Donald Trump Releases His Inner Fascist, Hostage Situation in Mali Ends with 27 Dead: P.M. Links

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  Todd Kranin

  Donald Trump would like to implement a national registry for Muslim Americans. You know who else was fond of national registries for religious minorities…

• Or maybe not.
• Ben Carson isn't looking too good, either.
• Shooting and hostage situation in Mali hotel leaves 27 dead.
• The New York Times review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 makes reference to Katniss's gender as "fluid," which is staggeringly incorrect.
• The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has condemned anti-refugee sentiments.

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Refugees and the Risk of 'Sleeper' Terrorists: Grandstanding politicians fan fear, but don't know what they are talking about. By Ronald Bailey

Ditch the Fake Lovefest and Learn the Real Story of the First Thanksgiving: Saints & Strangers plays out the tense political negotiations. By Glenn Garvin

The Star Wars Economy Is Bigger Than You Think: How the franchise changed the way movies make money. By Paul Detrick

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has condemned anti-refugee sentiments.

Well, it better.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Hello.

[Pan Zagloba]

Hello Rufus. So, are we gonna be sweater buddies, as all good Canadians should?

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Jesus Christ.

I was wondering when that was going to happen.

No cult of the personality here!

[LouiseGraham]

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[DEG]

WTF?

The life-size cardboard cut-outs of Obama were a brilliant way to part fools from their money. This? This? I have no words.

[Pan Zagloba]

Now you understand, Americans. There is nothing you can do that we cannot take and make shittier.

[Juice]

I want one.

[DJF]

Is it supporting Syrian refugees going to Israel, it is next door.

Tear down those walls Israel, let the refugees in!

[Pan Zagloba]

+1 Right Of Return

[Heroic Mulatto]

Acutely aware of the consequences to Jews who were unable to flee Nazism, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum looks with concern upon the current refugee crisis. While recognizing that security concerns must be fully addressed, we should not turn our backs on the thousands of legitimate refugees.

The Museum calls on public figures and citizens to avoid condemning today's refugees as a group.

A nuanced statement against lazy collectivist bigotry? I blame the Jews.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Who let the dogs...in?

[sloopyinTEXAS]

When will they condemn FDR for refusing entry of German Jewish refugees? Or will they piss away their energy on Trump, even though he has had, and will have, no impact whatsoever on refugees?

I'll hold my breath.

[OneOut]

Even the Light Bringer suspended Iraqi immigrantion for a 6 month period with no media outcry.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Donald Trump would like to implement a national registry for Muslim Americans.

The first step to confiscation.

[IndyEleven]

Geez, and mine has one of those shoulder things that goes up. Better bury it in the backyard...

[Tonio]

Well, I would hope your muslim's shoulders go up. Rotator cuff injuries are a bitch.

[Copernicus would chip]

Maybe he's just concerned we'll all buy them the same toaster as a gift.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Somebody help suggest me a good science-y Christmas/Hanukkah present for my 6 year old. I'm thinking of a microscope and slides (to go along with the dolls and books and Wii U games), because I got that when I was around that age and it was awesome.

[Rhywun]

Some sort of rock/mineral set? I used to love that stuff when I was that age.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

Damn it Rhywun, they're minera... oh, nevermind.

[gaoxiaen]

Every boy wants a BB gun.

[OneOut]

+1 Red Ryder

[jesse.in.mb]

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments or possibly 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

Spoiler: my brother-in-law did not let my nephew do most of these things

[Riven]

Get her a little beginner chemistry set! My sister got one when I was 6 and she never used it... guess who did instead?

[IndyEleven]

Celestron makes a digital microscope that's pretty decent (about $40 on amazon)--they connect to a computer via USB and are reasonably easy to use for kids and work well for looking at bugs, rocks, etc. More of a high-powered magnifying glass, but easier than working with slides.

Snap circuits are also a cool toy, but might be a little too old unless the kid is really focused. Mine didn't get into them until about age 8-9.

