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62. BULLSHIT

Wed Jul 6, 2022, 09:21 AM

Jul 2022

This is a political set up. Nothing more, nothing less. Your opinion is yours, facts are something other.

You have NO idea if she had ANY drugs on her. Find out some facts, or not. The internet is full of uninformed opinions.

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If I brought drugs into a hostile country and was caught [View all] tavernier Jul 2022 OP

I've been to many countries and you follow their laws period. jimfields33 Jul 2022 #1

+1 rampartc Jul 2022 #23

+1. although I'm not necessarily putting Griner's 'actions' stopdiggin Jul 2022 #127

in many of these cases a respected former president or well known person rampartc Jul 2022 #138

OMG. Laughing hysterically. stopdiggin Jul 2022 #145

he really should negotiate an end to the ukraine war while he's at it rampartc Jul 2022 #150

I support both Biden and Griner. BAD FRAME. (nt) FreepFryer Jul 2022 #2

Right Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #140

You are assuming she brought it in Evergreen Emerald Jul 2022 #3

Exactly. A State Dept. spokesperson said that Putin's Russia trumps up charges all the time. ancianita Jul 2022 #21

this could be part of why we are advised not to travel there treestar Jul 2022 #110

Not knowing the actual truth, my first thought was setup. If not, big mistake by her! Deuce Jul 2022 #61

This sybylla Jul 2022 #67

Hash oil really? If setup, the would have gone pounds of cocaine or heroin. jimfields33 Jul 2022 #75

Even putin is smart enough to know that ecstatic Jul 2022 #115

Putin's athletes have been banned from competition for drug use. tinrobot Jul 2022 #136

Clearly, all that was necessary was hash oil. Heroin and cocaine would not Roisin Ni Fiachra Jul 2022 #149

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Jul 2022 #76

She was the Russian's highest paid player. former9thward Jul 2022 #93

K&R betsuni Jul 2022 #4

At first it was reported Brittney Griner had empty thc cartridges. Emile Jul 2022 #5

agreeing with you onethatcares Jul 2022 #6

Nothing happens. The Jungle 1 Jul 2022 #24

When not everyone is caught, people say "they do it all the time", as if nobody is caught Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2022 #44

Last arrest I could find was in 2017 The Jungle 1 Jul 2022 #94

Can you remember who took office in 2017? All the same I commend the research you got Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2022 #96

"We know who they are and do nothing." stopdiggin Jul 2022 #128

I worked in shady countries for my corporation, gab13by13 Jul 2022 #7

precisely. on every point made. -(nt)- stopdiggin Jul 2022 #17

and for all our country's faults as to its legal system treestar Jul 2022 #40

"prisoner situations are 99% resolved in secret." KS Toronado Jul 2022 #64

Exactly My Experience ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #104

You are assuming guilt. and in a country known for political false arrests. delisen Jul 2022 #8

a point of which all are aware. but changes little or nothing stopdiggin Jul 2022 #14

the op pronounced her guilty bigtree Jul 2022 #118

I feel proper chastened stopdiggin Jul 2022 #126

assume the risk by going there voluntarily treestar Jul 2022 #111

I would have no baggage at all alphafemale Jul 2022 #9

Russia wants Victor Bout released to them. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #10

Two people are (primarily) responsible for this unfortunate stopdiggin Jul 2022 #11

I agree. And I saw one of the WNBA coaches slamming Biden yesterday too. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #12

Did she bring weed into Russia or was it planted? mucifer Jul 2022 #13

It was less than a gram, it was in her carry-on, she was alerted on by a dog, it's on video. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #19

Agreed. LisaL Jul 2022 #29

Thank you XanaDUer2 Jul 2022 #38

It's Very Easy RobinA Jul 2022 #92

I know,. I even thought about flying back from Seattle with it. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #99

Where did you get the idea it was planted? PJMcK Jul 2022 #20

It's Russia. I don't trust them mucifer Jul 2022 #36

I Don't Trust Them Either ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #105

