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My Silent Generation dad is convinced Biden will drop out or somehow be replaced by the timer of the DNC
This stuff is poisoning the brains of our parents.
“Trump says Biden will drop out.” So Trump will be quitting soon?
I had somehow missed that Eugene Volokh is representing Gina Carano in her lawsuit to force Disney to re-hire her, and Disney really tears him up in its latest filing.
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— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor.bsky.social) 2024-05-24T17:24:28.014Z
JFC…. I’m not an “ACAB” person.. but
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People say cops always lie but that’s just not true
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re: #5 Randall Gross
I support regular dentist visits for the thin blue line.
re: #4 Randall Gross
PROTESTOR: You support genocide!
GIRARD: Yes I do.
PROTESTOR: You support genocide!
GIRARD: I support genocide. I support killing all you guys. How about that?
PROTESTOR: You wanna kill us?! I have you on camera! I have you on camera!
[…]
PROTESTOR: You’re a CUNY cop.
GIRARD: Fuck your mother!
I think there is a real chance of a massacre from a law enforcement agency between November and January. Cop boards of full of officers who want to kill “libtards”
re: #5 Randall Gross
“You didn’t get your roids today!”
Oh, and also? Tom Cotton thinks the government should use the military to murder protesters in the streets.
How’s that for “experience and discipline?”
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-24T17:31:44.965Z
re: #4 Randall Gross
Parents tried to avoid law enforcement getting involved when their son was having a mental health crises, cops showed up and killed him within seconds of entering the home.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
This is fucking goofy on 10 other levels. It’s not like he chose a Sarah Palin-esque character as his VP the two times. Pence might not have been a first choice, but he was an experienced politician, and the move was fully calculated to court the evangelical vote.
re: #11 jaunte
John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social
AIEEEEE
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It feels like there HAS to be a different way to test mosquito populations.
re: #13 Mike Lamb
This is fucking goofy on 10 other levels. It’s not like he chose a Sarah Palin-esque character as his VP the two times. Pence might not have been a first choice, but he was an experienced politician, and the move was fully calculated to court the evangelical vote.
Court the evangelical vote, as well as secure a VP candidate who owed Trump a favor. As I’ve mentioned before, Pence was on the fast track to getting voted out before the Trump campaign threw him a political lifeline.
Lately under Biden, the DOT regulated airline fees. The CFPB capped credit card fees. The DOL strengthened OT rules. Medicare is negotiating drug prices. The FTC banned noncompetes. Meanwhile, Trump is on trial, posting Nazi imagery, and talking about outlawing birth control.— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2024-05-24T18:14:02.000Z
But Arkansas Assad has “campaign experience.”
re: #1 Scottish Dragon
My Silent Generation dad is convinced Biden will drop out or somehow be replaced by the timer of the DNC
This stuff is poisoning the brains of our parents.
This is partially why the polls are off
There’s no binary clear choice staring them in the face yet
Amen:
re: #16 jaunte
Upding for Arkansas Assad.
Uhhhh…wtf?
re: #4 Randall Gross
JFC…. I’m not an “ACAB” person.. but
mediaite.com
I am an ACAB person. They need good leadership and accountability to go with all that power and they get the exact opposite. I suppose there are few saints who don’t get corrupted, but they are statistically insignificant. There are also a few places that properly manage their police departments, but again, too few to affect the general ACAB reality.
Just today I have read about police driving a completely innocent guy to attempt suicide by lying to him that his father was dead and they killed his dog. And another cop killed a 13 pound deaf and blind dog.
In both cases the cops suffered no consequences. This system is horrifying.
Note that the guy in the first story is white and owns a house. White people should not be deluded that they are safe just because it is much worse for POCs. No one is safe.
The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says it’s appealing Judge Scott McAfee’s order that dismissed six counts from the 2020 election interference indictment — including three of Trump’s charges.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 24, 2024
The state legislative primary, in which I canvassed for one of the two candidates, remains too close to call, 50.9% to 49%. ‘My’ candidate remains in the (tiny) lead. No Republicans ran in the other primary, so this is for the seat.
Ed. to add: the lead is 188 votes.
CREW
@crew.bsky.social
We just sent a letter to Chief Justice Roberts calling on him to immediately create an enforcement mechanism for the Supreme Court Code of Conduct and to encourage Justice Alito to recuse from January 6 and election related cases.
“…The public should be able to trust that the Supreme Court, of all institutions, will hold itself to the highest ethical standards and always follow the law. The plethora of recent ethics scandals from the Court shows that we cannot take this for granted,” said [CREW president Noah] Bookbinder. “This is a crisis of democracy. The Supreme Court must immediately adopt an enforcement mechanism that independently evaluates possible conflicts of interest and ensures judicial compliance with the Court’s Code of Conduct and the law.”
re: #18 jaunte
This is probably the cheapest.
