They don't seem to have any problem undoing the decisions of older courts, but this is their own ruling. That's gotta be tough, even for them.
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They don't seem to have any problem undoing the decisions of older courts, but this is their own ruling. That's gotta be tough, even for them.
Not sure what reasonable disagreement on Jan 6 looks like.
In this particular case, I'm not sure about that. They'd have to ignore their own words from just a few months ago in Trump v Wilcox.
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$8 trillion is more than a quarter of the entire US GDP for 2024, so proof will be rather difficult to come by.
Obviously wrong. The real number is $847.2 tergillion.
Millions of lives, not hundreds of thousands. The Commonwealth Fund estimated that the vaccines saved over 3 million lives in the US alone--and that was in 2022. That might be high, but it's beyond any doubt that they have saved millions of lives globally.
The only real question here: Is she just lying, or is she so completely delusional that she actually believes this horseshit? I don't see a third option.
And, as usual, his numbers are wrong. Clemens is third in total strikeouts, not second.
Altman also directed the pilot episode of The Gallant Men, Combat's short-lived sibling. Both were WW2 dramas that debuted on ABC in 1962, with Combat set in France and TGM in Italy. TGM lasted only one season.
Why did Trump nominate someone who's smart and brave and apolitical? Did he confuse her with someone else? It's so out of character.
The Minneapolis mayor said "ππͺπ¨π© prayer." He wasn't attacking prayer. He was saying that it's not enough. The GOP seems incapable of understanding subtleties of expression.
Sure, but there's not as much litter.
The claim is along the lines of "the noise drives them crazy and they beach themselves." Or something like that.
Well, whales. Obviously.
Submarines killing birds is a much bigger problem, and no one talks about it.
Hegseth: "Wait, what? Isn't that backwards? Isn't it illegal to NOT be under the influence on a boat?"
Posse.
Good to know that 1944 takes place after 1923. I wasn't sure. They don't say how long after, though.
Well, honestly, if the President does it, that means that it is not illegal. I heard that somewhere.
Police evidence locker, unless Barrel smelled it.
BTW, I think it reminded me of the Hospital for Sick Children, which I passed by in Toronto a few years ago. I'm not convinced that there are many hospitals for healthy children. :-)
To be absolutely clear, I was not in *any* way denigrating either Dr. Mann or the university. The university's name was just amusing to an American ear--an educational uni as opposed to one that is not for education. Thank you for the explanation of the name. That's interesting info.
I think the Alaska "summit" may have been an Epstein distraction, but the takeover of cities is not. It's the main event.
Exactly right. I posted something similar before seeing your comment.
Excess deaths was also the definitive data showing that the COVID pandemic was real, but it was ignored by most. This allowed deniers to claim that many deaths reported as having been caused by COVID actually had other causes.
Congratulations, thoroughly well deserved. I do think "Educational University" is a funny name. π
And where did this "special military operation" occur, sir?
lololol
Lighten up, Francis.
Nitpicky, like who started the war?
Uhhhhh, no.
Well, since his memory extends to about 4 hours tops, this is an accurate statement.
Also change "favored" to "demanded."
Obviously. The comment was sarcastic.
Coke's market cap is triple Starbucks. Clearly its CEO is wildly underpaid.
"Smug" is too charitable. The dude was literally rolling his eyes at an entirely reasonable question.
Is "Are these guys dense?" a rhetorical question?
Honestly, this feels more like an intervention than a summit.
It's likely that there's also some riffraff.
And even if it *were* true, dead people receiving ballots is not the same thing as dead people voting, nor is it the same thing as dead people's votes being counted. PS: Almost every case I've seen of fraudulent votes actually being cast for dead persons has been done by Republicans.
Of course they're lying. They lie from the moment they wake up until the moment they go to sleep. They probably lie in their dreams, too.
BTW, it's California that leads in solar, but the rest of the top 5 are all red or leaning-red states: TX, FL, AZ, NC.
Yup. TX leads the nation in wind energy and ranks second in solar. On an average day, wind & solar produce ~30% of the state's electricity, but on some particularly windy & sunny days it can hit 70% or more.
Solar destroys farmers? Solar : Farmers :: Windmills* : Whales * Wind turbines, actually
Damn, you beat me to it.
Also sandwiches.
Yup. I did.
No worries, and thank you for not being angry. π BTW, there's also "barefaced lie". Same roots, same meaning. The phrases go waaaayyy back, to at least the 1600s.
Fake Aaron.
I hate to be "that guy," but just so you know--the phrase is "bald-faced," not "bold-faced." The idea was, it's easier to detect a lie on a face that is unobstructed by facial hair. I am in 100% agreement with your sentiments, though. π
They just make up whatever the fuck they want, don't they?
"We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting" is a blatant lie. Countries with "no-excuse" mail-in voting include Canada, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and several others. Many more allow conditional mail-in voting.
