mmmm. i think there is a chance we get a death of stalin moment. like he’s found death in the morning and they keep it secret for4-5hrs, maybe a little longer. maybe say he’s sick and taking the day off while they try to make plans. then when they’ve fetched JD to be sworn in, they go live.
and the gang members fight back with guns and more. so they kidnap pastors and grandmas.
yes. that is the disaster he wants. all this. the masked agents. the military in the street. the gutting of the anti-terrorism ppl at CIA/FBI is specially to invite an incident.
so could DC residents stand around with long guns? that’s what the local gun laws say? cuz i’m pretty sure they are violating the law simply standing there with long guns.
you know what else happens when the govt/the elite lose credibility? populism. and trump has been riding the populist wave to dictatorship for a decade.
can we just admit this is the same goal as congress for like 70yrs with the rise of the national security state? some might even say 100yrs with the creation of executive branch agencies that exercise congressional powers like rule making and spending.
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my understanding is that pre-1960s-70s when the NRA turned, the courts, even the supreme, treated the 2A as not relevant anymore bc we had “well regulated militias” now. the first federal guns laws which where un-controversial for decades would never make it in the courts now.
weeeell. it is asked in the present tense. sooooo, kinda only one answer, especially if you are as ignorant of history as a prager U student (go devils). youtu.be/f22hgrpCtqg?...
does question 18, answer B say the right to “arm” the military? cuz that’s the right answer. it was abt arming the military(aka local militias, national guard). we had no standing army. so if a rebellion (let’s say by slaves) happened, the federal forces would take weeks to arrive.
yup, the only question is does the military follow his orders or not. we are constantly assured the military won’t follow illegal orders, but not so much since whiskey pete took over and start firing top generals.
not destruction of the law, enforcement of the law. the philadelphia DA says he will charge federal agents with state criminal charges for unlawful restraint, kidnappings, and murder.
investigate trumps health. call his docs to testify. call others in the white house that have seen his health up close. investigate his crypto companies. investigate the airplane he extorted. investigate the intel extortion. investigate Gabbard. do it all. see what get’s traction.
obviously it’s because of hurricane season. they are going to nuke a hurricane. they told him no the first time. this time there will be no ‘NO’.
illegal you say? so why aren’t why aren’t local police depts trailing, investigating, and arresting this federal agents? seriously, they swap licenses plate. arrest them. no traffic infractions that would allow locals to pull over and investigate? dem mayors and govs are worthless.
yes, multi-member proportional voting system like german’s is the way. i still haven’t seen a good legal analysis arguing for this. not being a constitutional legal scholar, it appears to be illegal. But first step, bump house to 1500 members. only takes a simple law. (then scotus to 29).
sure agree, but i don’t think it’s enforceable. if we are going to promote unenforceable shit, i’d go for announcements by the gov that any national guard deployed to the state will be arrested.
i think this is going to cause a backlash. the anger over this is simmering. we didn’t ask for this. we don’t want it. someone will make a shit ton of money offering AI/automation free services. otherwise, human on robot violence is going to become an epidemic.
got to be some way to work in that it was the Republicans helping them to do all of it. the real “silent majority” was lobbyists writing legislation that only benefits the disgustingly rich.
day 2: start a dozen impeachment investigations against emile bove, clarence thomas, alito, kavanaugh, trump, whiskey pete, etc. taking the house means they have the power to investigate. use it. constant hearings and subpoenas.
why? which way do you think the supremes will go? are they likely to stop delaying a direct confrontation with T?
yeah. probably. dark web. trump pardoned the silk road guy. so open season on all manner of sex trafficking, drugs, murder for hire, money laundering. thank you crypto.
my misspent youth listening to howard stern on the way to school introduced me to the org. (he interviewed some guy from the org). not gonna google if it’s still around.
so it wasn’t immediately stayed pending appeal to scotus?
why did i read that as irredentist? must be our president and putin laying claim to foreign lands.
weird. my first thought was, omg ken is speaking at the NAMBLA national conference.
mmmmm. i don’t think so. he’s just the worst at covering for it. (aka he lacks political skill)
haha. you missed the disclaimer at the bottom of all of this court’s ruling. *offer only applies to republican presidents.
yes, and that notion runs counter to the Roberts court’s love affair with the “unitary executive theory”.
i think it’s 50:50 they say the courts don’t have the authority to overrule a presidential finding of a state of emergency, that only congress that has granted the power can do it. they are playing for time until they have to rule against something Trump really really cares abt.
yup. i think it’s 50:50 they say the courts don’t have the authority to overrule a presidential finding of a state of emergency, that only congress that has granted the power can do it.
yeah. nothing done until the supremes have weighed in. they might find a way to give him this power, or delay the case by a yr.
thus opinion polling finding a 95% approval of the govt is meaningless. it couldn’t be otherwise without violating level 2 speech rules.
polling in an authoritarian state is a ridiculous thing to base an argument on, especially one where someone is asked to voice dissatisfaction with the govt. most chinese steer clear of all political opinion, as do most russians. none of their business. leave that to other ppl.
yeah. sorry bob. 70% just isn’t enough in our “democracy”. minimum wage, abortion rights, universal background checks for guns, etc etc etc
that’s why you should lead an effect to bring those grant making agencies into the legislative branch. create legislative agencies like CBO or GAO to allocate congressional funds. spending is a legislative power. take it back.