It takes time to prepare bait jars, and the insurance company picks up the cost when the current bait gets West Nile, so this is the cost-effective technique.
re: #26 jaunte
CREW
@crew.bsky.social
Lol 😂, wait, I think they’re serious.
N f’n way this happens with this court.
From all the noise of flowing water and cheers from plumbers, I don’t think my kitchen floor will need to be dug up. A 2nd opinion was a good idea.
re: #28 Markm1960
It’s a struggle to keep trying, but we have to.
re: #309 Romantic Heretic
Jesus, lady! BDSM is about informed consent.
You’re just being a doormat, not a sub.
She is informed and did consent.
This is called Christian Discipline, which has been around as long as Christianity. It allows both Christian men and women to rationalise that what they are doing is sanctioned by God (because beating and tyrannising women is in the Bible), without calling it BDSM (because that’s icky secular immorality).
There are scores of Christian apologia Websites and books promoting this sexual lifestyle choice Godly behaviour.
Christian Discipline includes such things as “maintenance spanking” and “obedience training” to ensure a woman follows the Word of God.
re: #26 jaunte
CREW
@crew.bsky.socialThe public should be able to trust that the Supreme Court, of all institutions, will hold itself to the highest ethical standards and always follow the law
They don’t try to maintain just the appearance of objectivity
re: #29 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
From all the noise of flowing water and cheers from plumbers, I don’t think my kitchen floor will need to be dug up. A 2nd opinion was a good idea.
You’re gonna tell the story, right?
re: #28 Markm1960
granted. I applaud not just sitting back and doing nothing. Make it formal. Raise the questions. If we’re going to be a nation of laws and norms, then use them. THIS court has already shown itself to be who thy are by their deeds. I have no problems with people following the proper procedures for dissent.
When there comes a time when proper dissent has been shown to be ineffective, then real change happens… how that will look like and be effected remains to be seen.
prevents me from giving in to my id and shooting them into the sun or burying them with nuclear waste.
re: #26 jaunte
You can count on Roberts to laugh as that letter is put in the shredder!
re: #23 Charmingly Persistent
I am an ACAB person. They need good leadership and accountability to go with all that power and they get the exact opposite. I suppose there are few saints who don’t get corrupted, but they are statistically insignificant. There are also a few places that properly manage their police departments, but again, too few to affect the general ACAB reality.
Just today I have read about police driving a completely innocent guy to attempt suicide by lying to him that his father was dead and they killed his dog. And another cop killed a 13 pound deaf and blind dog.
In both cases the cops suffered no consequences. This system is horrifying.
Note that the guy in the first story is white and owns a house. White people should not be deluded that they are safe just because it is much worse for POCs. No one is safe.
I am not nor will ever be an ACAB person. There are something like a million law enforcement officers in the country who have tens if not hundreds of millions of interactions with people every year. You could read a story like this every day or multiple times a day and it is still not a significant portion of the group.
I have no problem with calling for more accountability and critisizing a system that lets bad actors get away with it, and I wish only the worst for the actual bastards. But what other group would you say that about. How about teachers? I bet I could set up a google alert and see multiple stories a day about teachers abusing, molesting, or otherwise mistreating children. Doesn’t mean all teachers are bastards, even when the union makes sure they don’t lose their job, or the school tries to hide it to protect themselves from lawsuits.
Placing allegiance to Trump’s election lies at the center of the GOP’s political culture has had a predictably corrosive effect on the party at the state and local level. If all elections are “rigged,” then why even bother with the grunt work of electioneering .
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy
Across the country, the Republican Party’s rank-and-file have turned on the GOP establishment. In Michigan, this schism broke the party — and maybe democracy itself.
re: #37 danarchy
I am not nor will ever be an ACAB person. There are something like a million law enforcement officers in the country who have tens if not hundreds of millions of interactions with people every year. You could read a story like this every day or multiple times a day and it is still not a significant portion of the group.
I have no problem with calling for more accountability and critisizing a system that lets bad actors get away with it, and I wish only the worst for the actual bastards. But what other group would you say that about. How about teachers? I bet I could set up a google alert and see multiple stories a day about teachers abusing, molesting, or otherwise mistreating children. Doesn’t mean all teachers are bastards, even when the union makes sure they don’t lose their job, or the school tries to hide it to protect themselves from lawsuits.
Fair enough, but teachers don’t have a 150 year history of beating and killing workers, civil rights proponents and anybody who was too dark or too uppity.
re: #3 goddamnedfrank
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re: #28 Markm1960
Lol 😂, wait, I think they’re serious.
