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She'll be out before the election
Oct 25, 2022, 9:43 AM
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is my guess.
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You're not saying Russia would do something to manipulate
Oct 25, 2022, 10:19 AM
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Our election are you!?!?! Preposterous that could never happen.
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Nope***
Oct 25, 2022, 10:34 AM
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Re: She'll be out before the election
Oct 25, 2022, 4:00 PM
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Why? She isn't important when it comes to elections. It might even hurt to get her released.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 9:45 AM
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Well she wanted to move from the United States. Be careful what you wish for haha
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honestly, this is unfortunate - but maybe it's not so bad to
Oct 25, 2022, 9:48 AM
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live in the USA.
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unfortunate..
Oct 25, 2022, 9:49 AM
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but hope people can at least use this as a learning tool
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 9:52 AM
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What she did would be illegal here, too. Shouldn't be illegal anywhere, but it is what it is. At least she wouldn't be looking at anything close to 9 years in prison if it had happened there.
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probably wouldn't be looking at 9 yrs
Oct 25, 2022, 9:59 AM
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in Russia either if she was Russian.
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Yeah, probably not
Oct 25, 2022, 10:05 AM
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Also what I actually meant to say was "At least she wouldn't be looking at anything close to 9 years in prison if it had happened here." but I don't donate anymore so I can't edit my posts.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:29 AM
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I travel all over the US for business with cannabis as I smoke daily. I carry a personal amount in my carry on and no one cares in the USofA. My bag has been randomly searched in TSA Precheck and nothing said, ever. However, I would never travel internationally with it and risk becoming a political pawn.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 11:38 AM
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Why do you feel the need to have to get high every day? Are you that miserable when sober? Yours is a sad, sad life. Smoking cannibis every day is nothing to be proud of. Those roads you travel all over the U. S. A. are also traveled by many others. Please stay sober. Their lives are endangered by an impaired dummy like you.
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Yeah man. Back to the days of prohibition.
Oct 25, 2022, 11:44 AM
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Because that was so effective.
In reality, what you're saying much more applies to the alcohol that you can readily buy at any any bar, grocery store, or convenience store, and alcohol kills people every day.
If you're really that concerned, you should start a national petition to ban something that actually does what you're talking about.
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Go bother the tobacco smokers and alcohol drinkers
Oct 25, 2022, 12:50 PM
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Those substances both cause far more harm than cannabis does. As long as the guy isn't high while he's driving, he's not bothering anyone.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 1:04 PM
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Cannabis is much more effective than any anti-depressant I’ve ever been prescribed. Much safer too. You want to deny another person medicine, created by God (not some lab) for our use, and should be ashamed.
Also, “Reefer Madness” was fiction.
HTH
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 7:34 PM
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He/she could be taking Ubers in their travels and quite possibly for real medicinal purposes. Very get off my lawn mindset you got going on there.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 7:43 PM
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Some use it for pain or emotional relief. It’s not for me but it does seem to greatly help others.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 8:03 PM
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I have a pretty amazing life actually, but thanks for being concerned, I guess. Let me enlighten you…I don’t care what you or a bunch of Karen’s and Kevin’s think about me consuming cannabis, I really don’t.
Before you jump on and start flapping your gums about something (cannabis) you evidently know nothing about, you should educate yourself. The internet is a beautiful thing.
That is all!
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:31 AM
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would have never been found in the US.
A weed cartridge like she had would make it through TSA in your carry on with no issue at all.
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You're probably right
Oct 25, 2022, 10:42 AM
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I still hesitate to bring anything with me even on domestic flights, though.
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Re: You're probably right
Oct 25, 2022, 11:41 AM
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Probably would be even easier these days.
A friend's mother flew with a hand gun in her bag not too long ago. She was sick with cancer at the time and honestly had no idea it was in there.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:03 AM
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Great NEWS! She talked about how terrible the USA is and hated our country, refused to stand for the Flag or National Anthem, went to a foreign country that has very strict drug laws and took drugs into their nation. Do I like the country, NO, but I do like the fact that they enforce their laws, unlike the communist who are running our nation today, who believe that criminals should have more rights than victims. Maybe Griner can get her new nation to be "Woke" and as the famous Beretta once said, "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time!" She is where she belongs....
