Cool and overcast. National forecast is clear for a couple of days, while openweathermap says “light rain” but the daily hour by hour forecast says “0%” chance of rain. Liars gonna lie… We’ll see what actually happens. Only impact on me is if the stuff in the back of the truck gets wet or not…
Did my big loop of pickups yesterday, then did my kid stuff. Nothing of interest with either. Then stopped at HEB grocery for my prescriptions, and to see what was on sale. Bought some more meat. Tasty cow. If it’s on sale, I’m a buyer. I’ll break that down today, and maybe put some brisket in the slow cooker. Gotta find another solid slow cooker recipe.
Hit the chiropractor too. I’m sore. I let my misalignment go too long. Y’all might remember I’ve been trying to learn to manage my typical issues without outside help, for when there isn’t any available. Well, I let the experiment go on too long this time. I’m paying for that now. Use civilization for what you can while you can.
Today I’ve got one more pickup. There have been a ton of dewalt and Milwaukee tools in the auctions lately. I own both, so I’m always looking to get more if the price is right. And it was last week. Dunno why all the brand new tools in unopened boxes are in the secondary markets right now, but there are a LOT of them. Maybe the manufacturers need to generate cash so they’re dumping stuff? I can’t really think of a good reason for it. New unopened current production. Nuts.
Speaking of new, I was behind a flatbed truck loaded with the wheel carriages for freight trains- boggies? No wheels, but the huge casting with the springs inserted. New old stock, casting dates clearly visible from the mid and later 90s. That stuff has been sitting for a long time. It was strapped and stacked, so I think it was finally being delivered for use, and not sent to the scrapper. If they’re just getting to inventory that is 30 years old, I wonder if anyone is still making the parts currently? Houston features a locomotive on the City Seal, and we have a lot of track, switchyards, and other RR infrastructure in use. I see them switching out ties, reballasting, and updating grade crossings, so it’s still important to someone here.
But there is a lot of infrastructure that is going un-repaired, and un-replaced. I don’t see that as a good thing. Wait too long and you lose the facilities and craftsmen who make the stuff. You lose the stuff when it fails catastrophically instead of just having small issues routinely fixed. Look around your area. If you don’t see infrastructure projects, whether new or maintaining the existing, your area is probably in decline and it won’t be long before the failures start, or worsen to the point of no return. Get out while you can if you are facing that.
Whatever happens in the next 5-10 years, where you are is probably going to be the biggest factor in how well you do, or how poorly.
No matter where you are though, preps will help. Stack!
nick
But he would save so much money on gas in the Leaf.
An hour “supercharge” only gives ~200 miles range around Houston?
Does this number factor in the possibility of cold weather?
Even with a magic battery, that’s 900+ miles in a Nissan Versa which runs on battery power. No thanks.
Not particularly chilly this morning. Overcast, yes. Low clouds, yes.
@lynn, when my wife’s company runs into a trip like that, or even to Dallas, they rent a car for the employee. It’s cheaper than reimbursing mileage.
n
– maybe it’s because they realize the numbers are all lies? Even the article knows that…
n
RE network problem:
Bottom line – it is the cable which was installed almost a year ago as part of the conversion to fiber. Router is behind the TV in the living room; computer is 15 feet away in my office. The cable is probably 40 ft long, inside one wall, up and across the ceiling joists, down the inside of another wall then directly into my computer.
I removed the ehternet link. Rebooted and started wi-fi. Worked as originally installed with great speed. Stopped the wi-fi link, connected a 25′ (cat unknown but not newer that cat4) cable across the floor. Rebooted and again worked properly. Reconnected the original cable and can’t see the internet.
I’ve got a triplite cable tester but never haven’t used it in years. I ‘m thinking that it will be faster to just put a new cable end on, try it and if it fails change the other connecter. There are no critters living in my well insulate attic.
Organized retail theft? I see a lot of reports of that at places like Home Depot, where the employees are not able to do a darn thing about it. The police show up in time to review the camera footage.
Unfortunately, the inflation problem is two-fold…
You have your standard inflation cause by a myriad a factors that all build on each other. The vicious cycle of your supplies and labor cost more so you charge more so others have to make more to buy what you’re charging more for and on and on and on until some recession brings it to a halt.
