Trump47 First Week & Beyond Catch-All

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The people and things that seem to be winning from Trump 2.0 —

1. J6 insurrectionists
2. Tech billionaires
3. Trump and Melania themselves, on behalf of rug-pullers everywhere
4. Natural disasters
5. Bird flu and other global contagions
6. Consolidated and unfettered executive power

From what I can tell, everyone else is already down 21-0 five minutes into the game. But congrats to the winners, I guess?
 
superrific said:
1. The appeals court did not say the sentence was harsh. Again you lie. Here is the Second Circuit's discussion of this point:

Accordingly, while a life sentence for selling drugs alone would give pause, we would be hard put to find such a sentence beyond the bounds of reason for drug crimes of this magnitude. But the facts of this case involve much more than simply facilitating the sale of narcotics. The district court found by a preponderance of the evidence that Ulbricht commissioned at least five murders in the course of protecting Silk Road's anonymity, a finding that Ulbricht does not challenge in this appeal."

Thus are you incorrect.

2. The reason he wasn't charged with murder was that the government didn't think it could prove beyond a reasonable doubt after it was revealed that the two agents were shaking down criminals for money. That was sheer luck on the part of Ross -- he did what he did, and that the cops had issues was a blessing. Otherwise, he would have been convicted for murder.

The lack of charges means nothing. It doesn't change whether he did it. And he did, as the district court AND three appeals court judges found. They described the evidence as ample and unambiguous.

3. Why would I take that deal? If you're bullshitting, and I know that, then other posters deserve to know that you are bullshitting to them. If you don't post bullshit, then we have no quarrel.

4. I think what's really going on here is that you realized that you got played by the documentaries. And you don't want to admit it to yourself, so instead you lash out at me. It's common bullying. The sin you claim was correcting you; somehow you twisted that into "realizing that at least something is wrong with you, and then you go back to doing the same annoying shit you always do within a couple of days" -- which is not at all an acceptable thing to say, its incredible stupidity notwithstanding. Basically, you're a classic toxic masculinity case.

As a general rule, I think that posts intended to be intentionally hurtful, without any rhetorical connection to the discourse, should warrant discipline. Like this series from the chicken brothers. It's not something we should tolerate. It's bullying. It's pathetic. It reflects poorly on all of us should we indulge this conduct.
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Ulbricht, who the prosecutors have sought to prove is that Dread Pirate Roberts, hasn't been charged with murder-for-hire in his Southern District of New York case, though he faces charges that include conspiracies to sell narcotics, launder money and more. (He does, however, face murder-for-hire charges in a separate case in Baltimore.) In fact, the prosecution admitted in court that the purported victims of the Silk Road killings were never found, and that Canadian police couldn't even locate records for anyone with their names.
www.wired.com

Read the Transcript of Silk Road's Boss Ordering 5 Assassinations

Many of the ideological supporters of the Silk Road have described its sprawling online black market for drugs as an experiment in victimless crime and a nonviolent alternative to the bloody turf wars of the streets. But prosecutors in the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the 30-year-old accused of...
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ZenMode said:
Ulbricht, who the prosecutors have sought to prove is that Dread Pirate Roberts, hasn't been charged with murder-for-hire in his Southern District of New York case, though he faces charges that include conspiracies to sell narcotics, launder money and more. (He does, however, face murder-for-hire charges in a separate case in Baltimore.) In fact, the prosecution admitted in court that the purported victims of the Silk Road killings were never found, and that Canadian police couldn't even locate records for anyone with their names.
www.wired.com

Read the Transcript of Silk Road's Boss Ordering 5 Assassinations

Many of the ideological supporters of the Silk Road have described its sprawling online black market for drugs as an experiment in victimless crime and a nonviolent alternative to the bloody turf wars of the streets. But prosecutors in the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the 30-year-old accused of...
www.wired.com www.wired.com
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Can we let this one go or give it its own thread?
 
lawtig02 said:
The people and things that seem to be winning from Trump 2.0 —

1. J6 insurrectionists
2. Tech billionaires
3. Trump and Melania themselves, on behalf of rug-pullers everywhere
4. Natural disasters
5. Bird flu and other global contagions
6. Consolidated and unfettered executive power

From what I can tell, everyone else is already down 21-0 five minutes into the game. But congrats to the winners, I guess?
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It's all about winning.
At all cost, fuck everyone in your wake. Just win baby.
 