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its a hard way to learn but some people gotta experience
Oct 25, 2022, 10:19 AM
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it before they will get it. All the people that i've met from foreign countries tell me how great it is here in the U.S. They are more proud to be here than half the spoiled brats that live here. And its b/c they've never been anywhere else. Bet Griner will hate Russia more than the U.s. after this is all over.
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This is what she said
Oct 25, 2022, 10:26 AM
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"I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season," Griner said. "I think we should take that much of a stand. I don't mean that in any disrespect to our country. My dad was in Vietnam and a law officer for 30 years. I wanted to be a cop before basketball. I do have pride for my country."
But hey you spin it however you want to. If you wanna believe she hates the US and side with the Russians carry on. That's something you get to do in a free country.
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"I think we should take that much of a stand"
Oct 25, 2022, 10:32 AM
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for/against what?
Is there a problem with our national anthem?
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maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 25, 2022, 11:13 AM
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forgive me for my choice of terminology.
The problem is that there is a undercurrent of ideology that wants to destabilize and poison the minds of young people and "easy to get at" people to grow contempt for the US. There are really only a handful of power brokers in the world that hate the West. And one in particular that runs alot of our communication platforms which can in turn sometimes steer our opinions through news and social media.
Our culture has become increasingly prone to take the bait bc we are lazy and always looking for someone to blame for our shortcomings. The hype behind the division that she promoted is one of those tools that I believe was and is designed to fracture our country in hopes that we turn on each other. I don't blame her alone. She fell for the bandwagon. But with her being a prominent figure and her aiding an abetting the nonsense, that divided so many, put her at odds with keeping out country safe and strong.
Through this dark time maybe this is a way that she can realize how great our country is. But its only great if we all quit being so gullible and easy to be deceived by those that wish us harm and stop voting in people that continue to parrot those talking points b/c they only do it for profit and gain.
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 25, 2022, 11:23 AM
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I think in part it's just an overreaction to the "USA! USA! America #1! Love it or leave it!" crowd that makes up a big chunk of previous generations and is just as obnoxious and ignorant in their own way. The US is a great country for sure, and a far better place to live than most of the rest of the world, but it's far from perfect and in a lot of ways we've fallen well behind the rest of the developed world (aka the countries we should actually be comparing ourselves to). I mean, we still don't have even universal healthcare in this country. We also have a habit of getting involved in other countries' problems and arguably making them worse. The Iraq invasion was obviously a huge and frankly criminal mistake. The pendulum does tend to swing a little too far at times, though, and social media nowadays is just a bunch of toxic echo chambers that turn previously normal people into radicalized nutjobs.
"There are really only a handful of power brokers in the world that hate the West. And one in particular that runs alot of our communication platforms which can in turn sometimes steer our opinions through news and social media."
What's that one in particular? Just curious
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 25, 2022, 11:46 AM
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One of the most rational takes on this subject the board has ever seen.
Think about the progress that could have been made if we didn't spend so much time bickering over personal liberties like being gay, smoking weed, and women's reproductive rights.
Our founding fathers were so staunchly against religion & "the establishment" in politics that they would be disgusted with how we operate as an oligarchy today.
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 25, 2022, 11:21 PM
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How were they so staunchly against religion?
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 26, 2022, 7:32 AM
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He said religion IN politics. Which they most certainly were against
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 26, 2022, 10:55 AM
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reading comprehension ain't too good amongst these parts it seems
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 26, 2022, 10:59 AM
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“Nothing is more dreaded than the National Government meddling with Religion.” - John Adams
“I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.” Thomas Jefferson
“[T]here remains in others a strong bias towards the old error, that without some sort of alliance or coalition between Government & Religion neither can be duly supported… the danger cannot be too carefully guarded against. - James Madison
The people who built this country were wholeheartedly against religion in govt. Many of them we against religion in general but that's not the point here.
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Re: maybe loathe is a better term than hate
Oct 25, 2022, 12:18 PM
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Stuff is nuanced.
One of the things that makes America, America is that we're allowed to protest what we don't like. I didn't like her anthem stance but Griner is definitely no Commie or America hater, she went to Russia to play basketball, plain and simple, because it paid. Some of the big clubs over there were basically showpieces for various oligarchs and shelled out big bucks in both basketball and soccer for International players...Griner signed a 3-year, $664,544 contract with the Phoenix Mercury but was getting more than a million a year to play in Russia. When you're 31, as she was, and nearing the end of your playing career, that matters. A lot.