N f’n way this happens with this court.
Nope, but I’m glad someone is trying.
re: #37 danarchy
A teacher that doesn’t call put another teacher that is doing bad things to children isn’t any better than the perpetrator.
That’s why all cops get labeled. I know some cops around here. And they’re nice guys, who get involved in pulling over minorities at way higher rates than whites and do car searches even though they’re unnecessary. They can be nice and still overstep their authority.
re: #3 goddamnedfrank
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Don’t fuck with the House of Mouse, because they’re really a high-powered law firm with side hustles in movies, TV, merchandising, and theme parks.
Just ask Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida how that feels, Carano and Volokh…
BREAKING: Sens. Durbin, Whitehouse request meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over Alito ethics scandal, call for Alito’s recusal in Jan. 6 cases. www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/u…
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2024-05-24T18:17:33.510Z
re: #38 jaunte
“But we are a republic. Nananabooboo!!!!”
re: #33 Dangerman
They don’t try to maintain just the appearance of objectivity
Because they know they don’t have to. There is absolutely NO ONE to hold them accountable.
Omfg. Fontana police extract a false murder confession from a man after 17 hours of interrogation after he reported his father was missing. They brought his dog into the room and told him to say goodbye because they were taking the animal to be put down. He tried to kill himself.
His dad was at LAX alive and well.
His lawyer settled for 900K because he was afraid a court would overturn a jury award on qualified immunity because there is no existing precedent for punishing police that psychologically torture you using your own pets to confess to a murder of a person who is still alive.
Even after his dad turned up, they got another search warrant and tried to hang a murder on him because of some blood specks in the bathroom. His dad is diabetic and checks his blood daily.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
Maybe Durbin will reconsider his blue-slip stance.
re: #49 Scottish Dragon
Just like SCOTUS. Cops do these things because THEY KNOW THEY CAN.
re: #38 jaunte
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy
I got down to the part where the plumber wouldn’t even accept the results of the party investigation and knew the guy was lost.
re: #51 Eclectic Cyborg
Just like SCOTUS. Cops do these things because THEY KNOW THEY CAN.
Fontana is fucked up. Bad. I miss SoCal, but not Colton and Fontana
Salt Lake Tribune: POWDR taking over Zion NP concessions from Xanterra
It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. I suspect the changes will be more subtle than I would like. Xanterra has a reputation for being a less-than-optimal group for employees and a reputation for supplying overpriced low-quality food and service to national park visitors.
POWDR made a business out of providing services to ski resorts so this probably helps provide a yearlong workload as Zion is busiest in the summer.
re: #11 jaunte
John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social
AIEEEEE
“We’ve hired you to be a test bed for West Nile Virus or Dengue Fever.”
re: #38 jaunte
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy
Don’t need to expend effort in proper electioneering, when intimidation and violence is the only plan you’re actively working towards.
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Speaking as a member of the kink community…
…that is seriously fucked up.
Plus can someone who was raised in such ignorance actually be considered informed?
This article is excellent.
This article is so good and packs so many killer lines that are so insightful that I literally could not decide on which to copy and paste here so just go read the whole thing.
— Hildur Knútsdóttir (@hildur.bsky.social) 2024-05-24T11:45:51.622Z
re: #57 Romantic Heretic
Speaking as a member of the kink community…
…that is seriously fucked up.
Plus can someone who was raised in such ignorance actually be considered informed?
Evangelicals are less-capable of good decision-making than children are, due to their bizarre misinformation-based upbringing, and tend to be abusers and the abused, so the issue of consent gets complicated.
The Shaky Foundation of Trump’s Lead: Disengaged VotersThe polls have shown Donald Trump with an edge for eight straight months, but there’s one big flashing warning sign suggesting that his advantage might not be quite as stable as it looks.
That warning sign: His narrow lead is built on gains among voters who aren’t paying close attention to politics, who don’t follow traditional news and who don’t regularly vote.
re: #45 Charles Johnson
I won’t be surprised when Roberts snubs them.
re: #9 Charles Johnson
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I’m sorry, but the New York Times is no longer just failing to meet the moment, they are actively aiding the fascist takeover of America.
re: #62 Unabogie
I’m sorry, but the New York Times is no longer just failing to meet the moment, they are actively aiding the fascist takeover of America.
Because Biden won’t sit down and give them a chummy interview and chuckle with Maureen Dowd.
re: #60 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
“I didn’t know he would deport my neighbor, send mamy trans daughter to re-Christianization camp, or have our black mayor shot for speaking out against bleach enemas or I would have voted for Kennedy instead.”
re: #62 Unabogie
All the Propaganda the GOP Tells Us to Print…
re: #64 Belafon
“I didn’t know he would deport my neighbor, send mamy trans daughter to re-Christianization camp, or have our black mayor shot for speaking out against bleach enemas or I would have voted for Kennedy instead.”
