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  1. That part is probably correct. But as for actually being hired, no.
  2. Some blatantly unconstitutional bullshit. Also probably inconsequential. Because I rather doubt PC does much business with the federal government. Also Soros and weaponization. Drink.
  3. Well, you know me, I'm of the opinion that it's always been all-Calvinball all the time, forever. But the willingness to change the rules of decision and rhetoric 180 degrees in a short span of time these days is remarkable.
  4. Tangentially related to the Supreme Court but likely directly related to Texas fascism and brain drain, Texas Law lost Steve Vladeck to Georgetown. Apparently a year ago, but geezus.
  5. Shit, let's have a less nuanced take on dictators and fascists. Even if there were such a thing as a "benign dictator," and that benign dictator was Trump, and he was doing this stuff in a more measured fashion, this is still horrific. The problem with benign dictators is, they're dictators. They don't stay benign very often and it's very difficult to strip them of their powers once they abuse them, and abuse them they will. It doesn't take a great student of history to know this. It's basically why all monarchies have failed over the last 300 years. It's why we exist. For all the talk of how shitty our democracy is, it's still better than all the rest, except maybe a parliamentary system for elections.
  6. Somewhat surprisingly, ACB does not seem on board with enhancing executive power. Alito's dissent is one of the most disingenuous supreme court writings I have ever read. Especially contrasted with some of his writings on shadow docket decisions against the Biden administration.
  7. Tell me genius, what does "executive power" mean? And contrast with this: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  8. Come after them, breach their contracts, then have to rehire them, probably at worse rates/terms. But yeah, if there are any "government workers" that people should be pissed at, it's the Booz Allens of the world.
  9. Another good one. The average American's understanding of "globalism" is offshoring jobs and shithole countries with funny looking people and different religions gaining influence in various spheres. But the fact of the matter is that the economy is now global and there is no way for any nation to successfully withdraw from that economy (successfully meaning not becoming DPRK). Isolationism is even less practical now than it has ever been.
  10. Leave your body and soul at the door.
  11. Electronically, GCHQ is probably the best in the world. In no small part because they have never even pretended to respect civil rights.
  12. I mean what the fuck are Democrats or any other opposition to do when the incumbents win with baldface lies and idiocy.
  13. This guy has a PhD in economics from Harvard and has taught in the UC System (although not Berkeley or LA). And he is a MOTHERFUCKING IDIOT. The dumbest sonofabitch in the Trumpverse after der fuhrer himself.
  14. That's not quite the transgenic/transgender mice thing, but it's got about zero to do with transgender anything. What it is, partially, is testing to see what hormones, like those used in gender dysphoria, do to the body. And, it's eight million dollars.
  15. You are showing yourself to be a complete asshole. Go suck some Musky cock.
  16. Someone told him it is potentially a tactic to drive manufacturing/production back to the US. That is possibly true, but will take years and great pain. But because he's a simpleton, that's what he's sticking to.
  17. Yes. I remember seeing some stuff about their votes being questioned because of addresses, but there are certain ones they are entitled to use.
  18. Hannibal Lecter?
  19. Between his terms, certain conservative movements realized what a useful idiot was Trump. I am referring to Thiel, Musk and the anti-democratic techbros oligarchs, as well as the Project 2025 people, who are probably most aligned with "common good" conservatism. Most of this stuff is not Trump's idea. They know it's going to cause austerity, he doesn't. Like his base, he only goes along with the superficialities of it (cost cutting! gubmint efficiency!!!!). I think tariffs are his own little thing though. He obviously has little grasp of macroeconomics, or really any kind of economics that don't line his own pockets.
  20. I got out of timber ownership and management just a few years ago, but that sounds about right. Occasionally, we'd have some nice tall straight pines good for poles and that made for a nice biennial cutting. And, I suppose it was only a matter of time before engineered products overtook solid sawn lumber, but most of the time we felt like we were playing second fiddle to the PNW as far as high-value timber.
  21. Didn't realize Brownsville was one of the US' few breaking yards, and probably only for government-owned vessels. Among the other maritime industries the US has lost has been ship breaking. Now most breaking of privately owned vessels is done in India and thereabouts, where they just beach the things and workers swarm over them in abominable conditions. It's an industrial safety and no doubt environmental disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadani_Ship_Breaking_Yard Probably one of those industries we're happy to be rid of.
  22. 10 or so years ago, maybe more, and in the recent past, Canadian imports had a significant impact on the price of lumber in the US. We seem to have caught up so that Canada isn't as influential on the price. But you can bet that Canadian timber +25% is going to send US prices soaring, even if it's no longer a limiting factor. But yeah lack of sawmill capacity is definitely an issue. But a lot of southern, southeastern US timber doesn't go to sawmills. It's not economical to saw because it's too small relative to PNW timber. It goes into paper pulp and engineered wood products like OSB.
  23. You do have to log forests, any forests, to keep them healthy. As has been pointed out by @flatdawgs, I believe, that already occurs as a normal part of forest management on federal lands. That, then, has to mean that this is on a more commercial scale (the best privately owned and managed timberlands throw off plenty of revenue just from maintenance cutting) that is harmful to the forest, either to the forest itself or to its aesthetic appeal. In Trump's education on how government works, he somehow stumbled on the fact that presidential power is at its highest when national security is involved. That's going to become his empty incantation for the rest of his term/life/whateverthefuck.
  24. Well one of the problems is that at least some of that agreement will be governed by Colorado law. And, for the most part, Colorado law doesn't go round here. I'm not aware of any surly lawdogs licensed in Colorado.
  25. Classically, the brokerage and agent split that commission. That may be out the window with the Antitrust case. But even before the Antitrust case, brokerages would give more favorable splits to agents based on a number of things, most probably the agent's production. And some powerful (high production) agents with broker's licenses could become part of the brokerage, giving them a small percentage of the broker's end of the split.
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