And of course, her timing was absolutely wretched, and she ended up getting caught up in basically what amounts to a hostage situation when Russia invaded Ukraine. She's unfortunately being used as a pawn against the US; there's nothing remotely "just" about it.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:38 AM
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Great NEWS! She talked about how terrible the USA is and hated our country, refused to stand for the Flag or National Anthem, went to a foreign country that has very strict drug laws and took drugs into their nation. Do I like the country, NO, but I do like the fact that they enforce their laws, unlike the communist who are running our nation today, who believe that criminals should have more rights than victims. Maybe Griner can get her new nation to be "Woke" and as the famous Beretta once said, "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time!" She is where she belongs....
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Well said triple B.
Great Post!
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Absolutely shameful
Oct 26, 2022, 6:58 AM
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I’m shocked, appalled, and distressed that so many on here are cheering this arrest. This is an American citizen who you cheer a 9 years in a Russian prison sentence for? For what? Not even the crime she was arrested for, but rather speaking her mind about what she perceives as injustice; for exercising her freedom of speech - a tentent of American freedom that I bet you claim to hold dear.
What has become of us? 9 years in prison as a political hostage and people cheer? Is this who we are? I hope not, but I’m not as optimistic about it as I used to be.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 6:03 PM
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Yep. She loved the Communists until they did to her what they do; take your freedom.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:18 AM
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Well, she DID admit to committing the crime...
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Yeah, but it shouldn't be a crime in the first place***
Oct 25, 2022, 10:40 AM
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Its Russia. they could care less if you think their crimes
Oct 25, 2022, 11:17 AM
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are legit crimes or not. And in the current state of current events, now is not the time to find yourself in a Russian prison.
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Re: Yeah, but it shouldn't be a crime in the first place***
Oct 25, 2022, 12:41 PM
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LOL....maybe that's the same line she used in her defense...if so, I'm surprised they didn't tack on an extra year or two.
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No, I don't think she did***
Oct 25, 2022, 12:53 PM
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She’s reaping what was sown all well earned***
Oct 25, 2022, 10:19 AM
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i dunno about that. She isn't innocent
Oct 25, 2022, 10:27 AM
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but i personally do not think the crime comes close to matching the time. I can sympathize with her on the way Putin is handling this.
i dont buy into the helpless victim philosophy either . she was in complete control of her own actions and decisions so she definitely could have avoided all this. To be fair.. she is dealing with these consequences as well. I'm not. I certainly don't need to throw more "justice" at her.
at the risk of being the focal point of all the internet social bullying.. i will also go on record stating I would not free international criminals to get her released.
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GOOD! There is nothing unfortunate about this.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:27 AM
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America hating, woke piece of crap. Good riddance. I simply cannot comprehend you people that support this type of trash.
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ouch
Oct 25, 2022, 11:24 AM
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what ever happened to the days when you could simply respectfully disagree un stuff.
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that ended when liberals went full on communist***
Oct 25, 2022, 11:44 AM
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and conservatives went full Nazi
Oct 25, 2022, 12:56 PM
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See, we can both make ignorant statements about the other side (even though I'm actually somewhere in the middle, because both sides have some good points depending on the issue).
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Please explain how wanting be left TF alone is going nazi
Oct 25, 2022, 1:13 PM
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Ill hang up and listen.
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Re: Please explain how wanting be left TF alone is going nazi
Oct 25, 2022, 1:25 PM
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It isn't, but you calling the left Commies is exactly like someone calling the right Nazis, both are BS, grossly simplified caricatures of what the two sides actual want which ironically is mostly the same, they just disagree on how to get there.
Also why so much hate? You are actually glad another human is suffering because they they have a different opinion?
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Uh no. those clowns literally run on socialist agendas
Oct 25, 2022, 2:14 PM
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And push for more big government, more taxes, tyrannical mandates, and the list goes on. Its not a generalization at all. And before you give me the SoCiAlIsM and CoMmuNiSm are not the same thing, its all semantics.
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Re: You realize the Nazis were socialist?***
Oct 25, 2022, 2:15 PM
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No they absolutely were not, as Stalin discovered the hard way after he and Stalin cut a deal to divide Poland between them in 1938...only to see Hitler turn on him and invade Russia. Calling the Nazis "Socialists" is the worst kind of tired revisionism. Hitler was distinctly not interested in turning the world into a giant classless worker's utopia, he was interested in obtaining living space for the Master Race...and ridding the world of people he considered genetically subhuman. Like the Slavs.