[Tonio]

^These.

[Careless]

My daughter loved pokemon cards at 6 last year. Even though she wasn't playing with them, her imagination made them a great entertainment

[Copernicus would chip]

Bomb the Harbor!

[Mad Scientist]

Mini bike.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

bb gun?

/you'll shoot your eye out

[AlmightyJB]

My grandpa bought me and my cousins mini bikes for Christmas when we were 5. Pretty sweet.

[DaveSs]

Galileoscope

Its a cheap telescope similar in size to the one Galileo used.

Supposed to be pretty easy to take it apart and put it together to see how it works.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Snap Circuits

If you'd like a book try Backyard Ballistics

[Medical Physics Guy]

That sounds pretty good. A lot of the little science kits for kids you can buy at museums etc. are junk. But I still remember my microscope and slides.

I also got my boy a paper airplane kit at that age, it had like 40 designs.

[AlmightyJB]

I know they make little magnet kits for kids to learn about magnetic fields. Could throw in a basic silva compass with that.

[cavalier973]

Saliva compass?

[Lee G]

Stereo-microscope, then start catching bugs.

Amazon has got a bazillion of them.

[RAHeinlein]

K'nex - my kids loved them, and the spouse loved playing with them. You can ramp-up to electronics/engines, so good for years.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Anarchist Cookbook (pay cash for it) and a chemistry set.

[Lee G]

Anarchist Cookbook (pay cash for it)

Why bother? He already posts here.

[Unreconstructed (Sans Flag)]

The Elenco Snap Circuits are pretty good for kids too - let's 'em build working electronics with less risk from soldering (though I imagine a kid that really digs it will be soldering soon!).

[lap83]

6 year olds love stickers.

[Restoras]

Two words.

Model. Rocket.

[The Last American Hero]

Snap circuits

[In League with the Dark Ones]

Whoosh Boom Splat?

[AlmightyJB]

Everything she needs to know about science is in the Bible.

[LynchPin1477]

You're thinking of sex.

[LynchPin1477]

We use Snap Circuits in our education and outreach. Might be a bit much for 6 years old, but depends on your kid.
http://www.snapcircuits.net/

I also got this telescope for our friend's kid, and it's good enough to see the rings of Saturn and some cool features on the Moon, which are the only things that will really interest most kids that age.

[AlmightyJB]

Yeah, it depends on attention span.

[Not okay]

There's a circuit set with motors that buttons together.

[Not okay]

http://www.amazon.com/Snap-Cir.....B00CIXVIRQ

[Enough About Palin]

My niece is five I just bought her this for her holiday gift. This is the third year in a row (she has the wolf and the frog). At some point, she can take all of them apart, mix up the pieces and then try to put all three back together.

http://www.therealmothergoose......_moose.htm

[Suthenboy]

Microscope! Microscope! Microscope!

*jumps up and down waving arms*

[Copernicus would chip]

A 'grievance journal'

[kinnath]

A nice brewing set up. Cover a lot of organic chemistry that way.

[Juice]

Either a microscope or a telescope. It's hard to get good ones without spending some dough though.

[AlmightyJB]

"You know who else .."

Nice:)

[Citizen X]

It is known that Robby reads the comments, the poor bastard.

[LynchPin1477]

One of us, one of us....

[jesse.in.mb]

The New York Times review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 makes reference to Katniss's gender as "fluid," which is staggeringly incorrect.

Women can't be heroes unless they're really being men? I have no idea where you'd come up with genderfluid to talk about Katniss.

[Juvenile Bluster]

It's a trendy word. I mean, she isn't always wearing a dress, and she was somewhat uncomfortable getting all dolled up before the Games. That makes her genderfluid, right? (that isn't actually a question)

[jesse.in.mb]

I only sometimes wear flannel button-ups. I must be genderfluid too.

[Ted S.]

Do you drive a Subaru Forrester?

