Trump Says He's Made Decision on Iran Deal, All of Puerto Rico Without Power, German Researchers Accuse U.S. Right Wing of Meddling in Election: P.M. Links

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  President Trump said he has come to a decision on the Iran nuclear deal. The Iranian president called Trump a "rogue newcomer" in his United Nations speech.

• Hurricane Maria has knocked out power in all of Puerto Rico.
• A federal lawsuit accuses police in Columbus of exhibiting a pattern of excessive force against black residents.
• A dispute over a speeding ticket in Iowa reaches the state's Supreme Court.
• Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.
• The president of Catalonia accused the Spanish government of suspending the region's autonomy as the national police raided multiple regional government offices and arrested 14 senior officials.
• A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Mexico City.
• "End-of-life chatbot can help you with difficult final decisions"

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

President Trump said he has come to a decision on the Iran nuclear deal.

Did he fire it?

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Fist, you would make a great end-of-life chat bot.

[Fist of Etiquette]

YOUR LIFE IS FIRED

[Bacon-Magic glib reasonoid]

Goodbye.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Bacon!

[Bacon-Magic glib reasonoid]

Howdy.

[loveconstitution1789]

Bacon is best FRIED not FIRED

[BestUsedCarSales]

I prefer to bake it myself.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

Iran calling Trump 'rogue'.

This keeps getting better and better.

Best Presidency ever!

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

lol

[Citizen X - #6]

I think you mean "BEST PR*SIDENCY EVAH!"

[BestUsedCarSales]

President Trump said he has come to a decision on the Iran nuclear deal. The Iranian president called Trump a "rogue newcomer" in his United Nations speech.

We prefer a system that has no changes, period.

[damikesc]

One man, one vote, one time works for me.

[Episteme]

Honestly, I'm not entirely certainly if "rogue newcomer" isn't a sort of compliment given how Trump campaigned?

[BestUsedCarSales]

Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.

Uh, sorry but the actual word is Einmischung. Sorry you aren't as smart and capable as me at using Google Translate, Ed.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hurricane Maria has knocked out power in all of Puerto Rico.

Really? No one in Puerto Rico has a generator? Honestly, Krayewski.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

TKO!

[Libertarian]

All of Puerto Rico without power. Are we sure they paid the light bill?

[Anomalous]

Puerto Rico is bankrupt, so probably not.

[Episteme]

If they're like Somalia now, does that make this the Libertarian Moment?

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Buzzkill mom has penis pulled from Netflix kids' show

Following complaints from a meddling mother, Netflix has pulled an episode of its original kids' series, Maya The Bee, that featured a drawing of an erect penis in the background, where it once stood proudly as a beacon for parents stranded in the otherwise-stagnant churn of children's programming.

Your daily reminder that former beloved commenter Nikki's plan to round up and imprison all mothers was a grand idea.

[BestUsedCarSales]

They remade Maya The Bee? That old anime from the 40s?

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

I think it was 1970s. I watched it as a wee lad.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Man, I really thought there was a 1940s old black and white cartoon. Though it looks like you were definitely right. I wonder what I'm thinking of. Astroboy was 50s I think.

[Juice]

Wow. Those are some sharp, penis-spotting eyes that mom has. She can spot a penis in the densest fog or the most complicated Where's Waldo frame.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

The title is misleading, Crusty.

[Citizen X - #6]

One more brick in the wall that Chipper keeps ramming his dick into.

[Anomalous]

I miss Nikki. She was the best.

[HeteroPatriarch]

She was the opposite of the best. What happened to her?

[Citizen X - #6]

I thought maybe this was a case of easily-mistakable identity, where there's something in the background that sort of looks like a penis if you're in a certain frame of mind. But clicking through, nope, that is a full on raging cock and balls.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Well, I for one am happy to know that bees are as obsessed with human genitals as we are.

[Citizen X - #6]

It's the insect equivalent of a cave painting of a saber-toothed tiger. You just know some poor bee was minding its business when a dude came along, whipped out his tackle, and hosed down the area.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Frankly, I am impressed with our cave ancestors. You would have thought there would be more giant cock-n-balls paintings at Lascaux, but no, they kept it classy with hunting scenes and such.

[Zeb]

They did plenty of genitalia in prehistoric pottery, though.

