Governor Abbott Says He's Urged the Pardons Commission to Issue a Pardon to BLM Kidnapping Victim Daniel Perry as "Swiftly" as Possible

Daniel Perry was stopped in the road by a group of BLM thugs, who decided that they would declare their ownership of a public road, like bandits in the Dark Ages.

Daniel Perry was already illegally detained by these thugs -- falsely imprisoned, actually, per the letter of the law. They surrounded his car and beat upon it.

When one of the bandits -- a white man, as it turns out -- approached his car while aiming an AK-47 at him, which is assault with a deadly weapon (threat is an assault), Perry exercised his right to self-defense and shot the rifle-brandishing bandit.

The police investigated this killing and decided it was a clear case of self-defense.

But then a grandstanding Soros DA named Jose Garza won an election and decided to press the case against him anyway. Police accused the DA of withholding exculpatory evidence (probably including the serious felony rap sheets of the bandits who kidnapped him and threatened his life) and also of witness interference and tampering, to get the bandits to say what he wanted them to say to make his case.

An Austin jury just convicted Perry.

While Abbott does not have the power to pardon people himself -- a commission makes pardon recommendations -- he does have the power to request that they consider a case for a pardon. Which he has now done.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is working "swiftly" to secure a pardon for an army veteran convicted of shooting a Black Lives Matter (BLM) rioter in Austin during the summer of 2020, he announced in a tweet Saturday.
Daniel Perry, a 37-year-old U.S. Army sergeant, was convicted of shooting and killing 28-year-old Garrett Foster during BLM riots in Austin in July 2020. Perry was driving in the state's capital when he turned onto a street where a BLM crowd had gathered. Foster -- who was reportedly armed with an AK-47 -- and several other protestors then approached Perry's vehicle. Perry's lawyers allege Perry shot Foster in self-defense after the latter leveled his reported rifle at him while Perry was still seated in his vehicle, Reuters reported.
A jury found Perry guilty on one count of murder Saturday after an eight-day trial, though sentencing was projected to be delayed until Tuesday.
Abbott, however, is working as "swiftly as Texas law allows" to pardon Perry's conviction.
"Texas has one of the strongest 'Stand Your Ground' laws in self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney," Abbott's statement read. Texas allows for the governor to make requests of the Board of Pardons and Paroles: Abbott announced he has done so and plans to approve the Board's recommendation for parole "as soon as it hits [his] desk."
In addition, Abbott declared he "strongly" supported House Bill 2640, which would require district attorneys to present exculpatory evidence in grand jury proceedings. "I have already prioritized reigning in rogue District Attorneys and the Texas Legislature is working on laws to achieve that goal," Abbott declared.

The Soros DA who pushed this case says it's "troubling" that people should be allowed a right of self-defense against the left's street paramilitaries. He wants to use the power of the state to backstop these bandits' non-existent right to stop and seize and assault citizens wherever they might find them.

And if you violate this non-right by exercising your real right to defend yourself against lawless brigands, he'll fake up a case against you and convict you of murder.

Travis County District Attorney José Garza hit back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over the weekend, saying it is "deeply troubling" that the governor wants to pardon Sgt. Daniel Perry after he was convicted of murder for shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter protester during the violent 2020 riots.
Perry was found guilty on Friday of murdering Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran who was carrying an AK-47 during a protest in downtown Austin in July 2020. Attorneys for Perry argued that he acted in self-defense after Foster raised the rifle at him, while prosecutors alleged that Perry instigated the shooting.
"In this case, a jury of twelve listened to testimony for nearly two weeks, upending their lives to painstakingly evaluate the evidence and arguments presented by both the State and the Defense. After hearing from civilian eyewitnesses and expert witnesses, and deliberating for over fifteen hours, they reached the unanimous decision that Daniel Perry did not kill Garrett Foster in self-defense and was guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt," Garza said in a statement on Sunday.
"In our legal system... a jury that gets to decide whether a defendant is guilty or innocent - not the Governor."

Obviously no leftwinger anywhere would consent to a state of affairs in which AR-15 armed MAGA "protesters" set up a base in the middle of a city street and forbid anyone from driving on it, while they chant and protest that the 2020 election was rigged. Leftwingers would demand -- as Lindsey Graham and Steve Schmidt demanded -- that cops immediately descend upon such insurrectionists and "shoot them."

But when leftwingers do this, they demand that citizens comply with their orders as if they were the agents of the state.

Which, in a way, they are: these are the violent, armed illegal-but-protected paramilitaries of The Regime.

Governor Abbott says he always had a pardon in mind for Perry, but he didn't accept Tucker Carlson's request for him to come on the show to explain why he wasn't pardoning him. If he always had a pardon in mind, it seems like he could have come on and explained that.

Apparently the State of Texas no longer recognizes the right of self-defense. @GregAbbott_TX is welcome to come on and discuss. pic.twitter.com/A7o5MvZTVy
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 8, 2023

Your weekly reminder that your corrupted "representatives" will not act as you have voted them into office to act, unless you subsequently force them to honor the promises they made to secure your vote.

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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2023 05:32 PM (MoZTd)

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Is this a real thread?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2023 05:33 PM (MoZTd)

3 The Compare and Contrast of this case and the Rittenhouse case would be funny if it wasn't so fucking pathetic.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:33 PM (SIRiz)

4 BLM= Brownshirts.

Posted by: runner at April 11, 2023 05:33 PM (5a2xV)

5
*stretches out on sofa*
*plunks muddy shoes on armrest*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2023 05:33 PM (MoZTd)

6 Abbott is a coward and is just trying to cover his ass by pulling the 'aw gee SHUCKS guys, I sure WISH I could issue a pardon, but all I can do is issue a strongly worded letter asking somebody else to make the decision for me'.

The entire thing is pathetic. You can see that the only reason Abbott is doing this is because he's being FORCED to do this, and he'd rather the issue just disappear so he can never talk about it again.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at April 11, 2023 05:34 PM (setIA)

7 Good for Abbott.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 11, 2023 05:34 PM (wmDcS)

8 From what I've read the governor can't pardon on his own. The pardon must be recommended by a board first.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sore and more at April 11, 2023 05:34 PM (jTmQV)

9 >>*plunks muddy shoes on armrest*

Fuck Yo' Couch!

Posted by: Ric James at April 11, 2023 05:34 PM (SIRiz)

10 Hmmm, if a group decides IT gets to exercise the power of Government, vice the actual government...

Isn't that the very definition of an insurrection? Thus, defending against them would be a Patriotic Duty, not a crime.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (oHd/0)

11 Not many pols are media savvy. It has a good opportunity for Abbott to state his case, but he punted instead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (trdmm)

12 Is this a real thread?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2023 05:33 PM (MoZTd)

Caught in a landslide.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (yQpMk)

13 I don't understand Tucker's complaint. Abbott issued his statement about pursuing a pardon very shortly after the conviction. What is there to explain? I don't have any opinion about Abbot either way, but it feels like Tucker is making news.

Separately, Andrew Branca (Law of Self Defense) doesn't think this conviction was inappropriate.

Posted by: Xander Crews at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (MpOGS)

14 Your weekly reminder that your corrupted "representatives" will not act as you have voted them into office to act, unless you subsequently force them to honor the promises they made to secure your vote.

I have ideas. Basically, we need a bench of people ready to step in (which we don't have in the turtle's district, for ex). Think of them as a shadow govt Ala the UK.

Then we can build a permanent population of activists at the party level. Every 180 days we hold a no confidence vote. That's the gist.

Hard work is...hard. quit bitchin and get in the game.

Posted by: AFA at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (7ovuq)

15 The left can pardon people who shoot conservatives too! Tit for tat.

Posted by: raimondo at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (3x1Ul)

16 Apropos of nothing, I just got back from the PO. Rendering to Caesar, as it were, or in this case, rendering to Meemaw Ivey.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:36 PM (yQpMk)

17 >> Is this a real thread?

Authentic.

Like a Sears Poncho.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:36 PM (SIRiz)

18 Stamps are going up again, I think.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:36 PM (yQpMk)

19 "Your weekly reminder that your corrupted "representatives" will not act as you have voted them into office to act, unless you subsequently force them to honor the promises they made to secure your vote."

