Re: Friday Five May 31
Marvin, How do you figure it takes 112 idiots to convict someone? That makes absolutely no sense.
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a1thighmaster
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#2584
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Re: Friday Five May 31
David, You echo a good many of my own opinions regarding the human mind and how it works: we do indeed begin creating and pursuing illusions from earliest childhood (I often call them mental stories.)
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Darrell King
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#2583
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Re: Friday Five May 31
First the conviction is in question because of the judge's insane instructions - they didn't have to agree on what crime he committed. Second it only takes 112 idiots to convict someone - just as it
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mrvnchpmn
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#2582
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
// <<They just could not refrain from using it? Gosh, poor schmucks.>> Sure, they could. Just like people can refrain from alcohol, or soda or heart attack caf¨¦ burgers. The real question is, why
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David Smith
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#2581
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
? <<I didn't know Google recommended stuff. Do you mean the sponsored listings? That's just advertising, no?>> I didn¡¯t write the question, so I¡¯m not sure what exactly the author was referring
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FreedomRocks
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#2580
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
I've never seen Google recommend anything. Citizens United Yes. Russia is way out of line attacking Ukraine. Germany just before Hitler came into power. Gotta stop Trump. No reset for me, thanks.
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a1thighmaster
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#2579
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
On Jun 8, 2024, at 01:16, FreedomRocks via groups.io <HomeOfLove69@...> wrote: ? 1. What is the stupidist thing you have ever seen Google recommend? Nothing comes to mind, but I tend
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David Smith
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
1. What is the stupidist thing you have ever seen Google recommend? Nothing comes to mind, but I tend to ignore Google recommendations. I guess I did get an ad for a scam magical weight loss drink
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FreedomRocks
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 31
// I have heard some of his supporters I know in real life say the exact same thing, that they would continue to support Trump, even if he murdered someone on 5th avenue. // That's called
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David Smith
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 31
// we do have ¡°victimless¡± crimes, so the ¡°victim¡± in these 34 charges against Trump is ¡°society.¡± // Laws are likely to be sticks for tripping up people and beating them. The distinction
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David Smith
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#2575
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Re: Friday Five May 31
Calling something a crime and someone found guilty of it a criminal and therefore a bad person is mistaking law for justice. Laws are commonly used by societies and factions to punish people they
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five May 31
// <<I've not followed the story at all closely, Celeste. But is it a coincidence that these legal attacks occurred all at once now and in a location hostile to Trump? Do you suspect no connection?>>
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David Smith
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#2573
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Re: Friday Five May 31
// But you are correct, our country no longer has universal moral standards. // And that is what holds a people together. And that's what is tearing the Western world apart. Liberal democracy has this
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David Smith
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#2572
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 31
<<A multi-billion dollar corporation's individual journal entries number in the thousands each month, and are not very detailed. I can't imagine a presidential election coming out differently over how
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FreedomRocks
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 31
<<Up until this year it was a misdemeanor. >> As Celeste explained, creating false business documents can be a misdemeanor or a felony, and its always been this way. It wasn¡¯t ever ¡°up until this
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FreedomRocks
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#2570
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Re: Friday Five May 31
<<First - ;what is the alleged felony? Second why was the trial brought by the same person who refused to charge him before? Third why was the charge brought immediately after he declared his
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FreedomRocks
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#2569
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Re: Friday Five May 31
<<I've not followed the story at all closely, Celeste. But is it a coincidence that these legal attacks occurred all at once now and in a location hostile to Trump? Do you suspect no connection?>> No,
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FreedomRocks
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#2568
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Re: Friday Five May 31
David, <<The predicted outcome of this exercise in the use of naked power to openly persecute a political opponent may be helpful in opening to eyes of a great many Americans to the fact that this
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FreedomRocks
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Re: Friday Five May 31
Celeste, <<3. Will the verdict effect the election? I certainly hope so. Trump would not be able to view classified information if he were elected.>> Unfortunately, that is not true. When Trump was
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FreedomRocks
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
Every time the weather is hot somewhere, it's reported as proof of human-induced "global warming" or, if it's cold it's human-induced "climate change." There is always bad weather somewhere. The
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Ed Lomas
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