However, you also have companies inflating the inflation. It’s evil genius really. The customers are already in an inflation mindset, so when they see prices go up they thinking inflation. Companies realize this. So, instead of raising prices 7% to cover inflation they raise them 15% to cover inflation AND increase their profits. The customers just think it’s all due to “inflation.” There are a lot of companies using the current inflation to jack up prices way more than is needed to compensate for their increased costs.
Organized retail theft?
– I don’t think so. It’s truckloads of pallets. Thousands of items.
n
Just filed my taxes. My original estimates were not correct based on the information from my investment firm. I have to glean information from the annual statement which is difficult and some items are just not there, like foreign tax paid. I am pleased to say that rather than owing a few dollars, I am getting a few dollars back. Not much, which where I really want to be with the IRS.
I do get to file the 1040-SR, the tax return for seniors. Personally, I don’t see much difference from the 1040. Since I filed today, I fully expect to have the refund in my account by this time next week. The spousal unit and I will blow all the money on a couple of Sonic Blasts from Sonic.
Wow, you can afford Sonic?
– look at mister big time!
n
Looks like round 1 goes to the Donald: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/08/us/trump-supreme-court-colorado-ballot?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240208&instance_id=114656&nl=from-the-times®i_id=52160700&segment_id=157661&te=1&user_id=e9d62056cb914182a595727baa394e6b
Legal eagle talking heads speculating if Roberts can convince Sotomayor to make it 9-0, albeit on narrow grounds.
jasemedical.com now has a “Prepper” Jase Case of prescription drugs. About $1,600, but real human prescription drugs. Fill out a form online and it is in the mail in days.
The vote took place already, but the door is open until the ruling gets published.
The Wise Latina will look like a moron if the vote is 8-1 and she has to write the dissent.
FIFY
We will be getting the small sizes Mr. Smart Arse! 🙂
That’s, what? $12.50 with tax at the counter, $47 if you get it delivered?
“SFWA Names Susan Cooper as the 40th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master.
People here may know her The Dark is Rising series. ”
https://www.sfwa.org/2024/02/07/sfwa-names-susan-cooper-as-the-40th-damon-knight-memorial-grand-master/
https://www.amazon.com/Over-Under-Stone-Rising-Sequence/dp/1665932910?tag=ttgnet-20/
“JUST IN: Senate Advances $95B Foreign Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Taiwan, Omitting Border Security Provisions — Here are the 17 GOP Senators Who Voted with Democrats”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/just-senate-advances-95b-foreign-aid-bill-ukraine/
Look at them try to give away our hard earned money !
And my senior senator from Texas, John Cornyn, voted for it. Just another RINO.
BC: Evel Knievel
https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2024/02/08
Evel is probably headed to a volcano to jump.
Not particularly chilly this morning. Overcast, yes. Low clouds, yes.
@lynn, when my wife’s company runs into a trip like that, or even to Dallas, they rent a car for the employee. It’s cheaper than reimbursing mileage.
My 2008 Highlander is owned by my major business. It is a commercial insurance thing. You cannot buy commercial vehicle insurance for a business anymore without the business owning a vehicle. The business has to have commercial vehicle insurance in case an employee does anything using their personal vehicle.
“Illegals are Already Voting”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/illegals-are-already-voting.php
“By some counts, the Biden Junta has allowed more than eight million foreign nationals to enter the United States illegally. Donald Trump and others contend that Democrats are “signing them up” to vote. As legal immigrants and legitimate citizens should know, illegals have been voting for a long time in California, the model Democrats now seek for the entire country.”
That’s nice. I remember reading the series as a teen. She must really be getting up there.
“SpaceX Tests Using Drone Ships to Support Starlink Coverage at Sea”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-tests-using-drone-ships-to-support-starlink-coverage-at-sea
“SpaceX confirms to the FCC that it’s exploring using its sea-based drone ships to also act as ‘gateways’ for Starlink.”
Starting to look like a real worldwide service.
Sorry. Find it hard to believe anything that the Donald states.
Personal opinion. But can still be friends with others here.
