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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    2 hours ago, nsplayr said:

    Anyone who thinks the USA is overly racist or that our government is a big offender for persecuting people due to political views or political speech…I highly encourage you to visit ::waives hands around wildly:: almost any other country.

    I was vacationing in Australia last week and the taxi driver from the airport asked if the “the black monkey Americans were causing all the crimes in the U.S.?”

    Border crisis

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    3 hours ago, ecugringo said:

    Neighboring town of Lakewood has asked Denver how they can assist w the issue.  Meaning the problem will now spread to the burbs.

    that state is so far gone….no chance they ever gravitate to the R.  A good chunk of ppl like myself used Covid to cash out.

     

    douglas isn’t that red…..it’s almost 50/50.  The rate of development will push it further left.

    “It’s almost 50/50.”

    What kind of math are you doing lol

    https://elections.denverpost.com/results/county-break-down/all/?Douglas/08035

    Border crisis

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    12 minutes ago, ecugringo said:

    Neighboring town of Lakewood has asked Denver how they can assist w the issue.  Meaning the problem will now spread to the burbs.

    that state is so far gone….no chance they ever gravitate to the R.  A good chunk of ppl like myself used Covid to cash out.

    Thankfully, I live in DougCo and I’m a Wyoming Native. A lot of the younger progressives that move here from their shitty Midwest town quickly find out they can’t afford to live here and move back and take their votes with them. 

    Border crisis

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    1 hour ago, Lord Ratner said:

    I'd bet dollars to donuts that this guy thinks cutting services will somehow cause his constituents to apply national level pressure to Texas to stop the flow.

     

    Of course it won't work that way, but I think a lot of people are gradually coming around to the realization that we have been electing sociopathic clowns to all positions of power for quite a while now. Legitimately, these are people who are exceptionally good actors, matched only by their exceptionally weak intellects.

    This dude is acting like he’s non-profit CEO with access to Denver’s tax revenue to spend instead of a mayor. Dems here are viciously throwing out propaganda to repeal the Colorado Tax Payer Bill of Rights (TABOR) that sets tax revenue caps for the state (any excess must be refunded to the tax payers) and any tax rate changes must be voted on by CO citizens (Dems get around that by calling it a “fee,” not a “tax). They’re trying to repeal it since they don’t want voters to have a say on them spending tax revenue.

    Johnston is also whining that surrounding Denver Metro cities aren’t willing to tank their operating budget to support migrants. Denver does own/operate DEN and Red Rocks, so when this idiot starts furloughing people, expect significant delays and cancellations. 

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    College Football

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Danger41 said:

    I don’t have any connection to Michigan or Harbaugh but am I the only one that thinks he seems like a really weird and awkward dude?

    He is, he's also a great football coach. 

    Border crisis

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    19 minutes ago, tac airlifter said:

    Thank you for posting both articles.  This gets at the heart of our nations inability to resolve our conflicts by discussion anymore. 

    For those not clicking on his first link, it’s a Penn State law opinion piece that basically says ‘no, sanctuary city policies do not violate federal law because they only stop local governments from helping federal immigration authorities.’  The article ignores multiple incentives by sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants that entice them to break the law and ignores countervailing legal opinions that sanctuary cities are in fact, violating the law by aiding and abetting lawbreakers. That in itself is a crime.  The article also ignores the crime of conspiracy between NGO’s directly assisting illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities who directly assist those NGOs.

    but whatever, I’m uninterested in a tit for tat on the articles or even the legal issue. I appreciate it for a broader reason: it illuminates a phenomenon that has poisoned domestic politics, namely, no matter how threatened and assaulted people feel a democratic lawyer will tell you “actually, as a legal expert, you have to just shut up and take it and you aren’t qualified to have a different opinion.”
    Don’t want your car destroyed when you accidentally drive upon a BLM protest?  Too bad, you have to take it.  Find yourself getting chased by a mob trying to bludgeon you?  Can’t shoot them, sorry, you shouldn’t have been there.  Democrats always have a legal justification for the injustice you must endure, and that makes conversation impossible because they just want us all to follow the law… which, of course is whatever they say it is. 
     

    By their actions they have invited lawlessness into our national conversation, which works both ways. They don’t like it, but that’s too bad, prepare for more.

    At the end of the day, attorneys give out educated guesses via arguments, but that doesn't mean they're right and they're going to win their argument. However, they're educated in the matter of opinion, they're the subject matter experts in the law. I've always wondered if an influx of attorneys invaded this forum and told you guys how to fly airplanes and see what responses they'd receive. I'm sure it'd be along the lines of "One of us has pilot wings and one of us doesn't, how about Carpe STFU?"