He’s openly pro-eugenics. The old and weak should die, he says while shooting up Testosterone and human growth hormone.
wow. you woke up with your head in a cheese ball jar in college too? we should start a support group.
wow. awesome site. looks like the mormons are behind it. (part of ancestry_com). university libraries used to collect a lot of back issues. i would guess they are doing the same with modern digital only sites? but, shouldn’t there be a systematic/legal system to capture everything?
sounds like bottom line is central bank independence is just a psychological comfort animal. the machinations mostly have no, or indeterminate, effects. simply, the ruse must be maintained for sake of tradition. change is big scary for the financial system.
what happens to these archives when one of these publishers goes out of business? should they be required by law to turn them over to national archive after some number of years? the digital versions of these just disappear forever. history is erased.
long past time for a shadow cabinet.
during a political realignment, the old forces/issues that hold a party lose salience and melt a away. new organizing principles slowly emerge that bring together a new stable coalition. it’s why trumpism won’t survive. he’s the only thing holding the party’s various factions together.
yeah, i don’t quite psychologically get it. is it a way for daydreaming about the hobby? are they chasing some high from the first time? are they trying to squeeze 0.1% more enjoyment out of it? but at some point, it transitions to as you say “hobby is the acquisition.
yes but what would your driveway looks like if you still had all the gear you’ve bought over the years? guns last. they play with them. there’s always a current favorite they use on the range. they clean them. buy some as collector. antique or hard to find. buy some as investments.
i think it’s just what ppl with hobbies do. guns are their hobby. golfers are alway buying a new club. sports fishers. it’s always a new rod/reel. backpacking/hiking. there’s alway new gadgets/gear to buy.
i think it’s not so much shopping addiction. it’s what ppl with hobbies do. guns are their hobby. golfers are alway buying a new club. sports fishers. it’s always a new rod/reel. backpacking/hiking. there’s alway new gadgets/gear to buy.
Never stop him before. Narcissists alway blame everyone else. The truth never stands in their way.
Yeah. That’s not populism tho.
So 1st amendment violation.
in what way? the campaign was just standard republican stuff, tax cuts, privatizations (social security in this case), and restoring character to the oval.
yes the party does have a pattern of picking extraordinarily bad presidential candidates, but i think those campaigns didn’t have the populist component. yes ppl think being in DC corrupts politicians and so always kind of hate them. however, the ppl didn’t yet want to tear down the system.
2016 and 2024 are the same election with the same result. following the 2008 financial meltdown, the country turn populist. it lost trust in the elites. what do the dems put up as a nominees? 2 incredible avatars of DC insider elites.
ummm. on 1, jesus is god, fully god, the same god as the old testament god, who is also fully god, and then there’s a ghost hanging around who’s also fully god. yet there is just one god.
2016 and 2024 are the same election with the same result. following the 2008 financial meltdown, the country turn populist. it lost trust in the elites. what do the dems put up as a nominees? 2 incredible avatars of DC insider elites.
everybody. skip the fucking prayers and contact your representatives and senators, especially the R ones. do the same with state level reps. make this a single issue voter priority.
looking at the cookies section, it doesn’t appear that consent must be thru pop-ups. in fact it says tech neutral. so just put it in settings in my browser. let the site ask permission from my browser not me.
why can’t there be a setting in my browser where i set my cookie policy one time? ditto other legally required pop-ups.
well only like 1/3 of colonists actively supported independence. so there is hope with the right people in the right places we can restore democratic self governing again.
why shouldn’t they believe that? what evidence is there to the contrary? J6, global financial crisis, iraq war lies, torture program, all the laws broken in the 1st admin. elite impunity is the default. probably have to go back to the 80s to find any accountability.
all stems from the thinking that public opinion springs into the world like an immutable law of nature. when have ppl ever change their minds? never heard of such a thing.
what if someone invents new tech, like say fabrics or animals skins to go over the hands and protects them from hot surfaces? not sure what you would call such a disruptive tech.
how much of this is because they think this is a good way to nab “illegals” they encounter in the process? immigrants live in immigrant communities.
their are ppl born to commit violent crime. we call them men.
