maqroll Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) There is no bottom for these people. This is an aspiring US senate candidate, not state senate. We are barreling towards a bloodbath. Edited June 20, 2022 by limpid fixed embed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 There's a poignant moment in Adam Curtis' The Power of Nightmares about the rise of fundamentalism in the Middle East. “The main Islamist group in Algeria, the GIA, ended up being led by a Mr. Zouabri, a chicken farmer, who killed everyone who disagreed with him. He issued a final communique, declaring that the whole of Algerian society should be killed, with the exception of his tiny remaining band of Islamists. They were the only ones who understood the truth” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Going full retard Quote Texas GOP's new platform says Biden didn't really win. It also calls for secession President Biden is the "acting" president because he didn't win legally; Texans should vote on seceding; the Voting Rights Act of 1965 should be repealed; any gun control is a rights violation: this is the world as seen by the Republican Party of Texas, according to its newly adopted party platform. "We can't compromise with Democrats who have a different and incompatible vision for our future," Matt Rinaldi, the state GOP chairman, said, according to The Texas Newsroom. "We need to be a bold and unapologetic conservative party, ready to go on offense and win the fight for our country." The Republicans' 2022 platform is outlined in a 40-page document that addresses state issues but also much broader priorities — such as calling for the U.S. to leave the United Nations. Delegates approved it over the weekend, at the party's convention in Houston. "We believe that the 2020 election violated Article 1 and 2 of the US Constitution," the Texas Republicans said in their new platform. They accuse several secretaries of state of illegal actions, alleging that "substantial election fraud in key metropolitan areas" distorted the results in Biden's favor. "We reject the certified results of the 2020 presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States," the GOP platform stated. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106229988/texas-gops-new-platform-says-biden-didnt-really-win-it-also-calls-for-secession?t=1655794926302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, sne said: Going full retard https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106229988/texas-gops-new-platform-says-biden-didnt-really-win-it-also-calls-for-secession?t=1655794926302 Secession - It’s just bonkers, there would go all their federal jobs, military, federal funding and grants. Like a child who wants to run away and doesn’t understand the implications or life. It would be funny to see! Edited June 21, 2022 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, nick76 said: Like a child who wants to run away and doesn’t understand the implications or life. It would be funny to see! Sounds familiar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Texas have been talking about secession for decades haven’t they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 As expected, Roe v Wade is dead, Americans no longer have a right to abortion. Gilead was a warning, not an aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 The States can decide, meaning deep red states will trigger their instant laws banning it. And in some states, it's treated as seriously as murder IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 People put too much focus on the rights of the woman, and don't place enough importance on this human life that's going to be able to live, thrive and experience a beautiful 12 years until they're shot to death at school. God bless America. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 The freeist country on the planet at it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Just now, villa4europe said: The freeist country on the planet at it again It's always the "deep south's" who say "freeist country in the world", and yet they do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 States will be able to decide on these things too. Just like the forefounders wanted. These forefounders though: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 What if they could somehow perform abortions with a glock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted June 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 i speak to americans daily. i like them. i like the country. but i am gobsmacked as to some of its laws (or lack thereof) the only place where a woman's uterus is more regulated than a gun. it's a sad day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2022 A few more years of Tories and it'll be the next battle here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Mad country. Could be death penalty for doing something that's totally legal 2 states across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
His Name Is Death Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Also SCOTUS... Quote US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution gives people the right to carry a gun outside their home, in a significant new ruling for gun rights. The decision is expected to allow more people to legally carry firearms in some of America's biggest cities - such as LA, New York and Boston - and is the court's first major decision on gun rights in more than a decade. It comes as Congress is working on changes to gun laws following shootings in Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered, and in Buffalo, where 10 people were killed at a supermarket. Thousands have since taken to the streets across the US demanding tighter gun control. But the Supreme Court justices quashed a New York state law - in place since 1913 - that required people to show a particular need in order to get a licence to carry a concealed gun in public. They said it violated the Constitution's Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms". New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the decision "absolutely shocking" and said she was "sorry this dark day has come." https://news.sky.com/story/us-supreme-court-backs-right-to-carry-guns-in-public-12639208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, bickster said: A few more years of Tories and it'll be the next battle here I don't think this is a serious proposition in the UK, we have it enshrined in legislation rather than case law, and I've not seen anything at all to suspect there's even fringe appetite for this. There are many parallels between our politics over recent decades, yet despite them having "separate church and state" and us having bishops in the upper chamber and our head of state being the head of the church, we don't have the odious infestation of religion in our politics that they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 The other mental thing is that a world superpower in 2022 still decide their rule of law based on a crusty old document written in a completely different time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
His Name Is Death Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Oh, and they did this. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-police-miranda-rights/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8d&linkId=170537000 Quote U.S. Supreme Court rules to protect police from lawsuits over violating Miranda rights Law enforcement officers who fail to provide criminal suspects with Miranda warnings prior to questioning cannot be subjected to civil lawsuits for their omissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. Justices determined by a 6-3 vote that receiving Miranda warnings — which notify individuals taken into custody of their rights to remain silent, speak with an attorney and ask for that attorney to be present during interactions with police — is not technically a protected constitutional right. The court's classification means that individuals deprived of their Miranda warnings before criminal interrogations take place will not have a foundation to bring legal claims that allege their civil rights were violated after the fact. It effectively protects police officers against civil litigation while also limiting individual protections against self-incrimination. "A violation of Miranda does not necessarily constitute a violation of the Constitution," wrote Justice Samuel Alito in an opinion reflecting the court's conservative majority. In light of that, Alito said such a violation could not "authorize a civil rights suit against a police officer." Although Thursday's decision safeguards law enforcement officials from civil lawsuits over Miranda rights, it also ruled that a suspect's comments cannot be used to incriminate them during a trial if those comments are collected before they receive the customary warnings. The court said this provision should serve as a "complete and sufficient remedy" for an officer's violations. The ruling came on a California case called Vega vs. Tekoh, which started in 2014 when Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Carlos Vega questioned a medical worker, Terence Tekoh, accused of sexual assault before providing Tekoh with Miranda warnings. Tekoh alleged that Vega refused his requests to speak with an attorney, prevented him from leaving a private room where the interrogation suddenly happened, and forced him to write a confession. He was ultimately found not guilty of the crime, but went on to sue Vega in federal court for the Miranda violation. Three justices dissented, arguing that the court's decision could lead to more instances of criminal suspects being forced or pressured to confess to crimes they didn't commit, despite its clause blocking incriminating comments from use in court if Miranda warnings weren't read. "Today, the Court strips individuals of the ability to seek a remedy for violations of the right recognized in Miranda," wrote Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Though a defendant could challenge the use of their statements in court, "sometimes, such a statement will not be suppressed. And sometimes, as a result, a defendant will be wrongly convicted and spend years in prison," Kagan continued. "He may succeed, on appeal or in habeas, in getting the conviction reversed. But then, what remedy does he have for all the harm he has suffered?" Thursday's decision is the latest Supreme Court ruling that prevents individuals from seeking civil damages from law enforcement officers after a procedural violation. Earlier this month, the court ruled in another 6-3 vote to shield border patrol agents from civil litigation brought over claims related to use of excessive force and unlawful retaliation during an arrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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