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That wasn't the discussion. We were discussing whether he was scheduled to do so. And I even linked to a copy of his opening remarks someone had gotten a hold of. And you said that Billy in a gaming chat room said he wasn't going to testify and you believed him. I got you to admit that Billy was wrong and my source was right. The fact that he got arrested before he could testify doesn't change the discussion you and I were having and you trying to reframe it now is as pathetic as relying on Billy's chat messages was then.

If I were on that jury I'd want to be home in time for dinner and not worried about going back to the jury room.

Dude, you're backtracking now? Just proving us all right AGAIN.

He thinks the proper response is to not do anything until at least half the city is burning, and then do even less.

We'll see. I put the odds at 50/50 that Iran turns out to be similar to Iraq when we went to "war" with them and Saddam. Turned out their military was a joke. And Israel purposely went after a bunch of their military infrastructure last night to minimize their ability to respond. I mean, they sent 100 drones to try to retaliate. Maybe they have more than that at their disposal. Maybe they don't.......

He once got in to an argument with me about whether Sam Bankman Fried was going to testify in front of congress. My evidence was a well sourced article from a reputable source like the AP or something, and his was a chat message from some random gamer in a gaming chat room. And he argued with me the entire night over whether SBF was going to testify. Of course, he finally had to admit I was right but the point is don't waste your time with him. It's truly a WASTE of time.

The instructions haven't been read to the jury yet. Coming up shortly. They're on lunch break at the moment.

Oops you got me. Let me amend that to "I mostly follow Mike's rules." See, I admit when I'm wrong.

We agree!!!! See Rusty, we can find common ground!!!

I have never made this claim. You libs love to make assertions like this, and when called upon to post a link, usually just ignore that request, as I'm sure you'll do here.

We needed another thread on this.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iaea-board-declares-iran-breach-non-proliferation-duties-diplomats-say-2025-06-12/

Remember when Israel blew up a bunch of terrorists with pagers when Biden was President? Did any of us scream WWIII? No, we laughed at the dead and maimed terrorists.

No, we wouldn't. We support Israel.

Yeah, the Iranian people were so much better off after that 6 billion came through!!!

I am 100% for this attack and I don't need to wait to make that determination. I'm not a poosey like you.

They had their own people and weapons inside Iran. They'd been preparing for this for years: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/how-israels-operation-rising-lion-breached-iran-mossad-built-drone-bases-and-smuggled-commandos-into-tehrans-heart/articleshow/121825193.cms?from=mdr

I know you've probably got more important things to focus on right now @artista928 but if you're still following this trial, I didn't see the prosecution closing argument but this defense guy is tearing them a new one lol. Can't see how the state wins this. Hope you're doing ok.

Did he give another terrific press conference after his "win" was overruled? https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-5429752/trump-newsom-california-national-guard-ice-immigration

CNN had their security correspondent on to talk about the Noem incident. I don't think it went as expected: https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1933263888025280632?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

It's consistent with the video. And no one who was there has disputed that chain of events. I mean, it was a public news conference. Do you have any evidence refuting YOUR government?

Don't know. In the video I saw he is already in the room, trying to push past security. What I described above is what the government has said happened, and is consistent with the video I saw other than seeing how he got in to the room. I have no reason to believe they're not being forthcoming.

It was political theater. He burst in to the room, not wearing the identifying pin that apparently they have to, you know, identify themselves as members of congress, and tried to rush towards the stage. He was rightfully prevented from doing so and removed. She has no issues meeting with him, as she did after her press conference, and addressing any questions/concerns he may have. He had no reason to try to hijack a press conference other than to manufacture another crisis and generate headlines. So, mission accomplished, but any reasonable center right person would understand that this was a political stunt.

No it isn't. We'll just have to agree to disagree on that. But again, your side having to call anyone you disagree with an ism/ist is a discussion killer.

Are you retarded? My comment about "intelligent discourse" was pertaining to YOU and your ilk always resorting to the ism/ist card. It shuts down intelligent discourse between YOU and ME when you call me a racist/sexist/Nazi/etc......That comment had NOTHING to do with what name/pronoun I choose to call a heshe. Your God analogy doesn't hold water because it's not based on science and the English language.