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Quote from: "cc"CHICAGO (WLS) — The Cook County Clerk's Office confirmed Tuesday that special prosecutor Dan Webb has indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.



Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, charging him with making four separate false reports to Chicago police "related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing he was not the victim of a crime."



Smollett claimed he had been attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. He was originally charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the alleged attack. Police said Smollett staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his "Empire" salary.



A rope wasted  ac_smile



Special Prosecutor said he has not yet reached any conclusions as to the second part of the investigation, including in regards to the State's Attorney's Office, and that his investigation into whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in wrongdoing is ongoing.



Could that ^^ be into the crooked DA? ac_biggrin

Quote from: "cc"CHICAGO (WLS) — The Cook County Clerk's Office confirmed Tuesday that special prosecutor Dan Webb has indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.



Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, charging him with making four separate false reports to Chicago police "related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing he was not the victim of a crime."



Smollett claimed he had been attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. He was originally charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the alleged attack. Police said Smollett staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his "Empire" salary.



A rope wasted  ac_smile



Special Prosecutor said he has not yet reached any conclusions as to the second part of the investigation, including in regards to the State's Attorney's Office, and that his investigation into whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in wrongdoing is ongoing.



Could that ^^ be into the crooked DA? ac_biggrin

Quote from: "cc"CHICAGO (WLS) — The Cook County Clerk's Office confirmed Tuesday that special prosecutor Dan Webb has indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.



Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, charging him with making four separate false reports to Chicago police "related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing he was not the victim of a crime."



Smollett claimed he had been attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. He was originally charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the alleged attack. Police said Smollett staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his "Empire" salary.



A rope wasted  ac_smile



Special Prosecutor said he has not yet reached any conclusions as to the second part of the investigation, including in regards to the State's Attorney's Office, and that his investigation into whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in wrongdoing is ongoing.



Could that ^^ be into the crooked DA? ac_biggrin

Quote from: "Odinson"The groids defend OJ Simpson and Jussie Smollett..



Both are clearly guilty.. But the groids dont care about facts.. They think they are untouchable.





Its all because whites havent prosecuted a white man who shot a negro while the negro was trying "to look for water" inside the white mans house.

Quote from: "Odinson"The groids defend OJ Simpson and Jussie Smollett..



Both are clearly guilty.. But the groids dont care about facts.. They think they are untouchable.





Its all because whites havent prosecuted a white man who shot a negro while the negro was trying "to look for water" inside the white mans house.

Quote from: "cc"WAIT WAIT - It get's a LOT worse (//https)



CNN, MSNBC virtually ignore new Jussie Smollett indictments, offer zero primetime coverage



Smollett, who received plenty of media attention when he came forward last year with claims that he was assaulted by two "Make America Great Again" hat-wearing Trump supporters in Chicago, has been given very little attention by the liberal cable news networks since Chicago investigators suspected the actor had made up the racially and homophobic-inspired attack.



Smollett was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on six counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about his claims of a racist and homophobic attack against him in January 2019. CNN dedicated just over two minutes of coverage to the indictment Wednesday morning, once during a brief segment on "CNN Newsroom" and a 15-second blurb toward the end of the 4 a.m. hour.



Meanwhile, MSNBC did not cover the six new counts against him at all.



{The left is clearly in sync with protecting its own - "It's own" being it's vile agenda as well as it's people]

Quote from: "cc"WAIT WAIT - It get's a LOT worse (//https) This really stinks



CNN, MSNBC virtually ignore new Jussie Smollett indictments, offer zero primetime coverage



Smollett, who received plenty of media attention when he came forward last year with claims that he was assaulted by two "Make America Great Again" hat-wearing Trump supporters in Chicago, has been given very little attention by the liberal cable news networks since Chicago investigators suspected the actor had made up the racially and homophobic-inspired attack.



Smollett was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on six counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about his claims of a racist and homophobic attack against him in January 2019. CNN dedicated just over two minutes of coverage to the indictment Wednesday morning, once during a brief segment on "CNN Newsroom" and a 15-second blurb toward the end of the 4 a.m. hour.



Meanwhile, MSNBC did not cover the six new counts against him at all.