[BestUsedCarSales]

It's cute that you think they are wielding spears in those drawings.

[Mickey Rat]

"Warriors of the hive, this is the holy grail of stinging targets!"

[Episteme]

Perhaps it only looks sort of like a penis to human eyes, but is more fully defined in the particular perception of a bee's eyes?

[Red Rocks White Privilege]

AV Club commenters:

"Trump said he could grab women by the pussy? Why, I never!"

"What kind of prude has a problem with a drawing of a penis in a kid's cartoon?"

[BestUsedCarSales]

Let's not accidentally even pretend to give credit to the AV Club. They are just a shit site.

One thing they are really fond of is giving simplistic call-outs against things they have no involvement with. I remember when they called out the black metal community for having a strong sub-group of NAZIs in it (For real NAZIs).

All they did is point out something all metal heads know, and has been long discussed as an issue in the community for years. They then bring some high level of condescension and then they act like they've released a great insight.

Such a shit site.

[Careless]

And now it's part of gawker so it's an unusable shit aite

[Careless]

Site

[Nwallins]

Aight

[Juice]

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Mexico City.

The pic of the dead woman hanging from the rubble. Sheesh.

[loveconstitution1789]

You should see what news outlets put in their newspapers and magazines outside the USA.

A guy jumped off a balcony in Puerto Rico years ago and killed himself and they showed the corpse.

[Citizen X - #6]

The Iranian president called Trump a "rogue newcomer" in his United Nations speech.

You know what other world leader was considered a "rogue newcomer?"

[Citizen X - #6]

Alternate comment: but that's a term of endearment in Farsi!

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Andrew Jackson?

[loveconstitution1789]

Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah M?savi Khomeini ?

[Telcontar the (Obama) Birther]

George Washington?

[Mendelism]

Felicity Jones?

[Nwallins]

Spanky Moon?

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Government: Prison fits Weiner's sex crime on teen victim

The government urged the judge to put Weiner's claims of a therapeutic awakening in a context of a man who made similar claims after embarrassing, widely publicized interactions with adult women before encountering the teenager online in January 2016. Prosecutors said his conduct "suggests a dangerous level of denial and lack of self-control."

"This is not merely a 'sexting' case," prosecutors wrote. "The defendant did far more than exchange typed words on a lifeless cellphone screen with a faceless stranger. ... Transmitting obscenity to a minor to induce her to engage in sexually explicit conduct by video chat and photo ? is far from mere 'sexting.' Weiner's criminal conduct was very serious, and the sentence imposed should reflect that seriousness."

Two fucking years!

[Citizen X - #6]

Prosecutors said his conduct "suggests a dangerous level of denial and lack of self-control."

He was in Congress, so this shouldn't be a surprise.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Transmitting obscenity to a minor to induce her to engage in sexually explicit conduct by video chat and photo ? is far from mere 'sexting.'

Which part of that makes it far from mere sexting? What the fuck is mere sexting?

[Hank Stamper]

Mere sexting is done on a body of water like a marsh.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Varieties of sexting that are not good:
Mare sexting
Moore sexting
Mayor sexting
Mohel sexting

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Fun fact: "mare sexting" is the sharing of equine vaginas.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Well, Bad Dragon does have a used section.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Another fun fact: Crusty discovered the world of mare sexting after asking a hearing-impaired hobo "where he can score some whores."

[Anomalous]

The gentleman will observe regular order!

[colorblindkid]

Spanish Civil War? Kurdish War of Independence? Venezuelan Civil War? Korean-Japanese War? Sino-Indian War? Arabian-Qatari War?

Which one will happen first...

[ChipToBeSquare]

Question 2:
Do you think there are any we won't meddle in?

[Citizen X - #6]

Spanish Civil War: possibly not.
Kurdish War of Independence: yes.
Venezuelan Civil War: yes.
Korean-Japanese War: of course.
Sino-Indian War: maybe.
Arabian-Qatari War: oh my fuck yes.

[ChipToBeSquare]

I think we'll implicitly pick the side of a "united" Spain with our public comments, and maybe provide some covert support, but yeah I just don't see us sending troops there. I agree about Venezuela too and that's depressing

India and China is definitely a big question mark, but I also have a feeling that one won't turn hot. I wonder if we won't see some sort of response in Myanmar as well

[Telcontar the (Obama) Birther]

Intervene in Myanmar? To help Muslims? Trump? Riiiiiiight.