I don't think anything was planted. LisaL Jul 2022 #28

The WNBA itself should be slammed for sending a team to an internationally sanctioned country, ffs. ancianita Jul 2022 #25

She wasn't playing for her WNBA team MichMan Jul 2022 #47

Well, you need to blame the players, not the WNBA. WNBA has nothing to do with where the BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #52

i would never bring the smallest amount of weed from colorado back to louisiana. rampartc Jul 2022 #30

This assumes that , Brittany Griner, did have two vape cartridges in her carry on luggage when she CentralMass Jul 2022 #15

You believe the Russians? Huh. ETA: Oh, I see you're not the only one! WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #16

You really think they're going to plant less than a gram of oil in a vape? BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #70

Having lived in Russia, dealt with Russian cops and had trouble at border crossings -- and being WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #84

Or hell, it could have been placed there in her russian hotel room. ecstatic Jul 2022 #117

My GUESS was that she had CBD vape cartriges. mackdaddy Jul 2022 #18

In this case ancianita Jul 2022 #22

She went before sanctions. LisaL Jul 2022 #26

I hear you. All the more convenient for Russia. ancianita Jul 2022 #35

WNBA is not sending players to Russia. LisaL Jul 2022 #39

Thanks for the correction. ancianita Jul 2022 #45

Why would the coach get involved in this beforehand? jimfields33 Jul 2022 #77

See #57. ancianita Jul 2022 #81

her Russian coach? stopdiggin Jul 2022 #130

The coach on the US team she played for Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #142

I believe the players aren't being sent there by the WNBA. They play over ther to supplement their CentralMass Jul 2022 #32

Yep, they play in Russia in WNBA off season. LisaL Jul 2022 #34

Fine. Then this is mostly on the coach, imo. ancianita Jul 2022 #37

It is on the player that decided to play in a totalitarian country for the money MichMan Jul 2022 #49

Yep, I was wrong about the facts. Everyone here is right. Thanks to all. ancianita Jul 2022 #148

I have to disagree. These are professional basketball players. CentralMass Jul 2022 #51

Okay, I concede all your points. Thanks for your post. ancianita Jul 2022 #53

Not Me ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #106

Thanks for the reply. I was tossing it out for discussion.. an article on the WNBA' s CentralMass Jul 2022 #107

I've Seen That Before ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #108

Yep, I was wrong about the facts. Everyone here is right. Thanks to all. ancianita Jul 2022 #147

What does her coach Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #143

Yep, I was wrong about the facts. Everyone here is right. Thanks to all. ancianita Jul 2022 #146

Her coach had nothing to do with this. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #54

Yep, I was wrong about the facts. Everyone here is right. Thanks to all. ancianita Jul 2022 #57

Yes, I agree with this. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Jul 2022 #114

Her coach and the WNBA Dorian Gray Jul 2022 #141

Russia uses American prisoners as pawns for negotiating IronLionZion Jul 2022 #27

While that might be true, I don't see anything suggesting vape cartridges were planted. LisaL Jul 2022 #31

Agreed, but the punishment is way too harsh and doesn't fit the crime IronLionZion Jul 2022 #41

They'd trade her for a Russian multigraincracker Jul 2022 #42

takes a lot of gall to act like that is Joe's problem treestar Jul 2022 #33

+1 betsuni Jul 2022 #50

I think there's a difference between "Joe's problem" & "Joe's fault." egduj Jul 2022 #90

not to me and not to anyone with sense treestar Jul 2022 #95

Acquire sense. egduj Jul 2022 #100

All opinion treestar Jul 2022 #109

respectfully disagree stopdiggin Jul 2022 #131

There are lots of Americans who have no respect for the laws of any other country malaise Jul 2022 #43

Exactly. Remember when Johnny Depp and Amber Heard smuggled their dogs into Australia? BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #55

She's being used as a pawn, plain and simple. Patton French Jul 2022 #46

including bashing Joe Biden on it? -(nt)- stopdiggin Jul 2022 #132

Not sure how you read that in what i said Patton French Jul 2022 #133

IF being the operative word - I agree. Maru Kitteh Jul 2022 #48

We really this sensitive to anything that could be misconscrued as negative toward Joe? 867-5309. Jul 2022 #56