In Cacafornia, that’s gospel truth; everybody who gets a drivers license, even one of the “illegal alien” licenses, is registered to vote.
All inflation originates in the basement of the Eccles Building where the printing presses have been running at a rate of roughly $1 Trillion a year minimum since the Great Recession.
The Republicans in Texas are where the Democrats in Florida were 30 years ago.
Voting for Cornyn was a vote against “Doors” and her Kenny Boys.
And, yes, I know whose name tops that list. It beats working for Clapper like I did at the last job.
I would extend that statement to include all politicians. Even to possibly include government workers when their job is on the line.
Huh, did I miss the trial and guilty verdict?
NYTimes, a first class firestarter, but pretty sh!tty for everything else, including use as butt wipe.
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btw, this is how democracy dies. Politicians IN OFFICE deciding who the people can vote for, which is giving them no choice at all. The only reason to “kick someone off a ballot” is if it turns out they didn’t meet the requirements to be on the ballot.
Convicted criminals can hold office, Marion Barry comes to mind… alleged criminals can hold office, Hillarity Klinton comes to mind… Actual nazzis and Klan leaders have held office and even been celebrated for their longevity.
Anyone can make claims. Anyone can allege. And the BEDROCK foundational principle of our legal system is that EVERYONE IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT, until convicted in a court of law.
To celebrate the legal manouvering going on in the various courts is to celebrate the end of the United States of America and the rule of law.
n
There are some who think the 14th Amendment applies to your statement. And don’t think the 14th requires a formal conviction.
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” is the slogan of the DC fire starter.
What you should have said is “All the Lies Fit to Print”.
Fortunately, such idiots do not make the call.
Which part?
n
This one?
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
‘cuz even the Brittanica says
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Britannica Dictionary definition of INSURRECTION
: a usually violent attempt to take control of a government
[count]
He led an armed insurrection [=rebellion, uprising] against the elected government.
HE HAD CONTROL. And the violence was so minimal, and localized, and mostly on the part of the police, that you can’t be seriously calling it a “violent attempt.” And how did the supposed insurrectionists (some of whom were outed as media and agents provacateur, or Feds..) take control of government? By wandering thru a building and then leaving? Did they take hostages? Shoot lawmakers? Seize radio stations or military bases?
no they did not.
n
Tossing this out: If J6 was an insurrection and Trump was the leader… and Trump was President until Jan 20, who’s he insurrecting against?
Trump hasn’t been convicted of anything. I don’t recall any trials happening. Hey, what happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?
Do we really need Hawaii as a state?
https://reason.com/2024/02/08/hawaiis-supreme-court-insists-there-is-no-individual-right-to-arms/
Tossing this out: If J6 was an insurrection and Trump was the leader… and Trump was President until Jan 20, who’s he insurrecting against?
Trump hasn’t been convicted of anything. I don’t recall any trials happening. Hey, what happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?
Trump was tried for Insurrection in the Senate. They did not find him guilty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump
“At the conclusion of the trial, the Senate voted 57–43 to convict Trump of inciting insurrection, falling 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution, and Trump was therefore acquitted. Seven Republican senators joined all Democratic and independent senators in voting to convict Trump, the largest bipartisan vote for an impeachment conviction of a U.S. president or former U.S. president.[8][9] After the vote on the acquittal, Mitch McConnell said there is no doubt that Trump is practically and morally responsible for inciting the events at the Capitol but he voted against conviction due to his interpretation of the United States Constitution.[10]”
The key words, IMHO, are “engaged” and “rebellion”
There is no word or phrase which indicates “convicted of”.
My opinion is that his actions on Jan 6th, and the days and months prior to that, apply to him.
Not really. As a military base to keep the Japs and Chinks at bay, sure, perhaps. But otherwise, the pineapples grown in Mexico are just as tasty.
Ok, now do Puerto Rico.
Wealthy Puerto Ricans don’t want statehood and US taxes.
For the uninitiated, I give you “Doors”, literally the reason Texas reelected John Cornyn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi6v4CYNSIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYHz6fPAgo
Whether or not it was really her house in the original video doing the “Goodfellas” riff, I know that wasn’t the Congressional campaign office in the “reintroduction”.
