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The SCOTUS isn’t going to turn this into a landmark decision. That Obama example is ridiculous because it perfectly encapsulates the purpose of low standards for presidential immunity: eliminating threats in the most extreme situations is about expediency. As counterintuitive as it might seem, that expediency is most evident when the result is death, bankruptcy or disenfranchisement, and the court knows this. I’m oversimplifying this to illustrate the point - if Trump were to use the intel he stored next to his toilet to, say, have a well known critic of his administration taken out by Putin, where is the line between personal benefit and public? There’s no question it’s morally repugnant in addition to being illegal, however the fact the critic is summarily silenced opens debate as to whether or not the murder has a demonstrative effect on the safety of other Americans, the state as a whole or even the power of the office. All the Justices need to do, or even have the stomach to do, is deliberate on what the constitutes purpose for immunity. Can a result be tied back to a reasonable intent to protect American interests? The safe avenue is for them to limit legal arguments to the “beneficial” results of a potentially immunized action. Obama taking out an American propagandist for Al-Qaida is a slam dunk: there is a clear benefit in having a sympathetic element in the terrorist threat removed, and it’s equally reasonable to say that a drone strike could be the most expedient way to remove that threat.

She looks she’s praying to God to send her a ghosty to love. Saving France is lonely work, and he’s just the man to keep her warm at night.

What am I looking at?

Maybe the secret service can hire cellmates to act as his protection. I hear they work for cheap, and they don't need health benefits. Per Diem paid in cigarettes and smuggled burner phones.

Why you hating on black cats?

But not to Zune because ain't nobody have Zune.

Did you show up at his place of domicile with a birthday cake and hookers?

Happy Birthday, hottie.

I think this is dead on. Fans must be tripping if they think can just plug and play a new qb if their starter is sidelined like Aaron "The Mouth" Rodgers. Getting a chance to work with a talented young guy and no real risk of him being thrown into the starting slot in invaluable. It's one of the few things Green Bay has done right for so long.

You're going to love him. He's a good dude.

I have blue eyes and I can’t say that I’ve had unusual sensitivity to light. But, I’ve also used polarized sun glasses for years.

Unquestionably, and all to save their political lives rather than for the good of the people they serve.

The mandate wasn't to hunt down all Palestinians, it was to target and remove Hamas.

You get a "Shut up Scoob" for that one Doomy. For what it's worth, GW Bush didn't mishandle a war operation (in fact, the US Military was exceedingly efficient in Iraq), he invaded a country on false pretenses. It's the exact opposite situation with Israel - they had the best reason to hunt down Hamas, they just completely butchered the hunt.

Happy Birthday!

I still have no idea why conservatives don’t know what dementia actually looks like. Also, you’re too lazy to put in two measly apostrophes in seven total words? These two statements may be related.

As the irony policeman, I would like to point out it is ironic that MD responded to a post in an attempt to add context by subtracting context. At this point, we need to accept that neither side has any reason to trust the other. So, @Master-Debater131, how do we move forward with reconciliation?

One of these days we're going to make a wall of birthday threads.

It's going to float anyway... cereal doesn't just soak up milk on contact. But, you won't know how much milk you actually need unless you pour the cereal first - you'll just end up with a bowl of milk and whatever cereal you can put in without overflowing the bowl.

It’s rather absurd.

I don’t remember that even though I was definitely on before.

I was wondering how you were going to pull this one off….

Actually, for the cholesterol supposedly.

A whey protein and psyllium smoothie.