Rep. Stefanik Files Legal Complaint Against Merchan, Alleging His Selection to Judge <i>Three Separate Trump Trials</i> Was Obviously Rigged

Rep. Stefanik Files Legal Complaint Against Merchan, Alleging His Selection to Judge Three Separate Trump Trials Was Obviously Rigged

There are hundreds and hundreds of criminal judges in Manhattan.

The odds that the same hardcore partisan and corrupt judge gets assigned all three?

"Hand-picked judge," Jonathan Turley calls him.

Elise Stefanik files complaint against Juan Merchan alleging assignment over Trump case wasn't "random"
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Quick Hit:
New York Rep. and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik has filed a misconduct complaint against New York Judge Juan Merchan, alleging that his assignment to oversee Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial and other cases involving Trump's allies is not random. Stefanik's complaint calls for an investigation into whether the required random selection process was followed.
Key Details:
Stefanik's complaint alleges potential misconduct related to the repeated assignment of Justice Merchan, a Democrat Party donor, to criminal cases related to Trump and his allies.
Justice Merchan presides over the criminal case against Trump brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the criminal trial against the Trump Organization, and the upcoming criminal trial of Steve Bannon.
Stefanik argues that the probability of three specific criminal cases being assigned to the same justice is infinitesimally small, suggesting that the selection process may not have been random.
Diving Deeper:
Stefanik's complaint, filed with the inspector general of the New York State Unified Court System, calls for an investigation into whether the required random selection process was followed in assigning Justice Merchan to these cases. She notes that there were at least two dozen sitting justices eligible to oversee the cases, yet Merchan, an acting justice, was selected for all three related to Trump and his allies.

Meanwhile: the impact of this fake trial on the election?

Also zero point zero percent.

After all the testimony in Trump's hush money case, the effect on the public has been zero. Voters simply just don't care that much. They are far more tuned into news about inflation, immigration, etc. than Trump's trials.

Unsurprisingly, Trump small lead over Biden is holding. pic.twitter.com/6AjCHy4doD
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) May 29, 2024

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:22 PM

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1 I'll alert the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2024 01:22 PM (O7YUW)

2 No shit.

Posted by: huerfano at May 29, 2024 01:22 PM (VGOMa)

3 1st

Posted by: GF at May 29, 2024 01:22 PM (tUCgX)

4 NOODing duties performed.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2024 01:22 PM (O7YUW)

5 5s

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (CIS44)

6 What's her standing?

Serious question. She's not a NY resident and has not been directly harmed by the obvious corruption in NY.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (d04cU)

7 last

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

8 Right, she *IS* NY. I forgot. Ignore me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (d04cU)

9 After all the testimony in Trump's hush money case, the effect on the public has been zero. Voters simply just don't care that much. They are far more tuned into news about inflation, immigration, etc. than Trump's trials.

Unsurprisingly, Trump small lead over Biden is holding.

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"His support will go to zero once he's in chains!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

10 Oh, slightly higher than 0.0%, but rounds there nicely.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (ynpvh)

11 I don't think any of this shit stands on appeal...but that's not the point...their primary mission has been accomplished.

Posted by: BignJames at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (AwYPR)

12 Also it's completely normal for a perfectly healthy person to fall asleep with a pillow over your face and suddenly die isn't it?

Maybe when we get rid of Trump things will go back to normal.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (cyfV/)

13 New York Rep. and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik has filed a misconduct complaint against New York Judge Juan Merchan, alleging that his assignment to oversee Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial and other cases involving Trump's allies is not random. Stefanik's complaint calls for an investigation into whether the required random selection process was followed.
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Why Merchan? Is she alleging that he manipulated the system to get these cases, as opposed to others manipulating the system to ensure he got these cases?

If Merchan "just so happened" to get these cases but didn't manipulate it himself, is the liability his?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (d04cU)

14 Ignore me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Nice to have your permission, but hardly necessary.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (v6JzV)

15 11 I don't think any of this shit stands on appeal...but that's not the point...their primary mission has been accomplished.

Posted by: BignJames at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (AwYPR)

If they put him in jail, they'll try to kill him.
"Oops! We put him in with MS-13 gangster!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

16 "They gonna put y'all in chains" was more projection wasn't it. They're actually gonna put our candidate in chains.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (cyfV/)

17 11 I don't think any of this shit stands on appeal...but that's not the point...their primary mission has been accomplished.
Posted by: BignJames at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (AwYPR)

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They want a headline, just like they wanted a Trump mugshot.

Also, Trump made more money off that mugshot than Democrats did.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (GBKbO)

18 Stefanik's complaint, filed with the inspector general of the New York State Unified Court System, calls for an investigation into whether the required random selection process was followed in assigning Justice Merchan to these cases.
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Sure thing, toots. We'll get right on that.

:: makes exaggerated jerk-off motion ::

Posted by: New York State Unified Court System Inspector General at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (d04cU)

19 There are hundreds and hundreds of criminal judges in Manhattan.
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But now there is mainly one "criminal judge".

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (krQz2)

20 Why Merchan? Is she alleging that he manipulated the system to get these cases, as opposed to others manipulating the system to ensure he got these cases?

If Merchan "just so happened" to get these cases but didn't manipulate it himself, is the liability his?

Merchan's the sort of low-IQ hack that would probably give up whoever the manipulators were to save his own bacon, even if he wasn't in actual danger. I think that's probably her play.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (2ocoG)

21 16 "They gonna put y'all in chains" was more projection wasn't it. They're actually gonna put our candidate in chains.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (cyfV/)

And us eventually, if they can.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (ynpvh)

22 I mean if the left isn't judge shopping then they are losing...

Posted by: Inogame at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (53oGX)

23 Right, she *IS* NY. I forgot. Ignore me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Hard to ignore you; but, easy to grin a bit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (eK932)

24 Trump would be the head of MS-13 by the end of the first week and rename it DJT-47

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (cyfV/)

25 don't think any of this shit stands on appeal...but that's not the point...their primary mission has been accomplished.
Posted by: BignJames
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It's a tax.

Posted by: Justice Roberts at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (asezS)

26 Meanwhile: the impact of this fake trial on the election?

Also zero point zero percent.

But President Biden's post-conviction prime-time speech hasn't even been broadcast yet! That will move the needle.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (a3Q+t)

27 24 Trump would be the head of MS-13 by the end of the first week and rename it DJT-47
Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (cyfV/)

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It's the taco bowls.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

28 They want a headline, just like they wanted a Trump mugshot.

Also, Trump made more money off that mugshot than Democrats did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (GBKbO)
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They want a banner they can hand to their mindless hoard.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (krQz2)

29 After all the testimony in Trump's hush money case, the effect on the public has been zero. Voters simply just don't care that much. They are far more tuned into news about inflation, immigration, etc. than Trump's trials.
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"Years of constant railroading and naked corruption doesn't have the hoped-for effect once the game becomes clear."

Posted by: Common Sense Rules, Volume XXIV at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (d04cU)

30 The assignment isn't as egregious as the violation of laws by the judge.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (I0KAP)

31 "Oops! We put him in with MS-13 gangster!"

That would signal the end of MS13.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (Z8Yh2)

32 I don't know if it will do any good, for good for her!. Elise Stefanik seems like a smart woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (XkYcA)

33 18 Stefanik's complaint, filed with the inspector general of the New York State Unified Court System, calls for an investigation into whether the required random selection process was followed in assigning Justice Merchan to these cases.
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Sure thing, toots. We'll get right on that.

:: makes exaggerated jerk-off motion ::

Posted by: New York State Unified Court System Inspector General at May 29, 2024 01:25 PM (d04cU)

https://youtu.be/rwIJlEsIVZQ&t=11s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (ynpvh)

34 I don’t know how someone controlled you.
They bought and sold you.
I look at the world and notice it’s burning….

Posted by: While My Lamppost Gently Weeps at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (Y8lzz)

35 Is she literally the only person that could file this complaint?

How about the head of the Repub party in NY?

Was this done weeks ago?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (2fIO4)

36 6 What's her standing?

Serious question. She's not a NY resident and has not been directly harmed by the obvious corruption in NY.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (d04cU)

Is she not a representative form NY?

Posted by: Inogame at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (53oGX)

37 So what?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (8Ep58)

38 Judge Merchan's birth name is Judge Merchanameha.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (cyfV/)

39 6 What's her standing?

Serious question. She's not a NY resident and has not been directly harmed by the obvious corruption in NY.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (d04cU)

She's a NY rep for the 21st district ...

Posted by: browndog lives in WNY at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (TTAGa)

40 From

Posted by: Inogame at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (53oGX)

41 30 The assignment isn't as egregious as the violation of laws by the judge.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (I0KAP)

Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (Akjoo)

42 "She's from New York!"
-Amy Schumer

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

43 I don’t know about NY but in many courts an initial case may be randomly assigned but subsequently or collaterally related cases are directed toward the same judge. Merchan was no doubt handpicked but I’d be careful about this standing alone serving as a basis for any action against him.

Posted by: 7man at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (7HIPz)

44 Why now? What took you so long, sugar tits?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (YRsIm)

45 Merchan's instructions to the jury covered in detail bye Jonathan Turley, X thread unrolled as an ordinary webpage:
https://tinyurl.com/yfsbaxac
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I am back in the courtroom for the instructions.

...This judge has stated that he wants to stay close to the standard instructions. The problem is that this case is anything but standard. We will be looking for some of the outstanding issues, particularly on the standard of proof for key elements like "unlawful means." ...

...Yesterday was chilling as the judge allowed the prosecutors to engage in what some of us view as highly improper arguments. That included effectively testifying on facts not in the record. Merchan's view of "argument" was considerably broader for the prosecution than the defense. For the prosecutors making objections, the strike zone seemed like it stretched from dugout to dugout. For the defense, it seemed the size of a postage stamp...

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (ZdexC)

46 They want a banner they can hand to their mindless hoard.
Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (krQz2)
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Yup. This is for their base, and to warn anyone who might work for Trump what fate awaits them.

They wouldn't mind throwing him in prison, of course. Many would love that hugely. But this slow-motion railroading on all fronts is likely sending the message they want to send.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (d04cU)

47 >> I don't think any of this shit stands on appeal...but that's not the point...their primary mission has been accomplished.

Has it? Their primary mission was to tie Trump up and smear him with all sorts of bullshit legal cases to bring down his popularity and hamper his campaigning.

They certainly have hampered his campaign schedule but I see zero evidence these trials are making him less popular. Just the opposite. Trump continues to climb in the polls including in the traditional swing states and even states like Virginia.

