I was specifically responding to the claim that the government turned a blind eye to corporate criminals, not WU. I agree wholeheartedly that WU turned a blind eye.
Strictly speaking, they didn't steal anything. The company just looked the other way when other people were stealing. The only money they made off this was probably just small amounts per wire transfer - this adds up, of course, but I'd be surprised if it totaled $586M.
The specific agents who conspired to help people get away with it were convicted, per that article. So not really "turning a blind eye".
Given that school performance is strongly linked with family and peer environments, yeah, comparing to public schools in the state is correct. Michigan has been doing poorly in education for a while. Adding charter schools empirically made things better - or did you not read the study?
Does that really apply to Biden? I mean, he's not a star politician but he's not some sort of boogeyman to the right either. All politics aside, he seems like a pretty good guy.
No, Nazis are a specific brand of racial and religious supremacy. And you can say that Trump is a bad person without saying he's a Nazi (he'd be a really bad one, seeing as how his daughter converted to Judaism).
Of course I see that. There is evidence Trump has engaged in criminal activity, but the existence of civil lawsuits is not part of that. From a lay perspective, it looks like HRC broke parts of the USC, but we don't know all the facts, and we don't know how common this is. I'm not saying she's guilty either, just that there is some evidence pointing to it. Not enough to indict her, but some.
They are underperforming compared to public schools in other states, but are doing better than public schools in Michigan, which is the better comparison. Students are making up for previous deficits faster in Michigan charter schools than they are in Michigan public schools. Moreover, DeVos has been working on introducing more regulations and oversight of charter schools, which was one of the problems with her earlier work.
This isn't to say I support her, just that charter schools in MI are, in fact, doing better than you said.
For which of the things "drive, buy anything, and rent/lease/buy apartments/houses" would a student ID be acceptable? I am not aware of a state where a drivers license is unacceptable as a voter ID, and that's normally what you'd use to a) drive, b) buy anything that's age-related (cigs, alcohol, etc.) or sign contracts for property.
Early ones were, certainly, but that doesn't mean that all are. Plenty of other countries require ID in order to vote, and it's not a racial issue at all there. Surely we can design some sort of requirements that satisfy both sides, yes?
Fair point, clemency is different from a pardon, that's my mistake. That being said, his statement made it clear that what Obama did was not what Assange was asking for. It was some clemency but not to the extent he wanted. Seems like that's something you ought to have looked up beforehand, no?
Incidentally, and unrelated to the argument, you're a jackass with an unwarranted superiority complex.
There's no evidence that Clinton engaged in anything criminal either. Just because you want her behavior to be criminal doesn't make it so. It's been looked at and determined not to be.
That's not what they said. They said no prosecutor would take the case, not that she didn't do anything criminal. Moreover, settling a case does not imply guilt; guilt is one reason to settle (and, personally, I think it's the most likely one here) but it could also be that a settlement was the cheapest way out.
Having your sentence commuted and being pardoned are very different. A pardon pretty much wipes the slate clean and restores voting rights - it's basically a "yeah, you shouldn't be punished for this at all". Commuting a sentence just shortens it, but does not restore rights lost due to felony charges.
On the contrary. Assange said if Manning was pardoned, he would turn himself over. She wasn't pardoned, she had her sentence commuted. Those aren't the same thing.
Obama's excuse is that Manning at least went to trial, was convicted, and has shown remorse. I think both should be pardoned, personally, but Obama really seems to want to show Snowden that he's still in power.
I mean... both major party candidates fit that bill. Anyone who isn't too blinkered by two-party politics knew our next POTUS was going to be bad; how bad, and in what ways, was certainly up for debate, but bad nevertheless.
Nixon did a lot of good. He seems to have been a bad *person*, but that doesn't always mean a bad POTUS. He did a lot for helping US-China relations, created the EPA, and enforced desegregation in Southern schools.
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I was specifically responding to the claim that the government turned a blind eye to corporate criminals, not WU. I agree wholeheartedly that WU turned a blind eye.
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as unlike every other first-world country you CANNOT do a general bank-transfer to another person/company in the US
This is false. I've done that plenty of times. Where are you getting your information?
