>>1528860

"I was amazed at the number of arrests, it feels excessive," admits Muriel Gestas, a lawyer who has represented several people accused of arson, including two firefighters. She doubts many will lead to a conviction.

The newspaper Le Monde is also unconvinced. It questions to what extent police have examined these cases, given the short time frame.

The authorities' silence on the details - the specific charges, notably whether they involve intent and how the numbers compare with past seasons - rules out any meaningful comparison with previous years, it argues.

But Bordeaux prosecutor Renaud Gaudeul told Le Monde that a tough approach was justified by current circumstances.

"The conditions for a charge of endangering lives are met for those who throw a cigarette butt or light a barbecue in wooded areas. It only takes a tiny spark for it to start," the newspaper quoted him as saying.

Working out how a fire started is, unsurprisingly, not easy.

"In periods of drought such as this one, all you need is a simple lighter," explains Eric Dufayet, an officer who investigates fires.

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>>1528861

"With cigarettes, it's called the '30' rule," says Eric Dufayet. To start a fire, he explains, there must be "a temperature of at least 30C (86F), a maximum of 30% humidity, wind of less than 30km/h (19mph), and at least 30% of the cigarette unburnt."

In the current drought, he says it is even easier. If those conditions are met, a fire can easily spread, and fast.

According to Michel Lejoyeux, a professor of psychiatry and addictive behaviour at Paris 7 University, people who start fires fall into three categories: those who are careless, those who benefit - with an insurance payout, for example - and pyromaniacs.

"The pyromaniac doesn't get money, has no spirit of revenge, has no utility of the fire, but he likes the fire," he says.

However, pyromania is a rare psychiatric disorder that Lejoyeux says is very difficult to diagnose, and accounts for few arson convictions.

Lawyer Muriel Gestas, who has handled several such cases, says some firefighters alleged to have started fires may have wanted to be seen as saviours. For others - notably volunteers earning tax-free overtime - the motive may be financial.

Amid concerns over how officials are pursuing suspects, broader worries about wildfires are far from abating. Forecasts suggest France's next heatwave is only days away.

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>ESL shill advocates that they should be put down like a rabid dog

>combating forest fires is racist

>>1528733
I repeat civil war has now commenced, you are now the enemy, pay for the ball room with your blood and your possessions will be confiscated by the state to aid in its renovations. Do so and you die a patriot, stand against us and die a domestic terrorist.

>>1528748
exactly! trump is a gay faggot and wants his ballroom for grooming kids. that's literally why he's building it. gotta read between the lines DUMBASS

>destroying part of the White House
Purely for the sake of vanity? WTF sense does that make, you dumb assholes? It's simply petty bullshit.
Democrats making a gay senile retard obsessed with ballrooms rebuild that part of the White House to as it was before can never be petty, though.
Rape dungeons are for subhuman projecting rightard pedos that want access to undocumented boys to rape in a dungeon.
>>1525962
As a commenter in that thread says:
>esl shill literally wakes up and defends pedophiles every single day
100% of chomos are miggers and their oinking projecting liggy miggy piggy protectors.

>>1528733
>Why? Separation of Powers.
$400 million doesn't just appear out of nowhere. Get the funds from Congress or fuck off from destroying federal property.

>>1528803
Fact check: True. Donald J Trump has described the now deceased homosexual jewish mob lawyer Roy Cohn as his ‘mentor’.

>>1528498
Hypergamous women exist in Republicans too, retard

>>1528489
..... His last name was Hunt... As in he's on the hunt... Nevermind. You don't get it. All that self-righteousness has ruined any sense of humor you might've had. Many such cases.

>>1528629
I don't know what your antifa tranny ass is talking about? No one cares about faggots beating the dead horse called "racism" anymore to gain political power.
Eat shit, faggot (I know you do).

>>1528702
you throw a lot of tantrums

>>1528236
He should not have done that. A sidewalk is not a church basement or a gay dungeon, even if there are crosses or rainbow flags.

