DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Derek Chauvin still guilty as fuck
I watched a little of the trial and got to see the defense outlining their key exculpatory points:
- Chauvin was being watched by a menacing looking crowd of onlookers.(Chauvin is the real victim)
- Floyd was on drugs.
- Floyd is a big black guy.
Point #3 alone has been enough to acquit murderous cops in the past. I guess we’ll see.
Republicans ramp up attacks on corporations over Georgia voting law, threaten ‘consequences’
Republicans are attacking corporations to prove how racist the party is. Who the hell still needs proof?
Seems like a man who couldn’t have less to hide:
Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, was one of President Donald J. Trump’s most vocal allies during his term, publicly pledging loyalty and even signing a letter nominating the president for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the final weeks of Mr. Trump’s term, Mr. Gaetz sought something in return. He privately asked the White House for blanket pre-emptive pardons for himself and unidentified congressional allies for any crimes they may have committed, according to two people told of the discussions.
Around that time, Mr. Gaetz was also publicly calling for broad pardons from Mr. Trump to thwart what he termed the “bloodlust” of their political opponents. But Justice Department investigatorshad begun questioning Mr. Gaetz’s associates about his conduct, including whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old that violated sex trafficking laws, in an inquiry that grew out of the case of an indicted associate in Florida.
As always, the closest thing Donald Trump has to a redeeming quality is how consistently he humiliates his most obsequious stooges.
Floor is yours.
Elon Luthor has been threatening to yeet himself to Mars for years now. Maybe this global minimum tax will finally do it.
Lyin’ NYPD Detective Led To 90 Convictions Likely To Be Overturned.
Not to mention the civil suits inevitably to follow:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/nyregion/brooklyn-criminal-convictions.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage
An excerpt:
“Over nearly two decades as a police officer and narcotics detective, Joseph E. Franco made thousands of arrests, many for the possession and sale of drugs. Mr. Franco often worked undercover, and his testimony secured convictions for prosecutors around the city.
But officials who once relied on Mr. Franco are questioning his accounts. After he was accused of lying about drug sales that videos showed never happened, Mr. Franco was charged with perjury in Manhattan in 2019.
Now, the fallout over Mr. Franco’s police work is spreading: As many as 90 convictions that he helped secure in Brooklyn will be thrown out, prosecutors plan to announce Wednesday. Many more cases in other boroughs could follow — a reckoning that lawyers said appears larger than any in the city’s legal system in recent history.”
We need a Marshall Plan for Guatemala.
https://www.nrc.no/news/2020/december/hundreds-of-thousands-still-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid-in-honduras-and-guatemala
I haven’t been paying attention to the Chauvin trial. From the headlines I’ve seen, it surprisingly sounds like his cop colleagues have decided to throw him under the bus. Maybe a conviction will break the dam of police impunity.
Finally Biden figured out how to keep Chris Coons from going off-message during Infrastructure Week:
“Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, once a top contender to be Biden’s secretary of state, is departing on a temporary diplomatic mission to meet with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to address the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray.”
Maybe we can leave him there
Good idea. Lots of African countries need ambassadors.
oh good lord, i wasnt suggesting that. they deserve better than Coons. I was more thinking elephant rescue places need cage cleaners.
He actually knows a lot about Africa. It would be a win-win.
I still say Trump has dementia, and as evidence I offer this statement he made the other day on Newsmax when the host asked him if Republicans should boycott baseball.
Nothing in that statement makes a scintilla of sense — it makes Sarah Palin sound like Shakespeare — yet not a single news outlet I could find made mention of that. Why does the media cover for this guy, and when will they stop?
I don’t mind. On those rare occasions he reemerges, it will become readily apparent just how quickly he’s losing it. That’s enough for me.
BTW, I don’t consider Newsmax as ‘reemerging’.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=&ruling=false&speaker=joe-biden
“If Matt Gaetz doesn’t use Winger’s “Seventeen” as his entrance music”
I think Janis Ian’s “17” is more appropriate
Well, there’s always Marty Robbins’ “She Was Only Seventeen,” although Gaetz is much much older than “…he was one year more.”!
Although age isn’t mentioned in the lyrics, Ron Blackwell’s song “Little Red Riding Hood” (as sung by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs) seems really appropriate for the creepy Mr. Gaetz.
And speaking of creepy, Gaetz looks as though he could use a chin strap similar to the one used by W. D. “Bud” Prize on the “Fernwood 2 Nite” show.
Oh, no, here’s the winner and champeen of ALL TIME…:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJFVPxBpezk
Well actually he’s telling her that she’s much too young, and that she’d better run. Unlike Gaetz, Roy Moore, Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, etc., who would be slavering over the thought of having sex with an under 18 “Lolita.”