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The DUmpster / Re: Canadians have a new name for the US
« Last post by Texacon on September 01, 2026, 09:58:06 AM »I saw an awful lot of videos of people from other countries absolutely loving the USA during the soccer games.
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Joinfortmill (22,467 posts)
12. Impeach him! Vote!

A 3 billion euro ($3.48 billion) defense agreement between Israel and Greece was signed on Monday, with Israel set to construct a "multi-layered" defense system for the Greek military, Israel's defense ministry confirmed in a statement.
Greece has dubbed the new program "Achilles Shield," a deal the ministry ranks among the largest in the country's defence history. Never before has the Israeli Ministry of Defense delivered a single, fully integrated array built to counter threats as varied as ballistic missiles, aircraft, and hostile drones. The two countries also finalized a smaller, supplementary contract, valued at 26 million euros, for Israel to provide Greece with drone dome systems.
Fairfax County Won't Hand Over Illegal Alien Who Abused Multiple Students
Democratic authorities in sanctuary state Virginia have released a convicted illegal alien sexual assaulter who targeted teen girls a little early, although they did — unusually — allow federal officers to take him into custody.
... Fairfax County’s school district spent a significant part of the school year in denial about Ortiz’s repeated assaults on female students. Then, after Ortiz finally received nine charges of assault and battery, Fairfax Sheriff Stacey Kincaid refused to hand him over to ICE. The Biden administration had released Ortiz into the country, ... .
Despite all the charges against him of assault and battery, despite the fact that he was 18 years old and his victims were minors, Ortiz received only 180 days of jail time, or 20 days for each count of assault and battery. ... .
What is shocking is that for once, breaking a lengthy habit, Fairfax County reportedly cooperated with ICE’s pickup of Ortiz.
surfered (16,197 posts)
Canadians have a new name for the US
niyad (137,286 posts)
1. Sadly true.
OldBaldy1701E (12,247 posts)
30. Yeah, but after this, will most Canadians want to be friends with such wishy-washy people? (n/t)
littlemissmartypants (37,153 posts)
9. We deserve to just be ignored all together, imo. ❤️
Joinfortmill (22,467 posts)
12. Impeach him! Vote!
https://democraticunderground.com/100221476891
Just shy of four years ago I wrote about a case in which DA Larry Krasner's office had freed a convicted murderer and then the same man, Jahmir Harris, became a suspect in another, very similar murder. The judge had agreed to vacate the previous conviction in 2021, but still had some criticism for Krasner's Conviction Integrity Unit.
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I looked up the outcome of this case and Jahmir Harris was in fact arrested and charged with the Sept. 2022 murder of Charles Gossett but so far it seems that case hasn't been prosecuted.
In any case, this isn't the only time Krasner's office has gotten in trouble for trying to free a convicted murderer. Last year a supervisor in Krasner's office was disbarred for lying to the court over another case.
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Just two months ago another member of Krasner's team had her license to practice law suspended for lying to a judge about the same case.
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Specifically, the murderer in this case killed a couple then turned off the heat in their house and left their 7-month-old daughter to die. The baby survived and when Krasner's office sought to overturn the death penalty, his lawyers informed the judge that the victim's family approved of the effort. In fact they had never contacted the surviving daughter, Lisa Hart-Newman, at all. That's the kind of lawyers Krasner hires: ideologues with no shame. The judge ordered Krasner to write an apology letter to the surviving daughter.
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And all of that brings us to last week where Krasner's team was in court again trying to help free yet another convicted murderer. But thanks to his office's previous missteps the court was full of attorneys including three from his own office who argued the case was being mishandled.
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But the biggest revelation during last Thursday's hearing was testimony from Ernst, one of the three lawyers still working for Krasner, that he had threatened to fire anyone who told the judge about problems with the case.
That reminds me of the Democrat who famously said "Some people did some things" (or words to that effect) on 9/11.