Aside from the hard left the one thing most Americans agree on is basic fairness. Even people who don't particularly like Trump can see this is corrupt and hurting not just Trump but the country.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (LkLld)

48
Meanwhile: the impact of this fake trial on the election?

In my case, if I drive up to the polls and there is a line snaking around the building, I'm not going home. If Trump persevered through this bullshit the least I can do is wait in line for hours.

Pennsylvania is gonna put him over the top again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM)

49 24 Trump would be the head of MS-13 by the end of the first week and rename it DJT-47
Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:26 PM (cyfV/)

Good news, the Feds would finally start prosecuting them...

Posted by: Inogame at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (53oGX)

50 Right, she *IS* NY. I forgot. Ignore me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM

We can haz more Mannix women artworks like the last one?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (a3Q+t)

51 Tanned rested and ready. Put me in coach.

Posted by: Judge kamanawanaleia at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (d7sWu)

52 Why Merchan? Is she alleging that he manipulated the system to get these cases, as opposed to others manipulating the system to ensure he got these cases?

If Merchan "just so happened" to get these cases but didn't manipulate it himself, is the liability his?

Even if it can't be proven that Merchan's selection in all three cases isn't just a statistical anomaly, one would have thought the judicial system would have said "nah, it looks too fishy, let's find someone else".

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (xCA6C)

53 Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM

Good for you. That's a positive attitude.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (XkYcA)

54 Mara Salvatrumpa

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (BpZ5k)

55 44 Why now? What took you so long, sugar tits?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (YRsIm)

When the opposition is making a mistake, it's stupid to point it out too soon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (ynpvh)

56 Howcome any GOP legislators who have any balls are the GOP legislators with no balls?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (pohLc)

57 6 What's her standing?

Serious question. She's not a NY resident and has not been directly harmed by the obvious corruption in NY.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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She is a House of Representatives member from upstate NY. To do that, she most clearly has standing as residing in NY.

Most other ethics statutes allow citizen complaints which grant them specific standing via statute.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (PkS4e)

58
Republicans have a sacred duty to support Judge Merchan and any other noble representative of the One-Party God-State.

Posted by: The Severely Conservative Editors of National Review at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (KRtlO)

59 See this big iron on my hip? I'm gonna take dead aim and shoot myself in this here foot!

Posted by: DNC at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (2UnvF)

60 50 Right, she *IS* NY. I forgot. Ignore me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM

We can haz more Mannix women artworks like the last one?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (a3Q+t)

I gotchoo, fam.

Posted by: MTG at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (BpZ5k)

61 What's her standing?

Serious question. She's not a NY resident and has not been directly harmed by the obvious corruption in NY.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (d04cU)

NY state is charging Trump with a federal felony. What's THEIR standing?

If we're blurring the state/federal line, then let's fucking blur it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (/nCD+)

62 Meanwhile: the impact of this fake trial on the election?
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Dems are hoping that if there are enough lines voters have to cross, he'll lose support. I think he will lose a fraction of support if he's pronounced guilty.

And he might not get that back even if the SCOTUS does a unanimous reversal.

People are like that.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (krQz2)

63 I know people who don't like Trump who want to see his ass fry at any cost because he's a "felon" and no "felon" has ever been elected president.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (cyfV/)

64 BREAKING: Of the Thousands and Thousands of Criminal Judges in Manhattan, Merchan Wins Lottery to Throw the Switch for the Electric Chair in Trump's Forthcoming Execution.

Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Biden's Two-State Solution is Michigan & Minnesota at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (7hB4z)

65 There is not corruption going on here!

Posted by: Captain Renault at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (tT6L1)

66 Even if it can't be proven that Merchan's selection in all three cases isn't just a statistical anomaly, one would have thought the judicial system would have said "nah, it looks too fishy, let's find someone else".
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (xCA6C)
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But is there a legal *obligation* for the judge to do that?

In terms of propriety, he certainly should, but is it required?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (d04cU)

67 Elise Stefanik has a certain cuddly attractiveness.

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (v0R5T)

68 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (vFG9F)

69 Stefanik's complaint, filed with the inspector general of the New York State Unified Court System, calls for an investigation into whether the required random selection process was followed in assigning Justice Merchan to these cases.
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Yeah.
This is retarded.
Like GA ran the same unexamined ballots through the same scanners surprising everyone with the same result.
Like telling the fat Italian in a jogging suit the new, in-box TVs he's selling are stolen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2024 01:31 PM (Dbbjl)

70 Aside from the hard left the one thing most Americans agree on is basic fairness. Even people who don't particularly like Trump can see this is corrupt and hurting not just Trump but the country.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Dennis Quaid for example cited that as a reason that he is voting for Trump.

The smart elites are beginning to fear the same thing might be used against them. Doesn't help that Dems dropped their historic support for Israel on behalf of Ham Ass terrorists probably due to funding.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 01:31 PM (PkS4e)

71 68 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
Posted by: fd at

He got 86ed.

Again. He will be back though.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2024 01:31 PM (8Ep58)

72 61 What's her standing?

Serious question. She's not a NY resident and has not been directly harmed by the obvious corruption in NY.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM (d04cU)

NY state is charging Trump with a federal felony. What's THEIR standing?

If we're blurring the state/federal line, then let's fucking blur it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (/nCD+)

Didn't we fight a war over the fed/state boundary?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (ynpvh)

73 What's her standing?
Serious question.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:23 PM

Serious answer: Whatever we say it is.

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge #7 at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (a3Q+t)

74 When the guilty verdict comes down Trump's Lawyers are gonna go to the SCOTUS with an immediate appeal... If they rule in Trump's favor say 6-3 or 5-4 the media is gonna go ballistic... Which makes me believe they will not take the case
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:21 PM (Akjoo)

Roberts will do everything in his power up to and including putting thallium in Clarence Thomas' food to make sure SCOTUS passes the buck.

He is a water-spined coward and traitor of the first order.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (Q0kLU)

75 1/n*(n-1)*(n-2)
n = #judges

https://i.___flip.com/4n533j.jpg

Posted by: DaveA at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (FhXTo)

76 68 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (vFG9F)

He's coordinating "the message" with Blago ...

Posted by: browndog lives in WNY at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (TTAGa)

77 Should have made this complaint a hell of a lot earlier

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (ufFY8)

78 Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (xCA6C)

They want you to know. And they want you to know they want you to know.

Kind of like the 2020 toilet trouble "election"

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (cyfV/)

79 They certainly have hampered his campaign schedule but I see zero evidence these trials are making him less popular. Just the opposite. Trump continues to climb in the polls including in the traditional swing states and even states like Virginia.

Aside from the hard left the one thing most Americans agree on is basic fairness. Even people who don't particularly like Trump can see this is corrupt and hurting not just Trump but the country.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2024

Hey dems let's maybe tone it down a notch.

Posted by: Paul wellstone funeral at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (d7sWu)

80 Even if it can't be proven that Merchan's selection in all three cases isn't just a statistical anomaly, one would have thought the judicial system would have said "nah, it looks too fishy, let's find someone else".
Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2024 01:29 PM (xCA6C)
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But is there a legal *obligation* for the judge to do that?

In terms of propriety, he certainly should, but is it required?

No, I wouldn't think so.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (xCA6C)

81 68 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (vFG9F)

I thought CBD ban-hammered him in the ONT or something...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (ynpvh)

82 It's too bad Merchan will face no consequences.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (JLq/1)

83 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
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He got the banhammer yesterday.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM (ZdexC)

84 When the guilty verdict comes down Trump's Lawyers are gonna go to the SCOTUS with an immediate appeal... If they rule in Trump's favor say 6-3 or 5-4 the media is gonna go ballistic... Which makes me believe they will not take the case
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:21 PM (Akjoo)
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They refused cases in 2020, so there's no reason to expect that they'll take them in 2024.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM (d04cU)

85 69 Like GA ran the same unexamined ballots through the same scanners surprising everyone with the same result.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2024 01:31 PM (Dbbjl)

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Apparently the video evidence of this is untrustworthy because Gateway Pundit talked about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM (GBKbO)

86 I would think that the number of people thinking they'd vote for him if acquitted but not if convicted is fairly close to zero. People have already made up their minds on this.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM (2UnvF)

87 In other news, Big Tit Donna has been sighted with Nice Bod Brooke, which is nice.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM (ufFY8)

88 I thought CBD ban-hammered him in the ONT or something...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (ynpvh)

Did he ???

I missed that blessed event ... damn.

Posted by: browndog lives in WNY at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM (TTAGa)

89 68 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (vFG9F)

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CBD banned him when he came into the FBI thread yesterday with "Back the blue" sarcasm.

CBD apparently had had enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

90 Dems are hoping that if there are enough lines voters have to cross, he'll lose support. I think he will lose a fraction of support if he's pronounced guilty.

And he might not get that back even if the SCOTUS does a unanimous reversal.

People are like that.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (krQz2)

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Some are speculating that those could be more than offset by blacks -- especially males -- who would find Trump an empathetic figure. [Not sure myself.]

#OrangeMandelaBad!

Posted by: ShainS -- Biden's Two-State Solution is Michigan & Minnesota at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (7hB4z)

91 Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 01:28 PM (RKVpM

Good for you. That's a positive attitude.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

We can't have that here. DbZ's flirting with the ban-hammer if he doesn't adopt a poorer attitude.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (v6JzV)

92 He will be back though.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Nurse now known as a 'kill joy'...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (eK932)

93 In other news, Big Tit Donna has been sighted with Nice Bod Brooke, which is nice.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop
.......

are they making out?

Posted by: wth at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (v0R5T)

94 "He got the banhammer yesterday.
Posted by: andycanuck"

Awww. Well, will you call me a cultist then?

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (vFG9F)

95 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM

Why so sad?

Posted by: Big Penguin at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (a3Q+t)

96 CBD 's banhammer must leave a mark.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (JLq/1)

97 He is a water-spined coward and traitor of the first order.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (Q0kLU)
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You, YD and MadamMayhem really know how to put together the most pungent posts.

Thank you.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (tT6L1)

98 And Curvy Katie walked in showing a lot of leg, completing the Big Tit Sisters trifecta.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (ufFY8)

99
He got the banhammer yesterday.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:33 PM

Ha! Good. I saw CBD give him fair warning, then he continued as if he didn't care.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 01:35 PM (RKVpM)

100 Dayum, it's raining the proverbial felines and canines.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 29, 2024 01:35 PM (xCA6C)

101 63 I know people who don't like Trump who want to see his ass fry at any cost because he's a "felon" and no "felon" has ever been elected president.
Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (cyfV/)

True.