Anyway, after all the help they've given us, we fucking owe the Kurds. It's less a question of national interest than of national REP: do we stick with the people who stick with us, regardless of whether the thing they were helping us with was a good idea, or are we completely without honor?

I think Venezuela should be an OAS undertaking though, if the shooting really starts. Maybe lend them some AC-130 overwatch and hope that's enough.

[ChipToBeSquare]

Trump knows that the easiest way for him to get good press is to bomb the Third World. I'm ruling nothing out, though the fact that Myanmar isn't getting much press makes it less likely. Maybe we'll hit them with sanctions and call it a day

[Telcontar the (Obama) Birther]

He's pretty much out of "feel-good" places to bomb. NK, VZ and Iran would get him flak from the Left, and Myanmar would get him flak from the Cernovich crowd again. We'll do nothing for the Rohingyas, I wager. He might even ditch the Kurds; I don't think McMaster would support that, but calling Trump "mercurial" is an understatement.

[HeteroPatriarch]

It'll always be Burma to me.

[Episteme]

Sino-Indian War will just be a cover for the Eugenics War and result in the rise of Khan Noonien Singh to power.

[Zeb]

The Spanish already know civil war really sucks, so I doubt that one will happen, even if the Catalans keep getting all uppity.

[yet another dave]

You can bet both the catalans and the spanish both want to remain in the warm embrace of the eu, so really what the fuck difference would independence make... let them fight it out like two hobos squringing off over a newish dumpster.... a lot of posturing and missed punches and eventually ending up sharing a bottle of thunderbird together.

[Last of the Shitlords]

According to Earth: Final Conflict, we're about due for the Sino-Indian war.

[Citizen X - #6]

Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.

TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY, FURRINERS!

[BestUsedCarSales]

You are making big assumptions about Germany's furry population that we cannot truly know at this juncture.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Furriners are Crusty's favorite type of immigrant.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.

I assume these 'accounts' which are 'meddling' in the 'election' (boy, everything needs to be in scare quotes these days) are doing it through speech?

Are we really going down this road? Where speech is 'meddling' in an election?

[Rhywun]

Also, Facebook is broken because it's returning the 'wrong' political results when searching, so they're turning that feature off. Funny and sad, the desperation.

[Episteme]

PEOPLE MIGHT SEE POLITICAL TALK THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH!!!

READY THE FAINTING COUCHES!!!

[Zeb]

Are we really going down this road? Where speech is 'meddling' in an election?

We have already been going down that road for all of 2017. Is there any evidence that Russians did anything that isn't just speech?

I guess we're going to need an international law that forbids anyone from having and expressing an opinion on an election in another country.

[BestUsedCarSales]

We already do. It's illegal for foreign groups to openly support a candidate in US elections.

[Ron]

but now they want it to be illegal to just talk to a foreigner even if you just say hello

[Conchfritters]

But contribute millions to their family foundation? That's legit.

[Ron]

Yes speech is meddling if Trump had never spoke, meddled, he would never have won, maybe

[Nwallins]

How dare you speak and meddle in mittel!

nicht mit Mitteleuropa

[damikesc]

In Europe? Yeah, they will happily stamp down speech if the government doesn't like it. For freedom.

As the old saying goes, fascism is always falling on the US but always lands in Europe.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

What Should Have Happened In Hillary Clinton's Useless Book

You can play a dire game with What Happened. Call it the $20 Million Game. Open the book to a random page and remember that Clinton sold her last book for an advance of $14 million, and then consider that the figure for this one is probably even higher. "You could say my campaign started with a snappy internet video ? but I think it started with something a lot more ordinary: a Chipotle burrito bowl." Twenty million dollars. A monstrously mangled idiom: "Never wrestle a pig in the mud. They have cloven hooves, which give them superior traction." Twenty million dollars. A description of something called alternate nostril breathing: "This practice allows oxygen to activate both the right side of the brain, which is the source of your creativity and imagination, and the left side, which controls reason and logic." Twenty million dollars. And a double whammy of artless literary allusion, in response to some early idiocy of Trump's: "The episode was silly, but also an early warning: we were in a 'brave new world.'" Line break. "If the inauguration on Friday was the worst of times, Saturday turned out to be the best of times." Twenty million dollars. An impossible amount of money. For this.

