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Quote:6ix, that is not how it went down. If it was, then the indictment is totally fictional and the DA assistants who wrote it should be disbarred: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7047765-Kyle-Rittenhouse-Crimi
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Your understanding on the issue is incorrect.
Those ADULTS who attacked a minor carrying a non-concealed rifle while holding it properly and not aiming it at anyone are Darwin award winners and got what they deserved. The ADULT who attacked Kyle that didn't die got his fucking arm blown off at the elbow seconds before firing his handgun into Kyle's brain.
If the cops were allowed to do their fucking jobs, that incident would never have taken place. Kyle and others were there simply being Rooftop Koreans protecting businesses that Antifa and BLM were burning to the ground. They even stopped those idiots from blowing up a gas station that night.
And it still doesn't change the fact that despite being well armed myself, I never leave my house with a gun. Concealed or otherwise. But I very well could.
And nobody pulls any of that bullshit anywhere near me. Kyle's incident would never have been a thing here because that doesn't happen here. Antifa and BLM only operate in Democrat ran shitholes that don't allow people to arm themselves.
The day you successfully disarm every violent lawbreaker out there. The day that you successfully remove every bad cop off of every force. The day that you remove every corrupt politician on both sides of the aisle who enjoy nothing more during their day than taking more rights away from the citizens they're supposed to be serving...
On that day, we can talk about guns.
In the meantime, prepare yourself for a lot more of them for a very long time with SCOTUS being as it is today.
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Quote:Maybe the Senate was invented to mimic the House of Lords of 18th Century, but 21st Century House of Lords has little power to slow down the House of Commons:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
FWIW, the House of Representatives is based on the House of Commons in Britain, quick to react to the hoi polloi's concerns and temper of the day. The British House of Lords is supposed to be the more deliberative body, thinking more long-term and being slower to pass laws until they've been thoroughly examined ... but since we don't have Lords in the US, we have the Senate. If the Senate is putting the brakes on quick changes, it's performing its assigned function.
The House of Lords debates legislation, and has power to amend or reject bills. However, the power of the Lords to reject a bill passed by the House of Commons is severely restricted by the Parliament Acts. Under those Acts, certain types of bills may be presented for the Royal Assent without the consent of the House of Lords (i.e. the Commons can override the Lords' veto). The House of Lords cannot delay a money bill (a bill that, in the view of the Speaker of the House of Commons, solely concerns national taxation or public funds) for more than one month. There is more boring details about how the Lords are toothless old dogs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords#Legislative_functions
Unlike the House of Lords, the Senate can kill any legislation it pleases, stop any Presidential appointments, including judges, making the Senate more powerful in a negative way than the House of Representatives.
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Quote:Which is the Senate's function, SECOND. Just as the House can kill a bill IT doesn't like.
Originally posted by second:Quote:Maybe the Senate was invented to mimic the House of Lords of 18th Century, but 21st Century House of Lords has little power to slow down the House of Commons:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
FWIW, the House of Representatives is based on the House of Commons in Britain, quick to react to the hoi polloi's concerns and temper of the day. The British House of Lords is supposed to be the more deliberative body, thinking more long-term and being slower to pass laws until they've been thoroughly examined ... but since we don't have Lords in the US, we have the Senate. If the Senate is putting the brakes on quick changes, it's performing its assigned function.
The House of Lords debates legislation, and has power to amend or reject bills. However, the power of the Lords to reject a bill passed by the House of Commons is severely restricted by the Parliament Acts. Under those Acts, certain types of bills may be presented for the Royal Assent without the consent of the House of Lords (i.e. the Commons can override the Lords' veto). The House of Lords cannot delay a money bill (a bill that, in the view of the Speaker of the House of Commons, solely concerns national taxation or public funds) for more than one month. There is more boring details about how the Lords are toothless old dogs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords#Legislative_functions
Unlike the House of Lords, the Senate can kill any legislation it pleases, stop any Presidential appointments, including judges, making the Senate more powerful in a negative way than the House of Representatives.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
You seem kinda pissed off that Congress in behaving the way it was intended.
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And obviously there are other differences between Britain and the US. For example, the US doesn't have a Parliamentary system, and instead elects President as an unaccountable King for a term.
So while the US modeled SOME of its functions after Britain, it rejected a lot of the structure.
Still, it's obvious that in the US Constitution, both of the legislative branches independently and the executive branch independently have the power to kill a bill and keep it from becoming law. The system seems geared to work very, very slowly in making any changes at all ... especially when the country is closely divided on an issue. Which makes it a good democracy.
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Quote:That's a very peculiar measure for "good democracy". The Corruption Index explains much about America:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Still, it's obvious that in the US Constitution, both of the legislative branches independently and the executive branch independently have the power to kill a bill and keep it from becoming law. The system seems geared to work very, very slowly in making any changes at all ... especially when the country is closely divided on an issue. Which makes it a good democracy.