This very sentiment was originally expressed by Saul Alinsky, in Rules for Radicals. For Alinsky, it wasn't enough to agitate to get your people into political office. You needed to keep the pressure on them afterwards as well, to make sure they do the job.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (/iWhV)

20 15 The left can pardon people who shoot conservatives too! Tit for tat.
Posted by: raimondo at April 11, 2023 05:35 PM (3x1Ul)

They don't need to pardon, they don't bother even charge them.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (oHd/0)

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Abbott is a coward and is just trying to cover his ass by pulling the 'aw gee SHUCKS guys, I sure WISH I could issue a pardon, but all I can do is issue a strongly worded letter asking somebody else to make the decision for me'

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Except that Abbott has no pardoning power except on the recommendation of the parole board.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (MoZTd)

22 So, what are the odds this shit gets tossed, and this poor bastard gets on with what's left of his life?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (7Fj9P)

23 A pardon still means the defendant is guilty, iirc.
Even that part stinks.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sore and more at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (jTmQV)

24 They don't need to pardon, they don't bother even charge them.

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Xactly

Posted by: runner at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (5a2xV)

25 Frickin animals......he just put down a rabid pit bull is all
......

Posted by: Jasonj at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (4s72j)

26 A pardon still means the defendant is guilty, iirc.
Even that part stinks.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, sore and more at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (jTmQV)

You are thinking of commutation. A Pardon is innocence.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (yQpMk)

27 Everything with the liberals has become a political statement. I applaud governor abbot for making his pardon a political statement.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (ncXxy)

28 Abbott is a squish who rolls the way the polls tell him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (a3Q+t)

29 I'd have to hear Branca's take on this...

regardless.
You train a weapon on a stranger and you are begging for ventilation.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:39 PM (SIRiz)

30 "Dark Ages" is racist language.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:39 PM (krQz2)

31 Abbott is a squish who rolls the way the polls tell him.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (a3Q+t)

ISWYDT

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:39 PM (yQpMk)

32 Abbott is a squish who rolls the way the polls tell him.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2023 05:38 PM (a3Q+t)
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:40 PM (krQz2)

33 I'm thinking what the BLM 'activists' were doing is technically a lynching.

Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2023 05:40 PM (SYTee)

34 Stamps are going up again, I think.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:36 PM

It ain't easy bein' a Tramp.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 11, 2023 05:40 PM (a3Q+t)

35 A pardon still means the defendant is guilty, iirc.
Even that part stinks.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, sore and more at April 11, 2023 05:37 PM (jTmQV)
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But they can still pursue an appeal.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:41 PM (krQz2)

36 >>>bott is a coward and is just trying to cover his ass by pulling the 'aw gee SHUCKS guys, I sure WISH I could issue a pardon, but all I can do is issue a strongly worded letter asking somebody else to make the decision for me'.

well that IS the law, which I think was probably installed to keep Democrat governors, when Texas still elected Democrats to the governorship, from emptying the jails and reversing death penalty convictions.

Posted by: ace at April 11, 2023 05:41 PM (iHBZj)

37 "You are thinking of commutation. A Pardon is innocence."

That's what I thought too, but the dictionary definition says the person receiving the pardon is excused from punishment, but the judgement stands. I dunno.
Gourmand is but pawn in game of life...

Posted by: gourmand du jour, sore and more at April 11, 2023 05:41 PM (jTmQV)

38 José Garza also has been going through old police brutality cases, where the former DA elected not to charge, and is now bringing charges against Austin cops.

Leading, remarkably, to stories like this:

Troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety will soon start helping out the Austin Police Department, which has been short-staffed.

“This partnership will improve safety and provide a runway as we recruit more officers and work to retain those currently on the force,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said at a news conference Monday.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:41 PM (2tUFv)

39 Cerno had a surprisingly fast takedown of Branca (who is generally solid).

Posted by: Not a fed at April 11, 2023 05:42 PM (7ovuq)

40 An Austin jury just convicted Perry.
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Keep Austin weird.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:42 PM (krQz2)

41 It's a sham of a travesty. Stuffed inside a tort.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:42 PM (yQpMk)

42 Branca is a lawyer. He’s not advising people on how to stay alive. He’s advising them on how to stay out of the justice system, and, failing that, how to stay out of jail.

I’ve always found him interesting, but not necessarily useful, for that reason. He’s not the only one; too often, any advice on staying alive as well as out of jail is to retroactively not be where you were.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2023 05:43 PM (EXyHK)

43 >>Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2023 05:43 PM (EXyHK)

Precisely. An excellent summation of the LOSD ethos.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:44 PM (SIRiz)

44 California has had more Republican governors than it has had Democrat governors. California will never go blue!

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 05:44 PM (vDj4Y)

45 *dons sunglasses*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:45 PM (yQpMk)

46 ' a grandstanding Soros DA named Jose Garza'

I wonder how many of these democrat bastard DAs AREN'T taking money from Soros.

That by itself would be enough to trigger a drone strike in a Claw administration.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2023 05:45 PM (roH4R)

47 47 California has had more Republican governors than it has had Democrat governors. California will never go blue!
Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 05:44 PM (vDj4Y)

Mail in voting, and they have turned off signature verification... I know... my sig on my last ballot looked NOTHING like the one they have on file from my Drivers License.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (oHd/0)

48 So why does an intelligent lawyer like Andrew Branca (who is right 99% of the time) have the headline, "Daniel Perry's Murder Conviction Was Legally Sound"? It's at Legal Insurrection.

I'm seriously asking this question.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (BHrzb)

49 I like those swiflty swiffer things for dusting. They got cling.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (MvF+J)

50 I know... my sig on my last ballot looked NOTHING like the one they have on file from my Drivers License.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (oHd/0)

Were you testing the system?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:47 PM (yQpMk)

51 An Austin jury just convicted Perry.

Neither of Portland's two suburban sheriff's departments in Oregon will send their deputies into Portland now, because they have no intention of exposing their deputies to the Portland DA or to Portland juries.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:47 PM (2tUFv)

52 Is Branca the guy with the cigar affectation?

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 05:47 PM (MvF+J)

53 The Soros DA who pushed this case says it's "troubling" that people should be allowed a right of self-defense against the left's street paramilitaries.

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Those who make criminal justice impossible will make vigilante justice inevitable.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at April 11, 2023 05:48 PM (iKuTp)

54 Stamps are forever.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2023 05:48 PM (63Dwl)

55 "Obviously no leftwinger anywhere would consent to a state of affairs in which AR-15 armed MAGA "protesters" set up a base in the middle of a city street and forbid anyone from driving on it, while they chant and protest that the 2020 election was rigged. Leftwingers would demand -- as Lindsey Graham and Steve Schmidt demanded -- that cops immediately descend upon such insurrectionists and "shoot them."

But when leftwingers do this, they demand that citizens comply with their orders as if they were the agents of the state.

Which, in a way, they are: these are the violent, armed illegal-but-protected paramilitaries of The Regime."

there are no words to describe just how spot-on this is.

Bravo Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 05:48 PM (KGlll)

56 55 I know... my sig on my last ballot looked NOTHING like the one they have on file from my Drivers License.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (oHd/0)

Were you testing the system?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:47 PM (yQpMk)

I'm Left Handed... had jacked up my hand and signed that ballot right handed, and the ballot was accepted.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:48 PM (oHd/0)

57 Part of the pardon process is the knowledge that a legal result can still be unjust. In that sense, all pardons are political. They are the exception to the rule, as it were.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:49 PM (yQpMk)

58 >>Is Branca the guy with the cigar affectation?

That is Robert Barnes.

Branca is The LAw of Self Defense guy.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:49 PM (SIRiz)

59 I wonder how many of these democrat bastard DAs AREN'T taking money from Soros.

None of them.

If you are a left-wing attorney who wants to be DA, you give Soros' people a call.

Everyone knows that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:49 PM (2tUFv)

60 No other agents of the State have the broadly defined powers and RoE that the monster babies have. They're Agents Plenipotentiary.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2023 05:50 PM (oINRc)

61
Is Branca the guy with the cigar affectation?
Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 05:47 PM (MvF+J)

__________

No, he was the pitcher who served up the home run to Bobby Thompson.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2023 05:50 PM (MoZTd)

62 Is this a real thread?
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What is reality??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 05:50 PM (Vwz3I)

63 and #16 comes a close second.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 05:50 PM (KGlll)

64 In addition, Abbott declared he "strongly" supported House Bill 2640, which would require district attorneys to present exculpatory evidence in grand jury proceedings.