{The left is clearly in sync with protecting its own - "It's own" being it's vile agenda as well as it's people]

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Quote from: "cc"WAIT WAIT - It get's a LOT worse (//https) This really stinks



CNN, MSNBC virtually ignore new Jussie Smollett indictments, offer zero primetime coverage



{The left is clearly in sync with protecting its own - "It's own" being it's vile agenda as well as it's people]

CBC aint reporting it either.

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Quote from: "Herman"

Quote from: "cc"WAIT WAIT - It get's a LOT worse (//https) This really stinks



CNN, MSNBC virtually ignore new Jussie Smollett indictments, offer zero primetime coverage



{The left is clearly in sync with protecting its own - "It's own" being it's vile agenda as well as it's people]

CBC aint reporting it either.

The control of information is  way beyond "getting" really scary!!



We are not just approaching, but actually living 1984

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Quote from: "Herman"

Quote from: "cc"WAIT WAIT - It get's a LOT worse (//https) This really stinks



CNN, MSNBC virtually ignore new Jussie Smollett indictments, offer zero primetime coverage



{The left is clearly in sync with protecting its own - "It's own" being it's vile agenda as well as it's people]

CBC aint reporting it either.

The control of information is  way beyond "getting" really scary!!



We are not just approaching, but actually living 1984

Or we've always been in a 1984 simulation of varying degrees...

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Quote from: "Dinky Dazza"

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Quote from: "Herman"

Quote from: "cc"WAIT WAIT - It get's a LOT worse (//https) This really stinks



CNN, MSNBC virtually ignore new Jussie Smollett indictments, offer zero primetime coverage



{The left is clearly in sync with protecting its own - "It's own" being it's vile agenda as well as it's people]

CBC aint reporting it either.

The control of information is  way beyond "getting" really scary!!



We are not just approaching, but actually living 1984

Or we've always been in a 1984 simulation of varying degrees...

In my lifetime, I've never seen it to the degree it is now.

Quote from: "iron horse jockey"CNN, MSNBC, and CBC, um no thanks.

Quote from: "cc"CHICAGO (WLS) — The Cook County Clerk's Office confirmed Tuesday that special prosecutor Dan Webb has indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.



Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, charging him with making four separate false reports to Chicago police "related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing he was not the victim of a crime."



Smollett claimed he had been attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. He was originally charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the alleged attack. Police said Smollett staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his "Empire" salary.



A rope wasted  ac_smile



Special Prosecutor said he has not yet reached any conclusions as to the second part of the investigation, including in regards to the State's Attorney's Office, and that his investigation into whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in wrongdoing is ongoing.



Could that ^^ be into the crooked DA? ac_biggrin

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Special prosecutor rips controversial state's attorney over Smollett 'hoax' case (//https)



In March last year, Foxx's office surprised and angered many in Chicago by dropping charges that accused the former "Empire" actor of staging an alleged racist and homophobic attack against himself. Smollett is still adamant that the attack was real and wasn't a publicity hoax.



Webb's findings announced Monday came after charges were restored against Smollett by the same special prosecutor in February. Webb said at the time that dropping the charges against Smollett was unjustified, including because the evidence against Smollett seemed overwhelming and because he was not required to admit that the attack was a hoax.



The state's attorney's office's "decision-makers" who worked the initial Smollett case "did not learn of any new evidence between when the [Cook County State's Attorney's Office] filed a 16-count indictment against Mr. Smollett on March 7, 2019, when the CCSAO believed it had a strong case against Mr. Smollett, and March 26, 2019, when the entire indictment was dismissed," the prosecutors' office found.



Both "decision-makers" - Acting State's Attorney Joseph Magats and Lead Prosecutor Risa Lanier - had "significantly and meaningfully divergent explanations" for how the decision was made, the findings said.



But charges against the crooked DA do NOT rise to criminal  :dash1:

Quote from: "Dinky Dazza" post_id=376334 time=1597798284 user_id=1676
He should go to prison for it....

Quote from: "iron horse jockey" post_id=400651 time=1612490313 user_id=2015
lexandria Ocasio Smollett" and "AOC Lied" trended on Twitter amid backlash over Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tale of her experiences during the Capitol riot.



The New York Democrat has repeatedly described fearing for her life during the Jan. 6 riot. In a Monday evening Instagram Live video, she said she hid in her office bathroom after hearing loud banging and shouting.