It’s the kids of right-wing lunatics that will be sent to the Christian camps, just like today.
Parents get shooty when the government tries to drag off their kids, and these fascists are cowards.
re: #62 Unabogie
I’m sorry, but the New York Times is no longer just failing to meet the moment, they are actively aiding the fascist takeover of America.
Ledes and subjects that completely bury the important information in articles are going to be the death of America.
Whenever I interact with non-Americans, especially from people who were not educated in the English language, they look at the subject lines from the New York times and other newspapers and are completely confused when the article has much more information buried.
But this is true about Americans too — the New York Times might have correct information, but they bury it, and people looking at just the lede and subject will ignore the rest of the article and get something different out of it.
“Some people” are banking on this.
From the AP: This time it has been formally announced that Defense Sec’y Lloyd Austin is going to have a procedure at Walter Reed and is transferring power to a deputy.
re: #64 Belafon
“I didn’t know he would deport my neighbor, send mamy trans daughter to re-Christianization camp, or have our black mayor shot for speaking out against bleach enemas or I would have voted for Kennedy instead.”
Professor Brendan Nyhan blocked me on Blue when I said we were going to have to look at armed community self defense if things went bad this fall.
I sure as hell stand by that after Perry pardoned the groomer murder driver last week. That was about as clear a call as you get that state sanctioned lynching is back and the police WILL NOT HELP YOU
re: #37 danarchy
I am not nor will ever be an ACAB person. There are something like a million law enforcement officers in the country who have tens if not hundreds of millions of interactions with people every year. You could read a story like this every day or multiple times a day and it is still not a significant portion of the group.
I have no problem with calling for more accountability and critisizing a system that lets bad actors get away with it, and I wish only the worst for the actual bastards. But what other group would you say that about. How about teachers? I bet I could set up a google alert and see multiple stories a day about teachers abusing, molesting, or otherwise mistreating children. Doesn’t mean all teachers are bastards, even when the union makes sure they don’t lose their job, or the school tries to hide it to protect themselves from lawsuits.
I have a family member who is a cop. As far as I know, he’s never been accused of shooting an unarmed suspect or planting evidence.
But he’s admitted to not enforcing the law in Black neighborhoods during times of protest as a way to say “fuck you,” and thinks that people deployed to war zones should be free to murder children in homes, for fun, just because they are there and I’m not.
His attitudes, learned over 20 years as a cop, are HORRIFYING.
Timeline cleanser 😆
pic.twitter.com/POB68c9sd0— 𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 (@NashIsHereForlt) May 24, 2024
re: #29 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
From all the noise of flowing water and cheers from plumbers, I don’t think my kitchen floor will need to be dug up. A 2nd opinion was a good idea.
The very large Siberian elm tree in our front yard has roots that have infiltrated our sewer lines. We have a plumber who comes out about every two years to clear the lines with a rooting tool. Since we’ve used him, we’ve had no issues as long as he comes out regularly to clear the pipes.
He’s mentioned about the plumbers who would insist the only solution is to dig up the sewer line and replace it. In addition to the cost, it would damage the tree’s root system and endanger the tree.
He just retired. Sigh. Not sure what we’ll do now. He’s the only person I don’t mind hiring to do work (I usually do it all myself) since he has the proper tools.
The joys of owning a 94 year old house.
re: #71 Unabogie
I have a family member who is a cop. As far as I know, he’s never been accused of shooting an unarmed suspect or planting evidence.
But he’s admitted to not enforcing the law in Black neighborhoods during times of protest as a way to say “fuck you,” and thinks that people deployed to war zones should be free to murder children in homes, for fun, just because they are there and I’m not.
His attitudes, learned over 20 years as a cop, are HORRIFYING.
My dad was a correctional officer in California (he retired from teaching), and goddamn but the things I heard from the job are insane. Like Banning PD in Riverside County did a lot of the prisoner transport, but officers thought it was funny to beat the shit out of new inmates as a hazing initiation and then leave angry and injured inmates to be in-processed at the facility. Oh, and one of the other COs was an outright sadist who liked breaking bones and was good at covering it in incident reports.
re: #39 Scottish Dragon
Fair enough, but teachers don’t have a 150 year history of beating and killing workers, civil rights proponents and anybody who was too dark or too uppity.
On the one hand, we send our police out into a war zone with a population that is often armed and potentially dangerous. They tend to shoot first and assess the situation later.
