" to describe one of my fuck-ups.

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RogationDays's avatar

Texas: Where disgraced, murderous doctors can practice and where utterly corrupt politicians can continue to evade prosecution and get elected. Fucking A…I gotta get out of here before my blood pressure reaches resistance to Jupiter’s atmosphere.

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Lionel “8647” Hutz's avatar

"The hearing yesterday was made possible by a ruling that Paxton’s trial could remain in Houston"

What? He didn't demand it be moved to West Virginia? Or the Texas equivalent of West Virginia . . . which, I guess is anywhere in Texas outside of Houston and Austin?

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Stulexington's avatar

Maybe he just didn't have a compelling argument?

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

This waste of protoplasm is still walking free?

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Enbastet's avatar

(Tips cyber hat to a cultural reference point that actually took me a moment to get)

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The_Shadout_Mapes's avatar

Lock. Him. Up.

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Mark Linimon's avatar

February? Hey, that's so long away it may not even be above 100 degrees here anymore.

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Tecolote's avatar

Paxton's rich pals have been dumping dollars on members of the TX senate who will be voting on whether to impeach him or not. Think that will make a difference?

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Mark Linimon's avatar

Also into the Lite Guv's coffers. And he is not up for re-election ...

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Tecolote's avatar

Lt. Gov who will be presiding over the impeachment trial.

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TalentNotAutotune's avatar

In certain criminal trials, I've seen Cogdell work wonders, and I've seen Cogdell absolutely shit the bed.

I'm leaning toward "shit the bed" in Paxton's trials, but we'll see.

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swmnguy's avatar

99 years for Securities Fraud? Jesus. I mean, I knew Finance runs America. But plenty of people commit murders and get out in about a quarter that much time.

It tells you a lot about a society when stealing money is more serious than murder.

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Cryny's avatar

I think the "up to" is the key part of the sentence there. If there's no recommended minimum, it's just whatever the judge feels like.

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Sherry's avatar

Honestly white collar crime doesn't get the punishment it deserves in my opinion. Too many wealthy thieves walk and continue to live a privileged life.

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1st light's avatar

Yep. And he's put that trial off for years while serving as AG.

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Beanz&Berryz's avatar

It’s been a long time since any glacier has journeyed anything approaching 1,000 miles, not mixed metaphorically speaking. Unless you’re counting liquid glacier water flowing away in a swelling sea, but then also too that fucks up the mixed metaphor even more.

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