She described her fears at length before revealing that it was not rioters but a Capitol Police officer who entered her office. Multiple news outlets would inaccurately report that rioters entered Ocasio-Cortez's office before deleting or editing these reports. Newsweek issued a correction clarifying the error.



News reports highlighting that Ocasio-Cortez was not in the Capitol building quickly gained attention on social media, and #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett began to trend, linking the New York Democrat to Black 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett, who sparked national outrage in 2019 when he claimed he was a victim of a hate crime.

Quote from: Odinson post_id=400898 time=1612632908 user_id=136
Hard to believe that the Capitol hill security hasnt prepared for a "school shooter" type scenario or a terrorist attack.



And it is hard to believe that there isnt a single locked, fire-proof door between the yard and the senate floor.





The cabal of child-molesters, psychopaths, rapists and sex-cult high priests/priestesses AKA the US congress, were evacuated long before the rioters entered the senate floor.





AOC has adapted to the lying pos politician culture fairly quickly...

Quote from: Odinson post_id=400916 time=1612643653 user_id=136
Capitol hill protest... According to AOC.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrsspTTpApI

Quote from: cc post_id=428850 time=1638314560 user_id=88
Well, as trial starts prosecution reveals surveillance video shows they practiced it the day before



 :laugh:



Jussie Smollett did a 'dry run' of his attack the day prior to the incident, prosecutors say (//https)



One potentially damning piece of evidence teased during Webb's opening arguments was that there is surveillance video showing Smollett and the two siblings, who he worked with on "Empire," doing a kind of "dry run" of the attack in the area the day before it allegedly took place.



The prosecution will allege what the Osundairo brothers have already told investigators, that they were cut a check for $3,500 after the dry run and given $100 in cash to get supplies to stage the attack at Smollett's behest.



You can't unstupid stupid

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Jussie Smollett is on trial?

Quote from: Bricktop post_id=428887 time=1638323866 user_id=1560
The cow that denied justice by refusing to prosecute should also be charged.

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The cow that denied justice by refusing to prosecute should also be charged.

Quote from: Herman post_id=429830 time=1638998139 user_id=1689
Interesting take on why Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime.



https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/whitlock-jussie-smollett-is-a-victim-of-the-systemic-racism-maintained-by-white-liberals?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211208Trending-WhitlockSmolelt&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News



Popular culture's puppet masters — academia, Big Tech's social media apps, the executives running the TV, movie, music, and sports industries, and the political left — have established victimhood as the highest form of blackness. Attaining victim status is the primary expectation placed on American black men.



Meeting this expectation is especially important for mixed-race, wealthy celebrities. In the culture created by the left, victimhood is their rite of passage into the fraternity of blackness.





As much as I despise Smollett for the 2019 racial hoax he staged in Chicago, the alleged crime that currently has him on trial, my disdain for the culture that baited him into the act far exceeds my disgust for Smollett.



Smollett, the child of a black woman and a white Jewish man, did what the culture told him to do and what the culture puts enormous pressure on half-black, half-white kids to do: prove their blackness. In modern American culture, there's nothing blacker than being worthy of a white man's aggression. Smollett isn't worthy. So he allegedly paid two black men to pose as white and attack him.



The whole scenario is funny until you consider the sadness of the mental state that would devise such a scheme and a culture that would entice it.



Smollett and Kaepernick, the self-made national anthem martyr, are victims. They're victims of the racist expectations imposed on them by a sick, secular culture. At different levels, all American black people are victims of this culture.



Human beings respond to expectations. Expectations can be and should be the greatest gift imposed on human beings. Expectations inspire behavior and shape mindsets.



Tuesday night, I had dinner with two friends. We engaged in a debate about white privilege. What is it? Does it exist? Can it be fixed?



I argued that white privilege certainly exists in America and that the greatest white privilege is expectations that align with success. White people are expected to achieve academically. They're expected to master the English language. They're expected to have good credit. They're expected to show up on time. They're expected not to use the N-word. They're expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They're expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.



Do all white people meet these expectations? Absolutely not. But being born into a world that expects you to adopt principles and behaviors that lead to success is a privilege that puts you far ahead of people who don't have those expectations on them.



Black people, as a collective, don't have those expectations on them. Popular culture, as controlled by liberals, removes virtually all expectations from black people, particularly black men. We're expected to excel at football and basketball. And we're expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.