Posted by: Chlamydia Thundershart at May 29, 2024 01:35 PM (d7sWu)

102 elites are beginning to fear the same thing might be used against them. Doesn't help that Dems dropped their historic support for Israel on behalf of Ham Ass terrorists probably due to funding.
==
They showed their hand. Now it's not possible to use misdirection/deception to keep control. They will have to use coercion. Force. This is the beginning of a messy ending.

Posted by: Occam's National Razor at May 29, 2024 01:35 PM (asezS)

103 You'll notice that no one files such accusations towards the DC Court System, which, obviously, hand selects judges rather than using what they term the "random" jurist selection process.

If you try a change of venue in that court system they leave a horse head in your bed.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2024 01:35 PM (dIske)

104 94 "He got the banhammer yesterday.
Posted by: andycanuck"

Awww. Well, will you call me a cultist then?

Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (vFG9F)

https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:35 PM (ynpvh)

105 My closing argument would have been; "Keep this in mind - if you vote to convict Trump, then he is certain to win re-election. Everyone will point at you for that happening."

Yeah, there would have been an objection and this judge would sustain it (Counsel! This is not a political event!), but you can't unring a bell.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 29, 2024 01:36 PM (zSyrn)

106 96 CBD 's banhammer must leave a mark.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (JLq/1)

Well, I hear it's ribbed. For CBD's pleasure.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:36 PM (ynpvh)

107 Montec was banned???

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2024 01:36 PM (yz0Lx)

108 fd, cultist at large. Coming to a blog near you soon!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (tT6L1)

109 1/n*(n-1)*(n-2)
n = #judges ...
Posted by: DaveA at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (FhXTo)
++++
I strongly suspect that judge-selection systems are not programmatic. No random distribution, no round-robin, etc. "Judge-shopping" has been a thing forever, and not just in NY.

I suspect that judge-selection systems are, like elections systems, designed to be manipulated.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (d04cU)

110 WHICH THREAD?!

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (yz0Lx)

111 But is there a legal *obligation* for the judge to do that?

In terms of propriety, he certainly should, but is it required?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Depends on the statute but ultimately the appellate courts can make the call. Merchan's behavior during the trials also can be scrutinized plus jury instructions as well as evidence rulings.

Most common grounds for a granted appeal is bad jury instructions given to the jury. Depending on NY case law, it is possible that his refusal to require the jury to find all the elements of an alleged offense unanimously might be the key.

Scotus already requires a unanimous jury on all elements of the criminal charge (US v. Gaudin) in federal charges and the recent Ramos v. Louisiana case that now requires unanimous verdicts in state courts probably applies that reasoning to NY cases as well regardless of NY law.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (PkS4e)

112 "Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet."

Ask Belair, he seems nice.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (Z8Yh2)

113 I'm beginning to think DeNiro is tipping the Deep State's hand. When he said, "Under Trump, this kind of government will perish from the earth," he's really saying, "Trump's going to usurp the status quo forever because we tried to kill the king but we missed. And now Trump's going to expose all that was done - illegally and prejudicially - and the world will finally understand the cesspool of US Federal government and ancillary States."

Trump is the singular entity that can turn over the moneychangers in the temple and make history. That the Uniparty is so bound and determined to see Trump destroyed is all the evidence you really need to understand our failed State. And now Trump might have the popular backing to eviscerate it.

Yeah, I'd say that was existential. Maybe DeNiro stumbled upon that without realizing it... on account of the TDS worms eating his brain.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (aXxgO)

114 They got one of those giant rotating lottery baskets and filled it with ping pong balls each emblazoned with the name Merchan.

And whaddaya know.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (cyfV/)

115 Oops,

Should 1/n^3 since he didn't take himself out of the pool of judges. Actually 1 since they obviously rigged it.

Posted by: DaveA at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (FhXTo)

116 Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (vFG9F)

If you'd like and slip me $20.00 I'll call you a cultist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (XkYcA)

117 112 Ask Belair, he seems nice.
Posted by: Disgusted at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (Z8Yh2)

======

He's obviously Blago, not Montec.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (GBKbO)

118 Some are speculating that those could be more than offset by blacks -- especially males -- who would find Trump an empathetic figure. [Not sure myself.]
---
Man on the street interview, the black man says he's supporting Trump because, "they treating him like a black man."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (Dbbjl)

119 I strongly suspect that judge-selection systems are not programmatic. No random distribution, no round-robin, etc. "Judge-shopping" has been a thing forever, and not just in NY.

I suspect that judge-selection systems are, like elections systems, designed to be manipulated.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Has always been thus. Reason why Southern states often elect clerks of the court as they control a lot of discretionary power.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (PkS4e)

120 ven if it can't be proven that Merchan's selection in all three cases isn't just a statistical anomaly, one would have thought the judicial system would have said "nah, it looks too fishy, let's find someone else".
Posted by: Archimedes

She also put in her compliant issues re: Merchan's daughter who is fundraising off of this trial, etc.

Posted by: Cheri at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (oiNtH)

121 I would normally say it's good that they had to find the same corrupt guy for all three... that they couldn't have just used three different "random" corrupt judges.

But like I said, they want you to know.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (cyfV/)

122 107 Montec was banned???
Posted by: runner at May 29, 2024 01:36 PM (yz0Lx)

Montec was banned ...

Posted by: Carlos Mencia and Amy Schumer at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (TTAGa)

123 I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (v6JzV)

124 Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (vFG9F)

If you'd like and slip me $20.00 I'll call you a cultist.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Don't sell yourself short, inflation you know...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (eK932)

125 123 I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (v6JzV)

=======

Montec > Blago

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (GBKbO)

126 Awww. Well, will you call me a cultist then?
Posted by: fd
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Where are your orange robes, you fooking MOOK?!?!?!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (ZdexC)

127 107 Montec was banned???
Posted by: runner at May 29, 2024 01:36 PM (yz0Lx)

I could pretend to be him

Trump is a stupid poopyhead who said pussy and says stupid things and everyone but you cultists here hates him !

How was that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (Akjoo)

128 121 I would normally say it's good that they had to find the same corrupt guy for all three... that they couldn't have just used three different "random" corrupt judges.

But like I said, they want you to know.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (cyfV/)

Indeed. A message does no good if it's not understood.
Okay, I'm not Johnny Cochran...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

129 Trump has to stay in the courthouse during jury deliberation. I hope they take their time.

If he's convicted on 34 felony charges and doesn't do any time, that might be a world record. His accomplice Cohen only got convicted on eight and did three years.

He won't serve a day in prison. Merchan already put in writing in gag orders that he is taking into account that Trump is a candidate for US POTUS. I like Merchan but he is admitting he is giving Trump more leeway.

Merchan needs to treat him like anyone else. He would not be interfering in the campaign. He is holding him accountable.

He's not "stuck in a room." But he can't leave the building. He just now gave a press conference, once again complaining about how unfair the trial is.

They have a conference/war room of sorts they can retreat to. It's only a press conference because the dickheads want it to be. Even on MSNBC, they read his idiotic complaints. Free BS time for him.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (nGA5U)

130 i really think that any reasonably intelligent reasonably honest person who has been following all this would have to admit "i don't know what the hell was going on"

apparently paying off a porn star to keep quiet is a form of election interference under nys law.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (B1FKF)

131 116 Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (vFG9F)

If you'd like and slip me $20.00 I'll call you a cultist.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM (XkYcA)

Same as in town?

Posted by: Inogame at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (53oGX)

132 It's unfortunate the corrupt, demented degenerate will likely not face honest justice this side of eternity.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (JLq/1)

133 I thought a "show trial" would have had more glitter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (Q4IgG)

134 Where are your orange robes, you fooking MOOK?!?!?!
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (ZdexC)
++++
At the cleaners.

Pro tip: they're nice to wear, but do NOT buy dry-clean-only robes. More trouble than they're worth when you need to wear them every day for the various worship rituals.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (d04cU)

135 How was that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (Akjoo)

You need to add an "lol".

Posted by: spindrift at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (OguvZ)

136 More lettering:

@JDVance1
Judge Juan Merchan's unconstitutional gag order violates President Trump's First Amendment rights and is clearly illegal.

This morning, I sent a letter to the Attorney General requesting that he investigate Merchan's actions and consider prosecution for any criminal wrongdoing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (IG4Id)

137 129 Merchan needs to treat him like anyone else. He would not be interfering in the campaign. He is holding him accountable.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (nGA5U)

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Do they think it's normal for trial courts to tell juries that they don't have to agree on much just that guilt is present?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

138 Geezer Eric is on the couch with the Big Tit Sisters. Sadly, they are simply talking.

Such potential wasted.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (ufFY8)

139 and who cares how many judges were available, most of them would jump at the chance to throw trump in jail

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (B1FKF)

140 110 WHICH THREAD?!

witch thread > which thread

Posted by: anachronda at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (v3pYe)

141 They haven’t proven Trump guilty of anything, but they have proven, beyond all reasonable doubt, that New York is a totalitarian tird world shithole worthy of everyone’s contempt.

Posted by: Ex GOP at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (V3K4b)

142 If you'd like and slip me $20.00 I'll call you a cultist.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:37 PM

Why, them's city prices!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (a3Q+t)

143 @JDVance1
Judge Juan Merchan's unconstitutional gag order violates President Trump's First Amendment rights and is clearly illegal.

This morning, I sent a letter to the Attorney General requesting that he investigate Merchan's actions and consider prosecution for any criminal wrongdoing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (IG4Id)

Yeah... Garland is gonna get right on that...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (Akjoo)

144
I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (v6JzV)

I actually agreed with him on leasing vs owning vehicles. Everything else, not. He definitely was Moo Moo reincarnated.

He'll be back.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (RKVpM)

145 I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

The masochist lives among us!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (eK932)

146 It's too bad Merchan will face no consequences.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:32 PM (JLq/1)

------------

He'll get a 9-figure salary on MSLSD as an Illegal Ill-Analyst and be one of 101 new commie appointments to the newly-stacked SCOTUS as Chief Justice.

Posted by: ShainS -- Biden's Two-State Solution is Michigan & Minnesota at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (Xsosq)

147 I thought a "show trial" would have had more glitter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Or at least jazz hands.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (I0KAP)

148 Yeah, I'd say that was existential. Maybe DeNiro stumbled upon that without realizing it... on account of the TDS worms eating his brain.
---
Many times in history, the curse called down on the enemy is the curse they suffered on themselves.

