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> The Law is one thing, the courts are another. <

Right. A guard might beat a criminal charge after a good shoot. But then Mr. Patel would almost certainly face lawsuit, one that could bankrupt him.
After all, it would be a Philadelphia jury hearing the case.

I can’t wait until the Fourth of July, when Spicer will probably tell us how we won our freedom from Germany.

> Ok. Freeze. <

That’s the thing about the greenies. Not only won’t they do the math, they won’t let anyone else do the math.

Greenie #1: Let’s replace coal and natural gas with solar power.
Greenie #2: Great idea!

Sensible guy: That won’t work. Solar cells can’t generate near enough energy.
Both greenies, together: Shut up, you horrible person! We’ll see that you are censured, and silenced.

This guy must have made one heck of a deal with the Feds. I wonder what he knew that was so important that it got him released.

I suppose he’s in witness protection now. I hope that his new neighbors are alert, and well-armed.

The arrogance of the elite is astounding.

I want my plumber to fix my water pipes. That’s it. I don’t need him to lecture me on politics, etc. Fortunately my plumber is okay with that.

Same goes with Disney. Entertain me. Don’t lecture me.

Hey, UK. Better get as much coal out of that mine as fast as possible. Because when Labor sweeps to huge victory in the next election, that mine will be shut down again. They might even dynamite the entrance.

You know, to save the Earth and stuff.

> What is the WEF’s authority here? Why not just ignore them? <

Because the German leadership pretty much agrees with the WEF. With only a few exceptions (Hungary, for example) all of Europe is fully invested in the Climate Change fantasy.

Italy, however, recently elected a tough new prime minister. So it will be interesting to see how Italy reacts to all this

It’s hard to find official documentation (no surprise there), but there are many stories of Germans in WW I and WW 2 adding sawdust to their bread mix to make it go farther. The sawdust was called “tree flour”.

Perhaps everything old will be new again.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-a-myth-that-some-bread-was-made-with-sawdust-as-a-filler?share=1

> they used to say the Time magazine’s man of the year was the biggest newsmaker of the year <

Yep. And that’s the way it should be today. So Zelensky really isn’t a bad choice.

The problem is that “Person of the Year” sounds like an award, an honor for doing something good. Perhaps it should have been called “Newsmaker of the Year” from the very start.

So westerners are getting vasectomies. These Muslim men are very amused by that.

Demographics is destiny.

> I don’t see his name on the shortlist. <

Do not underestimate the write-in vote for Floyd. I’m told that Otis is in charge of that. And when Otis is sober, he’s a force to be reckoned with.

(Okay, I’m done.)

> He is dead. <

Nope. I saw Floyd on TV just the other day. He was cutting Andy’s hair and talking about Goober.

(And yes, I live in the past. I am quite happy there.)

For 60 years now I’ve been rooting for Floyd the Barber to be chosen as Time’s ‘Person of the Year’. Could 2022 finally be the year?

> Burning down the homeowners home might be considered a bit of hurt for that person. <

Yes, indeed. But an insurance check and a bit of time would remedy that. It’s quite unlike maiming or killing a person.

I will add that Heche obviously deserves no credit for not doing worse. It is only by dumb luck or by the grace of G_d (your choice) that she didn’t kill someone.

This whole incident is a tough one. I loathe drunk drivers, and wish for every one of them to be punished. But I am also instructed to forgive. Perhaps the two are not mutually exclusive.

> Ann Heche died because of her OWN behavior <

I totally agree. But thank goodness she hurt no one but herself. So I think the lessons of the Gospels apply. Forgive, and that hope she finds peace in what’s next. That is especially true because Heche had a hard life.

No disrespect meant to anyone who does not value the Gospels. To each his own. And I mean that sincerely.

> Coons can be real vicious. <

Yep. Quick story: I worked for a number of years in an old steel mill. I never saw a single rat the whole time I was there.

But I saw a lot of raccoons rummaging through the trash bins. I was warned by the old timers to give those raccoons a wide berth. And so I did.

> Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region, which Russia claims as its own after a sham referendum. <

Well, if that’s true then it’s a bit gutsy.

Oh, and Zelensky might be a corrupt pervert. I don’t care. He didn’t send his tanks across a sovereign border. He’s not the bad guy in this. He’s not the war criminal.

> So I give someone a grand, and he’s obliged to pay tax on that again? <

I believe that the first $16,000 per year per person is tax free. But I’m not 100% sure. As a test, please send me $17,000. Then we’ll see what happens.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the reply.

> She either broke the law or she didn’t. If she did, cite her like any other jamoke would be cited. <

I think it’s a bit more than even that. Let’s say a cop would normally let a jamoke off with a warning. Should a police officer or other government official then also be let off with a warning?

I would argue no, because perceptions matter. A citizen seeing a cop being let off wouldn’t think, “I’ll bet that’s normal procedure.” Instead he’d be thinking, “Yep, more special privileges for the powerful.” And so the divide widens.

Is that fair? I suppose it isn’t. But if you don’t want to be held to a higher standard, don’t enter government service in the first place.

PS I had to look up “jamoke“ before posting this. So I learned a new word today.