The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America. It's far more racist than Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck and back. Had George Floyd entered a world that expected him to achieve beyond the athletic field, he would have been much less likely to find himself needing to be restrained by police.



The lack of expectations placed on black people is systemic racism. Victimhood being the highest level of blackness is systemic racism.



Jussie Smollett is a victim of the systemic racism maintained by white liberals.

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Bravo. The best summary of American racism I've seen.

Quote from: cc post_id=429857 time=1639008153 user_id=88
The part I didn't agree, at least to much of an extent > "As much as I despise Smollett for the 2019 racial hoax he staged in Chicago, the alleged crime that currently has him on trial, my disdain for the culture that baited him into the act far exceeds my disgust for Smollett."



My disgust for him exceeds even my disdain for the culture



He knew exactly what he was doing & he knew the awful effect it would have IF he succeeded



I hope the jury is "for real" & shows NO mercy with him

Quote from: Herman post_id=429830 time=1638998139 user_id=1689
Interesting take on why Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime.



https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/whitlock-jussie-smollett-is-a-victim-of-the-systemic-racism-maintained-by-white-liberals?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211208Trending-WhitlockSmolelt&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News



Popular culture's puppet masters — academia, Big Tech's social media apps, the executives running the TV, movie, music, and sports industries, and the political left — have established victimhood as the highest form of blackness. Attaining victim status is the primary expectation placed on American black men.



Meeting this expectation is especially important for mixed-race, wealthy celebrities. In the culture created by the left, victimhood is their rite of passage into the fraternity of blackness.





As much as I despise Smollett for the 2019 racial hoax he staged in Chicago, the alleged crime that currently has him on trial, my disdain for the culture that baited him into the act far exceeds my disgust for Smollett.



Smollett, the child of a black woman and a white Jewish man, did what the culture told him to do and what the culture puts enormous pressure on half-black, half-white kids to do: prove their blackness. In modern American culture, there's nothing blacker than being worthy of a white man's aggression. Smollett isn't worthy. So he allegedly paid two black men to pose as white and attack him.



The whole scenario is funny until you consider the sadness of the mental state that would devise such a scheme and a culture that would entice it.



Smollett and Kaepernick, the self-made national anthem martyr, are victims. They're victims of the racist expectations imposed on them by a sick, secular culture. At different levels, all American black people are victims of this culture.



Human beings respond to expectations. Expectations can be and should be the greatest gift imposed on human beings. Expectations inspire behavior and shape mindsets.



Tuesday night, I had dinner with two friends. We engaged in a debate about white privilege. What is it? Does it exist? Can it be fixed?



I argued that white privilege certainly exists in America and that the greatest white privilege is expectations that align with success. White people are expected to achieve academically. They're expected to master the English language. They're expected to have good credit. They're expected to show up on time. They're expected not to use the N-word. They're expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They're expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.



Do all white people meet these expectations? Absolutely not. But being born into a world that expects you to adopt principles and behaviors that lead to success is a privilege that puts you far ahead of people who don't have those expectations on them.



Black people, as a collective, don't have those expectations on them. Popular culture, as controlled by liberals, removes virtually all expectations from black people, particularly black men. We're expected to excel at football and basketball. And we're expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.



The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America. It's far more racist than Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck and back. Had George Floyd entered a world that expected him to achieve beyond the athletic field, he would have been much less likely to find himself needing to be restrained by police.



The lack of expectations placed on black people is systemic racism. Victimhood being the highest level of blackness is systemic racism.



Jussie Smollett is a victim of the systemic racism maintained by white liberals.

Quote from: Herman post_id=429830 time=1638998139 user_id=1689
Interesting take on why Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime.



https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/whitlock-jussie-smollett-is-a-victim-of-the-systemic-racism-maintained-by-white-liberals?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211208Trending-WhitlockSmolelt&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News



Popular culture's puppet masters — academia, Big Tech's social media apps, the executives running the TV, movie, music, and sports industries, and the political left — have established victimhood as the highest form of blackness. Attaining victim status is the primary expectation placed on American black men.



Meeting this expectation is especially important for mixed-race, wealthy celebrities. In the culture created by the left, victimhood is their rite of passage into the fraternity of blackness.





As much as I despise Smollett for the 2019 racial hoax he staged in Chicago, the alleged crime that currently has him on trial, my disdain for the culture that baited him into the act far exceeds my disgust for Smollett.



