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  1. 06-20-2023, 12:35 AM #18151
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    Quote Originally Posted by XU_Lou View Post
    The limits of populist resistance and the nature of Western liberal democratic government

    "It’s a real problem, how political systems founded to express the popular will have come to operate with almost perfect independence of this will. A lot has been written on this phenomenon, and here and there on this blog I’ve tried to introduce readers to some of the ideas in this body of thought. A key thesis is Robert Michels’s iron law of oligarchy, which holds that organisational pressures force any political arrangement to function sooner or later as an oligarchic system broadly independent of the masses. It’s obvious that the permanent bureaucracy plays a key role in modern liberal oligarchic systems..."

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  2. 06-20-2023, 07:27 AM #18152
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strange Brew View Post
    And a very effective ad. I suddenly crave spicy nuggets…:)
    In Wendy’s latest ad campaign they actually had Reggie Miller reprise it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strange Brew View Post
    And a very effective ad. I suddenly crave spicy nuggets…:)
    Those are chicken. What are you, beefphobic?


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  4. 06-20-2023, 08:40 AM #18154
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    The DOJ gives Hunter Biden a slap on the wrist.
    Talk about politicized agencies?
    Congress must investigate this corrupt family.
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  5. 06-20-2023, 09:17 AM #18155
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    Quote Originally Posted by Masterofreality View Post
    The DOJ gives Hunter Biden a slap on the wrist.
    Talk about politicized agencies?
    Congress must investigate this corrupt family.
    Wasn’t the plea agreement negotiated by a Trump appointee? I doubt this deal is all that different than other people who can afford high priced attorneys would get. There was no chance he was getting jail time.


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  6. 06-20-2023, 09:39 AM #18156
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    Quote Originally Posted by XU_Lou View Post
    More proof we are witnessing the fall of the US and the western world: https://twitter.com/JeffYoungerShow/...19054913835010
    Is this part of the “No Justice, No Peace” protests?
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  7. 06-20-2023, 10:33 AM #18157
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    Quote Originally Posted by bjf123 View Post
    Wasn’t the plea agreement negotiated by a Trump appointee? I doubt this deal is all that different than other people who can afford high priced attorneys would get. There was no chance he was getting jail time.


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    Feds wanted to send Lil Wayne (@LilTunechi) to prison for 10 years for the same crime that Hunter Biden is getting a slap on the wrist for.
    RACIST DEMOCRATS!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Masterofreality View Post
    Feds wanted to send Lil Wayne (@LilTunechi) to prison for 10 years for the same crime that Hunter Biden is getting a slap on the wrist for.
    RACIST DEMOCRATS!
    Yeah completely the same situation.. you’re an idiot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xville View Post
    Yeah completely the same situation.. you’re an idiot.
    Both were illegal. Not sure what point your making but Biden is clearly getting off easy
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    Looks like LilWayne had to pay about $14MM in back taxes to settle his case. Not sure how much Hunter has to pay. One article said he owed just over $1MM.


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