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I sincerely hope and pray you are right and I am wrong because it means lives will be saved and people will be punished.

Call me cynical but I don't think anybody is going to really pay for this. We won't have a Nuremberg. This is going to drag out for a few years and eventually in the US it will be overtaken by the 2024 POTUS race. It'll just be another one of those "over there" things.

Baker may have been the most important person in the 2nd half o the 2th century that wasn't a "leader". He looks good for his age. I have his last book but I didn't get too far into it before being distracted. Need to go back to it.

I belong to a couple of baseball facebook pages that is full of old timers who resent the modern game and this is the knid of thing that makes them go ape shit. I love it for that alone.

What is the practical meaning of this? Is it just paperwork?

and the critics act like they won't do it anyway. "Biden can't do it because then DeSantis will do it" Fuck that. DeSantis is going to do it regardless of what Biden does. The GOP has already shown that they invent standards. We can't bring our knife because then they'll bring their gun when they've already got the gun. We'll have a court backing up tyranny and hate but at least we have "integrity in the institution" or some other bullshit. The trans people will take comfort in that.

I don't think there's really much of a difference in a team that wins 74-83 games. The team that wins 74 could just as easily have won 83.

I think of it like a band.... right now we're in the good times. We're seeing them when they are playing small venues that hold a few hundred people and it cost $15 to get in. The season won't be bad. They'll win just about as much as they'll lose and we'll see kids progress and root for their individual success. This is the last time it will be pressure free fun. NExt year the band will have to work to sell tickets at larger ampitheaters rather than small halls.

Have been seeing ads for Perry Johnson.... he calls himself a "guru". His plan: Lower fuel prices Slow inflation Keep line 5 open Drill for american oil When I think of a guru it's usually a pyramid scheme scam artist on an infomercial or a guy at the head of a cult where he does perverted things.

That Gaetz/Austin exchange shows the best and worst of our country. The best is that we have civilian control of the military member of our legislature can talk to a top military guy that way and not be punished. The worst is that a guy like Gaetz is a member of our legislature.

“Both sides”

I’m proud to be Gen X.

So Oklahoma banned abortions. this nation is screwed

My local middle eastern guy had to shut down for about 6 months. Couldn't find any help. one day it was just him and his brother. He said the problem for him wasn't finding people that wanted to work it was finding people who wanted to be on payroll. He told me that it's a cultural thing among "my people". Paying taxes is a no no. Since then I noticed it among all kinds of local job listings that come up for gas stations. They explicitly state that you must be on payroll. He's back but now during Ramadan he's looking for a dishwasher at night, going to pay $17. The guys he had don't want to give up the time they can eat working. My son might do it as a second job.

30 years is a nice round number for a justice. I looked it up and it only applied to: Bushrod Washington John Marshall William Johnson Joseph Story John Mclean James Moore wayne Stephen Field John Harlan Hugo Black William Douglas William Brennan Byron White John Paul Stevens Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas There were 11 more that served between 25-30 years.

The problem is the senate gets to decide it's rules and as we have seen throughout history, even with LBJ, the Senate Majority Leader, has tremendous power in our country. You'd need constitutional amendments and I am not sure our country will ever again produce one of those. But in theory I'm on board with an amendment stating the # of justices and laying out specific timelines and requirements on when a justice can be brought forward relative to elections. But what do you do with other types of judges? Would it be a requirement that every nominee gets a judiciary hearing? Question on the rules today: If the judiciary doesn't recommend a justice does it still come to a vote? Does the majority leader control that? An amendment like this strips The Leader from having that power. Do we just have the hearing, let them vote on their recommendation, then go to the full senate regardless of what happens? I'm ok with that for just SC justices.

Every Tuesday I order from a local deli. Been there for over 30 years. With Ford still having most people working from home I know he’s taken a hit from lunch sales because it was a popular spot for the white collar people being so close. He has an online system which is very convenient for me as I can order during a meeting or whatever. I assume that system takes a cut of the sale so I always add a tip. It’s only a few bucks and I don’t miss it. I get an awesome sandwich for $15. Can’t beat it. Gets me out of the house for a few minutes too.

McConnell decided the court only needed 8 justices. He made that decision on his own. Then he decided it needed 9 again, all based on some made up standard that he then explicitly changed 4 years later. The legitimacy of the court is already shot so just play the politics.

Lindsey Graham even said he wouldn't vote for a nominee if Trump could make one in 2020 and explicity said to remind him he said that....then in 2020 changed his mind because they were mean to BK. If Biden were to get another pick he should nominate the black judge from SC that Graham said he wanted.... then let him try to walk that back. He will of course but for entertainment purposes. Then I'd like to hear the GOP confirm their racism by saying that two black women on the court is just too much.... nevermind we are and have been fine with more than 2 white men.

Why not? We subtract them now when one side gets a majority. So why not add? What's the difference? I don't know the answer to that and don't need to know the answer. We don't make decisions based on extreme examples. It's not prescribed in the constitution so it's up to the people to decide I guess. Maybe the answer is recess appointments when a vacancy opens up due to death so that the games played by The Majority Leader have less of an impact.

I'm part of a movie facebook page and someone mentioned The Untouchables.... I quoted Andy Garcia's line to Connery when they first met "it's much better than you, you stinking irish pig". Even had it in quotes. They flagged it and gave me a warning.

but we had to mansplain it 😍 a few weeks ago in one of our fitness classes the instructor was counting off and then wanted to check some people's form so she asked my wife to count. My wife starts counting and then this other guy starts counting too.. I guess her counting wasn't good enough. He had to "man count".

right. If the Dems still have the 50/50 lead, or control, then Biden can do what he wants if one of the conservative openings comes up. If the GOP has control then BIden won't be able to do anything. McConnell will hold the seat open for as long as he needs to. That precedent has been set. That's one of the talking points that should be raised when discussing court expansion. The Leader can now keep seats open until their party takes office and they can also rush through nominations a few weeks before the election. Because of that there should be more justices so that a single person can't have such a sway.