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8 minutes ago, Js1 said:
Wrong wrong wrong
Electoral Count Reform Act dictates that Congress may only accept electors sent by the certifying authority (governor or SOS in most cases) from the states
Wisconsin, Michigan, PA, AZ, NC have Dem governors
MI, WI, PA, AZ, NV have Dem SOS and Georgia has one that is not MAGA
Electoral Count Reform Act has been law since 2022 and not challenged at SCOTUS
Besides that, I don't think Roberts will go for it, and he should be able to convince at least one of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or ACB to go along with him. Thomas and Alito, though, would sell out this country for Trump in a heartbeat.
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3 hours ago, Captainant said:
Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism lays out a pretty damn striking set of identifying properties of a fascist:
Quote- "The cult of tradition", characterized by cultural syncretism, even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already been revealed by tradition, no new learning can occur, only further interpretation and refinement.
- "The rejection of modernism", which views the rationalistic development of Western culture since the Enlightenment as a descent into depravity. Eco distinguishes this from a rejection of superficial technological advancement, as many fascist regimes cite their industrial potency as proof of the vitality of their system.
- "The cult of action for action's sake", which dictates that action is of value in itself and should be taken without intellectual reflection. This, says Eco, is connected with anti-intellectualism and irrationalism, and often manifests in attacks on modern culture and science.
- "Disagreement is treason" – fascism devalues intellectual discourse and critical reasoning as barriers to action, as well as out of fear that such analysis will expose the contradictions embodied in a syncretistic faith.
- "Fear of difference", which fascism seeks to exploit and exacerbate, often in the form of racism or an appeal against foreigners and immigrants.
- "Appeal to a frustrated middle class", fearing economic pressure from the demands and aspirations of lower social groups.
- "Obsession with a plot" and the hyping-up of an enemy threat. This often combines an appeal to xenophobia with a fear of disloyalty and sabotage from marginalized groups living within the society. Eco also cites Pat Robertson's book The New World Order as a prominent example of a plot obsession.
- Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak". On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.
- "Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy" because "life is permanent warfare" – there must always be an enemy to fight. Both fascist Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini worked first to organize and clean up their respective countries and then build the war machines that they later intended to and did use, despite Germany being under restrictions of the Versailles treaty to not build a military force. This principle leads to a fundamental contradiction within fascism: the incompatibility of ultimate triumph with perpetual war.
- "Contempt for the weak", which is uncomfortably married to a chauvinistic popular elitism, in which every member of society is superior to outsiders by virtue of belonging to the in-group. Eco sees in these attitudes the root of a deep tension in the fundamentally hierarchical structure of fascist polities, as they encourage leaders to despise their underlings, up to the ultimate leader, who holds the whole country in contempt for having allowed him to overtake it by force.
- "Everybody is educated to become a hero", which leads to the embrace of a cult of death. As Eco observes, "[t]he Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death."
- "Machismo", which sublimates the difficult work of permanent war and heroism into the sexual sphere. Fascists thus hold "both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality".
- "Selective populism" – the people, conceived monolithically, have a common will, distinct from and superior to the viewpoint of any individual. As no mass of people can ever be truly unanimous, the leader holds himself out as the interpreter of the popular will (though truly he alone dictates it). Fascists use this concept to delegitimize democratic institutions they accuse of "no longer represent[ing] the voice of the people".
- "Newspeak" – fascism employs and promotes an impoverished vocabulary in order to limit critical reasoning.
Ur-Fascism? Sounds more like Ur-Aggyism.
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4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:
I don’t understand the beeper comment
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/middleeast/israel-pager-attack-hezbollah-lebanon-invs-intl/index.html
Yeah, you really need the context to understand how horribly racist and insulting that was.
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10 hours ago, Revolution512 said:
He does? What is that based on?
Time. He's had a full year in the program, and he would have been WR1 but for all the transfers.
People forget that Cook came in as a Dude last year. He had to learn some humility to sit behind so much graduating talent as a freshman. I think he will be rewarded for that and that he and will be named starters for the beginning of the season, and that Bond is penciled in for one of the other starter spots. The fight for the last spot and the first spot off the bench will probably be between Golden, Bolden, Moore, and Wingo. Anything can change in fall practice, but that's my guess now.