The actual office was a not-so-picturesque store front in a strip mall across from the IKEA in Round Rock, positioned strategically between an Indian take out restaurant and a Specs Wine, Spirits, and Finer Foods.
People should read up on the 14th Amendment (including the 13th and 15th), before they formulate an opinion.
Not that state supreme court judges read any better than anyone else.
Take Hawaii for example…
The other 49 states can’t retire the Hawaii State Supreme Court just because they’re a bunch of stupid prog s.o.b.’s that have no regard to the law. But it would be interesting if a block of House Republicans declined to vote any funds for the state until they had some retirements.
The 14th was meant to punish the Confederacy.
The amendment also prohibited former civil and military office holders who had supported the Confederacy from again holding any state or federal office—with the proviso that this prohibition could be removed from individuals by a two-thirds vote in both Houses of Congress.
They had no interest or plan to try and convict every former member, and they all knew who those people were. The insurrection they are referring to was the War Between the States, not a general future insurrection especially not something as nebulous as what occurred on the 6th. They had just fought one of the most bloody and contentious conflicts in modern history and would have laughed in the face of anyone who dared to call what happened on the 6th an ‘insurrection’.
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n
@RickH
I’d be interested in whose definition of rebellion and insurrection you are using.
And given today’s revelations from the special prosecutor, what’s your opinion on the president’s admission that he is unable to execute the duties of his office, vis-a-vis the 25th Amendment?
Sunny Hostin Learned Her Ancestors Owned Slaves and Her Response Is Truly Something
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/02/08/its-a-bummer-sunny-hostin-on-finding-out-her-ancestors-owned-slaves-n2634971
g-g-g-granddaughter of Spanish slave traders want reparations.
Hold one while we check the gene pool in PT to see if g-g-g-grandad was using more than one kind of whip.
>> @RickH
I’d be interested in whose definition of rebellion and insurrection you are using.
And whose definition of “engaged in”
“Tucker Carlson: Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview”
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1755734526678925682
It is over two hours. Putin appears to be in good health, contrary to many pundits.
It starts with Putin giving thirty minutes of Russian history.
Wasn’t LeVar Burton’s ancestry recently outed on that same program?
And, please, like the star of “Roots” wouldn’t know.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/levar-burton-confederate-soldier-finding-roots-rcna134313
Let’s see, didn’t one of the founders of the USA tell us to stay out of European Land Wars ? We have not done a very good job of that in the last hundred plus years.
“Tucker Carlson: Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview”
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1755734526678925682
It is over two hours. Putin appears to be in good health, contrary to many pundits.
It starts with Putin giving thirty minutes of Russian history.
Yup, the source of the conflict is the potential of Ukraine joining NATO. Bad, very bad for Russia state of mind. We, the USA, need to get out of NATO. Mission creep has made NATO into a huge boondoggle.
>> shouldn’t it be ¡adelantando!
– why yes it should. On my phone getting the leading inverted punctuation is easy, on the win8 keyboard? I’d need the character map, and I was too tired.
@nick…
It has just been announced that we are going to get new neighbors at our office complex.
https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/government/2023/12/11/sugar-land-development-agreement-could-bring-thousands-of-homes-to-citys-etj/
“During the Dec. 5 City Council meeting, council members unanimously approved an agreement with Pulte Homes of Texas for the development of roughly 960 acres in the city’s ETJ primarily located south of FM 2759 and east of FM 762.”
“According to the agreement, the development will consist of:
How nice. My four mile commute will increase from five minutes to ??? minutes.
>> I am sending one of my employees to an engineering conference in Oklahoma in a couple of weeks. It is 900+ mile round trip. He has a Nissan Leaf+ (240 mile range). He figures that he will need to charge for an hour each time at least five times. So, he is taking my old 2008 Highlander.
Putting aside average driving speed, he’d need to charge roughly five to seven times:
Doable averaging 55 MPH. At 85 MPH, stops 3 and 6 would need to be 100% charges.
Then there’s the temperature impacts (too low or too high).
And lastly the availability to ChaDemo Level 3 chargers.
So…like you said, take the ICE truck. Much more realistic in the LEAF if you’re starting from the DFW area.
