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Re: TIL

Postby cmsellers » Thu Dec 28, 2017 7:48 am

For a long time, the House of Representatives didn't have a women's restroom near the chamber, though there was, of course, a men's room. In fact, it wasn't until John Boehner took over in 2011. Presumably Nancy Pelosi was too worried about the optics of a woman speaker installing a women's restroom.
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Re: TIL

Postby Windy » Thu Dec 28, 2017 5:35 pm

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Re: TIL

Postby jbobsully11 » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:24 am

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Re: TIL

Postby cmsellers » Sat Dec 30, 2017 8:24 pm

The assassin of the far-right racist rabbi Meir Kahane was acquitted of murder in state court, despite being caught red-handed. He was later convicted in federal court on a terrorism charge, because that's long been a way around double jeopardy.

The acquittal came about because the defense attorney managed to get a jury composed of third-world immigrants and remove anyone who might be sympathetic to Israel (I assume this means Jews and other white people). I get that prosecutors also like having uneducated jurors and the prosecutor probably thought the defense attorney was doing them a mitzvah, but given that most third-world countries are very hostile to Israel, and that the defense attorney was assembling a jury of goyim for a Jewish supremacist, I'm not sure how that didn't send up any flags.

The defense attorney also portrayed it as a great moral victory, not that he got his client off but that he manipulated the jury to do so. Because the proper response to the rich and powerful evading justice is to manipulate the juries so that poor people can escape justice too.
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Re: TIL

Postby NathanLoiselle » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:42 pm

I'd just like to point out that I'm a white person and I'm both not sympathetic to Israel and insulted by the assumption that I am. Also, just because you're a third world immigrant doesn't mean you're stupid.
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Re: TIL

Postby cmsellers » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:43 pm

NathanLoiselle wrote:Also, just because you're a third world immigrant doesn't mean you're stupid.

And where did I say it did?
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Re: TIL

Postby NathanLoiselle » Sun Dec 31, 2017 3:20 am

You implied.
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Re: TIL

Postby SandTea » Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:36 am

TIL, Damn it feels good to be a gangster.
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Re: TIL

Postby cmsellers » Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:50 am

NathanLoiselle wrote:You implied.

Where and how?
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Re: TIL

Postby SandTea » Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:00 pm

cmsellers wrote:The acquittal came about because the defense attorney managed to get a jury composed of third-world immigrants... ...I get that prosecutors also like having uneducated jurors...


I think this is what Nathan is referring to implying 3rd world immigrants are dumb. I didn't read it that way but can see how it could be.
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Re: TIL

Postby cmsellers » Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:53 am

SandTea wrote:I think this is what Nathan is referring to implying 3rd world immigrants are dumb. I didn't read it that way but can see how it could be.

Apparently in Canada "uneducated" and "dumb" are synonyms?
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Re: TIL

Postby jbobsully11 » Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:56 am

cmsellers wrote:
SandTea wrote:I think this is what Nathan is referring to implying 3rd world immigrants are dumb. I didn't read it that way but can see how it could be.

Apparently in Canada "uneducated" and "dumb" are synonyms?

Only to the uneducated.
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Re: TIL

Postby 52xMax » Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:52 am

TIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousin.
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Re: TIL

Postby JamishT » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:22 am

52xMax wrote:TIL Ben Shapiro is Mara Wilson's cousin.


I follow both on Twitter to contribute to maintaining a balanced feed. I can't imagine what family reunions are like for them though!
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Re: TIL

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