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  1. Can't edit, but I say all the foregoing as a child who was a massive Civil War buff, and a "fan of the Confederacy," based mostly on regional bias and being 8 or 9. I do not remember anyone, which seemingly would have been my parents, nudging me in that direction. But, I distinctly remember my parents reminding me that ultimately, the Confederacy was on the wrong side. I was too young to be a racist, and my parents did nothing to encourage me to be one. Later in life, I don't recall being fed anything historically inaccurate about secession or the cause of the Civil War, even in a great white ISD. But the whole lost cause mythology was there, omnipresent even at UT. Offering up historical complexities like states' rights, the role of the federal government, and the loyalties of US military officers to their states rather than their country/federal government. That stuff is all fine as far as it goes for a deep dive biography or an upper-division history class. But the fact that Confederate apologism worked its way into everyday discussion of the Civil War even among the uneducated is a testament to how effective a propaganda tool it was. And still is. I'm not a huge fan of bandying about traitor/treason regarding today's public enemies as I think it often overstates a case that is bad enough. But it absolutely applies to Confederate government officials and military officers. Jefferson Davis, traitor. R.E. Lee, traitor. Stonewall Jackson, traitor. Nathan Bedford Forrest, traitor and virulent racist. Hood, Bragg, traitors. Simkins, traitor. Littlefield, traitor. There's no way around it.
  2. Well, ackshually, they haven't. Unless you want to contend that Perkins Coie, Jenner Block, and Wilmer Hale aren't big law.
  3. It's all just bullshit because there's no actual market for either stock as they aren't publicly traded. My guess is that he's trying to imbue Xitter with the hysterical bullshit that is AI.
  4. BASIC ftmfw.
  5. Just for a bit of perspective, "Temporary Orders" are common in adversarial Texas divorces, so much so that they are mostly boilerplate. So given the poor state of legal reporting, this could mean he's bashing her around or could be more "benign." https://texaslawhelp.org/article/temporary-orders-temporary-restraining-orders-tros
  6. I just mean that someone thought it was a good deal to pay Hawk Tuah however much money to stick her name on some shitass product. And they were right.
  7. And, you can attempt to mitigate their actions in certain ways that are not wholly invalid, but the fact remains that they were traitors, actual treasonous traitors, to the United States of America. The whole lost cause thing is pretty disgusting. It was, in essence, a set of oligarchs with a business model (slavery in cotton farming) that they attempted to make policy of the United States, at least for them, if no one else. The vast majority of southerners were a lot like magats: very little to gain for supporting their oligarchy leaders, but support they did, often with their lives. And the oligarchs were sore losers who spread their sore loserness among more common or garden southerners, creating a false nobility to the whole fucking mess. And most of them were virulent racists that encouraged virulent racism among the masses, although the masses had more in common with slaves than the oligarchy. And the lost cause mutated into Jim Crow, meaning the peculiar institution would continue to haunt this country for probably the rest of its existence, certainly to the present, at any rate.
  8. "Best" is a very loaded term. They are very low-risk investments in a volatile market, which makes a lot of sense. You won't lose capital, most likely, and will get some return. The risk is that in this inflationary, low-interest rate environment, the returns don't keep up with inflation, meaning you do lose a little money, when inflation adjusted, or buying power, if you prefer. There's not a whole lot of other low-risk options, though.
  9. It's just absurd the value that Americans will put on the celebrity model/actress/whore o the day, which would include Trump, along with Kardashians.
  10. Looking at the docket, the case was originally randomly assigned to Beryl Howell, notable enemy of the Trump administration. She apparently punted to avoid the bullshit recusal sideshow that's sure to accompany that. That's what judicial integrity looks like.
  11. Even more than that, I think she just lent her name to a crypto coin and didn't have much to do with it beyond that. Still, crypto is a stinky business and I wouldn't mind attaching some liability to all involved at every level.
  12. Yeah, they're exactly the type that would kowtow to Trump just like all the other simps. They want their lawyers to stand up for them as bigly as possible, but don't give a shit about anyone or anything else.
  13. I wish that were true, but Paul Weiss and Skadden's clients are primarily megarich if not outright oligarchs that, if not outright pro-Trump, certainly have no respect for little guys or little guy causes, like civil rights or the first amendment. I am more shocked that either firm could be found doing anything offensive to the Trump regime.
  14. Like Paul Weiss, except worse, Skadden is a Wall Street firm whose bread is buttered by oligarchs and ibankers. Totally not surprising, except that they were targeted. Why? Suing Dinesh over 2000 Mules. The deal came five days after the billionaire Elon Musk — one of Trump’s top advisors — tweeted “Skadden, this needs to stop now” in response to a social media post by conservative gadfly Dinesh D’Souza complaining that the firm’s lawyers were litigating against him over a film he produced.
  15. You realize what's at stake here, right? Yes, kicking the can down the road can be a problem, but as someone observed, this is a lot of people's livelihood. Miss a check or two, erroneously halve the amount, and you got granny starving to death and/or getting evicted, or can't buy life-preserving medications. That's not a business oopsie. That's a horrid fuckup. This is why you cant run government like a business. There's no place to externalize the costs. And, it's going to be massively expensive. This DOGE shit is going to blow up the deficit, big-time bro.
  16. And look at that cross hanging out there for all to see. As bad as a "Jesus fish" on advertising. Hold on to your wallet and watch your Cornhole.
  17. Everyone is so afraid of him, it bottles my mind. In most cases, about all he can do is call them names on Truth. But, because "tweets" have replaced policy and politics here in the good ol USA, I guess I need to get with the times.
  18. Any lawdog will tell you that it's quite difficult negotiating with a lunatic. One tactic is to just give them what they want on a small matter -- and never deal with them again.
  19. No one is pushing back on the concept itself. They're pushing back on the execution and non-expert identity of those executing it. And doing it is going to cost a mega shit ton, most of which will go to gougey private sector contractors.
  20. Blinding glimpse of the obvious here. Along with tariffs, cutting inflation and grocery prices, one of the biggest lies/inconsistencies in his campaign.
  21. So, the SoT, a hedgie, is now involved in diplomatic financial rape. Excellent, this timeline.
  22. It's so bad, apparently, they don't have enough engines to replace them with. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2025/02/gm-cant-keep-up-with-6-2l-v8-engine-replacements/
  23. Take away a potential pro career and all the adulation big-time D1 athletes get and your left with love of the game, and I'm not sure how far that goes. For D1 athletes without pro prospects, my observation is not very far.
  24. Let's examine one of the contentions, that interoperability of systems from different departments would be a good thing. Yes, yes it would. Does anyone really think no one has ever thought of that before? The reason it hasn't been done is cost. All of this shit Elmo is tearing down is going to require building back up, and that's going to cost a shit-ton of money.
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