>> We have a 2016 Explorer. The chronic water pump issue plagues the Taurus, Explorer, and Edge of that generation with the V6 design. Lots of vehicles will have the condition develop with enough time.
@Greg, was there ever a NHTSA recall for this issue? Or did sufficient steaks, bourbon and “ladies” make it ‘go away.’
>> I would add:
…
The White House Cook Book
From whose administration?
Oh my.
‘They were MY testicles!’ Michigan transgender Muslim woman loses case against ex who she sued for throwing out jar of genitals that she kept in the FRIDGE
I wonder if islam treats “transgender” women the same as women?
n
OK so my reading of it depends on whether you consider “office” and “officer” to apply to the President. If not, none of the 14th applies in this case. It’s interesting how it states Senator, Representative, … “or hold any office”. It’s written like Congress isn’t an “office”, perhaps because representatives are elected and senators were appointed by the states. What does that mean for the VP and President?
The second part is “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against (the United States)”, and “or given aid or comfort to the enemies of (the United States)”.
Did Trump “engage”? He gave a speech in which he said “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” and also “And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” and ended with “So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I want to thank you all. God bless you and God Bless America.”
Does that sound like someone rallying the mob to storm Congress? It is alleged that the “we fight” comments are the smoking gun, but what about the “peacefully” comment? If this is someone “engaging in insurrection or rebellion”, it’s a weak engagement.
What about “give aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States”? Unlikely. There was no aid, and no comfort that I know of, and anyway, if tweets satisfy that clause, then much of the country is ineligible.
In my opinion. I’m a Brit who can’t vote in the US, and I don’t have a horse in the race. You have to have a trial though, or it’s just tyranny.
I’m interested in informed thoughts.
No recall yet.
This is the same model year that the cops started buying when the last of the Crown Vics reached the end of service life. Something will happen eventually, but we may be out of the vehicle by that point.
The crazy thing is that 60k miles on the water pump means that many people on the 72 and 84 month plans were still paying on their Exploder/Edge/Taurus when the $3000 bill hit out of warranty. The repair must still be made under the terms of the financing, however, and Ford Credit would certainly know.
2 things I didn’t realize until after the timer had expired.
“none of the 14th”, I meant that clause of the 14th.
And another interesting question, were the rioters “enemies of the United States”? They thought they were protecting the US.
@Alan
The White House Cook Book
From whose administration?
The original was 1887, so Cleveland.
There have been several updates through 1913 or so, but it’s unclear if the contents actually changed. All public domain, now. An interesting look at historical best practices in the kitchen.
It looks like “she” has joined the Hijab of the Month club. I believe they’re fine in the eyes of Allah as long as they actually have the “affirmation” surgery.
Unlike Jenner. Cough.
$20,000 to remove the testicles at state expense because “she” is “disabled”. Good Lord.
No. CRIMINAL defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. Someone being ineligible to run for President does not require a court decision that they are a CRIMINAL.
The Constitution imposes requirements on being eligible to run for President. You can’t be under 35. You can‘t have been elected twice before. Would you require a court decision that someone is under 35 to realize they can’t run? No, reality suffices. Would you require a court decision to say Bill Clinton can’t run again? No, reality suffices. Same deal here.
I don’t recall any prohibition on criminals running.
n
>> People should read up on the 14th Amendment (including the 13th and 15th), before they formulate an opinion.
Also relevant to review:
>> People should read up on the 14th Amendment (including the 13th and 15th), before they formulate an opinion.
Related: full transcript of today’s SCOTUS arguments – https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24414215-trump-ballot-case-scotus-transcript
No. CRIMINAL defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. Someone being ineligible to run for President does not require a court decision that they are a CRIMINAL.
– wrong. Whether or not someone (who did not participate in the Confederacy- the target of the amendment) meets the prohibitions listed is not self-evident the same way as someone’s age or birth circumstances are self-evident. The very fact that we disagree on whether or not Trump meets the prohibitions is evidence that it is NOT self-evident. And given that he’s been impeached and tried for insurrection and found not guilty, any argument based on his supposed guilt is mooted.
n
Trump was tried for Insurrection in the Senate. They did not find him guilty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump
“At the conclusion of the trial, the Senate voted 57–43 to convict Trump of inciting insurrection, falling 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution, and Trump was therefore acquitted.