Also, in this world, good rarely fights evil--it is evil that destroys evil.

So calling down that Trump will end Our Democracy

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (Dbbjl)

149 How come hardcore trolls are unbannable?

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (JLq/1)

150 @127 needs more cowbell ...😃

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (yz0Lx)

151 I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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OH FFS. That is like Ike saying he liked boxing with Tina.

Posted by: Occam's National Razor at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (asezS)

152 DU thinks Merchan is on Trump's side don't they.

"He wrote stuff into the gag orders to help his buddy Trump!!!"

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (cyfV/)

153 Trump is the singular entity that can turn over the moneychangers in the temple and make history. That the Uniparty is so bound and determined to see Trump destroyed is all the evidence you really need to understand our failed State. And now Trump might have the popular backing to eviscerate it.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

This. Remember DJT: They are coming after you, I am just standing in their way.

Posted by: Cheri at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (oiNtH)

154 137 129 Merchan needs to treat him like anyone else. He would not be interfering in the campaign. He is holding him accountable.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (nGA5U

Hahah. Try that accountability thing with my secret toilet server and you'll be eating a bananas foster in the park.

Posted by: Chlamydia Thundershart at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (d7sWu)

155 This implies that maybe they know how this is going to turn out and are planning their next PR attack.

While the trial has had zero effect, the conviction has the possibility to change that. Especially with wall to wall coverage and shrieking post-menopausal View hosts and CNN anchors.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (Ectld)

156 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM (vFG9F)

======

CBD banned him when he came into the FBI thread yesterday with "Back the blue" sarcasm.

CBD apparently had had enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

He'll be back. He's the Average Joe of Scoggs.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (aD39U)

157 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

LOL

These people are delusional.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (ufFY8)

158 Pro tip: they're nice to wear, but do NOT buy dry-clean-only robes. More trouble than they're worth when you need to wear them every day for the various worship rituals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (d04cU)

That's why mine is reversible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (BpZ5k)

159 He'll get a 9-figure salary on MSLSD as an Illegal Ill-Analyst and be one of 101 new commie appointments to the newly-stacked SCOTUS as Chief Justice.
Posted by: ShainS -- Biden's Two-State Solution is Michigan & Minnesota at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (Xsosq)

So there will be consequences?

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (JLq/1)

160 I know this guy who really dislikes Trump, but I think he is actually one of those dinosaurs who's an old style liberal. Hates all the DEI stuff and finds transgenderism bizarre and is a big supporter of Israel. He is in academia (not a Professor) and told me "I don't worship Trump," I said, "Since you're in academia and I'm not, I expect I know lots more Trump voters than you do, and none of them worship Trump." I haven't yet told him I voted for Trump although he probably guessed it, because that might send to me to whatever circle of friends Dante used for betrayal by friends.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (XkYcA)

161 "Stefanik argues that the probability of three specific criminal cases being assigned to the same justice is infinitesimally small, suggesting that the selection process may not have been random."

Yeah, "suggesting" it "may not have been". Who doesn't love the passivity of that alarm bell?

Try, "noting that the selection process is impossibly random."

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (aXxgO)

162 "I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec."

Hannity and Colmes fan, obviously.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (Z8Yh2)

163 147 I thought a "show trial" would have had more glitter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Or at least jazz hands.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (I0KAP)

*** up twinkles ***

Posted by: browndog chases pests at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (TTAGa)

164 I think Trump has been chosen by God. He has survived attacks that very few mortals could survive. There are many examples in the Book of people that should not have survived their trials, but they had divine help. He is a phenomenon.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (pohLc)

165 152 DU thinks Merchan is on Trump's side don't they.

"He wrote stuff into the gag orders to help his buddy Trump!!!"

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (cyfV/)

"He wrote...the gag orders..."
yeah, like he woulda done that to a Hunter Biden...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:44 PM (ynpvh)

166 >>Merchan needs to treat him like anyone else. He would not be interfering in the campaign. He is holding him accountable.

I agree. If Trump was treated like anyone else this trial never would have happened.

Hillary listed her payment for the Steele dossier as a Legal Expenses in her campaign filing. She paid with it using campaign funds not personal funds. She got a fine. No trial, no felony charges.

It's completely unfair that my votes gets cancelled out by someone with the IQ of a very stupid dog turd.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2024 01:44 PM (LkLld)

167 Nothing will happen to Trump's benefit. If a miracle happens and something does, it will happen after it could possibly do any good.

BTW I'm voting for Trump regardless; or if I'm not allowed, taking up arms.

Posted by: Archer at May 29, 2024 01:44 PM (+j1UX)

168 163 147 I thought a "show trial" would have had more glitter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And tunes.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 01:44 PM (JLq/1)

169 The conversation would be different, and probably much shorter, if this entire "trial" weren't a fucking farce from the get go.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 01:44 PM (BpZ5k)

170 Actually, if Biden is re-elected, he really should put Merchan on the Supreme Court. Show that those who do obey are rewarded plus giving the big middle finger to those who don't.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (zSyrn)

171 How was that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (Akjoo)

=====

Accurate.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (DRSnL)

172 158 Pro tip: they're nice to wear, but do NOT buy dry-clean-only robes. More trouble than they're worth when you need to wear them every day for the various worship rituals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (d04cU)

That's why mine is reversible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (BpZ5k)

Underwear can be worn four ways to make them last longer...

Posted by: WV Redneck at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

173
Jews all vote the same.
Trump is worthless.
Republicans don't do anything.
Everything is rigged.
There are some good Republicans but you won't support them.
It's your fault we keep losing.
Buy electric and take the subsidies.
We need to support abortion.
There is no god.
You are cultists.

There. How did I do?

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (cyfV/)

174 152 DU thinks Merchan is on Trump's side don't they.

"He wrote stuff into the gag orders to help his buddy Trump!!!"
Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (cyfV/)

========

"He's leaning over backwards to be fair by telling the jury that they don't have to decide that any law was violated to find him guilty."
-Essentially

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

175 witch thread > which thread

Posted by: anachronda at May 29, 2024 01:41 PM (v3pYe)

---------------

Stevie Nicks thread!

Posted by: ShainS -- Biden's Two-State Solution is Michigan & Minnesota at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (Xsosq)

176 I kinda enjoyed arguing with Montec.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM

* fist bump *

Posted by: The Gimp at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (a3Q+t)

177 Most common grounds for a granted appeal is bad jury instructions given to the jury. Depending on NY case law, it is possible that his refusal to require the jury to find all the elements of an alleged offense unanimously might be the key.
Posted by: whig

Also, Merdechamp refused to give the jury written instructions. He said they have to ask for the court to read them to the jury if they wanted. Which is phucked beyond belief.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (IG4Id)

178 You sort of have to admire the Democrats because they understand how to take and use power.

They dareus to stop them, knowing they can delay and derail all LEGAL attempts to stop them.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (Hkcdp)

179 Merchan is what you get when you can do anything you fucking please, violate every right and law on the books and still keep your job (and get even richer from it too).

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (VTu1l)

180 Underwear can be worn four ways to make them last longer...
Posted by: WV Redneck at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

I that magic underwear ?

Posted by: Pierre Delecto at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (TTAGa)

181 Voters simply just don't care that much. They are far more tuned into news about inflation, immigration, etc. than Trump's trials.
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I think that discounts the voters too much.

I think that more would care, if it weren't mainly Democrat operatives who are majorly concerned that a "felon" could get into the Oval Office.

I think the lack of interest testifies to how obvious what is going on is to people who are aware of its going on.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (krQz2)

182 Do they think it's normal for trial courts to tell juries that they don't have to agree on much just that guilt is present?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (GBKbO)
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Remember, a certain amount of people in this country think bending and breaking the law in order to get the current 10 minutes of hate person is completely justified. they're too short sighted to understand the state, in order to justify their existence, always keeps looking for new enemies, which means they'll eventually be on the list.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (tT6L1)

183 There. How did I do?
Posted by: ...

I think you left out something about stay-at-home moms being trannies.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (v6JzV)

184 He'll be back. He's the Average Joe of Scoggs.
Posted by: G'rump928

-

Montec is the Joe Xiden of Moo Moos

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects the HQ gay hate and hopes they speak out against their abusers at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (W+Xdn)

185 165 152 DU thinks Merchan is on Trump's side don't they.

"He wrote stuff into the gag orders to help his buddy Trump!!!"

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM (cyfV/)

"He wrote...the gag orders..."
yeah, like he woulda done that to a Hunter Biden...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:44 PM (ynpvh)

Well, he wouldn't need gag orders for Kumala at any rate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (ynpvh)

186 This morning, I sent a letter to the Attorney General requesting that he investigate Merchan's actions and consider prosecution for any criminal wrongdoing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 29, 2024 01:40 PM (IG4Id)

________________________________

Enjoy your IRS audit.

Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (dIske)

187 Why Merchan? Is she alleging that he manipulated the system to get these cases, as opposed to others manipulating the system to ensure he got these cases?

If Merchan "just so happened" to get these cases but didn't manipulate it himself, is the liability his?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:24 PM (d04cU)

Merchan oversaw other proceedings directly tied to Trump.

Those cases included the tax-fraud trial against the Trump Organization and proceedings against the former company CFO Allen Weisselberg. Merchan also will preside over the case against Steve Bannon over allegations that the far-right Trump strategist cheated thousands who donated to build sections of a US-Mexico border wall, scheduled for trial in September.

Merchan's gotten ALL of the Trump-related cases.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (/nCD+)

188 Underwear can be worn four ways to make them last longer...

Posted by: WV Redneck at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (ynpvh)
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Saves wear and tear when worn on the head.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (krQz2)

189 Where's Montec? Nobody has called me a cultist today yet.
Posted by: fd at May 29, 2024 01:30 PM

Joe Xiden called and said he's running late. At least I get overtime holding down the fort until he gets here and today is easy since we aren't talking about electric cars today.

Posted by: Electric Vehicle Guy at May 29, 2024 01:47 PM (yOPBE)

190 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

LOL

These people are delusional.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (ufFY

We live in a world where males think they're female, where nail polish and drink semen.

It should not come as a surprise to anyone that some of them express their political beliefs that suggest they are insane.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 29, 2024 01:47 PM (dGCAG)

191 It's okay because Trump is literally Hitler. So they have to be Stalin to counter act. Makes sense if you are a clown.