I'm kinda ignorant on legal stuff, but it seems that presenting exculpatory evidence should be the accepted practice.

How do you enforce this, though? A dishonest DA can "not know about" anything he or she wishes, right?

Posted by: Emmie at April 11, 2023 05:51 PM (Emce2)

65 Is this a real thread?
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Or is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality...

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:51 PM (krQz2)

66 In all seriousness, time to move the capital of Texas somewhere else and let Austin gofuckthemselves. I vote for Fort Stockton. Let those assholes see what they have wrought with open borders.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2023 05:51 PM (oWBc3)

67 I'm seriously asking this question.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (BHrzb)

+++++++++

Where in the law are you guaranteed that the jury will make the correct decision? You're only guaranteed a "fair" trial, and if all the formalities are observed then the jury is mostly free to make the wrong decision. Remember your legal team does have the right to vet the jury during jury selection.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (vDj4Y)

68 >>No, he was the pitcher who served up the home run to Bobby Thompson.

Ralph wrecked him.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (ZLI7S)

69 How do you enforce this, though? A dishonest DA can "not know about" anything he or she wishes, right?
Posted by: Emmie at April 11, 2023 05:51 PM (Emce2)
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They do this now. But if they are found to have hidden exculpatory evidence, the case can be overturned.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (krQz2)

70 Whitney Mitchell, Foster's fiancée, told the Austin American-Statesman that she "felt some sense of justice and relief when the jury rendered its verdict."

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Yes, because that was an AK-47 Of Peace +4 that your fiance was holding when he got capped. Maybe find another fiance next time that's not a garbage human being.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (wb1YC)

71 Today's really unverified rumor of the day:

Zelensky is ready to transfer several western regions of the country to Poland in exchange for full-scale military assistance to the Ukraine army in the seizure of Crimea. This was stated by the former intelligence officer of the British intelligence service MI6 Alistair Crook.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (2tUFv)

72 When there is no law and order, countries die.

We are clearly on our way to a long and painful death.

Posted by: Czech Chick at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (6Tc2R)

73 >>No, he was the pitcher who served up the home run to Bobby Thompson.

Ralph wrecked him.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (ZLI7S)
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Sounds like a racket.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (krQz2)

74 If Abbott fails in getting Perry pardoned he’s not half the man I thought he was

Stand up for what’s right Abbott!

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (VTu1l)

75 67 Is this a real thread?
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What is reality??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 05:50 PM (Vwz3I)

Schrodinger's Thread? It only exists once you open it?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:53 PM (oHd/0)

76 'there are no words to describe just how spot-on this is.

Bravo Ace!'

I second this. Very well reasoned article. I am in awe of Ace's command of the language sometimes.

(Ace - The check cleared)

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2023 05:53 PM (roH4R)

77 >>You're only guaranteed a "fair" trial

Which would require that The State NOT destroy Evidence or withhold said Evidence. Exculpatory, or otherwise.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:53 PM (SIRiz)

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I know... my sig on my last ballot looked NOTHING like the one they have on file from my Drivers License.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM

Workin' on it boss. But we only get $10.00 per ballot and time is of the essence.

Posted by: 2000 Mules at April 11, 2023 05:53 PM (enJYY)

79 "Governor Abbott Says He's Urged"

'Urged.' Funny word, like saying he threw up in his mouth a little.

Well, at least he's not merely efforting it. Some urgency is called for.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 05:54 PM (MvF+J)

80 @76, Poland , regardless of their joke status , isn't stupid. No way they are trying on Russia.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2023 05:54 PM (oWBc3)

81 When you need a guy to let the bad guys go
Who you gonna' call?
George! Soros!

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (krQz2)

82 79

'Stand up for what’s right Abbott!'

Stop letting people push you around.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (roH4R)

83 Zelensky is ready to transfer several western regions of the country to Poland in exchange for full-scale military assistance to the Ukraine army in the seizure of Crimea.

I hope Poland takes the regions, and then crawfishes on the assistance.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (yQpMk)

84 Zelensky is ready to transfer several western regions of the country to Poland in exchange for full-scale military assistance to the Ukraine army in the seizure of Crimea. This was stated by the former intelligence officer of the British intelligence service MI6 Alistair Crook.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (2tUFv)

If I'm Poland? I want the entire remainder of Ukrainian territory in exchange for military assistance. And then I'm ordering my military to assist the population outside of the borders, and entering a neutrality pact with Russia.

Done.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (oINRc)

85 Abbott is a weather vane like most weak spine RINOs.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (DMyTF)

86 real compared to what?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (KGlll)

87 DAs were always assho and had too much power but post trump we are really seeing how insanely abusive and corrupt they can be

Is there a plausible legal theory in which we can declare DAs terrorists and have them drone striked out of existence?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (VTu1l)

88 Poland , regardless of their joke status , isn't stupid. No way they are trying on Russia.

And it would mean that Ukraine acknowledged that the 1991 borders aren't inviolable.

Amusing rumor though.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (2tUFv)

89 It's also my weekly reminder not to ever set foot in a major US city. I still do it, but it's stupid. You're basically giving your life over to the left's deranged whim.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 11, 2023 05:56 PM (YQ4mh)

90 >> Zelensky is ready to transfer several western regions of the country to Poland in exchange for full-scale military assistance to the Ukraine army in the seizure of Crimea. This was stated by the former intelligence officer of the British intelligence service MI6 Alistair Crook.

That agreement assumes a Victory.

Posted by: garrett at April 11, 2023 05:56 PM (SIRiz)

91 If we were to hang a few, the others would be better behaved.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at April 11, 2023 05:56 PM (q+AsY)

92 I keep telling all of you that TX isn't what many of you think it is. It is a purple state.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 11, 2023 05:56 PM (BdMk6)

93 Governor Abbott urged up his lunch at today's press conference. Reporters on scene said it appeared to be fettucine alfredo and cobb salad.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 05:56 PM (MvF+J)

94 Alastair Crook -- the Monsterpiece Theater guy??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (Vwz3I)

95 For some reason Trump never extradited Soros to Hungary.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (DMyTF)

96 Daniel Perry’s Murder Conviction Was Legally Sound

Like It or Not, sufficient evidence was presented to allow the jury to reject self-defense. A Pardon may happen for political reasons, but that’s politics not law. (Andrew Branca)

https://tinyurl.com/mr3722fr

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (S39X0)

97 This was absolutely self defense. I can't believe (altho I can) he was even prosecuted , let alone convicted. There was no doubt he had every right to be where he was- on a public road (the BLM thugs had no permit) and he was threatened directly with a gun, among other things. Good for Abbott-but it's time to split Austin into a separate county- let's just call it Leftsville. .

Posted by: LASue at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (Ed8Zd)

98 Tucker is an idiot.

The governor of Texas does not have the Pardon or Commute power.

Why?

Because Democrat governors in the past abused the power in the past, so the legislators got fed up modified the constitution and created a board that needs to make a recommendation before the governor acts.

So he's either uninformed, or fishing for ratings when there isn't a real issue.

Posted by: Kazinski at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (TIc70)

99 So why does an intelligent lawyer like Andrew Branca (who is right 99% of the time) have the headline, "Daniel Perry's Murder Conviction Was Legally Sound"? It's at Legal Insurrection.

I'm seriously asking this question.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 11, 2023 05:46 PM (BHrzb)

Branca's very long piece boils down to: He went there knowing there was a riot (debatable). He had posts about the rioters before the incident (nothing anyone angry hasn't said). All of the witnesses said the dead guy never pointed his gun (BLM rioters). See this picture just before the shooting shows dead guy not pointing. (Said picture shows his arm perpendicular in shooting posture.) Simply said, Branca believes in ceding territory to thugs.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (NGwt8)

100 I hope Poland takes the regions, and then crawfishes on the assistance.

The Russiaphobes like to denounce the Nazi-Soviet Pact, but ignore the fact that Ukraine got a big chunk of Poland because of the Pact.

It would be righting a great historical wrong to give it back.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (2tUFv)

101 People who are pretending Abbott can just wiggle his nose and pardon the guy are ignoring the realities of Texas Gubernatorial power.

Texas like Louisiana is "different" than most states and has different rules for governors because of abuse by saidsame in the 30s and 40s.

Abbott is doing what he can, and this *will* have a happy ending.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 05:58 PM (Lzpvj)

102 I think Branca made the mistake of focusing on the technical details of the case, rather than a moral stand. With his logic he might as well say "The Third Reichs treatment of thr Jews was legally sound."

