RedSoxFan9 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 43 minutes ago, Jason said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Quote But according to the New York Times, it would be a mistake to write off Conservative Thought so hastily. For we would be overlooking one crucial figure: Ben Shapiro. Shapiro, we are told, is “the cool kid’s philosopher, dissecting arguments with a lawyer’s skill and references to Aristotle.” The Times quotes praise of Shapiro as a “brilliant polemicist” and “principled gladiator,” a quick-witted man who “reads books,” and “takes apart arguments in ways that make the conservative conclusion seem utterly logical.” Shapiro is the “destroyer of weak arguments,” he “has been called the voice of the conservative millennial movement.” He is a genuine intellectual, a man who “does not attack unfairly, stoke anger for the sake of it, or mischaracterize his opponents’ positions.” He is principled: he deplores Trump, and cares about Truth. Shapiro’s personal mantra, “Facts don’t care about your feelings,” captures his approach: he’s passionate, but he believes in following reason rather than emotion. Shapiro, then, represents the best in contemporary conservative thinking. And if the cool kids have a philosopher, it is worth examining his philosophy in some depth. https://static.currentaffairs.org/2017/12/the-cool-kids-philosopher lol NYT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 13 hours ago, Jason said: Shapiro has noted this repeatedly himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Holy shit, Mueller made the plea deal Trump-proof: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 33 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Holy shit, Mueller made the plea deal Trump-proof: I can't believe I'm doing this, but... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Just now, marioandsonic said: I can't believe I'm doing this, but... Feels good, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: I can't believe I'm doing this, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 “Don’t worry, all mueller will get is some low level covfefe boy...” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 He could get a blanket pardon for all crimes committed and that provision is useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 43 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: He could get a blanket pardon for all crimes committed and that provision is useless. It's almost kinda adorable (in a pathetic way) how people are trying to wriggle around the notion that the Founding Fathers (Peace Be Unto Them) completely and totally botched this particular Constitutional provision and really did grant the President the powers of an absolute monarch in this matter. I mean, for Ares's sake, Ford granted Nixon a "full, free, and absolute pardon". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 9 hours ago, SFLUFAN said: It's almost kinda adorable (in a pathetic way) how people are trying to wriggle around the notion that the Founding Fathers (Peace Be Unto Them) completely and totally botched this particular Constitutional provision and really did grant the President the powers of an absolute monarch in this matter. I mean, for Ares's sake, Ford granted Nixon a "full, free, and absolute pardon". But... my feels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: But... my feels... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: But... my feels... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: But... my feels... The fact that you're from NJ and moved to Somerville and don't actually live in Boston (or Cambridge) explains why you're too salty to get down with the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I have no idea what that is supposed to mean but I’ll own it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 It has been a little surprising to me how the news of this has been largely subdued. I think it's mainly because of the timing of happening on a Friday, being cut off by the weekend, and then being consumed by Kavanaughty. I know it has gotten a decent amount of attention, but I think this is right up there with Comey's firing and the appointment of Mueller as big landmarks in our march towards whatever the resolution will be to collusion/obstruction. Comey today said that he thought that this might represent the fourth quarter of the investigation. Which is funny because in trying to describe why I thought this should be a bigger deal, the analogy I came up with is that all Mueller's other indictments represent amassing his troops and getting them to their staging areas, while Manafort's indictment is Mueller actually taking the beachhead. Mueller has taken the beach. Manafort is the staging area for going after the final targets. And that can only be a few people. Probably Trump and his spawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Small point here. While the Manafort plea holds all kinds of potential for the collusion case, it's kind of amazing how rarely mentioned it is that there is a very good chance he also holds a potential smoking gun for obstruction. Remember the story earlier this year about Dowd floating a pardon to Manafort in exchange for silence? Do you know who would be in a position to confirm that the president's lawyer was authorized to offer Paul Manafort a bribe to obstruct justice? Paul Manafort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 9 minutes ago, osxmatt said: No collusion doe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 NYTs confirming ABC's Cohen report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Posting from the wrong account KD style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 14 minutes ago, RedSoxFan9 said: Posting from the wrong account KD style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Mueller should take a look at Lanny Davis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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