World is Falling Apart Thread (Locked forever)

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/as ... story.html

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/asia/nort ... -activity/

[isiolia]

It's Best Korea.

[prfsnl_gmr]

My wife and I watched Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder the other day, and we both thought, "This dystopian city is basically North Korea." We realized, however, that the citizens were not actually starving and that the society allowed some free speech. Accordingly, we revised our opinion to, "The dystopian city portrayed in Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder is actually better than North Korea."

[Sarge]

Any time I think of North Korea, I think of Frank Caliendo doing his Charles Barkley impression.



(In all seriousness, the plight of the North Koreans is awful.)

[marurun]

My wife and I watched Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder the other day, and we both thought, "This dystopian city is basically North Korea." We realized, however, that the citizens were not actually starving and that the society allowed some free speech. Accordingly, we revised our opinion to, "The dystopian city portrayed in Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder is actually better than North Korea."

Oooo... Lovely reference, too. Props! Cannon Fodder is an excellent short!

[marurun]

I haven't been saying she should be jailed or anything. Just that, technically, the law was broken. Personally, I think admitting serious mistakes were made and moving to correct them is fine. It's downplaying or glossing over them that isn't.

This particular law uses some fuzzy enough definitions that it would need to be tested in court to see if she really broke that law. Clinton has too much on her side, from her authority as an OCA and senior cabinet member at the time, to the actual transmission of that classified material being performed by her staff and not directly by her, to the difficulty of actually finding a legally binding definition of Gross Negligence (since proving willful intent would be impossible). She acted irresponsibly in an organization full of irresponsible people. But Comey was right, there's no smoking gun to try her with. No prosecutor or court would be likely to convict her of breaking the law, because it isn't clear she did. Those most insistent she broke the law are either stretching the law in ways it doesn't stretch well, or applying a particular interpretation to Clinton's actions. Maybe if we knew more we could say Clinton clearly broke the law, but with what we know now, we can't say she clearly broke the law. We can only say the evidence at present does not support that she broke the law.

prfsnl_gmr is the only known US lawyer on this forum (I'm happy to be corrected, though), so I think his interpretation is the one that holds the most weight among all of us. But most of my lawyer friends and contacts also largely agree with this interpretation.

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prfsnl_gmr is the only known US lawyer on this forum (I'm happy to be corrected, though), so I think his interpretation is the one that holds the most weight among all of us. But most of my lawyer friends and contacts also largely agree with this interpretation.

I believe marlowe221 is an attorney.

Not that this holds any bearing on this discussion, just thought I'd point it out.

[o.pwuaioc]

Undoubtedly. Likewise, if Trump were running against Obama, the Democratic Party might sweep the electoral college. It behooves both candidates that their opponents are so unlikeable.

First term, absolutely. I still think that if Bernie had won the nomination we'd see a half dozen red states turn blue overnight.

C'est la vie.

[CRTGAMER]

My wife and I watched Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder the other day, and we both thought, "This dystopian city is basically North Korea." We realized, however, that the citizens were not actually starving and that the society allowed some free speech. Accordingly, we revised our opinion to, "The dystopian city portrayed in Katsuhiro Otomo's Cannon Fodder is actually better than North Korea."

North/South Korea and East/West Germany should be permanent case studies on a Communist State vs a Democracy State.

Undoubtedly. Likewise, if Trump were running against Obama, the Democratic Party might sweep the electoral college. It behooves both candidates that their opponents are so unlikeable.

First term, absolutely. I still think that if Bernie had won the nomination we'd see a half dozen red states turn blue overnight.

I still can't figure out why there were at least a few more candidates in the Democracy pool back then. Surley some more qualified individuals. At least on the Republican side there were a wider field to select from at the start.

[prfsnl_gmr]

prfsnl_gmr is the only known US lawyer on this forum (I'm happy to be corrected, though), so I think his interpretation is the one that holds the most weight among all of us. But most of my lawyer friends and contacts also largely agree with this interpretation.

Thanks!

National security law I not exactly my area of expertise, however; so, most opinions on it are likely to be just as valid as mine.

First term, absolutely. I still think that if Bernie had won the nomination we'd see a half dozen red states turn blue overnight.

I still can't figure out why there were at least a few more candidates in the Democracy pool back then. Surley some more qualified individuals. At least on the Republican side there were a wider field to select from at the start.

That is my problem with it this year. I was not a Bernie Sanders supporter, and I ultimately think HRC will make a fine president. On the Democratic side, however, the entire process felt like an inauguration ("It's her turn."), which rubbed me the wrong way. I would have liked to have seen a broader field of opponents.