Posted by: Plainoldtoast at May 29, 2024 01:47 PM (ytSiK)

192
OH FFS. That is like Ike saying he liked boxing with Tina.

Posted by: Occam's National Razor at May 29, 2024 01:42 PM

Reminded me of this:

“It was when I fought Robin in Steve Lott’s apartment. She really offended me and I went BAM. She flew backwards, hitting every wall in the apartment,” Tyson recalled. “That was the best punch I’ve ever thrown in my entire life.”

But Tyson never said 'pussy' in any recognizable fashion so he's better then Trump.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 01:47 PM (RKVpM)

193 Montec is the Joe Xiden of Moo Moos
Posted by: Moron Robbie

And EV shills.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 29, 2024 01:47 PM (eK932)

194 They have a conference/war room of sorts they can retreat to. It's only a press conference because the dickheads want it to be. Even on MSNBC, they read his idiotic complaints. Free BS time for him.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 29, 2024 01:39 PM (nGA5U)

These postings are very useful, makes you realize how unhinged these nuts are.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 29, 2024 01:48 PM (NtVYv)

195 Well, he wouldn't need gag orders for Kumala at any rate.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:46 PM (ynpvh)

I doubt she is capable of such

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:48 PM (cyfV/)

196 Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM (cyfV/)

LOL 98%. Did he actually say that there is no God or only that he doesn't believe in God?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:48 PM (XkYcA)

197 That's why mine is reversible.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (BpZ5k)
++++
Well, well, well.

It looks like we have ourselves a thinker up in here.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:48 PM (d04cU)

198 I remember when we had good trolls. ergastularius , or instance.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 29, 2024 01:48 PM (aD39U)

199 Jews all vote the same.
Trump is worthless.
Republicans don't do anything.
Everything is rigged.
There are some good Republicans but you won't support them.
It's your fault we keep losing.
Buy electric and take the subsidies.
We need to support abortion.
There is no god.
You are cultists.

There. How did I do?
Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:45 PM

You forgot "We're doomed. We're all doomed"

Posted by: Eeyore at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (yOPBE)

200 193 Montec is the Joe Xiden of Moo Moos
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I don't recall Montec bragging how rich he was like Moo Moo did

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Akjoo)

201 Alito just told leftists demanding he recuse over the flag issue to pound sand, he isn't recusing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (LkLld)

202 This brunette in an undersized bikini finds it amusing the process to address official misconduct involves investigatory bodies within the same system as the alleged misconduct:
http://tiny.cc/e87ayz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (d04cU)

203 LOL 98%. Did he actually say that there is no God or only that he doesn't believe in God?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:48 PM (XkYcA)

I would be shocked if he sees a distinction. I fear he lacks both your aptitude and humility.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (cyfV/)

204 201 Alito just told leftists demanding he recuse over the flag issue to pound sand, he isn't recusing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (LkLld)

Yet no libble fury over the REAL conflicts by Kagan and Sotomayor.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (ynpvh)

205 What time did the jury get the case?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (Dm8we)

206 One singular sensation
Every little step Trump takes.
One thrilling combination
Every move that Trump makes.
One smile and suddenly nobody else will do;
You know you'll never be lonely with you know who.
One moment in Trump's presence
And you can forget the rest.
For the guy is second best...

to none!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (ZdexC)

207 Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (LkLld)

Good!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (XkYcA)

208 202 This brunette in an undersized bikini finds it amusing the process to address official misconduct involves investigatory bodies within the same system as the alleged misconduct:
http://tiny.cc/e87ayz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (d04cU)

What's the over/under on that top?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:51 PM (ynpvh)

209 http://tiny.cc/e87ayz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

That's about the stupidest bikini top I've ever seen. Looks painful.

She should take it off immediately.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:51 PM (v6JzV)

210 I dunno. During the BLM Riots, we were told how that was a legitimate form of protest, looting, burning, pillaging. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If NY wants to be known for its lawless, corrupt justice system and juries who will do their bidding, then so be it.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (SyCqh)

211 Since you're in academia and I'm not, I expect I know lots more Trump voters than you do, and none of them worship Trump." I haven't yet told him I voted for Trump although he probably guessed it, because that might send to me to whatever circle of friends Dante used for betrayal by friends.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:43 PM (XkYcA)
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If I have to deal with somebody's fugue from reality like that, I'd just give it back to him and even as much as it grinds on me use "worship of Biden" knowing nobody "worships" Biden.

However, that also has to do with my attunement to reality. I don't have to make up ridiculous caricatures of people who disagree with me.

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (krQz2)

212 CBD banned him when he came into the FBI thread yesterday with "Back the blue" sarcasm.

CBD apparently had had enough

Damn it. I had a vacation planned for next week.

Posted by: Electric Vehicle Guy at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (yOPBE)

213 210 I dunno. During the BLM Riots, we were told how that was a legitimate form of protest, looting, burning, pillaging. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If NY wants to be known for its lawless, corrupt justice system and juries who will do their bidding, then so be it.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (SyCqh)

The ratchet only goes one way.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (ynpvh)

214 Saw Galaxy Quest last night. New nic.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at May 29, 2024 01:53 PM (Z8Yh2)

215 Well, he was obviously too stupid to stop being stupid.

Posted by: runner at May 29, 2024 01:54 PM (yz0Lx)

216 The Dominion Judge Selection System

Posted by: bang-a-gong at May 29, 2024 01:54 PM (f9p2B)

217 Montec was banned
Posted by: Carlos Mencia and Amy Schumer at May 29, 2024 01:38 PM (TTAGa)

John has a long mustache.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 29, 2024 01:54 PM (iODuv)

218 Ultimately, Big Penguin is behind many self-destructive behaviors.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 01:55 PM (a3Q+t)

219 Odds on Bovada betting site:

Conviction on one or more counts: -275

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2024 01:56 PM (Dm8we)

220 I think you left out something about stay-at-home moms being trannies.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Say what, now?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 29, 2024 01:56 PM (4XwPj)

221 Conviction on one or more counts: -275
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Meaning what? I'm not a betting guy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:57 PM (v6JzV)

222 Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (krQz2)

I try to, if I can try to find common ground with people who are Democrats who aren't Marxist leftists. (After all, I spent many years as a Democrat and was never a Marxist) It's good to have friends and even if he really thought I worshipped Trump he didn't tell me that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:57 PM (XkYcA)

223 Meanwhile: the impact of this fake trial on the election?

Also zero point zero percent.

Wait until they throw Trump into a jail cell, which is precisely what they intend to do.

Posted by: Droolin' Joe Biden! at May 29, 2024 01:57 PM (uxCna)

224 Odds on Bovada betting site:

Conviction on one or more counts: -275
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2024 01:56 PM (Dm8we)

That's pretty good money there. I had it at -450

So they've got it at a 73% chance where as I'm at 82%. I could be a handicapper.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 01:57 PM (cyfV/)

225 Say what, now?
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Arguing against Butker's family-life views.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (ZdexC)

226 I mean really, it just shows the complete decay of "academia" as a institution of more disciplined thinking if effusers (professors) simply utter straw men and create needless dichotomies where you either realize Trump is Hitler or you "worship" him.

If "academics" have become so intellectually impoverished that they can't realize logical and categorical errors while they are making them, what good does it do anybody than the interest of Academia itself as whatever social/political force it is?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (krQz2)

227 Conviction on one or more counts: -275
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Meaning what? I'm not a betting guy.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

I believe that means you'd have to put up $275 to win another $100. So conviction is a heavy favorite.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (Dm8we)

228 A lot of voters would turn on Trump if they thought he was a legitimate criminal. But these trials are so ludicrous on their face that no Trump supporter -even an iffy one- is going to dump him if there's a conviction.

Posted by: Wally at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (Tlbii)

229 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 29, 2024 01:56 PM (4XwPj)

Good question. What the heck is that analogy all about?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (XkYcA)

230 So they've got it at a 73% chance where as I'm at 82%. I could be a handicapper.

-

You can park past the EVs.

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (uei2D)

231 >>220 I think you left out something about stay-at-home moms being trannies.

There's a Tilapia and Boxed Wine Joke buried in there.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (pGr5b)

232 I think you left out something about stay-at-home moms being trannies.
==
Yeah. That and : Teachers are the real heroes 🙌

Posted by: Occam's National Razor at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (DcsZW)

233 I think you left out something about stay-at-home moms being trannies.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Say what, now?
Posted by: Madamemayhem

It was some thread where the speech by that KC kicker was being discussed. Montec didn't like the speech, and ended comparing stay-at-home moms to trannies, or something. Don't renenber exactly what was said.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (v6JzV)

234 I think Montec is back under a new name. Not positive yet, so I won't call out the nic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2024 01:59 PM (0FoWg)

235 http://tiny.cc/e87ayz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

The stupid and ugly bikini certainly distracts the viewer from the unfortunate face.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 29, 2024 01:59 PM (4XwPj)

236 Conviction on one or more counts: -275
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Meaning what? I'm not a betting guy.

You would have to be 275 to win 100 (i.e. "conviction" is the favorite)

If a moneyline is something like +200, then for a 100 bet you win 200 (i.e. 2-1 odds)

Posted by: Chuck C at May 29, 2024 01:59 PM (yOPBE)

237 The odds that the same hardcore partisan and corrupt judge gets assigned all three?

Hush. You start questioning that, and you'll start questioning how every one of the big homosexual rights cases in the Ninth Circuit was assigned to a homosexual judge (including one who wasn't out of the closet yet).

It's just random selection!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 29, 2024 02:00 PM (uxCna)

238 This brunette in an undersized bikini finds it amusing the process to address official misconduct involves investigatory bodies within the same system as the alleged misconduct:
http://tiny.cc/e87ayz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (d04cU)

Alternate caption:

Imminent Structural Failure Occurring Within the Next 15 Seconds

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2024 02:00 PM (eDfFs)

239 I dunno. During the BLM Riots, we were told how that was a legitimate form of protest, looting, burning, pillaging. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If NY wants to be known for its lawless, corrupt justice system and juries who will do their bidding, then so be it.
Posted by: Vengeance at May 29, 2024 01:52 PM (SyCqh)

Hope you like extended periods in solitary confinement for the 73 months prior to your trial, sir.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2024 02:00 PM (D7oie)

240
It seems every conversation I hear about Trump starts with "I don't like Trump, but...".

Yes, the amount of garbage they throw at him is astounding.

No, he won't and can't do enough to stop the culture from crumbling.

