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Foosters

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  1. "It's not guns, it's a mental health issue." "Ok, let's increase funding to MH programs" "NO THAT'S SOCIALISM"
  2. The NFL brokered an agreement between Modell and the city of Cleveland. Modell agreed to give up name, logo, colors, etc. The league has zero proprietary interest in the Oilers logo, name, colors, etc., and as such, has no authority to transfer rights to a 3rd party.
  3. I'm going to guess this guy is psychotic, schizophrenic, etc. Doubt it's a guy who was just a little down on his luck.
  4. I deleted my Twitter account years ago and can still see all of that when I click on links.
  5. Wouldn't any Federal employee be entitled to make the same claim?
  6. Love to have my car record my criminal acts on it's multiple HD cameras
  7. Foosters

    LBGTQ

    Oh yeah we call that marriage
  8. https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/3/23708045/supreme-court-richard-glossip-execution-gentner-drummond-stay-oklahoma Tragically, the headline is not from The Onion.
  9. @TwiceHorn Any equal protection argument from a Houstonian who has vote discarded due to new law?
  10. I hear ya. And it seems like a worthwhile proposition. Going to be hard to encourage people to join your movement without SOME articulated ideology, however.
  11. Probably going to be difficult to find much consensus given your equal disdain for all ideas currently coming from both political parties. How about this, is there anything coming from either party that you can get behind?
  12. Aww, those poor people who voluntarily drew a paycheck from an internet troll who rained hate and invective upon the marginalized. They too can get fucked.
  13. Doesn't REALLY fit in this thread, but it involves pervs feeling shame, so here goes. Pornhub pulled out (ha) of Utah today:
  14. I wouldn't say "nothing," as there will be posters here who will argue with a straight face that even though they hate Cruz and would vote for anyone over him, they will not vote for Allred because one time Beto said something that hurt their feelings.
  15. Pasadena CA passed a gas-powered leaf blower ban that just went into effect. It's an additional restriction on top of existing laws that seem to be totally ignored:
  16. Here's my counter-take after reviewing for about 6 minutes. This case is distinguishable from Kensington for one reason - there are over 1500 "Special Improvement Districts" in Florida. Florida moved to strip authority and punish just one - the one that disagreed with DeSantis. Had Florida terminated the contracts of ALL special improvement districts then perhaps that analysis would apply. Kensington would be directly on point had the municipality in that case only eliminated the funding for the firemen who spoke out. Seems like this case Kansas v. UMBEHR 518 U.S. 668, is more on point: Following nonrenewal of his trash hauling contract with county, independent contractor brought § 1983 action against two members of board of county commissioners, alleging that they had terminated his government contract in retaliation for his criticism of county and board. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Richard Dean Rogers, J., granted summary judgment for defendants, and contractor appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 44 F.3d 876,reversed, and certiorari was granted. The Supreme Court, Justice O'Connor, held that First Amendment protects independent contractors from termination or prevention of automatic renewal of at-will government contracts in retaliation for their exercise of freedom of speech. Finally, Twitterlawyer's analysis seems to gloss over that the crux of the lawusit is over Florida trying to revoke a valid contract and replace the existing, agreed upon terms with ones they prefer. That's just basic contracts stuff and really doesn't have a lot to do with Kensington.
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