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6 hours ago, Satchel said:

This just in:

On Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News on Wednesday, recently confirmed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hailed the work of Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is “gonna cut a trillion dollars of waste fraud and abuse,” Lutnick said.

“You know Social Security is wrong, you know Medicare and Medicaid is wrong, so he's going to cut one trillion,” Lutnick added. “Get rid of all these tax scams that hammer against Americans and we’re gonna raise a trillion dollars in revenue, and our objective, under Donald Trump, is to balance this budget.”

Please cut Mom’s Social Security check. Maybe that will wake her up. 

<sigh>  Probably not. 

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Called Trump a coward yesterday in my friends group chat for not going to the USA - Canada 4 nations final after talking all the trash about Trudeau/Canada but seeing how it turned out probably a good thing. His fragile little ego prob couldn’t have handled that L and would be trying to get the football from his aide postgame trying to shoot nukes at Canada…

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6 hours ago, mchookem said:

something slightly positive

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-20/trump-administration-backtracks-eliminating-thousands-national-parks-employees

Trump administration backtracks on eliminating thousands of national parks employees

 

fucking with the NPS must have finally really gotten through to some people. was def my redline issue. motherfucker.

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Europe should call our bluff. We need troops over there to maintain our hegemony.

This is what I’ve been saying. Sometimes you just have to say, “No.”. Then find a way to hit him in his wallet.
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41 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

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Actually, coming from a US District Judge, it is fairly shocking.  Not that USDJs are ignoramuses or flat-earthers (at least most of them), it's just the "professional cabining" of them usually leads to a state of ignorance and a lack of confidence on matters scientific and technical, wherein they are reliant on the parties to educate them (even if they do happen to know something about the subject matter in question).

Also.

https://apnews.com/article/trrump-doge-checks-inflation-7fb8b5b004faecc213c325fcbafc7ee9

Fuck. Me. Running.

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Why not? He's not known for being pragmatic or a deep thinker. His gut says that he likes Putin, or at least that he wants to be Putin, so he likes him. He's a simpleton with money.

Born on third and thought he hit a triple.
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6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Actually, coming from a US District Judge, it is fairly shocking.  Not that USDJs are ignoramuses or flat-earthers (at least most of them), it's just the "professional cabining" of them usually leads to a state of ignorance and a lack of confidence on matters scientific and technical, wherein they are reliant on the parties to educate them (even if they do happen to know something about the subject matter in question).

If it is Judge Ana Reyes, perhaps she did her homework prior? She seems pretty level-headed but I've got no legal background.

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2 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

If it is Judge Ana Reyes, perhaps she did her homework prior? She seems pretty level-headed but I've got no legal background.

I believe it is and she probably knows this regardless.  Still, it is relatively uncommon for a federal judge to take an "independent" stance on scientific or technical issues before them.

In most senses, this is a product of the adversarial system in which the facts are those produced by the parties in evidence before the court.  Like juries are discouraged/forbidden from independently researching a case, so too do federal judges tend to avoid extrajudicial knowledge.

The rules don't forbid it for judges and federal judges in particular have more freedom to do it and to comment on it in court, even before a jury.

There's a judge in San Francisco/San Jose with a degree in math that is an amateur computer scientist who presided over Google v. Oracle and was openly independent and skeptical of some of the assertions of the parties there based on his own knowledge.

More typical, though, is Chief Judge David Godbey of the ND Tex in Dallas, who has a BSEE but feigns not knowing what a transistor does.

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2 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Called Trump a coward yesterday in my friends group chat for not going to the USA - Canada 4 nations final after talking all the trash about Trudeau/Canada but seeing how it turned out probably a good thing. His fragile little ego prob couldn’t have handled that L and would be trying to get the football from his aide postgame trying to shoot nukes at Canada…

It's just so annoying that he inserts himself into this stuff at all. Let us all enjoy a hockey game without having his dumbass make it all about him.

Same thing with the Super Bowl. Just stay out of it and stay the fuck away.

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10 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

And a balanced budget will be good for what reason?

They aren’t actually going to try to have a balanced budget. They’re going to add trillions to the debt to pay for tax cuts and they are gutting the IRS. The last Trump presidency increased the deficit more than any other administration 

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1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Really enjoying the discourse around checking Fort Knox for the gold; I bet this hits so hard if you’re fucking stupid. 
 