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3 hours ago, texifornia said:Don't think it was noted - Based on his Twitter Savion Red is headed to Nevada with Ky Woods and Kitan Crawford
Here's hoping Coach Choate wrecks shop in the Mountain West with our transfers.
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15 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:
It'll be jumpin' that night at the Holiday Inn!
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On 6/2/2024 at 9:15 AM, TwiceHorn said:
The most fertile ground for appeal, I think, is that jurors were given a choice of "predicate" offenses and were not instructed to agree on which one it was. See Jury Instructions, starting at page 28. https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People v. DJT Jury Instructions and Charges FINAL 5-23-24.pdf Specifically:
Although you must conclude unanimously that the defendant conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means, you need not be unanimous as to what those unlawful means were. In determining whether the defendant conspired to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means, you may consider the following unlawful means: (1) violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act otherwise known as FECA; (2) the falsification of other business records; or (3) violation of tax laws.
The choice stems from the fact that the actual "another crime" is NEW YORK ELECTION LAW § 17-152, which is as follows:
Any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The predicates 1, 2, and 3 are unlawful means. So we have a triple nesting of statutes here.
That could potentially be a legal error that results in remand for a new trial. It is about the only aspect of the case and jury instructions that wasn't well-settled in NY law, at least as far as I know or can tell from reportage etc.
People are doing a lot of spewing about evidentiary rulings, letting Stormy Daniels and Access Hollywood stuff in, keeping Trump's legal expert out. I don't think those are going anywhere.
This is a standard unanimity charge instruction for alternative manners and means.
Here is the offense Trump was convicted of:
QuoteNY Penal Law sec. 175.10
A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.
NY Penal Law sec. 175.05
A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the second degree when, with intent to defraud, he:
1. Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
2. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
3. Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by law or by the nature of his position; or
4. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise.
Falsifying business records in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
The bolded section is where the alternatives were presented. In Texas, the instruction given in this situation was proper. This does not even consider how or whether error was preserved on this issue.
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27 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:32 minutes ago, Hermanator said:
4 in his list is "good (draftable talent)". How does Auburn not fit in that range? If anything it's a bit high as I'd be shocked if he's drafted.
He didn't do it a 4 out of 10 scale
Fair enough. But by that standard the ceiling for any kicker is 4, which is weird.
He's not called Hermanator for nothing.
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2 hours ago, Texzilla588 said:
The risks they take? To play football? High school cheerleaders have a higher rate of serious injury. We have soldiers in Syria taking incoming fire every fucking day. They don’t get a couple mill. Cops don’t start at that salary. Or electricians. Fishermen. Lots more dangerous jobs. Oh they also got the opportunity to get a free college degree in there.
At the end of the day, there are only 1696 men every year that can call themselves active NFL players, a majority of which do not have guaranteed contracts. In comparison, there are approximately 2400 Navy SEALs currently serving in the US Navy. Texas has approximately 140,000 licensed police officers. Risk isn't just mortality rate, it's also the return on the work you've invested and the likelihood of long-term success versus the chance of losing everything you've put in to making it. There are many, many less risky ways of making a million dollars than playing in the NFL. Playing a pro sport isn't a game to them. Being a professional athlete or entertainer is really hard, and it's a shame more fans don't appreciate that.
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Just now, jimmyjazz said:
It's almost as if you haven't read what I wrote.
I've read it, I just take issue with your focus on the money and comparing these men to average Americans. The players earned the money, and truth be told, it isn't enough compared to the risks they take. Getting fleeced out of the money they actually get to keep is just the tip of the iceberg of the dirtiness of professional sports.
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49 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:
Of course you need an income producing career. HS teacher, car salesman, insurance, whatever. But $2M in the bank when you're 25 years old is WAY better than the vast majority of Americans. Let's not understate the amount of financial fuckery that goes on.
Except that $2M is best case scenario for a vast number of players. The point I was trying to make is that, even in the NFL, you have a bimodal distribution of compensation that is far worse than people realize. By promulgating the idea that every draftee is set for life, the system fucks these players just as much or more than their own financial stupidity, and that's after they survive the gauntlet of challenges just to make it to being drafted. These players also have worked a fuck-ton harder than the average American to get where they are at 21-22. And let's be honest, how many of us didn't just blow everything we had at that age? Billionaire owners are getting rich, the cream of the crop talent gets paid the fuck-you money, and everybody else gets churned out with hopefully a little to save to get them to their pension and a decent interview story.