[Citizen X - #6]

I said it before, her ghostwriter obviously hated her guts.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

That's because she hired an actual ghost. Someone named Vince something or other.

[Citizen X - #6]

Guaraldi?

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

+1 Cast Your Fate to the Wind

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

What could she have been thinking? Everyone suffers disappointments and defeats, but this was a unique experience.

One could argue that Hillary Clinton, until that moment had never suffered a defeat in politics.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

From what I've heard of the book, it was everyone else's fault, so she's still undefeated.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I forgot she lost in 2008, but hey, she was running against America's second black president. Even three huffpo article have her a pass on that.

[BestUsedCarSales]

A monstrously mangled idiom: "Never wrestle a pig in the mud. They have cloven hooves, which give them superior traction."

Bullshit, this is the kind of real-world advice that we millennials need. Don't mock H-Dawg if you don't even begin to comprehend H-Dawg.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

A description of something called alternate nostril breathing: "This practice allows oxygen to activate both the right side of the brain, which is the source of your creativity and imagination, and the left side, which controls reason and logic."

Just how long did she hold her breath for???

[Fist of Etiquette]

Until the wobblies set in.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

Seriously, that's some Gwynneth-level advice.

[Citizen X - #6]

Oh, years and years.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

the left side, which controls reason

Truer words have never been spoken.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

[golf clap]

[BestUsedCarSales]

Oh, now I get it.

[Mickey Rat]

Please tell me that she knows it is nonsense. That she knows there is no direct connection between a specific nostril and brain hemisphere?

[Careless]

How badly do you have to misunderstand physiology to get that that wrong?

[damikesc]

I'm amazed that the lungs aren't involved in Hillary's breathing. That it goes straight from nostril to brain.

And, funny...she still isn't being asked anything resembling a serious question on her book tour. The media certainly learned their lesson on being too mean to her...

[Zeb]

Yeah, right. Her campaign started sometime in the early 90s. And she still fucked it up.

[Fist of Etiquette]

A federal lawsuit accuses police in Columbus of exhibiting a pattern of excessive force against black residents.

All Ohio cities police officers' bills of rights expressly include the right to rough up black populations. So sue them.

[Bender B. Rodriguez]

Has anyone else had recent problems with the mobile version of the Reason site? It constantly reverts to the desktop version, which I can't view well on my android without constant left-to-right scrolling. Perhaps I should ask those kids on my lawn to help me.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Yeah, it's iffy. Which browser do you use?

[loveconstitution1789]

Reason is out of control. On my iPad the sponsored links between the article and the comments wont allow me to scroll past. They lock a slow scroll to make sure that I see "35 most attractive redheads ever"

[BestUsedCarSales]

Which browser are you using? I recommend switching to an ad-block browser. There must be one on iPhones, though I do not know which one. On Android you can use the Ad-Block Plus browser which is basically a version of Chrome.

[loveconstitution1789]

Safari because its an iPad and Apple hates all other browsers.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Does it allow expansions? If so, go and download the Ad-Block Plus add-on. It improves this site immensely.

[Bender B. Rodriguez]

Thanks. I'll give it a try. Although, as a marketing instructor, I hate to block ads for some damn reason. REEEAAASSSOOOONNNN.

[ChipToBeSquare]

Catalonia is just the perfect example of the state's mask slipping

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

Yep. Right of self-determination my ass.

[Nwallins]

Catatonia, amirite?

[Libertarian]

Sorry, but I won't be impressed with Trump at the UN until Rocket Man says that the podium smells like sulfur.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Clay Travis, Advocate of 'Boobs' and First Amendment, Considers Senate Run

Clay Travis, a sports commentator who recently made headlines with a controversial CNN appearance, said Tuesday that he is considering a run for Sen. Bob Corker's (R., Tenn.) Senate seat.

Travis announced on his radio program that he had been "toying with the idea," the Independent Journal Review reports. Travis noted Corker had been weighing the possibility of retirement in 2018.

"I think I could win," Travis said, further insisting that he would have "100 percent name recognition" at a University of Tennessee tailgate.

