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Forum: USA Politics Today, 04:48 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
We're not supposed to make judgements about guilt...

We're not supposed to make judgements about guilt and innocence when people invoke their fifth amendment rights (although notably, The Fat Orange Turd did just that...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 03:40 PM
Replies: 2,143
Views: 89,091
Posted By smartcooky
You still, after all this time, do not seem to...

You still, after all this time, do not seem to get the fact that rights and freedoms apply to everyone.

If I own a venue, I have the right to decide who does and who does not get to use MY venue....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 03:24 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
Accepted :thumbsup:

Accepted :thumbsup:
Forum: USA Politics Today, 03:16 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
Well, there are two facts that give me confidence...

Well, there are two facts that give me confidence she is speaking the truth here,

1. Crickets! Not one of the other people in that tent have come out and said "Trump never said that" or "that is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 03:00 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
Absolutely agree. Statements such as the...

Absolutely agree. Statements such as the highlighted are unfair generalisations.

I am an unapologetic liberal and progressive, but that does not mean I agree with all things in the progressive...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 02:45 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
This one works for me ...

This one works for me

https://twitter.com/DrMoragKerr/status/1542610045510340610
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 02:43 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
Not all progressives thanks.

Not all progressives thanks.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 02:32 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
Well now this is a rare thing indeed... I agree...

Well now this is a rare thing indeed... I agree 100% with everything in this post. It sums up my position perfectly...
Forum: USA Politics Today, 02:25 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
How about that she was there, in the tent behind...

How about that she was there, in the tent behind the stage at the Ellipse, with The Fat Orange Turd, and heard what he said.

Oh, and this is NOT hearsay - she is testifying directly to what The...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 02:10 PM
Replies: 323
Views: 36,794
Posted By smartcooky
The Proud Boys has been designated as a terrorist organization....

... in New Zealand!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/30/proud-boys-the-base-terrorist-new-zealand/

New Zealand designated two U.S. far-right groups, the Proud Boys and the Base, as...
Forum: USA Politics Today, 01:29 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
How about this? The Fat Orange Turd knew...

How about this?

The Fat Orange Turd knew the crowd was armed, with firearms, that he wanted the metal detectors removed to allow more armed people into the crowd, and that he wanted to go to the...
Forum: Trials and Errors Today, 05:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 305
Posted By smartcooky
Well Mr Kelly, you ain't The World's Greatest so...

Well Mr Kelly, you ain't The World's Greatest so you're not Number One any more, but It Seems Like You're Ready to Burn it Up behind bars like you're Trapped in the Closet. I guess that can happen...
Forum: Trials and Errors Today, 03:29 AM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
Sad to see you joining the victim-blaming crowd.

Sad to see you joining the victim-blaming crowd.
Forum: USA Politics Today, 03:27 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
True, but regardless, evidence given at these...

True, but regardless, evidence given at these hearings still has to be assessed as to it admissibility in a trial.
Forum: USA Politics Today, 12:42 AM
Replies: 335
Views: 30,722
Posted By smartcooky
Somewhat reminds me of a segment in one of those...

Somewhat reminds me of a segment in one of those episodes of "World's Dumbest Criminals" in which a thief snatches a woman's handbag, but a cop catches him and brings him back to the scene. The cop...
Forum: USA Politics Today, 12:25 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
Not to beat a dead horse, but for the benefit of...

Not to beat a dead horse, but for the benefit of others

hhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2011-title28/USCODE-2011-title28-app-federalru-dup2-rule803/summary

The title of the law that...
Forum: Trials and Errors Today, 12:07 AM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
^ This is just victim-blaming whataboutism., and...

^ This is just victim-blaming whataboutism., and it is pathetic.

Giuffre was deceived coerced by a manipulative, predatory bitch into what she did. The predatory bitch however, did what she did...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 07:43 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
Ah yes.. the "Pillow Guy" defence

Ah yes.. the "Pillow Guy" defence
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 07:41 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
:rolleyes: This is the first thing...

:rolleyes:



This is the first thing you have said in this thread that I agree with.
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 07:40 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
I accept that, but you made no mention of that in...

