Everything posted by GopherRock
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Benchmarks are out in Minnesota on winding down COVID restrictions. At the same time, we have this:
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I live in CA but I didn't realize how bad it's gotten
The Minnesota Legislature is split. Tim Walz in the governor's chair, a DFL House, and a GOP Senate.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
I'm firmly in the "They don't want to" camp. The Senate GOP had their chance to get rid of Trump in February 2020. They didn't. Moscow Mitch could have gotten rid of Trump in the days following January 6. They didn't. It's going to take a 400-EV beatdown for them to get the idea, and I'm not sure if that's possible.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
COVID takes out Oktoberfest again.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
DoJ piling on. All officers involved are looking at deprivation of civil rights charges. What's crazy is that If Chauvin had been acquitted, the federales would have arrested him in the courthouse. https://www.startribune.com/feds-plan-to-indict-chauvin-other-three-ex-officers-on-civil-rights-charges/600051374/
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Nothing to see here -- just a town declaring a state of emergency before releasing body cam of police shooting!
For those of you who think the Chauvin jury was under outside influence to convict...
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Nothing to see here -- just a town declaring a state of emergency before releasing body cam of police shooting!
Hennepin County District Court managed to seat a jury to send Derek Chauvin to the hole at OPH.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
One of the jurors is talking.
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2022 House Elections
Courts will be drawing the maps in Minnesota. Sounds odd, but it's happened every redistricting since 1970 due to split control of the governor's chair and chambers of the Legislature.
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2022 House Elections
Razor thin margin in Minnesota.
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2022 Senate Elections
Florida and Iowa are now red states unless and until proven otherwise. If the Iowegians wouldn't get rid of Joni Ernst in an environment that is much more blue than what fall 22 will be, they're not going blue. Pretty accurate breakdown, @Js1
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
What little chance he has on appeal is from incompetent counsel, not from external factors. That jury was one that didn't need much convincing.
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COVID-19 vaccine discussion
Speaking of Nobel prize, Dr. Kariko and Dr. Weissman should be shoo-ins for the 2022 Nobel in medicine.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
Getting back to the killer and the Minneapolis Police Department... Hope he likes solitary at OPH.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
330 PM CDT is the time that I keep seeing on all the MSP news sites. It's not a stretch to say that this is the most meaningful verdict in Minnesota history.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
No. Saw somewhere that the state had the chance to enter two of Chauvin's incidents into evidence, and they declined to do so. Keep the focus on Chauvin instead of turning the trial into State v. MPD.
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2021 European soccer megathread
FIFA and UEFA make the IOC look like a bunch of innocent school kids.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
Jerry Blackwell's final statement: Jury getting their final instructions now.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
The judge just stopped the defense cold and called lunch break. 2:34 and counting. This lawyer is going to get his client sent away with maximum sentence. I sure as hell don't want a hangry jury deciding my fate.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
Clearly defense counsel didn't learn the second cardinal rule: Never go to court over the lunch hour.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
I'm not sure that hearing George Floyd call out for his mama over and over again is helping the defense.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
Judge reading the instructions. He is not in the mood to fuck around today.
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The Trial of Derek Chauvin
After the sidebar, the questioning seemed to focus on another blood test that was already in evidence. Gist of the rebuttal testimony was Today is it. Jury instructions, then closing arguments. After that, it's as long as it takes for the jury to reach a verdict.
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Who's been covid vaxxed? Stand up and be counted.
The shart thread is over in Lulz.
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Who's been covid vaxxed? Stand up and be counted.
Nyet on the tracker, but my garage door opens and closes every time I cough. So there's that.