Still, police know that they can act with relative immunity and impunity and too many of them take undue advantage of it.
re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
On the one hand, we send our police out into a war zone with a population that is often armed and potentially dangerous.
Police know that they can act with relative immunity and impunity and too many of them take undue advantage of it.
In terms of hazard, however, law enforcement doesn’t even make the top ten for dangerous jobs. They pump recruits with all the stories of bad traffic stops and send officers to bugfuck insane Killology “professional development’ seminars that drill the notion you must draw and shoot first and ask questions later because as long as you live, it’s your story, right?
re: #75 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
On the one hand, we send our police out into a war zone with a population that is often armed and potentially dangerous.
Police know that they can act with relative immunity and impunity and too many of them take undue advantage of it.
Except the calls are coming from “inside the house” because all of these cops love reactionary Republicans who keep putting more guns in the hands of unstable people. They don’t get to play victim when every single police union supports the NRA.
I’m certain what bothers him the most isn’t the Ivana rape part it’s the lipo and hair transplant scenes. https://t.co/g8H4ucf4er
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 24, 2024
And there is an inherent conflice of interest with local District Attorneys as the latter generally rely on police for help in bringing charges against criminals. When it comes to bringing charges against police officers, they risk souring relations with their partners.
re: #77 Unabogie
Except the calls are coming from “inside the house” because all of these cops love reactionary Republicans who keep putting more guns in the hands of unstable people. They don’t get to play victim when every single police union supports the NRA.
Also “inside the house” because ‘domestic’ calls are the most dangerous.
“Many poll respondents answered in the affirmative when asked if their watchlists looked better now than they did four years ago.”
re: #76 Scottish Dragon
In terms of hazard, however, law enforcement doesn’t even make the top ten for dangerous jobs. They pump recruits with all the stories of bad traffic stops and send officers to bugfuck insane Killology “professional development’ seminars that drill the notion you must draw and shoot first and ask questions later because as long as you live, it’s your story, right?
This is exactly what my relative said. That the only important thing about an interaction with the public was that HE comes home alive, and the safety of the public was irrelevant. Person in danger? Fuck them, I’ve got kids. Guy with a gun in a school? Fuck them, I’ve got kids.
This was in context of the murder of Freddie Gray, which he opined was “stupid” but in no way criminal.
Hello all. Had a major traffic jam Wednesday on US 322/22 Clarks Ferry bridge in Pennsyltucky.
Closed for 8 hours.
So I had to dance, and in that dance I finally went over Peters Mountain Road, which is very scenic.
Never had a reason to go, and when you reach the top you can see the Susquehanna Water Gap, and a lot more.
Appalachian Trail crosses at the summit.
The map.
The view, and turn the camera around and the Appalachian Trail walkway is right there.
Big rigs knew better. There are still a few hills they keep trucks off.
2 hour ride turned to 4, but I got to ride it.
One more road under the belt.
Sheesh! 68,000 people live in Turks and Caicos, they have all kinds of stuff going on, but all the news is about 4 Americans who were too dumb to know you can’t take ammunition onto British territory (without a very special license anyway). It was 5 but one was kicked out after being handed a suspended sentence. The others will probably follow in short order. Congressmen took time out from allegedly serving the people to go there and beg for mercy from His Majesty’s courts, for crying out loud.
Kevin Kruse:
“Republicans have clearly decided that if their policies are unpopular with voters, the solution isn’t to abandon the policies but just to reduce the voice of voters.”
kevinmkruse.substack.com
re: #85 jaunte
Kevin Kruse:
“Republicans have clearly decided that if their policies are unpopular with voters, the solution isn’t to abandon the policies but just to reduce the voice of voters.”
kevinmkruse.substack.com
He’s rephrasing David Frum from many years ago.
re: #78 Eclectic Cyborg
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I wonder if anyone even knows that “Citizens United” was over a hit piece movie about Hillary Clinton, and their actual name was “Citizens United Not Timid”, or “****”
And this Supreme Court said they had the right to air the movie and pour millions into distributing it, and SCOTUS used that case to legalize unlimited campaign expenditures. So how does Trump get this movie banned?
re: #82 Unabogie
This is exactly what my relative said. That the only important thing about an interaction with the public was that HE comes home alive, and the safety of the public was irrelevant. Person in danger? Fuck them, I’ve got kids. Guy with a gun in a school? Fuck them, I’ve got kids.
This was in context of the murder of Freddie Gray, which he opined was “stupid” but in no way criminal.
Yep. Radley Balko has covered a lot of that.
Re the title of the thread, Germany recently legalized possession and even public consumption of cannabis, but with certain restrictions such as around schools, hospitals or pedestrian shopping precincts.
