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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Then you should have phrased your point differently. And I acknowledged it was based on the assumption that letting them off made sense for the situation.
More to the point, you're still making an assumption here as to why they got off. A reasonable assumption, but an assumption nonetheless.
edited 28th Oct '16 10:32:44 AM by LSBK
The investigation doesn't have to find anything, it's mere existence will tip the news cycle back in Trump's favor (which it has been slowly tilting back that way anyway).
It probably won't hand him the election, but it may not be as much of a landslide in favor of Hillary as some have hoped. Not to mention that this will now surely hound her for the rest of her term in office even if she does get elected.
If they didn't want to give them satisfaction of martydom for an extremely stupid cause they should have had a jury who would have actually treated them fairly. A jury of their peers I assume means people who would be impartial, and look at the fact that they have video footage of them threatening other people, brought guns into it thus escalating the conflict and were willing to exchange fire.
Honestly most of them deserve years long prison sentences.
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Both of those things were going to happen anyway. The race was always going to get (slightly) tighter, and there were always going to be people who were never going to let go of the e-mails.
That's not really how martyrdom works. Whether you think their cause was stupid or not doesn't change the fact that they already had a lot of people on their side. For the record, it's like I'm saying I agree or particularly like the verdict.
edited 28th Oct '16 10:36:14 AM by LSBK
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a joint amicus brief with the court Thursday night asking the Texas Supreme Court for more specificity in the law.
"While the U.S. Supreme Court did recognize a right to same-sex marriage, there are a host of issues in that area of the law that remain unresolved," said Attorney General Ken Paxton in a statement Friday.
The brief was filed in connection to the case of Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks v. Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston, which concerns the legality of the city extending benefits to same-sex spouses of city employees prior to the high court ruling.
edited 28th Oct '16 10:40:28 AM by tclittle
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."@LSBK: The move by the FBI still lent the email scandal (likely unwarranted) credibility and lifespan.
Honestly it kind of seems like it was a move by the FBI to just get Congress off their backs, but I feel it will probably backfire on them.
As for Bundy's people I'm curious as to whether they could not get them for some lesser charges or they simply did not pursue them. I'm also curious as to how sympathetic the jury was to them.
edited 28th Oct '16 10:44:47 AM by Mio
Expanding on the article I linked above: it turns out the petitioners are trying to keep same-sex couples with a spouse being a government employee from getting benefits, and remove a law allowing it in Houston because it is against Texas state law.
@LSBK: Yes, yes it is how Martydom works. They wanted a shootout and expected sympathy if they were hurt or killed in a shootout. Thus, the expected to become martys just like the Religious Right wanted so desperately for Kim Davis to be. I agree killing them probably wouldn't have solved that, but jail...yes indeed.
^Lovely. Desperately hoping we get a Liberal Majority in government soon. Maybe set up federal laws to prevent stuff like that from ever happening in local or state courts. Adding "sexual orientation to anti-discrimination laws would be best.
edited 28th Oct '16 10:50:08 AM by Wildcard

...or a gunfight with a SWAT Team/National Guard (which is what they wanted)?
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