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The Tale of Brittney Griner...
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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View Post
Nine years seems a bit rough...
In 2019, an Israeli woman was caught with nine grams of marijuana and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
https://reason.com/2019/10/11/russia...-grams-of-pot/
And just a month ago, in June 2022, a US citizen working as an English teacher in Russia was sentenced to 14 years for 17g of marijuana which he claimed was for medicinal use (of course he's not a WNBA basketball player, so he's not getting the same press coverage as Griner).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61849579
Russia apparently takes this sort of thing very seriously.
Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by seer View Post
Nine years seems a bit rough...
Like.... life in prison for stealing some hedge clippers (this guy managed to get parole after 2 decades).
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...arole-n1243757
Life in prison for stealing 20 bucks and a pack of cigarettes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...051-story.html
Or life in prison for buying weed. https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/02/opini...-life-sentence
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After the conviction Putin is indicating he is open to a prisoner swap.
Russian foreign minister Lavrov says Kremlin ‘ready to discuss’ Griner prisoner swap
Meanwhile there are an estimated 40,000 Americans locked up here for non-violent marijuana-offenses -- many in states where it is now legal. Even if you figure that 90% were for trafficking-related offenses, that still leaves 4000 behind bars for doing essentially what Griner did.
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAfter the conviction Putin is indicating he is open to a prisoner swap.
Russian foreign minister Lavrov says Kremlin ‘ready to discuss’ Griner prisoner swap
Meanwhile there are an estimated 40,000 Americans locked up here for non-violent marijuana-offenses -- many in states where it is now legal. Even if you figure that 90% were for trafficking-related offenses, that still leaves 4000 behind bars for doing essentially what Griner did.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
There's also the teacher I mentioned earlier, sentenced by Russia in June of this year to 14 years for committing the same crime as Giner. I doubt Joe is going to do anything for him.
ETA: Paul WhelanLast edited by rogue06; 08-06-2022, 06:02 AM.
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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True dat.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
There's also the teacher I mentioned earlier, sentenced by Russia in June of this year to 14 years for committing the same crime as Giner. I doubt Joe is going to do anything for him.
Mark Fogel from Oakmont in the Pittsburgh area. 17g of medical marijuana prescribed for back pain. Sentenced to 14 years of hard labor.
Middle-aged non-famous white guy, so not interesting to the media.
Edit to add: LJ did a segment with his sister. She's speaking cautiously, but it sounds like the Admin. is spinning on their collective thumbs. Sounds like Mark is not doing well. They have very little communication with him.Last edited by NorrinRadd; 08-07-2022, 12:43 AM.Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
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Joe stares down Putin and blinks: Brittney "The Pothead" Griner was released today in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor "The Merchant of Death" Bout. Joe could have gotten decorated Marine Paul Whelan released instead, but, no, he chose the pothead, claiming that she "represents the best of America".
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/202...r-viktor-bout/
Apparently all the other American citizens who were convicted for the same crime as Griner will be left to rot in a Russian prison.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostJoe stares down Putin and blinks: Brittney "The Pothead" Griner was released today in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor "The Merchant of Death" Bout. Joe could have gotten decorated Marine Paul Whelan released instead, but, no, he chose the pothead, claiming that she "represents the best of America".
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/202...r-viktor-bout/
Apparently all the other American citizens who were convicted for the same crime as Griner will be left to rot in a Russian prison.
Not that I want to see Griner still locked up, but of the two...
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
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not that i want to see griner still locked up, but of the two...
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The cynic in me figures 24 hours.
That's how long after either her release or her return that it takes before she starts complaining about America.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
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Not that I want to see Griner still locked up, but of the two...
Griner is a natural hero for Democrats, since she is lesbian, and willing to protest injustice by not being present for the national anthem before WNBA games, and doesn't want it played before sports anyway, since black people didn't even have rights when it was created.
Whelan is a natural hero for Republicans, since he is a former Marine, who was court-martialed for "attempted larceny, three specifications of dereliction of duty, making a false official statement, wrongfully using another's social security number, and ten specifications of making and uttering checks without having sufficient funds in his account for payment", and given a bad-conduct discharge. And he was a Trump supporter.
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