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Old 04-17-2023, 10:45 AM   #9861
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I kept looking around the website to see where the punchline is. I actually thought that video was satire. Nope. People really are this dumb.
I guess beer is more important than stopping all the gun violence.
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Old 04-17-2023, 11:18 AM   #9862
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I kept looking around the website to see where the punchline is. I actually thought that video was satire. Nope. People really are this dumb.

I think satire died the night Trump was elected.
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Old 04-17-2023, 11:31 AM   #9863
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Black teenager rings doorbell of wrong house by mistake, white homeowner shoots him twice, cops release him without charges

https://kansascitydefender.com/justi...oy-ralph-yarl/

That ####ing country is beyond fixing
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Old 04-17-2023, 11:52 AM   #9864
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So they "cancelled" bud light, and now their prize is they get to pay as much for a six pack of 4% beer for as much as they were paying for an 18 pack!

It sounds like it is probably illegal, and may not even be real.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-w...al-expert-says

I always wonder how many of these right wing influencers are at all sincere in their beliefs or are just in it to make money off the gullible.
So much of the US right wing is people grifting off the gullible. One way or another - someone is making money off this.
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Old 04-17-2023, 12:38 PM   #9865
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Black teenager rings doorbell of wrong house by mistake, white homeowner shoots him twice, cops release him without charges

https://kansascitydefender.com/justi...oy-ralph-yarl/

That ####ing country is beyond fixing
Shoots him, then shoots him again, in the head, while he's on the ground.

Cops release on stand your ground basis.

What in the actual f is this crap

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The white man reportedly shot Ralph in the head through the glass door, then when Yarl was already bleeding out on the ground, shot him again.
sure sounds like self defence here.../s

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Old 04-17-2023, 12:46 PM   #9866
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And of course it's the "pro-life" folks who are the biggest proponents of Stand Your Ground laws.
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Shoots him *through the door*

There are no words for how ####ed up the US is, honestly.
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Old 04-17-2023, 01:50 PM   #9868
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I looked at a map and the road he meant to go to is literally one block over. Truly horrific.
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Old 04-17-2023, 03:48 PM   #9869
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Interesting summary of Ron Desantis' crusade against Disney's free speech and how Disney used an actual real life princess in their legal maneuvering.



Recently he said maybe they'll build a prison next door to Disney in his ongoing weaponization of the government.
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Old 04-17-2023, 04:14 PM   #9870
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I wouldn’t want to take on a high-power corporation like Disney. They have money and will. Florida does too but Disney will be determined not to be bullied.
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Old 04-17-2023, 05:22 PM   #9871
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Desantis was always going to be easy fodder for Trump and dail as he became for mainstream. He's the Pollivere of the states. The trump playbook doesn't work unless you are charismatic and funny. Swarmy ######bag being mean just doesn't appeal to people.
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Donald Trump is charismatic and funny?
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His devotees are witless rubes, but I don't think you can deny that Donald Trump inspires devotion and is thereby, by definition, very charismatic.
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Old 04-17-2023, 06:37 PM   #9874
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Shoots him, then shoots him again, in the head, while he's on the ground.

Cops release on stand your ground basis.

What in the actual f is this crap

EDIT: Sorry i misread the events:



sure sounds like self defence here.../s
Its an insane law.

How on earth can you justify the second shot?!

Stand your ground is on the basis that you believe your life is actually at risk...after shooting the kid in the head first how is the second justified?

I do see that this story has been updated and the shooter was indeed charged.
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Old 04-17-2023, 06:45 PM   #9875
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Trump has some advice for Rupert Murdoch and FOX news

https://twitter.com/user/status/1647914454330343428
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And of course it's the "pro-life" folks who are the biggest proponents of Stand Your Ground laws.
Pro-Life only in the scenario where they have power to make decisions for a pregnant woman. The minute that unborn child is born, that life is no longer worth fighting for.
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Old 04-17-2023, 07:13 PM   #9877
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Its an insane law.

How on earth can you justify the second shot?!

Stand your ground is on the basis that you believe your life is actually at risk...after shooting the kid in the head first how is the second justified?

I do see that this story has been updated and the shooter was indeed charged.

Apparently not that rare of a thing.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/arti...y-17901499.php

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— A 65-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old Saratoga County woman Saturday evening after the car she was in mistakenly drove up the man’s driveway.

Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy said Monday that Kaylin A. Gillis was in a car with three other people Saturday night looking for a friend’s house. The rural section of Washington County where the shooting took place is dark at night and many of the properties are only accessible by unpaved driveways.

Murphy said the group mistakenly drove up to a house on Patterson Hill Road, 19 miles northeast of Gillis' residence in Schuylerville. As they attempted to turn the car around, the sheriff said, Kevin D. Monahan came out on his porch and fired two shots, one of which hit Gillis while she was seated in the car. No one from the group had left the car or tried to enter Monahan's house before he came out and opened fire, Murphy said.
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Old 04-17-2023, 08:06 PM   #9878
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Black teenager rings doorbell of wrong house by mistake, white homeowner shoots him twice, cops release him without charges

https://kansascitydefender.com/justi...oy-ralph-yarl/

That ####ing country is beyond fixing
Media pressure must have been to much, he’s now been charged
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Old 04-17-2023, 09:21 PM   #9879
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And of course it's the "pro-life" folks who are the biggest proponents of Stand Your Ground laws.
It's going to be fascinating to watch the collision between Stand Your Ground laws and the Arm the Teachers movement.

October 2025 - Florida teacher released by police after shooting student to death in class.

"The student made an agressive move towards the teacher," Police spokesperson Joseph D'Arpaio said. "Under Florida law, the teacher was within her rights to defend herself. It's just a tragedy all around," the officer continued. "Our hearts go out to the family of the student, and the teacher who needs to live with this for the rest of her life, not to mention the other students who had to witness such a terrible thing."

At press time, local members of the GOP had not learned if the student was white or not and, as a result, felt they did not have enough information to comment.
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I am really surprised that the federal government can’t or won’t supersede certain state laws that are dumb, like this sanctioned murder, stand your ground crap. They could just be like, “that’s fine if you don’t want to charge this guy with attempted murder, but we will”.
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