Posted by: Auspex at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (j4U/Z)

241 Conviction on one or more counts: -275
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Meaning what? I'm not a betting guy.

You would have to be 275 to win 100 (i.e. "conviction" is the favorite)

If a moneyline is something like +200, then for a 100 bet you win 200 (i.e. 2-1 odds)
Posted by: Chuck C at

yes put up 275 to win 100 (minus the vig of course)

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (CIS44)

242 Meanwhile: the impact of this fake trial on the election?

It may have no impact on the voters, but when he gets thrown in prison and the Republicans kick him off the ticket in favor of Haley, it will have had an enormous impact.

Posted by: grillbur at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (s/s6s)

243 He doesn't usually get himself banned and go for a new nic til right around the election... Must be getting crankier as he gets older.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (0FoWg)

244 The corruption continues unabated.

- The COVID bullshit destroyed my faith in the health system
- Afghanistan has destroyed my faith in the Defense establishment
- This kangaroo court in NY has destroyed my faith in American jurisprudence
- Every election in this state since 2000 has destroyed my faith in the election process

Fu* k yu Dems and GOPers. Just Fu*k you!

But, you have not destroyed my faith in the America I grew up in, the America I know, and the Constitution that I swore an oath to uphold.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (W/lyH)

245 200 193 Montec is the Joe Xiden of Moo Moos
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I don't recall Montec bragging how rich he was like Moo Moo did
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Akjoo)

Montec was subtler. He'd poo-poo stuff people said about the economy because it wasn't showing up in his investments.

Still, banning him is ridiculous.

Posted by: Someone has to keep Blago company at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (goiuH)

246 Dennis Quaid came out in favor of Trump. One of his reasons, the weaponization of the legal system. His words. He's an asshole, but he's my asshole.

Posted by: Mnnfidel at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (ewjUl)

247 This brunette in an undersized bikini finds it amusing the process to address official misconduct involves investigatory bodies within the same system as the alleged misconduct:
http://tiny.cc/e87ayz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (d04cU)
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She looks...expensive.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (mUnoX)

248 235 http://tiny.cc/e87ayz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

The stupid and ugly bikini certainly distracts the viewer from the unfortunate face.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at

Jeepers. I bet she has at least three different STDs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (8m2WD)

249 Montec might be back

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 02:02 PM (Akjoo)

250 where you either realize Trump is Hitler

Somebody noted that the Wikipedia article on Adolph Hitler is considerably more favorable towards its subject than the Wikipedia article on Trump.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 29, 2024 02:02 PM (uxCna)

251 Still, banning him is ridiculous.
Posted by: Someone has to keep Blago company
-

hahahaha

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (uei2D)

252 The stupid and ugly bikini certainly distracts the viewer from the unfortunate face.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 29, 2024 01:59 PM

Harsh. VDH-approved.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (a3Q+t)

253 228 A lot of voters would turn on Trump if they thought he was a legitimate criminal. But these trials are so ludicrous on their face that no Trump supporter -even an iffy one- is going to dump him if there's a conviction.

Posted by: Wally at May 29, 2024 01:58 PM (Tlbii)

Voters might turn on Trump if they thought anything of other politicians.

Recognizing that they're all vile scum, nothing they say is going to turn people off of Trump. At worst, he's scum like the rest.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (KbCG3)

254 Somebody noted that the Wikipedia article on Adolph Hitler is considerably more favorable towards its subject than the Wikipedia article on Trump.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Did ya know he was a painter AND played the bassoon?
-Wikipedia

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (CIS44)

255 Jeepers. I bet she has at least three different STDs.

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

This is completely uncalled for and a truly despicable comment

Im pretty sure she only has two

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (VTu1l)

256 Trump made remarks a bit ago and it seems he knows a guilty verdict is coming

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (Akjoo)

257 Well yeah, they’d be more favorable to Adolph. He was actually a Fascist and he didn’t really care for Jews much.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at May 29, 2024 02:04 PM (Y8lzz)

258 I think Montec is back under a new name. Not positive yet, so I won't call out the nic.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2024 01:59 PM

(rattles box of fry cat food)
Electric vehicles are rolling death-traps. Only stupid virtue-signaling people buy them.

Posted by: Chuck C at May 29, 2024 02:04 PM (yOPBE)

259 Did ya know he was a painter AND played the bassoon?
-Wikipedia
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (CIS44)

"Noted dog lover"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 02:04 PM (BpZ5k)

260 Randy Quaid, on the other hand, came out in favor of the "Rent is too damn high" guy, who Randy finds reasonable and understated.

Posted by: Wally at May 29, 2024 02:04 PM (Tlbii)

261 Did ya know he was a painter AND played the bassoon?
-Wikipedia
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (CIS44)
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He could do an entire apartment in one afternoon, two coats!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (mUnoX)

262 AoSHQ collectively wondering where Montec is = Troll Concerning

Heh

Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (Hkcdp)

263 >>"Noted dog lover"

Pioneer in the Vegetarian Lifestyle

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (pGr5b)

264 Zombie WFB Ouija boarded in to say, pinky up, in a guest editorial for our friends over at NR:

"Our body politics is infected and, ex parte, seemly and unreservedly accept these Trump styled antagonists like Madam Stefanik, thus wholly obliging his conquest to reorganize this republic's social milieu. I apologize if my elitest erudition is beyond the kiln of most Americans, but I suppose that one must accept one's limitations in one's approach when one seeks the tutoring of one's inferiors."

Posted by: Boswell at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (K+UlC)

265 Alternate caption:

Imminent Structural Failure Occurring Within the Next 15 Seconds
Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2024 02:00 PM

It was designed by that Florida university?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (a3Q+t)

266 This brunette in an undersized bikini finds it amusing the process to address official misconduct involves investigatory bodies within the same system as the alleged misconduct:
http://tiny.cc/e87ayz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 29, 2024 01:50 PM (d04cU)

When it comes to the brunettes you've featured, I am partial to the one from last week who resembled Kristi Noem. That one may or may not still be an open tab on my phone's browser

Posted by: Doof at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (v6Olo)

267 Did ya know he was a painter AND played the bassoon?

Also a terrific dancer!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (c81o0)

268 This site is so liberal with who it lets stick around, you have to really want it. Eventually trollish people just kick it up to a different gear and beg for it.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (cyfV/)

269 188 Underwear can be worn four ways to make them last longer...

And must be changed ever half hour. And must be worn on the outside, so we can check.

Posted by: El Nuevo Presidente de San Marcos at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (PiwSw)

270 If you look at the data it's obvious that the vast majority of Tesla buyers are older white gay men.

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:06 PM (uei2D)

271 Depends on the statute but ultimately the appellate courts can make the call. Merchan's behavior during the trials also can be scrutinized plus jury instructions as well as evidence rulings.

Most common grounds for a granted appeal is bad jury instructions given to the jury. Depending on NY case law, it is possible that his refusal to require the jury to find all the elements of an alleged offense unanimously might be the key.

Scotus already requires a unanimous jury on all elements of the criminal charge (US v. Gaudin) in federal charges and the recent Ramos v. Louisiana case that now requires unanimous verdicts in state courts probably applies that reasoning to NY cases as well regardless of NY law.
Posted by: whig

Exactly. Merchan did some really dodgy things at the end of the trial, and in his jury instructions. He has really opened himself up for either having this all over turned and/or getting seriously reprimanded by a Superior Court in New York State.
In colloquial terms, he really screwed the pooch.

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 29, 2024 02:06 PM (vcOmj)

272 Posted by: nurse ratched

Did he notice that small roll of flab under her right boob? Ick! Her eyes are too close together and her cheeks are fat! I would bet her caboose is sizable also.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (4XwPj)

273 Did ya know he was a painter AND played the bassoon?
-Wikipedia

Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.

Posted by: Franz Liebkind! at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (uxCna)

274 202 This brunette in an undersized bikini finds it amusing the process to address official misconduct involves investigatory bodies within the same system as the alleged misconduct:
http://tiny.cc/e87ayz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Child bearing hips.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (bQ/08)

275 226 I mean really, it just shows the complete decay of "academia" as a institution of more disciplined thinking if effusers (professors) simply utter straw men and create needless dichotomies where you either realize Trump is Hitler or you "worship" him.

If "academics" have become so intellectually impoverished that they can't realize logical and categorical errors while they are making them, what good does it do anybody than the interest of Academia itself as whatever social/political force it is?
Posted by: Axeman
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Speaking now as a retired member of the academy as such, they are not as bright or as informed as people have given credit for.

Academy, despite its reputation, has little tolerance for the oddball, the eccentric, or the brilliant unless it is accompanied by obeisance to the left. Its actual breadth of safe conversation is significantly less than on any discussion board about issues.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (PkS4e)

276 Montec might be back
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 02:02 PM (Akjoo)

He still can't get approval, and settles for verbal abuse.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (D7oie)

277 AND played the bassoon?

Like that ape in the Clint Eastwood monkey movies?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (c81o0)

278 Wikipedia is the world's greatest repository for identifying Jewish blood in notable people. Doesn't surprise me they don't mind Hitler.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (cyfV/)

279 >>In colloquial terms, he really screwed the pooch.

When your daughter goes off to college...what other choices does a guy have?

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (pGr5b)

280 237 The odds that the same hardcore partisan and corrupt judge gets assigned all three?

Hush. You start questioning that, and you'll start questioning how every one of the big homosexual rights cases in the Ninth Circuit was assigned to a homosexual judge (including one who wasn't out of the closet yet).

It's just random selection!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 29, 2024 02:00 PM (uxCna)

Like evolution!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:07 PM (ynpvh)

281 268 This site is so liberal with who it lets stick around, you have to really want it. Eventually trollish people just kick it up to a different gear and beg for it.
Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (cyfV/)

======

I'm surprised I've never been banned simply for wrongthink.

*considers mentioning Prometheus*

*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*

*does own part keeping thread Prometheus free*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

282 I saw Beyond The Kiln at Dickinson College in the fall of '62.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 29, 2024 02:08 PM (mUnoX)

283 Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 02:03 PM (Akjoo)

Did he make any other remarks or just that he expected that a guilty verdict is coming?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 02:08 PM (XkYcA)

284 If you look at the data it's obvious that the vast majority of Tesla buyers are older white gay men.

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

There's a lot of Tesla drivers here, I would caveat that by saying it also includes women who look like older white gay men but also have more money, so they buy a Tesla instead of a Subaru.

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 29, 2024 02:08 PM (VTu1l)

285 yes put up 275 to win 100 (minus the vig of course)
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM

The vig is already included in moneyline odds (it's the difference in the bet-for and bet-against).