“… Inspectors general can be fired by the president, but only after communicating a reason for the removal to both houses of Congress 30 days in advance. In 2022, Congress strengthened and expanded protections for inspectors general, making it harder to replace them with hand-picked officials and requiring additional explanations from a president for their removal.

While the politically-appointed leaders of agencies and departments come and go with each administration, an IG can stay and serve under multiple presidents.

… Trump installed political loyalists after firing multiple inspectors general during his first term in office -- including five over six weeks in 2020 -- in a move that was criticized by lawmakers and government watchdogs who accused Trump of attempting to erode safeguards and independent checks on the federal government.

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Currently, there are nearly a dozen vacant inspector general positions for Trump to fill, including at the Treasury and Commerce Departments and the National Security Agency.

The inspectors general of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence resigned late last year, giving Trump the opportunity to nominate his own picks to lead oversight of the powerful national security agencies.

… In his first day in office, President Ronald Reagan dismissed more than a dozen inspectors general, and was accused by Republicans and Democrats of politicizing the roles, according to The New York Times.

The outcry led Reagan to hire some of the ousted watchdogs back into their roles, Williams of the Project on Government Oversight told ABC News. …”
 
aGDevil2k said:
Eggs and gas jumped since he started

Thank goodness I can afford this winning. But those MAGAs who were only struggling because of Biden must be loving it
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The funny thing is that many of the ones bitching and moaning about the price of eggs shelled out thousands to go to Washington for the inauguration.

I suppose they're willing to wait for more important stuff to get done first. I mean, who hasn't wanted 1,500 violent criminals to be released? And hasn't everyone wanted to call an Episcopal Bishop, asking for mercy, a "nasty woman"?
 
Oval4 said:
As a husband of a foreign service officer who was planning to work a remote State job while we’re in our next post in Africa this administration has totally fucked me. What a bunch of fucking clowns.
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My wife's grandfather was a high ranking foreign service officer (he shut down and transferred the Baghdad embassy to Belgium in 1972, who were caretakers till 1984, wrote the literal book on diplomatic immunity etc.) Though she didn't go into the foreign service herself, she was furious at what he did to the State Department in the first term, and already back at that level 72 hours in. I am sorry your situation has been destroyed.
 
lawtig02 said:
The people and things that seem to be winning from Trump 2.0 —

1. J6 insurrectionists
2. Tech billionaires
3. Trump and Melania themselves, on behalf of rug-pullers everywhere
4. Natural disasters
5. Bird flu and other global contagions
6. Consolidated and unfettered executive power

From what I can tell, everyone else is already down 21-0 five minutes into the game. But congrats to the winners, I guess?
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The egg industry.
 
lawtig02 said:
The people and things that seem to be winning from Trump 2.0 —

1. J6 insurrectionists
2. Tech billionaires
3. Trump and Melania themselves, on behalf of rug-pullers everywhere
4. Natural disasters
5. Bird flu and other global contagions
6. Consolidated and unfettered executive power

From what I can tell, everyone else is already down 21-0 five minutes into the game. But congrats to the winners, I guess?
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7. Anti Science, Anti Evidence, Anti fact anti-vaxxers
 
UNCMSinLS said:
The funny thing is that many of the ones bitching and moaning about the price of eggs shelled out thousands to go to Washington for the inauguration.

I suppose they're willing to wait for more important stuff to get done first. I mean, who hasn't wanted 1,500 violent criminals to be released? And hasn't everyone wanted to call an Episcopal Bishop, asking for mercy, a "nasty woman"?
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I saw one of these douchebags on the DC metro yesterday. Black sweatpants, white sneakers purposefully untied in a slip on manner, black oversized sweater with vertical leather stripes, plaid cashmere scarf that looked like it came from a 2010 A&F print catalogue, aviator sunglasses (while riding the metro), a gold chain with a tennis ball sized dollar sign on it like it was borrowed from a Run DMC video and a black on black MAGA hat. Also looked like all he ate was protein powder and steroids. I could see his insecure ass crying about the cost of eggs while wearing $500 worth of dbag gear.
 
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