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2023 05:58 PM (trdmm)

103 @76, Poland , regardless of their joke status , isn't stupid. No way they are trying on Russia.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 11, 2023 05:54 PM (oWBc3)

If it only extends to the Polish areas near the border it might be accepted as a fait accompli, but once Zelenski starts dismembering his state he won't have much call for complaining when Russia takes the Bear's Share.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 11, 2023 05:59 PM (eoQWY)

104 Federal prison.

Soon.

Posted by: Garland at April 11, 2023 05:59 PM (qY5NZ)

105 Abbott is a weather vane like most weak spine RINOs.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 05:55 PM (DMyTF)

That sounds parapalegic-phobic.

Posted by: LASue at April 11, 2023 05:59 PM (Ed8Zd)

106 Retardo you cocksuckers do not even charge your pets for killing normies.

Sincerely go fuck yourself.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 05:59 PM (Lzpvj)

107 Tucker is an idiot.

***********

Tucker has been off his game lately, been watching independent MAGA YouTubers and podcasts who had to correct a lot of his assertions that he’s been getting wrong, and the pardon thing was one of them

Be better Tucker

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 05:59 PM (VTu1l)

108 107, 108, boom. exactly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (KGlll)

109 Past 100 yet? I've had a productive day. I took a walk. I did my f'n taxes finally! I worked a killer FT8 session. I bet before this day is out, I'll up and do something else too. It'll be a doozy.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (MvF+J)

110 DeSantis impeached and fired a Soros DA for not doing his job. Abbott should do likewise.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (DMyTF)

111 Read Andrew's column and others on Perry's side so quite confused on the case. Saw still picture of the dead Antifa holding a firearm at the car.

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (xhxe8)

112 Where in the law are you guaranteed that the jury will make the correct decision? You're only guaranteed a "fair" trial, and if all the formalities are observed then the jury is mostly free to make the wrong decision. Remember your legal team does have the right to vet the jury during jury selection.
Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (vDj4Y)

Vetting a jury in Dem strongholds is a worthless exercise.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (Q+K8B)

113 69 Posted by: Emmie at April 11, 2023 05:51 PM (Emce2)

Texas again is "different" there have been multiple scandals of DAs willfully and actionably withholding exculpatory information from defense teams let alone juries.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (Lzpvj)

114 I've never abided any law I don't like, and won't start now.

If the Americans want me to follow their laws they need to make them less faggy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (oINRc)

115 Branca analyzes how the facts of the case match up to the law period. He keeps reminding us that the LAW is not always what we think it should be. Also, he says to shut your mouth, and demand a lawyer before talking to any police in an interview. Let your lawyer make/proffer any statements for you.

My questions are why Perry's lawyers did not get his social media statements excluded? Saying you think rioters should be shot does NOT help your case. Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyers got similar statements ruled inadmissible in his case. Ditto on the fact that Ft.Hood put Austin off limits. That had nothing to do with his civil rights to go out of bounds, that is an Army-Perry issue, not a premeditation issue.

Personally I think Perry should be innocent.

Posted by: anon at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (Z32m1)

116 Moldova should grab Odessa in the chaos.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (yQpMk)

117 o happy gp!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (KGlll)

118
That is Robert Barnes.

Branca is The LAw of Self Defense guy.
Posted by: garrett

Nah, QB and kicker for the Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders from '49 through '75.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (pNxlR)

119 Alastair Crook -- the Monsterpiece Theater guy??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (Vwz3I)
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You're thinking of Alistair Cookie.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (2hlEI)

120 Soros DA's are everywhere. Here in glorious peoples socialist democratic republics of fairfax county virginia, I was involved in an assault and battery case. All of the assaults (and battery) was recorded. The fairfax po-po were not to positive the DA's office would prosecute for various reasons. So, the perp walked. It sucked. Wine mommies of NOVA, you wanted this, now you have it. Enjoy your suck.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (K7t4/)

121 dammit, wrong thread.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (yQpMk)

122 BTW I’m sure the fact that clear self defense meant fuck all to a retarded Austin jury is still certainly a good omen for Trump right?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:02 PM (VTu1l)

123 What would have been a lot more effective would have been to send the Texas Rangers to arrest Garza for prosecutorial misconduct during opening statements.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 11, 2023 06:02 PM (vhwKy)

124 If rightwingers did the same actions, leftards would be calling for airstrikes and the destruction of their families as well.

Posted by: a dude in MI at April 11, 2023 06:02 PM (/6GbT)

125 103
He probably knows and is just pressuring Abbott.

And that's fine with me.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2023 06:03 PM (roH4R)

126 Moldova should grab Odessa in the chaos.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 06:01 PM (yQpMk)

They can't reach it. Transnistria, the breakaway part of Moldova, which is a breakaway part of Romania is in the way.

Transnistria has Russian troops in it, BTW.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 11, 2023 06:03 PM (eoQWY)

127 BTW I’m sure the fact that clear self defense meant fuck all to a retarded Austin jury is still certainly a good omen for Trump right?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:02 PM (VTu1l)

++++++++++

More politically retarded economic refugees coming from California every day. It's inevitable, when you figure in the open borders to the south.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:03 PM (vDj4Y)

128 In FL you can drive over them with the state's permission, this is probably why BLM is rarely if ever seen protesting in the streets there.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 11, 2023 06:03 PM (qZdIZ)

129 The animals have rights, but we do not. Philly's Soros-installed DA allows anyone to steal $500 worth of merchandise in any store without being punished or even arrested.

Why these big businesses still stay here is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:04 PM (d2bW3)

130 Branca's very long piece boils down to: He went there knowing there was a riot (debatable). He had posts about the rioters before the incident (nothing anyone angry hasn't said). All of the witnesses said the dead guy never pointed his gun (BLM rioters). See this picture just before the shooting shows dead guy not pointing. (Said picture shows his arm perpendicular in shooting posture.) Simply said, Branca believes in ceding territory to thugs.
Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 05:57 PM (NGwt

I think the first two points are irrelevant. The mob was marching without a permit and blocking a public road and sidewalks that every citizen has a right to drive on. (It happened to me downtown too and it's frightening). They blocked him in and beat on his car. As to the third point, some witnesses definitely changed their tune - there were some (besides the defendant) who initially said he did point his weapon at him and I believe there were even photos or videos that backed that up.

Posted by: LASue at April 11, 2023 06:04 PM (Ed8Zd)

131 My pet plan anytime this happens is to get a cop on the stand and ask him if a cop would have shot the person. Odds are, you will get a yes. At that point, you point out that holding an untrained amateur to a higher standard than a professional is unrealistic.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:04 PM (Q+K8B)

132 time to move the capital of Texas somewhere else and let Austin gofuckthemselves. I vote for Fort Stockton…

Why do you hate Fort Stockton?

There’s no reason to have a capitol nowadays. Just abolish it, and require that representatives vote and bloviate from their district. If the governor wants to call an emergency in-person session, they can choose which un-air-conditioned amphitheater to hold it in.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (EXyHK)

133 108 I think Branca made the mistake of focusing on the technical details of the case, rather than a moral stand. With his logic he might as well say "The Third Reichs treatment of thr Jews was legally sound."
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2023 05:58 PM (trdmm)

Ahhh, so he's a lawful evil character, then.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (DTX3h)

134 Oh good Lord, do I feel for this poor guy.

If your freedom depends on the resolve of the TX GOP you might as well call in the guards and just do the Epstein thing now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (oINRc)

135 You're thinking of Alistair Cookie.
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Me COOOOKIE!!!

Posted by: Alistair Cookie at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (Vwz3I)

136 Is Branca the guy with the cigar affectation?

No, that's Clinton.

Posted by: Bosk at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (VMFAF)

137 Austin is some of the most fucked up retarded cities I have ever visited. It’s like the entire city is collectively dropping acid

Completely out of place for Texas

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:06 PM (VTu1l)

138 There’s no reason to have a capitol nowadays. Just abolish it, and require that representatives vote and bloviate from their district. If the governor wants to call an emergency in-person session, they can choose which un-air-conditioned amphitheater to hold it in.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (EXyHK)

+++++++++++

That is a good idea. I'm for anything that decentralizes the government.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:06 PM (vDj4Y)

139 As despicable as the Soros DA is, not one Texan out of a jury selected by his attorney could find him not guilty.

Not one.

