Dr. X's Free Associations

Shorter Trump and Mueller

Trump: Don't worry. I can pardon everyone.

Mueller: Worry. You can't pardon for state charges.

Phoenix New Times: Arpaio Highlights in Tweets

We've been covering Joe Arpaio for more than 20 years. Here's a couple of things you should know about him... 1/many

— PhoenixNewTimes (@phoenixnewtimes) August 26, 2017

Tweet thread about the judge in the Arpaio case

I was the judicial clerk for the judge in the original Apraio trial. I have some thoughts on the pardon. (1/15)

— Andrew Case (@AClaudeCase) August 29, 2017

Obama wasn't the president in 2005. He was the newly elected junior senator from Illinois. Though he wasn't the president or a Texas senator, Obama did visit with evacuees at the Astrodome, along with former president Bush (41) and former president, Clinton.

I wish I could say I haven't seen a lot of this, but it's everywhere. God help us.

Tuesday Tweets

Via Eric Zorn:

I don't go swimming because it's never been 30 minutes after the last time I ate.

— stace 💭 (@thisgirlstacr) May 22, 2017

 

I grew up just a stone's throw away from where that whole family died of mysterious head injuries

— inanimate corpse (@inanimatecorpse) February 16, 2017

Mayweather and McGregor

I'm paraphrasing, but the gist was: "fools are watching a woman beater and a racist knock the crap out of each other."

This almost seemed like an argument for watching the fight.

A lot of this going around

If you didn't say anything about Obama pardoning Manning but are upset Trump pardoned Arpaio you might be alt left

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 26, 2017

Chelsea Manning wasn't pardoned. Manning pleaded guilty and served over 6 years in prison before her sentence was commuted. Manning's felony criminal record stands, along with the attendant consequences of a felony criminal record.

The considerations behind pardons and sentence commutations tend to be idiosyncratic, so direct comparisons have limitations, but a better comparison with Arpaio would be whether one approved of Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich.

A man in Houston claims a hawk would not leave his taxi cab as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward Texas Friday morning.

WATCH: A man in Houston claims a hawk would not leave his taxi cab as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward Texas Friday morning. pic.twitter.com/j2nZbarkvZ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 26, 2017

Friday Night Music Drop

Beethoven would approve.

When You Undermine Your Claim As Soon As You Make It

Russell Walker filed a lawsuit in York SC, demanding confederate flags be returned to the main courtroom @SpecNewsCLT pic.twitter.com/MVDYSEBIEe

— Yoojin Cho (@Yoojin_Cho) August 24, 2017

He said the flag isn't a symbol of racism, then referred to "Martin Luther Coon." Oops.

I don't know about the basis for the ruling, but the judge dismissed the case.