[Mad Scientist]

This is his car, all right.
http://s106.photobucket.com/us.....8.jpg.html

[jesse.in.mb]

Do you drive a Subaru Forrester

Being genderfluid doesn't make me a lesbian, Ted.

I don't think.

Shit.

[LynchPin1477]

Do you drive a Subaru Forrester?

Yeah. I'm thinking of getting truck balls for it.

....

I sort of regret the purchase, but it was affordable.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Flannel button-ups?

Who do you think you are, Paul Bunyan?

[Pan Zagloba]

Doesn't every good, red-blooded American male think he's Paul Bunyan from time to time?

[Brett L]

I'm more of the John Henry type. I'm gonna die drilling against a machine and winning.

[jesse.in.mb]

Some days, FdA, but some days I'm more of a Lucette

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Her desire is as fluid as her gender, whether she's slipping into froufrou, shooting down enemy aircraft, kissing a boy or taking a punch.

Only men can shoot down enemy aircraft. duh.

[Mickey Rat]

Is that in English?

[Rhywun]

I know absolutely nothing about this franchise. Crap or not crap? The "review" was tedious twaddle and TL;DR besides.

[Juvenile Bluster]

The third book is the weakest, but it's a very good series overall, with some pretty good libertarian, or at least anti-authoritarian, leanings. The movies aren't quite so great to watch unless you know the books.

[Enough About Palin]

I watch the films to look at Lawrence.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Made for twelve year olds. Haven't seen much of it myself. Not being 12.

[Rhywun]

Yeah, what little I glean from the commercials gives it a distinctly "Twilight" vibe which is, uh, somewhat off-putting.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

HG has more action, a relatable female protagonist, and a less annoying romantic love triangle.

Much better than Twilight but nothing spectacular.

[lap83]

Does it have sparkly vampires? If not, pass.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Here you go.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

It's pretty much crap but it's crap with a libertarian tilt, so it gets a thumbs up from me. Plus Jennifer Lawrence is adorable!

[AlmightyJB]

I really like Jennifer Lawrence

[jesse.in.mb]

It's good vacation reading. The first book was particularly good. The second felt like a waste of time and the third wrapped the plot up nicely, but wasn't amazing.

I only saw the last movie that came out because my boyfriend at the time bought tickets over my objection. I'm so fucking sick of the habit of splitting the last book in a series into 18 movies. The movies have been reasonably good action films.

[brokencycle]

+1 I refuse to watch any movies that do this.

[DaveSs]

As action films I'd say they are pretty average.

Dialogue is often kind of silly. I'd say Woody Harrelson has all the best lines and is my favorite character as the only one who really gets it.

The anti-authoritarian them of the movies will scratch your 'tree of liberty must be refreshed' button.

The books started off alright, but went downhill in each successive book.

[Slocum]

The movies are much less crappy than the books, where the high production values and A-list actors distract you from the illogical plot and you mostly don't have to deal with the tweener novel prose quality. Still, they're definitely chick flicks -- in a dystopian world gone mad, which of the two hunks (both of whom -- it goes without saying -- are desperately in love with her) will our heroine choose? And what killer subversive outfits will our revolutionary fashionista wear for her public appearances? The fate of the world may hang in the balance!

[Tonio]

Maybe they were trying to say that boys could also aspire to be Katniss-type heroes?

[ant1sthenes]

Spoiler: The real Katniss was actually killed in between the first and second movie and replaced with a T-1000.

[Just say Nikki]

The New York Times review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 makes reference to Katniss's gender as "fluid," which is staggeringly incorrect.

The latest in a growing body of evidence that the newest wave of feminists and gender studies peeps are more interested in reifying traditional masculine and feminine roles, forcing all actual humans to be some nonbinary gender. Fuck this shit.

[Lee G]

nonbinary gender

dibs on the band name

[Suthenboy]

they are trying to teach people to beleive what they are told and not their lying eyes.

Really, that is what they are doing.

[GILMORE?]

