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  • #136
    Toobin nails Scalia:

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...oking-backward

    He was also corrupt:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us...T.nav=top-news

    He was terrible, one of the most overrated people who ever lived.
    When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

    --Jonathan Swift

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    • #137
      Glad to see SU waited a while to express his feelings. Kudos..

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      • #138
        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
        Toobin nails Scalia:

        http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...oking-backward

        He was also corrupt:

        http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us...T.nav=top-news

        He was terrible, one of the most overrated people who ever lived.
        Haha. Nice try SU.

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        • #139
          Originally posted by dabrockster View Post
          Glad to see SU waited a while to express his feelings. Kudos..
          lol.
          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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          • #140
            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
            Toobin nails Scalia:

            http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...oking-backward

            He was also corrupt:

            http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us...T.nav=top-news

            He was terrible, one of the most overrated people who ever lived.
            By that definition the entire court is corrupt according to the NY Times article you linked.

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            • #141
              Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
              By that definition the entire court is corrupt according to the NY Times article you linked.
              I don't think any of them should take these trips.

              By the way, Richard Posner also didn't like Scalia. So I'm in good company.
              When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

              --Jonathan Swift

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              • #142
                Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                I don't think any of them should take these trips.
                I am probably with you for many of the trips. But this isn't what you posted. You posted Scalia was corrupt, using the NY Times article as evidence. Did you read beyond the headline?

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                • #143
                  24 free trips a year is incredible. He spent half his life on the gravy train. Gluttony.
                  When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                  --Jonathan Swift

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                  • #144
                    Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
                    I am probably with you for many of the trips. But this isn't what you posted. You posted Scalia was corrupt, using the NY Times article as evidence. Did you read beyond the headline?
                    The trip he was on when he died with paid for by a party who'd been before him shortly before. Hasn't Utah's former GA been indicted for something like that?
                    Last edited by SeattleUte; 02-26-2016, 08:53 AM.
                    When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                    --Jonathan Swift

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                    • #145
                      Originally posted by I.J. Reilly View Post
                      Wrong. If this were true, Ted Cruz would be winning and not Donald Trump. This is the whole premise of the Cruz campaign.
                      The problem with Cruz is he's ugly and ueber intelligent. That doesn't connect with most people.
                      "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

                      Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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                      • #146
                        Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
                        I am probably with you for many of the trips. But this isn't what you posted. You posted Scalia was corrupt, using the NY Times article as evidence. Did you read beyond the headline?

                        An associate drafted an executive memo for him. Give him a break. After reading the article, it is interesting to note that Justice Roberts took the fewest trips but that the article took no pains to excoriate any of the liberal justices who were also taking these trips.
                        Last edited by Topper; 02-26-2016, 07:49 AM.
                        "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

                        Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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                        • #147
                          Originally posted by Topper View Post
                          That means he's careless in speech. That isn't evidence of corruption. I will take a buffoon over a clever, corrupt politician.
                          Careless? I'd say quite calculated. A couple quick examples: he just called out Vicente Fox (for saying "we won't pay for that f*cking wall") demanding an apology saying if he used the F word there would be an uproar. Uhhh he uses the F word all the time at his rallies. Easily searchable. Also: PAC's anecdote about Trump claiming to be a great Christian. GMAFB.

                          According to Trump himself he tries to go on 'Christmas... Easter.. and ummm definitely on Sundays. Yeah. More of a Sunday Church goer,' letting everybody know who is paying attention that he may have never been to church in his life. Basically he looks into topics and buzzwords that will arouse the far right and runs with it. The whole Wall thing, Christianity, anti-muslim, mexicans are rapists, etc etc etc.

                          I'm sure when pressed he doesn't really believe these stupid things because as a businessman he must know that a Wall would be a waste of tens of billions of dollars that would stop nobody from coming illegally, and deporting every undocumented Mexican would cost untold fortunes and then tank the economy from the lack of low cost labor as a bonus. But that's the point. It's calculated speech-not careless. Maybe it's politics as usual, which is definitely more forgivable, but it's not worth the risk to elect him just to find out whether he's a sociopath or not.
                          Last edited by Commando; 02-26-2016, 07:49 AM.
                          "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                          • #148
                            Originally posted by Topper View Post
                            The problem with Cruz is he's ugly and ueber intelligent. That doesn't connect with most people.
                            And his speech has a corny born-again pastor affectation. I want to pull the trap door lever every time I hear him on tv.
                            "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                            • #149
                              Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                              I don't think any of them should take these trips.

                              By the way, Richard Posner also didn't like Scalia. So I'm in good company.

                              I think being a member of the Supreme Court is among the highest honors our country can bestow. And they actually do a lot of work that is pretty academically rigorous. Call me crazy, but I don't have a problem with any of them them taking a bunch of trips.
                              "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                              • #150
                                Surprised to not see some zinger about this type gluttony leading to his death..

                                Way to hold back SU. On a roll today..

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