The Nazis called themselves "National Socialists" because it made the harsh medicine go down easier. It was just populist fake branding, fake socialism. Their government wasn't about the greater good or worker's utopianism at all, it was actually about the Big Lie and the direct manipulation of the masses.
We've fought plenty of wars over the years with socialist regimes. The Nazis weren't that. They were far-right-wingers, allied with the Fascists and Imperial Japanese...all birds of a feather.
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She made a stupid decision.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:29 AM
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Her sentence seems excessive, but she is the one who knowingly took illegal drugs into another country. Therefore, she's subject to that country's judicial system.
Period.
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I do hate it for her. Hopefully, she'll appreciate the US a
Oct 25, 2022, 5:33 PM
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little more when she is eventually released. I expect there will be a prisoner swap soon - too many liberals want her back.
I have to think if I were dealing with Russia (which was on the brink of war) - I would know exactly what was in my bags. (And I think she did...)
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Imagine if she was a terrorist who stormed The Capitol
Oct 25, 2022, 10:33 AM
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in an attempt to overturn an election?
What should her punishment be?
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The amount of stupid in this post is nearly inconceivable***
Oct 25, 2022, 10:38 AM
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lol.. don't believe everything you see on TV
Oct 25, 2022, 10:46 AM
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there was no way these people were going to "overturn" anything. It takes a lot more than a few hundred angry aholes.
The so called "rebellion on capitol hill" was nothing more than your standard protest, turned mob, turned vandals.
I don't recall a recent protest of ANY kind that didn't end up with some vandalism, assault , and good old fashion looting.
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Cool story, bro.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:52 AM
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Do you do any non-fiction?
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i bit here and there
Oct 25, 2022, 10:56 AM
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but not enough to base a movie off of
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Intent is what matters.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:57 AM
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If i tried to beat up Trenton Simpson the police would probably visit me in the ICU and charge me with assault. It doesn't matter that I have less than zero likelihood of successfully committing the crime what matters is that I tried.
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so if i build a rocket ship in my bath tub with the
Oct 25, 2022, 11:18 AM
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intent of flying to the moon.. am i an astronaut?
if you tried to beat up Trento Simpson and failed you would be charged with assault but not attempted murder . Unless the prosecutor had some other agenda and wanted you thrown under the jail.
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Why would you build a rocket in your bath tub?
Oct 25, 2022, 11:29 AM
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You don't have a garage? Hey if you identify as an astronaut I'm not gonna fight you on it.
If I stated, or it was able to be proved, that I intended to kill someone; the yes I would be charged with attempted murder. Many of these defendants publicly stated that they were attempting to prevent the vote from being certified; that's sedition plain and simple.
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cause I want to be an astronaut
Oct 25, 2022, 11:55 AM
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that is supposedly the best thing to put on your tinder profile.
if those any of these defendants confess to sedition then they should be charged accordantly. The ones that broke in and vandalized the capitol building should also be charged accordingly. Pretty simple.
NO one should ever , remotely.... believe these people had any decimal of a chance of overturning the election.
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I listed underwear model on my profile
Oct 25, 2022, 12:20 PM
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She'll be disappointed when she meets me, but hey it's about getting your foot in the door right?
Absolutely no reasonable person could have believed that they would be able to overthrow the government, but I'd argue many of those folks weren't reasonable. What they very nearly did do was to come into contact with elected members of congress. And it's not unreasonable to think that some of the crazies could have inflicted bodily harm on our elected representatives.
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i'd agree.
Oct 25, 2022, 1:02 PM
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protesting doesn't not mean you have a right to pillage. Unless you're a viking..
that is a whole different set of rules
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Zero guns there. Doesn't like intent. Ray Epps had intent***
Oct 25, 2022, 11:21 AM
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Doesn't sound like intent***
Oct 25, 2022, 11:22 AM
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That is hilarious. No wonder Pennsylvania has been called
Oct 25, 2022, 11:21 AM
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"Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburg on the other with Alabama in between."
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A non response to the video***
Oct 25, 2022, 11:55 AM
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Re: Hundreds of 1/6 protesters have received stiff sentences
Oct 26, 2022, 6:44 AM
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If only they investigated the riots from BLM as much as the 1/6 riot.