""the newest wave of feminists and gender studies peeps are more interested in reifying traditional masculine and feminine roles, forcing all actual humans to be some nonbinary gender.""

"re?i?fy
?r???f?/
verbformal
gerund or present participle: reifying

make (something abstract) more concrete or real.""

Are you sure that's the word you meant?

[Tuan Jim]

So technically is this post-third wave?

[Cyto]

The comments are worse than the review. Particularly the NYT picks among the comments.

Number one says that it is great that there's female leads and all, but the movie is a failure because none of the lead characters is of color.

Not only did the commenter bother to write something so stupid, but the NYT decided to highlight this opinion. No movie can be made that satisfies the PC police. It must be a black female lead played by a woman who identifies as male but can play female in the movies.... etc.

[Cyto]

Worse, the reviewer and many of the commenters (including the insipid commenter reference above) seem to think that "Hunger Games" breaks new ground by having a strong female lead in an action movie.

One comment even referenced a long list of prior art in the area, particularly Sigourney Weaver in Aliens. A supposition that was roundly rejected by the commentariat. I'm sure Katherine Hepburn would be surprised to learn that she never played a strong female lead that was both tough and feminine and escaped the "whore/virgin dichotomy". (yes, the reviewer actually went there.)

Here's a hint to columnists: If your "great breakthrough for the progressive cause" has prior art that dates back to before your parents met, it ain't a great breakthrough.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Ben Carson isn't looking too good, either.

Trump and Carson need to make way for the more serious candidates. Like "come at me bro" Cruz.

[Fist of Etiquette]

How the franchise changed the way movies make money.

It's all due to the level of merchandising-chlorian levels in Lucas' blood.

[DJF]

I see what you did there.

[Rhywun]

Thanks for not inflicting Trump's massive pie-hole on us again.

[Fist of Etiquette]

You know who else was fond of national registries for religious minorities...

The IRS?

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Caesar?

[Homple]

Yep.

[Rich]

The Mormons?

[Raven Nation]

I'm a huge fan of the Mormons' Family Library. Makes research a hell of a lot easier.

[The Late P Brooks]

The New York Times review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 makes reference to Katniss's gender as "fluid," which is staggeringly incorrect.

Maybe she's as meat popsicle.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...gender as "fluid," which is staggeringly incorrect.

Incorrect? I'm sorry, but some of us are, in fact, okay with the idea of gender-fluidity. Your kind of bigotry has no place in PM Links, Soave.

[jesse.in.mb]

The only thing NOT fluid about fist is his perfect BMI.

[Fist of Etiquette]

That 21.5 is the God particle of BMI science.

[Lee G]

I thought that was his perfect BMs

[GamerFromJump]

How are his IVs?

[__Warren__]

My BMs have been fluid quite a bit.

[AlmightyJB]

Try fiber

[OneOut]

Get some of those probiotic pills that have all those bacteria thingys.

Worked for me over night.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

Soave is a Hunger Games expert, man!

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Shooting and hostage situation in Mali hotel leaves 27 dead.

I bet this had nothing to do with [redacted].

[Medical Physics Guy]

Gender fluidity?

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Jennifer Lawrence?

[lap83]

Hitler?

[Jerry on the rocks]

Climate change. Duh.

[Drake]

Methodists?

[cavalier973]

Pre-Black Friday Sales?

[Medical Physics Guy]

Man called Phuc Dat Bich posts passport to Facebook after being repeatedly banned from site

"I've been accused of using a false and misleading name, which I find very offensive," wrote the Bank of Australia worker.

[Homple]

He hails from the village of Dun Binh Phukt.

[Pan Zagloba]

Refugees bolster economy, says researcher

Welp, I guess science is settled.

"Yes you're going to need to have health care services, you're going to have to need schooling services, you're going to need to have housing. But don't you need that for the entire community?" she said.

"So if this is the catalyst to enable that to happen, isn't that a benefit for all?"

Future Krugman Fellowship Award for Study of Pump-Priming winner?

