Tripnsweep

Or they work illegally, which as I said plays into my opinion that we have an illegal employment problem more than anything. I can tell you that around here a lot of businesses will look the other way when it comes to hiring for low level jobs. A lot of immigrants, legal or not, work very hard at whatever they do. I know it's anecdotal, but a friend of mine's father immigrated here, when he was coming up the corporate ladder, he was putting in 70+ hours while getting his MBA. Then afterwards he was the kind of guy who would still put in those same hours until he was 70. His kids had to stage an intervention to keep him from essentially working himself into an early grave, because he would have if they didn't stop him.

I think he beat Couture and Gleasman at the trials that year.

In the words of Renzo Gracie, "Somebody must not have liked him very much."

So you just hate transgender people. Got it.

Who? I'm surprised you're not up in arms or Trump isn't.

He was found guilty and convicted. The end.

How exactly are we incentivizing illegal immigrants? I'm curious because there's money available for refugees and asylum claimants who are definitely not illegal immigrants. So I'm curious what you're actually referring to.

Well that hasn't happened so I don't know why you're speculating on things that are pretty unlikely.

From that article: The appeal process could drag on for ages, and even if his legal team pulls off a miracle, it might not happen before Election Day. And yes, despite his conviction, Trump is very much still eligible to run for — and win — the presidency because the Constitution doesn't care if you're a felon. He was convicted of felony charges. The end.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0 He hasn't been sentenced but he was convicted on 34 felony counts. Unless you're seriously brain damaged by huffing paint I don't see how you've reached this conclusion. There's no dispute as to whether he was convicted. It happened.

Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion last year as governments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemic. Can't forget this either. Though the US is responsible for almost 1/7th of that.

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricopa-county-recorder-wants-apology-debunked-2000-mules-20696647 Probably trying to minimize the damage from what are likely to be successful defamation lawsuits against him.

I thought we were capitalist so how could the government control gas prices?

Tell me what was untrue? Unless you're living in a fantasy world where those things didn't happen.

That's literally the first thing he said. Why would you bend over backwards and do all these mental gymnastics to defend a convicted felon and somebody who was found liable for committing sexual assault? Unless you don't think he did those things either.

Big rog said that him saying that was completely false. It was not false. Those were literally the first words out of his mouth.

That is what the prosecutor is saying and the video of the incident looks like.

Maybe. But the smart thing to do would be to not engage in trying to subdue somebody who other than acting erratically and saying things, was not a threat. You can't speculate on whether a healthy person would have survived or not. That is unknown. The law deals in what is known. Penny is on trial because he killed somebody. He isn't on trial because of what may have hypothetically happened under different circumstances.

That doesn't justify repeatedly choking somebody for 6 minutes. Again if you kill somebody you should face consequences. There's no do over button.

Yes it would be. Because in the situation that actually happened, Neely was just yelling and acting crazy but that was it. He didn't actually harm anyone or even try harming anyone. I'm sure his behavior was unnerving to people around him, but it didn't sound like it rose to the level where deadly force was necessary to subdue him.

That isn't relevant.

I think he's guilty. People who have that kind of knowledge and training know what appropriate use of force is. If I killed somebody under those circumstances, I'd be guilty too. I think the problem is the excessive use of force. You can easily get caught up in the moment, adrenaline is going, I get that. But if you kill somebody then you have to face some kind of consequences. This wasn't like a fist fight where somebody got hit in the head and died accidentally. This was a guy who had already subdued somebody he felt was a threat, and held onto his neck in a choke for too long and killed him. It wasn't premeditated, it doesn't sound like he was a particular sort to be an asshole, he just got caught up and unfortunately he killed somebody. I think the charges he's facing are appropriate.

Gogi Kougashvili. 5x world champion, 1x Olympic bronze medalist in 3 or 4 trips to the Olympics. And this guy in the red singlet.

"They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists." Literally the first words out of his mouth.