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20 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:
Yeah, I know these guys live in a world that goes through money like shit through a goose, but a few mil SHOULD be able to set a smart person up for life.
It never does. Maybe they're not smart.
The average NFL player plays 3.3 years. For every guy that hits a second contract, many more wash out after a couple of years. Once you figure in the agent, taxes, and living expenses, a player taken after the 2nd round would be lucky to have 2 million in the bank at the end of his rookie deal. It's a nice nest egg, but if you're trying to live off of it the rest of your life, you're looking at about 60-80K a year (3-4% of 2 mil) to live on without touching your capital. If you get chosen in the first round or early second round, yes, that's life-changing money if you can hold onto it. But everybody else, unless you hit that second contract, odds are you're going to need an income-producing career after the NFL to live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.
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49 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
Will he have to sit a year at LSU?
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12 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:
Adding Bailey and Motte to the RB mix really complicates things.
I heard Bailey is a primadonna anyway and will probably hit transfer portal as soon as it opens.
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3 hours ago, Park Gothic said:
- Blue seemed (emphasis on seemed) to have a lot of attitude problems coming into the program. Do we know he's gotten over them? Success can trick guys into thinking their work is done, and Blue seems like a sucker in that regard.
See for yourself:
I thought he handled himself well in the interview. I'm not worried at all about his commitment to the team.
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17 hours ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:
Imo, we sign both. If anything, the portal gives more reason to join a 2 QB class, not less. Out of high school, you can choose where you think gives you the best opportunity to be developed. When you fail to win the starting job, you find an ideal offense with an opening at QB. Literally the best of both worlds.
Even if we don't sign both, what do we lose if Lacey bounces? A generational prospect? No. The chance to land Ryan Williams? No. We lose a good QB prospect, but that's it. Choosing not to recruit Russell creates more downside risk than losing Lacey. Imagine impacting your relationships at Duncanville, Dakorien Moore, THSCA, etc over trying to keep KJ Lacey committed. Malpractice.
There aren't many schools that create more buzz for backup and redshirt QBs than us with Sark. Malik Murphy was still pretty raw when he transferred and he still had his pick of starting opportunities.
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1 hour ago, PTINS said:
Texas DE Colin Simmons on Why He Chose Texas
Worth the watch. Quality young man gonna wreck some shit up this year.
" ... another reason I came early is so I can get stronger faster ..." Said he's already gained 20 lbs.
This channel is doing the best interviews in all of Longhorn Nation right now. Must watch!
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6 hours ago, Napoleon said:
Well… the telescope is gone, the on campus planetarium is now more of an IMAX planetarium, and the teacher killed himself in 2012, but the gathering is still happening. 👏👏
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There's been some smoke here and there that Bo Davis and PK were butting heads because Bo wanted to coach the whole D-Line. Choate was PK's guy, and Sark replaces him with Nansen, who is a fit for Sark because of their prior relationship and presumably knows PK because they were both PAC guys. Maybe Kenny Baker was a name they kept hearing, so they brought him in and everything just clicked. I hope it works. Only the coaches CDC know what the process was, so time will tell.
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10 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:
Was Wright the one who got the nickname "chips" while he was in school? IIRC it was something derogatory about him cashing all of his chips and not giving it everything in the weight room. Not that it matters and not that I'm against the potential hire, but am I remembering that correctly?
Rod was playing his senior year with a torn rotator cuff, which nobody knew about until the draft. That's why he went in the 7th round and why he missed his rookie year because he had surgery after the draft.
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Tashard Choice and Chris Jackson have both been homerun recruiters and well-regarded position coaches at a young age and with similar resumes. We've got enough name brand experience up front with PK and Nansen. I think Rod would be great to bring home to the 40.
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After watching both the Rose Bowl and our game, I think our 3rd seed ranking was dead-on accurate. Washington and Michigan are a year ahead of us and it shows. Ewers has the potential to be the best QB in CFB next year. With some quality transfers and the continued development of our returning players, next year looks bright.
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People are creatures of habit that don't like change. God forbid they have to go to a polling place that is different from the one they've gone to for 30 years.