[Pan Zagloba]

And don't you dare tell me "fellowship award" is redundant - I heard it from Vincent Adultman himself.

[Rhywun]

The "Broken World" theory of economics.

[ant1sthenes]

Explains a lot.

[Suthenboy]

Spending money bolsters the economy. Right. So why not hit up the casino?

What a stupid bitch.

[The Late P Brooks]

So- what are my gender options?

Fluid vs solid?

[Mad Scientist]

Brooks, you're more gaseous.

[Medical Physics Guy]

plasma

[gaoxiaen]

Ice nine.

[jesse.in.mb]

So exclusionary. Gendergasseous and genderBose?Einstein condensate will be miffed by your othering.

[Homple]

Fermi-Dirac or go home.

[RAHeinlein]

Amorphous

[Rich]

"Carson is so clueless," said an Iowa GOP insider. "He thinks the Kurds are a special kind of Wisconsin cheese."

Contest! Carson is so clueless ...

He thinks Parliament is a special kind of British cigarette.

[Rich]

He thinks Mali is a special kind of drug from Timbuktu.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

He thinks Trix aren't for kids.

[Suthenboy]

I thought everyone thought that except for Jared Fogle? Oh, and Old Man with Candy.

[Tejicano]

...he thinks country fried steak was fried in a country called Greece...

[Copernicus would chip]

When his momma cuts herself, gravy come out.

[Homple]

Again with the pants shitting about Fascism in the USA.

[O]ne of the great unexplained phenomena of modern astronomy: namely, that the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.

Tom Wolfe

[Pan Zagloba]

Look, I'm sure THIS VERY MINUTE a bunch of rednecks are shooting up a mosque while screaming Deus Vult!

[Homple]

Sheeit and Gawddam, is that how you spell it? We ben lookin on the intertube thang fer th' address of a musk.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Somewhere in this country right now, someone is smearing poo as a way of oppressing nonwhites.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

After a contentious week, here's something we can all enjoy: Freya Mavor, whose new movie is 95 minutes of her as a mentally unstable, French, redhead sexpot. Trailer.

[Troy muy grande boner]

I love Gingers as much as I love Mexicans. Are there any Mexican Gingers?

[Drake]

Louis C.K.

[jesse.in.mb]

There's a surprising number of them, yes.

The one I dated was just as crazy as you'd expect.

[ant1sthenes]

Be careful, because gingers are also especially prone to become jihadis.

[Whahappan?]

Canelo Alvarez

[Pan Zagloba]

United States now a failed state.

Tim Hortons shutters restaurants in New York, Maine

I can't even. Why would any refugess want to come to such a hellhole?

[Tonio]

RC said something earlier today on the Rand Paul Immigration thread that I think bears repeating: [paraphrased] While restricting immigration may not be the most pure libertarian policy it will prevent the inevitable erosion of domestic civil liberties should the immigrants commit acts of terrorism.

That sort of compromise is not the sort of thing which most libertarians are comfortable with, but as I have often said we're not going to achieve libertopia overnight; we must compromise and be willing to achieve our goals over time.

[Lee G]

Compromise? What is that?

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Perhaps instead of compromising, we could just provide the yokels with some Depends?

[Cytotoxic]

"While restricting immigration may not be the most pure libertarian policy it will prevent the inevitable erosion of domestic civil liberties should the immigrants commit acts of terrorism."

Restricting immigration will not reduce terrorism. Only terminating terrorist groups and their state sponsors will do that.

[Enough About Palin]

Shooting and hostage situation in Mali hotel leaves 27 dead.

Religion of peace.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Has it been confirmed that it wasn't the Amish?

[Drake]

Damn, we need more of that here.

[Longtorso, Johnny]

A Woman's Body May Incorporate DNA From The Semen Of Casual Sex Partners

[waffles]

No roosh please.

[Pan Zagloba]

I dunno, their Tom Sawyer was a pretty good song.

