Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
12hr ago
The chutzpah of these guys. In the Roman rite of episcopal consecration, there is a colloquy involving the formal authorization letter from the pope.
”Do you have the apostolic mandate?”
”We have”
”Let it be read”
Here is what happened instead:
”Do you have the apostolic mandate?”
”It is the Catholic & Roman church, always faithful to the traditions received from the apostles, who in entirely exceptional circumstances demands that we provide for the upholding of these traditions, that is the deposit of faith & that we take the means necessary to transmit them faithfully to all men for the salvation of their souls. Since the Second Vatican Council up to the present day the authorities in the church have been animated by a spirit that is contrary to the faith & have been acting against holy tradition. They will no longer endure sound doctrine.”
The SSPX has gone mask-off since Leo was elected. They had a decent amount of support during the last pontificate from “mainstream” conservative Catholics who were dismayed with Francis, but that’s all gone now.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
There is a type of post that essentially goes: “All of the people behind this particular bad thing that happened are Jewish. Let’s unpack that,” but 2rafa wrote the post about Catholics instead.
I noticed the irony on my first read-through, but the thought that it was a bit never occurred to me. I still don’t think it’s a bit, but it certainly apes the style.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Historically, the United States had an open borders immigration policy. Perhaps we should say that the country was flooded with nativists?
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
No, they can be declared persona non grata, after which if they are not recalled they become subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and can then be deported.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
If the Democrats win big in 2026 and 2028, most likely they pack the court. If they are feeling magnanimous, they may instead cordially invite the remaining Republicans in Congress to provide input to their amendment drafting sessions in exchange for political support back home to get the amendments ratified.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
This doesn’t make any sense. If illegal immigrants are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, then there is no legal basis to deport them.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
The voter base hates Israel, but the donor base still generally likes Israel (at least the theoretical concept of Israel, not necessarily the current government). Imagine the political blowback from pissing off
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The Media,
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Big Tech,
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Big Finance, and
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Lawyers
All at the same time.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
They’re fine with letting Arab Muslim refugees into America. Why would they have objections to letting Arab Muslim refugees into Israel?
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
From a leftist perspective, Scott Weiner has a questionable record on Israel. He’s funded by J-Street and supports providing Israel with “defensive” weapons.
Given the opinions of the base, one really would expect the left-flank of the party to take a harder line on this.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Good point. I had forgotten how much regulatory authority the fed has over banks. Seems like these powers could be spit-off and given to Treasury though. I think you could make a principled exception for open-market operations.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
The insane activist types are where all the energy is. Yglesias-style slow boring can't compete for low-information voters in the modern media environment. Cut the leftists out and the vibes die.
Zohran Mamdani won three US House of Representatives seats last week. Claire Valdez in NY-7, Brad Lander in NY-10, and Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13 each won the Democratic primary after being endorsed by Mamdani, knocking-off two incumbants in the process. These are all 80-20 Democratic districts, so there is no realistic chance of any of them losing in the November.
Darializa Avila Chevalier is the one still making headlines a week later. She is, as far as anyone can tell, an actual communist. Rumors are that she personally founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest when she was a student there in 2016. Her stance on policing? She's against it.
Center-left politicos are currently melting down that someone like this won and is being accepted by the party apparatus. Credit to them for denouncing socialism I guess, but did they not know who their base is? Did they completely forget all of those "defund the police" chants from 2020? Did they not know that those people vote Democrat?
Some people want to kick Chevalier out of the party, bless their hearts. This wouldn't work even if it were feasable. Democrats need votes from leftists to be competative nationally. A party at war with its own base cannot stand.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Okay, let’s apply the new Slaughter test to the Federal Reserve. What executive power does the fed wield?
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
Who among us could resist the chance to write a manifesto about pesticide failure-to-warn tort preemption.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
Does anyone know of a way to get Civ II on Windows 11?
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
Does SCOTUS normally "save the best till last"?
Yes. They have done this for at least my entire adult life. Charitably, it is because controversial opinions are longer, have more dissents, and require more careful reasoning that takes time to write. Uncharitably, it is so that the justices can skip town after the judgement drops.
SSPX Resistance, SSPX 2, SSPX Classic, SSPV, SSPX Cash, SSPX One, SSPX-MC…
No points for guessing which ones are fake.
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