>>1528705
>>1528707
why do you always spam like this esl shill. it just makes you look more mentally ill

>>1528705
>faggot screeching intensifies
Wanna know something funny? I made 70$ off of twitch today, so by your logic I represent you because I'm a bigger streamer than the banned asmongold. As your representative, I'm outing you as a massive faggot. Wait, no I'm not, that's painfully obvious.
>>1528707
So why should I listen to you, you're also just a worthless nobody, people pay to watch me, who the fuck pays to listen to yo-
>gather 100k democrats that say the contrary to him otherwise that is a consensus.
OH SHIT, apparently I DO, that's not how a native English speaker would structure that sentence.
>The person you explicitly don't agree with represents you by DEFINITION.
Yeah, see, you clearly need to work on your English definitions.
>faggot seething intensifies
Yeah, I know you're probably going to argue that in a representative democracy people who represent me don't 100% align with my political beliefs. Because if I was a desperate retard in your position, that's probably the argument I'd make. (Neat trick, huh? That's called empathy).
Thing is, I didn't vote for hassan, he literally does not represent me in government, and I have different opinions than hassan that I regularly espouse in a public forum, so he literally does not represent me in any sense of the word, any more than neonazis or fucking ram ranch represents you just because you're a fascist faggot.
>the .002% of the democrats that voted in the last election watch hassan is a consensus
Yeah, that's about the math proficiency I'd expect from a retard. Also, I think he's done that on his own, I've seen plenty of articles condemning things he's done and they weren't exactly right wing. Since this is a thread about a different loser streamer and you're already deflecting, then I'll bring up Kristy Puppy-Shooter to point out you don't actually care about cruelty to animals. I mean YOU might, but if you're trying to pin some faggot on twitch on me, then it's just to distract from who represents you.

>>1528754
moving the goalposts against I see you uneducated ESL shill.
ahh yes always moving the goalposts. such a pathetic display of humanity. Gotta love the grammar nazi complaints coming from a retard who can't have a coherent argument and just keeps grasping at nonsense.

>>1528793
>Gets BTFO on literally every point. Hyperfixates on the terrible, esl level grammar they used to deflect from how sore their asshole is from being the board's bitch.

Cool, concession accepted, now shut up faggot.

Any alt right jew shill can be automatically assumed to be a derranged child rapist

>>1528653
Well, if we want to use the average incubation period of 5 years...Biden.

>>1528664
>B-B-B-Biden
esl shill is just howling non sequiturs now
this is just proof we need immigrants, because white chuds are going to implode if they don't have any scapegoats

>>1528668
>Blame everything on gRumpf.
>Mad when events better align with Bodeen.
Interesting. Concession accepted again.

>esl shill thinks everything is biden or trump

>literal medieval dark-ages poverty disease on the rise
USA has been a third world shithole for that long already?
whew how time flies

>>1528670
The visigoths were, but they didn't integrate and later turned against Rome.
History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

>>1528679
>He was born in modern day Bulgaria, which by that time had been part of the empire for ~400 years and he was from a family that had Roman citizenship for generations. He was just a normal Roman.
And what were they before that, anon?

>>1528686
>The visigoths were, but they didn't integrate and later turned against Rome.
They "didn't integrate" because the Eastern Romans literally vassalized them, used them as frontline troops against the West Romans, then basically left them out to dry after they took most of the casualties. And this was after a previous series of gothic rebellions because they got taxed to shit and treated as second class citizens.

The lesson is "Don't treat your vassals like pawns because they'll eventually decide they'd rather take over than fight your battles for you."

>>1528679
>Historical illiteracy is the basis of your entire argument.
Bold words from someone who standing by the claim that Rome fell because of an action the Western empire had been doing for over 400 years and the Eastern empire continued to do for 1000 more.

>>1528667
>Of course, prior to that the empire was already reduced to a skeleton of its former self due to decades of economic failure and civil wars,
Shouldn't have all the immigrants caused economic prosperity? Why did they keep experiencing economic failure and civil wars?

