One of the reasons that Disney is not getting a lot of support (other than from the Twitterati), is that the Disney CEO has never said a public word about the Chinese Uighur genocide.
Mr. Chapek is both disingenuous and a poor steward of his shareholders' value.
@stephenehorn
Flash bangs are explosive devices - illegal for ordinary citizens because of the lethality if misused.
Hold a flash bang in your hand when it goes off and you will need lifelong help in opening ketchup bottles.
@JD_Tuccille
Good.
There is almost never a reason to perform a "no-knock" raid.
Cops love the adrenaline, the power, the rush, but they are dangerous (mostly to the arrestee and his dog) and wrong.
@ElLockeLawGroup
Does a person accused (and absolved) of SA ever go back to the status quo ante?
I don't think so.
He will always have an asterisk behind his name.
And he will forever have lost faith in our justice system.
@ozols_aldis
@fasc1nate
Germans love complexity.
Reinforces their belief in their engineering skills.
I had a Mercedes once.
Never Again.
Now I drive Korean.
@SaltySeaFl
You are right.
I have a private range and I help women shoot (they can bring their own instructor if they want). Just two on the range allows for instruction without pressure.
I have invited my Jewish friends for the same purpose.
@CathyYoung63
Book rewrites destroys trust.
We have a book by Roald Dalh, but we don't know which parts are his and which parts are from an editor who thinks that he knows better than Dahl did.
The loss of trust is corrosive to society because it spreads to all areas.
@alessabocchi
I did too.
I rationalized it because I wanted to go to Germany and see my mother.
But more than the shot, was the submission.
The state forced its will on me.
@bulutuzay_
All Swedes pay the price for her (and people like her) indulging their fantasies.
Swede had a rich cultural heritage - it is now being destroyed in the name of diversity.
@JackPosobiec
Buttigieg wants to do “away with the Electoral College” because there is “not a lot of common-sense justification for it.”
He got 26.9% of the Iowa delegates; Bernie Sanders got 25.1% while winning the popular vote.
Will Buttigieg give Bernie some of his delegates?
@wbender99
@radleybalko
Philadelphia cops have long had a reputation for brutality.
Remember the Philadelphia police "air force" bombing an entire city block with improvised explosives?
@Keggs719
She will dine out on this experience for many years - each retelling getting better.
And some men will decide not to get involved if they see a woman in need.
Way to build a civil society.
@FromKulak
US troops and Texas Nat. Guard are disciplined.
You can be sure that TX civilians have an informal alert system.
Hundreds of armed Texans will head for a confrontation if the Feds start one.
And these civilians are not disciplined.
And Feds haven't earned much love after 1/6.
@ELuttwak
I suspect that the Herero people would be surprised to learn that the Germans did not engage in combat against them.
Von Trotha also fought the Boxers in China.
@ElLockeLawGroup
Reminder never to enter into the permanent record anything that might bite you later.
Don't tell your doctor that you own guns; don't tell him about that occasional cigar, don't tell him about the scotch with that cigar.
Once something is in your files, it stays - forever.
@mtracey
Went to hit the "heart" button.
Saw the counter drop from 982 to the high 300's just before I hit it.
I don't think that Twitter liked this post.
Hailey Idaho Airport is bustling with those who will talk at Sun Valley Billionaire Summer Camp about "Climate Change"
So many of the attendees flew in on private jets, to hear the climate change talk~
💥Air space from as far as Michigan and Canada had to be temporarily closed🤣
@FromKulak
There is a belief (probably correct given the massive number of informants in the Michigan kidnapping case) that anytime three anti government activists congregate, that five 3 letter agencies are represented.
@coolservativ
The Russian regime (even before the Soviet Union) has always been terribly cruel.
Germany was reminded in 1955 when Adenauer arranged for the last German prisoners to be released by Russia.
Germany expected hundreds of thousands; got 10,000.
The rest were all dead.
@catedempsey
Where does Gatt go to get his reputation back?
The accusation generated far more publicity than the subsequent dismissal.
The accusation will linger far longer than the dismissal.
The entertainment industry has far more talent than jobs. This will cost Gatt.
@ConLawWarrior
A telling statistic - only a small fraction of those who start at Big Law end up making equity partner (with the huge salaries).
Takes legal ability, political skills, ability to schmooze clients, and (lots and lots) of hard work.
Few have all the requisite characteristics.
@ElLockeLawGroup
But the "victim" will probably suffer far fewer consequences than your client has already suffered (arrest, reputation, fear, anger, and a very real chance of being found guilty).
And imagine if he got convicted!
@SusanStJames3
Basic lack of courtesy towards the president.
Basic courtesy and respect for the office would require that Roberts not talk over the president.
@CathyYoung63
I am still shocked at the venom, the 20 year professional level campaign to destroy Allen, the lack of doubt displayed by the Farrow supporters, and the conviction by many that they know what happened.
Seems that there is a lot of room for doubt.
@ElLockeLawGroup
I always advice friends who believe that they have great cases and want to sue of one thing:
American justice is capricious.
The best case in the world has only a 90% chance of winning.
Legal skills/mistakes, biased judges, poorly written laws, etc can affect the outcome.
@Mrgunsngear
Cops may have been outnumbered.
The clerks even more so.
Reminder that cops will only protect us if they have overwhelming numbers - and they think that it is safe.
@catedempsey
If you have to tell cops to do their duty, then they won't do it.
Wish that they had shown similar restraint in pepper spraying grannies during Covid.
Cops do what they consider fun; going up against young men sounds more dangerous than beating grannies.
@shefska
@Tony_Sagami
"$110,640 MSRP 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer"!!!!
That is the real headline.
Note that is the 2022 model - the 2024's are out.
Even $70K seems excessive for a Jeep Grand Wagoneer, especially a model two years old.