Some criminal cases have already been successfully carried out.
Strictly speaking, they didn't steal anything. The company just looked the other way when other people were stealing. The only money they made off this was probably just small amounts per wire transfer - this adds up, of course, but I'd be surprised if it totaled $586M.
The specific agents who conspired to help people get away with it were convicted, per that article. So not really "turning a blind eye".
Given that school performance is strongly linked with family and peer environments, yeah, comparing to public schools in the state is correct. Michigan has been doing poorly in education for a while. Adding charter schools empirically made things better - or did you not read the study?
Your original comment made no such claim. Please try to read your own comments.
I'm saying he's certainly an authoritarian, but not a Nazi. That's it.
False and uninsightful.
Back in 2008, Obama got fewer votes in the Democratic primaries than Hillary did, but got more delegates and thus, the nomination.
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Does that really apply to Biden? I mean, he's not a star politician but he's not some sort of boogeyman to the right either. All politics aside, he seems like a pretty good guy.
No, Nazis are a specific brand of racial and religious supremacy. And you can say that Trump is a bad person without saying he's a Nazi (he'd be a really bad one, seeing as how his daughter converted to Judaism).
Of course I see that. There is evidence Trump has engaged in criminal activity, but the existence of civil lawsuits is not part of that. From a lay perspective, it looks like HRC broke parts of the USC, but we don't know all the facts, and we don't know how common this is. I'm not saying she's guilty either, just that there is some evidence pointing to it. Not enough to indict her, but some.
They are underperforming compared to public schools in other states, but are doing better than public schools in Michigan, which is the better comparison. Students are making up for previous deficits faster in Michigan charter schools than they are in Michigan public schools. Moreover, DeVos has been working on introducing more regulations and oversight of charter schools, which was one of the problems with her earlier work.
This isn't to say I support her, just that charter schools in MI are, in fact, doing better than you said.
For which of the things "drive, buy anything, and rent/lease/buy apartments/houses" would a student ID be acceptable? I am not aware of a state where a drivers license is unacceptable as a voter ID, and that's normally what you'd use to a) drive, b) buy anything that's age-related (cigs, alcohol, etc.) or sign contracts for property.
Early ones were, certainly, but that doesn't mean that all are. Plenty of other countries require ID in order to vote, and it's not a racial issue at all there. Surely we can design some sort of requirements that satisfy both sides, yes?
Fair point, clemency is different from a pardon, that's my mistake. That being said, his statement made it clear that what Obama did was not what Assange was asking for. It was some clemency but not to the extent he wanted. Seems like that's something you ought to have looked up beforehand, no?
Incidentally, and unrelated to the argument, you're a jackass with an unwarranted superiority complex.
That depends on the school. I'm a relatively recent college graduate from a middle-class family, and I got about a third of my tuition covered.
There's no evidence that Clinton engaged in anything criminal either. Just because you want her behavior to be criminal doesn't make it so. It's been looked at and determined not to be.
That's not what they said. They said no prosecutor would take the case, not that she didn't do anything criminal. Moreover, settling a case does not imply guilt; guilt is one reason to settle (and, personally, I think it's the most likely one here) but it could also be that a settlement was the cheapest way out.
Having your sentence commuted and being pardoned are very different. A pardon pretty much wipes the slate clean and restores voting rights - it's basically a "yeah, you shouldn't be punished for this at all". Commuting a sentence just shortens it, but does not restore rights lost due to felony charges.
On the contrary. Assange said if Manning was pardoned, he would turn himself over. She wasn't pardoned, she had her sentence commuted. Those aren't the same thing.
Obama's excuse is that Manning at least went to trial, was convicted, and has shown remorse. I think both should be pardoned, personally, but Obama really seems to want to show Snowden that he's still in power.
I mean... both major party candidates fit that bill. Anyone who isn't too blinkered by two-party politics knew our next POTUS was going to be bad; how bad, and in what ways, was certainly up for debate, but bad nevertheless.
Nixon did a lot of good. He seems to have been a bad *person*, but that doesn't always mean a bad POTUS. He did a lot for helping US-China relations, created the EPA, and enforced desegregation in Southern schools.