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What happens when they tell us Elon checked the gold and it’s not there 

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18 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I believe it is and she probably knows this regardless. 

She apparently has a bachelor's degree in poly sci (graduated summa cum laude).  It doesn't mean she had to study up on that particular subset of human genetics, but I'm guessing she had to study up.

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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

She apparently has a bachelor's degree in poly sci (graduated summa cum laude).  It doesn't mean she had to study up on that particular subset of human genetics, but I'm guessing she had to study up.

Just guessing her personal interests have led her to research the topic.

Also, the government, particularly one as feckless as Trump's, but all of them, put DOJ attorneys in untenable positions all the time.  The good ones, the ones Trump is running off, manage to navigate that with some dignity and candor.

The Trump DOJ will not be able to pull that off.

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30 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I believe it is and she probably knows this regardless.  Still, it is relatively uncommon for a federal judge to take an "independent" stance on scientific or technical issues before them.

In most senses, this is a product of the adversarial system in which the facts are those produced by the parties in evidence before the court.  Like juries are discouraged/forbidden from independently researching a case, so too do federal judges tend to avoid extrajudicial knowledge.

The rules don't forbid it for judges and federal judges in particular have more freedom to do it and to comment on it in court, even before a jury.

There's a judge in San Francisco/San Jose with a degree in math that is an amateur computer scientist who presided over Google v. Oracle and was openly independent and skeptical of some of the assertions of the parties there based on his own knowledge.

More typical, though, is Chief Judge David Godbey of the ND Tex in Dallas, who has a BSEE but feigns not knowing what a transistor does.

 It's not a matter of scientific or technical issue though? trump's DOJ had their facts wrong. People do exist with something besides XX/XY.

 

What sort of fucked up world are we in when empirical facts are now a "technical issue"? That kind of lawyer-brain of acting like every detail is negotiable is how we end up in this goddamn mess

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29 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Still, it is relatively uncommon for a federal judge to take an "independent" stance on scientific or technical issues before them

Is it relatively common for a judge to have such a blatantly incorrect assumption as the basis of an executive order they are being asked to rule on? If you took 2nd year biology in HS you learned about chromosomal anomalies if not errors of inborn metabolism. 

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5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Just guessing her personal interests have led her to research the topic.

Also, the government, particularly one as feckless as Trump's, but all of them, put DOJ attorneys in untenable positions all the time.  The good ones, the ones Trump is running off, manage to navigate that with some dignity and candor.

The Trump DOJ will not be able to pull that off.

That’s ok they just keep appealing and he tells SCOTUS what to rule. They’ll dot the i’s and cross the t’s

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1 minute ago, Captainant said:

 It's not a matter of scientific or technical issue though? trump's DOJ had their facts wrong. People do exist with something besides XX/XY.

 

What sort of fucked up world are we in when empirical facts are now a "technical issue"? That kind of lawyer-brain of acting like every detail is negotiable is how we end up in this goddamn mess

That's not really the case.  "Normally," the other side of the case would be all over that scientific falsity and the judge would be more like "the plaintiff here makes a valid point that the premise of the EO is scientifically incorrect."

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7 minutes ago, Captainant said:

 It's not a matter of scientific or technical issue though? trump's DOJ had their facts wrong. People do exist with something besides XX/XY.

It's even more subtle than that.  People can be an XX "intersex male".  They can be an XY "intersex female".  And then there are the multiple cases of triple chromosomes, etc.  (Not a biologist, but I did take Human Genetics for my undergrad "basic science elective" in engineering school, because otherwise i would have had to take Geology 101 or Astronomy 101 and who wants to do that?)

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12 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

That's not really the case.  "Normally," the other side of the case would be all over that scientific falsity and the judge would be more like "the plaintiff here makes a valid point that the premise of the EO is scientifically incorrect."

You should stop using the phrase "normally" when it comes to our judicial proceedings. There is no law. Your vocation has been made irrelevant in a world where Calvinball is the law of the land.

All that really matters is what happens and how we react to it. There's no more rules or standards or procedures. Everything is on the table.

 

Wake up and smell the ashes.

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37 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's even more subtle than that.  People can be an XX "intersex male".  They can be an XY "intersex female".  And then there are the multiple cases of triple chromosomes, etc.  (Not a biologist, but I did take Human Genetics for my undergrad "basic science elective" in engineering school, because otherwise i would have had to take Geology 101 or Astronomy 101 and who wants to do that?)

