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We can’t ask [DHS] to deal with cybersecurity, to deal with disaster response, to deal with securing the border, and then at the same time put another unnecessary federal regulation on this agency. That, to me, is asinine, our primary mission is securing the people of this country. – Michael Guest	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
They could possibly be out free which is asinine to me, i’m dealing with the life of my son that will never ever be back and they [his murderers] will one day be free and be able to live their life. That’s what I am fighting for right now. – Julian Andrade	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I understand that there is a pandemic going around, but we really need to realize that some of the measures they are putting into place are asinine, are ridiculous. – Duncan Lemp	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I know that sounds asinine. – Daniel Lebensohn	Found on CNN 8 years ago
She's a prisoner of a giant testicle who has a lot of saliva going on and she does not want to wear that thing and it's ultimately that chain, which you're now indicating is some sort of accessory to SM, that is used to kill the giant saliva testicle, that's asinine. – Carrie Fisher	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I've been doing this for over 30 years. This is the most asinine act I've ever seen a police officer make -- totally unwarranted, it's an absolute tragedy in the year 2015 that anyone would behave in this manner. It was senseless. – Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I am desensitized to things like that, but it has been happening to black lives for so long, if there is no video, folks don't believe it because it sounds so asinine that something like this would ever happen in this country. But with a video, you can't say it's not happening. – Alexis Templeton	Found on CNN 9 years ago

We can’t ask [DHS] to deal with cybersecurity, to deal with disaster response, to deal with securing the border, and then at the same time put another unnecessary federal regulation on this agency. That, to me, is asinine, our primary mission is securing the people of this country.

– Michael Guest

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They could possibly be out free which is asinine to me, i’m dealing with the life of my son that will never ever be back and they [his murderers] will one day be free and be able to live their life. That’s what I am fighting for right now.

– Julian Andrade

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I understand that there is a pandemic going around, but we really need to realize that some of the measures they are putting into place are asinine, are ridiculous.

– Duncan Lemp

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I know that sounds asinine.

– Daniel Lebensohn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

She's a prisoner of a giant testicle who has a lot of saliva going on and she does not want to wear that thing and it's ultimately that chain, which you're now indicating is some sort of accessory to SM, that is used to kill the giant saliva testicle, that's asinine.

– Carrie Fisher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I've been doing this for over 30 years. This is the most asinine act I've ever seen a police officer make -- totally unwarranted, it's an absolute tragedy in the year 2015 that anyone would behave in this manner. It was senseless.

– Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I am desensitized to things like that, but it has been happening to black lives for so long, if there is no video, folks don't believe it because it sounds so asinine that something like this would ever happen in this country. But with a video, you can't say it's not happening.

– Alexis Templeton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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