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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: commonone   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Another Day Another Shooting...
Date: 04/13/23 10:16 PM
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Dope1: Case 2: Another man who stole hundreds of documents belonging to the United States -- some classified at the highest levels -- refused to return them, ignored a subpoena, had his attorney falsely claim all the documents had been returned, moved the documents between locations, left them unsecured, and decades later Joe Biden still has not been arrested or indicted.

Fixed that for you.


Congratulations, not a single word you wrote is correct (well, other than that Biden has not been arrested or indicted).

Biden did not steal hundreds of documents. The Justice Department took possession of six items and some of Biden's handwritten notes from his vice-presidential years to further review them. There's no way to know how many documents date to his Senate days (although Congress has now been briefed on the Biden, Trump, and Pence documents).

Funny, you conveniently neglected to include Pence.

Biden immediately arranged to have the documents that were discovered returned by his attorneys.

He was never subpoenaed.

His attorneys never made false claims on his behalf.

Documents were not moved.

The documents were locked away (although an argument could be made that they were not technically secured, at least not the ones in his locked garage).

You need to investigate the legal definition of intent and then apply that definition to the actions of Trump, Biden, Clinton and Pence.

As Comey explained as he was destroying her candidacy, they could not find the required 'intent' to indict Clinton.

And as the Trump administration clearly demonstrated, several individuals in his administration used private email to conduct official government business, including Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and daughter Ivanka Trump, both advisers to the president, former deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland and former adviser Stephen K. Bannon, adviser Stephen Miller, former chief of staff Reince Priebus and former National Economic Council director Gary Cohn.

None of them will be indicted, either.

Again, the required 'intent' necessary to indict would be difficult to establish.

The fact that a cult still believes Trump is the second coming of Christ and are willing to overlook his criminal behavior makes me sad for this country.

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