Subj : Re: Prisoner Swap To : Lee Lofaso From : Aaron Thomas Date : Mon Dec 12 2022 02:25:37 LL> Brittney Griner was held in a Russian jail cell for months, then LL> convicted and sentenced to 9 years at hard labor in a Russian gulag, LL> on trumped up charges for what amounts to a minor offense. Shrooms are legal in Denver, but can get you 15 years in NYC. Does that mean that tourists from Denver should get away with shroom possession in NYC? Only under idiotic leftist logic! LL> As per your cite concerning American correctional facilities - LL> Most of the residents in those correctional facilities are convicted LL> drug dealers. Not for mere possession of small amounts of marijuana. Like Britney, I too have a medical marijuana card. But unlike Britney, I know that a piece of plastic issued by NY doesn't give me the right to take weed to other countries. I can't even take it to Pennsylvania without breaking the law. LL> AT> Mark Fogel is a caucasian American school teacher who is currently se LL> AT> a LL> AT> 14 year sentence in a Russian prison for marijuana posession. LL> AT> What's the status of his release? Does anyone give a flying one? LL> LL> I am sure Russian President Vladimir Putin can tell you. LL> But only if he gives a shit. Which I doubt he does. No I'm sure that Putin doesn't care about Mark Fogel, because Fogel's not an elite, so therefore he's not tradable for an illicit arms dealer. LL> You are damned right! Both the USA and Russia (as the USSR) signed LL> the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights. We should LL> hold Russia to it! There's no clause for excusing Americans for crimes committed in Russia. Britney's sentence was handed to her in accordance to Russian law. They weren't "picking on her." Homosexuality is legal in Russia. She wasn't abused while in custody (or else we'd have heard about it.) LL> The "punishment" given to Griner was not commiserate with her "crime". From Wikipedia: "Possession of up to 6 g is considered an administrative crime, whereas more than 7 g is considered a serious criminal offense, as regulated by Russian criminal code article 228." Britney took approximately 1 gram of hash to Russia, and it takes about 10 grams of bud to make 1 gram of hash, so she's over the limit for "15 days in jail." LL> Your fascist friends in Congress will always condemn President Biden, LL> no matter what he does. Even if he saves this country from doom and LL> gloom. But that's okay. That is what freedom is all about. Allowing Congress members are swamp monsters. The day that Joe does something positive for this country, I'll commend him for it. So far, he's a thief, a liar, and a coward, but sometimes bad people turn their lives around. LL> AT> He would have opted to bring the veteran home first, since he's LL> AT> also a veteran, and since he's not a Soros employee. LL> LL> Ollie did nothing of the sort. After losing his own bid for public He has never had the power to negotiate int'l prisoner swapping. LL> Her world is basketball. Not politics of any kind. Yes, she did take LL> a knee. For justice. As should we all. You got a problem with that? You take 2 knees for Biden every day. I don't have a problem with that. That sort of thing is legal here. I like when people obey laws; I'm a conservative. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64) * Origin: CompuBBS | Ashburn VA | cfbbs.scinet-ftn.org (1:275/99) .