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Adisa said:
He will intervene. The feck he will.
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He can't intervene because if he does then there's no need for the SCOTUS to hear the case anymore. At least that's what I heard earlier.
Of course that could be the plan, so they'll have someone else to blame. and continue the grift.
 
He's literally and metophorically shitting himself the closer we get to January 21. As that tweet said yesterday, we're at the sauce turning phase.

Also I love these planks saying shit like "I can give you a third eye from over a mile away".

I believe as somebody pointed out on reddit, the chances of taking any shot and being that accurate are minuscule. A shot like that is literally reserved for the best sniper in the US armed forces, not just because of the distance but the fact you have to consider the wind effect on the bullet at various points along its route + bullet drop. If one person from yalqaeda were to pull it off, it would be an absolute fluke.
 
mariachi-19 said:
He's literally and metophorically shitting himself the closer we get to January 21. As that tweet said yesterday, we're at the sauce turning phase.

Also I love these planks saying shit like "I can give you a third eye from over a mile away".

I believe as somebody pointed out on reddit, the chances of taking any shot and being that accurate are minuscule. A shot like that is literally reserved for the best sniper in the US armed forces, not just because of the distance but the fact you have to consider the wind effect on the bullet at various points along its route + bullet drop. If one person from yalqaeda were to pull it off, it would be an absolute fluke.
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Or we just need an absolute madman who will get close enough..
 
WI_Red said:
By that point I was already delirious, so I might have tried to plug my phone into it.
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Gives you something to try and figure out while waiting for country-wide final election results to come in though (or Trump to admit defeat).
 
https://www.romper.com/life/protestors-demonstrate-at-election-official-home-son

A bit more in depth at the Sec State’s house this weekend.

And, today, a Democratic councilwoman (I think in Michigan as well?) has to tearfully excuse herself out from a hearing to get home to her unattended 12 y/o son due to protesters knocking on the front door at her home. (Got it totally wrong, it was an Idaho public health official who had anti-maskers outside her house).

There’s been calls today on alt right social media for bombings. Just surreal.
 
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What's the point of a constitution or free and fair democratic elections if one side won't accept them?


Even if they do concede now the damage has been done and at least a third of the country won't accept it was fair. If that's not terrifying and extremely dangerous then I have no idea what is.
 
langster said:



What's the point of a constitution or free and fair democratic elections if one side won't accept them?


Even if they do concede now the damage has been done and at least a third of the country won't accept it was fair. If that's not terrifying and extremely dangerous then I have no idea what is.
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Can these people (the politicians & supporting constituents) even be reasoned with in this post-truth climate?
 
langster said:



What's the point of a constitution or free and fair democratic elections if one side won't accept them?


Even if they do concede now the damage has been done and at least a third of the country won't accept it was fair. If that's not terrifying and extremely dangerous then I have no idea what is.
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On the silver lining side, I would have expected Idaho, Iowa, North Carolina, Kentucky and Wyoming to be on that list. So...progress?
 
mariachi-19 said:
He's literally and metophorically shitting himself the closer we get to January 21. As that tweet said yesterday, we're at the sauce turning phase.

Also I love these planks saying shit like "I can give you a third eye from over a mile away".

I believe as somebody pointed out on reddit, the chances of taking any shot and being that accurate are minuscule. A shot like that is literally reserved for the best sniper in the US armed forces, not just because of the distance but the fact you have to consider the wind effect on the bullet at various points along its route + bullet drop. If one person from yalqaeda were to pull it off, it would be an absolute fluke.
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You also have to take the size of the gut in to account. No way you are making that shot while laying on top of 10lbs of shit.
 
langster said:



What's the point of a constitution or free and fair democratic elections if one side won't accept them?


Even if they do concede now the damage has been done and at least a third of the country won't accept it was fair. If that's not terrifying and extremely dangerous then I have no idea what is.
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I think Biden's inauguration is nailed on for a domestic terrorist attack.
 
mariachi-19 said:
He's literally and metophorically shitting himself the closer we get to January 21. As that tweet said yesterday, we're at the sauce turning phase.