Why the least corrupt countries have best coronavirus response
Transparency International’s 2020 Corruptions Perception Index showed the least corrupt countries have the best responses to the pandemic. Denmark and New Zealand are found to invest more in health care and “are less likely to violate democratic norms.”
Countries with the least corruption have been best positioned to weather the health and economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a closely watched annual study released Thursday by an anti-graft organization.
Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures the perception of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, concluded that countries that performed well invested more in health care, were “better able to provide universal health coverage and are less likely to violate democratic norms.”
“COVID-19 is not just a health and economic crisis,” said Transparency head Delia Ferreira Rubio. “It is a corruption crisis – and one that we are currently failing to manage.”
This year’s index showed the United States hitting a new low amid a steady decline under the presidency of Donald Trump, with a score of 67 on a scale where 0 is “highly corrupt” and 100 is “very clean.” That still puts the U.S. 25th on the list in a tie with Chile, but behind many other western democracies. It dropped from scores of 69 in 2019, 71 in 2018 and 75 in 2017, and was down to the lowest level since figures for comparison have been available.
“In addition to alleged conflicts of interest and abuse of office at the highest level, in 2020 weak oversight of the $1 trillion COVID-19 relief package raised serious concerns and marked a retreat from long standing democratic norms promoting accountable government,” said the report by Transparency, which is based in Berlin.
The link between corruption and the coronavirus response could be widely seen around the world, according to the report’s analysis.
For example, Uruguay scored 71 – putting it at 21st place on the list. It invests heavily in health care and has a strong epidemiological surveillance system, which has helped not only with COVID-19 but also other diseases like yellow fever and Zika, Transparency said.
By contrast, Bangladesh, which scored 26 and placed 146th on the list, “invests little in health care while corruption flourishes during COVID-19, ranging from bribery in health clinics to misappropriated aid,” Transparency wrote. “Corruption is also pervasive in the procurement of medical supplies.”
Even in New Zealand, which placed No. 1 as the least corrupt nation with a score of 88 and has been lauded for its pandemic response, there was room for improvement, Transparency noted.
“While the government communicates openly about the measures and policies it puts in place, more transparency is needed around public procurement for COVID-19 recovery,” the organization wrote.
More at https://web.archive.org/web/20210128170519/https://www.csmonitor.com/W
orld/2021/0128/Why-the-least-corrupt-countries-have-best-coronavirus-response
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https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-index
country corruption-index
corruption index
Denmark 87
New Zealand 87
Finland 86
Singapore 85
Sweden 85
Switzerland 85
Norway 84
Netherlands 82
Germany 80
Luxembourg 80
Iceland 78
Australia 77
Austria 77
Canada 77
United Kingdom 77
Hong Kong 76
Belgium 75
Estonia 74
Ireland 74
Japan 73
United Arab Emirates 71
Uruguay 71
France 69
United States 69
Bhutan 68
Chile 67
Seychelles 66
Taiwan 65
Bahamas 64
Barbados 62
Portugal 62
Qatar 62
Spain 62
Botswana 61
Brunei 60
Israel 60
Lithuania 60
Slovenia 60
South Korea 59
St Vincent and the Grenadines 59
Cape Verde 58
Cyprus 58
Poland 58
Costa Rica 56
Czech Republic 56
Georgia 56
Latvia 56
Dominica (55)
St Lucia 55
Malta 54
Grenada 53
Italy 53
Malaysia 53
Rwanda 53
Saudi Arabia 53
Mauritius 52
Namibia 52
Oman 52
Slovakia 50
Cuba 48
Greece 48
Jordan 48
Croatia 47
Sao Tome and Principe 46
Vanuatu (46)
Argentina 45
Belarus 45
Montenegro 45
Senegal 45
Hungary 44
Romania 44
South Africa 44
Suriname 44
Bulgaria 43
Jamaica 43
Tunisia 43
Armenia 42
Bahrain 42
Solomon Islands (42)
Benin 41
China 41
Ghana 41
India 41
Morocco 41
Burkina Faso 40
Guyana 40
Indonesia 40
Kuwait 40
Lesotho 40
Trinidad and Tobago 40
Serbia 39
Turkey 39
East Timor (38)
Ecuador 38
Sri Lanka 38
Colombia 37
Ethiopia 37
Gambia 37
Tanzania 37
Vietnam 37
Bosnia and Herzegovina 36
Kosovo (36)
Panama 36
Peru 36
Thailand 36
Albania 35
Algeria 35
Brazil 35
Egypt 35
Ivory Coast 35
