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Report of second major U.S. Supreme Court leak draws calls for probe
StringJunky replied to StringJunky's topic in Politics
As per swansont, the direction of focus, which should be clear, is the apparent behaviour of Allito/associated others, and slightly more widely, perhaps the effects on judicial fairness/integrity, or not, by the SC judges. Let's keep it tight. -
How will those work to isolate the bare metal from the atmosphere?
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As bad as he is, I think he needs to be corralled away from those options by not forcing him to make those choices. We aren't going to do what we did to Saddam and Gaddafi... look where that led. When it looks like he's irrevocably stuck we need to give him options to save some face. The ultimate judgement and any punishment, whatever form that might take, needs to be by his own. We need to know when to stop being hawkish, I think.
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Silicone grease
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It's only delaying the inevitable public unrest in Russia. Europe and Ukraine public are fully aware of the situation. The loyal Russian public seem to be slowly seeing through the cracks. The ultimate game seems to be one of mutual attrition.
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Subjective, Intersubjective, and Objective Reality Stance
StringJunky replied to tylers100's topic in General Philosophy
An intersubjective position is that where opinions are in concordance with each other as to the evidence and observations presented. -
He's rounded up.
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Last ice age maximum 20000yrs ago: Reading about human habitation in the UK, I have read that it was completely frozen over in earlier ice ages and maybe down to northern France.
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McCarthy said it will be "hard" not to hit Pelosi with gavel
StringJunky replied to Airbrush's topic in Politics
The outcome is self-fulfilling. He is helping to create the conditions for the necessity to carry. How does one begin to help people out of that mind-trap/cognitive feedback loop? How does one extricate a whole country out of that type of collective thought process? -
McCarthy said it will be "hard" not to hit Pelosi with gavel
StringJunky replied to Airbrush's topic in Politics
Cheers. -
McCarthy said it will be "hard" not to hit Pelosi with gavel
StringJunky replied to Airbrush's topic in Politics
Americans, generally, have become over-familiar with weapons and have lost respect for them. They also don't seem to realize that every one of them is a potential mass murderer should the 'perfect storm' affect their lives. Most mass murderers in the US are not inherently criminal and don't look like one. People like Nicholas Cruz are sad people, not evil. imo. The distress in court that he didn't get the death penalty because a unanimous verdict was required and the resulting outrage... US laxity allowed that violent expression and I wouldn't put the blame all on him. People who support the right to bear arms without restrictions are enablers for people in crisis to carry out mass murders. -
Reading comments about GOP voters thoughts on a Trump return appear to not be a majority. 6 out of 10 think he shouldn't run because he's too divisive and will be 78 in 2024. Sleepy Ol' Joe would be replaced by a Sleepy Ol' Trump.
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Trump threatens DeSantis: What a lovely working team they are. Does the significant GOP lead just mean the Democratic mail-in ballots are again going to later narrow the difference in the swing states?
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Isn't it sad that the more money people make, the more reluctant they are to pay equitable taxes... it's as though he earned the 200B.
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By wanting GOP to take Congress to bring a balance of power set my BS radar off straightaway. He's wearing his GOP stripes now.
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Any comments regarding Musk's sacking of half the Twitter staff just before todays election and overt support of the GOP?
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Every model fails at some point eventually when new data comes in that doesn't fit.
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Newtonian gravity is descibed as a force. GR is curved spacetime and Quantum Gravity has it mediated by graviton particles. GR comes up short below Planck level and QG comes up short at the macro level, so which level you look at determines which you use. This is the 'domain of applicability'.
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McCarthy said it will be "hard" not to hit Pelosi with gavel
StringJunky replied to Airbrush's topic in Politics
Collective memory loss. Reports suggest this is going to be drawn out over days, so I won't be staying up here in the UK. -
What I find disturbing under the justice-legal and political systems your side is people are always trying to find ways around the law. The UK system is not great by any means, but we don't seem to get litigation everytime something changes, just to see if it will stick. Brexit was probably the messiest and most litigious situation here that I can remember, finally ending up in the Supreme Court. THe UKSC cases rarely headline and in such a protracted manner as the US system.
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What are you listening to right now?
StringJunky replied to heathenwilliamduke's topic in The Lounge
Correction noted. Ta. Watching this and the PBS's Battle for Ukraine (requires Google sign in here) has given me more of an understanding of nationalist groups, and the history and catalysts behind their formation. I think it would be fair to say the Europe-centric part is pretty damn indomitable. -
What are you listening to right now?
StringJunky replied to heathenwilliamduke's topic in The Lounge
This is a quite riveting showing of the Euromaiden protests in 2013-2014. It's quite hard to watch at times but it really gives a feeling of the determination of the people there. You need 90 minutes to watch it through.