waterfield wrote:

As a criminal defense lawyer I’m surprise at your opinion of Scalia. His “originalism” belief in the constitution actually joined and authored several decisions that gave protection to the accused. Even if he had to hold his nose at the same time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/antonin-scalia-death.html?_r=0
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Nah, he was the devil. He did hideous, hideous
things to poor people and to the bio-sphere.

Sometimes even the Devil does some things i might
agree with — Like, i remember William F Buckley liked
peanut butter. He wrote a column on it. And i agreed with him 🙂

…We just have fundamentally different views of the “law”
and where it comes from and what it is, W. I agree
with the thoughts below. You have a different view.

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“In practice legal mythology is primarily directed at obscuring
the bitter struggle between the classes and at articulating in
consciousness the view that law is unaligned with any interests…
…law can be characterized in its modern period, by the
conscious camouflaging of interests…expressing in human
relationships on one hand, while hiding its relation to
economics institutions on the other…legal theorists believe
‘will’, rather than material conditions to be the basis of law. …
the state is the political form through which the ruling class
controls and mediates class antagonisms…..law is fundamentally
class law….. M.E. Tigar (“radical lawyers”)

“The law is therefore a regulation of equality among unequals.
For those who believe the official slogans of the ruling class
— that we are a government of laws and not men,
and that our system guarantees equal protection —
Anatole France once answered by describing how
“the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well
as the poor from sleeping under the bridge.” …the law is an
expression of political ideology and propaganda as well as
an instrument of oppression….”
M.E. Tigar (radical lawyers)
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I am delighted,
jesus, finally took him
and threw him
in hell.

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Zooey wrote:

So the real question, it seems to me, is what is the end game? What happens if Obama nominates somebody in a couple of weeks, and the Republicans tie it up? If they can’t make a case against the nominee, and just fight on the principle that the country oughta wait…I think that’s disaster for Republicans.

Well i think yer thinkin like a Non-Republican.

The Religious Right will see it as a holy-war — abortion.
They will want the Reps to delay no matter what. They’ll applaud it.

And the Money-Corporate-RightWingers will also not want
a new justice who might roll back some of the huge
corporate gains in the last few years. So, they wont care about ‘honor’ or ethics or any of that silly liberal bullshit.

And the middle-grounders and the ‘undecided’ types who
decide elections ? Well they are off playing
video games or wondering whats on tv this week.

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Mackeyser wrote:

I’ll say this about the “horserace”…ugh…

That said, what’s frustrating is that Dems say Hillary is “more electable”, but in EVERY SINGLE national poll, Trump beats or ties Hillary… ,but Sanders just CRUSHES Trump. It’s not close,

Yeah, i had to turn off NPR today and yesterday
because their ex-purts (cokie roberts, etc) were
all implying and inferring that Hillary was
more “electable” than Bernie.

NPR makes me gag, when it comes
to “news” and politics.

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Mackeyser wrote:

… no one else is willing to solve these critical problems in a real way.
He sees many of these issues, Climate Change, Citizens United, mass incarceration, health care as a right as EXISTENTIAL threats to our democracy and the citizenry. Because no other candidate sees them this way (or at all)..

..I’m done triangulating and fucking around with the politics.

Based on that, there’s Bernie…. And there’s Hillary as a terribly distant second….
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Agree, on the first part.

On the Hillary/triangulation part? Why not vote for Jill Stein and the Green Party, Mack? Assuming that the Corporate-Machine rolls on as usual and the choice is presented as Hillary vs Rubio (or some other Rep)

I mean, isnt voting for Hillary the ‘definition‘ of ‘triangulation’ ?

Oddly, if i were to have to choose between
Trump and Hillary….if that were my only choice…(and of course it aint)…
I am not a hundred percent sure I’d pick Hillary. Trump is an odd bird.
I’m not a hundred percent sure he’d screw the poor
more than Hillary.

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Well, yes “he was not used to playing in a pro style offense”
and that certainly didnt help,
but then why did he play so well the first four games?

I mean he started out with very little experience
in a pro-style-O and yet he did well.
THEN, at Green Bay, he entered the abyss.

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Saunders was hired by Hue Jackson and the Browns,
i saw. It’ll be interesting to see how that works out.

I think all of us who have enjoyed learning about the history
of GSOT offense over the years (Gillman, Coryell, Zampese, Saunders, Martz, etc), have sorta kept an eye on guys like Saunders
to see how that offense is doing, and what permutations
are still taking place.

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zn wrote:

‘We Read Them Like a Book’

Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and his unit utilized ‘green-dog’ blitzes and an extra lineman to overwhelm Cam Newton and a Panthers offense that had no answers in Super Bowl 50

by Andy Benoit

Well, i dunno. Its easy to second-guess the Panthers
strategy. But that team was 15-1. If indeed
they just went with what had worked all year,
i can understand that approach. Thats kinda
what Martz seemed to do — the “lets just do
what WE do best” approach…

I’d also point out, the Broncos have
D.Ware and Von Miller — two all-pro, elite
Pass Rushers.

Two.

Like (healthy?) Quinn and A.D.

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Well….I’m still mad at him. I’d
like to hear a little more from HIM
about why he was suspended (for the second time
i think?) and what really happened with
regard to that shooting.
I’m not much interested in how his
priorities are about “God” at this point, blah
blah blah.

…yeah, I’m still irked..

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zn wrote:

lyser wrote:

Great for manning to go out. Like elway. Good for him.

Yes.

Also…this: last 4 superbowls, both teams win or lose, their defensive and offensive rankings —>

Broncos O: 16th D: 1st
Panthers O: 11th D: 6th

Patz O: 11th D: 13th
Seattle O: 9th D: 1st

Seattle O: 17th D: 1st
Broncos O: 1st D: 19th

Ravens O: 16th D: 17th
49ers O: 11th D: 3rd

avg O: 11.5 D: 7.5

Ravens were the oddballs in that cluster
of teams. Every other team had at least
a top 6 offense or defense. The Ravens
were not in the top 15 on O or D. Strange.

Maybe they had a late surge or something.

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Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

Zooey wrote:

There is no way. Finnegan is just doing the self-aggrandizing thing.

Ya think JT wouldn’t have caught wind of this? The St. Lou beat reporter never hears about this in spite of the fact that Fisher knows, and all the players know and anybody else in the locker room, but JT never finds out that it’s an open secret?

Yeah, I don’t think so.

Yeah, i think ole Cortland is just shooting
from the hip.

Now go take a look at what Rodney Harrison
said. Its the single worst thing i’ve ever
heard an NFL player say, i think.

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I thought Rodney Harrison was a scumbag BEFORE he took out Trent Green.

I saw his comment. I also saw his comments crying about when he got hurt. And I saw him criticize Fisher for …

Forget it. The guy is a scumbag.

I don’t want any Rodney Harrisons in football. I joke about injuries, and stuff, but I’m joking. He isn’t. I want to watch football, not gladiators.

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I swear i have ‘never’ heard a worse comment from a
player or explayer — “i would go for his knees” ?!

Are you kidding me?

And add the context — this is a guy who took out Trent Greens knees.

Just….no words.

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“You let a quarterback score, you let him dance, and you see it time and time again on film. If I was playing against Cam Newton, I would try to take him out. I would try to take him out.”
Harrison added, “I would try to hurt him. I would go right for his knees. That’s the goal….”
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Oh. My. God.

That statement is gonna
have ramifications for Mr Harrison,
for the rest of his life.

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Well, I dont know why they only elect six each
year.

Joe Jacoby should certainly get in. Kurt will get in
sooner or later.

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i might watch this instead: