Jim Clark

@AGPamBondi Good thing you have a staff to fix your inane statements.

Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment. It’s a crime. For far too long, we’ve watched the radical left normalize threats, call for assassinations, and cheer on political violence. That era is over. Under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), it is a federal crime to transmit “any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another.” Likewise, 18 U.S.C. § 876 and 18 U.S.C. § 115 make it a felony to threaten public officials, members of Congress, or their families. You cannot call for someone’s murder. You cannot swat a Member of Congress. You cannot dox a conservative family and think it will be brushed off as “free speech.” These acts are punishable crimes, and every single threat will be met with the full force of the law. Free speech protects ideas, debate, even dissent but it does NOT and will NEVER protect violence. It is clear this violent rhetoric is designed to silence others from voicing conservative ideals. We will never be silenced. Not for our families, not for our freedoms, and never for Charlie. His legacy will not be erased by fear or intimidation.

@janecoaston Yifter the Shifter. youtu.be/rY1W-8iPJS4?si…

I have never in my life seen someone drop the hammer in the final 400 of a 5K like this. x.com/TonnyKe11/stat…

SUB 14 MINUTE 5K

@WarOnDumb I don’t disagree, but your email says the Dept of Education provides funding for school meals. It’s the Dept of Agriculture that does that.

Donald Trump thinks Alabama can run a good school system. al.com/news/2023/08/w…

@MichaelW1ll1s @AloeElectronic @FascistGroove @USConst_Amend_I Stop speaking.

@AloeElectronic @FascistGroove @USConst_Amend_I Lol still can not stop me from speaking.

I protect you from the government, not from NASCAR.

@atrupar Yes, you can use speech in order to get someone to commmit a crime, and it’s constitutionally-protected.

CHUCK TODD: If he had proof he won Georgia, why did he threaten the secretary of state with a criminal charge? LAURO: That wasn't a threat at all. That was an aspirational ask. TODD: You're not allowed to use speech, though, in order to get somebody to commit a crime

Trump lawyer John Lauro on Meet the Press: "The defense is quite simple. President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election, and as any American citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment." (Jack Smith agrees!)

@pierrebayle1706 @Neoavatara @TPCarney Haha, sure.

@jimAlabama @Neoavatara @TPCarney That’s not what ‘intentionally’ means in this context.

This is your reminder that as awful as the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were (and they were absolutely horrific in human costs, short and long term), they almost certainly cost fewer lives in toto than the invasion of Japan would have, in both military and civilian lives.

@pierrebayle1706 @Neoavatara @TPCarney Of course you intentionally killed them. You threw the switch, knowing they would die.

@jimAlabama @Neoavatara @TPCarney Yes, of course. But in the imagined scenario, I would *not* be intentionally killing the innocents. It would be a foreseen but unintended consequence of my action. That's what the doctrine of double effect is all about.

@pierrebayle1706 @Neoavatara @TPCarney My point is it’s not so cut and dried as you made it out to be. And note, I did say “variations” of the problem.

@jimAlabama @Neoavatara @TPCarney In the standard trolley problem, there is no intentional killing of innocent human beings

@TPCarney @Neoavatara I believe I can formulate a variation of the trolley problem for which you will justify the deliberate and direct mass murder of civilians.

@Neoavatara You cannot justify intrinsically evil actions — the deliberate and direct mass murder of civilians — by pointing to some supposed beneficial effect.

@pierrebayle1706 @Neoavatara @TPCarney So you have no ethical dilemma at all with the trolley problem and its variations? You know, because it’s bedrock for you.

@Neoavatara @TPCarney No, but the actors should care how they acted. That's the point. Never intentionally kill innocent human beings. If this isn't bedrock for you, you're a compromised human being.

@AmericanFietser This is near me, in a biotech research park. It’s labeled with some key genes along the way. People walk it during lunch, and a few people bike it. If you want to walk or bike in a straight line, the road next to it rarely has cars.

@LoneDeranger__ @philip_hart @historyinmemes (And there are also physical reasons why your statement is false)

@LoneDeranger__ @philip_hart @historyinmemes I don’t think you do. What’s the cardinality of an infinite number of planets? What’s the cardinality of every possible shape of a planet? The latter is greater than the former, so there aren’t enough planets.

Based on the principles of physics, it is theoretically possible for a planet to have a donut-shaped structure. To maintain the stability of a donut-shaped Earth, it would need to rotate at extremely high speeds, resulting in shorter day durations. Consequently, the gravitational force at the poles would intensify, approximately twice as strong as at the equator. The Moon would continue to orbit the Earth, as long as it maintains a sufficient distance. If the donut-shaped Earth has no tilt, the inner edges would receive no sunlight, while the outer edges would experience increased sunlight exposure, leading to significant temperature variations and extreme weather conditions. However, if the tilt remains unchanged, both the inner and outer edges would receive adequate sunlight. It is worth noting that a naturally occurring donut-shaped planet is highly unlikely unless advanced extraterrestrial beings decide to create one.

@JonahDispatch I grew up in Ohio in the 70s. I had friends go there in the 80s. I went there for grad school in the 90s. I have friends who are Buckeye fans. I know no one who calls it The Ohio State University.

I get why OSU grads obsess about including “the” in The Ohio State University. But, if they’re so adamant about it being part of the name, why don’t they say “TOSU” instead of “OSU”? I’ll take my answers off the air. twitter.com/realcleared/st…

@nytopinion @stacyfmitchell One benefit of corporate bigness is that we spend less and less of our disposable income on food.

“To understand why grocery prices are way up, we need to look past the headlines about inflation and reconsider long-held ideas about the benefits of corporate bigness,” writes @stacyfmitchell. nyti.ms/3WDxR3I

@dewaynecoker @aldotcom So you think the government should work to stop the news from publishing things the government doesn’t like?

What kills me about thia narrative that al trumpets prob once a month, is that when media refers to atlanta, they will tell you over 6 million people live there. Which is true of the metro. But only about 500k live in the city limts. Al has at least an agenda of hate for bham and at worst a racist agenda. Bham has metro of 1.2 million. @randallwoodfin needs to work with county to end this agenda of @aldotcom It damages the whole metro.

Huntsville city is now home to roughly 222,000 people, and it’s the only city in Alabama with more than 200,000 residents, as the state’s three other large cities continue to shrink. 🚀 al.com/news/2023/05/a…

@PoseyThomas32 @MikeCasonAL Huh. I know a random Chinese family, permanent residents, but not US citizens, wanting to purchase land. But I must be wrong, since you said no such Chinese are doing that.

@jimAlabama @MikeCasonAL That’s correct, but random Chinese citizens aren’t purchasing land, it’s CCP connected companies. If someone want to settle in America I seen no problem having them become a citizen before purchasing land. I haven’t read the final bill but the one I did read…. Cont.

Committee room at the Alabama State House is filling up for a public hearing on a bill that would ban Chinese citizens from buying property in Alabama. #alpolitics

@PoseyThomas32 @MikeCasonAL The bill that passed the house prohibits Chinese citizens from buying land, whether that was the aim (it was) or not.

@MikeCasonAL This tweet is a little misleading. Chinese companies with connections to the CCP have been purchasing large amounts of land including farm land. This isn’t aimed at Chinese citizens that have come to America to live.

@JStein_WaPo @EggerDC So what did he say? Seems like that could be more newsworthy than what you originally tweeted.

Yesterday I tweeted this quote, provided to me by the Senator’s office, without checking it against the video. That was my fault. Though it captured his meaning, I deleted the tweet since some of the words in the quote were inaccurate