Weregerbil2

3648 pts ยท October 10, 2016


with the understand of the Constitution that everyone had before that point. It was formally clarified in 2008,but understood by all earlier

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United States (1905), the right of people to bear arms was casually listed as a personal right, not a states right, which is consistant 2/3

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Pretty sure individuals had guns during those 217 years, and the Supreme Court protected their right to them. For example, in Trono v. 1/2

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household was a compliment, and not an unusual thing to hear. It merely meant "organized and in good working order" not "heavily legislated"

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Just to be clear: "well-regulated" never was intended to imply government regulations. Back in the day saying that you had a well-regulated/

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Did you do a poll? Carefully research the results of a questionnaire? Or are you just making a strawman based on no information or data?

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Amy Coney Barret was a well regarded professor of constitutional law, and certainly not the first Justice who was not a judge before.

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Seeing as the president specifically stated that he was looking for a black woman only, I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption.

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Apparently her qualifications are that she was a well regarded professor of consitutional law with numerous published law reviews.

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Except that other states will actually do something about misdemeanors, but Cali outright won't, since it would "drive up crime rates"

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What? Why? He was just helping out

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It would work the way you're descibing if there was no competition, but since there is competition costs of distribution are very relevant.

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So the people who do pay for things have to cover your goods for you? That's just stealing from them with extra steps.

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What do you mean? Your claim was "There's no instances of major retailers raising prices to cover theft" You didn't mention the other person

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Yeah, for sure. They let themselves get to that state in the first place by using drugs many times before the addiction kicked in.

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you're up on the roof of an elementary school stealing copper from the cooling system. Happened here just a few days ago.

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Yes, "desperate". If you're addicted to crack and you haven't had a fix in a few days the desperation can consume you. Next thing you know /

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Do you have a source for that bold claim? If thefts are a cost of doing business, why would companies decide not to price it in?

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customers. So ultimately, a large portion of the burden of shoplifting lands on the people who actually pay for the goods that they want.

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The cost of shoplifting is priced into every item at big name stores. They recoup the theft losses by things costing more for other 1/2

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in a certain time period, lets call the cops". That would be absolutely nonsensical, and they couldn't even charge you with a crime anyway.

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That doesn't make any sense. Plenty of people buy groceries with cash, a bank will never say "this account didn't make any food purchases 1/

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They only schmooze as much as their employer lets them though. And we don't know how tight Epstein held his leash, so to speak.

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who among them actually visited the island vs just took a trip from one city to another.

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This isn't a list of people who were going anywhere specific, just people who were on plane at any point in time. We still don't know 1/2

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These aren't people who went to pedo island, they are just people who ever flew in the plane anywhere.

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there's no way of knowing how many of those connections were actually pedos VS just famous people he networked with as a billionaire

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Remember that these are just people who went on the plane, not those who visited the island. Epstein had LOADS of famous connections, but /2

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Gerrymandering affects Texas Senate voting but doesn't affect governor voting, so it wouldn't matter for Beto.

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77000 COVID deaths, of which not all are repub and not allregistered to vote, VS 17 million registered voters. Not a big enough difference

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