I'm not so sure she did anything except go to Russia. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2022 #58

Agree beemerphill Jul 2022 #59

That is an assumption. Russia is corrupt an routinely detain U S. CentralMass Jul 2022 #66

Agree. I had to read several pages of warnings of what not to sinkingfeeling Jul 2022 #60

BULLSHIT Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #62

Fact: it was in her carry-on. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #73

Do you know they wouldn't? Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #80

Prescient? Where did I predict the future? BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #87

That isn't what "fact" means jcgoldie Jul 2022 #97

No, I never said that was a fact. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #103

Griner pamdb Jul 2022 #63

What coach. Her Russian coach? She was not playing for the WNBA over there. CentralMass Jul 2022 #69

As a reminder Biden said for months before the war for Americans not to travel FloridaBlues Jul 2022 #65

? Aaeia Jul 2022 #68

Right. The Russians are going to plant less than a gram in a vape cartridge. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #72

This is a country that regularly kills or imprisons people who don't tow the line. ecstatic Jul 2022 #120

I blame Canada! Vinnie From Indy Jul 2022 #74

What makes her think the Biden administration isn't doing anything to help? lees1975 Jul 2022 #78

She's in a Russian prison, my dude. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2022 #98

I smuggled bombs to Russia ... TomWilm Jul 2022 #79

My aunt put a smoked sausage in my suitcase tavernier Jul 2022 #88

It's a given. Snackshack Jul 2022 #82

The issue is emotional in nature. A woman is going to serve years of time in a Russian prison. Politicub Jul 2022 #83

Well she could be used as a bargaining chip in exchange for tge release of a real CentralMass Jul 2022 #86

Yeah, years ago I saw the movie "Midnight Express" - that alone pretty much seared in my mind Midwestern Democrat Jul 2022 #85

The show "Locked up Abroad" is very instructive XanaDUer2 Jul 2022 #89

I saw a story the other day Mad_Machine76 Jul 2022 #91

From the moment her arrest hit the news I said this: she was framed, this is the Soviet Union... Hekate Jul 2022 #101

By the way, Rick Stengel agrees with me 100%. He just finished speaking on Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC Hekate Jul 2022 #112

Well once again, all our problems can be traced back to AM radio and Fox News. Initech Jul 2022 #102

I get the feeling those blaming Biden are unaware this has happened before. maxsolomon Jul 2022 #113

Yes. betsuni Jul 2022 #119

I'm amazed this is news to them Hekate Jul 2022 #124

You have the Ukraine flag as your avatar ecstatic Jul 2022 #116

I have family in Latvia. tavernier Jul 2022 #144

There is the very real possibility that the Russians are lying about the charges. Jack the Greater Jul 2022 #121

She was likely in the wrong but I have sympathy for her position. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #122

What makes you think she was likely in the wrong? Jack the Greater Jul 2022 #123

If it was a setup don't you think they would have planted something more serious than hash oil? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #125

Like what? A .38 special? It would have to be believable. Hash oil is believeable. Jack the Greater Jul 2022 #152

Meth? Heroin? Cocaine? And a lot more of it. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #153

My luggage was searched when I entered Russia - they even questioned me about I book I had Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #129

Just stay home? NowISeetheLight Jul 2022 #134

Tavenier AKwannabe Jul 2022 #135

JMO but I think drugs were planted on her, she was set up Raine Jul 2022 #137

Maybe there's a general assumption that the charges are trumped up MandelaObama Jul 2022 #139

And now she has entered a guilty plea. nt BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #151

It would be a great P R move for Putin to release her DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #154

The last thing you said there. Yep. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #157

In 1972 if the Vietcong had killed me, I'd be a hash mark in a tally of the dead Model35mech Jul 2022 #155

That's my opinion, too. I'm also wondering why they weren't aware of the laws. The Vinca Jul 2022 #156