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This is what happens when Americans travel abroad and do
Oct 25, 2022, 10:42 AM
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something stupid in a foreign country. It's bad enough to break a "friendly" nation's laws but when a USA citizen does it in an adversarial country then the results are very predictable. Heck - a lot of times a US citizen doesn't even need to break an adversarial nation's laws to get in trouble - simply being there is enough.
I'm quite sure the Putin regime (and make no mistake - Russian courts are part of the regime) will get as much out of Griner's incarceration as they can. First - the Russian public's approval for slamming her in jail and then when Putin deems the time is right - a lopsided prisoner swap with the USA (a pothead basketball player for some number of trained Russian spies) or some other US concession.
But Griner can look on the positive side - after doing some jail time in Russia and she eventually makes it back to the USA I'm sure some book publisher will give her some cold hard cash to publish her "story"....
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 10:49 AM
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I probably will not lose any sleep over this. Actually, I guarantee I won't.
Go Tigers!
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 11:31 AM
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Good.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 12:46 PM
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Russia doesn't care if you like their laws.
It's a crime in Russia.
She was in Russia.
She broke their law.
She admitted to it.
They in turn sentenced her according to the law that she admitted to breaking.
It doesn't matter if any of us think that "this should not be against the law".
She is in some deep doo-doo...and it's nobody's fault but hers.
Do I think she should serve 9 years ? It doesn't matter what I think...Russia doesn't care.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 1:00 PM
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A good start would be to change the laws here so we don't look so hypocritical for calling Russia out for prosecuting someone for doing something that's illegal in the US, too. The main reason cannabis was even made illegal here was racism against Hispanic/black people.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 1:08 PM
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I don't think you are correct. It has always been illegal here in my lifetime (longer than yours I guess). Can you provide any evidence that it was made illegal because of racism.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 1:27 PM
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Yeah, no problem. I can provide plenty of evidence.
Harry J. Anslinger was the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which was a predecessor agency of the current DEA. The FBN is credited for criminalizing drugs such as marijuana with the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Anslinger served as commissioner from 1930 to 1962.
Here are a few quotes from the man himself:
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."
"Marijuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice."
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
"The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 2:52 PM
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TigerLinks®
Let me know if you need any more evidence, and I'll see what else I can dig up. Feel free to double-check those quotes, though. I know it's hard to believe, but they're all real.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 31, 2022, 5:29 PM
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Thanks JD404 ..... very interesting and I was not aware of those racists comments by the guy in 1937. Of course, the laws have been revisited many times since then and know that penalties for crack cocaine were largely based on race issues and that has been in much more modern times, so I don't doubt that our federal government is capable of stupid stuff!
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The C Y K A Deserves Every Day She Gets***
Oct 25, 2022, 5:11 PM
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Well, as Beach Billy would say, "Now WHO didn' know THAT!
Oct 25, 2022, 6:09 PM
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She is being used as a political pawn, so it would have been foolish to expect any other outcome. Pootin will trade her for something he wants, whenever he decides what that is.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 25, 2022, 7:07 PM
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They keep saying unlawful detention in the press yet she admits guilt and broke the law. Maybe it’s a harsh sentence but it’s with in the laws. She was anti police anti- white , anti- American wouldn’t stand for the anthem. So I guess this is justice at its finest . If we had a president or government with half a brain we would have negotiated her a lesser sentence instead of insulting their legality in saying completely let her off.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 26, 2022, 8:04 AM
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Prison is always a great place for a doper!
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Why?
Oct 26, 2022, 10:33 AM
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Do you think alcohol and tobacco users also belong in prison?
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 26, 2022, 11:02 AM
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I do not like her. I think she is anti-USA. Her actions and statements, in my mind, were despicable. Saying all that, my feelings towards her should not intervene justice. Feelings should have no bearing on what is just. Receiving nine years for a marijuana substance is truly ridiculous. There is no justice in that. I would hate to know the next time justice is perverted, it would be against me. No one, left, middle, or right, should take pleasure in this woman's verdict.
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Re: Griner's conviction was upheld.
Oct 26, 2022, 11:30 AM
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I'm only commenting because I wanted to be the 100th to comment. I really don't care about her case or appeal. So Go Tigers. Rest up and go kick some Irish butt next week.
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