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« Reply #8010 on: November 20, 2022, 04:15:39 pm »
He's rich, nothing ever happens to rich people.
They even have a hilarious system where they fine you for offences. Rich people can pay their $300 speeding ticket and not even notice. It's like there's no punishment at all.

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« Reply #8011 on: November 20, 2022, 04:18:00 pm »
They even have a hilarious system where they fine you for offences. Rich people can pay their $300 speeding ticket and not even notice. It's like there's no punishment at all.
You can pay speeding tickets in Canada too. 😂

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« Reply #8012 on: November 20, 2022, 04:38:06 pm »
He's rich, nothing ever happens to rich people.

Jeffery Epstein, Conrad Black, Harvey Weinstein, Bernie Madoff, Martha Stewart, etc.
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« Reply #8013 on: November 20, 2022, 05:33:05 pm »
Jeffery Epstein, Conrad Black, Harvey Weinstein, Bernie Madoff, Martha Stewart, etc.

That etc is doing so much heavy lifting lol.

There’s no way you’re going to actually argue that the wealthy and the poor face the same legal scrutiny and consequences for wrongdoing.

I mean ffs, how long did Epstein and Weinstein prey on people before they were caught?
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« Reply #8014 on: November 20, 2022, 05:37:28 pm »
You can pay speeding tickets in Canada too. 😂
I think you're not understanding again.

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« Reply #8015 on: November 21, 2022, 10:23:31 am »
They even have a hilarious system where they fine you for offences. Rich people can pay their $300 speeding ticket and not even notice. It's like there's no punishment at all.

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."

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« Reply #8016 on: November 21, 2022, 04:43:50 pm »
Re: Wealthy people not facing justice...
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Jeffery Epstein, Conrad Black, Harvey Weinstein, Bernie Madoff, Martha Stewart, etc.
That etc is doing so much heavy lifting lol.
There’s no way you’re going to actually argue that the wealthy and the poor face the same legal scrutiny and consequences for wrongdoing.
It is true...wealthy people ARE treated differently than poor/middle class people. Financial crimes are often not investigated, and when they are they often hide behind shell corporations. And when they actually do get charged they can afford better legal representation. (Not to mention the cases involving financial crimes are themselves are often quite complex, making it harder to get a conviction.)

But that doesn't mean that there isn't reason for hope when it comes to prosecuting Stubby McBonespurs. The documents case is easy to understand for jurors (relying on simple posession), the investigation has the attention of the DoJ (unlike a lot of white collar crime that simply flies under the radar), and there is significant precedent. And even if Trump can afford the greatest lawyers (assuming he can find one that will work for him, and assuming he actually pays attention to their advice), the case against him seems pretty air-tight.

Some of the other cases are trickier... the issues of Jan6 terrorism and Georgia election fraud have some complexities (issues of free speech and executive privilege... even if Trump loses, he can still keep them tied up in court for years.) And it was really disappointing when Bragg decided not to proceed with a fraud case against Trump in NY. But at least James is able to keep the heat on him.

But if he goes to jail just because he really had to have a copy of the north korean love letter, I will be happy.


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« Reply #8017 on: November 21, 2022, 05:15:55 pm »
That etc is doing so much heavy lifting lol.

There’s no way you’re going to actually argue that the wealthy and the poor face the same legal scrutiny and consequences for wrongdoing.

I mean ffs, how long did Epstein and Weinstein prey on people before they were caught?

They come under the same scrutiny but have a definite advantage in the amount of money they can spend on lawyers.
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« Reply #8018 on: November 21, 2022, 05:23:14 pm »
They come under the same scrutiny but have a definite advantage in the amount of money they can spend on lawyers.

They certainly do not.

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« Reply #8019 on: November 22, 2022, 01:10:05 am »
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There’s no way you’re going to actually argue that the wealthy and the poor face the same legal scrutiny and consequences for wrongdoing.
They come under the same scrutiny but have a definite advantage in the amount of money they can spend on lawyers.
They also have the advantage in that the types of crimes they are involved in (white collar crimes like bank fraud) are a lot more complex than the type of crimes a poor person might engage in.

Police are on the lookout for break-ins/muggings/etc. They are easy to detect. They are less on the lookout for "We underestimated the value of this real estate when we filled out our taxes" and "Our company avoided income tax by buying an executive a car instead of paying higher salary" because they need more complex financial analysis and more data to uncover.

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« Reply #8020 on: November 25, 2022, 03:19:59 pm »
Lmao Trump is really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

Kanye West Pals Up with Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes, Travels to Meet Trump at Mar-A-Lago

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Just when you thought Kanye West’s far-right heel turn couldn’t get any more disturbing, the former rap legend is now associating himself with white nationalist and Holocaust denier, Nick Fuentes. In fact, the two recently traveled together to Mar-A-Lago to meet with Donald Trump.

The 24-year-old Fuentes has emerged as one of the leading figures of the far-right movement for his incendiary views on women, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+ community, and other minorities. Notably, he openly praises Hitler, believes that the Holocaust was a hoax, and is opposed to women’s right to vote. He was also present for the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, and spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, DC on January 6th.
And now, he’s hobnobbing with Kanye West.

As West himself revealed in a new campaign-style video released to Twitter on Thursday evening, he and Fuentes recently traveled to Mar-A-Lago, where they pitched Donald Trump on being West’s running mate for the 2024 presidential election. In the video, he is seen debriefing with Fuentes and campaign staffer / fellow alt-right personality, Milo Yiannopoulos. “I walked in with intelligence,” West recounts. “Trump was really impressed with Nick Fuentes.”

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Re: The Donald Trump Thread
« Reply #8021 on: November 25, 2022, 04:09:27 pm »
IDK how much of this is real though... the troll myself to the presidency game has its limits

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« Reply #8022 on: November 25, 2022, 04:20:27 pm »
IDK how much of this is real though... the troll myself to the presidency game has its limits
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Yeah the audience for this kind stunt is like a couple hundred incel weirdos, tops.
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« Reply #8023 on: November 25, 2022, 08:54:54 pm »
IDK how much of this is real though...
Not sure what you mean.

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« Reply #8024 on: November 25, 2022, 08:57:37 pm »
Not sure what you mean.

Them... meeting and doing what exactly ?  It just seems like trolling
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