For a point spread bet, it's usually -110; there the 10 is the vig.

Posted by: Chuck C at May 29, 2024 02:08 PM (yOPBE)

286 273 Did ya know he was a painter AND played the bassoon?
-Wikipedia

Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.

indeed.

Posted by: kate bush at May 29, 2024 02:08 PM (v3pYe)

287 Excessive flatulence can be mistaken for bassoon playing, I was told.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (a3Q+t)

288 Did he notice that small roll of flab under her right boob? Ick! Her eyes are too close together and her cheeks are fat! I would bet her caboose is sizable also.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Wow. You sound like TJM.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (v6JzV)

289 The bassoon -- the joker of the orchestra!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (ZdexC)

290 In colloquial terms, he really screwed the pooch.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 29, 2024 02:06 PM (vcOmj)

At a certain point, it has to be considered intentional. They must be trying to sandbag the thing. Get the case tossed on a "technicality" like there being zero evidence, or the judge instructing the jury to find guilty because, "you know, come on, man...".

Get the case tossed, Trump "Gets Away With It", and then you can whip up a couple cities worth of hired malcontents to start burning shit from late June into early November.

I don't think they ("They" they) actually give a damn what the verdict is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (BpZ5k)

291 Pretty sure that ace would have banned me long ago if he didn't have a mancrush on me.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (pGr5b)

292 258 I think Montec is back under a new name. Not positive yet, so I won't call out the nic.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2024 01:59 PM

(rattles box of fry cat food)
Electric vehicles are rolling death-traps. Only stupid virtue-signaling people buy them.

Posted by: Chuck C at May 29, 2024 02:04 PM (yOPBE)

They also put a drain on an already failing power distribution system in states like Kali.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (ynpvh)

293 268 This site is so liberal with who it lets stick around, you have to really want it. Eventually trollish people just kick it up to a different gear and beg for it.
Posted by: ...
=========
I have no problems with someone who identifies exactly as they are like Pual, Kurt, even Rainman but I despise false flag trolls that try to play minder and be influencers. Go peddle that shit somewhere else.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (PkS4e)

294 When your daughter goes off to college...what other choices does a guy have?
Posted by: Joe Biden
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ruh roh

Posted by: Major at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (ZdexC)

295 Exactly. Merchan did some really dodgy things at the end of the trial, and in his jury instructions. He has really opened himself up for either having this all over turned and/or getting seriously reprimanded by a Superior Court in New York State.
In colloquial terms, he really screwed the pooch.
Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at May 29, 2024 02:06 PM (vcOmj)

If laws actually applied to Democrat elites, sure. But in this case, there was no pooch for him to screw. Trump is unfortunately going to jail, is not going to get saved by any appeal, and Haley will be the Republican nominee.

Posted by: boatface at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (s/s6s)

296 He could do an entire apartment in one afternoon, two coats!
Posted by: Franz Liebkind at May 29, 2024 02:05 PM (mUnoX)

to be honest, how quickly can a bassoon coat an apartment?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (D7oie)

297
(rattles box of fry cat food)
Electric vehicles are rolling death-traps. Only stupid virtue-signaling people buy them.

Posted by: Chuck C at May 29, 2024 02:04 PM

And if you want Scoog to come out and play you mention the great Joe Paterno of Penn State University. Never fails with some trolls how you can bait them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (RKVpM)

298 I'm surprised I've never been banned simply for wrongthink.

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

I've been banned literally everywhere except here:

banned from Instapundit
banned from Redstate
banned from Tepid Gas
banned from ZeroHedge
banned from NextDoor
banned from OnlyFans

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (VTu1l)

299 All of this must be so stressful for Joe Biden.

Might not make the ballot in OH
Might be running against a violent convicted felon
He is so old and frail, it is unseemly and unChristian to put him through this.
We should just deem him re-elected.
It is what Jesus would do.
You don't hate Jesus, do you?

-David French, probably.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (P9xGM)

300 288 Did he notice that small roll of flab under her right boob? Ick! Her eyes are too close together and her cheeks are fat! I would bet her caboose is sizable also.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Wow. You sound like TJM.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 02:09 PM (v6JzV)

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All that is fine.

It's the weird combination of her sizeable nose and lips. Looks like some sort of weird doll.

2/10

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

301 Did he make any other remarks or just that he expected that a guilty verdict is coming?

That would be a safe assumption to make.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (uxCna)

302 270 If you look at the data it's obvious that the vast majority of Tesla buyers are older white gay men.

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:06 PM (uei2D)

That's oddly specific...(starts watching the drivers of E-vehicles at work)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (ynpvh)

303 You know, I normally don't click on Joe's links because, well, beautiful and sexy wife means I don't really need to look elsewhere but, after Madam's remarks, I did.

And admit Madam has a point.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (tT6L1)

304 291 Pretty sure that ace would have banned me long ago if he didn't have a mancrush on me.
Posted by: garrett
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Sad.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 02:11 PM (PkS4e)

305 If laws actually applied to Democrat elites, sure. But in this case, there was no pooch for him to screw. Trump is unfortunately going to jail, is not going to get saved by any appeal, and Haley will be the Republican nominee.
Posted by: boatface at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (s/s6s)

Nope... Maybe Josh Haley

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 02:11 PM (Akjoo)

306 I like her nose.

But I am weird like that.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2024 02:11 PM (pGr5b)

307 Wow. You sound like TJM.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

That felt unnecessary.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 29, 2024 02:11 PM (4XwPj)

308 As the election approaches, I expect to see more and more Mal Air types.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 29, 2024 02:11 PM (pohLc)

309 245 200 193 Montec is the Joe Xiden of Moo Moos
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I don't recall Montec bragging how rich he was like Moo Moo did
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Akjoo)

Montec was subtler. He'd poo-poo stuff people said about the economy because it wasn't showing up in his investments.

Still, banning him is ridiculous.
Posted by: Someone has to keep Blago company at May 29, 2024 02:01 PM (goiuH)

Eh, these guys always get stuck on some lame ass point and keep repeating it until they're just a boring annoyance.

They need electro-shock therapy to get rid of the bees in their bonnets.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2024 02:11 PM (eDfFs)

310 Have the Trump jurors been duly threatened should they be tempted to find Trump not guilty?

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 02:12 PM (JLq/1)

311 302 270 If you look at the data it's obvious that the vast majority of Tesla buyers are older white gay men.

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:06 PM (uei2D)

That's oddly specific...(starts watching the drivers of E-vehicles at work)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Don't let them rear end ya.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 02:12 PM (PkS4e)

312 I like her nose.

But I am weird like that.
Posted by: garrett a

It is rather manish.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 29, 2024 02:12 PM (CIS44)

313 If you look at the data it's obvious that the vast majority of Tesla buyers are older white gay men.

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

There's a lot of Tesla drivers here, I would caveat that by saying it also includes women who look like older white gay men but also have more money, so they buy a Tesla instead of a Subaru.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

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No, seriously, there is actual data that cannot be discussed or researched any farther:

"We looked at the gender of current new Tesla owners, including Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X. Overall, Tesla owners skew 74% male... Tesla owners appear to be well-off.

The median home value for a new Model X owner was much higher at $641,882. Model Y owners came in at $562,823... 70% of all current Tesla owners have no children at home.. The ethnicity of Tesla owners skews toward white in 2024, at 81%. "

https://tinyurl.com/y3rzxqb5

Old gay white dudes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:12 PM (uei2D)

314 banned from OnlyFans

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

Must've been one hell of a livestream.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 29, 2024 02:12 PM (hCzfy)

315 Biden is looking out for us!

President Biden
@POTUS
Gas prices are down $1.40 from their peak after Russia’s war, but they’re still too high.
My Administration is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve ahead of July 4th, which will lower prices at the pump when folks need it the most.

-
They'll be giving away gas next!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 29, 2024 02:13 PM (L/fGl)

316 I don't care if Moo Moo, et. al. get banned. I don't mind the tiresome trolls who don't get really wild. But he's always annoying and gets worse and worse as the election cycle winds up, so I don't blame the cobs for hammering him every two years or so.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 29, 2024 02:13 PM (0FoWg)

317 314 banned from OnlyFans

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

Must've been one hell of a livestream.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 29, 2024 02:12 PM (hCzfy)

Yeah, I saw dat. Or, well, didn't see that. Well, you know what I mean, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:13 PM (ynpvh)

318 Speaking of unfortunate faces, what ever happened to Carly Fiorina? Talk about disappearing into the ether...

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (cyfV/)

319 banned from OnlyFans

Hey, you deserved it. When I asked you to show me them titties, I was highly disappointed.

Posted by: OnlyFans subscriber at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (gKWVE)

320 Old gay white dudes.

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

Ok, we can agree at least that no heterosexual would ever buy a Tesla.

It is written.

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (VTu1l)

321 @POTUS
Gas prices are down $1.40 from their peak after Russia’s war, but they’re still too high.
My Administration is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve ahead of July 4th, which will lower prices at the pump when folks need it the most.

-

You know. Ahead of the election.

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (uei2D)

322 Have the Trump jurors been duly threatened should they be tempted to find Trump not guilty?

There was a whole long weekend for them to receive appropriate visits from the authorities.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (uxCna)

323 319 banned from OnlyFans

Hey, you deserved it. When I asked you to show me them titties, I was highly disappointed.

Posted by: OnlyFans subscriber at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (gKWVE)

Probably the ONLY OnlyFans subscriber...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (ynpvh)

324 I wouldn't worry so much about the failing US electrical grid, though I would feel dirty with an EV because of toxic, child labor conditions that are found in the African Cobalt mines.
They were horrific 30 years ago before there was such a good profit on the ore, it must be like tapping rubber was in the Congo (again) during the Belgian rubber boom

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (D7oie)

325 309 245 200 193 Montec is the Joe Xiden of Moo Moos
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I don't recall Montec bragging how rich he was like Moo Moo did
Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2024 01:49 PM (Akjoo)

Montec was subtler. He'd poo-poo stuff people said about the economy because it wasn't showing up in his investments.

Still, banning him is ridiculous.
Posted by: Someone
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The usual process is that they get some warning by a cob, they ignore said warning, and then spiral down into spewing personal insults, etc. all the way down to getting the ax. Then they repeat under a new nic.