Wow. Is this a court filing or a Truth Social post?
Sorry, a Scott Adams YouTube video is not actual evidence.
I feel like I've heard this story before. Some German guy I think.
I think Trump's real goal was to get everyone to STFU about Epstein for a while. He certainly succeeded in that.
Also, what deal?
For the record, mail-in votes *are* paper ballots.
Too little, too late, Mike.
Bye.
OK, instead of just posting a lazy gif, explain to me exactly how accepting that a ship was brilliantly designed makes you a Nazi. To be clear, again, the guy IS a fascist--but not because of this.
Churchill is reputed to have said that if you can destroy 10% of an attacking force, you can eventually destroy all of it. Although there's no explicit quote that I can find, this is in line with his expressed view of the power of sustained resistance. Seems apropos.
It's so fun to note that there is little presence in the parts of DC where most of the crime actually occurs,
I hope they have been warned not to throw sandwiches at anyone.
This part doesn't bother me very much. The Bismarck *was* a beautiful ship (and most of the Kriegsmarine sailors weren't party members). Admiring the Bismark doesn't make him a Nazi. It's everything else about him that does.
I'm sure the National Guard will be picking him up soon.
Actually, now that I think more about it, he might have referring to spoilers on cars rather than aerodynamic drag per se. It's been a long time. :-)
I was taught in high school physics that aerodynamic drag is not a significant factor at speeds under about 50mph. Of course, I graduated from high school in 1967. It's possible that either physics or our understanding of it has changed since then. π
... wasn't important *to Trump*
Well, sure. Obviously injured children are terrorists. Duh.
I'm not sure why everyone thinks Trump "lost" the ridiculous Putin summit. Yes, he looked weak and feckless, but in my view the summit itself wasn't important. The real purpose was to stop everyone from talking about Epstein, and in that regard he was wildly successful.
Irony is dead.
Trump didn't lose. He stopped everyone talking about Epstein for a few days. That was the entire point of the exercise IMO.
Sure, but what happens when the episode re-runs on a different night? LAWSUIT! π
Why has no one released "I Threw the Sandwich," set to the tune of "I Shot the Sheriff"? Come on, people.
I've lived in the DC region for more 50 years, and I've never heard anyone refer to any part of the city as "West End." Not once, not ever. I think that's indicative of how well these people actually know the District.
The dastardly DC sandwich attack did produce the funniest sentence ever printed in the @nytimes.com:
That's right. And every time I ask for evidence of rampant voter fraud, the evidence I get is mostly voter *registration* fraud, which is not the same thing at all. Fraudulent registrations rarely result in fraudulent votes.
Numbers I like: "I did that!!!" Numbers I don't like: "Fake!! Rigged!!"
Yes! My mom taught me that one, probably about 70 years ago.
And the only thing voter ID requirements prevent is in-person voter impersonation, a crime that is virtually unknown in the US.
Somehow no one seems to have noticed that he says he's going to *replace* the potholes on DC. Yes, replace. He's going to remove the old shitty potholes and replace them with shiny new ones. Presumably gilded.
I hope that you'll post the result of this--and that you'll get that response BEFORE you escalate it to the media, etc. This really does sound like some kind of misunderstanding or miscommunication, since the policy makes no sense at all. But if that actually *is* the policy, we're all doomed.
Yeah, I would also check directly with the teacher. This just doesn't sound right. I suspect that there was some misunderstanding.
With all due respect--and I am not being sarcastic with that--I have a lot of trouble believing that this is actually what the teacher said.
This is just silly. VJ Day was the end of a war that killed tens of millions. There's nothing racist (or whatever it is that the OP thinks is wrong with it) about celebrating that.
They were all democratically elected by the people of their respective cities. Is that not what you were very strongly going for?
Pickleball!
Hiatus!!!! /s
Not to mention that it's profoundly wrong from a legal perspective as well. The Constitution grants the right of due process to all *persons* in the US, not just citizens. Anyone who doesn't understand the most basic rights granted by the US Constitution should not hold public office.
"All itβs missing is a shuffleboard court and a bingo caller" -- and the 14-year-old spa attendants.
"We fucking told you" -- over and over and over and over and ...
Oh yes, there are absolutely people who think this. It's what Trump kept telling them, and they're too lazy and/or dumb to check. I've talked to several of these people. You simply can't budge them.
That is absolutely true *but* I don't see an obvious reason why it's going to turn around. I feel like it can only get worse.
No worries. The GOP will just add 20 safe seats.
Maybe a few multibillionaires could get together and restore this funding with loose change from under their sofa cushions.
Oh, so this is why they are resurrecting the Confederate statue in DC. Makes sense now. Celebrating the right things and the right people.
"Partly this is because sceptics havenβt really had a new idea since 1994...." My favorite sentence from your post. This is 100% true--I've been responding to the same stupid "arguments" for 30 years. Very good piece, thanks.