I really need to get into this rebel pundit game - all you need to do is say boobs! B-O-O-B-S!

[BestUsedCarSales]

I wonder if that poor national pundit lady is still crying in shock over his insane B-O-O--O-B-S! comment. It really opened my eyes to how speech is always violence.

[Fist of Etiquette]

You two word terrorists are lucky I don't have the power to shut down this comments section right now.

[HeteroPatriarch]

You don't? Why not, are you in Puerto Rico?

[Episteme]

All these random celebrities and pundits should run for local office instead. They get much shorter workdays and the opportunity to assign lewd names to local streets.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The president of Catalonia accused the Spanish government of suspending the region's autonomy...

There's no Spanish word for federalism.

[Citizen X - #6]

"El federalismo?"

[Nwallins]

los federales de ism

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Who wants to re-create the Abraham Lincoln Brigades?

[Episteme]

Can we just drink like Hemingway instead?

[loveconstitution1789]

Where is the Alt-right Condor Legion?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Larew also challenged whether it is constitutional for the city of Cedar Rapids to assess fines for speed on federal interstate highways.

I'm guessing that's a non-starter.

[loveconstitution1789]

That is a good try but Interstates are not considered federal property precisely so local jurisdictions can collect excessive fines and massive federal highway funds that they can then spend on anything but Interstate maintenance.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Children from across the globe believe women are the weaker sex

'We found children at a very early age ? from the most conservative to the most liberal societies ? quickly internalise this myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent,' said Robert Blum, director of the Global Early Adolescent Study based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

'And this message is being constantly reinforced at almost every turn, by siblings, classmates, teachers, parents, guardians, relatives, clergy and coaches,'

Interviews were carried out over the last four years with roughly 450 early adolescents matched with a parent or guardian ? totalling nearly 900.

Whine about it more, stupid, weak girls.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

from the most conservative to the most liberal societies

I'm wracking my brain, trying to think of what institutions might be teaching our young women and girls that they are unable to navigate public life...

[BestUsedCarSales]

I still haven't met a woman who can out-cry-themselves-to-sleep me. Everyone is welcome to try, but I guess I'll keep being "sexist" until that day comes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Robert Blum is a cuck.

[Red Rocks White Privilege]

'We found children at a very early age ? from the most conservative to the most liberal societies ? quickly internalise this myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent,'

Gee, it's almost as if the neuroses of unloved cat-ladies and soyboy males can never fully overcome millions of years of human evolution and social norms and that these perspectives are a universal and a possible biological component of our makeup.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.

But only on the orders from the Russian government.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Sex Doll-Sharing Service Taqu Suspended After Angering Chinese Communist Party

Per BBC, Chinese company Taqu (branded as Touch in English), which was launching a rental service for sex dolls, quickly folded just two days after announcing its launch on Thursday. Taqu was attempting to offer customers the chance to rent one of five different types of fully-functional silicone sex dolls for a daily fee of 298 yuan (?34; $46), but apparently attracted the wrong kind of attention from China's authoritarian government after its pitch of sharing sex toys with hundreds of strangers went viral online.

Your daily reminder that communists are heathens.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I feel like 46 bucks a day is a bit steep.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I call thirds!

[Citizen X - #6]

I thought commies were all about sharing. Was Russell Brand wrong?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The commies suddenly don't believe in sloppy seconds?

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

The dolls come with a sign that says:
Be Kind. Clean front and behind.

[Chipper Morning, Mean Girl]

"Went viral."

I bet it did!

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.

And they did it all from the comfort of The Mystery Machine.

[Libertarian]

Researchers in Germany claim right-wing U.S.-based online accounts are "meddling" in the elections there.

Read the USA Today link. Weak sauce, depending on your definition of meddling.

[loveconstitution1789]

Meddling = anything that does not lead to desired leftist outcome.

[Jerryskids]

A dispute over a speeding ticket in Iowa reaches the state's Supreme Court.

It's not just a dispute over a speeding ticket, it's ultimately a dispute over whether or not FYTW is the law of the land. It's a speeding ticket issued by a traffic camera company, same as the red light cameras, where there's no due process - like a right to call witnesses, challenge the evidence, question the authority of the camera company to assume police powers - because it's treated as a civil complaint and not a criminal complaint. Right up until you don't pay the fine and a bench warrant is issued for your arrest. Yeah, that's just how Visa handles it when you fail to make a credit card payment.