Yeah. Heard this pitch already from Biden. Then, we elected him and he did fuck all to save the republic. Then we heard it again from Harris, and ppl said fuck the status quo. It sucks. We want something different. But sure. Seems like a 3rd time it will work.
if only the rich might adopt a “noblesse oblige” philosophy again, but better to force it thru high taxes than depend on hope they find their humanity in luxurious excess.
ahhahahahahahha. do you know how a blind trust works? he can call up the trust manager tomorrow and ask for $100million be depositing in his bank. he only doesn’t know what the specific investments are.
no. the more the merrier. but brave? risky? nah. welcome, but this savior seeking instinct is why we are in this situation. the existence of billionaires is the root of our deprivations. for me, there is no such thing as a “good” billionaire. they are a threat to democracy.
no. i’m saying, good, but not worthy of special praise. not particularly brave of him. it’s literally the absolutely least he could do. what would you do to fight fascism if you had a few billion? good on him. welcome whatever is on offer. wish more was on offer.
sure. they are everywhere. i’m talking about networks that supply the political elites. sarah details a guy (spencer?) that did it with mostly young boys for DC. every knew. she also makes the point that mainstream news outlets refused to report on it. small outlets like the miami herald covered it.
what are their rules of engagement?
is he tho? might he think his billions will protect him? after all, he can afford $100,000 a week for security. millions for the best defense lawyers in the country. he’s essentially above the law, like all billionaires.
book title: They Knew by sarah kendzior. one chapter details another epstein type that everyone knew about in the 70-80s. it appears these schemes always exist. who’s the epstein of today?
what evidence do you have for that? cuz, American history, especial modern, is replete with impunity. FFS, there was coup and its leader got to be president again. a country that allows that to go unpunished demonstrates any transgression will go unpunished.
we don’t know that. he was preaching end times, the kingdom of god was coming soon. not really a threat to roman rule. tho he never said he was the messiah, if that word and its meaning (anointed by god to be leader of Judaea) had gotten to the magistrate, that might have been enough.
*another crisis. there is an extensive and growing list of crises. this is just this week’s.
just a question for the lawyers. is it legal to burn stuff in public in DC? (sure sure it depends). will they charge him with lighting something on fire and not specifically about burning a flag?.
i guess i’d want to know the relative numbers of such ppl. the leftist abstainers must be a tiny fraction of GOP voters. 1%? under 10%?
uh. i know the etymology of the word “fascism”. i know fascism always draw from the past to create a mythical past that never existed. it has nothing, nada, zero to do with why jesus was crucified. jesus was not fighting fascism. he wasn’t even fighting rome. he was preaching endtimes.
“fascist” refers to fascism, a socio-political system created in the 20th century. it’s not a reference to roman govt symbols. how would jesus even fight symbols, and why would he even care?
The Romans were NOT fascists by any definition, save as a meaningless insult.
yet, more ‘protecting democracy from another trump’ work that should have been done by Pelosi and Biden, remove all emergency powers from the executive.
new zombie flic: Vulpine Zombies Attack
Just listened to the nostalgia fantasy chapter of Evil Geniuses by @kurtandersen.bsky.social So yeah. This seems inevitable. so little genuinely new stuff these days, and what do they do with some really new tech? turn away from the future, in deference to a magical past that never was.
doesn’t he have to check with steven “baby goebbles” miller first?
it was a colonial empire, not a fascist one, that thought he was a potential threat.
how would that do that exactly? is that even possible to enforce in elections other that presidential?what would the rule look like? couldn’t a Republican PAC run some ads for the Dem and cause action against him by the DNC?
immigrants, legal and illegal, are here to literally build the country up. the federal masked thugs only want to tear it all down. they hate america as it is now. they see its greatest strengths as sickness. they want to live in an imaginary past.
opportunity for newsom to offer reeves California national guard to fight the pervasive crime in mississippi.
i doubt “swing voters” exist in any significant number. sure you can seek out flip-floppers for focus groups, but they don’t swing elections. these are ppl who mostly don’t pay attention to politics and either revert to the same side they always do, or they go with last minute “vibes”.
dido, “child tax credit”. wtf is that? oh it’s money to raise poor children. why didn’t you say so?
Saw a post that I agree with: serves a similar function as trump rallies in that it forms a kind of community. You spend time with likeminded ppl and from a kind of psycho-social bond which transfers to the politician.
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5. Even the sexually abusive ones? 9. There’s a law against perjury.
California should mandate posting of the core tenants of sharia.
Curious how you would have reported the project 2025 Trump denial.
There’s at least 3 kinds, maybe 4. (Or there were. Political realignment underway changing that). The kind you are taking abt are not particularly sophisticated/educated normal ppl that follow their social circle which is shaped by right wing propaganda made to benefit the wealthy/corporations.
author a bill to make the dept of ed a legislative branch agencies like CBO or GAO. it’s mostly a grant awarding dept, aka spending, a congressional power that’s been delegated to the executive. take it back.
but the medical establishment had to go and interfere with gods plan like they are now with his CHF. let god work, ppl.
“Carrot scraper”? WTF? Is that a New England term? I thought everyone called them vegetable peelers?