Clarence Thomas Received $4 Million in “Gifts”

[CdnFox]

22 minutes ago, West said:

My guess is you'll see a major surprise before the end of summer. 

SC will rule a president can be tried for crimes, rules in favor of Trump, and then they toss Obama and Bill Clinton in jail

Well any of those things would in fact be very surprising  

[ironstone]

16 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

 Republican Supreme Court judges are on the take from mega donors fly openly partisan extremist flags,

What flag are you referring to?

[Hodad]

9 hours ago, Fluffypants said:

You think its crooked to accept gifts from a mega donor who has never gotten any benefit from it but it is ok that Sotomayor wouldn't recuse herself when Penguin Random House with whom she has received millions in book deals from.

You mean Sotomayor and Gorsuch, right? And you mean cases that the court didn't accept, right? 

[West]

41 minutes ago, ironstone said:

What flag are you referring to?

The nazi gay flag of course

[Legato]

1 hour ago, ironstone said:

What flag are you referring to?

Randall Flagg. Beave gets all his info from Stephen King novels. Pick a chapter, insert the word Republican a few times, bingo a Beave post.

[BeaverFever]

3 hours ago, Legato said:

Randall Flagg. Beave gets all his info from Stephen King novels. Pick a chapter, insert the word Republican a few times, bingo a Beave post.

@ironstone

 

2 flags:

 

The upside-down US Flag and the Christian Nationalist flag known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or “Pine Tree” flag that recently became popular among Jan 6 rioters, election deniers and other extremists (photo of flag flying at Alito’s beach house at link below)

 

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home

The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.

May 22, 2024

 

Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs.

This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html#:~:text=Another Provocative Flag Was Flown,a more Christian-minded government.

 

 

[robosmith]

9 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

Lol...and that is just another way to say "I know you are, but what am I?!"

See, ^there you go again. Sorry, but it doesn't work for you. LMAO

[Nationalist]

8 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

@ironstone

 

2 flags:

 

The upside-down US Flag and the Christian Nationalist flag known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or “Pine Tree” flag that recently became popular among Jan 6 rioters, election deniers and other extremists (photo of flag flying at Alito’s beach house at link below)

 

 

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home

The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.

May 22, 2024

 

Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs.

This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html#:~:text=Another Provocative Flag Was Flown,a more Christian-minded government.

 

 

Awwwe...the poor Tweenkies are "provoked" by some flags yet not by others that "provoke" other people. 

Man you little twits are insufferable hypocrites.

[BeaverFever]

On 6/8/2024 at 8:03 AM, Nationalist said:

Amusing. 

Libbies will stop at nothing to tear the fabric of society to shreds.

Yeah, Republicans taking bribes doesn’t tear the fabric of society to shreds but “libbies” exposing the bribery does. 
 

Good one, sucker. 

[Nationalist]

Just now, BeaverFever said:

Yeah, Republicans taking bribes doesn’t tear the fabric of society to shreds but “libbies” exposing the bribery does. 
 

Good one, sucker. 

Your so full of chickenshit. 

But ya know...

What comes around...goes around.

[BeaverFever]

4 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

Your so full of chickenshit. 

But ya know...

What comes around...goes around.

The Truth hurts, sucker.  And your threats only prove you’re a fascist 

Edited June 9, 2024 by BeaverFever

[Nationalist]

4 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

The Truth hurts, sucker.  And your threats only prove you’re a fascist 

What "truth"? Your concocted chickenshit?

This destruction has to end. When it does, you'll scream like the immature, hate-fill enemy of humanity that the lot of you zombies are.

[ironstone]

11 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

The upside-down US Flag and the Christian Nationalist flag known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or “Pine Tree” flag that recently became popular among Jan 6 rioters, election deniers and other extremists (photo of flag flying at Alito’s beach house at link below)

But that 'appeal to heaven" flag was also being flown at San Francisco city hall so why wasn't it a big deal then? It was apparently being flown there for many years.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/san-francisco-officials-take-down-appeal-to-heaven-flag-from-in-front-of-city-hall/ar-BB1nlo0c

[BeaverFever]

20 hours ago, CdnFox said:

They absolutely do.  That was his whole point!  You can't question the motives of a judge just because you don't like them or their rulings, you MUST have faith in the system!!

Sorry but Biden has spoken. 

*sigh* No. Just because some says they have faith in the courts doesn’t mean they are saying they believe there are zero corrupt justice officials. Just because people say they have faith in democracy doesn’t mean they believe there are zero corrupt politicians. Just because someone says they have faith in law enforcement doesn’t mean they believe there are zero dirty cops. Just because someone says they have faith in the education system doesn’t mean they believe there are zero bad teachers. Get it?

PS:  “Biden has spoken” doesn’t work on liberals. We don’t worship political leaders as gods like conservatives do. Even if Biden had spoken what you claim he had (he hasn’t) a liberal would feel free to just say “so what I think he’s wrong”. I know that kind of free thinking is foreign concept for conservatives so you may need to reflect on that for a bit. 
 