You’re missing the point. You said everyone is innocent until proven guilty. I said that principle only applies to someone being deemed a criminal. It doesn’t apply to someone simply being deemed ineligible to run for office.
Being 26 is not a crime. A court doesn’t have to conclude you’re 26 for you to be 26. Being 26 does disqualify you from running for President. Now replace “being 26” with “being an insurrectionist”
OK, but who decides? That’s the problem. The theory behind a court is a group of your peers decides. If one person decides, or it’s done without the ability to mount a defense, that’s King level,and the US doesn’t believe in kings.
See above. If I say Trump is an insurrectionist, is he ineligible?
26 is objective. Insurrectionist is subjective.
Your interpretation that being considered an insurrectionist requires a court decision is wrong, but even if you’re right: since when is the Senate a “court of law”?
Remember, you were the one who said “EVERYONE IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT, until convicted in a court of law.”
Additionally, this is not the same thing as finding someone “not guilty”
Additionally additionally, go look up how Trump’s impeachment team said the proper resolution was in the courts, not the Senate. Now that it’s being consider in the courts, the argument is that this was resolved through impeachment? Can’t have your cake and eat it too.
>> Being 26 is not a crime. A court doesn’t have to conclude you’re 26 for you to be 26. Being 26 does disqualify you from running for President. Now replace “being 26” with “being an insurrectionist”
If you make that replacement, the next question becomes, whose definition of insurrectionist do we use?
“I’ll know it when I see it” probably doesn’t cut it…
Agreed.
No doubt Trump is playing both sides.
A court in Colorado decided. That’s who decided, then it was reviewed by a superior court. Not every court decision involves a jury, which is what you think seems to be the case.
Again, this isn’t a situation involving determining if someone is a criminal or not. You and Nick keep wanting to make that be a factor, but it isn’t. Trump isn’t going to jail if the SC rules against him.
Being 26 is not a crime. A court doesn’t have to conclude you’re 26 for you to be 26. Being 26 does disqualify you from running for President. Now replace “being 26” with “being an insurrectionist”
– your age is self-evident. If there is a question about your age, and thus your ability to hold the office, you would in fact have to establish that your stated age is correct. If you weren’t born in a place that issues birth records, if your records were destroyed, and if it wasn’t apparent that you were as old as you claim, you would have to establish your eligibility just as you have to establish your official residency for other offices. There are election boards and the like that verify the conditions of aspirants to office.
-asserting you meet the age requirement, or a residency test, or that you got enough signatures to get on a ballot, or that you filled all the correct paperwork will be checked by the relevant officials. If there is a question about any of those things, there will be further checks, investigations, law suits, or other remedies.
– the state of being an “insurrectionist” is not self evident, and iirc Trump has many times asserted that he is NOT an insurrectionist. Unless a legal body charges him with the crime, and he’s convicted of the same, he’s not. Period.
An outside party, acting for political reasons has acted of their own initiative to deprive a candidate of his position on the ballot, applying a questionable and unique interpretation of the law, based on the premise that they are acting to protect the Republic from an ‘insurrectionist’, a criminal charge, without anyone having legally established that he is such a thing. In fact he was acquitted of the charge in the Senate.
n
Is it? Different cultures measure age in different ways. If your answer to “how to decide if someone is 26” is “look at facts and compare them to a definition we use here in America“, then do the same thing for “how to decide if someone is an insurrectionist”. Nick already helpfully provided definitions, further proving my point.
Hmm…maybe he they shouldn’t have let him out of the basement tonight…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13063725/joe-biden-address-nation-news.html
Gee, fodder for a Trump PAC commercial??
Don’t forget: Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV
We interrupt all these serious SCOTUS discussions to bring you the latest Tay-Tay “news”…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-13061651/Brittany-Mahomes-Sports-Illustrated-Taylor-Swift-Super-Bowl.html
Was Trump allowed to present a defense? No. And that’s very important. If I’m accused of something and I don’t get to defend myself, the court cannot make a good decision.
I personally think every court decision should involve a jury, if the defendant wishes. However, that’s not the case.