So they hae published a map of Frankfurt the “Bubatzkarte” that shows where it is and is not legal to light up
re: #89 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Re the title of the thread, Germany recently legalized possession and even public consumption of cannabis, but with certain restrictions such as around schools, hospitals or pedestrian shopping precincts.
So they hae published a map of Frankfurt the “Bubatzkarte” that shows where it is and is not legal to light up
Sounds like enough people there know that prohibition is based on bullshit that they can move fast. We had weed stores for a long time before one lounge opened, and you can’t be out in public smoking here.
I’m out. Kids have left the room. May watch Dune 2 again tonight. Still can’t get through the end with bawling. That final scene just rips my guts out.
Biden campaign official meets with Haley supporters hours after she said she’d vote for TrumpA Biden campaign official met Wednesday night with Nikki Haley supporters from across several states in a pre-scheduled Zoom call hours after the former Republican presidential candidate said she would be voting for Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the call told CNN.
The meeting was part of an ongoing effort by the Biden campaign to reach out to Haley voters. It was organized by the Haley Voters Working Group.
Conservative Haley backers from Virginia, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Florida, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina joined the call, including members of Haley’s former state leadership teams and the organization Women for Nikki.
The call, which one source characterized as a constructive initial step, began with a Q&A session for about 35 minutes with the Biden campaign official, who wanted to know which policy issues were most important to the Haley supporters. Another source confirmed that the official on the call was Juan Peñalosa, the deputy political director for President Joe Biden’s campaign.
After Peñalosa left the call, the source said the conversation continued among the group, with a “few moments of mourning” over Haley’s decision to back Trump along with a recognition that it wasn’t a full-throated endorsement.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Sheesh! 68,000 people live in Turks and Caicos, they have all kinds of stuff going on, but all the news is about 4 Americans who were too dumb to know you can’t take ammunition onto British territory (without a very special license anyway). It was 5 but one was kicked out after being handed a suspended sentence. The others will probably follow in short order. Congressmen took time out from allegedly serving the people to go there and beg for mercy from His Majesty’s courts, for crying out loud.
Remember the blonde woman from somewhere in the south who went missing in Aruba a few years back (Natalie Holloway?), and was eventually found murdered.
re: #87 Unabogie
I wonder if anyone even knows that “Citizens United” was over a hit piece movie about Hillary Clinton, and their actual name was “Citizens United Not Timid”, or “****”
And this Supreme Court said they had the right to air the movie and pour millions into distributing it, and SCOTUS used that case to legalize unlimited campaign expenditures. So how does Trump get this movie banned?
He doesn’t need to get it banned, just needs to tie it up in court for a while so it can’t get a US distribution deal until after the election.
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re: #95 danarchy
He doesn’t need to get it banned, just needs to tie it up in court for a while so it can’t get a US distribution deal until after the election.
which is the same approach to his legal issues: trying to delay or derail them until after November.
re: #95 danarchy
He doesn’t need to get it banned, just needs to tie it up in court for a while so it can’t get a US distribution deal until after the election.
But on what grounds could they block a movie in court? It’s literally the bedrock principle of CU that the government has no role to play in blocking those kinds of movies. It violates the 1A of the filmmakers, and likely dozens of laws. Would a conservative judge actually try this?
re: #94 aatharuv
Remember the blonde woman from somewhere in the south who went missing in Aruba a few years back (Natalie Holloway?), and was eventually found murdered.
Don’t think she was ever found, but I think they finally got a confession from Joran van der Sloot(sp?) the he killed her and dumped her body in the ocean.
re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
which is the same approach to his legal issues: trying to delay or derail them until after November.
Speaking of which, if Jack Smith doesn’t even try to get Cannon booted from the documents case, he’s contributing to this problem.
re: #98 Unabogie
But on what grounds could they block a movie in court? It’s literally the bedrock principle of CU that the government has no role to play in blocking those kinds of movies. It violates the 1A of the filmmakers, and likely dozens of laws. Would a conservative judge actually try this?
IMO this is a category error — Republican judges don’t give a shit about law, or consistency, or anything like that. All they care about is money and power, for themselves personally and for the Party.
Watch this story get no traction at all:
Three Syrian officials found guilty of war crimes in France https://t.co/Ewd9p02w3V pic.twitter.com/RaEraJE1lz
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2024
re: #98 Unabogie
But on what grounds could they block a movie in court? It’s literally the bedrock principle of CU that the government has no role to play in blocking those kinds of movies. It violates the 1A of the filmmakers, and likely dozens of laws. Would a conservative judge actually try this?
Maybe he makes a trademark claim on the name The Apprentice, I don’t know. Not a lawyer, but I know if you have enough money you can tie things up in court even if it is BS.
granted there are lots of different law enforcement departments around the country
- large, small, big city, small, state, city, sheriffs, etc.
