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magicarpet

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4. The train has come off the rails.... full speed ahead,...

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:36 AM

Dec 12

Casey,.. please pass the cocaine, the fentanyl, and the Adderall. Things are about to get real crazy.

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A House GOP lawmaker wants to award a U.S. Marine veteran, accused of killing a homeless man in what he argued was the defense of himself and others, with Congress’ highest civilian honor.

Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., is planning to introduce a resolution to give Daniel Penny the Congressional Gold Medal, Fox News Digital was told on Friday.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/daniel-penny-tapped-congressional-gold-medal-house-gop-lawmaker

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When Ethics and Moral Values Depend on Which Side You're On, [View all] MineralMan Dec 12 OP

I think all of these cases expose the two-tiered "justice" system we have. alarimer Dec 12 #1

I've been wondering about those 2 teens stabbed. This is latest info I found. Silent Type Dec 12 #22

Yeah, that was a weird one Sympthsical Dec 12 #38

You mean how it's murder if you kill someone with a gun but it's just business if you kill thousands ... dawg Dec 12 #2

I mean exactly what I wrote. MineralMan Dec 12 #6

Did it ever occur to you that both of them were killers? dawg Dec 12 #7

Of course it did. MineralMan Dec 12 #10

I don't think we need to be scolded for our lack of enthusiasm for prosecuting this guy ... dawg Dec 12 #18

I'm not scolding anyone. I'm commenting on something MineralMan Dec 12 #20

Mangione left out the trial, conviction, and sentence parts like most vigilantes do. Ping Tung Dec 12 #11

It is legal to kill thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions Bettie Dec 12 #13

So does the miilitary industrial complex and we build monuments to them for doing it so efficiently. Ping Tung Dec 12 #21

There is a key difference Bettie Dec 12 #23

Will murdering their executives (or secretaries, accountants, lawyers, janitors) stop them from doing it? . Ping Tung Dec 12 #30

My post was about the fact that "health insurance" Bettie Dec 12 #31

Are you going to stop voting because it's useless? Ping Tung Dec 12 #33

You have more faith in republicans than I do Bettie Dec 12 #36

I live in Washington which is very Blue. I always vote blue (even when nose holding jis necessary). Ping Tung Dec 12 #37

Yes, and it shouldn't be. Ocelot II Dec 12 #26

+1. And Congress -- including our party's reps -- smile and take it. UHG donated substantially more to Dems than GOPers Silent Type Dec 12 #39

One man murdered another, not in self-defense but with premeditated malice. Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #3

Yes. And that's simply a fact. MineralMan Dec 12 #5

We're a nation of laws atreides1 Dec 12 #14

Those laws are almost never Bettie Dec 12 #24

The train has come off the rails.... full speed ahead,... magicarpet Dec 12 #4

Another shameful tragedy,... magicarpet Dec 12 #8

"Apparently, our basic moral and ethical rules no longer hold." CrispyQ Dec 12 #9

So it seems. I find that alarming. MineralMan Dec 12 #17

It's a cycle apparently. One we can't escape. CrispyQ Dec 12 #25

I agree, and I've also been troubled over the attempts to justify this murder - Ocelot II Dec 12 #12

Yes, I've noticed your posts, as usual. MineralMan Dec 12 #15

Maybe we are talking about individiuals whose morals haven't Mike 03 Dec 12 #16

Perhaps. However, I have not noticed that so much until recently. MineralMan Dec 12 #19

Let's not have a double standard. One standard will do just fine. George Carlin sarisataka Dec 12 #27

This really isn't a new phenomenon. Quiet Em Dec 12 #28

Let's revisit your post after the trial. maxrandb Dec 12 #29

Health insurance is immoral in itself. The entire sick for profit system shouldn't exist. Shell_Seas Dec 12 #32

Well, there are other healthcare systems, of course. MineralMan Dec 12 #34

In a better world we wouldn't need it at all. Ocelot II Dec 12 #35