It's related to the issue of cops using Stingrays and then claiming NDAs prohibit them from discussing private business in open court. Or having "union rules" that supersede open records laws. Or endless work-arounds for asset forfeituring crap when you've been told by the lege numerous times to knock it off.

[Michael Ejercito]

Right up until you don't pay the fine and a bench warrant is issued for your arrest. Yeah, that's just how Visa handles it when you fail to make a credit card payment.

It bugs me why they issue a bench warrant for failing to pay a fine instead of using the same procedures ordinarily used to collect civil judgments.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

A dispute over a speeding ticket in Iowa reaches the state's Supreme Court.

It's not typical for the state's top court to hear small-claims cases. But in her case against the city of Cedar Rapids, Leaf argues that her constitutional rights and state law were violated because the city delegated police powers to the private company that maintains the speed cameras.

Leaf's case argues that it is unlawful to give the authority to assess speeding ? something it says is police work ? to the private camera company, Gatso.
Lower Iowa courts have been satisfied that the system is constitutional because it is the police department ? and not the private company ? that ultimately makes the decision to issue a speeding ticket.

"There is never a citation issued that does not get reviewed and approved by a police officer," Gatso attorney Paul Burns told the justices. According to court documents, Gatso receives $25 per citation.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Larew also argued that there is no valid safety reason for the camera system on Interstate 380 ? also the site of alleged speeding violations by the other parties to the case. He said the cameras don't issue tickets to semitrailers and government vehicles, calling the discrepancy arbitrary and a violation of equal protection.

The camera system works by focusing on back license plates, which government vehicles do not have in Iowa. Patricia Kropf, an attorney for the city, told the court that the excluded vehicles are "just not in the database that we need to use to do this in a cost-effective manner."

"They're just for normal people."

[DaveSs]

back license plates, which government vehicles do not have in Iowa

This little bit is as far as I know untrue.

The city cops in my town have front and rear plates.So do Iowa State Police vehicles.

[Conchfritters]

Yup - even in Sweet CR - I've seen them while driving to Iowa City.

[Episteme]

It's not typical for the state's top court to hear small-claims cases. But in her case against the city of Cedar Rapids, Leaf argues that her constitutional rights and state law were violated because the city delegated police powers to the private company that maintains the speed cameras.

Do you want ED-209s? Because that's how you get ED-209s

[Libertarian]

http://www.foxnews.com/enterta.....-post.html

Gary Johnson voter makes insensitive hurricane remark.

[loveconstitution1789]

Thanks for sharing that. I did not know Melissa Joan Hart was a Libertarian.

Someone just got added to the spank bank!

[BestUsedCarSales]

Is it Salem?

[Tony]

Why discriminate? I find many libertarians attractive, though I am unsure of their grooming habits.

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

I find many libertarians attractive

Let's see the list.

[Tony]

Uh, the guy with the hair. Matt Welch is kinda cute too.

[Tony]

Two pieces of evidence that she may not be the sharpest crayon in the toolbox.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Man, that Gary Johnson thing was really shoe-horned in. This seems pretty inoffensive really.

[Stormy Dragon]

President Trump said he has come to a decision on the Iran nuclear deal. The Iranian president called Trump a "rogue newcomer" in his United Nations speech.

So suppose he decides we're walking away from the Iran deal and re-instituting sanctions. Does he seriously think anyone else in the world is going to join in?

[Fuck You - Cut Spending]

Do you honestly think he gives a fuck? Especially as Europe and parts of Asia are trying to ban the burning of petroleum?

[Sevo]

"An alliance of mostly anonymous online trolls and extremist agitators are meddling in Germany's election, but researchers say Russians aren't to blame.
Instead, they say, right-wing groups in the United States are behind materials popping up on YouTube, messaging board sites like 4chan and reddit and texting service Gab.ai."

"Meddling" = making rude comments regarding the Kraut candidates?
Since Germany has no concept of free speech, so about anything could be considered "meddling".

[Lily Bulero]

You know who else didn't like the idea of free speech in Germany?

[creech]

Martin Luther?

[loveconstitution1789]

Stalin?