Trump’s ace in the hole is not that there’s a Semiquincentennial coming up. That’s an opportunity for Democrats to prove that they’re just as Patriotic as Republicans.
Not rioting when the election didn't go our way seems like a good start. I expect a number of other opportunities will arise.
Point shaving is a federal crime. And any point-shaving scheme is a textbook conspiracy, so both charges will be on the table. At least federally. In states that don't have specific point-shaving statutes, the substantive charge will be some other, more general crime and conspiracy to commit the crime.
All of that is straight out of the prosecutor playback, and sometimes the defendant cops a plea to the conspiracy charge rather than the underlying crime -- a pretty common arrangement for all sorts of crimes.
By now I know better than to ask what your point is.
I'm not sure which "they" you're referring to. Even cursory googling will show quite a number of cases. And of course there will have been conspiracy charges. Point shaving involves some crooks agreeing with players, coaches, or officials to keep the margins down. Pretty much the definition of a conspiracy, so of course that will be the charge.
It takes hard work to find them and prove them. There was no e-mail in Frank Hogan's day and no handy "measuring tool." Just hard work and, usually, a bit of luck. Like so many other things.
Did your mind boggle when in the year of our Lord 1966 your parents (or grandparents or whatever) were moved to turn up something by Frank Sinatra or Benny Goodman? What's the generational flip of "Hey kids, get off my lawn!"
I'm reasonably sure that the late President has no reaction at all to what went on at his funeral. He might have expressed some preferences before his death, but that's a different matter.
To be fair, after some internet sleuthing, it may be possible after the fact to find Some Guy Somewhere. In a country of 300-odd million people, some very odd indeed, there will almost always be Some Guy Somewhere.
There's nothing you said in this thread that reads as a prediction. And the clip doesn't bear out what you now say was a prediction. Not that any of that matters. You'll just say something else.
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Trump’s ace in the hole is not that there’s a Semiquincentennial coming up. That’s an opportunity for Democrats to prove that they’re just as Patriotic as Republicans.
Not rioting when the election didn't go our way seems like a good start. I expect a number of other opportunities will arise.
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/13/2025”
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Point shaving is a federal crime. And any point-shaving scheme is a textbook conspiracy, so both charges will be on the table. At least federally. In states that don't have specific point-shaving statutes, the substantive charge will be some other, more general crime and conspiracy to commit the crime.
All of that is straight out of the prosecutor playback, and sometimes the defendant cops a plea to the conspiracy charge rather than the underlying crime -- a pretty common arrangement for all sorts of crimes.
By now I know better than to ask what your point is.
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I'm not sure which "they" you're referring to. Even cursory googling will show quite a number of cases. And of course there will have been conspiracy charges. Point shaving involves some crooks agreeing with players, coaches, or officials to keep the margins down. Pretty much the definition of a conspiracy, so of course that will be the charge.
It takes hard work to find them and prove them. There was no e-mail in Frank Hogan's day and no handy "measuring tool." Just hard work and, usually, a bit of luck. Like so many other things.
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Point shaving has been successfully prosecuted before. No need for me to re-invent the wheel.
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What is the difference between point shaving and not running up the score?
Why it is being done. Sort of like the difference between killing in self-defense and murder.
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It doesn't have to be done locally, but it often has been. Often to Americans.
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It's been done.
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You can't realistically do it person-by-person; you pretty much have to do it territorially and take your chances.
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You must be new around here.
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Did your mind boggle when in the year of our Lord 1966 your parents (or grandparents or whatever) were moved to turn up something by Frank Sinatra or Benny Goodman? What's the generational flip of "Hey kids, get off my lawn!"
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I'm reasonably sure that the late President has no reaction at all to what went on at his funeral. He might have expressed some preferences before his death, but that's a different matter.
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You must be new around here.
To be fair, after some internet sleuthing, it may be possible after the fact to find Some Guy Somewhere. In a country of 300-odd million people, some very odd indeed, there will almost always be Some Guy Somewhere.
On “Open Mic for the week of 1/6/2025”
The Pizzagate gunman and Karma:
https://www.aol.com/gunman-pizzagate-hoax-fatally-shot-232144205.html
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There's the discussion that happened and the discussion that DD thinks he remembers.
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People shouldn't say things I don't want to hear. I, on the other hand, reserve the right to say what I damn please. And don't dare tell me I'm wrong.
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No.
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Thanks for the quick confirmation.
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There's nothing you said in this thread that reads as a prediction. And the clip doesn't bear out what you now say was a prediction. Not that any of that matters. You'll just say something else.
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So you aren't making an argument on your own responsibility; you're just channeling the universe?
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You "think" that's the argument? It's your argument; you should know one way or the other.
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What needed to be done wasn't.
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"Argument?"
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"Looks?"
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