Mgmt gets the final call here as to behavior and personal insults, trying to scam people here, or repeated ignoring of behavior cues given by the cobs gets ya banned. Follow the rules and don't be a pain in the ass to the admin is common sense.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (PkS4e)

326 Could PDT be required to stay in NY during the appeal, even if they don’t incarcerate him? No campaigning, no convention?

Posted by: EveR at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (Z/h4+)

327 >Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.

Chaplin_globe.gif

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (cf/0E)

328 Harry Enten says before the trial began, 40 % of those they polled thought the charges were serous. After the trial, 35 %.

The persecution is convincing everyone this lawfare is bullshit, except those in the Biden family and hardcore partisans like Fake Judge Merchan and his lovely daughter Grifty Merchan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (1u/pU)

329 I always just scrolled past the trolls and commentors who had gone off on some weird tangent I wasn't interested in. I doubt I missed anything of relevance.

I also have a really short attention span.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (Q4IgG)

330 Must've been one hell of a livestream.

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

Fuck OF

I ask one livestreamer to write MAGA on her double Ds with red lipstick and suddenly its world war 3

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Esteemed Trump-Ho and Searcher of Wagshambas at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (VTu1l)

331 324 I wouldn't worry so much about the failing US electrical grid, though I would feel dirty with an EV because of toxic, child labor conditions that are found in the African Cobalt mines.
They were horrific 30 years ago before there was such a good profit on the ore, it must be like tapping rubber was in the Congo (again) during the Belgian rubber boom

Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2024 02:14 PM (D7oie)

Yeah, there's that, but do most Libbies care about it when they can virtue-signal while driving around?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (ynpvh)

332 >>1 million barrels of gasoline

That .02 / Gal (for maybe a week) will really offset the 30% spike in your Food Costs.

Posted by: garrett at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (pGr5b)

333 OK, Burnette is a smoke show!

Posted by: Mnnfidel at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (ewjUl)

334 If you really like pissing people off, do it one at a time instead of everyone at once. Just as fun and you can stick around for a couple decades.

Posted by: ... at May 29, 2024 02:16 PM (cyfV/)

335 326 Could PDT be required to stay in NY during the appeal, even if they don’t incarcerate him? No campaigning, no convention?

Posted by: EveR at May 29, 2024 02:15 PM (Z/h4+)

Zoom.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2024 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

336 “Gay” was once a pretty decent word, and had no pervert or sex deviant connotations. Don’t use that word.

As a rule, never use their words. That’s a big part of the problem. Inability to call things what they are. That’s what this “preferred pronoun” shit is too.

Homosexual is not offensive yet accurate.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2024 02:16 PM (PpROq)

337 Fucking dolts.

Drain the reserve in July. Prices drop a bit. Reserve either stays low or gets re-filled. Prices rubber-band back up to higher than they were before.

Just in time for the election.

Sweet Buddha in a bathtub, these retards couldn't strategerize their way out of a wet paper bag.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 02:16 PM (BpZ5k)

338 Nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 29, 2024 02:16 PM (2UnvF)

339 .

NOOD

Yale Terrorists Call for "Open Intifada" Against the Citizens of the United States

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (O7YUW)

340 Old gay white dudes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie
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Should I call the cops if I see a Tesla cruising around schools, ice cream parlors, and candy stores?

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (PkS4e)

341 I kind of liked Montec.

Then I kind of didn't.

Then...maybe.

Then...not.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (KbCG3)

342
I know that a .10 cent reduction in gasoline prices would make me overlook the 25% increase in food and electric prices under Biden.

What a stooge. Surrounded by even bigger stooges who think 'the adults are in charge'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (RKVpM)

343 Thing about child labor is that most children want to work in a mine or on a rubber plantation. They find the work very fulfilling. You hand 'em one of those helmets with the light on it, and watch their eyes beam.

Posted by: Deadlights at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (goiuH)

344 Nobody in November is going to be talking about the price of gas in July.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (BpZ5k)

345 The image of mustache man playing Peter and the Wolf on a bassoon makes me laugh like a donkey.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (cf/0E)

346 I'm far too irrelevant to ever get banned and too homely to comment negatively about a Mannix girl

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (JLq/1)

347
Nikki-Jeb! 2024 will run the kind of polite, thoughtful campaign true Republicans have been longing for but lose ever so slightly to good old Joe, along with the House and Senate.

Posted by: Auspex at May 29, 2024 02:18 PM (j4U/Z)

348 "I ask one livestreamer to write MAGA on her double Ds"

Seems a reasonable request if you dropped your tip in the jar.

Posted by: Ribbed at May 29, 2024 02:18 PM (Ectld)

349 For me, it was Montec's Jewish vote shtick that got really tiresome. I enjoyed his Trump-cult shtick.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)

350 Did he make any other remarks or just that he expected that a guilty verdict is coming?

-
Trump just trolled Robert De Niro while giving his remarks outside the courtroom
“They (Biden) have a protest of Robert De Niro yesterday. He’s a fool. He’s a broken down fool standing out there. He got MAGA’d. He got MAGA’d yesterday. He got a big dose of it.”
If you look at Trump’s face closely, you can tell he is trying not to laugh while trolling

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 29, 2024 02:19 PM (L/fGl)

351 Old gay white dudes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie
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Should I call the cops if I see a Tesla cruising around schools, ice cream parlors, and candy stores?

Posted by: whig

-

I bet more than one has asked a teenage boy "Yeah, it's awesome. Want to sit in it?"

Posted by: Moron Robbie rejects and calls out any and all gay hate - name your p3d() abusers at May 29, 2024 02:19 PM (uei2D)

352 Most common grounds for a granted appeal is bad jury instructions given to the jury.

Posted by: whig

I am going to disagree in a small fashion here, only because I know folks in the NYS judicial system. The most common appeal that is heard and is successful is not following lower court 'procedures'...this decision is usually "remanded back" to the lower court to fix, or if it can't be fixed, the case gets dismissed. There is, apparently, a whole rule book these idiots must follow in the lower courts and its written down and sworn to by judges, elected or not, state or federal...they follow the rules or expect to have their cases appealed and remanded back for fixing.

I suspect that is going to be the case here...

Posted by: Boswell at May 29, 2024 02:19 PM (K+UlC)

353 For me, it was Montec's Jewish vote shtick that got really tiresome. I enjoyed his Trump-cult shtick.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 29, 2024 02:18 PM (v6JzV)
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You're sounding like Montec got the hammer.

Is that the case?

Posted by: Axeman at May 29, 2024 02:21 PM (krQz2)

354 297And if you want Scoog to come out and play you mention the great Joe Paterno of Penn State University. Never fails with some trolls how you can bait them.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 29, 2024 02:10 PM (RKVpM)

Figures that Scogg would be a Kiddie Diddler.

Posted by: XTC at May 29, 2024 02:21 PM (UnA8+)

355 I read somewhere the the NE gasoline reserve represents about an hour or two worth of daily US fuel consumption.

That’s nationally, of course - not much in the grand scheme maybe, though Negligence on the part of safeguarding a reserve for the NE. I doubt any of these chuckleheads understand what “reserve” means. Or care.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2024 02:21 PM (PpROq)

356 banned from ZeroHedge
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You said maybe the Jews weren't ALL bad??

I got banned from HuffPost for making a vodka-OJ screwdriver joke on a thread about HuufPo writer's murder case: "Police said 57-year-old Carol Burger attacked Jessica Kalish, 57, in the garage of their house in Boynton on October 22, inflicting 222 stab wounds with a screwdriver."

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 02:21 PM (ZdexC)

357 I suspect that is going to be the case here...
Posted by: Boswell

In a few months. Meanwhile Trump is a convicted felon, and i assume the Judge will move for a speedy sentencing to get him behind bars before the election.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 29, 2024 02:22 PM (P9xGM)

358 While it isn’t widely known another issue, the Strategic Oil Reserve, that the Biden/Harris people drained down - the storage facility itself is largely comprised of depleted salt mines and similar.

They are not generally capable of being filled and emptied more than a handful of times. The intent was, and remains, a strategic reserve. It cannot be used, the way it is being used.

I doubt they know this either, nor care.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2024 02:24 PM (PpROq)

359
Speaking of unfortunate faces, what ever happened to Carly Fiorina?

She was banned from Only Fans, too.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2024 02:25 PM (63Dwl)

360 306 I like her nose.
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Photo's been airbrushed so much it may as well be AI.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 29, 2024 02:27 PM (bQ/08)

361 My Administration is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve ahead of July 4th, which will lower prices at the pump when folks need it the most.
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The US uses 40-million barrels per day of gasoline I saw in an Xtweet.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 29, 2024 02:28 PM (ZdexC)

362 If they can do it to Trump - they will do it to you.

Posted by: Java Joe at May 29, 2024 02:35 PM (Rt2g7)

363 Seems a reasonable request if you dropped your tip in the jar.
Posted by: Ribbed at May 29, 2024 02:18 PM (Ectld)

That's what got me banned. Heh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at May 29, 2024 02:39 PM (iODuv)

364 garrett: "Pretty sure that ace would have banned me long ago if he didn't have a mancrush on me."

I think he just likes your Crocs.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 29, 2024 02:52 PM (aXxgO)

365 Posted by: Northernlurker at May 29, 2024 02:17 PM (JLq/1

You're not irrelevant. You're a nice guy and an intelligent commentator(and don't insult people) and if commenting negatively about boobettes was a reason to ban people I would have been banned a long time ago. I very rarely find them unattractive-just narcissistic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2024 02:57 PM (XkYcA)

366 I see Fen's working from that top rope again.

"$20." Well played, Fen.

Actual-lee, a Cult Diagnosis from Fen would be worth way more than the typical blowhard name-call. Fen knows something, from a professional point of view, about real-world cults.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 29, 2024 03:14 PM (zdLoL)

367 An acquaintance was wearing these the other day. I'm thinking garrett might like them.
https://tinyurl.com/2a6s9648

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 29, 2024 03:17 PM (2NHgQ)

368 Three Judge Monte

Posted by: Hal Dall at May 29, 2024 04:01 PM (QUqrp)

369 A shame it is that most of the federal level Republicans that fight are all women - Stefanik, Boebert, MTG - while pussies like Lindsey Graham constantly "cuck out' to get along with radical leftist. What a fucking terrible party!

Posted by: Tracy at May 29, 2024 04:21 PM (8fkk+)

370 Juan Merchan was the best Haitian judge they could find

Posted by: SMOD at May 29, 2024 04:41 PM (RHGPo)

371 Judge Merchan needs relieved of his Job and retired to Prison

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 29, 2024 04:56 PM (wGqjj)

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