That is citizens.

Enough of this, Americas good people with a bad government. America is bad people with the government they choose that reflects their values.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 11, 2023 06:06 PM (vXKrL)

140 >>>At that point, you point out that holding an untrained amateur to a higher standard than a professional is unrealistic.

Posted by: Crom Laughs

In fairness, I can't hit anything bigger than Hillary's ass.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (d2bW3)

141 Jury system in the country looks to me that anything political is no longer weighing on facts but purely on politics.

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (xhxe8)

142 Me COOOOKIE!!!
Posted by: Alistair Cookie at April 11, 2023 06:05 PM (Vwz3I)
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I enjoyed your showing of "Chariots of Fur".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (2hlEI)

143 138 Posted by: Trader Vics at April 11, 2023 06:04 PM (ojZfe)

That is not balls that is impeachment likely led by TX GOP sources.

Texas is different, when I moved to El Paso I gave serious thought given the 50% paycut I took in air logistics of going back to personal protection so I talked to a lawyer I met at the Ft Bliss Gun Club and asked him some pointed questions on the differences between Ohio and Texas laws and standards.

I stuck with the air cargo work.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (Lzpvj)

144 I think the first two points are irrelevant. The mob was marching without a permit and blocking a public road and sidewalks that every citizen has a right to drive on. (It happened to me downtown too and it's frightening). They blocked him in and beat on his car. As to the third point, some witnesses definitely changed their tune - there were some (besides the defendant) who initially said he did point his weapon at him and I believe there were even photos or videos that backed that up.
Posted by: LASue at April 11, 2023 06:04 PM (Ed8Zd)

Branca is over at Legal Cuck defending those first two points to the death. He said they were only jaywalking.
Unless the cops have blocked off entering the area, then I agree you have a right to enter and move through the area unimpeded. He's also over there claiming that people's logic means Rittenhouse could have been gunned down legally. He's lost it.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (Q+K8B)

145 If you were to follow all of Branca's rules, you would never be able to defend yourself. I have his book, I think he's an asshoe.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (DMyTF)

146 Where in the law are you guaranteed that the jury will make the correct decision? You're only guaranteed a "fair" trial, and if all the formalities are observed then the jury is mostly free to make the wrong decision. Remember your legal team does have the right to vet the jury during jury selection.
Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM (vDj4Y)

Vetting a jury in Dem strongholds is a worthless exercise.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (Q+K8B)

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Exactly, the very antithesis for a conservative of "a jury of your peers" as Donald Trump is likely to experience and NYC, DC, Atlanta, or any other urban shithole.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (2ZccL)

147 Regardless of what the outcome is for the guy, his Army career is over.

Say what you want, as someone who was stationed at Ft Hood once upon a time, and has had to enforce the "Do not go to Austin" rule for my soldiers, the fact remains that he went looking for a fight, found one, and is now paying for it with his life ruined.

Yes, he had the right to defend himself, but ultimately, he chose to put himself in that situation, disregarding his chain of command, and common sense.

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (S39X0)

148 That's what your up against in Moscow On The Colorado.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (Aoykm)

149 >>>Enough of this, Americas good people with a bad government. America is bad people with the government they choose that reflects their values.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger

The left already believe we're in a civil war, and they are doing whatever they can to have us imprisoned or dead. The sooner people realize that, the better prepared you will be.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (d2bW3)

150 Healey - this DA is employed by Travis County, not the State. In Texas, County level Government is completely independent from the state. To make it even more fun, City level governance is completely independent of the County it's in. In other words, no, Abbott does not have the authority to hire or fire any Prosecutors .

Texas intentionally has a very fragmented power structure.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (trdmm)

151 "I think Branca made the mistake of focusing on the technical details of the case, rather than a moral stand."

Not unreasonable to ask a lawyer about technical details of law.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (MvF+J)

152 Vetting a jury in Dem strongholds is a worthless exercise.
Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (Q+K8B)

+++++++++

So culture means something? We aren't all just Libertarian economic units? Maybe someone should have told the GOP this back in 88.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (vDj4Y)

153 Reason #4127 - If you are a member of the Horde and called to jury duty...go! And try to actually stay on the jury vs finding the angle to get you excluded...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (exHjb)

154 Abbott doesn't have those balls.

************

Abbott is constantly letting the left cut the legs out from under him

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (VTu1l)

155 154 Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (S39X0)

Going to Austin is as smart a move Army wise as going to Juarez...

the thing is I don't know if you are tracking my understanding is III Corps is housing their officers down in Austin...

insane.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (Lzpvj)

156 In fairness, I can't hit anything bigger than Hillary's ass.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (d2bW3)

I watched a police friend hit a milk gallon at 100 yards with one shot out of his backup snubby. He just put the gun away and when back to his service pistol because he said that that would never happen again.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 06:10 PM (yQpMk)

157 Texas intentionally has a very fragmented power structure.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Thanks for the 411.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 06:10 PM (DMyTF)

158 Texas intentionally has a very fragmented power structure.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (trdmm)

A fiefdom..if you can keep it

Posted by: a dude in MI at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (/6GbT)

159 The mob was involved in an illegal action, at the very least, blocking the streets and not being authorized to do so, the dead Antifa asshoe was part of the illegal mob. The defendent feared for his life. Not sure how any of this makes it to jury unless the DA is aligned with Antifa. Sounds like a lawless action to me. But I'm not a lawyer and the DA shouldn't be one either.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (fs1hN)

160 161 Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (exHjb)

Play along and then if the case relies on any Federal LE info acquit.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (Lzpvj)

161 Yes, he had the right to defend himself, but ultimately, he chose to put himself in that situation, disregarding his chain of command, and common sense.
Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (S39X0)

No Go Zones, got it.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (Q+K8B)

162 DeSantis impeached and fired a Soros DA for not doing his job. Abbott should do likewise.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (DMyTF)

====================

Can Governor Abbot do that? Does the TX Constitution and TX State Laws give him the same powers as Florida's laws and Constitution give Governor DeSantis?

The TX Constitution constrains Governor Abbot's pardon power. Want to bet that was because a previous Democrat Governor abused the power of the pardon so badly, they changed their TX Constitution?

Posted by: anon at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (Z32m1)

163 Branca is over at Legal Cuck defending those first two points to the death. He said they were only jaywalking.
Unless the cops have blocked off entering the area, then I agree you have a right to enter and move through the area unimpeded. He's also over there claiming that people's logic means Rittenhouse could have been gunned down legally. He's lost it.
Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:07 PM (Q+K8B)

Jaywalking! ? *Snort*. I saw it- they took over the streets and trapped people and cars in their mob frenzy.

Posted by: LASue at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (Ed8Zd)

164 You're only guaranteed a "fair" trial
..

Heh

Posted by: DA BRAGG at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (qY5NZ)

165 the thing is I don't know if you are tracking my understanding is III Corps is housing their officers down in Austin...
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That wasn't the case fifteen years ago, but things have changed a lot since then.

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (S39X0)

166 Abbott is constantly letting the left cut the legs out from under him
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (VTu1l)
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A RJLOR : Republican Just Like Other Republicans.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (krQz2)

167
I'd like to bomb Philadelphia to restore election integrity to the entire state, but that decision is usually reserved for the Mayor of the city.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (enJYY)

168 >>

162 Abbott doesn't have those balls.

************

Abbott is constantly letting the left cut the legs out from under him

The Texas constitution apparently has him hobbled.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 06:12 PM (DMyTF)

169 Watch the shooting at Covenant School by the cops. First cop shouts something and drops the perp. Perp twitches on the ground and second cop plugs her three more times and then shouts "Stop moving!" A non-cop would get jail for that.

Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:12 PM (Q+K8B)

170 America is bad people with the government they choose that reflects their values.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 11, 2023 06:06 PM (vXKrL)

+++++++++++

Some truth to that. The people in charge are "bad people" and they change the laws or just prevent enforcement of laws against themselves and their agents, while using the law against their political opponents.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (vDj4Y)

171 DeSantis impeached and fired a Soros DA for not doing his job. Abbott should do likewise.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2023 06:00 PM (DMyTF)

Or do a Henry II, and ask, "will no one rid me of this turdulent DA?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (tkR6S)

172
So, you say to yourself...You know, I'd like to have seen Guv Abbott work to pardon this guy without being forced to do it by bad PR, BUT-

what I'd really like to see is a giant half-human/half-centipede thingamadoodle sodomizing some dude in ultra high definition.

