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Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

"Might as well legalize pedophilia." -Terry Wise

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# ? Jan 7, 2018 19:31

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

Pants Donkey posted:

"Might as well legalize pedophilia." -Terry Wise

# ? Jan 7, 2018 19:32

Polygynous: Dec 13, 2006; welp

Sandpuppy posted:

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I simultaneously applaud and groan this pun.

We're in the timeline where the President is going to appear on tv proudly holding a certificate from his doctor declaring him not crazy, aren't we.

# ? Jan 7, 2018 20:44

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment I'm alive, I pray for death!

Polygynous posted:

I simultaneously applaud and groan this pun.

We're in the timeline where the President is going to appear on tv proudly holding a certificate from his doctor declaring him not crazy, aren't we.

And close-up shots will reveal the certificate is actually an informational sheet from an erectile dysfunction clinic.

# ? Jan 7, 2018 20:52

A HUNGRY MOUTH: Nov 3, 2006; date of birth: 02/05/88
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Terry Wise is unironically standing up for people who shoot children, because he finds the alternative too frightening to consider

# ? Jan 7, 2018 21:14

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD: Jul 7, 2012

Katt posted:

On top of the message being aggressively stupid, the visual metaphor makes no sense. The Clintons eat...scandals?

nm posted:

Not really:

http://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/

AB109, which was the biggest anti-overcrowding measure took effect in November 2010. This actually didn't have any early releases, despite the media reporting otherwise. It just kept people from being sent to prison. This is the one that the law enforcement groups talk about the most.
The most recent Prop 36, which changed 3 strikes, was 2012. It did lead to the possibility of early release.
Prop 47 made simple drug possession a misdemeanor in 2014. While this probably lead to so early releases, due to AB109 and the older P36 (2000), this was likely a small population.
Prop 57 will lead to early releases, but hasn't really taken full effect. Most of the regulations were put in place by August 1, 2017, and none before April 1, 2017, so it isn't going to show up on stats. Particularly because it gives credits fro course competitions and the like, so people will have to work for a few years to really see huge decreases in sentences.

You wouldn't know that violence crime rate increased only modestly, but still is at amazingly low rates, and that property crime was on the decline based on most reporting. "A crime didn't happen" doesn't make for a great news story.

Please also note that an increase in "robberies" was likely a large contributor to the increase in violent crime. California has what is called an "Estes Robbery" which is shoplifting except that you push a security guard or the like. Because AB109 made theft under $950 a misdemeanor, DAs are more likely to make robbery charges on estes shoplifts. I don't know if this is the case everywhere (and it would be hard to run stats on), but we definitely saw in increase in estes robbery charges after ab109 when I was a public defender.

Thanks, this is interesting. I would like to see a breakdown at the city level rather than statewide though.

# ? Jan 7, 2018 21:27

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:

On top of the message being aggressively stupid, the visual metaphor makes no sense. The Clintons eat...scandals?

Thanks, this is interesting. I would like to see a breakdown at the city level rather than statewide though.

If you click the link they have a county wide summary.
http://www.ppic.org/data-set/crime-rates-in-california/
I wish this was broken out a little better and included more than 1 year of stats.

Also note that the increase in opiod abuse occurs during basically the same time.

nm fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Jan 7, 2018

# ? Jan 7, 2018 22:28

World Famous W: May 25, 2007; BAAAAAAAAAAAA

Reminder that the Gay Abortions nominations are open till Wednesday, midnight eastern time.. If ya haven't nominated anything yet you got a few days left.

# ? Jan 7, 2018 22:50

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:

Terry Wise is unironically standing up for people who shoot children, because he finds the alternative too frightening to consider

Shooting children is kind of like beating them, so of course he is 100% in favor

# ? Jan 7, 2018 23:30

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Oh, all those children injured and killed by guns?? That only happens because of IRRESPONSIBLE gun owners, the existence of whom doesn't affect my argument because

# ? Jan 7, 2018 23:59

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Pope (1):

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton: Victorians are scared to go to restaurants because of African street gangs.

Pope (2):

Leak:

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:09

Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

Trapezium Dave posted:

Leak:

he has risen?!

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:22

Jagged Jim: Sep 26, 2013; I... I can only look though the window...

Trapezium Dave posted:

I've been wondering about this for a while but why does Pope always draw Turnbull with that tin can Top hat?

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:22

A HUNGRY MOUTH: Nov 3, 2006; date of birth: 02/05/88
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Trapezium Dave posted:

Leak:

BLeak to the Future

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:27

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Jagged Jim posted:

I've been wondering about this for a while but why does Pope always draw Turnbull with that tin can Top hat?

Everyone draws Turnbull with a top hat because he's incredibly rich. Pope's tin can top hat is because Turnbull used to be Communications Minister where his main act was to take the previous government's National Broadband Network scheme and turn it into complete shite.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:38

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

Remember Clovis? Well, here's some recent toons. Remember that unlike KillerJunglist, my grasp of Jamaican politics are based on whatever scraps of news I can find, so take everything with a hearty grain of salt.

1
This is probably self-explanatory, but Jamaica had over 1600 murders in 2017. Which is pretty high when you consider the country has a population roughly the same size as Kansas.

2
Chris Gayle is a cricket player who apparently has been having a rough go of things.

3
Clovis still an rear end in a top hat about LGBT people (look at the soldier's shoes).

4
Ida Troupe celebrated her 117th birthday, which ties her with the current (verifiable) recordand makes her the current oldest living person in the world.

5
Human Rights...the greatest murderer of us all.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 00:56

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

Also:

# ? Jan 8, 2018 01:25

Panty Saluter: Jan 17, 2004; Making learning fun!