20 hours ago, CdnFox said:

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Holy shit kid - didn't you think at all before you said that?   "WE MUST RESPECT THE SYSTEM AND REPUBLICAN JUDGES DON"T DESERVE RESPECT!!!"   LOLOL  Like, would it be asking too much for you to at least split your hypocrisy into TWO sentences?  HAHAHAHAHA!!!  I honestly broke out laughing reading that!!

Nice try. Nothing hypocritical about it. You can respect the SYSTEM  and say you expect to receive a fair trial, and still call out individuals who are crooked and don’t respect the system. I can say Clarence Thomas is one corrupt judge without saying every single judge is corrupt and nobody in the country can receive a fair trial   
 

20 hours ago, CdnFox said:

What the judge in new york just pulled was far more corrupt and a direct threat to democracy than anything i've heard of a republican judge doing. 

What exactly did the judge “pull”?  Be specific. You’re just unhappy that you didn’t get what you wanted so you scream conspiracy.   And to use your own attempt at logic against you, you’re admitting that the system is corrupt?  Your original argument was that even Biden has confirmed the system is trustworthy and there’s no corruption so Thomas can’t possibly be corrupt. But now you’re saying it is corrupt?  Get your story straight. 
 

20 hours ago, CdnFox said:

That's because they've already negotiated it behind the scenes and biden will get what he wants.

What evidence do you have for that?

 

20 hours ago, CdnFox said:

Hunter is going to get a slap on the wrist because he broke actual laws, not some faked up together Franken law designed only for the purposes of removing a political opponent from an election.

If convicted Hunter’s sentence will likely be light with little to no jail time as he is a first time nonviolent offender and similar cases in the past have resulted in little or no jail time.  Trump similarly is unlikely to see jail for a first time conviction on white collar crime. Contrary to your claim it is not “a faked up Franken law” nor was the law created recently.  The laws Trump broke have always been on the books.

 

20 hours ago, CdnFox said:

And that is because the democrats are corrupt and so are their judges. Remember when Clinton ran across the tarmac at an airport to jump on the justices plane to "Talk about their grandchildren" and the next day Hillary got off on her charges? Pepperidge farm remembers

Well you better call Pepperidge Farm because Loretta Lynch was not a judge. Nor do you have any evidence that the conversation was any kind of bribe. Like why would bill Clinton “talking to” someone cause them to change their decision. It’s not like he sent her on one of Thomas’s $500,000 vacations. 
 

By all accounts the Clinton-Lynch exchange was brief and social and not uncommon when VIPs find themselves killing time in the same place at the same time. Nobody “ran” anywhere and the case was closed on the recommendation of Republican James Comey, who publicly announced its reopening just days before the election which is largely credited for Hillary’s election loss despite the reopening not revealing any nee evidence  Also Trump’s administration couldn’t dig up any dirt on Clinton despite his promises to “lock her up”  

 

And again this is evidence of the hilarious double standard:  Republican gets $4 Million in “gifts”:  a mountain of evidence is demanded to prove anything inappropriate happened.  You know because people shower each other with millions in gifts for no reason all the time.  But Bill Clinton has a chat with someone and conveniently no evidence is required to believe the wildest conspiracies. 

[BeaverFever]

40 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

What "truth"? Your concocted chickenshit?

This destruction has to end. When it does, you'll scream like the immature, hate-fill enemy of humanity that the lot of you zombies are.

The only destruction is the one you MAGA and Putin dupes are forcing on democracy in order to impose your sadistic fascist agenda. That’s the truth.   LMAO You might be the most hate-filled member of this forum. 

[BeaverFever]

22 minutes ago, ironstone said:

But that 'appeal to heaven" flag was also being flown at San Francisco city hall so why wasn't it a big deal then? It was apparently being flown there for many years.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/san-francisco-officials-take-down-appeal-to-heaven-flag-from-in-front-of-city-hall/ar-BB1nlo0c

Per your link, once it became a far right symbol, San Francisco took it down, whereas Alito decided he would put it up. 

[ironstone]

4 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

Per your link, once it became a far right symbol, San Francisco took it down, whereas Alito decided he would put it up. 

What is so utterly ridiculous about this story is that San Francisco has been flying that for 60 YEARS.

That flag is seen on Jan 6 and now it's a far-right symbol? They have just got to be kidding lol.

Just the usual over-the-top reaction from the left.

[BeaverFever]

22 hours ago, robosmith said:

You're not making any sense. LMAO

"when Penguin Random House" what?

Harlan Crow has had a number of cases before the SCOTUS in the last 20 years. Duh

Report: Harlan Crow Has a Stake in 4 SCOTUS Cases — and Thomas Hasn't Recused

• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. One key case that Crow has a stake in is Loper Bright Enterprises v. ...
• CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America. ...
• Acheson Hotels LLC v. Laufer. ...
• Moore v. U.S.