Well, my friend, you're in luck!

David Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch" is being released soon in 4K.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (RJQ8g)

173 >>>I watched a police friend hit a milk gallon at 100 yards with one shot out of his backup snubby. He just put the gun away and when back to his service pistol because he said that that would never happen again.

Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Requalified Friday night. Shot a 97... because I missed one from the 15-yard line. I was so pissed, because I expect to miss from the 25, but the 15? This is why I'm never going to a TX MOME. All you guys will embarrass me.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (d2bW3)

174 173 Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (S39X0)

Imagine how much it has changed since the early 90s....

wife's entire career I had warned her off from Hood because "it is not a base for raising kids"....

It is now the nicest base in the Army other than maybe old McPherson.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (Lzpvj)

175 Watching this based security guard knocking this reparations cow flat on her ass is the best thing I've seen this week.

https://bit.ly/3UrqxqW

Put me on this guy's jury. I'll never convict.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (3AR13)

176 Not sure there's much point in going on Tucker to say it's not in your power to pardon him, just recommend and approve what the parole board does.

If Tucker wanted to do more than grandstand, he should be asking the AG why this Soros prosecutor isn't under investigation for malicious prosecution or something.

Posted by: Steven Fletcher at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (+eUEt)

177 not one Texan out of a jury selected by his attorney could find him not guilty

His lawyer doesn't get to select the jury. Both sides get to remove potential jurors for cause (bias, etc.), plus a certain number of "preemptory challenges", which don't require justification.

So, if the jury pool is 90-95% left-wing, the prosecutors will remove anyone who appears to be moderate and conservative, and you can only kick leftists off the jury until you run out of "preemptory challenges".

Easy to get an all-Left jury under those circumstances.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (2tUFv)

178 Reason #4127 - If you are a member of the Horde and called to jury duty...go! And try to actually stay on the jury vs finding the angle to get you excluded...
Posted by: Nova Local
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My husband got a jury duty notice...from GA. His mom, who lives in GA, received the notice.

We live in IL.

He's not going to GA for jury duty.

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (S39X0)

179 Turdulent?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (2hlEI)

180 There are 3 ways for decent people to get justice; the ballot box, the jury box, and the pine box. We're are hurtling towards the time when there will only be one left.

Lawyers hear; if this DA withheld evidence, a blatant violation of discovery, why is he not immediately hauled before the state bar association? This guy should be reduced to eating out of dumpsters for this.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (tRd71)

181 113 Tucker has been off his game lately, been watching independent MAGA YouTubers and podcasts who had to correct a lot of his assertions that he’s been getting wrong, and the pardon thing was one of them

Be better Tucker
_________________________________________
Podcasters had to correct a lot of his assertions.

Such as??

Posted by: Glenn John at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (M3hSG)

182 176 Posted by: Trader Vics at April 11, 2023 06:12 PM (ojZfe)

It is not the right thing if it leads to no good outcome.

Texas like all these 50 states has its own history and its own culture....

I am not a leftbat, and I do not forget that at my own peril.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (Lzpvj)

183 "America is bad people with the government they choose that reflects their values."

Corrupt from top to bottom. Everybody is just trying to get over.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM (MvF+J)

184 The left already believe we're in a civil war, and they are doing whatever they can to have us imprisoned or dead. The sooner people realize that, the better prepared you will be.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (d2bW3)

Amen. Had that come Jesus moment back in November of 2008.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM (K7t4/)

185 It is now the nicest base in the Army other than maybe old McPherson.
Posted by: sven
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LOL!

Sorry, but the gang violence on and off post isn't 'nice'.

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM (S39X0)

186 Perp twitches on the ground and second cop plugs her three more times and then shouts "Stop moving!" A non-cop would get jail for that.
Posted by: Crom Laughs at April 11, 2023 06:12 PM (Q+K8B)

++++++++++

You could make a gag reel hours long of cops saying the dumbest fucking things. However, I don't imagine I'd do any better under the circumstances. My favorite is the cop who tells the guy to get his ID and then shoots him for moving to get his ID.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM (vDj4Y)

187 >>>I'd like to bomb Philadelphia to restore election integrity to the entire state, but that decision is usually reserved for the Mayor of the city.

Posted by: Divide by Zero

Guy today came in after he was robbed. We had myself and two other detectives. He whined that we were taking so long, so I said, "The city wanted to defund the police. This is the new normal."

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM (d2bW3)

188 wife's entire career I had warned her off from Hood because "it is not a base for raising kids"....
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Neither is Mars.

Posted by: Sir Elton Hercules John at April 11, 2023 06:16 PM (2hlEI)

189 If you are a member of the Horde and called to jury duty...go!

Ah, suggestion #7

7. If called to jury, refuse to convict if you think the law unjust Remember that if the FBI is testifying, it's most likely a frame-up.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 11, 2023 06:16 PM (yQpMk)

190 Austin has an inexhaustible supply of leftist jurors.

The sum total of solid conservatives in Austin is probably equal to the number of challenges the DA can make.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 06:16 PM (krQz2)

191 Easy to get an all-Left jury under those circumstances.

Which is why you should get a change of venue in a political case with a 90% Left jury pool.

Not that you'll necessarily get it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (2tUFv)

192 Lawyers hear; if this DA withheld evidence, a blatant violation of discovery, why is he not immediately hauled before the state bar association? This guy should be reduced to eating out of dumpsters for this.
Posted by: UGAdawg at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (tRd71)

Because he's a leftwing Soros DA and they don't face consequences?

Just taking a swag.

So much for Texas's "he needed killing" defense.

Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (pwExq)

193 "Tucker has been off his game lately"

Gave up on the J6 tapes pretty quick. Got Chansley off, and then zip. 'Guess my job's done here.'

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (MvF+J)

194 189 Posted by: Trader Vics at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (ojZfe)

As a young Cav guy I understood you visited San Fran on the Colorado for purpose dwelled short and went back to post. There is nothing good that can come of being near the college that I can't get in Waco or Killeen or Temple.

The nursing students were MUCH hotter in Temple.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (Lzpvj)

195 154 Regardless of what the outcome is for the guy, his Army career is over.

Say what you want, as someone who was stationed at Ft Hood once upon a time, and has had to enforce the "Do not go to Austin" rule for my soldiers, the fact remains that he went looking for a fight, found one, and is now paying for it with his life ruined.

Yes, he had the right to defend himself, but ultimately, he chose to put himself in that situation, disregarding his chain of command, and common sense.
Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:08 PM (S39X0)

I was stationed at Fort for years and Austin was never off limits. The guy was moonlighting as an Uber driver. How do you know he went looking for a fight? You're playing right into the argument that by not avoiding the deliberate provocations of the mob, he gave up his right to not be killed by them.

Posted by: Just Call Me Klaus because Schwab sounds too Tuetonic at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (aGGj6)

196 Come on, SMH. I haven't been out of the Army THAT damn long. If we can't go to Austin on the weekend, where in the Hell are we supposed to go to shoot pool, scuffle, and tip to see tits ?
Posted by: Trader Vics
___

Have all those "amenities" in Killeen.

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (S39X0)

197 @178, probably right ... in fact I think I remember a debate about something like that in the last couple of months ... citizen who popped an extra "and stay there!" round into a perp. pretty sure he was charged ... sure that others remember moar details.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (KGlll)

198 Way I heard Perry was working spart time as a Uber driver and got into this mess.

Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (xhxe8)

199 Podcasters had to correct a lot of his assertions. Such as??

***********

IIR He got some economic figures wrong or out of context but my favorite were the aliens and UFOs

Something about him not getting the name of the alien race that’s been invading us accurately reported

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (VTu1l)

200 BTW, I am sure people have made TJM aware, but Riley Gaines is full-on red-pilled now.

Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (pwExq)

201 "I'd like to bomb Philadelphia to restore election integrity to the entire state"

Immolation of MOVE, and surrounding territory, 1985.

Posted by: gp's Dark Energy Acceleration at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (MvF+J)

202 >>>7. If called to jury, refuse to convict if you think the law unjust Remember that if the FBI is testifying, it's most likely a frame-up.

Posted by: G'rump928(c)

100%, and if the victim is a leftist, vote to acquit. Play by their rules.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (d2bW3)

203 74 How do you enforce this, though? A dishonest DA can "not know about" anything he or she wishes, right?
Posted by: Emmie at April 11, 2023 05:51 PM (Emce2)
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They do this now. But if they are found to have hidden exculpatory evidence, the case can be overturned.
Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 05:52 PM

Like they did to the J6 Shaman. Unfortunately for him, he took a plea deal.

