mirkwood

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I've been saying that all along.  You should read The Truth Behind the Black Lives Matter Movement and the War on Police.
https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Behind-Matter-Movement-Police/dp/1944783520/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471455031&sr=1-1&keywords=black+lives+matter+and+the+war+on+police
 
It is kind of expensive though.  I'd loan you my buddies copy if you were local.
 
 

So generally I'm pretty critical of the Baltimore police department because I think they're pretty corrupt and prone to controversy.  However, I also believe in giving credit where credit is due, and it's due now.  This isn't cutting edge current news but I was learning more about what happened today and felt inspired to share this.
A couple of weeks ago a woman was fatally shot while engaging in a shootout with police.  Local news article here.
If you read the article it refers to the traffic stop that this woman failed to appear in court for, and was one of the reasons officers were there.  Well, what happened with that traffic stop was that she was pulled over for not having tags, and as it turned out she also didn't have insurance.  She tried to play the "your laws don't apply to me" game and lost.  Now, if you watch the video or listen to the audio, this woman was being difficult, confrontational, even threatening.  Despite all of that, the officers were trying to give her a chance to handle the situation without escalating it.  They were very professional and calm even while she was telling her kid in the car that the officers wanted to kill them.
Mentally unbalanced, much?
So to nobody's surprise she met her fate trying to shoot at police because they were trying to arrest her for a couple of traffic related misdemeanors. 
Why am I bringing this up?  Because BLM is using this as an example of police racism and killing black people.  The problem is there's -zero- credibility in that claim.  This woman was clearly looking for trouble, looking for violence, and was in the process of brainwashing her kids to be the same way.  BLM no longer represents citizens with a legitimate gripe.  It's a full blown hate group now.  (No, this wasn't the straw that broke that camel's back, it's just a good example of how we know that movement is irreparably broken.

And I still say I will not support rule change that would require me to ban myself

I am no Trump fan, but I am also not convinced Hillary has it wrapped up either...unless Trump has copies of those emails, then he just might be feeling suicidal.

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Do you actively seek ways to be argumentive?

Yes, like a head shot from a Glock....

Hahaha! But, instead of a bat, you'll use your Glock, right?

Experience has taught me that the first one to start making it personal is usually the one with the least confidence in their argument.  Just keep that in mind when casting aspersions.
Please don't pretend to know something about my thought process.  I started this thread to express my support for a candidate I believe in and will be supporting and the way you reacted makes it seem as if you took it as some kind of personal affront to Donald Trump.  So now we have to talk about Trump.  Again. Can't you just deal with the fact that I'm not supporting him without turning it into a fight?  The whole SCOTUS list argument is utterly pointless.  What do you think, that if I concede that Trump sat down with a pencil and paper and created that list all by himself that it'll suddenly turn me into a Trump voter?  If so, then think again.  Heck, either every GOP candidate got the same list or McMullin will have an even better one. 

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Yea, but we might get good SCOTUS from a Trump presidency, while there is no doubt we will get activist leftists cretins for sure from a Clinton presidency.

Full disclosure:  That list was compiled by the GOP, not by Trump himself.  It probably would have been exactly the same no matter who got nominated.

I'm not, it's just icing on the cake. 
I like that he's pro-life, which puts him ahead of Gary Johnson for me.  I also like to read what he has to say because it resonates with me.
Yeah I'm conservative on most issues, and yeah that's a big part of why I'm picking him.  Trump is no conservative.  The man gave hundreds of millions to Hillary's various campaigns over the years and I'm supposed to believe he's a bona fide representative of conservative values?  Yeah...

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Oh I don't know...maybe the time I referred to brother so and so as a jackass...to the bishop...in front of his office...then realized it as I was walking down the hall...and it was the second time I had said that...to the bishop...

Oh I don't know...maybe the time I referred to brother so and so as a jackass...to the bishop...in front of his office...then realized it as I was walking down the hall...and it was the second time I had said that...to the bishop...

Oh I don't know...maybe the time I referred to brother so and so as a jackass...to the bishop...in front of his office...then realized it as I was walking down the hall...and it was the second time I had said that...to the bishop...

Have you ever heard it used in "real life" where it was not meant as derogatory?  If so then you have done better then me.  In discussions like this we can examine it back and forth and say their is nothing wrong with it.
But i have never see/heared it used in practice other then as some kind or derogatory put down.
 
 

The Indiana State Fair began today. Here's something that may be right up mirk's alley.....
 
 

@LeSellers Are you in third grade?  Knock it off.