Also I love these planks saying shit like "I can give you a third eye from over a mile away".

I believe as somebody pointed out on reddit, the chances of taking any shot and being that accurate are minuscule. A shot like that is literally reserved for the best sniper in the US armed forces, not just because of the distance but the fact you have to consider the wind effect on the bullet at various points along its route + bullet drop. If one person from yalqaeda were to pull it off, it would be an absolute fluke.
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Yeah, such shots are reserved for the top one percent of snipers worldwide. A Canadian holds the top spot for a kill from over 3000 meters, but that even took multiple shots to attain. It ain’t all Call of Duty in the Pripyat tower.
 
GiddyUp said:
I think Biden's inauguration is nailed on for a domestic terrorist attack.
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This is undoubtedly one of the key discussions in the inauguration committee. Fly run stated that at least 80% of the inauguration would be virtual & that percentage will probably rise as it gets closer to the date. Terrorism concerns will probably rival covid concerns regarding politician & public safety in the next few weeks.
 
mariachi-19 said:
He's literally and metophorically shitting himself the closer we get to January 21. As that tweet said yesterday, we're at the sauce turning phase.

Also I love these planks saying shit like "I can give you a third eye from over a mile away".

I believe as somebody pointed out on reddit, the chances of taking any shot and being that accurate are minuscule. A shot like that is literally reserved for the best sniper in the US armed forces, not just because of the distance but the fact you have to consider the wind effect on the bullet at various points along its route + bullet drop. If one person from yalqaeda were to pull it off, it would be an absolute fluke.
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The rotation of the earth comes in to play at that distance as well if you want that kind of accuracy, and since you'd have to live in reality to calculate that sort of thing I think it's safe to say that no MAGA't could pull it off.
 
mariachi-19 said:
Also I love these planks saying shit like "I can give you a third eye from over a mile away".

I believe as somebody pointed out on reddit, the chances of taking any shot and being that accurate are minuscule. A shot like that is literally reserved for the best sniper in the US armed forces, not just because of the distance but the fact you have to consider the wind effect on the bullet at various points along its route + bullet drop. If one person from yalqaeda were to pull it off, it would be an absolute fluke.
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I think the key piece of that is at such a range you have to make adjustments to your optics which involve minutes of angle and other semi-complex math, which is likely beyond these idiots, whose rifles are sighted in for 100 yards. Good luck on figuring out how many clicks to set up for 1760 yards.

Also, most of them are using AR-15s, whose typical round is most accurate at 100 yards and has the propensity to get a little wild beyond 300 yards. Based on the most common stock configuration of these rifles (barrel length and rate of twist) not many of these guys are hitting anything beyond 600 yards and only the very best shooters will make accurate shots at that range. I won't even get into the fact that the most common optics for these rifles (red dots and holographic sights) aren't made for accuracy at range.
 
Last ‘Kraken’ Slain: Court Notes ‘Federal Judges Do Not Appoint the President,’ Wonders Why Sidney Powell Asked

The last of the four lawsuits filed by President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Sidney Powell bit the dust late Wednesday in Wisconsin, where a federal judge noted that voters choose who goes to the White House in the United States.

“Federal judges do not appoint the president in this country,” U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper wrote in a 45-page ruling. “One wonders why the plaintiffs came to federal court and asked a federal judge to do so. After a week of sometimes odd and often harried litigation, the court is no closer to answering the ‘why.’ But this federal court has no authority or jurisdiction to grant the relief the remaining plaintiff seeks.”

The decision fell hours after a similar decision by a federal judge in Arizona, who found Powell’s claims of voter fraud entirely unsupported.

“Not only have Plaintiffs failed to provide the Court with factual support for their extraordinary claims, but they have wholly failed to establish that they have standing for the Court to consider them,” U.S. District Judge Diane Joyce Humetewa said. “Allegations that find favor in the public sphere of gossip and innuendo cannot be a substitute for earnest pleadings and procedure in federal court. They most certainly cannot be the basis for upending Arizona’s 2020 General Election.”

