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7 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

This should be am interesting legal discussion...

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/rnc-sues-jan-6-committee-salesforce-vendor-republicans/

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The RNC’s complaint also names House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Jan. 6 committee’s individual members. It accuses them of “attempting to kneecap the RNC for political gain while trampling on free speech and freedom of political association” by requesting the Salesforce data.

 

I see that you copied this from the WaPo article you referenced.  And, as they included it in quotations and referenced the RNC's complaint I presume they wanted readers to believe that it was taken verbatim from the complaint.  However, the quoted statement is not included in the complaint.

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2 hours ago, Beerman said:

Count me as unimpressed with your "awareness of basic facts of economics".

Don’t worry, I was not expecting lightbulbs to ignite. 

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16 minutes ago, chare said:

I see that you copied this from the WaPo article you referenced.  And, as they included it in quotations and referenced the RNC's complaint I presume they wanted readers to believe that it was taken verbatim from the complaint.  However, the quoted statement is not included in the complaint.

The quoted statement was made by Justin Riemer, an attorney representing the RNC. Yeah...that's how he summarized the situation..he was given credit for his remarks.  

While the specific verbiage was not used in the filing, the sentiment is not inaccurate. 

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2 hours ago, heron said:

Interestingly enough, the EV that was invented 100 years ago had a range of 100 miles. EVs couldn’t compete in the sixties because automakers and petrobiz made sure of it, in my opinion.

Public transportation was cheaper than either option - and we know what happened to that.

Nope … the bed is made. Stop whining and deal with it.

Here is a interesting article about the history of electric vehicles.  Seems to back up what I said about their performance.

https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-electric-car

Yes.  "Petrobiz " made their product cheap and widely available.   And automakers produced a product people wanted, and stayed away from one people didn't want.

Public transportation cheaper?  I guess it depends on how you look at it.  The metro area I live in has invested greatly in public transportation in the last 30 years.  It has not been cheap to build and is not efficient for a vast majority of the population.  Ridership numbers are considered to be very disappointing.

"Whining"?  I could reiterate Tweety's discussion on that.  But, you could go read that yourself.

I don't like paying more for things.  But, I haven't really changed my routine because of it.

You'll be happy to know I went out yesterday and filled up my "gas guzzling" pickup truck.  (Sorry,  no Trump, Let's Go Brandon, or Confederate Flags are visibile). I did wince a bit at the end, but still go when and where I want.

 

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1 hour ago, kaylee. said:

Don’t worry, I was not expecting lightbulbs to ignite. 

You said people at the top where the ones responsible for inflation, because they are the ones deciding to raise prices.  

Not exactly illuminating.  And, in most cases, not accurate.

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3 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

The quoted statement was made by Justin Riemer, an attorney representing the RNC. Yeah...that's how he summarized the situation..he was given credit for his remarks.  

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No, Mr. Riemer wasn't given "credit for his remarks."  Had the intent been to attribute it to him, the paragraph should have attributed the quote to him, rather than "the RNC's complaint."

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10 minutes ago, chare said:

No, Mr. Riemer wasn't given "credit for his remarks."  Had the intent been to attribute it to him, the paragraph should have attributed the quote to him, rather than "the RNC's complaint."

I'll accept that's how you interpreted the article and agree that the attribution should have been clear and directly associated with the quoted remarks. It was rather poorly represented. 

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42 minutes ago, toomuchbaloney said:

I'll accept that's how you interpreted the article and agree that the attribution should have been clear and directly associated with the quoted remarks. It was rather poorly represented. 

The quote was not from Reimer.  It was from a RNC press release.

Shabby reporting, again, from the WaPo.

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5 hours ago, chare said:

I see that you copied this from the WaPo article you referenced.  And, as they included it in quotations and referenced the RNC's complaint I presume they wanted readers to believe that it was taken verbatim from the complaint.  However, the quoted statement is not included in the complaint.

I think this is maybe more due to what people take "complaint" to mean since the quote does appear in the RNCs description of their complaint, specifically the media release of the complaint, but not in the court filing of the complaint.  RNC Files Lawsuit Against Pelosi, Jan. 6 Committee, and Its Members | GOP

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23 minutes ago, MunoRN said:

I think this is maybe more due to what people take "complaint" to mean since the quote does appear in the RNCs description of their complaint, specifically the media release of the complaint, but not in the court filing of the complaint.  RNC Files Lawsuit Against Pelosi, Jan. 6 Committee, and Its Members | GOP

Considering that the article starts by stating that the RNC filed a lawsuit against against Ms. Pelosi and the January 6 committee members.  Then, in the second paragraph, the article references "the complaint," and links to a copy of the document filed with the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  

Considering this, when the article refers to "the complaint" in the fourth paragraph leading to the kneecapping quote, are you seriously suggesting we shouldn't consider this in the legal sense?

In my opinion, if this was intentional, it represents a lack of journalistic intrgreity.  If this was an unintentional misrepresentation, in my opinion it reflects poorly on the WaPo editorial staff. 

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48 minutes ago, chare said:

Considering that the article starts by stating that the RNC filed a lawsuit against against Ms. Pelosi and the January 6 committee members.  Then, in the second paragraph, the article references "the complaint," and links to a copy of the document filed with the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  

Considering this, when the article refers to "the complaint" in the fourth paragraph leading to the kneecapping quote, are you seriously suggesting we shouldn't consider this in the legal sense?

In my opinion, if this was intentional, it represents a lack of journalistic intrgreity.  If this was an unintentional misrepresentation, in my opinion it reflects poorly on the WaPo editorial staff. 

And that's fair, not specifying which part of the complaint their referring to lacks clarity.

Although I would say it's more of a trivial lack of clarity than a substantive lack of clarity, since it is correctly referred to a statement made by the RNC, which specific document it appeared on is more semantics than substantive.

Both the court filing and the press release are documents in the legal sense in that any public statements the RNC makes related to the case effectively become part of their legal filing.

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I think people have taken notice of high corporate profits and CEO salaries during these times.   Makes you wonder.

I see today inflation reached another 40 year high but people who drive Volvos can't sing the blues.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/10/1085448058/inflation-40-year-high-gas-prices-energy-russia-ukraine

My area has the highest inflation rate in the nation where it's a whopping 9.6%.    I'm still lucky and worked a lot of overtime to keep getting ahead and moving forward with projects.  But on a day to day basis I have been spending my grocery budget before month's end and I'm not buying high-end food as much anymore.  (Since someone remembered I'm a foodie and home cook)

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2022/02/10/tampa-bays-96-percent-inflation-still-tops-other-cities-these-5-charts-show-why/

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