Politics State of The Union 2018

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  1. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    IF he was 'recast', I'm guessing it would be because he didn't want to go/felt sick. I wouldn't have cared if he had gone, so why would this be an issue? (which is why I think it's not real).
     
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    Didn't watch but I did read a bunch of celebrity tweets about it. Really brilliant stuff. I wish I had a group of down-to-earth, intelligent Hollywood people speaking on my behalf. It would really do wonders for my party's image. :biglaugh:
     
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  3. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    So corporations are people? Yeah.. No... And FUCK the conservative SCOTUS for that decision.

    That's what he was talking about. They should eat shit for that decision and Scalia ultimately succumbed to the Karma.

    #yesisaidit
     
  4. MarAzul

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    Spoken just like a low life.
     
  5. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    So you'd rather allow black owned corporations to be discriminated against?

    Or just cry "racist" and do nothing about it?
     
  6. MarAzul

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    Ouch!
     
  7. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    What are you even talking about?? They aren't people either...
     
  8. dviss1

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    You'd think I was even if you never heard/read anything I said/typed. You're built that way.
     
  9. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    The whole "corporations are people" legal reasoning is entirely about protecting black corporations from being discriminated against.

    If they're not treated as "people," then states can routinely deny government contracts, for example, to black owned businesses.

    If a corporation is not a "person," then you couldn't sue it.

    A corporation is not some nebulous evil entity. It is a free association of actual people with shared interests, risks, and rewards.



    "From the moment the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868, lawyers for corporations — particularly railroad companies — wanted to use that 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection to make sure that the states didn't unequally treat corporations," Moglen says.

    Nobody was talking about extending to corporations the right of free speech back then. What the railroads sought was equal treatment under state tax laws and things like that.

    The Supreme Court extended that protection to corporations, and over time also extended some — but not all — of the rights guaranteed to individuals in the Bill of Rights. The court ruled that corporations don't have a right against self-incrimination, for instance, but are protected by the ban on warrantless search and seizure.

    Otherwise, as the Cato Institute's Ilya Shapiro puts it, "the police could storm down the doors of some company and take all their computers and their files."
     
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  10. MarAzul

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    Rather silly, don't you think? Since you only exist from what I have read that you have typed. No other sensory input has been received.
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    It didn't need to take a stupid SCOTUS decision to achieve that and to say that's the reason why they decided it is disingenuous at best.
     
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    I disagree. Im not in shape, though i have been hitting the gym hard incase police calls me to take physical tests. Ive tried applying to roofing companies. The heat here would probably kill me but im still willing to do it. I get told i dont have experience. Temp agency is my next step, but im bored, not desperate. Like i said, bills are paid, no need to panic, but would like work.
     
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    Phillip Morris got sued
     
  14. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The recasting thing was just a joke. Baron wasn't there as far as I could see; that kid was there and seated next to Melania because he planted flags on soldier's graves. Coincidence that they are vaguely the same age/size.

    barfo
     
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    It DID need to take a SCOTUS decision.

    You misrepresent what the whole "corporations are people" legal argument is about. Or you don't understand it. I suggest you read up on it.
     
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  16. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Because corporations are Persons.
     
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    Don't get the reference. Is it a dipshit conservative celebrity?
     
  19. 3RA1N1AC

    3RA1N1AC 00110110 00111001

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    yes. no - he is a trump fan. and maybe 20 (30?) years ago.

    That mother fucker is in charge though.
     
  20. MarAzul

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    Get up every morning and mentally list your blessings. Spend at least 2 hours a day thinking about how to improve your chances to be what you want to be and if you have that right. A job is not necessarily what you want to be, it can just be a job. Spend at least 4 hours a day attempting to find the job.
    Spend all the rest of the time you can exercising the hell out of your body. This will keep you fit and spirits up.
    Good luck in you search. I look forward to hearing of your success.
     

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