I accept that, but you made no mention of that in your post.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13844513&postcount=23

There is potential for charges against a LOT more...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 04:30 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
Not quite right. A person testifying to what...

Not quite right. A person testifying to what someone told them is not always hearsay.

"Trump said Mike Pence deserved to be hung!"

This IS hearsay if an attempt was made to use this is...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 03:10 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
Testiculos habet, et est bene suspendum

Testiculos habet, et est bene suspendum
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 03:01 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
Nope, I've looked up "********" in Westlaw......

Nope, I've looked up "********" in Westlaw... it's not there! :D
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 02:36 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,731
Posted By smartcooky
So Peter Alexander is saying that an anonymous...

So Peter Alexander is saying that an anonymous person told him that some other other person has told them something.

There is a term we use to describe such a statement. I wonder what that could...
Forum: Trials and Errors Yesterday, 03:47 AM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
Depp vs Heard was a civil trial United...

Depp vs Heard was a civil trial

United States v Maxwell was a criminal trial

Different reasons, different rules, different procedures and so not comparable.



You have evidence of this...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 01:39 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 982
Posted By smartcooky
You are misunderstanding. Yes, we have a cap on...

You are misunderstanding. Yes, we have a cap on numbers, so do Australia, the USA and just about every country that permits immigration.

New Zealand and Australia have higher numbers per...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Yesterday, 12:33 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 982
Posted By smartcooky
Well, at least you got my point! I...

Well, at least you got my point!




I disagree.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/692815/asian-immigrant-stock-of-new-zealand-by-country-of-origin/

As of the end of 2019, of the 4.9...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 12:08 AM
Replies: 3,068
Views: 160,647
Posted By smartcooky
Brett Baer on Faux News last night Listen, this...

Brett Baer on Faux News last night
Listen, this testimony is first of all stunning, because we haven't heard this. Two, it's compelling because of her proximity to power all of these people directly...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th June 2022, 11:07 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 982
Posted By smartcooky
Bbbbbut... that would let all those mud people...

Bbbbbut... that would let all those mud people into Murica... and they could eventually become... shock horror... VOTERS!!!
Forum: USA Politics 28th June 2022, 09:59 PM
Replies: 3,068
Views: 160,647
Posted By smartcooky
If you bothered doing something called "research"...

If you bothered doing something called "research" before you knee-jerked off another post in which you question the motives of those testifying against your Dear Leader, you would have known that Ms...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th June 2022, 02:47 PM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
Well, from her point of view, she might find Club...

Well, from her point of view, she might find Club Fed more acceptable than the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.
Forum: USA Politics 28th June 2022, 01:01 PM
Replies: 3,068
Views: 160,647
Posted By smartcooky
Ms Hutchison, while not a real "blockbuster"...

Ms Hutchison, while not a real "blockbuster" witness in the same vein as John Dean in the Watergate hearings, she has nonetheless given a lot of context and detail to what was revealed in the last...
Forum: USA Politics 28th June 2022, 12:52 PM
Replies: 3,068
Views: 160,647
Posted By smartcooky
In this post, one of our usual suspects said ...

In this post, one of our usual suspects said

"I'll continue to see it as nothing more than a protest that got out of hand rather than a genuine effort to overthrow the US Government. After all, in...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th June 2022, 11:43 AM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
20 years and a US$750,000 fine ...

20 years and a US$750,000 fine

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/ghislaine-maxwell-sentencing-latest-news-jeffrey-epstein-b2110869.html

In handing down the sentence in...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th June 2022, 05:32 AM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
From the victim impact statement of Virginia...

From the victim impact statement of Virginia Giuffre

"I want to be clear about one thing: without question, Jeffrey Epstein was a terrible paedophile. But I never would have met Jeffrey Epstein if...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th June 2022, 05:26 AM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
From the victim impact statement of Annie Farmer ...

From the victim impact statement of Annie Farmer

Annie Farmer, who told a court that Ghislaine Maxwell gave her a nude massage and groped her breasts at Mr Epstein’s ranch in Sanata Fe, New Mexico...
Forum: USA Politics 28th June 2022, 02:07 AM
Replies: 312
Views: 6,375
Posted By smartcooky
This sounded familiar, so I did some checking ...