Posted by: Moonbeam at April 11, 2023 06:19 PM (rbKZ6)

204 I enjoyed your showing of "Chariots of Fur".
Posted by: Captain Obvious,
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My favourite, Me Claudius:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSOu5C55kUA

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 06:19 PM (Vwz3I)

205 Reason #4127 - If you are a member of the Horde and called to jury duty...go! And try to actually stay on the jury vs finding the angle to get you excluded...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2023 06:09 PM (exHjb)

^^^this^^^

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2023 06:19 PM (tkR6S)

206 195 Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM (S39X0)

The gang violence is baked in the cake these days....you let in MS-13, the Crips and Bloods the fun follows I was just discussing the physical plant and the shopping outside the fence.

There are severe and structural command problems on that base and the rot is to the root.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:19 PM (Lzpvj)

207 Also, for those who are thinking hooboy Jim Jordan is after DA Bragg now he's in for it, Bragg is suing Jordan now.

See my point above about leftwing Soros prosecutors and consequences.

Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:20 PM (pwExq)

208 BTW, I am sure people have made TJM aware, but Riley Gaines is full-on red-pilled now.
Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:18 PM (pwExq)
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As I might have expected.

From that vantage point, it's much easier to see the unyielding bias of the media.

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 06:20 PM (krQz2)

209 Easy to get an all-Left jury under those circumstances.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2023 06:13 PM (2tUFv)

+++++++++

Yes but the original point was that the trial could be perfect in procedure and still reach an incorrect but legal conviction. The law only guarantees you procedure. The point is the GOP abandoning the culture war has unintended consequences like any other decision.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:20 PM (vDj4Y)

210 218 Posted by: Trader Vics at April 11, 2023 06:20 PM (ojZfe)

The GOP losing power in Texas is not "just some battle."

I have lived in Texas, I love Texas, and my son was born in Texas. This will be taken care of by Texas rules.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:21 PM (Lzpvj)

211 A RALMOR - A Republican Acting Like Many Other Republicans

Posted by: Axeman at April 11, 2023 06:21 PM (krQz2)

212 I was stationed at Fort for years and Austin was never off limits. The guy was moonlighting as an Uber driver. How do you know he went looking for a fight? You're playing right into the argument that by not avoiding the deliberate provocations of the mob, he gave up his right to not be killed by them.
Posted by: Just Call Me Klaus because Schwab sounds too Tuetonic at April 11, 2023 06:17 PM (aGGj6)
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Were you there between 2002 and 2009?

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:22 PM (S39X0)

213 >>>BTW, I am sure people have made TJM aware, but Riley Gaines is full-on red-pilled now.
Posted by: blaster

Let's check on her a year from now. She's red-pilled at the moment, but I'd wager she'll drift back to liberal/leftism by Christmas.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:22 PM (d2bW3)

214 o, if the jury pool is 90-95% left-wing, the prosecutors will remove anyone who appears to be moderate and conservative, and you can only kick leftists off the jury until you run out of "preemptory challenges".

Yes, I understand the process, each side removing potential jurors. My point is that his attorney plays a role in selecting the jury.

And if the jury pool is 90-95% left-wing, it confirms my point that not just the government, but the American population itself are rotten to the core.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 11, 2023 06:23 PM (vXKrL)

215 Turdulent?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2023 06:14 PM (2hlEI)

Garza is a piece of shit. Is that not Obvious?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2023 06:23 PM (tkR6S)

216 'How do you know he went looking for a fight? You're playing right into the argument that by not avoiding the deliberate provocations of the mob, he gave up his right to not be killed by them."

Agreed. No one is obligated to let some Antifa maggot terrorize them, regardless of what these evil DAs think. These low functioning sociopaths aren't Pinkertons and we're not living in Big Whisky.

Posted by: UGAdawg at April 11, 2023 06:23 PM (tRd71)

217 225 >>>BTW, I am sure people have made TJM aware, but Riley Gaines is full-on red-pilled now.
Posted by: blaster

Let's check on her a year from now. She's red-pilled at the moment, but I'd wager she'll drift back to liberal/leftism by Christmas.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

I wouldn't be too sure about that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2023 06:24 PM (Q5Edw)

218 I remember this when it happened. The rage that a common working cracker would defend himself against a BLM cracker was just too much!

OT
Tom MacDonald did a funny Bud Light boycott thingy, and I can't find the link again.

Posted by: Fool Otto at April 11, 2023 06:24 PM (DB16e)

219 >>Agreed. No one is obligated to let some Antifa maggot terrorize them, regardless of what these evil DAs think. These low functioning sociopaths aren't Pinkertons and we're not living in Big Whisky.

He was driving for Uber.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2023 06:25 PM (ZLI7S)

220 Like my 1SG would say...

Do what you can afford.

Posted by: SMH at April 11, 2023 06:25 PM (S39X0)

221 >>>I wouldn't be too sure about that.

Posted by: nurse ratched

Maybe. She's young, and she wants to be liked, like most college kids do. I hope I'm wrong, but I think she'll waver.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:25 PM (d2bW3)

222
Guy today came in after he was robbed. We had myself and two other detectives. He whined that we were taking so long, so I said, "The city wanted to defund the police. This is the new normal."

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:15 PM

They never think for a single minute that without a police report the insurance company is gonna tell them to pound sand. As to the Mayor Goode/Move thing - I lived in the 'burbs and Sue 'Africa' lived about six houses away from me. My Dad was a firefighter as was her Dad. My Dad called me the day of the bombing and said, 'They're gonna lose that whole block of homes.' He called it about 4:35 pm. Yet Goode got re-elected. What a shit-show Philly is. Hope you get out okay with full pension and retire to FL.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 11, 2023 06:26 PM (enJYY)

223 BTW, I am sure people have made TJM aware, but Riley Gaines is full-on red-pilled now

******

She’s definitely a breath of fresh ass

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 11, 2023 06:26 PM (VTu1l)

224 well, I'm pretty sure none of us can afford to get killed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:26 PM (KGlll)

225 Gave up on the J6 tapes pretty quick. Got Chansley off, and then zip. 'Guess my job's done here.'
____

I'm guessing Tucker was told to stand down. One piece of video I'd love to see would be where there appears to be someone on the inside, probably undercover LEO, appearing to signal to the camera then the Capitol doors opening up behind him. But nothing from Tucker on this.
McCarthy said he'd be giving access to the video to others besides Tucker. I'm not hearing anything more about it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2023 06:27 PM (fs1hN)

226 Maybe. She's young, and she wants to be liked, like most college kids do. I hope I'm wrong, but I think she'll waver.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:25 PM (d2bW3)

Maybe. Seems she was really mugged by reality though.

Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:27 PM (pwExq)

227 Also, for those who are thinking hooboy Jim Jordan is after DA Bragg now he's in for it, Bragg is suing Jordan now.

See my point above about leftwing Soros prosecutors and consequences.
Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:20 PM (pwExq)

We all know what a great legal mind Bragg is... My money's on Jordan.

Posted by: LASue at April 11, 2023 06:28 PM (Ed8Zd)

228 Wyatt:
" Hope you get out okay with full pension and retire to FL. "

Seconded!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:28 PM (KGlll)

229 >>As to the Mayor Goode/Move thing - I lived in the 'burbs and Sue 'Africa' lived about six houses away from me. My Dad was a firefighter as was her Dad.

My father was there, too. Engine 3 in South Philly. He had no idea why they were bringing in his engine, but he said it was a surreal day/night.

570 days and I'm out. Cannot wait.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:28 PM (d2bW3)

230 I'm guessing Tucker was told to stand down. One piece of video I'd love to see would be where there appears to be someone on the inside, probably undercover LEO, appearing to signal to the camera then the Capitol doors opening up behind him. But nothing from Tucker on this.
McCarthy said he'd be giving access to the video to others besides Tucker. I'm not hearing anything more about it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 11, 2023 06:27 PM (fs1hN)
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There had to have been securecams in the hallway where Achli was shot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2023 06:28 PM (2hlEI)

231 or WI!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:29 PM (KGlll)

232 >>>Maybe. Seems she was really mugged by reality though.

