Weakly Criminal Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 6/17/2023 at 5:56 PM, goose said: Well that's a new twist on California Dreamin'! Cue the flute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Probably a doctored picture but it fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 5 hours ago, BastillePark said: Probably a doctored picture but it fits. My eyes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Watching Elon Musk implode over Threads getting 70 million users as of today. Couldn't happen to a creepier guy. Not that happy that Zuck is getting the traffic but anything that messes with Musk is fine by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/05/white-house-cocaine-culprit-unlikely-to-be-found-law-enforcement-official-00104742 "Law enforcement officials confirmed on Wednesday that cocaine was found at the White House over the weekend. But one official familiar with the investigation cautioned that the source of the drug was unlikely to be determined given that it was discovered in a highly trafficked area of the West Wing." We'll never know... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 No doctoring necessary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said: No doctoring necessary. In related news, saying less with more: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 34 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said: In related news, saying less with more: Brevity is the soul of jurisprudence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 56 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said: No doctoring necessary. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said: Brevity is the soul of jurisprudence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 26 minutes ago, Nova Carmina said: I don't think it really is a meme, per se. It's more like something you'd find in one of those inspirational poster stores that were popular in the 90s but have succumbed to online options, except one that appeals to heavy users of hallucinogens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Rick N. Backer said: In related news, saying less with more: Thomas doesn't talk much because he's an insecure t**t who's afraid people will make fun of his Gullah accent but his actions (voting) speak infinitely louder than his words anyway and not in a good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, BastillePark said: Thomas doesn't talk much because he's an insecure t**t who's afraid people will make fun of his Gullah accent but his actions (voting) speak infinitely louder than his words anyway and not in a good way. Actually, he speaks first because he's the most senior justice. He usually just asks counsel questions about the contours of the law, which is (in my experience) what a judge usually does. You may not agree with his theory of jurisprudence, but a judge who talks more than the attorneys whose arguments he or she is probing isn't doing the job of "judging." The purpose of oral argument isn't for the judge to tell you what he or she thinks. It's for the judge to find out which attorneys' argument should carry the day. Edited July 8, 2023 by Rick N. Backer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 26 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said: Actually, he speaks first because he's the most senior justice. He usually just asks counsel questions about the contours of the law, which is (in my experience) what a judge usually does. You may not agree with his theory of jurisprudence, but a judge who talks more than the attorneys whose arguments he or she is probing isn't doing the job of "judging." The purpose of oral argument isn't for the judge to tell you what he or she thinks. It's for the judge to find out which attorneys' argument should carry the day. I guess the other judges didn't get that memo. Something interesting about that graph is it labels them Conservative and Liberal but I thought judges especially on the supreme Court were supposedly only to rule on the Constitutionality of a case? I guess "legislation from the Bench" really is a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, BastillePark said: I guess the other judges didn't get that memo. Something interesting about that graph is it labels them Conservative and Liberal but I thought judges especially on the supreme Court were supposedly only to rule on the Constitutionality of a case? I guess "legislation from the Bench" really is a thing. Sometimes it is ("emanations and penumbras, anyone?), but fortunately, there's currently (usually, if Roberts puts his judge's robe on instead of fretting about the perception of the legitimacy of the Court by people who fundamentally misunderstand what it's supposed to do) a 6-3 advantage of judges over wannabe legislators. Edited July 8, 2023 by laughedatbytime 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 3 hours ago, BastillePark said: Thomas doesn't talk much because he's an insecure t**t who's afraid people will make fun of his Gullah accent but his actions (voting) speak infinitely louder than his words anyway and not in a good way. Wow. Just wow. And not in a good way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, BastillePark said: I guess the other judges didn't get that memo. Something interesting about that graph is it labels them Conservative and Liberal but I thought judges especially on the supreme Court were supposedly only to rule on the Constitutionality of a case? I guess "legislation from the Bench" really is a thing. Some of them are definitely more aggressive with counsel than others. Alito and Gorsuch often get into it with counsel. Thomas never does. The graph wasn't prepared by the justices as far as I know. It refers to the justice by their commonly understood ideology. Be honest. It comports with how you see them, right? If you want to see the difference between a conservative ideology and a liberal one, I recommend you read Thomas' and Jackson's opinions in the SFFA cases. Here's the joint opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_l6gn.pdf Thomas' begins on page 49. Jackson's begins on 209. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Rick N. Backer said: Some of them are definitely more aggressive with counsel than others. Alito and Gorsuch often get into it with counsel. Thomas never does. The graph wasn't prepared by the justices as far as I know. It refers to the justice by their commonly understood ideology. Be honest. It comports with how you see them, right? If you want to see the difference between a conservative ideology and a liberal one, I recommend you read Thomas' and Jackson's opinions in the SFFA cases. Here's the joint opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_l6gn.pdf Thomas' begins on page 49. Jackson's begins on 209. I'll read those at some point but I don't automatically dislike decisions based solely on the way he votes. In fact I've been rather surprised with some of the recent decisions. Some of them like the Affirmative Action and voting thing in Alabama and not allowing states to set rules in federal elections I agreed with and some of them like the Native American child one I don't agree with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMontanaSKY Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 23 hours ago, laughedatbytime said: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/05/white-house-cocaine-culprit-unlikely-to-be-found-law-enforcement-official-00104742 "Law enforcement officials confirmed on Wednesday that cocaine was found at the White House over the weekend. But one official familiar with the investigation cautioned that the source of the drug was unlikely to be determined given that it was discovered in a highly trafficked area of the West Wing." We'll never know... I'm glad you posted this b/c I have something relevant to share. Years ago (before drug testing was a thing) my neighbor's co-workers spiked her coffee with meth as a joke. I was appalled because people with cardiac issues like heart murmurs can suffer tremendously from something like that. (I avoided coke/powder drugs in my party years as I was terrified of an OD.) The coke might have been planted, or yeah, someone got sloppy and made a mess. We'll obviously never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 36 minutes ago, BigMontanaSKY said: I'm glad you posted this b/c I have something relevant to share. Years ago (before drug testing was a thing) my neighbor's co-workers spiked her coffee with meth as a joke. I was appalled because people with cardiac issues like heart murmurs can suffer tremendously from something like that. (I avoided coke/powder drugs in my party years as I was terrified of an OD.) The coke might have been planted, or yeah, someone got sloppy and made a mess. We'll obviously never know. We'll never know with (virtual) 100% certainty because there's no intention of an honest investigation by those charged with doing the investigation. There's a very clear favorite in who would be found to be responsible for it if there was an honest investigation, which is why there will be no honest, thorough investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 49 minutes ago, BigMontanaSKY said: I'm glad you posted this b/c I have something relevant to share. Years ago (before drug testing was a thing) my neighbor's co-workers spiked her coffee with meth as a joke. I was appalled because people with cardiac issues like heart murmurs can suffer tremendously from something like that. (I avoided coke/powder drugs in my party years as I was terrified of an OD.) The coke might have been planted, or yeah, someone got sloppy and made a mess. We'll obviously never know. 7 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said: We'll never know with (virtual) 100% certainty because there's no intention of an honest investigation by those charged with doing the investigation. There's a very clear favorite in who would be found to be responsible for it if there was an honest investigation, which is why there will be no honest, thorough investigation. We'd know for sure if white supremacists planted a baggy of anthrax. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Imagine no possessions 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 I'm reading the paper yesterday when the telephone rings. I don't recognize the number, so I turn on the screening function and let the machine answer. A stilted, computerized voice says my full name (but mispronounces the last name), says it's "attorney David Marshall with Publishers Clearing House" advising I've won a cash prize, and I should call "at my earliest convenience" so my prize can be delivered to (states my home address"). Yeah, right scamster. I get on PCH's website and filled out their "scam report" form. I haven't erased the recorded message of this shyster, think I'll retain it just for shits and giggles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMontanaSKY Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I had the weirdest but happy dream about Geddy Lee. I'm laughing now b/c that was my brain trying to keep me on track this year. Rush fanship pays in dividends!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Bad band photos. Not just a thing of the past or limited to Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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