Yes, it is. One is objective and the other is not. Assuming birth records exist, your age is objective.
You’re still not getting that it’s irrelevant whether it’s a “crime”. A court decided he engaged in insurrection. Not every court decision requires a jury of your peers.
See above: doesn’t matter if it’s a crime. Does the 14th say “convicted of the crime of insurrection”?
Also see above: the decision that he was an insurrectionist was legally established in court in Colorado.
First and only warning to “Craig.” You have used several argumentative techniques typical of a troll, moving the goal posts, intentionally ‘misunderstanding’, argument by assertion, and a throw away email address.
One more comment to make any point or response you care to make on this subject.
After that, I’m removing any further comments under my zero tolerance policy toward specific individuals.
nick
One more…
Hey Taylor, ask someone to explain the “Streisand Effect to you…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ar-BB1hRjnc
I think we’ve now reached the point of “I wish this wasn’t how things are because I don’t like the outcome”. That’s where logical reasoning ends.
“communications” and “acting” as degrees. Oy.
n
Grading for the first assignment must be done.
First and only warning to “Craig.” You have used several argumentative techniques typical of a troll, moving the goal posts, intentionally ‘misunderstanding’, argument by assertion, and a throw away email address.
One more comment to make any point or response you care to make on this subject.
After that, I’m removing any further comments under my zero tolerance policy toward specific individuals.
nick
Craig is Patches, the junior college lecturer who cannot get tenure.
Patches has a problem with logic and would love to be an Inquisitor.
I am reading 132,479,571 bytes of 643 benchmark DIF files because I rewrote the last fixup on a primary algorithm. It works better, most of the time. This entire week so far has been about smoothing the differences. My eyes are starting to auger in.
“communications” and “acting” as degrees. Oy.
You would be surprised how many kids get a degree in acting at our local junior college.
The number one liberal arts degree at the junior college in my parents county is flower arranging. My father is beside himself. They gave out 120+ degrees in flower arranging last year. One person got a job, in … flower arranging.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
“If wishes were horses, we’d all be eatin’ steak.” — Jayne Cobb, Firefly
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One more…
Hey Taylor, ask someone to explain the “Streisand Effect to you…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ar-BB1hRjnc
IIRC, Musk removed the ID number from the tail of his planes. And then changed the ID number on all of his planes to an unlisted number.
But he would save so much money on gas in the Leaf.
An hour “supercharge” only gives ~200 miles range around Houston?
Does this number factor in the possibility of cold weather?
Even with a magic battery, that’s 900+ miles in a Nissan Versa which runs on battery power. No thanks.
And he is 6’3″. But he is super skinny so he fits in the car easily.
BTW, I think that the Nissan Versa is bigger than his Nissan Leaf+.
The popo and DEA get around the tail number issue by leasing from a service company. The tail number goes back to the lease co. opensky might have spotters attach a ‘real’ user to a leased plane, or they might have only done that for a while or for special interest tail numbers…
n
Oh my.
‘They were MY testicles!’ Michigan transgender Muslim woman loses case against ex who she sued for throwing out jar of genitals that she kept in the FRIDGE
I wonder if islam treats “transgender” women the same as women?
n
Everyone knows that you should keep discarded body parts in the freezer.
And Iran is the number one place for transgender surgeries in the world. 4,000 per year IIRC.
>> And Iran is the number one place for transgender surgeries in the world. 4,000 per year IIRC.
A friend told you, right??
Time for bed…
Why would they allow female to male? Females are cattle. And who would want to go male to female? Females are cattle.
{{ shudder }}
And with that cheery thought…
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“Ford EV Crisis: “Our Gen 2 vehicles won’t launch unless we can … profit””
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/02/08/ford-ev-crisis-our-gen-2-vehicles-wont-launch-unless-we-can-profit/
““Our Gen 2 vehicles won’t launch unless we can get to a profit and a return on that capital that we’re investing there at the pricing environment that we now understand is reality,” Lawler said. “We know that we have to have this electric vehicle business stand on its own and be profitable because we know that there are competitors out there.””
And people will not buy EVs unless they are dependable, fuel quickly, and reasonable cost. None of those three are true right now for Ford.