Oh man you missed out. Math was minimal for the non-science major course, and that was the one lab we wouldn't skip. 8PM, smoke a bowl and then go look through the really expensive telescope at all sorts of cool shit.

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42 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Huh Macklemore is still making music? Nails the current vibe, tbh

uh oh...our Macklemore ain't gonna like that, will we see another name change 🤔 lol

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The United States of America ended when "because it makes the other side mad" became an acceptable reason for enacting policy.
It's one thing to have your set of beliefs and a desire to promote them, while knowing and accepting that there will be an opposition force to these ideals that will likely disapprove.
But what has happened in America is "lib tears" is the entire justification for many of these actions.  Not bettering the country.  Not tangible progress for the community.  Merely "look how mad it will make the people I disagree with."
Actively cheering on stuff purely based on how much it hurts your neighbor is some DARK shit.  And it is our new Constitution.

We are in the era of anti-empathy. And I don’t mean that empathy ain’t valued; it’s seen as an EVIL trait that must be crushed (that’s all being “woke” is, BTW - being aware of other people’s lived experiences).
Empathy is evil, and must be stamped out and crushed.
It’s beyond fucked up. It’s how you get to “the cruelty is the point.”
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4 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

First time in my life I saw the US lose a game and thought "good."

My wife was openly rooting for Canada. She fell asleep during the third period intermission and woke up just after Connor McDavid scored the game-winning goal, saw the celebration and said, "Good."

In the pregame, ESPN aired a team official talking to Trump on speakerphone and then taking the phone into the locker room where King Dipshit addressed the team. It definitely curtailed any US fandom I might otherwise have had.

 

3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Really enjoying the discourse around checking Fort Knox for the gold; I bet this hits so hard if you’re fucking stupid. 
 

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Well, I see they've already got an Oddjob in Stephen Cheung (my apologies if that joke has already been issued)

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13 hours ago, troph said:

People are going to lose benefits and whah-lah the budget is balanced. Get ready to support your folks, shits going down hill fast.

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19 minutes ago, C-Man said:

It definitely curtailed any US fandom I might otherwise have had.

They put MAGA hat shitheads behind the US bench that we had to look at any time the camera showed the HC. Glad they paid high prices to watch Canada break their hearts

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Anyone with the rep John Carter, a person at least answers your call. Not so with Cornyn. I see 0 reason to even attempt to call Cruz. The rebellion is officially underway!

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2 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

If you took 2nd year biology in HS you learned about chromosomal anomalies if not errors of inborn metabolism. 

or even heard of/read a very famous and highly-regarded, best-selling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with the protagonist having such biological characteristics.

cover showing child emerging from waterlily with bullrushes either side, with a bright stylized sun in the sky directly overhead

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2 hours ago, Captainant said:

You should stop using the phrase "normally" when it comes to our judicial proceedings. There is no law. Your vocation has been made irrelevant in a world where Calvinball is the law of the land.

All that really matters is what happens and how we react to it. There's no more rules or standards or procedures. Everything is on the table.

 

Wake up and smell the ashes.

There's still a normal, no matter how abnormal things become.  Lose sight of that, and you've lost it all.

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12 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

or even heard of/read a very famous and highly-regarded, best-selling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with the protagonist having such biological characteristics.

cover showing child emerging from waterlily with bullrushes either side, with a bright stylized sun in the sky directly overhead

Fantastic book by the guy who wrote the Virgin suicides. Also, the most ironic subject matter given author’s name ever.

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26 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

Anyone with the rep John Carter, a person at least answers your call. Not so with Cornyn. I see 0 reason to even attempt to call Cruz. The rebellion is officially underway!

he's my rep, not sure what it matters though. he's a useless fucking maga zombie.

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2 hours ago, RPM said:

Now he's going to take over USPS and put it under Commerce? 

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, Washington Post reports

We will all get fucked, but this will especially fuck over rural MAGA voters who heavily rely on subsidized mail.   Good luck getting Fed Ex to deliver your shit in Bumfuck town for  75 cents.  Fuck it, lets do it.  Burn it all down!

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2 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

Oh man you missed out. Math was minimal for the non-science major course, and that was the one lab we wouldn't skip. 8PM, smoke a bowl and then go look through the really expensive telescope at all sorts of cool shit.

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