[waffles]

Well if he's banned in Canada he can't be all bad, but still.

[Homple]

That's why experts recommend only formal sex.

[lap83]

Damn you, I clicked it and read it before realizing who it was by

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

HAHAHA, He got you!

[Pan Zagloba]

Any old-school Slashdot reader learned to scan every URL without clicking.

[Cyto]

+1 tub girl

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

I'm not clicking that link. It's another PUA site, right?

No.

[Brett L]

Woul you say they are... Absorbing our essence, Mandrake?

[Mickey Rat]

So women are like the monster from "The Thing"?

[Troy muy grande boner]

Hey Johnny, I love these posts. I love the responses here even more.

[ant1sthenes]

Yes, it may incorporate it into an egg. Thanks for explaining sexual reproduction.

[The Late P Brooks]

While restricting immigration may not be the most pure libertarian policy it will prevent the inevitable erosion of domestic civil liberties should the immigrants commit acts of terrorism.

It seems to me collective precautionary-principle exclusion is a pretty flagrant violation of some sort of liberty.

[Tonio]

It is indeed, Brooksie, and I acknowledged that it would be a compromise of principle. I think what he was getting at was that it was better to compromise the rights of prospective immigrants (ie, people not already in the US, people who are not US citizens) than to compromise the rights of US citizens.

Also, threading.

[R C Dean]

Just trying to look more than one move ahead, is all.

Bring in thousands and thousands of vettable refugees, as part of a migrant movement that we know for a fact* is being used to insert terrorists into Western nations. The odds are terrorists will infiltrate the US this way, and once here, they will likely commit terrorism. The smart be is that doing what the "import refugees" crowd wants to do will result in at least one "refugee" committing a terrorist attack.

What do you think the response to that will be? More police state, or more liberty?

*We know this because terrorists have already been caught using the migrant stream to move around.

[R C Dean]

Blast it. Should be "thousands of inadequately vettable refugees"

[Hyperbolical (wadair)]

OT: Bernie Sanders explains Democratic Socialism.
Sanders dispatches a small army of strawmen to explain the need for Democratic Socialism and asserts that DS is the solution to all our pressing problems--real or imagined. The ghost of FDR haunts Sander's ideology and it is FDR's Second Bill of Rights that forms the foundation for Sander's philosophy.

Ultimately, we all have rights to everything we need and it is government that will supply them. In Bernie's world there are no mitigating factors and no limitations. And government always succeeds. Every need is a right and should be financed by the 1% because they have all the wealth. None of the "middle class" is responsible for their their own needs and wants which must be supplied by those more successful.

Democratic Socialism is ultimately socialistic populism and Bernie appeals to the fears of the needy and wanty.

[Tonio]

I haven't finished listening to Sanders' speech, but he seemed to be basing his arguments not on the needs of the middle class, but on the very poor. That doesn't resonate with libertarians, but does seem to resonate with a larger number of people than there are libertarians.

[Hyperbolical (wadair)]

You're right that he complains mostly about the needs of the very poor. However, he ties everything back to the "middle class," possibly because they have the most votes.

[thrakkorzog]

Plus a lot of poor people don't consider themselves poor, or at least on the way to becoming middle class someday. Even the kid flipping burgers for minimum wage may just be working their way through school.

[Cyto]

The "social safety net" is very seductive to a large swath of the population, because job security is not something that exists like it used to. Lots of people have been "downsized" over the course of their career, a situation where even being a valuable, hardworking employee doesn't save you. Even if you push a pencil and don't swing a hammer.

It used to be that the unions filled this gap for short term layoffs. But that situation is much less common than it used to be. So people feel the immediacy of needing assistance in a way that they haven't in many decades, even if they currently are doing pretty well.

Progressives exploit this fear to their advantage.

[GamerFromJump]

"The ghost of FDR haunts Sander's ideology..."

I know I left that proton pack around here somewhere...