@MAC_Arms
Foreigners who love to be superior.
Got several German cousins who act that way.
Never could answer why the superior German system produced so many tyrants.
Why aren't the honest Ukrainians checking those fortifications?
Didn't some officers report back, saying "There are no fortifications here."
Or were those reports ignored?
More Ukrainian Corruption - Why am I not surprised?
"Ukrainian Corruption Center reports northern border defense funds were diverted to fake companies, letting Russians walk right across border in new Kharkiv offensive"
The Ukraine/Russian war sort of moved into the shadows
@ConLawWarrior
Government power has grown, but protections for Americans have not kept pace (qualified/absolute immunity, no consequence to violators, the tremendous cost in time and money to sue government).
People are both angry and scared at what is happening.
On lunch break in federal court in Phoenix at the
#BackpageTrial
, just before the break, the feds began to give us a parade of porn images, many that never appeared on backpage. 1/
@MrAndyNgo
Videos look remarkably like KGB "snatch teams".
No agency or name tags visible.
Apparently DHS later denies arresting those individuals.
Rioters/Antifa offend; federal snatch teams scare me.
@mugundhanbalaji
@katerinareports
What do mean in the future?
We already know not to trust them now.
Look at gun registration compliance rates in states that require registration.
@klaasm67
I thought that Ukraine would go the same way as Finland (sign an unfavorable peace treaty after 90 days).
The difference is that this time Europe and the US did not stand by.
The value of friends.
@ElLockeLawGroup
But your client still spent a ton of legal fees and lived with the stress of a trial.
Prosecutor kept up the facade (and spent a ton of taxpayer money) trying to bluff you into a plea.
"Prosecutor justice"
@ConLawWarrior
Between being kept in jail ("Speedy Trial" is also near extinction) awaiting trial, legal fees to have a chance at trial, and the enhanced penalties if you lose the trial, the justice system has done an end run around the Constitution.
Not right.
@MonicaLewinsky
This is elitist.
How do you think this makes women who weren't as fortunate or wealthy feel when they either can't respond or have to put "10th grade" behind their names?
@ClaireBerlinski
The US military is becoming increasingly focused on politics and less on "war fighting".
Exhibit A - Look at General B. Chance Saltzman's uniform, straight out of a B movie.
@ConLawWarrior
Three certainties.
If the driver had punched the cop, he would be facing felony charges.
That cop will attack other people - that anger and lack of self control won't be cured by a 5 day suspension.
Eventually, his PD will let him go when the settlement costs get too high.
@ulrichspeck
And the choice is ours - Europe and the US will decide what the future holds.
History will not be kind to Germany - once again coasting on the backs of less opportunistic countries.
I spent the last year looking into a brutal rape case in Louisiana. A prison warden raped his cousin-in-law. And then the prosecutor did everything to sabotage the victim.
This story says a lot about our system, & about how those who enforce the law are often above it. A thread.
@kashhill
@ErinMurphysLaw
What about "reasonable expectation of privacy" when one opts out?
This is a game changer and should make Americans be more aware that our information is not/will not be private.
@JamesOKeefeIII
I agree, well played.
But the ordinary person would not be well served to talk to cops.
I talk to cops once a year; they interrogate civilians 5 times a day. Not a level playing field.
Gen. Flynn might agree with me, never talk to a cop.
@robert_lyman
A reminder that the slave adage to victorious Roman generals was true.
Three talented and victorious generals.
Arguably among the best generals of WW2.
And most of us have never heard of them.
Thanks for the reminder.
@bulutuzay_
I am old enough to remember Malmo as a boring Swedish city - the arrival point from the Copenhagen ferry.
Last visit, it felt Middle Eastern.
Swedes walked softly (warning me to be careful).
Not an improvement.
@ElLockeLawGroup
Good for him.
Prosecutors thrive in darkness while glorying in their image as "public defenders".
Americans need to understand how our justice system has been corrupted.
Stories like this help Americans to see what is being done in their name.
@ElLockeLawGroup
Most people have an idyllic (false) picture of how the justice system works.
Prosecutorial victories and the judge' s calendar are at least as important as justice.
@segalmr
@drowsygeek
Everyone should have consequences to their bad actions.
Consequences act as a guardrail to misbehavior.
Prosecutors are certainly not saints and given their huge power to affect lives, they should have higher guardrails than the powerless.
@h2av8tor
The US is drifting towards two categories of citizen - the protected and the unprotected.
That undermines both the Constitution and our societal compact.
@hannahcrileyy
Your logic is "Palestinians are suffering so you need to be inconvenienced".
Palestinians can't do much against Israeli military.
But U.S. citizens can (and will) react to these demonstrators.
Try that in a small town.
@MAC_Arms
This wasn't tactical; it was ego.
Cops didn't expect any real opposition.
Kind of like the Air Force doing "elephant walks" with their planes on the runways.
Made for TV.
@POdPatriot
Both prosecutors lied.
One's lying was unacceptable.
The other's lying was OK.
If you are not a Democrat, how do you rationalize the discrepancy?
@klaasm67
Name one military project that came in on budget.
Two problems - mission creep (adding capabilities after the start of the project); and deliberate low balling to get approval to start the project.
Combat aircraft are the prime example of this today.
@ConLawWarrior
Statistically, your life expectancy drops when a cop engages you.
And rises again when the engagement is over.
Ugly commentary on the violence used by American police.
@ulrichspeck
Germany wants the leadership of Europe, but is unable to do anything but wring its hands.
Serbia was the first leadership test a generation ago. Germany failed.
Ukraine was the second test.
@RikeFranke
Is he wrong?
Germany made choices: not spend 2% of GDP (and lied about it for 30 years); close your nukes; rely on Russian energy; etc.
Actions have consequences.