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I believe that is true. I think that she violated the US Code and there are parts of it that don’t require intent. I often hear the argument that they cannot prove intent. NEWSFLAH: All crimes do not require intent to commit a crime but sometimes as little as negligence. But getting a US Attorney to get an indictment her and an actual criminal trial against such a previously high ranking public official seems far fetched. She will be protected.

I think that it is silly. Reparations are a payment of debt owed by a person, corporation, country, etc. The debt can be actual or it can be merely compensation. Actual can be like, your actions caused me to spend money to legally go against you and you should pay my expenses. After WWI a believe the Allied Powers ordered reparations from Germany (which crippled them and helped fuel WWII). The case was, your stupid actions Germany by causing this war cost us billions of dollars so you have to repay us or... reparations. Another example might be a judge rules that a person committed a crime and must do jail time but he must pay reparations for the damaged caused to the victim. The other general reparations category is not a direct repayment of money but for a wrong done to someone and you caused it. During WWII the US Government interned Japanese Americans without any due process out of fear. In the late 1980’s the US Congress voted to pay reparations of $20,000 to each survivor of the camps or the heirs of that person. Why were reparations paid by Congress? Because it was the US Government that interned them. So it comes down to two questions in my opinion. Does a valid grievance exist for payment and if so, who owes it? I think that a good case could be made for slavery. Not the existence of if being being abhorrent which is indisputable but whether someone owes for it. In the Japanese internment it appears to be a clear constitutional violation of due process (5th and 14th Amendments) so a law was violated. Slavery however was not illegal to slave owners, unlike the US Government to the Japanese which committed an unlawful act under the then current law. Then, who committed the acts? In the Japanese internment it was the actual government that locked them up so the government paid money in compensation. Did the US Government own slaves or was slave ownership completely private. If private, why would a government that never owned slaves, pay reparations? I often have seen the argument that the Japanese were paid a settlement by Congress. Yeah, they are the ones who did the enslaving. To compare that to privately owned slaves is like me demanding any member of this forum repay me $1,500 for the 25hp Evinrude motor that was stolen from me in 1987. It is true that any of you didn’t steal it and it was a long time ago, I should still be repaid and I should bevable to choose one of you to owe it to me, right? Obviously that is nonsensical because if you aren’t the one to cause the injury, why should you repay. And again, the theft from me was a crime, unlike slavery which was legal. The history of slavery from what I read in the now USA, began in the early 1600’s. The original slaves were brought to the colonies which were part of... Great Britain. It wasn’t until almost 200 years later that the USA even existed. So even if you believe that a case could be made on the government paying reparations for something lawfully done by a private citizen, shouldn’t it be Great Britain paying the reparations? I don’t believe that a case for reparations is valid however feel free to petition a Great Britain for the money. They are the responsible government who allowed slaves to be brought in, not the country that was created almost two centuries later.

You are overthinking it. Yes, if we signed for taxed gasoline, it would be under a penalty if it was false. We don’t sign any taxing document when we go shopping at Walmart or fill up our car with gasoline What so many people claim to want in income taxes, actually exists in most other taxes. That is a no deductions flat tax. If you buy it then it is taxed at a given rate. It doesn’t matter if you are a billionaire or on welfare, if you pull up to a gas pump at the same time on the same day, the price is the same. It doesn’t matter if you buy one gallon of gasoline a year or 20;000 gallons. It is built into the price.

Yes he was a hero. The word is too often used but Castillo was a first responder. He chose to be a firefighter running into a building to save someone, a police officer heading toward gunfire or a member of our military willingly going in harm’s way. When the survival instinct hits and the immediate adrenaline dump makes you want to run to survive, Kendrick Castillo chose the almost unthinkable in a moment of intense stress and went toward the danger. They won’t do it but they should fire a 21 gun salute to him at his funeral. He earned it.

Unlike Obama, Biden can go away from the TelePrompTer. Obama was absolutely befuddled when he went off script. Biden doesn’t have that problem because he just makes it up as he goes. You can tell by his rambling that he is just throwing words out.

The only interesting thing about this thread is the media fascination with bills that have absolutely no support and practically no chance of becoming a law. Every two years it is the same thing. Headlines will say things like marijuana to be legal in Texas or DWI now a felony on first offense or Medicare for everyone in Texas or... In truth, likely one guy submitted a bill because he told his constituents that he would. Out of the hundreds of other legislators, no one else would sign off on it but by God he did submit it. It will never come up even for a discussion within a committee much less come even close to becoming a law. It is nothing more than Clickbait.

Ground out. Called strikeout. Ground out to 1st. Final BH 3-0

High throw error from short puts lead runner on. Sacrifice bunt shoves runner to 2nd. Foul out to first. Passed ball moves runner to 3rd. Strikeout. Bottom of 7, BH 3-0

Pitch count Nederland 91 BH 62

Walk on 4 pitches. 4-6-3 DP Strikeout. End of 6, BH 3-0

Lead off walk. Wild pitch moves runner to 2. Strikeout. Long out to right. Shallow pop to center. Heading to bottom of 6, BH 3-0

Hit between 1 and 2. Strikeout. Lead runner out at 2nd on ground out. Runner on 1 on fielder’s choice. Caught stealing. End of 5, BH 3-0

Fly to right at the fence. Caught looking at strike 3. Lined out to center. Bottom of 5, BH 3-0

Strikeout looking Fly to right. Hit to right. Caught stealing. End of 4, BH 3-0

Ground out. Long fly to right. High pop up. Heading to bottom of 4, BH 3-0

Leadoff hit. Double play Ground out. End of 3, BH 3-0

Leadoff infield hit and Kemp goes down, maybe twisted his ankle. A couple of practice pitches and for now checks okay. Bunt fouls out to catcher. Double to center puts runners on 2nd-3rd. Base hit up the middle scores 2. Runner on 1st. Centerfielder misjudged ball for a double. Runners on 2-3. Intentional walk liads them. Infield hit scores 1. Ground out ends it. Bottom of 3 on the way, BH 3-0

Strikeout, ground to short and strikeout to end the inning. Top of 3 coming, 0-0

With one out, BH doubles to right. HBP puts runner on first. Strikeout and deep fly to end the threat. 0-0 heading to bottom of 2

End of 1 lead off hit was all. 0-0

Kemp strikes out the side. Heading to bottom of 1.

BH just coming to bat.

Nederland won the toss but deferred. BH will go on offense first.

It has passed the Senate and was submitted for consideration by the House three weeks ago and has not moved. There are still about 4 weeks left in the session.

“The” raise? Counting chickens before....... ?