Smollett, the child of a black woman and a white Jewish man, did what the culture told him to do and what the culture puts enormous pressure on half-black, half-white kids to do: prove their blackness. In modern American culture, there's nothing blacker than being worthy of a white man's aggression. Smollett isn't worthy. So he allegedly paid two black men to pose as white and attack him.



The whole scenario is funny until you consider the sadness of the mental state that would devise such a scheme and a culture that would entice it.



Smollett and Kaepernick, the self-made national anthem martyr, are victims. They're victims of the racist expectations imposed on them by a sick, secular culture. At different levels, all American black people are victims of this culture.



Human beings respond to expectations. Expectations can be and should be the greatest gift imposed on human beings. Expectations inspire behavior and shape mindsets.



Tuesday night, I had dinner with two friends. We engaged in a debate about white privilege. What is it? Does it exist? Can it be fixed?



I argued that white privilege certainly exists in America and that the greatest white privilege is expectations that align with success. White people are expected to achieve academically. They're expected to master the English language. They're expected to have good credit. They're expected to show up on time. They're expected not to use the N-word. They're expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They're expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.



Do all white people meet these expectations? Absolutely not. But being born into a world that expects you to adopt principles and behaviors that lead to success is a privilege that puts you far ahead of people who don't have those expectations on them.



Black people, as a collective, don't have those expectations on them. Popular culture, as controlled by liberals, removes virtually all expectations from black people, particularly black men. We're expected to excel at football and basketball. And we're expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.



The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America. It's far more racist than Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck and back. Had George Floyd entered a world that expected him to achieve beyond the athletic field, he would have been much less likely to find himself needing to be restrained by police.



The lack of expectations placed on black people is systemic racism. Victimhood being the highest level of blackness is systemic racism.



Jussie Smollett is a victim of the systemic racism maintained by white liberals.

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This is an excellent commentary. I too am usually cautious about "Blaze" but this hits the nail on the head and drives it home with one whack.



I have argued this exact point too many times to count. The problem with the black community in the US is the social environment that it is kept trapped in by liberal Democrat policies. These socioeconmic policies do nothing but reward failure in ways that keep blacks chained to a system that promotes and perpetuates victimhood. All the while these white liberal scumbags and their lap dogs posing as black community leaders smile in the faces if black people and promise more free handouts and social change that never really materializes.



As LBJ said said to Senator Richard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1957



"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, we'll lose the filibuster and there'll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It'll be Reconstruction all over again."



The above statement has been pretty much white liberal America's answer to the problems of the black community ever since... Give them just enough to shut them up and keep them voting Democrat. And how did thay do that? By promoting a culture of victimization.

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Surprise!!!



The socialist media puts its head in the sand.



"News of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett being accused of orchestrating a fake hate crime has dominated the news cycle the past 48 hours, with everyone from President Trump to some 2020 Democratic candidates to your local barista chiming in – but anyone who relies on MSNBC primetime for their news might not know it even happened.



The hosts of MSNBC's primetime lineup have oddly avoided the ongoing scandal surrounding Smollett, staying stone silent both Wednesday and Thursday nights about a story that has commanded the attention of the nation."



//https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/msnbc-avoidance-of-jussie-smollett-story-during-primetime-politically-biased-journalistic-choice-expert-says

Quote from: cc post_id=430017 time=1639093226 user_id=88
guilty on 5 out 6 charges in alleged hate crime hoax



Once again - press & politicians can't influence 12 jurors who view the facts

Quote from: Bricktop post_id=430027 time=1639099190 user_id=1560
Lie. Cheat. Deceive. Deny.



The mantra of the left.

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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! Convicted

Quote from: Bricktop post_id=430027 time=1639099190 user_id=1560
Lie. Cheat. Deceive. Deny.



The mantra of the left.

Exactly

Quote from: Bricktop post_id=430036 time=1639100448 user_id=1560
And this is where the socialists fail.



They can scream and rant, manipulate and lie all they want, but when the crunch comes truth and reality will always prevail in a western democracy.

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Quote from: cc post_id=430030 time=1639099329 user_id=88
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! Convicted

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Lie. Cheat. Deceive. Deny.



The mantra of the left.

Exactly

Justice twice in a row. The States' justice system does get it right once in a while. Has he been sentenced yet?

Quote from: Bricktop post_id=430055 time=1639105406 user_id=1560
I have a question.