- for the most part, L/E is self policing
- there is virtually no outside oversight
- there are virtually no consequences, and even with egregious behavior that does NOT preclude being hired somewhere else.
(most of that is the opposite with say teachers)
- as a system, overarching and generalized and painted with a broad brush, it’s atrocious.
- worse because it’s ostensible/purported job is to protect *us*.
- every person goes into that profession voluntarily. they know the risks and responsibilities and should be held to a *higher* standard, not a lower one.
that’s clearly not how it works
- there are failures reported almost daily
— field failures, behavior failures, etc
- and there are accountability/responsibility failures.
— it *appears* the job of review boards is to protect their own (just like it *appears* alito and thomas are just what they are)
- some of that is because there are so many leos, there will always be some level of failure (as has been said)
- however, a large enough sample over a long enough period of time more than “suggests” that what we read daily *is* reasonably representative of the entire profession.
This went out to my apartment complex, because people are stupid.
Dear Residents,
2024 is going to be a historic year for cicada emergence in Chicago and Illinois. Billions of cicadas emerge after 17 years from two broods.
Illinois is one of two states that will host both broods this year. The dual emergence hasn’t been seen for centuries, with Brood XIII and Brood XIX both set to pop out of the ground simultaneously.
This rare occurrence last happened 221 years ago. Some areas are already seeing them. We have advised with our pest control, but unfortunately there is nothing we can do to treat or prevent this from happening.
Cicadas are loud, but harmless. Any work orders that come in for cicadas will be cancelled, as we are not able to do anything. We thank everyone in advance for your understanding as we all go through this event together.
I’m going to put in a maintenance request to make the sun come up later in the day so I don’t wake up at 6am. They’re used to dumb requests. They can handle it.
re: #87 Unabogie
I wonder if anyone even knows that “Citizens United” was over a hit piece movie about Hillary Clinton, and their actual name was “Citizens United Not Timid”, or “****”
And this Supreme Court said they had the right to air the movie and pour millions into distributing it, and SCOTUS used that case to legalize unlimited campaign expenditures. So how does Trump get this movie banned?
Leonard Leo orders them to ban it.
re: #100 EPR-radar
Speaking of which, if Jack Smith doesn’t even try to get Cannon booted from the documents case, he’s contributing to this problem.
Gawd I love these takes. So, what grounds for removal does he have?
re: #108 Belafon
Gawd I love these takes. So, what grounds for removal does he have?
IMO it is way past time to take a pattern and practice argument showing bias to the appeals court.
All the world knows Cannon is Trump’s creature, so why is it that the only place this fact can’t be recognized is in that appeals court?
re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Incompetence
Is there a true legal definition for that he can supply with evidence?
re: #105 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈
This went out to my apartment complex, because people are stupid.
Supposedly our cicada brood hatching is next year here in PA.
re: #61 Joe Bacon ✅
I won’t be surprised when Roberts snubs them.
watch him say “it would not be proper or it could give the impression…”
whereas it’s totally proper and actually, you know, the job of congress
re: #72 EstebanTornado1963
Margie was so scared. 😂😂😂😂
re: #112 Belafon
Is there a true legal definition for that he can supply with evidence?
unfortunately not, despite her obvious partisanship and incompetence
re: #113 Eventual Carrion
All of PA? Or just a section of PA?
re: #114 Dangerman
watch him say “it would not be proper or it could give the impression…”
whereas it’s totally proper and actually, you know, the job of congress
eta:
gmta
here’s the first rando comment on politicalwire.com:
“It would be inappropriate for me to meet with you to discuss the corruption of the court because it undermines the integrity of the court.”
Respectfully Yours,
Chief Justice John Roberts
before this is all over, we’re going to find out that Alito has a klan robe, aren’t we
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 22, 2024
re: #119 Dangerman
The Venn diagram of the GOP, Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis consists of three circles that damn near coincide.
re: #116 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
unfortunately not, despite her obvious partisanship and incompetence
some of these people are very good at staying just this side of the line where nothing can be definitively proved to a standard that matters
re: #119 Dangerman
before this is all over, we’re going to find out that Alito has a klan robe, aren’t we
and it will be explained that Alito is Roman Catholic and robes with pointed hoods are worn by pentitentes
re: #124 Dangerman
some of these people are very good at staying just this side of the line where nothing can be definitively proved to a standard that matters
That’s why the main argument needs to be an “emperor’s new clothes” argument — if obviously bad faith actors are abusing the system, then the courts should not be helpless to deal with that.
re: #110 Romantic Heretic
He asks the right judge(s).
