Evidently, we're still living in 1974...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

1974 wasn't all bad.  I was four years old and, by all accounts, was so adorable you could eat me up. Num num num.

Boru

I was a 15-year-old on and after May 27th. So I was a male teen with his head in another reality. I barely remember it and honestly would probably prefer to forget it. Our teen years are definitely not our best ones. There are some glorious memories of sexual conquest but honestly, it fades after a time.

There is a definite disconnect to what I am now from what I was then.

It calls into question the concept of immortality.

Teens are more into immorality...

[Angrboda]

President Trump's current tack makes a mockery of all his prior comments about his lacking any intention to oppose the Meuller investigation. Yet more lies from the Idiot In Chief.

ETA: It also points out the hypocrisy in regards to his prior comments to the effect that you don't need to plead the fifth if you're not guilty of anything.

[Mr.wizard]

What Trump's team is basically saying is that you can't investigate the president for wrongdoing because the president is allowed to do all the wrongdoing he wants.

[Brian37]

What Trump's team is basically saying is that you can't investigate the president for wrongdoing because the president is allowed to do all the wrongdoing he wants.

Nixon said something like, "It's not illegal when the President does it."

No fucking point in calling yourself a free society if there are no checks on power.

[Crossless2.0]

I believe this particular gambit is technically known in legal circles as a desperate Hail Mary. When a president's lawyers resort to arguing that he/she cannot obstruct justice simply by virtue of holding the office, the end-game is surely nigh -- or would be if his defenders and enablers didn't control the House and Senate.


Vote, motherfuckers!

[Mr.wizard]

I believe this particular gambit is technically known in legal circles as a desperate Hail Mary. When a president's lawyers resort to arguing that he/she cannot obstruct justice simply by virtue of holding the office, the end-game is surely nigh -- or would be if his defenders and enablers didn't control the House and Senate.


Vote, motherfuckers!

That's how I look at it too, if this is the defense his lawyers are taking than he must of done something wrong.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I believe this particular gambit is technically known in legal circles as a desperate Hail Mary. When a president's lawyers resort to arguing that he/she cannot obstruct justice simply by virtue of holding the office, the end-game is surely nigh -- or would be if his defenders and enablers didn't control the House and Senate.


Vote, motherfuckers!

Would that fallacy be called "Appeal to My Own Authority"?

[Rev. Rye]

I believe this particular gambit is technically known in legal circles as a desperate Hail Mary. When a president's lawyers resort to arguing that he/she cannot obstruct justice simply by virtue of holding the office, the end-game is surely nigh -- or would be if his defenders and enablers didn't control the House and Senate.


Vote, motherfuckers!

Would that fallacy be called "Appeal to My Own Authority"?

I call it the "Voice in the Whirlwind" fallacy. See Job chapters 38-41 for why.

[Minimalist]

[Rev. Rye]

Yes, when I was watching the news cover the memo yesterday, I found myself asking Dad: "Are we really in 1974?" MSNBC was replete with Nixon quotes that day.