This sounded familiar, so I did some checking

I think was Jeffrey Toobin, an American lawyer, author, political commentator and legal analyst for CNN
...
Forum: USA Politics 27th June 2022, 09:53 PM
Replies: 3,068
Views: 160,647
Posted By smartcooky
My guess(es) would be a. Trump's former...

My guess(es) would be

a. Trump's former White House Counsel, Pat Cipillone.

b. Mark Meadows’ former top aide, Cassidy Hutchinson (the women who testified on video in the last hearing to several...
Forum: USA Politics 27th June 2022, 02:31 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 30,722
Posted By smartcooky
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s9thev5mqjo27k5/yawn.gif...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/s9thev5mqjo27k5/yawn.gif?raw=1

There is more chance of his keeling over because he's drunk than from a heart attack.

I don't think Ghouliani has thought this through -...
Forum: USA Politics 27th June 2022, 02:22 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 30,722
Posted By smartcooky
I'll see, your laughing dog, and raise you a...

I'll see, your laughing dog, and raise you a laughing Data

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4exuos06bhrao3x/Datalaugh.gif?raw=1
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th June 2022, 02:07 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
I would say both would apply equally. This...

I would say both would apply equally.

This man competing in a women's competititon ought to be ashamed of himself. He is physically, physiologically and biologically male. This gives him actual...
Forum: USA Politics 26th June 2022, 05:11 AM
Replies: 312
Views: 6,375
Posted By smartcooky
Isn't remarkable how duplicitous Republicans are,...

Isn't remarkable how duplicitous Republicans are, the party you support, the so-called "Party of Small Government" that wants the Government to stay out of people's lives, but is quite happy to have...
Forum: USA Politics 26th June 2022, 01:46 AM
Replies: 312
Views: 6,375
Posted By smartcooky
Cut them peckerwoods in the South-East loose I...

Cut them peckerwoods in the South-East loose I say, let 'em have their straight, white, racist, Christian promised land. California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada together would make a viable...
Forum: USA Politics 25th June 2022, 09:37 PM
Replies: 312
Views: 6,375
Posted By smartcooky
If y'all think this is all they want - to...

If y'all think this is all they want - to overturn Roe v Wade, think again. They will be going after other precedents as well.

Griswold v Connecticut (the right to use contraception)
Lawrence v....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th June 2022, 11:58 AM
Replies: 807
Views: 10,496
Posted By smartcooky
Its pretty obviously the post he quoted. ...

Its pretty obviously the post he quoted.

shuttit is literally saying that if its open season for forum members on anti-vaxxers then why should it not be open season on rape victims. Of course,...
Forum: USA Politics 24th June 2022, 09:15 PM
Replies: 3,068
Views: 160,647
Posted By smartcooky
Looks like Mo Brooks is willing to talk to the...

Looks like Mo Brooks is willing to talk to the Jan 6 select committee. Of course if, like me, you have been following the US Senate primaries, it won't be very hard to guess why he's had this change...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th June 2022, 07:59 PM
Replies: 1,821
Views: 112,766
Posted By smartcooky
Good. I hope she spends a long time, preferably...

Good. I hope she spends a long time, preferably the rest of her miserable life, rotting in a jail cell. She certainly deserves it!


Quote of and respose to moderated content removed .
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2022, 04:54 PM
Replies: 807
Views: 10,496
Posted By smartcooky
C) she was 16 and didn't know the law, and didn't...

C) she was 16 and didn't know the law, and didn't know what her options were.
D) she was traumatized by what happened.
E) She didn't want to share her trauma with unsympathetic strangers.
F) She...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2022, 01:37 PM
Replies: 805
Views: 13,336
Posted By smartcooky
Sure, height and arm length can give you...

Sure, height and arm length can give you advantage, but that equally applies within the same sex. Alex Higgins was 5ft 7½in, but that never made him uncompetitive with 6ft 3in Steve Davis whom he...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th June 2022, 04:49 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 399
Posted By smartcooky
Yup. If this guy had had access to guns, there...

Yup. If this guy had had access to guns, there would have been multiple deaths.
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