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TwiceHorn

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  1. Yeah, he's/they're probably gonna try to keep his/they're powder dry for 2028.
  2. Yeah, it's becoming clear that the main criteria for deportation and visa revocation are a) brown, from somewhere south and b) not a citizen. And even b) is becoming debatable. Alleged political activity is just a cover from a) and b). At this point, Trump is just trying to pump up the deportation numbers, he doesn't give a fuck who he actually deports.
  3. Well, remember, these are Trumpco's fanciful interpretations of the laws and constitution that considerably err on the side of executive power.
  4. I guess I understand many or most things about various guard units. Some are weekend warriors, and that only, others are former active duty serving out a hitch or volunteering. What I don't understand, I guess, is the chain of command and when and how active duty officers command guard units. And I suppose Air National Guard units tend to have more former active duty than weekend warriors due to the skills required, and maybe require active duty command on a full-time basis, as opposed to during deployments only. Also, at least for national guard units, it seems it is a mistake to assume they are all or even mostly "gravy seals." It seems many may be regular-service veterans, and even the weekend warriors may be actual veterans of deployments, including in combat roles.
  5. So, I generally understand these units, but I have trouble in a couple of areas regarding their relationship to the regular armed forces. I am given to understand that state guards are even less professional than national guards, and national guards tend to have personnel with real military experience among the weekend warriors, less so with state guards. I understand that the officers of guard units tend to be drawn from regular forces, either retired or serving out a hitch on reserve duty. But sometimes (often?) an active duty officer commands a guard unit? But I kind of fail to understand, for example, how a guy like Dan Caine serves most of his active-duty USAF career commanding guard units. How does that happen and why isn't it a "fitted and retained" barrier to advancement. How is a guy like that even up for consideration for senior command of USAF. Hegseth commanded a guard unit in the Middle East. What's up with that?
  6. The one thing I'll say about this, which is generally just fucking absurd, is that we have too many agencies dicking around with domestic terrorism, and domestic/internal threats generally. The same type of problem we had that led to 9/11. It is and should be the FBI, full stop. Not that that is particularly reassuring under Kashyap.
  7. It's not a judge's ruling, it's a jury's and they tend not to explain their reasoning. But, reckoning around the issues, it seems that the jury accepted that "pedo guy" was a statement of opinion and not an allegation of fact. One weird factoid, notorious MAGA lunatic Lin Wood represented Unsworth, this before the surrender of his law license. Elmo was represented by this other kind of lunatic at Quinn Emmanuel. Alex Spiro.
  8. It's not even shades, anymore. It's "us" and "other," and the line between the two is becoming increasingly dim. Not even your voting record firmly makes you an "us."
  9. Well, I guess because looking at the immediate present required looking at the batting order. Grim.
  10. Although they sure stymied our asses, I don't think UTSA has the pitching to go anywhere.
  11. Class of 88 ftmfw.
  12. I have to go to incognito to get ESPN+ streams to play. Extensions are a mail app, ublock origin lite (not blocking anything on ESPN), a world clock, and a weather app. Any ideas? Error Code 83.
  13. Well, the Babbitt suit had a few more factual issues, but still a winner for the government. I don't think you can make these kinds of claims, as a matter of law, after a conviction that is undisturbed on appeal.
  14. That's a pretty good example of how it should be done. I think?
  15. I'm just speculating on ways a judge can put the kibosh on it. At one point, plaintiff and defense lawyers who had either filed or been removed to John McBryde's court were agreeing to dismiss, re-file in state court in Johnson County, and defendants agreed not to remove. McBryde got wind of this and started refusing to dismiss injury cases without reviewing any agreement between the parties.
  16. Guess it depends on the form of the settlement. If they want a nice consent judgment where the government admits to all kinds of fictitious wrongdoing, the court doesn't have to sign off on that. If they're content with giving them a bunch of money on a dismissal, it still requires leave of court, if the government answers. Also note that the FBI agent is sued in her individual capacity, which may affect things. That is, the gubmint doesn't represent the totality of the defendants. She's gonna need some backbone or good pro Bono representation, though.
  17. That should be one where the judge refuses to approve a settlement and dismisses it sua sponte. Also, venue is totally wrong yet they didn't file in Cannon's court.
  18. Back when it happened, they said it had not happened since 1991. The format was different then, and I can't figure out who was the national #1.
  19. That suit should be DOA. They were convicted.
  20. Yes, NASA has been increasingly abdicating to private industry, starting, surprise, during the Reagan administration. So, yeah, comparing today's hollowed-out NASA to SpaceX, or Boeing or whatever, is unfavorable. Comparing Mercury, Gemini, Apollo NASA to SpaceX is a big win for NASA.
  21. Congrats Mike, hope this is your Jerritt Elliott championship.
  22. Umpire challenge. Interdasting.
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