Posted by: blaster

I guess my point is linked to the school. If she stays at that shite hole, she'll fold. If she leaves, then she did the right thing.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:29 PM (d2bW3)

233 Maybe. She's young, and she wants to be liked, like most college kids do. I hope I'm wrong, but I think she'll waver.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:25 PM (d2bW3)

++++++++

It's like that famous picture of the one German guy in the crowd standing there with his arms crossed while everybody else salutes. I don't think anybody knows who the guy was, but I'm pretty sure he probably yelled at kids to get off his lawn. There is usually a baskets of traits that are grouped together. Disagreeable people are disagreeable and you don't turn that off after the NAZI defying photo has been taken.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:29 PM (vDj4Y)

234 Why shouldn't Abbott just get the key and let that guy out of the can? It seems that the new rules for the libtards is to not follow the actual legal stuff and do what feels right.

Posted by: Roy at April 11, 2023 06:29 PM (rqgpJ)

235 The TX Constitution constrains Governor Abbot's pardon power. Want to bet that was because a previous Democrat Governor abused the power of the pardon so badly, they changed their TX Constitution?
Posted by: anon at April 11, 2023 06:11 PM (Z32m1)

The current Constitution was written shortly after Reconstruction, so yeah, they wanted to stop abuse of power.
It's why there is the "fiefdoms" as someone called it.

Keeps the carpetbaggers from immediately making the entire state unlivable as soon as they harvest enough votes.

Posted by: Lumpy at April 11, 2023 06:30 PM (SSslR)

236 You could make a gag reel hours long of cops saying the dumbest fucking things. However, I don't imagine I'd do any better under the circumstances. My favorite is the cop who tells the guy to get his ID and then shoots him for moving to get his ID.
Posted by: DFCtomm

When I deal with cops, I move like a lethargic sloth.

Pull me over, and both hands are gripping the wheel ALWAYS. I smile, make eye contact, but move SLOWLY. Want to see DL and Registration? I explain exactly where they are, in my wallet up on the dash, and tell him I am reaching for them BEFORE I reach.

Hands back on the wheel. And I say little or NOTHING. "Do you know why I pulled you over?" No officer. "Search the car (never happened yet)?" No. You do not have my permission. I do not consent to any searches. Am I free to go?

Want me to exit the car? Yes Officer, but I have a Leatherman Multi tool on my right side belt, and a cell on my right hip too. What do you want me to do with them?

I have been very lucky. Last two times I was pulled over? 82 in a 60, and 68 in a 55. Verbal warnings.

Posted by: anon at April 11, 2023 06:30 PM (Z32m1)

237 >>>There is usually a baskets of traits that are grouped together. Disagreeable people are disagreeable and you don't turn that off after the NAZI defying photo has been taken.

Posted by: DFCtomm

I assume that man was murdered, but he was definitely a hero.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:30 PM (d2bW3)

238 >>McCarthy said he'd be giving access to the video to others besides Tucker. I'm not hearing anything more about it.

McCarthy said his staff is going through all 40+ thousand hours and taking out anything that might compromise security but the rest will be released to everyone.

He was pretty clear that he thinks everyone should have access to as much of the evidence as possible. We shall see if he follows through.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2023 06:31 PM (ZLI7S)

239 The GOP losing power in Texas is not "just some battle." I have lived in Texas, I love Texas, and my son was born in Texas. This will be taken care of by Texas rules.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:21 PM (Lzpvj)

If Texas rules means sacrificing Daniel Perry, just to keep Abbott as a Governor that can't do anything as Governor ? Then to Hell with Texas.

Posted by: Pina Colada at April 11, 2023 06:31 PM (zigsb)

240 This what justice is when degenerate totalitarians hold power.
You will not voting your way out of it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 11, 2023 06:31 PM (5Bb/H)

241 Disagreeable people are disagreeable and you don't turn that off after the NAZI defying photo has been taken.
Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:29 PM (vDj4Y)

You might if the stormtroopers wade into the crowd, pull you out, and curbstomp you.

Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:31 PM (pwExq)

242 Point of Order: When Rendell bombed Philly, he was the DA. Mayor Goode was, as usual, just a doofus along for the ride.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2023 06:31 PM (oINRc)

243 NOOD hits.

Posted by: Catherine at April 11, 2023 06:32 PM (ZSsrh)

244 >>>I have been very lucky. Last two times I was pulled over? 82 in a 60, and 68 in a 55. Verbal warnings.

Posted by: anon

Unless they are shooting out of their vehicle, I never gave doctors or nurses tickets. Ever. They may remember me if I get shot.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at April 11, 2023 06:32 PM (d2bW3)

245 Was a dark elf involved?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 11, 2023 06:33 PM (ufFY8)

246 This is exactly why I left that utter shithole city of Austin.

May everyone there burn in Hell, both the one that they created for themselves in Travis County and in the life hereafter.

Of course, Perry's lawyer is pure incompetent garbage too.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 11, 2023 06:33 PM (YXHzG)

247 She’s definitely a breath of fresh ass

lol

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 11, 2023 06:33 PM (KFhLj)

248 New Thread Alert!

Posted by: Dad of Six at April 11, 2023 06:34 PM (VpZau)

249 wise man, anon ...
been years since I talked to a cop, but that's pretty much my plan ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 11, 2023 06:36 PM (KGlll)

250
I have been very lucky. Last two times I was pulled over? 82 in a 60, and 68 in a 55. Verbal warnings.

Posted by: anon at April 11, 2023 06:30 PM

Don't visit Delaware. Got blindsided by a truck while passing a speed limit sign. 10 mph over, which is what the limit was 200 feet before stop. You'd a thought I committed a heinous crime involving children.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 11, 2023 06:36 PM (enJYY)

251 235 Posted by: Lumpy at April 11, 2023 06:30 PM (SSslR)

The hamstringing of the governor compared to other states is largely the result of overt democrat corruption stemming back to the 1900s ongoing through the 40s.

There was a sincere and statewide reform effort that was needed or Texas was going to be as bad if not worse than Louisiana under Huey Long.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:37 PM (Lzpvj)

252 So much Abbott concern.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 06:43 PM (Vwz3I)

253 You might if the stormtroopers wade into the crowd, pull you out, and curbstomp you.
Posted by: blaster at April 11, 2023 06:31 PM (pwExq)

++++++++

That's my point. He was that stubborn and disagreeable that he did it at a NAZI event. He was a disagreeable beast, and probably a dick, and yet a hero.

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 11, 2023 06:44 PM (vDj4Y)

254 252 Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 11, 2023 06:43 PM (Vwz3I)

Superman spit on the sidewalk in Superman IV I never grasped why my father did not beat his ass...

I mean dad is a pretty good brawler so...

I think the constant dogging on the handicapped guy is awesome too....

real klass with a k.

Posted by: sven at April 11, 2023 06:45 PM (Lzpvj)

255 "The hamstringing of the governor compared to other states is largely the result of overt democrat corruption stemming back to the 1900s ongoing through the 40s."

Thanks sven, my Texas government class didn't get that detailed.

Posted by: Lumpy at April 11, 2023 06:51 PM (SSslR)

256 237
I assume that man was murdered, but he was definitely a hero.

Drafted into the Wehrmacht, disappeared in Yugoslavia in 1944.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 11, 2023 07:07 PM (roH4R)

257 Ace, you might want to read Andrew Branca's take on the trial and verdict before just shooting off about it. Given several elements (including not testifying himself) Perry might have deserved what he got from the jury, in a purely legal sense.

It's why folks on the Gun Thread talk about making sure you're ready in several ways beyond mere shooting ability for a self-defense situation.

Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2023 07:10 PM (NJ9MR)

258 Greg Abbott is a gutless piece of dogshit. And that concludes the good things I have to say about him...

Between the worthless Governor, and crooked asswipe of a House Speaker, it's a wonder Republican't pols can get elected in this State. Dumb bastards haven't even banned The Machines yet, and still allow Mail-In Voting. And that's after two election cycles in which Harris, Tarrant, Dallas, Travis, and Bexar Counties cheated their collective asses off...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at April 11, 2023 07:14 PM (c7Cz0)

259 And as Rome burned, Governor Abbott decided to wait on the fire department, even though he had a water truck with hoses right nearby.
"It's about letting the system play out," he assured onlookers who kept glancing at the water truck and back to him.

And this, ladies and gents, is exactly why we lose. Abbott is quickly becoming the Trey Gowdy of Republican leaders. What a crock!

2020: NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE.

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