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March 8, 2023 08:17 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


I have faith that many people who are familiar with the stories of a number of people who were arrested for the Jan 6th riot, were in fact not committing crimes and yet are still in jail awaiting trial.

I have faith that many citizens understand the Jan 6th tribunal was a one sided affair whose congressional members cherry picked the evidence they wanted to present to the public while keeping out of the general public's view, exculpatory evidence that would clear some of the criminal charges that the committee claimed that some of these individuals committed.  
You are mixing apples and oranges here.  Congress has jailed no one.  The police, DOJ and their prosecutors do that, and I trust them to do a proper job.  The criminal justice system is stacked in favor of the accused.  

The televised Jan 6 hearings have a lot of politics to them.  Feel free to argue that they cherry picked and grand-standed.   Duh. 

If you are arguing that the Jan 6 committee or anyone else has hidden exculpatory evidence from the prosecutors and defense lawyers, I would reply that this is extremely unlikely.  The lawyers for the defendants and the prosecutors have access to all data available to congress, unless someone at the DOJ is committing serious career-ending felonies.  Possible, but not likely.   

March 8, 2023 08:19 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
Sure doesnt support the "insurrection" claim one little bit.....as for the "cherry picking" claim, it would appear the left and the media were doing the "cherry picking" to prop up the "insurrection" lie.....

Not surprised even a little bit here......The truth and the facts eventually come to light. I am a little surprised it happened this quickly though.
I think insurrection is of course a political term.   But those convicted of various crimes appear to have committed those crimes.  

March 8, 2023 08:22 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Rewriting?  Did you watch it?

He put forth the video that the Jan 6th committee hid from the public and tried desperately to keep from being viewed.

The guy that was the Q Shaman was shown essentially being escorted all over the building by police.  

The DC cops even helped him out and tried to open doors for him as they led him around.  He followed them as they showed him all over the place, even passing by about 9 other cops as he was led carrying his US flag with him.

He even went into one of the big rooms there and said a prayer in front of the podium for the DC police telling God thanks for the DC police who were working to assist them as the DC police watched.  

He got 4 years in prison for apparently walking around carrying a flag, being escorted by the police.

Tucker also aired footage of DC cop Brian Sicknick directing foot traffic for the visitors coming into the Capitol bldg.  

This was after he was supposedly hit in the head with a fire extinguisher and yet he seemed just fine. 

He was wearing a helmet at the time but he was shown making a waving motion with his hand as if he was on a street corner telling people come on in and motioning with his hand outward towards himself as people walked by.

Yet, CNN, MSNBC and almost every other outlet claimed he was beat in the head with a fire extinguisher and killed by the crowd that day.

Of course we all found out later that Brian Sicknick died of a stroke the following night, which was listed as the cause of his death by the medical examiner.

So CNN and the rest of the leftist frauds in the media lied to the world, as they used Brian Sicknick's unfortunate death to promote their lies and their political agenda.

As far as I could tell it was simply showing people walking around at the time of the riot and even showed some people taking photos in the Capitol and picking up brochures.  

And how is showing video of the day "Rewriting History"?
Isn't there something like 47,000 hours of security footage shocked  Of course Carlson and the Democrats are both Cherry Picking to sway public opinion.  It's politics!  That is why relying on the courts and the criminal justice system to convict the guilty is so important.

March 8, 2023 08:25 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Just as the Jan 6th committee, consisting of Liz Cheney, Adam Kingsinger, Jamie Raskin and all the other Democrat cover up actors conveniently cherry picked every bit of video that they used to try and convict in the arena of public opinion, to get the nation riled up, and feed the Democrat Political machine with their ultra biased tribunal where they lied saying that Donald Trump organized the riot without a scintilla of proof that he was involved in the violence that DID occur that day among several dozen or a hundred individuals.

They conveniently truncated this portion of his speech that day where he stated "I know that you all will be marching over to the capitol in a few minutes to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard".

Liz Cheney the TDS suffering fool who was voted out of office, made sure that the leftists who were watching the one-sided tribunal she was hosting, never heard that portion of Donald Trump's speech.  

Liz Cheney and her sham tribunal masquerading as a group that was looking for the truth, were doing nothing of the sort when they put on their media charade.  
You seem kind of spun up Rich.  Large font, bold, and and underlining?  Looks pretty angry to me.  Look, January 6 cast your team, and mine, in the most horrible light possible.  Sucks to be us.  This is what we get for trusting a charlatan and liar. 

March 8, 2023 08:33 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

When the leftist politicians lie, they have the backing of nearly every single media outlet, who help to spread their lies and propaganda.  

The right side of the political aisle pales in comparison.  

When one has FoxNews, Newsmax, and perhaps the Washington Examiner going up against ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NY TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WASHINGTON POST, LA TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE, CHICAGO TIMES, and on and on, the odds are that the leftist news outlets will get the edge on their lies and their deceit.  

The rest consisting of the conservative right will be following trying to correct the record.  

Do you think that there was a chance in Hell that had Tucker Carlson not been given the video tapes that CNN or MSNBC would have ever put forth the reality shown there to counter the hysterics and one sided view that the Jan 6th committee covered up?

