Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
27d ago
Okay, I think I found the law that is supposed to deal with that, 18 U.S. Code § 2387
Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States:
(1) advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States
Quantumfreakonomics
27d ago
If that's what they had actually said I think there would be a strong case against them
Do you mean this in a legal sense? Because I very much doubt that is true. Saying, “I think what these government agents are doing is bad and illegal,” is quite squarely within the core area of first-amendment protections for speech on matters of public concern. I’m not even sure what statute would plausibly cover this. Treason is defined in the literal constitution in a way which doesn’t seem to apply here (who are the enemies of the United States being given aid and comfort to?).
If your point is that, “Elissa Slotkin told me to do it,” wouldn’t be a valid defense in a court-martial, I would have to agree with that.
Quantumfreakonomics
28d ago
Their society experienced complete collapse a generation later.
This is not the point you think it is. The Soviet generation that fought WWII ended up with a 5:3 sex ratio in favor of women.
Quantumfreakonomics
29d ago
Juries will insert an arbitrary amount of zeros on the "damages" line of a verdict if the victim is sympathetic enough. The Supreme Court tried to tame the madness back in the 2000s, but in the absense of a bright-line standard lower courts (and especially state courts) continued to impose insane judgements. Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams is a good example of this.
Quantumfreakonomics
29d ago
Consider the class of citizen who blows all of their disposable income on, say, online sports betting. The powers that be have determined that it is unacceptable to put these people in the position of making their own cost-beneft decisions about individual health interventions.
Quantumfreakonomics
29d ago
Seems like the logical next step is to call your insurance company and tell them yourself that they need to pay it. Make sure you have both the bill and the big PDF that explains your benefit plan in detail so you can cite the specific applicable provision if you get pushback.
Quantumfreakonomics
29d ago
and while the result was kind of crap, it was, given what he was working with, about as good as could have been expected.
I don’t believe this. There were plenty of promising avenues to develop upon TFA.
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Snoke. This was the mystery box I was most excited to open. They should have just made him Darth Plagueis. You could even bring back Ian Mcdiarmid for a flashback scene in Episode IX if you had to.
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The New Republic. We could have fleshed-out the backstory to the First Order. Maybe our heroes meet up with a surviving Republic admiral and we get themes of confronting evil when one has the chance.
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Rey’s backstory. Snoke has a great line in the movie: “Darkness rises, and light to meet it.” Maybe the force wants to be balanced? This would be a great tie-in to
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Luke’s current situation and arc. I’m okay with the basic setup here, but it needed to be executed better.
I had this thought too, but there seems to be a general pattern in the Trump administration of government via social media. Tweeting this stuff out may be the most effective way Trump has of directly communicating with US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro.
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