    However, I do agree with you. I live in the most conservative county in Colorado. It's clean, nice, and it's 20 miles away from the shit hole known as Denver that has been ruined by progressive "democratic socialists" who are currently trying to pass legislation to ban landlords from evicting a tenant for cause, even after their lease has expired as long as they're still paying their rent. The standard response I hear when migrants or homeless break into a business, or someone's personal property is damaged, from the progressive idiots is "That's why you have insurance, just file a claim." Those idiots assumed that insurance companies were just going to take all those claims/losses and that they weren't businesses with budgets and weren't going to recoup those losses via premium increases or dropping some customers.

    The border problem is not only Biden's fault, but Trump's, Obama's, and all the applicable Congresses to go along with their terms. They had chances to enact strong immigration laws but turned a blind eye to it until it went to what it is now. The migrant crisis is going to cost Biden votes in the next election because even moderate Dems are upset they're seeing services cut, kids sent to online learning while school house migrants for storms, and other impacts on their lives. 

    Border crisis

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    11 minutes ago, HeloDude said:

    Since when does Cornell have anything to do with the words used in US law? “Undocumented immigrant” isn’t found anywhere in US code.  Even the link to shared goes back to citing US code which uses the term “alien”.

    From NPR (hardly a conservative outlet):

    “The word "alien" is used throughout U.S. immigration law. But the White House is seeking to replace it as part of a sweeping overhaul bill it sent to Congress.”

    https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988789487/immigration-agencies-ordered-not-to-use-term-illegal-alien-under-new-biden-polic

    Oh and the author of your earlier post is also against the Electoral College…he is such a supporter of the Constitution.

    https://www.pulj.org/the-roundtable/the-constitutionality-of-the-national-popular-vote-interstate-compact

    Since you're quibbing about it, let's clarify:

    1. Alien - Terminology in Title 8 of U.S. Code to describe a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States. "Alien" is the term in statute; see noncitizen, foreign national.

    2. Immigrant - Any person lawfully in the United States who is not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or person admitted under a nonimmigrant category as defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 101(a)(15).

    3. Nonimmigrant - Any person in the United States not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national who is admitted on a temporary basis to the United States for a specific purpose under a nonimmigrant category as defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 101(a)(15).

    4. Migrant - A person who leaves his/her country of origin to seek temporary or permanent residence in another country.

    https://www.dhs.gov/ohss/about-data/glossary

    Just because some college kid wrote a peer-reviewed research article on a topic you somehow interpret that as me agreeing and/or supporting everything he wrote about?

     

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    Border crisis

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    1 minute ago, HeloDude said:

    Thanks for sharing an article written by a college kid over 5 years ago who only uses the term “undocumented immigrants”…yeah, no bias there.  If we’re going to discuss US law, perhaps start using terms in US law.

    I’m sorry,  I must’ve missed your peer reviewed academic argument supporting documentation?

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/undocumented_immigrant

    Does Cornell Law’s definition suffice for you?

    Border crisis

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    26 minutes ago, tac airlifter said:

    And anyway, precedent already exists for states to ignore parts of the constitution they don’t like: democrats initiated this “sanctuary city” thing which flat out ignores federal law.  You can’t have it both ways, we either obey the law or we don’t.  Currently in America, we don’t.  This is what it looks like; prepare for more.

    https://www.pulj.org/the-roundtable/do-sanctuary-cities-violate-the-law

    Border crisis

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    Posted

    1 hour ago, tac airlifter said:

    Have you been to the border recently?  It’s unbelievable and obviously an invasion which must be stopped.  You can’t see it and think the Biden administration has any legitimacy in their policy positions.  It is a physical threat to residents.

    Homie, I live outside of Denver, that mess is shipped up here daily. It does have to be stopped, but that also doesn’t allow a state governor to flat out ignore the Constitution. 

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    Border crisis

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    4 hours ago, HeloDude said:

    Looks like things are getting interesting on the Texas southern border between Texas and the Feds…

    Apparently, Abbott skipped Supremacy Clause day in law school.

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    Commanders are dropping like flies this year

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    1 hour ago, HuggyU2 said:

    I would hope the Captain (pictured) is not his main defense attorney, and that he has hired a highly experienced professional. 

    Are you assuming that a “highly experienced professional” means a favorable outcome for the accused? A quick Google search shows she practiced at a firm before becoming a JAG. Hiring a civilian attorney to represent you at a court martial only guarantees one thing, you spending thousands of dollars. In no way shape or form does that mean you’re obtaining a favorable outcome. An Article 120 charge is around $20K+ alone in a retainer.

    She’s likely co-counsel.

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