>>1528622
>That figure is a modeled estimate.
Yes, it is bullshit, I know it, You know it.
>>1528634
No activist bullshit.

>>1528644
>sea lioning intensifies

>>1528644
>No activist bullshit.
Every source on there is backed by raw data.

>>1528506
I found my office on the DOGE list, and while they threatened to take our office space away they eventually backed off, but kept it on the list as “savings” anyway. So who knows what was actually cancelled.

Does anyone else think that the rise of pro-China sentiment online is a direct result of DOGE gutting USAID and the propaganda it supports? There’s no way the US government is giving away money solely for charity. I think the Chinese government saw an opportunity and used it to build soft power.

>>1528511
I thought the jannies blocked this automated spam bot.

>>1528510
>like peering into the uncanny valley
That's called a mirror.

>>1528001
>article about Russia getting humiliated
>IMMEDIATELY derailed with general racism
How telling.

>>1528525
This is insufferable, but I insightful. It is from thread that I was able to come to the conclusion that the users derailing average threads on other boards are foreign agents.

They just bring up trans stuff out of nowhere. Which then turns into an argument about that. Also how the fuck did we get talking about different races if the article is about two white countries.

Like goddamn

>>1528633
This isn’t even a story because Russia has a history of incompetence. The entire Russian invasion of Ukraine will go down as one of the most embarrassing Russian military campaigns since the Russo-Japanese war of the 1900s

>>1528373
It's visa fraud you stupid fucking, bitch.
Visa fraud is a crime, and I'm not the person you were sealioning with your horseshit.
If you wan laws cited it's there.
Title 22 Chapter 1e 41.31b2i:
>The term pleasure, as used in INA 101(a)(15)(B) for the purpose of visa issuance, refers to legitimate activities of a recreational character, including tourism, amusement, visits with friends or relatives, rest, medical treatment, and activities of a fraternal, social, or service nature,
>> and does not include obtaining a visa for the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child by giving birth in the United States.
Title 18 U.S. Code 1546:combined with 28 U.S. Code 1746 prohibit birth tourism.
This is the problem with being a fagwitted armchair dildo sucking lawfaggot on a Belarusian faggot hanging website.

>>1528373
Oh shit, BTFO'd. lol. Liggerals really are stupid jerks.

>>1528358
>Can't define birth tourism in a way that doesn't conflict with the law.
I accept your concession.

>>1528373
If it is a form of Visa Fraud, and Visa fraud is a crime....
You should be able to solve this.

>>1528375
>medical treatment
So coming to the US to have a kid is valid because birthing is a medical treatment and people are allowed to come to the US for medical tourism
ESL shill self BTFO again

esl shill tantrum commencing. pop some popcorn

>>1528223
Will you stop sucking big pharma cock?
If Dr Fauci goes to jail for 4 months like Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress that doesn't actually hurt you

>>1528258
so you won't stop talking to yourself

You will keep claiming everyone who disagrees with you is the same person and call them esl shill

So you won't stop sucking Dr Fauci's cock

>>1527990
I mean there are various countries with white/european muslims, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo for example. He could also be Turkish and/or from central Asia.
>>1528023
Yeah it's pretty silly. With the same logic christian should mean black lmao. I imagine some people here would get a bit upset with that kek.

>>1528378

Those aren't white people, Anon.

Muslims are all brown, everywhere on Earth. Brown Muslims convert through sea, through murder, through genocide. None of those children are white, they're Arabs.

Those areas are dominated by Arab's bringing their religion. That blood is still in those Muslims.

Have you ever seen a white person, Anon?

>>1528388
God you're esl

>>1528388
>Brown Muslims convert through sea, through murder, through genocide. None of those children are white, they're Arabs.
Do you think Indonesians and Nigeriens are Arab? Muslims convert through genocide is some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen. Do you think there are only 2 races, white and Arab?

