The_Nybbler
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The_Nybbler
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3hr ago
Well, no. Because what the pod people want is basically Kowloon Walled City surrounded by farmland. An urban growth boundary, inside of which there is only high density development, outside of which no one may build at all. So if the pod people have their way the McMansion people will be pushed until they hit the boundary and then they'll be forced into pods.
The_Nybbler
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3hr ago
This is basically a paen to "might makes right". But if we look at it that way, right now the people who own the houses have the upper hand in government, and the would-be pod-dwellers who want their space don't. So it turns out civilization favors the NIMBY, at least for now.
The_Nybbler
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4hr ago
Not having a personal obligation doesn't negate the fact your choices may be sup-optimal for society at large in other words.
And so what? No one is obligated to get the short end of the deal to achieve Kaldor-Hicks optimality.
The_Nybbler
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4hr ago
If that’s a priority for you there are tons of places in the country where demand is low enough to allow that.
I'm already living in my home. Let the NEETs have their pods elsewhere.
The_Nybbler
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6hr ago
I don't want my neighborhood torn down to make 5-over-ones packed full of 300 square foot apartments for NEETs even if they don't cause crime and make property values go up.
The_Nybbler
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6hr ago
Second, Republican organizations have been using "war on the suburbs" are rhetorical demagoguery against almost any policy to increase housing supply
You know why? Because it hits home. It takes some people a while and some never catch on, but a lot of people in the suburbs have figured out that the "sprawl" that leftists often decry is their home.
The_Nybbler
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8hr ago
Only real things count, not stuff you just make up, even if you use fancy names for making stuff up like "imputed damages". No one has an obligation to sell you their home just because it would improve your commute and they're not commuting any more.
The_Nybbler
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14hr ago
Warnings for effort on top level posts are handed out pretty rarely.
That's because people avoid making them. Some weeks we go 12 hours without any posts on the new thread at all.
The_Nybbler
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15hr ago
This is a guy who was literally pointing a gun at Rittenhouse when Rittenhouse shot him. The story doesn't even mention that part.
The_Nybbler
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1d ago
No, judges have absolute immunity for their official acts.
The_Nybbler
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1d ago
When you're hauled in front of "Judge" Darkeh who articulates her spitting contempt for the American Constitution, the rational expectation would be that you're about to receive justice in a pretty similar fashion to what those victims of the Soviets received, but few of us ever learn that lesson, instead clinging to the hope that eventually there will be someone that sets things right.
And if that hope is dashed, one does not blame the system, but instead accepts that you did indeed receive justice. Because to assume you screwed up (even to the point of being executed) is tolerable; to assume the institutions are malevolent juggernauts who would punish an innocent man is not.
At least, that's what someone on the right does. The left always blames the system. Thus when the left has taken the system, the right has no way of defeating it.
The_Nybbler
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1d ago
So what are, practically, the mechanisms that can be used to (legally) remove a judge that had publicly declared intent to betray the constitution.
None. The only theoretical option is impeachment, but those who would impeach and convict in New York are also anti-Second-Amendment.
The_Nybbler
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1d ago
The Supreme Court has recently overturned only one precedent in a rightward direction, Roe. The last gun case it decided was Bruen. Various states (including New York, which lost Bruen) immediately made laws to restrict guns and gun carry despite Bruen, and various circuits have upheld them, and also upheld or refused to overturn older laws which should clearly be stricken by Bruen. The Supreme Court took up none of those cases. Instead, it took up a Fifth Circuit case, Rahimi, where the Fifth Circuit struck down a gun control law based on Bruen, with the clear intent of reinstating it. The message is clear: the right to keep and bear arms is an academic curiosity only, it doesn't actually mean you have the right to own or carry a gun.
The_Nybbler
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2d ago
everyone who cares about this stuff is ruled by men who hate them.
Indeed. The Supreme Court position on the right to keep and bear arms is "Sure, people have the right to keep and bear arms. That doesn't mean any particular person has the right to own or carry a gun." Very conservative position, actually.
The_Nybbler
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2d ago
It's just complaining that the game chess doesn't have a canon ending.
It does. Shah mat; the king dies.
The_Nybbler
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2d ago
There's also exoticism. There's definitely a subset of women attracted to the exotic, and in a very white country, a black foreigner is pretty damned exotic. So a black foreign man has an advantage with that group.
The_Nybbler
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3d ago
Pretty sure the documents themselves have clear classification markings on them?
Even if this is the case -- and we in fact do not know that -- it would only be noticed by examining the document. Just casually looking in the open box would not make it obvious. There's a reason cover sheets are very noticable like that.
To the public, maybe?
And to the court, at the time.
The claim is true, though
How do you know? At this point you have only the FBI's say-so.
Do you actually think this made a difference in anyone's reaction to this case?
Yes, there was in fact a lot of screaming about "OMG nuclear secrets" and "OMG HUMINT, Trump's getting our spies killed!"
The_Nybbler
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4d ago
The_Nybbler
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4d ago
The New York courts get to decide the law. They're not impartial. Any appeals would have to go all the way through the New York system (with Trump potentially imprisoned the whole time) before reaching the Supreme Court. Which would most probably simply reject any appeal on the grounds that there is no substantial Federal question.
The_Nybbler
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4d ago
Eurovision is like soccer: Americans don't care, Americans don't need to care, and that's all to the good.
The_Nybbler
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5d ago
No, people like a strong horse, not a dead horse. If Trump is assassinated, the Democrats think "good!" (and we probably have a few stories celebrating it, including on major media though those will be quickly toned down) and the Trump base is demoralized, leading to a Biden landslide.
The_Nybbler
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5d ago
I would bet it would narrow only a very small bit. And of course the first time it happened the justices would get more security.
The_Nybbler
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5d ago
The problem is the prosecutor will argue that it was blindingly obvious that (insert bunch of opaque regulations) said Trump had to record it as a campaign expense and not a business expense. The defense will argue that no, (insert different bunch of opaque regulations) said he should have recorded it as a business expense and not a campaign expense. The jury, not being experts on the ins and outs of New York business accounting, will not be able to come to a conclusion on the merits, so it'll just be a matter of who they believe. The prosecution certainly won't admit to any ambiguity.
The_Nybbler
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5d ago
But manchin will probably not cooperate with replacing an assassinated justice
Sure he would. Why wouldn't he? And what choice would he have anyway?
That's just the start, the foot in the door. As @Tomato said, "the entire sunset district could look like Manhattan".
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