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Here you go, motherfuckers. Rage. RAGE. RAAAAAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.baltimoresun.com/ne.....=hootsuite

[sloopyinTEXAS]

FTA: "There are consequences to Mr. Bolger that could have been avoided if [Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J.] Mosby's office had recognized that this case should not have been prosecuted," Levin said. "She insisted on pursuing a case against a law enforcement officer who gave his professional life to the United States Army and to the city of Baltimore, and it's outrageous that he has suffered as a result."

Go die in a fire, fuckface.

[Pan Zagloba]

Oh come on, Sloopy. He's such a humanitarian and a hero, he won't even sue the state for his suffering!
Well, probably won't.
And certainly no more than his due.
And maybe a little extra, just to save another hero from such ordeal.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Fucker is getting early retirement. He's already fucking the taxpayers because he's a sociopathic piece of shit.

I sincerely wish him ill will.

[Ted S.]

#DogLivesMatter

[Rich]

Bolger's attorneys said he was attempting to euthanize the dog in the most humane way possible.

With a combination of three injected drugs?

[AlmightyJB]

"the dog choked itself on the pole" that officers were using to try to restrain it."

See he didn't kill it. It committed suicide

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Haven't we seen cops use the "you can't determine which one of our bullets killed him so you can't charge any of us" defense recently?

How soon before we hear "the so-called victim died not from the bullet to the heart but from a lack of oxygen to the brain. And since these brave officers are no more responsible for providing oxygen to the brain of the decedent than the man in the moon, I move that the charges be dropped with prejudice, your honor!"

[Pan Zagloba]

God damn, Sloopy, that's fucking legal gold! Don't just give it away on the Internet, there's hundred of police unions willing to pay good money for such advice!

[R C Dean]

How soon before we hear "the so-called victim died not from the bullet to the heart but from a lack of oxygen to the brain".

I have heard exactly that said to excuse the animals who beat Kelly Thomas to death. "Oh, he didn't die from the beating. He died from being taken off life support."

I have also heard exactly that said to excuse the animal who killed Eric Garner. "Oh, he didn't die from being choked. He died of a heart attack."

[Troy muy grande boner]

If the fucking pigs can shoot people in the back and nothing happens but some paid vacation, killing a dog is not even going to appear on the radar

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Donald Trump Releases His Inner Fascist

Given Reason's latest deluge of oven-ready articles, I'd worry too if I were you.

[Cytotoxic]

Yokel not like disagreeing with yokel hero. Yokel threaten you online. Make yokel feel powerful.

[GILMORE?]

"Inner" Fascist?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Palingenetic ultranationalism.

[The Late P Brooks]

I think what he was getting at was that it was better to compromise the rights of prospective immigrants (ie, people not already in the US, people who are not US citizens) than to compromise the rights of US citizens.

If this "distinction" is where we are, we're already fucked. Nobody's rights or freedom matter.

Also, threading is oppression.

DON'T THREAD ON ME.

[Suthenboy]

Update: I asked around about the two cops who shot the six year old in Marksville. I won't say what I was told but it looks pretty grim for the shooters.

I will keep y'all updated.

[JoWaDat889]

Wow man that really burns me up man.

http://www.CompleteAnon.tk

[Tuan Jim]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/a.....pital.html

[quote]The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in April how a VA probe found that "of all the VA regional offices, 'Philadelphia is clearly the most problematic'" and that within it "there is such fear of reprisal, and fear from the employees who I believe are trying to do a good job," according to Assistant Inspector General Linda Halliday.

During hearings the first week of November for a joint congressional investigation into VA services and contracting practices, Halliday as well as the head of the Wilmington Veterans Office repeatedly invoked their Fifth Amendment right regarding questions about an "alleged scheme to get herself assigned to the job with less responsibility, the same pay, and a cost to the government of nearly $300,000 in relocation expenses."

In July, a Philadelphia VA psychiatrist told a veteran on Facebook, "off yourself, please."[/quote]

Just hoping I don't have to deal with these morons when I get out.