Macedonia 35
Mongolia 35
El Salvador 34
Kazakhstan 34
Nepal 34
Philippines 34
Swaziland (34)
Zambia 34
Sierra Leone 33
Moldova 32
Niger 32
Pakistan 32
Bolivia 31
Gabon 31
Malawi 31
Azerbaijan 30
Djibouti 30
Kyrgyzstan 30
Ukraine 30
Guinea 29
Laos (29)
Maldives 29
Mali 29
Mexico 29
Myanmar 29
Togo 29
Dominican Republic 28
Kenya 28
Lebanon 28
Liberia 28
Mauritania 28
Papua New Guinea 28
Paraguay 28
Russia 28
Uganda 28
Angola 26
Bangladesh 26
Guatemala 26
Honduras 26
Iran 26
Mozambique 26
Nigeria 26
Cameroon 25
Central African Republic 25
Comoros 25
Tajikistan 25
Uzbekistan 25
Madagascar 24
Zimbabwe 24
Eritrea 23
Nicaragua 22
Cambodia (20)
Chad 20
Iraq 20
Burundi 19
Congo 19
Turkmenistan (19)
Guinea Bissau 18
Haiti 18
Libya 18
Republic of the Congo 18
North Korea (17)
Afghanistan 16
Equatorial Guinea 16
Sudan 16
Venezuela 16
Yemen 15
Syria 13
South Sudan 12
Somalia 9
country per-capita-deaths (corruption index)
Gibraltar 2078 (not listed on corruption index)
San Marino 1913 (not listed on corruption index)
Belgium 1802 (75)
Slovenia 1658 (60)
UK 1515 (77)
Czechia 1487 (56)
Italy 1446 (53)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1420 (36)
Liechtenstein 1362 (not listed on corruption index)
North Macedonia 1359 (35)
USA 1329 (69)
Bulgaria 1293 (43)
Andorra 1293 (not listed on corruption index)
Hungary 1274 (44)
Montenegro 1258 (45)
Spain 1236 (62)
Peru 1212 (36)
Croatia 1208 (47)
Panama 1189 (36)
Mexico 1184 (29)
France 1144 (69)
Portugal 1140 (62)
Sweden 1137 (85)
Switzerland 1068 (85)
Argentina 1044 (45)
Armenia 1034 (42)
Brazil 1033 (35)
Colombia 1026 (37)
Lithuania 1016 (60)
Poland 964 (58)
Chile 946 (67)
Romania 945 (44)
Luxembourg 909 (80)
Bolivia 864 (31)
Moldova 847 (32)
Austria 842 (77)
Ecuador 830 (38)
Slovakia 808 (50)
Netherlands 805 (82)
Georgia 785 (56)
Belize 732 (not listed on corruption index)
South Africa 722 (44)
Iran 682 (26)
Germany 665 (80)
Ireland 637 (74)
Sint Maarten 626 (not listed on corruption index)
Latvia 613 (56)
Malta 590 (54)
Greece 552 (48)
Tunisia 547 (43)
Aruba 542 (not listed on corruption index)
Canada 517 (77)
Ukraine 513 (30)
Costa Rica 505 (56)
Israel 501 (60)
Russia 491 (28)
Albania 469 (35)
French Polynesia 465 (not listed on corruption index)
Eswatini
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Originally posted by second:Quote:6ix, that is not how it went down. If it was, then the indictment is totally fictional and the DA assistants who wrote it should be disbarred: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7047765-Kyle-Rittenhouse-Crimi
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Your understanding on the issue is incorrect.
Those ADULTS who attacked a minor carrying a non-concealed rifle while holding it properly and not aiming it at anyone are Darwin award winners and got what they deserved. The ADULT who attacked Kyle that didn't die got his fucking arm blown off at the elbow seconds before firing his handgun into Kyle's brain.
If the cops were allowed to do their fucking jobs, that incident would never have taken place. Kyle and others were there simply being Rooftop Koreans protecting businesses that Antifa and BLM were burning to the ground. They even stopped those idiots from blowing up a gas station that night.
And it still doesn't change the fact that despite being well armed myself, I never leave my house with a gun. Concealed or otherwise. But I very well could.
And nobody pulls any of that bullshit anywhere near me. Kyle's incident would never have been a thing here because that doesn't happen here. Antifa and BLM only operate in Democrat ran shitholes that don't allow people to arm themselves.
The day you successfully disarm every violent lawbreaker out there. The day that you successfully remove every bad cop off of every force. The day that you remove every corrupt politician on both sides of the aisle who enjoy nothing more during their day than taking more rights away from the citizens they're supposed to be serving...
On that day, we can talk about guns.
In the meantime, prepare yourself for a lot more of them for a very long time with SCOTUS being as it is today.
nal-Complaint.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
That's exactly how it went down.
And until those conditions I've outlined are met, we're never going to have a discussion on firearms.
Period.
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Quote:God, you're dumb.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
That's exactly how it went down.
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