Oct 11, 2023

 

Report: Harlan Crow Has a Stake in 4 SCOTUS Cases - Truthout

You're LYING as usual. 🤮

People don’t lavish millions of dollars in “gifts” for nothing. They’re buying access. It’s legal because there’s no quid-pro-quo that anyone can point to and say “you paid him this much money for that specific outcome”. But everyone understands that when someone lavishes you with that much money, you are expected to safeguard their interests whenever something happens to come your way, and you’re expected to pick up the phone whenever they happen to call and do whatever it is they tell you to do. It’s basically paying bribes via retainer.

[Nationalist]

16 minutes ago, BeaverFever said:

The only destruction is the one you MAGA and Putin dupes are forcing on democracy in order to impose your sadistic fascist agenda. That’s the truth.   LMAO You might be the most hate-filled member of this forum. 

Excuse me but...what "sadistic fascist agenda" might that be?

What would you call a government that lies about that laptop, engaging in censorship, and breaks the law and laughs in the public's face?

Now check this out...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3028605/arizona-gop-files-lawsuit-over-more-than-500000-unaccounted-for-voters-on-the-rolls/

Man you Libbies are disgusting! You just don't have any morality, honor or respect for anything.

And you need to be stopped...immediately!

Edited June 9, 2024 by Nationalist

[West]

12 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

@ironstone

 

2 flags:

 

The upside-down US Flag and the Christian Nationalist flag known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or “Pine Tree” flag that recently became popular among Jan 6 rioters, election deniers and other extremists (photo of flag flying at Alito’s beach house at link below)

 

 

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home

The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.

May 22, 2024

 

Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs.

This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html#:~:text=Another Provocative Flag Was Flown,a more Christian-minded government.

 

 

The appeal to heaven flag isn't provocative. Good grief you people are nutty

35 minutes ago, ironstone said:

What is so utterly ridiculous about this story is that San Francisco has been flying that for 60 YEARS.

That flag is seen on Jan 6 and now it's a far-right symbol? They have just got to be kidding lol.

Just the usual over-the-top reaction from the left.

There were many flags Flown that day. Ban em all!!!

[CdnFox]

2 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

*sigh* No. Just because some says they have faith in the courts doesn’t mean they are saying they believe there are zero corrupt justice officials.

It absolutely does. That is specifically what he was talking about.

He literally said we shouldn't question the judge because we need to have faith in the system. You realize people were talking about the judge having bias right? People were saying this judge was biased and shouldn't have been allowed to try the case and Biden said"Now now, we can't be questioning the system that way"

He's not talking in some general sense. He is specifically referring to you cannot question a judge like that.

And 5 seconds later here you are doing the same thing and then claiming that there's nothing wrong with it.

Sorry, your commander-in-chief has already said you can't do that and that it's wrong to do that. Apparently you must be a maga supporter

 

And of course Hunter Biden will get a light sentence, it's already been arranged. But I love that you're now trying to excuse what you know will happen anyway

 

And regardless there is absolutely nobody and I mean nobody who runs across the tarmac to board someone else's plane just before his wife is going to be up on charges to have a conversation that's casual and friendly with the person who's in charge of that.

Your hypocrisy is insane. Honestly how the hell do you wake up and live with yourself? If I had those kinds of contradictory thoughts in my mind I would go insane. Do you have no personal honor or morals or consistency? I could understand you feeling all judges should be questioned or believing that no judges should be questioned but this switching back and forth businesses just Asinine.

 

[Aristides]

It is little wonder public confidence in the SCOTUS has collapsed. They are now just politicians in robes.

[Legato]

31 minutes ago, Aristides said:

It is little wonder public confidence in the SCOTUS has collapsed. They are now just politicians in robes.

But it hasn't. You should stop listening to MSNBC talking points.

 

[robosmith]

3 hours ago, ironstone said:

What is so utterly ridiculous about this story is that San Francisco has been flying that for 60 YEARS.

That flag is seen on Jan 6 and now it's a far-right symbol? They have just got to be kidding lol.

Just the usual over-the-top reaction from the left.

Yes, NOW it has been co-opted by the Jan 6th insurrectionists. Not that difficult to understand now, is it?

3 hours ago, BeaverFever said:

People don’t lavish millions of dollars in “gifts” for nothing. They’re buying access. It’s legal because there’s no quid-pro-quo that anyone can point to and say “you paid him this much money for that specific outcome”. But everyone understands that when someone lavishes you with that much money, you are expected to safeguard their interests whenever something happens to come your way, and you’re expected to pick up the phone whenever they happen to call and do whatever it is they tell you to do. It’s basically paying bribes via retainer.

Harlan Crow's quid pro quo was for Thomas to NOT resign and be replaced by a Clinton appointee. Basically extortion.

[Aristides]

1 hour ago, Legato said:

But it hasn't. You should stop listening to MSNBC talking points.

 

 

 I don't watch MSNBC, CNN or FOX.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/394103/confidence-supreme-court-sinks-historic-low.aspx

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approval/supreme-court/

Edited June 9, 2024 by Aristides