Tripnsweep

Sounds about right. When they had the protests, I think it was 2011, a friend of mine had close friends who fled after the revolution and were telling anyone they could most regular Iranian people didn't like the government and wished the ayatollahs would go away. Every Iranian I've met has been cool and they either actively say negative things about the government or don't care much but just wish things were different. I think it's very sad because the people who get impacted most are regular people, not the political elite.

Downey was being investigated for sexual assault, he threatened to beat up a few women's national team members, posted a video of him with his then girlfriend online without her knowledge, posted a video of him taking a dump for some reason (glad I didn't see that or any of these since I don't follow him on social media), and had been such an asshole he got kicked out of two different RTCs. I'd classify that as worse than being caught with a hooker.

My grandmother's family was in California before it was part of Mexico, much less this country.

Mexican flag due to my heritage. Though if my grandmother was around still she might correct me into going with the Spanish flag.

Do most people in Iran realize the ayatollahs are full of it and the retaliation really did nothing?

I'm going to one. The local police are either going to be really hesitant to arrest people, or they didn't learn their lesson from the BLM protests where most of the people they did arrest, had the charges dropped and other things happened that gave the police and county attorneys office a bad look.

Considering their situation it might be better if they did leave. They are US citizens but don't have any real representation and can't vote for president.

https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/06/06/shocking-twist-this-u-s-territory-wants-to-rejoin-spain-and-be-like-the-canaries/ And rejoin Espana!

Do you ever have an original thought or do you just post things you see on Twitter?

You should read Newsome's motion.

The president is not a king. We have checks and balances for this exact reason.

Tell us you don't understand civics without telling us you don't understand civics.

https://www.abc15.com/us-news/judge-rules-trump-illegally-deployed-national-guard-and-must-return-oversight-to-california?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4U6ET2ZmtKuRWo5gLoE-Q4Gnq7jm03CXV2T5dz9v8pep_J6qwX0DBMzOl5lw_aem_VMKd2wKv6kFGOF83aGSvUw Playing dictator for a few days is over.

So storming the Capitol and beating up cops is acceptable? Who funded that insurrection? Why did Trump pardon the people involved? He should pardon the so called insurrectionists in LA.

In specific clearly defined examples or situations due process can and does go out the window. I'm thinking that some of the terrorism related arrests and detainees weren't afforded it due to the danger they potentially posed. You're conflating me saying that in some specific examples it may not apply, to me being against it at all. Which is a disingenuous argument.

I heard he died and then that he didn't, and now he needs a lung transplant. It just goes on and on.

You're comparing something that happens in remote parts of a country without a strong central government and a long history of not having control of the outlying areas to somebody openly breaking the law in full view of the government.

The IOC didn't ban Khelif. An alleged test by the former sanctioning body of international boxing released it, and it was coincidentally after Khelif had beaten a fighter from Russia, the same country that controlled that organization and was eventually suspended by the IOC for corruption and ties to organized crime. Prior to that, and even in the previous Olympics, nobody had questioned her or anything.

I did? Please show me where I said I was against due process? I know that there are exceptions in the law that exist for *certain* circumstances, but that's it.

Rape and crimes against children happen in remote places or small towns even in this country and people get away with it. Does that mean it is an acceptable thing? We had child brides and sexual assault occurring in my state for decades in a remote town before anybody tried to do anything about it. And up until Khelif was in the last Olympics, I hadn't heard anything about her. She competed in Tokyo, and at several other events with no incident. I don't follow boxing that much, so maybe that's why.

Trump had due process. I would even say the court gave him a lot of latitude during his criminal case.

You're comparing two different things. Iran and most other majority Muslim countries also have laws against being gay. Iran's president once said gay people don't exist in Iran. Obviously he's wrong, and there are gay people everywhere. Iran executed somebody who did something like what you described, by throwing them off a cliff. But do you think any of these countries would allow an openly gay or transgender person to compete for them in the Olympics? That would be a huge embarrassment and it wouldn't be allowed. https://iranhr.net/en/articles/81/

Trump is an undocumented immigrant?

It says right at the bottom for "certain" undocumented immigrants. Not all. It makes sense there would be a way to do that, like if somebody had been convicted of a crime, or there was some other issue.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna211912