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[quote quote=1493]C’mon. A terrorism charge is ridiculous. Attempted arson, fine. But it’s not terrorism.[/quote]
Maybe not. Overcharge them, drag ’em through the system. Maybe a jury agrees, maybe not. Either way, lesson served.
I agree with your take.
BLM obviously can’t differentiate vadalism and terrorism.
“The local chapter of Black Lives Matter criticized Prater for bringing the terrorism charges against “protesters,” especially in Oklahoma City, where a “white supremacist terrorist attack” killed at least 168 people and injured hundreds more on April 19, 1995. The bombing was the worst terrorist attack to take place on U.S. soil until that on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.
“To conflate acts of vandalism against property with acts of terrorist violence against human beings is a moral and legal equivocation without compare,” its petition on Change.org said. “It is an insult to survivors of terrorism and it is a sacrilege to its victims. Please join us in condemning these charges and demanding that [Oklahoma County] District Attorney David Prater dismiss them without delay.”
So setting fire to buildings is now simple vandalism? How about attempted arson?
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”.
Seems pretty obvious to me this is terrorism. If not terrorism, I would love to hear the accussed explain what they were doing. Just kids being kids?
Then there is an argument about equal pay vs equal compensation. Womens Soccer lost it’s argument for equal pay when the judge ruled women negotiated and agreed to a CBA that has a lower base but gaurantees plus benefits not in the mens CBA.
“The history of negotiations between the parties demonstrates that the WNT rejected an offer to be paid under the same pay-to-play structure as the MNT, and the WNT was willing to forgo higher bonuses for benefits, such as greater base compensation and the guarantee of a higher number of contracted players,” (Judge) Klausner wrote.
Life lesson for all involved – if you want a gaurantee, don’t get pissed off when someone with a performance bonus plan makes more than you.
Roscoe, you are correct. A man my age should not be picky, but damn it. A man has to have standards!
Cal players on strike? No one will go to Berkley on game day except poor, drunk and deranged…..oh. Those ARE Cal fans…
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/17/berkeley-city-council-rolls-out-red-carpet-crimina/?utm_source=parlerWould be the worst possible choice, similar to McCain picking Sarah Palin. God help us if Republicans lose the Senate.
[quote quote=1329]I’d be impressed by your diligence Bob if you understood my point. I absolutely think the violence needs to stop. That’s the job of the mayor. He wants to sit there with his thumb up his bum – then let him take the blame. Sending in the Feds gives him cover. And it is EXACTLY what Antifa wants. Trump showed restraint in Seattle. Should have done the same in Portland.[/quote]
Lex, you obviously missed my post on this. Trump gave instructions to a variety of Federal Law Enforcement agencies to protect federal buildings. He did not do so in Seattle because there was no perceived threat to federal buildings.
Ted Wheeler has made it perfectly clear rioters suffer no consequences for destroying local businesses, iconic statues and the like. As mayor, shouldn’t Wheeler be held responsible for destruction of public and private property he is supposed to protect? (Remember, he heads the police department.)
Trump is protecting what was paid for with YOUR federal tax dollars when Ted Wheeler won’t. I applaud that position.
[quote quote=1310]With the FL performance on virus reporting, can we count on them to get the scores right?[/quote]
Florida- a proud history of being unable to count since the election of 1876.
[quote quote=1312]Sending in the Feds wasnt the answer. If the Mayor won’t do anything so be it. By sending in the Feds, Trump gave the Mayor a gift. He can blame everything on the Feds. And any violence is just a reaction to the brutal tactics of the Feds. Another dunderheaded move by the Idiot in Chief.[/quote]
Lex, Feds were dispatched to protect a federal building. God knows Ted Wheeler won’t do it. He even went record telling the feds to stay in the building or leave his city. As far as brutal tactics, I assume that was tongue in cheek.
Left to me, I would tell Mayor Wheeler “We will protect the perimeter. Anyone attempting to enter the building will be dealt with accordingly.”
[quote quote=1295]I hope that the documentaries start hitting the streaming world right around October showing all the city damage done by these peaceful protesters.[/quote]
And who is going to produce these documentaries? Clint Eastwood would be great, but we’ll probably end up with Michael Moore producing and voice over by Adam Schiff.
My ignorant, racist take – most of the objections are coming from white wokes and militant blacks.
This could be a perfect teaching example, illustrating it is not the color of our skin that determines who we are. Black skinned or white, she is the same person.
Good for her.
Can’t you borrow using the endowment as collateral? Money is cheap ……
Do you really think Stanford is netting 4.5%?
No reason for him to pick Harris. He could select a 300#, multi colored hair, tatted up tranny and carry California.
Called this just reading the headline.
“The passage of the JumpStart tax could further accelerate Amazon’s move to secure office space outside of Seattle.
Amazon maintains an expansive Seattle footprint, but in recent years, it has moved to establish a presence in areas outside of the city. Last month, Amazon said it would lease 111,000 square feet of office space in Redmond, Washington, which will house some 600-plus employees. The company also has an office in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue and it’s building a 43-story tower there, its largest yet.”
Amazon and other large Seattle businesses fought a simialar tax a couple of years ago. It’s interesting to watch the lengths to which Seattle will go to raise revenue. This plan will backfire, as businesses simply choose to relocate entirely or move highly paid employees to another location outside of Seattle.
Seattle has tried for years to implement some form of income tax, but WSSC continues to say no based on a state law enacted in 1984. The state Supreme Court has consistently ruled that income is property and graduated income tax supporters need to pursue a constitutional amendment. (Washington law prohibits taxing property at different rates, i.e. graduated income taxes).
According to Amazon, it has invested over $4 billion in its urban campus in Seattle and paid more than $25 billion in compensation to its employees over the last seven years. Their estimate is these investments resulted in an additional $38 billion to the city’s economy from 2010 to 2016 and created more than 50,000 additional jobs on top of direct hires. I guess that just isn’t enough for Seattle.
I wonder when an elected official will seriously say “We should see what we can do with the money we collect.” I know, that’s crazy talk.
