The Frankish Reich

Hey, Frederick, keep that piccolo tucked away! https://patch.com/florida/bradenton/former-desantis-spokesperson-exposed-himself-multiple-times-report

Immoral? Of course not. Just as getting the measles vaccine for your kids is the only moral course of action today. I was taught (in Catholic schools, no less) that we should also be concerned about our fellow men, women, and children. But I guess the Christian party has forgotten all about that?

It was on July 20, 2021 when I started this thread. But I guess to a "vaccine scientist" the facts on the ground never change.

The danger in NOT putting him back before the courts is that a court issues a blanket order since they can't trust Trump to comply with any future orders in individual cases. He is doing this for people like you, his base, to make a show that his is fighting your version of the oligarchy: the "deep state."

Your side is indistinguishable from the old 1970s Democrats. We'll save industry by building a protective tariff wall. There are no longer any Republicans.

Another wonderful day on the markets. Never in history has a president single-handedly tanked the markets. Another first.

Get back to spray painting your toilet gold. It's ... classy!

Holy Week, so expect more apocrypha.

Because some Salvadorans are bad, it follows that this Salvadoran must be bad. I think we have a word for that. It begins with "R"

Losing will do that to you. But let's not go with the old "not a leader of men" crap. Was mumbling, irritable Belichick a "leader of men?" Is introverted McDermott a leader of men? Siriani wasn't a leader of men until suddenly he was. I'm a Denver Nuggets NBA fan. They loved coach Mike Malone, an abrasive guy who got the best out of them. Until this year, when he became an abrasive guy they no longer wanted to play for. It happens. Familiarity breeds contempt. The Bills next coach will be a loudmouth extrovert, just as Rex Ryan begat Sean McDermott. That's why coaches don't often last long.

Because he was, and now he isn't. As the gospel says: He was lost, and now he has been found.

I'm glad you continue to be persuaded by the highly reliable "network contagion."

Warning: this is a serious topic, intended to initiate a serious discussion. Abrego-Garcia, the guy stuck in the Salvadoran prison. Did he have "due process?" Yes and no. In his deportation proceeding, yes. The core of due process: (1) notice of what the government is trying to do to deprive you of life, liberty, or property. (2) an opportunity to meaningfully respond. (3) a decision made by a neutral official (at a minimum, not the same person/board that initiated the proceeding. Abrego-Garcia was issued a notice to appear before an immigration judge telling him he was subject to deportation because he came into the United States illegally and didn't have permission to stay. That was uncontroversial. He was given the opportunity to apply for protection from removal as provided by U.S. treaty obligations and statutes. He was given a full and fair hearing. The judge found he was subject to deportation, but that he had shown that it is more likely than not that he would be subject to persecution if returned to El Salvador. The Department of Homeland Security serves as the prosecutor, and they may appeal. They didn't. Therefore, the final order - considered an order of the Attorney General acting through his designated officials - was that he could not be removed to El Salvador. He was removed to El Salvador. I'm not sure whether he was removed under the Alien Enemies Act. It seems like he was, since he couldn't be removed to El Salvador under the Immigration Judge's order. Was he given "due process?" No. He could have been informed that he was being shipped back to El Salvador, in which he would have objected that the judge's order prohibits that. He would've been right. Even under the Alien Enemies Act (I can't tell if it was invoked here), the Supreme Court said 9-0 that you get some kind of process. Maybe it's a quick/easy process in which you can say "you've got the wrong guy, I'm not Abrego-Garcia." Or "I am Abrego-Garcia, but you are subject to a valid order precluding you from sending me to El Salvador." Or "I am Abrego-Garcia, but I don't fit under the Alien Enemies Act because I am not, and have never been, a member of a gang." We'd have to see how involved the hearing would get; that's usually set by published rules. And then some neutral official would have to say "I ratify the removal" or "I find that you can't remove him under that charge." That's it. The Trump Administration violated the law. It is making no efforts to undo it's error. So this is outrageous, ridiculous, and dangerous to the rule of law (not "democracy;" something more basic, the rule of law). Period.

Sorry, but Biden and Trump aren't even close when it comes to running ramshod over the law. I would have preferred a better choice, both from the Dems and Reps. But I live in reality. Biden was an ordinarily poor president. Trump is historically awful.

But are you sure the leaders of the UK campaign are really "biological women?" Could've fooled me.

He does look like he needs a serious adjustment to the female:male ratio to have any chance at all.

That was then: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/trump-says-dollar-to-get-stronger-and-stronger.html This is now: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/what-the-weak-dollar-means-for-the-global-economy-312f62f2?mod=hp_lead_pos5

Weirdo. While she was pregnant, Musk had urged her to deliver the baby via caesarean section and told her he didn’t want the child to be circumcised. (Musk has posted on X that vaginal births limit brain size and that C-sections allow for larger brains.) St. Clair is Jewish and circumcisions are an important ritual in the religion, and she decided against a C-section. He told her she should have 10 babies, and they debated the child’s middle name. Once she became visibly pregnant, she mostly stayed inside her apartment so the pregnancy wouldn’t become public, she said. During her pregnancy, Musk instructed Birchall to send St. Clair $2 million for expenses, she said, with half of that amount structured as a loan, according to a text message viewed by the Journal. She used the funds in part to pay for security, which came to more than $100,000 a month, she said.

Would Harvard recognize the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Society, Alan?

I voted for Kamala because of the unique awfulness of Trump. I would have gladly voted for Haley, maybe even DeSantis (I liked the pre-Trumpist Ronnie much better), and probably lots of others instead of Kamala. So far, I think the first 80-something days are proving me right.

Thank you. I praised Greenwald for integrating his internal conflicts to emerge as his authentic gay liberal self.

Cognitive dissonance invades my mind. Why? Well, I have this irrational belief that baseball fans are smarter and better people. And ....

Only the Boomer could blast those taters

It was a hold my nose and vote for Kamala situation.