On Tuesday, federal judges in Michigan and Georgia reached the same conclusion.

The tensions of the national moment aside, Judge Pepper said that the case was simple.

“The election that preceded this lawsuit was emotional and often divisive,” the judge wrote. “The pleadings that have been filed over the past week are passionate and urgent. People have strong, deep feelings about the right to vote, the freedom and opportunity to vote and the value of their vote. They should. But the legal question at the heart of this case is simple. Federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Does a federal court have the jurisdiction and authority to grant the relief this lawsuit seeks? The answer is no.”

Powell compared her lawsuits to the “Kraken,” a mythical, octopus-like creature unleashed into popular culture in the film “Clash of the Titans.” Every tentacle of the litigation is now shredded, though she and her co-counsel Lin Wood have been pursuing appeals in the 11th Circuit for the Georgia case and Sixth Circuit for Michigan.

None of those appeals are expected to go far, and the rest of Judge Pepper’s opinion shows the deficiencies and carelessness in the lawsuit that makes the sea-monster dead in the water.

Powell wanted to the judge to order the disclosure of 48 hours of surveillance footage at the “TCF Center,” but that convention center is in Detroit, Michigan, the judge made sure to mention in a footnote.

Even botching the name of her client, Powell referred to her lead plaintiff William Feehan, a would-be Trump elector, as “Meehan.” The judge called out that typo, too.

That lack of attention to detail was emblematic of what the judge found to be a broader aimlessness of the entire enterprise.

“Even if this federal court had the authority to order the governor of the state of Wisconsin to certify the results of a national presidential election for any candidate—and the plaintiff has presented no case, statute or constitutional provision providing the court with that authority—doing so would further invalidate and nullify [Feehan]’s vote,” Judge Pepper noted. “The plaintiff wants Donald J. Trump to be certified as the winner of the Wisconsin election as a result of the plaintiff’s vote. But what he asks is for Donald J. Trump to be certified the winner as a result of judicial fiat.”

That, Judge Pepper would not do.

“This court’s authority to grant relief is confined by the limits of the Constitution,” she noted. “Granting the relief the plaintiff requests would take the court far outside those limits, and outside the limits of its oath to uphold and defendant the Constitution.”
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https://lawandcrime.com/2020-electi...he-president-wonders-why-sidney-powell-asked/
 
So does this lawsuit with all the red states involved have any chance? And is it the entire state goverments that want to overturn it, or just the looney on top?
 
So whats this about 18 odd states going to your Supreme Court?

Reading about 50 odd cases being thrown out and all states having certified, I thought this was all done.

But, with so many states going to the SC might at the very least delay the process??
 
DevilsOwn said:
So whats this about 18 odd states going to your Supreme Court?

Reading about 50 odd cases being thrown out and all states having certified, I thought this was all done.

But, with so many states going to the SC might at the very least delay the process??
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Absolutely not.
 
DevilsOwn said:
So whats this about 18 odd states going to your Supreme Court?

Reading about 50 odd cases being thrown out and all states having certified, I thought this was all done.

But, with so many states going to the SC might at the very least delay the process??
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No hes still going to try and declare martial law and roll tanks over the constitution (avenue) before the electoral college votes on 14th December

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calodo2003 said:
Can these people (the politicians & supporting constituents) even be reasoned with in this post-truth climate?
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No, because they only pay lip-service to democracy when the results suit them.

Underneath it all, they don't actually believe in or want democracy. They want power and control at almost all costs - and when push comes to shove they've shown their willingness to undermine faith in democracy and to work to subvert it.

It's a case of holding (and trying to strengthen) the democratic line until the processes of history - including new generations of voters and other demographic changes - work ever harder against Trumpites.
 
DevilsOwn said:
So whats this about 18 odd states going to your Supreme Court?

Reading about 50 odd cases being thrown out and all states having certified, I thought this was all done.

But, with so many states going to the SC might at the very least delay the process??
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Experts are saying its unlikely SCOTUS hears the case.
 
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