The Frankish Reich

Cute AND really good at her job. I've never argued a Supreme Court case (that's admittedly out of my league), but I have argued to appeals courts panels of three judges. It's tough. They come at you from different angles. They all have their pet views. You have to be ready for everything, preferably ready with a cite to the huge trial record or to the law cited in the briefs. And I gotta say: she's one of the best I've heard. And probably even more, umm, captivating in person.

"Just as the Founding Fathers intended." You mean those same Founding Fathers who promulgated the First Amendment? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Lincoln couldn't have said it better. In fact, Lincoln didn't say it better.

Deep thoughts of a deep thinker.

So vicious, so beautiful. Wow, Gettysburg! You are fighting an uphill battle, sir. And you are no longer in favor.

Yes. And I would expect them by high school to be able to think for themselves without getting mom's permission slip for any and everything they do.

Poor Tanner! His mommy needs to come to his rescue so he can try out for the team

Which implies that Jerry Jeudy would profile as their No. 1 wide out if he hadn't been traded. Which is just absurd. Sutton is good, and an excellent red zone threat. But basically a non-entity with anything involving the middle of the field. He'd fit in well with the Bills. Except we can't afford him.

⬆️ Front seat on the Short Bus. Sometimes the driver lets him work the turn signal for him. EDIT: Supreme Court oral arguments on this still going on right now. Damn, Elizabeth Prelogar, Solicitor General, is good. This law geek is in love. And then I find out this: https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/almID/1202790713323/ Yes, she's the former Miss Idaho. How bout them potatoes. Put her on the Supreme Court now! Get some foundation to take Sotomayor to that West Texas rancho. https://people.com/sports/antonin-scalia-died-during-getaway-with-members-of-secret-hunting-society/#:~:text=When Supreme Court Justice Antonin,origins date back to 1695.

⬆️ So brainwashed by his actual, true-blue KGB Man in Moscow that he fails to grasp the absurdity/irony of his argument.

The circus is back in town!

This Yuri Bezmenov guy, lately the late darling of the right-wing echosphere, was indeed remarkably prescient. In the mid-1980s, he seems to have foreseen the total collapse of capitalism thanks to the efforts of his former employer, leaving the Soviet Union as the sole international superpower.

The low cost vehicle IS being scrapped in favor of his auto-driving taxi vehicle. Which is odd, since Google/Waymo has a huge head start in that field. Musk was lying. Can you believe that?

So it seems that Reuters was absolutely correct. And that Musk was lying after all. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-lay-off-more-than-10-its-staff-electrek-reports-2024-04-15/ Mainstream Media 1, New Musk Media 0.

What do you think the chances are that the OP bought DJT?

They also want to make sure you'll never be able to eat lab-grown meat! Because, you know, freedom!

Good boy, you've provided some indication that this might've been behind the judge's release decision! How much better to do it at the start. My guess: you had no idea about Tennessee or Shelby County law and procedure, and it was kind of a lucky guess. Although Obama and Biden still have nothing to do with it. Other than that, your topic is right on point.

Dems: The lame-duck President of the United States encouraged violence at the Capitol! Repub retort: some rando named Riddhi Patel also encouraged violence in Bakersfield! Yep. You got me. It's officially a tie game. EDIT: I confessed here that I used to listen to Rush Limbaugh in the late 80s/early 90s (before he became a tiresome one-note act). One of the things he used to do was called something like "Caller Education." Someone would call into his show with a stupid retort like this one. He'd gently (they were pretty much all on his side in order to get past the screener) help them through the process of constructing a sensible, at least surface-persuasive argument. I am trying to do that here, but I'm afraid I've wandered into the special classroom.

Would you care to show me how I'm incorrect?

Killer previously released without bond. In Tennessee, where there is no equivalent to NY state's law making no-cash releases the norm. If you actually read the article (what a concept!) you'll see that the prosecution argued for detention and/or a high bond, but a state judge/magistrate nevertheless decided to release him. So to sum up: - Nothing to do with Obama and Biden. It was a pure state, not federal, matter. - Nothing to do with NY's no-cash bail law or any Tennessee equivalent. There's one person to blame for making a bad decision, and it's the judge that released him.

It's difficult to wrap our heads around sometimes. We're so used to seeing Trump - the latter day Trump of The Apprentice and on - that we forget how weird he is. Think about it. If someone told you back in your childhood that sometime in the future we will elect as President a 70-something white man who uses a fake tan made for Dominican or Puerto Rican women ("Bronx color," high orange) all over his face, who has the most bizarro combover of yellow hair you've seen since your granny got a bad hair dye, who leaves the area around his eyes and ears pasty white ...

I thought it was mildly amusing. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/6/20998822/trump-orange-concealer-bronx-colors He did just give himself a new bronzing for the spring, several shades darker than his winter tones. Check out the raccoon eyes.

What is this "Commission on Presidential Debates" they wish to comply with (and even advance)? Surely it is not this one that the REPUBLICAN PARTY officially withdraw participation in? https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-party-withdraws-us-commission-presidential-debates-2022-04-14/#:~:text=Republican Party withdraws from U.S. commission on presidential debates,-By David Morgan&text=WASHINGTON%2C April 14 (Reuters),and refused to enact reforms The RNC's action requires Republican candidates to agree in writing to appear only in primary and general election debates sanctioned by the [Republican National] committee. The nonprofit commission, founded in 1987 to codify the debates as a permanent part of presidential elections, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It was unclear what format future RNC-backed debates would take or whether they would take place as often as in recent decades. The move, which followed months of wrangling between the RNC and the commission, will potentially deprive voters of seeing Republican and Democratic candidates on the same stage. Oh.