You and I know Greg that the chance they would amounted to 0.  
FWIW, you have one point.  CNN and MSNBC cherry pick the violence, Fox cherry picks the calmer moments out of what appears to be greater than 40000 hours of video. 

Still, anyone who thinks that January 6 is not a horrible and lasting stain on the Republican brand, or what's left of it after Trump anyway, is simply an idiot.  January 6 was, cast in the best possible light, a dangerous riot where supporters of Trump broke into and entered the capital and committed crimes, some with every intention of overturning a fair election.  I don't think the Proud Boys reflect Republicans like Russ.  Still, I wonder if the Rs can ever live January 6 down, no matter how much revising Carlson attempts.

March 8, 2023 08:36 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer


That is where we depart James.....are you actually trying to lay the lefts lies and deceit about Jan 6th on Trump? LOL 
No, maybe I was unclear.  I am laying motivation, but not guilt, on Trump -  for the actions of the mob that actually did commit crimes.  Not in the criminal mastermind sense.  In the sense that the perpetrators of violence and crimes on January 6 should have known better than to trust a liar and scoundrel like Trump.  They obviously bought into his stolen election lies.  Now they are paying the price for their foolishness the hard way.  Many of them have said this very thing at their sentencing hearings.  

p.s.  just to be clear, I think Trump is a scoundrel and a liar, but I have not seen a criminal case properly articulated against him yet.   

Jim

March 8, 2023 08:40 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Really?  You think that the justice system and the courts in DC are unbiased?

Since you apparently know something about this and some of the people in Jail right now, who are awaiting trial on charges they've not been informed of, do you think they are receiving Due Process?

Many have been in jail well over a year, some in solitary confinement.

Can you please comment on a few of those cases?  Can you comment on one single case?  
I can not and of course neither can you.  We do not have access to the court records.   I do not believe that anyone is being held in solitary years later without an arraignment.  That would be a grievous breach of due process.  It simply is not happening.  Your sources are making that BS up.  I can't believe you are buying it.

March 8, 2023 08:41 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Spun up? Not spun up at all. 

Because I put sentences in bold, italics, and underlined, it is to delineate the part of the previous posting which I am commenting upon or am getting ready to knock down with facts.  

You are free of course to mischaracterize my postings in any fashion you see fit to do to advance your false narrative as You typically do.

I understand that just like the lie that the media and many here put forth about Brian Sicknick getting hit in the head with a fire extinguisher and dying as a result of that, you will continue to characterize my postings incorrectly.  

As I said you are free to do that, and I understand why you do that in order to not have to address the lies that Your CNN propagated and is still lying about.  smile
It's a running joke DS, get with the program.

March 8, 2023 08:56 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
Sure doesnt support the "insurrection" claim one little bit.....as for the "cherry picking" claim, it would appear the left and the media were doing the "cherry picking" to prop up the "insurrection" lie.....

Not surprised even a little bit here......The truth and the facts eventually come to light. I am a little surprised it happened this quickly though.
I think I have failed to properly make my point.  I'll summarize:

Let's agree that the left has biased their coverage of January 6 to make it look like a nation-threatening insurrection.   That sort of bias from the left should surprise no one.  Similarly no one should be surprised that Carlson is biasing his coverage to make January 6 look like "no big deal"  (My words, not his, I have not watched him).  

Ok, media bias is not new.  We know based upon the court convictions that violent crimes were committed in the Capital by Trump supporters who were convinced that the election was illegitimate.  No matter who's video you look at it was a nasty riot, and justice is now being served to the criminals.  I really don't care if this is cast as an insurrection, or a peaceful protest that got slightly out of hand.  That is just politics.  The unambiguous fact is that Trump supporters, lots of them, were caught red-handed committing crimes because the wanted to "stop the steal."

1.  This is a horrible stain on the R party, no matter which news feed you watch.
2.  Trump has moral culpability at least for propagating the big lie.
3.  Those prosecuted and convicted deserve it, but I pity the ones who were swayed to insane criminality by a charismatic liar.  They don't get away with their crimes of course.  They are now paying their debts to society. 

March 8, 2023 09:02 AM Forum: Politics

Fox News & Tucker's "Cherry-Picking" Of Jan 6th Riot

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


I don't think it is a stain on the Republican brand at all.  It is a stain on the morons that committed the violence.  

Just as I don't blame the words of Democrats for inciting violence against Republican Supreme Court justices on Chuck Schumer ("You will reap the whirlwinds Kavanaugh and you won't know what hit you"

I also don't blame the words of Bernie Sanders on the violence perpetrated by a nutjob who was a Sanders supporter who attempted to kill Steve Scalise and other Republicans.

The guy who went to Kavanaugh's house to kill him and his family occurred after Chuck Schumer made what some would call a direct threat to the conservative justices on the Supreme court.

In your opinion is that a "Stain on the Democrat Brand", and IF you do not think so, why are you not an idiot since you claimed that those who don't think the Jan 6th incident is a "Stain on the Republican Brand" are idiots?
Yes, I think Schumer's rhetoric is a stain on the D brand.  More importantly, I think the riots in Portland and Minneapolis are a stain on the D brand.  Anyone who thinks one of our political parties is simply "just and good," while the other party is simply "evil and bad" is foolish.  Sadly, your postings advance that false dichotomy a lot of the time.