Pants Donkey posted:

Also:

can't have any survivors, can we

# ? Jan 8, 2018 01:40

FronzelNeekburm: Jun 1, 2001; STOP, MORTTIME

mercenarynuker posted:

What exactly was Payne's take on the NFL protests? Cuz that would be an incredible disconnect

# ? Jan 8, 2018 01:40

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

FronzelNeekburm posted:

That's some great human anatomy you drew there Payne

# ? Jan 8, 2018 01:42

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

Yeah, scarecrows look NOTHING like that.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 01:53

Nihilarian: Oct 2, 2013

FronzelNeekburm posted:

How dare all those white football players diss the flag

# ? Jan 8, 2018 02:08

Ularg: Mar 2, 2010; Just tell me I'm exotic.

Holy poo poo that "Me" Heart and dollar sign tattoos. Fuuuuuuuck off Payne.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 02:38

Lord Hydronium: Sep 25, 2007; Non, je ne regrette rien

If you're rich, you can't protest inequality because you're hypocritical.

If you're poor, you can't protest inequality because you're just jealous.

There's a common theme here. :thunk:

# ? Jan 8, 2018 03:02

Calico Heart: Mar 22, 2012; "wich the worst part was what troll face did to sonic's corpse after words wich was rape it. at that point i looked away"

Pants Donkey posted:

"Might as well legalize pedophilia." -Terry Wise

Right, so... We should legalise paedophilia, drink-driving, cocaine and meth...?

also lol "two people talking" cartoon, what an innovative medium

# ? Jan 8, 2018 03:02

Regalingualius: Jan 7, 2012; We gazed into the eyes of madness... And all we found was horny.

Lord Hydronium posted:

If you're rich, you can't protest inequality because you're hypocritical.

If you're poor, you can't protest inequality because you're just jealous.

There's a common theme here.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 03:17

King Possum III: Feb 15, 2016

# ? Jan 8, 2018 03:31

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Trapezium Dave posted:

Leak:

Look at that loving innocent Dutton. The man who runs Australia's offshore ~~torture~~ detention camps. The scary black people in that cartoon are supposed to be representative of the "apex gang" which 1. isn't a threat at all 2. was predominantly Australian born kids and not linked with ethnicity.

This is the real Dutton:

# ? Jan 8, 2018 03:39

ryonguy: Jun 27, 2013

FronzelNeekburm posted:

I'm confused, the first two are idiotic bullshit, but the third one is spot on? I take it Payne is one of the "return to decorum" Republicans? Or am I reading it wrong?

# ? Jan 8, 2018 04:01

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

hooman posted:

Look at that loving innocent Dutton. The man who runs Australia's offshore ~~torture~~ detention camps. The scary black people in that cartoon are supposed to be representative of the "apex gang" which 1. isn't a threat at all 2. was predominantly Australian born kids and not linked with ethnicity.

This is the real Dutton:

Why would any politician let themselves be photographed in this lightning? It makes literally anyone look evil!

# ? Jan 8, 2018 04:05

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

ryonguy posted:

I'm confused, the first two are idiotic bullshit, but the third one is spot on? I take it Payne is one of the "return to decorum" Republicans? Or am I reading it wrong?

Yeah he'll do one or two "Trump is such a rude boy!!" comics, but then turn around and do a "WHY IS THE MEDIA SO OBSESSED WITH TRUMP?" cartoon without a shred of irony.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 04:23

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

DACK FAYDEN posted:

Why would any politician let themselves be photographed in this lightning? It makes literally anyone look evil!

# ? Jan 8, 2018 04:31

there wolf: Jan 11, 2015; by Fluffdaddy

ryonguy posted:

I'm confused, the first two are idiotic bullshit, but the third one is spot on? I take it Payne is one of the "return to decorum" Republicans? Or am I reading it wrong?

No, but Payne is more of a grumpy contrarian in the Mac or Rall mode than someone upset over the dignity of the party/office.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 04:31

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

DACK FAYDEN posted:

Why would any politician let themselves be photographed in this lightning? It makes literally anyone look evil!

If you want context, Dutton was about to give a press conference where he blamed the continuing suicides on Nauru through self-immolation on refugee advocates.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 05:21

marathon Stairmaster sesh: Apr 28, 2009; ALL HAIL CEO NUGGET
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hooman posted:

This is the real Dutton:

Does Conan do the IN THE YEAR on TBS? I havent watched his new stuff other than the first few TBS episodes and his Confused Gamer videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxq7h_WsAo

# ? Jan 8, 2018 05:27

Keiya: Aug 22, 2009; Come with me if you want to not die.

loquacius posted:

Lessig doesn't even have the excuse of being uninformed w/r/t how the line of succession works, and he still thinks HRC would get to be President if Trump goes down

Because "would" and "should" are the same word, right? And he doesn't talk about how absurdly unlikely those last steps are!

# ? Jan 8, 2018 05:32

the_steve: Nov 9, 2005; We're always hiring!

Pants Donkey posted:

"Might as well legalize pedophilia." -Terry Wise

Has anyone credible actually called for a ban on all guns?
Most pro-gun control people I know just want to ban the ones that shouldn't exist outside of a war zone.

# ? Jan 8, 2018 06:09

fool of sound: Oct 10, 2012

the_steve posted:

Has anyone credible actually called for a ban on all guns?
Most pro-gun control people I know just want to ban the ones that shouldn't exist outside of a war zone.

Actually, I think that you'll find that gun licencing is exactly as bad as a blanket ban on all fire arms, because both violate the 2nd amendment!

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