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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
To clarify, the "superpredator" comment was addressing gangs, not African-Americans. It has been a common conclusion that she was addressing African-American youth, but that's not the actual context.
really, i think half the time she apologizes, she knows how stupid the reasons for apologizing are
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"Was Hillary's campaign really responsible for distributing that picture of Obama in Muslim garb?
I know very little about law, but should you say that you settled a lawsuit with no admission of guilt? If there's nothing to be guilty about, why would you bring that particular part up decades later?
edited 26th Sep '16 7:06:44 PM by BearyScary
Do not obey in advance.Holding my breath about this until tomorrow. Watching Twitter's feed to try to get an idea of who's winning, but it seems to be mostly folks like us cheering her on. I'm watching for folks smh'ing over stuff Trump says who might be recent Trump supporters, but it occurs that they might not use Twitter (or be motivated to post by their revulsion).
edited 26th Sep '16 7:10:10 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."Trump mentioned his Palm Beach resort as an example of how he's "not racist" and as example of diversity in his workforce. Wasn't the Palm Beach resort mentioned in an NY Times article a while back in how most of its employees were illegal immigrants?
Oh, wait, it did
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edited 26th Sep '16 7:13:31 PM by Shippudentimes
The New York Times fact checking feed says that NYPD records for the year show that murders and shootings are down.
EDIT: inaccurate
edited 26th Sep '16 7:13:22 PM by Krieger22
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot

Birtherism time.
Oh God! Natural light!