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I'm sure it's just a strange coincidence that states that are still actively carrying out executions are exclusively states that tend to vote Republican. Not at all, Republicans are more likely then Democrats to believe that all humans have free will and therefor can be justly punished for what the...

So why shouldn't we apply that statement to killing more groups of people that Americans aren't comfortable with? The death penalty already aims squarely at poor folks and minorities, so why not just say the quiet part out loud? Most death penalty supporters believe that a small number of people co...

Tribble has a very good point that we don't want to just say the proper procedure has been followed so we can execute them even though we know they are innocent. On the other hand, while I am personally opposed to the Death Penalty I believe that if the people of Arizona want one they ought to be ab...

This intrigued me enough that I went and looked at the court decision https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-on-the-application-of-quincy-bell-and-a-v-tavistock-and-portman-nhs-trust-and-others/ and I think you are unduly alarmed by this and blaming the wrong people. First the program currently (Nov....

Disastrously wrongheaded. Court orders are an inappropriate intervention in this arena, as they involve scrutizining people's most intimate suffering in a callous system that, at best, is overworked and ambivalent, and at worst, actively hostile. Pulling it for very young children is moderately und...

A new study found coronavirus may have been in the US in December. A new study published Monday suggests the novel coronavirus was infecting people across the US as early as December -- a month before the first person known to have been infected with coronavirus arrived in the US from China on Janu...

I have a few thoughts on this question. The first is that I do not think Trump's legal problems will end up being significant. I might be surprised but right now the charges against Trump remind me of the charges against Hillary Clinton. There is a lot of public conviction that Trump is engaged in c...

My bet is on very few, and those who do are going to switch parties not stay Republicans. Win or lose Trump has created a GOP coalition that has a real possibility to be a long term majority party. He is not going to be abandoned by the party until and unless that possibility proves to be a mirage....

Here's something for which to look out; how many Republicans will now disavow Trump and act as though they never had or wanted anything to do with him? My bet is on very few, and those who do are going to switch parties not stay Republicans. Win or lose Trump has created a GOP coalition that has a ...

You can read the whole article in the link which pretty much torches Florida Democrat leadership, but I thought this was the poignant part. When the $15/hour wage increase garnered more votes than Biden, you have a fucking problem in the party. It is worth pointing out here that this issue seems to...

Assuming no Democrat flips, it only takes 4 Republican Senators to vote against whoever Trump nominates before the election to end that nomination. How many Republican Senators are in a position where supporting Trump here might cost them their seat at the election ? Also, would a second impeachmen...

Whatever the LA sheriffs involved may or may not have done, I would hope it's a fairly fundamental idea that blocking the entrance to a hospital emergency room is a bad thing. Sayign as much is absolutely fine with me. Yes everyone agrees that blocking the entrance to a hospital emergency room is a...

So two LA County Sheriff's deputies have been shot in the head/upper body while sitting in a parked vehicle at a transit station in Compton. Both are in hospital; and the usual shitshow is starting to the point LA County Sheriff's department had to say this on twitter: To the protesters blocking th...

Are we going to limit the hormone levels of make athletes too? " Lthe normal range in males is about 270-1070 ng/dL with an average level of 679 ng/dL. " Should we ban a man with unusually high testotorone levels from sports, or does this only apply to ladies? My understanding is we alrea...

I guess the question is, if her work was otherwise good, what benefits would she get from faking the culture? The only thing sort of in the article was that a colleague found her behaviour somewhat boorish, but didn't dare say so because it was getting into "respectability politics." I as...

A question for those arguing that the burning of the Koran should have been illegal as an expression of intimidation or a threat. Should the protest itself have been illegal on those grounds? A large number of people entering the area where your families live and making speeches saying your culture ...

I find it an interesting exercise though to imagine how this would be reported and discussed if it was happening in a state with a Republican governor instead of in California. So how do you imagine it would be reported and discussed differently? Or is this just a "oh no the media is so mean t...

This is probably just an honest mistake by people trying to maintain a computer system that was never designed for this kind of a work load. I find it an interesting exercise though to imagine how this would be reported and discussed if it was happening in a state with a Republican governor instead ...

It looks like NYC police just got caught on camera doing the exact same type of "snatcher" arrest into an unmarked vehicle that provoked such controversy when Federal officers did it in Portland. I see two possibilities here: First, the use of unmarked vehicles to make arrests around prote...

This is good news! It is normal for local police to secure the area around Federal buildings. That Portland will return to that norm is something I am glad to see. Nicholas https://abcnews.go.com/US/oregon-governor-announces-phased-withdrawal-federal-officers-portland/story?id=72054036 Oregon govern...

Ugh. Not looking to dogpile but that's a lot of weird arguments Nicholas. 1. Formless is transparently talking about this thread. Don't be intentionally obtuse. It makes you look like you can't make better points. 2. There are a lot of photos taken. Trivially easy to find evidence of no police mark...

Oh shut up, you stupid apologist. This isn't what the thread is about. No one is saying they have no jurisdiction over the courthouse at all. If you had bothered to watch the video, he goes into great length about jurisdiction and how it applies to Federal property. The issue is that if there is su...

What makes you think that the Trump Administration can't win this court case? If the DA actually charges with kidnapping I expect the DA to lose and lose badly and lose quickly. Nothing I have seen anywhere indicates that these arrests are not lawful. They may be unwise they may be a violation of c...

First, they're outside their jurisdiction, and are there without the permission of the local/state government. They aren't outside their jurisdiction when they are arresting someone for crimes against federal property or agents. And they don't need local permission to make those arrests. Second, at...

From what I understand, it's not an issue of if they can arrest people, it's how they are going about it. In other words, breach of protocol (which, Ironically, would get the case the feds bring up thrown out "On a technicality"). That the DA's willing to elevate breach of protocol to a f...