Does the conviction of Smollett guarantee a rout of Democrats at the next elections?

Quote from: Odinson post_id=430064 time=1639106864 user_id=136
He committed a disgusting fraud and other kinds of crimes.



He is a complete scumbag.

Quote from: Bricktop post_id=430055 time=1639105406 user_id=1560
I have a question.



Does the conviction of Smollett guarantee a rout of Democrats at the next elections?

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I have a question.



Does the conviction of Smollett guarantee a rout of Democrats at the next elections?

I just wonder if his conviction proves that the Left thrive on lies and deception to the extent that any credibility they had is now evaporating faster than vodka in the Australian sun.



I'm curious as to how significant the impact of their commitment to deception and distortion if not outright falsehoods will have on their electoral appeal. They rode the Russia Hoax, the Ukraine travesty and Trump's impeachment as well as their President calling a white male a supremacist for shooting other white males who were threatening him. Will the America voter put an end to their duplicity and dissimilation with a resounding rejection at the ballot box, as UK voters did to their Labour Party last year?

Quote from: Herman post_id=429830 time=1638998139 user_id=1689
Interesting take on why Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime.



https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/whitlock-jussie-smollett-is-a-victim-of-the-systemic-racism-maintained-by-white-liberals?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211208Trending-WhitlockSmolelt&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News



Popular culture's puppet masters — academia, Big Tech's social media apps, the executives running the TV, movie, music, and sports industries, and the political left — have established victimhood as the highest form of blackness. Attaining victim status is the primary expectation placed on American black men.



Meeting this expectation is especially important for mixed-race, wealthy celebrities. In the culture created by the left, victimhood is their rite of passage into the fraternity of blackness.





As much as I despise Smollett for the 2019 racial hoax he staged in Chicago, the alleged crime that currently has him on trial, my disdain for the culture that baited him into the act far exceeds my disgust for Smollett.



Smollett, the child of a black woman and a white Jewish man, did what the culture told him to do and what the culture puts enormous pressure on half-black, half-white kids to do: prove their blackness. In modern American culture, there's nothing blacker than being worthy of a white man's aggression. Smollett isn't worthy. So he allegedly paid two black men to pose as white and attack him.



The whole scenario is funny until you consider the sadness of the mental state that would devise such a scheme and a culture that would entice it.



Smollett and Kaepernick, the self-made national anthem martyr, are victims. They're victims of the racist expectations imposed on them by a sick, secular culture. At different levels, all American black people are victims of this culture.



Human beings respond to expectations. Expectations can be and should be the greatest gift imposed on human beings. Expectations inspire behavior and shape mindsets.



Tuesday night, I had dinner with two friends. We engaged in a debate about white privilege. What is it? Does it exist? Can it be fixed?



I argued that white privilege certainly exists in America and that the greatest white privilege is expectations that align with success. White people are expected to achieve academically. They're expected to master the English language. They're expected to have good credit. They're expected to show up on time. They're expected not to use the N-word. They're expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They're expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.



Do all white people meet these expectations? Absolutely not. But being born into a world that expects you to adopt principles and behaviors that lead to success is a privilege that puts you far ahead of people who don't have those expectations on them.



Black people, as a collective, don't have those expectations on them. Popular culture, as controlled by liberals, removes virtually all expectations from black people, particularly black men. We're expected to excel at football and basketball. And we're expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.



The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America. It's far more racist than Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck and back. Had George Floyd entered a world that expected him to achieve beyond the athletic field, he would have been much less likely to find himself needing to be restrained by police.



The lack of expectations placed on black people is systemic racism. Victimhood being the highest level of blackness is systemic racism.



Jussie Smollett is a victim of the systemic racism maintained by white liberals.

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Quote from: Odinson post_id=430064 time=1639106864 user_id=136
He committed a disgusting fraud and other kinds of crimes.



He is a complete scumbag.

Damn straight. But, at worst he probably will get a suspended sentence or community service.

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Quote from: Herman post_id=430067 time=1639107539 user_id=1689

Quote from: Odinson post_id=430064 time=1639106864 user_id=136
He committed a disgusting fraud and other kinds of crimes.



He is a complete scumbag.

Damn straight. But, at worst he probably will get a suspended sentence or community service.

That is a suitable sentence for convicted shoplifters, but not what he did.