JTarrou
3d ago
The age of consent in reality is whatever age a person has to be for their "yes" to mean consent legally.
So there is no age of consent for women, and probably never will be.
JTarrou
5d ago
I think it would be hard to argue they intend to lose money.
In fact, that is exactly what I argue. Conscious intent follows emotional decision making, not the other way around. Compulsive gamblers want to lose, and can't stop until they lose. Whatever they consciously intend, their behavior's intent is to lose.
Just like someone who emotionally chose to smash a cop with a sledgehammer intended harm, whatever their post-hoc claims.
JTarrou
5d ago
There won't be any deprogramming, they'll just stop talking about it when they win their next election. Remember how fast Code Pink cratered once Obama was the one droning weddings in the middle east? They just disappeared off the news where their spokespeople had been parked for six years on every single broadcast from the weather to sports. Went from a quarter million members to low double digits in a month.
Nothing will be walked back. No one will apologize (unless they're a grifter switching sides). And it will all be re-used on the next Republican of any note. None of us saw the last Republican not to be called Hitler (Hoover), now we've seen the last Republican not to get a tranche of rape allegations, we've seen the last Republican to not have felony charges. This is how politics is done, and if you don't like it, politics is not for you.
Don't know the relevance, but "smoke check" is US military slang for shooting someone. Dust flies off clothing/skin when a bullet impacts, can leave a little cloud behind briefly.
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