Trump asks the extremely right judge in Texas to ban it.
re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In Spain yes (Rick Steves’ Europe)
New York Governor insults clowns in comparison to Trump supporters.
— Randall Gross (@randallgross.bsky.social) 2024-05-24T21:09:23.078Z
Two years after we bought Beth Hart tickets for Hershey, it’s booked for September.
I will hope to hear her.
She’s a hot mess, and it comes out in her performance.
She drains herself.
Her and the band love Europe, and I understand why.
They love her.
They listen.
They are respectful.
Here it’s assholes screaming over the quiet parts.
Kills me.
re: #126 EPR-radar
That’s why the main argument needs to be an “emperor’s new clothes” argument — if obviously bad faith actors are abusing the system, then the courts should not be helpless to deal with that.
What if certain levels encourage it?
re: #130 nines09
Two years after we bought Beth Hart tickets…
Her and the band love Europe, and I understand why.
They love her.
They listen.
They are respectful.
Here it’s assholes screaming over the quiet parts.
Kills me.
Yes, she has a big following in Germany and the people actually come to listen to the music and not just get drunk and behave like loud assholes
re: #117 PhillyPretzel ✅
All of PA? Or just a section of PA?
From what I am seeing is it will be a bit north of you and way east of me. Looks like Scranton and Allentown areas, maybe as far west as Williamsport.
re: #126 EPR-radar
That’s why the main argument needs to be an “emperor’s new clothes” argument — if obviously bad faith actors are abusing the system, then the courts should not be helpless to deal with that.
the courts are not helpless. they are complicit.
the system is being strained, because who woulda ever thought…
plus only one side is respecting and trying to play by the rules
and that’s the problem with “we know they’re guilty we just can’t prove it”
re: #136 GlutenFreeJesus
Oy Vey. If I saw her at the airport I would turn around and head back to Philly.
Raskin: “if and when we win back the House and the Senate and the White House we will look at the Supreme Court and figure out what can be done about that extremely corrupted and contaminated body.” Yes we will, brother. Yes we will.https://t.co/tqrffjtEnl
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) May 24, 2024
re: #104 Dangerman
- for the most part, L/E is self policing
I’d put this first on the ‘fix it’ list.
re: #87 Unabogie
I wonder if anyone even knows that “Citizens United” was over a hit piece movie about Hillary Clinton, and their actual name was “Citizens United Not Timid”, or “****”
And this Supreme Court said they had the right to air the movie and pour millions into distributing it, and SCOTUS used that case to legalize unlimited campaign expenditures. So how does Trump get this movie banned?
I have the tee shirt. I bought it at the time to be able to show posterity that nasty shit was happening then.
The Shaky Foundation of Trump’s Lead: Disengaged Voters
The polls have shown Donald Trump with an edge for eight straight months, but there’s one big flashing warning sign suggesting that his advantage might not be quite as stable as it looks.That warning sign: His narrow lead is built on gains among voters who aren’t paying close attention to politics, who don’t follow traditional news and who don’t regularly vote.
re: #121 Charles Johnson
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I got called a ‘narc’ in fourth grade. I didn’t know what it meant.
Due to his deep concerns about antisemitism, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman will now support the candidate who had dinner with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes https://t.co/x3CLhPePB6
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) May 24, 2024
re: #98 Unabogie
But on what grounds could they block a movie in court? It’s literally the bedrock principle of CU that the government has no role to play in blocking those kinds of movies. It violates the 1A of the filmmakers, and likely dozens of laws. Would a conservative judge actually try this?
No problem. The original ruling applied only to films that harmed Democrats. This is a movie that attacks Republicans — so it requires an entirely different standard.
so DeWine is not playing it straight w/r/t getting biden on the ballot
he adds a poison pill for Dems banning foreign contributions to state campaigns along with new PAC rules
the dems are calling it a poison pill
apparently (i’m cutting and pasting from several places)
- Ohio Republicans desperately want Biden on the ballot.
- Because their senate candidate, Moreno, wouldn’t stand a chance against Sherrod Brown straight up.
- Moreno needs the lift of a Presidential level turnout to win. In fact, that’s the only way they win.
so their remedy is to try to extract concessions for something they want and need to happen
re: #146 Dangerman
I’m assuming it’s the PAC rules that are the problem?
re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yes, she has a big following in Germany and the people actually come to listen to the music and not just get drunk and behave like loud assholes
Find a not censored Carnegie Hall CD and play Lenny.
Listen.
The quiet part and one guy says it all.
I still want to buy him a beer.
re: #150 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Cartagena, Spain
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They knew that the display was destined to be taken out of context on the Internet if they didn’t put that sign up with what it is and their location. People would have been furious.
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