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I'd prefer not to have to donate to Bootlickers4Trump though. Good thing we agreed it upfront, then.

lol rekt

https://ew.com/dana-carvey-apologizes-fo...

Stone's take is Interesting <3

Obviously she was fine with the sketch when it was aired. It's making fun of creepy men, not of her. The only thing that seems offensive even today is the Indian impersonation.

What sort of response to the ISIS attack do people expect from Russia?

A stiffly worded letter to ISIS HQ expressing their chagrin.

That's not good enough Dana. You should have known better 3 decades ago.

As for Ms Stone, that was the most tactful politest way to say "Grow a pair" I ever done read.

They'll blame Ukraine, in fact they already have. (There is possibly an atlas shortage in Russia.)

The Italian highest criminal court (not the same as the constitutional one, we have sort of two different kinds of highest courts) just legalized fascist salutes (they were previously considered banned behavior under the reading of our anti-fascist laws) unless they are accompanied by a will and actual attempt to "rebuild the fascist party"

This decision has slippery slope written all over it.

This isn't a constitution-based decision though just a re-reading of the actual text of the law and how it is to be applied, so as far as I can tell parliament can pass a law banning this behaviors in all occasions as well if it decides it's proper to do so

NBC making the conscious decision to whitewash Ronna McDaniel is one of the more sickening media decisions I’ve seen in a minute

I think Italy is pretty lax on weed, when my friend visited his uncle in Italy he said that his uncle had a weed plant growing out on his balcony

I was being sarcastic.

Cassazione is a joke of a court anyway

We made the silly decision to copy the french system and we are stuck with it now.

Imagine having 2 appeals like 40% of the times lol, with statutes of limitations that do not stop the clock when the trial starts (yes really).

It's basically a race against time in most cases to get a criminal trial done within the statute of limitations and even if serious effort is put in, and so priority is given to some case over many other cases, the state often doesn't make it in time. Which btw is how Berlusconi managed to escape several guilty verdicts.

Of the 32 different criminal trials he went through, like 8 ended with prescrizione (application of the statute of limitations)

My comment's not a reflection on Italy btw, but Jesus that court annoys me, especially regarding the part in bold as I've seen it happen in at least two criminal cases. Cassazione has also arbitrarily viewed the evidence again in a case while being non jury despite their mandate being on points of law only (defeating the whole purpose of a three tiered judiciary in the process), and prescrizione seems purely and deliberately used as a get outa jail free card for guilty defendants. I just suspect it's permeated with corruption and certainly susceptible to it. Just makes me sick as it's a mockery of justice and slap in the face to victims and dedicated magistrates alike.

tbh I have no reason to think that court is more corrupt than others, but keep in mind there isn't only one cassazione, rather 6 civil and 7 penal sections.

only in very rare cases it decides per curiam with all sections together ("a sezioni unite").

every section is 5 judges.

given the sheer number of cases they touch, and the small size of the bench (compared to a normal supreme court, like our constitutional court is 15 judges), the odd of some of their decisions being truly horrible unless it's per curiam decisions is really high.

btw in Italy the double Jeopardy doesn't apply to appeals, it's often prosecutors appealing for harsher sentences or against a non guilty verdict.

Incidentally, double Jeopardy protection in the US isn't quite the bar to repeated prosecution as many think it is - for serious enough crimes, if you get acquitted in state court, the government could find a way to try you federally on different charges arising out of the same set of underlying facts and vice versa.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

--In other news, in Chicago there is tight race for election of DA, and the progressive candidate endorsed by labor unions, progressive leaders and the Cook County Democratic Party is losing by 2,000 votes; and the city just announced the "discovered" 10,000 mail in ballots that had gone missing and suddenly re-appeared.

I am going to go out on a limb and guess these mail in ballots will cover the gap and propel the Democratic Party's preferred candidate to the lead.

Ye I remember Gamble (2019) [a name, nothing to do with gambling] , court had the chance to overturn the separate sovereignty exception to DJ but re affirmed it 7-2.

I remember that case because the dissenting votes were RBG and Gorsuch, and I was quite puzzled to see them alone agreeing those federal shenanigans to prosecute again were bad.

i absolutely love that their own orange god has convinced them that all elections are rigged.

you guys should never vote again. there is no point. it's all predetermined.

tia

You are right. The Democratic Party of Chicago has no history of corruption, and only an avid Trump supporter would suggest such a thing is even possible.

A shocking result for a Democratic primary.