>>1528388
>Muslims are all brown, everywhere on Earth.
Have you actually looked at the people who inhabit turkey and iran

>>1528240
thats given jurisdiction and the ability to do so, SPECIFICALLY being given the ability by congress to subpeona shit WITHOUT oversights, EXPLICITLY by design. because it IS congress. its THEIR people.

congress didnt just go "oops lmao, howd that slip by, golly". they fucking designed it intentionally. its its FUCKING JOB

>>1528262
you know you still lost the argument right esl shill

>>1528262
>thats given jurisdiction and the ability to do so, SPECIFICALLY being given the ability by congress to subpeona shit WITHOUT oversights, EXPLICITLY by design. because it IS congress. its THEIR people.
But they aren't congress as a whole. The matter can still be brought to congress as a whole, which it wasn't.

>>1528266
esl shill doesn't understand congress, they're arguing like a child

>>1527767
>Judge Enjoliqué Aytch Lett
>Aytch
H
Her(?) Middle name is just the letter H spelled out.
That's absurd.

>>1528136
>I mentioned it only to point out how fundamentally wrong you are about how reforms work
You literally just admitted you need a constitutional amendment, which you aren't getting

> you'll keep parroting the same lukewarm talking points from 30 years ago about prohibition and economic impacts you're not qualified to assess.
You love to ignore how when weed got legalized the cartel immediately took a massive, demonstratable profit hit, right?

>You won't be done hauling your load of bullshit until the day your drug habit fucking kills you.
Wait weren't you saying I'm a stoner? You can't overdose on weed lmao.

>>1527728
Beer tastes really bad

>>1527740
Until he comes out and makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against anyone who smokes weed, he hasn’t accomplished anything on this front

>>1527740
>pushing for rescheduling from 1 to 3, aka going from Meth to tylenol effectively.
Methamphetamine is Schedule 2. You can get it at the grocery store. Schedule 1 is a complete joke because all the really destructive drugs have obvious therapeutic uses that make them Schedule 2

>>1528140
Reporting that post as trolling is pretty telling. But I can understand being pro-drug dealer and getting btfo on policy issues is a bigger pill to swallow than anon is probably used to. Get well soon faggot.

>>1527859
Dystopian as fuck.

>>1527859
Back to the Future 2 showed the 2020s as a really amazing place, but what is it in real life?!? Hurr Durr the TV anchor is a computer!!!

Sorry, had a bit of a stroke there. The aticle text will be below.

Charlie Hatcher, the former state agricultural commissioner, rode support from prominent establishment Republicans to a victory over Ogles, a controversial congressman backed by President Donald Trump. He is a heavy favorite in the general election in the deep-red district.

Ogles was outraised and outspent on the airwaves, largely because of a massive ad effort from a pro-clean energy group — a last-minute campaign Ogles criticized in an interview with Fox News.

While Ogles had arguably the most important endorsement in a GOP primary in Trump’s, Hatcher had backing from Gov. Bill Lee, former Gov. Bill Haslam and other prominent Republicans, like former Trump Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

Ogles has faced various controversies over the years. He said this year that Muslims don’t belong in American society, deleted a homophobic social media post after having blamed a staffer and argued last year that the federal government should revoke future New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship and deport him.

He was also investigated on suspicion of campaign finance violations; he has not been charged with any crimes. Ogles told The Associated Press that the Justice Department returned his cellphone, which it had seized during the investigation.

But while Ogles had fended off a well-funded primary opponent before, he couldn’t do it this time. Hatcher didn’t run away from Trump, either, despite Trump’s support for Ogles. Hatcher aligned himself with Trump and his policies and sought to contrast himself with Ogles.

“Think what President Trump could do if our congressman spent less time talking and more time doing,” reads a quote on Hatcher’s website.

Ogles is the ninth House member — six Democrats and three Republicans — to lose a primary this year. That’s the most in a nondecennial redistricting year since 1970, according to Vital Statistics on Congress.

Two senators, Republicans Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas, also lost their primaries, and an additional House member — Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas — finished second in his primary and then decided to drop out of the race and resign before a GOP runoff.