# Hunter Biden Laptop Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 22, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587 "2020-10-22T11:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/465 "2020-10-30T18:43:03Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Assuming Trump is a lizard person from Sirius B, where would you think that would put Trump in the ranking of the current set of politicians, with 0.0 being least corrupt and 1.0 being most corrupt (I would say 37.6) Stipulating that Trump is a lizard person, I can’t tell you how corrupt he is until you tell me the priorities of the Sirius B lizard people who sent him to our planet. C’mon. Hypotheticals are totally something we can address. If you don’t think they’re worth addressing, fine, but I don’t see the reason to fingerwag at people who are willing to, and I use this word carefully, entertain them. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/466 "2020-10-30T19:03:14Z")
Yeah. You don’t dignify stuff like this with a response. For example: > **['I'm Not A Witch,' Republican Candidate Christine O'Donnell Tells Delaware...](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/10/05/130353168/-i-m-not-a-witch-republican-senate-candidate-christine-o-donnell-says-in-new-ad)** > > The ad is in response to a video clip of her, from 'Politically Incorrect,' in which she claimed to have 'dabbled into witchcraft' earlier in her life. Didn’t work out that well for her. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/467 "2020-10-30T19:07:30Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Didn’t work out that well for her. Tell me about it, they took her to Azkaban. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/468 "2020-10-30T19:10:45Z")
“Build a bridge out of her!” ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/469 "2020-10-30T19:28:07Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Stipulating that Trump is a lizard person, I can’t tell you how corrupt he is until you tell me the priorities of the Sirius B lizard people who sent him to our planet. > > C’mon. Hypotheticals are totally something we can address. If you don’t think they’re worth addressing, fine, but I don’t see the reason to fingerwag at people who are willing to, and I use this word carefully, entertain them. Incorrect; if Trump is a lizard person from Sirius B, that means he is not eligible to be US president, because he isn’t a natural born citizen. In fact, as a non human, he can’t even become a naturalized citizen; but regardless, he is intelligible for the office of president. Worse, he knowingly and hypocritically accused Obama of not being a US Citizen. Lying about your eligibility to be president sounds like a form of corruption to me. So does accusing others of things you are guilty of in order to harm their political career while boosting yours. Plus, Trump’s campaign didn’t disclose the aliens of Sirius B as a donor. Again, just because we CAN entertain a hypothetical doesn’t mean it is worth doing. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/470 "2020-10-30T19:30:32Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Again, just because we CAN entertain a hypothetical doesn’t mean it is worth doing. So says one, so say we all. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/471 "2020-10-30T19:57:44Z")
Rudy is out of his fucking mind. [https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1322229160845127685](https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1322229160845127685) “Joe Biden is the Prince of Darkness.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/472 "2020-10-30T20:15:26Z")
He’s a mental patient. Who keeps leaving Rudy’s cage door open? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/473 "2020-10-30T20:15:31Z")
Dafuq did I just watch ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/474 "2020-10-30T20:20:32Z")
Dafuq is right! Sweet baby jesus - that guy’s cheese has slid off the cracker. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/475 "2020-10-30T20:22:59Z")
Rudy – and I’m only saying this because I care – there are a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market today that are _just as tasty_ as the real thing. [h/t to “Real Genius”] Maybe it’s time for ‘America’s Mayor’ to do advertisements for anti-psychotic meds. At least, in that circumstance, I’d find him extremely credible. Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/476 "2020-10-30T20:31:06Z")
‘We have replaced the Folger’s flavor crystals in Rudy’s cup of coffee with flakes of pure cocaine. Let’s see if he notices!’ ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/477 "2020-10-30T20:38:01Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Maybe it’s time for ‘America’s Mayor’ to do advertisements for anti-psychotic meds. At least, in that circumstance, I’d find him extremely credible. If I needed anti-psychotics for myself or a loved one, I’d stay the fuck away from whatever he was on when he made that video, thank you ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/478 "2020-10-30T20:43:20Z")
I should have specified that Rudy would be the ‘before’ model 😉 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/479 "2020-10-30T20:59:24Z")
Rudy is the example of the psychotics you want - like some really good 'shrooms man… ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/480 "2020-10-30T21:59:03Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Stipulating that Trump is a lizard person, OMG! I can’t believe that you would stipulate that Trump is a lizard person. PS: I (obviously) get it, but I don’t think the word “stipulate” causes _less_ of a problem. I think it means to agree. But, as I said, I understand that you are saying it as a substitute for “assuming for the sake of argument.” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/481 "2020-10-30T22:38:12Z")
This looks like a job for … [arguendo](https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=2431) ! > prep. Latin meaning “for the sake of argument,” used by lawyers in the context of “assuming arguendo” that the facts were as the other party contends, but the law prevents the other side from prevailing. Example: “assuming arguendo” that the court finds our client, the defendant, was negligent, the other party (plaintiff) was so contributorily negligent he cannot recover damages. In short, the lawyer is not admitting anything, but wants to make a legal argument only. The word appears most commonly in appeals briefs. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/482 "2020-10-30T22:43:08Z")
He must be in Arkham, anyone who read the comics or even the flims know they have a revolving door in that place. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/483 "2020-10-31T00:11:06Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > I (obviously) get it, but I don’t think the word “stipulate” causes _less_ of a problem. I think it means to agree. … I’ve been using that word wrong for like a quarter century now. I coulda sworn I read in some philosophy book as a teenager that it meant “agree for the sake of moving forward, without really agreeing in substance,” but that’s apparently not at all what it means. How embarrassing. Anyway, thanks for correcting me on this! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587/484 "2020-10-31T03:36:14Z")
These “Biden allegations” are a Trump intimidation tactic. I’ve read the e-mails and not only do I not see anything that implicates Joe Biden, I don’t see much else wrong, either. In business there is a lot of stuff that is embarrassing without being illegal, immoral or wrong. People go into business to make money. They make profits off clients and split that money. They pay finder’s fees to people that bring them business. They have disagreements over money, some of them serious. Now, everybody knows that everyone does this - but you still don’t want your clients to know the details.The same thing goes for some discussion on branding and image and such. By obtaining and releasing the private business correspondence of a relative of Biden that will not have a role in the administration, he’s sending a message to anyone else that dares opposes him - he’ll do his best to destroy your entire family and their livelihood. It’s not coincidence that that bullshit originated in Ukraine, Trump has always been hooked up there…look at Manafort, who was involved in a political campaign where they actually drummed up charges against and arrested the opposing candidate. That’s why I’m not paying attention to this and why I think decent people shouldn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-laptop-question/923587.md?page=25)