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  1. “The Department of Homeland Security receives hundreds of television show pitches a year,” she said in a statement. “Each proposal undergoes a thorough vetting process prior to denial or approval.” Um what?
  2. Seems like ol Steve-o getting a healthy dose of thee is me here.
  3. I believe it's state regulation of AI that is prohibited. I'm not sure the feds can preempt without legislating in the field. And, amusing how all the white genocide blurb refers to "Kill The Boer," because a song is as close as there is to white genocide in SA.
  4. Look at that fuckwad's haircut. And he's wearing a blazer over a hoodie? And he doesn't know the difference between facts and opinions.
  5. And, I think one of the sort of uniquenesses of the US is that the rule of law was more or less established independent of a specific "top," That is, by the Constitution, before any leader or ruler was elected. That's a fairly common thing since, but was fairly unique at the time. There is, of course, the Magna Carta, but that was negotiated between a ruler and a set of nobles in the context of an existing monarchy and feudal system. So, I guess the rule of law is almost inevitably going to issue from some form of top.
  6. Not the first time either. https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/08/05/south-dakota-governor-kristi-noem-plane/5505956001/ She has a luxury travel problem. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kristi-noem-refused-financed-her-040042859.html Also a fun article about ICE Barbie's cosplay. https://www.thedailybeast.com/now-ice-barbie-kristi-noem-wants-her-own-brand-new-50m-private-jet/
  7. My Mom made some form of midcentury casserole that was Ranch Style Beans, spaghetti, and ground beef, maybe with some cheese on top. Don't know much beyond that but it was pretty tasty.
  8. Thank you for your attention in this matter!
  9. I am aware that Haspel soft-pedaled Russian intelligence to Trump because he'd get pissed when it pertained to election and cultural interference here or elsewhere. And then Haspel, in turn, roasted Russia House regularly. I'm reading a spy novel where a political Director and DDO are feeding a Russian double agent's Intel to the White House, where it is loved. And the double agent is also running a mole in the CIA, whose identity has yet to be revealed. I'm going with the DDO, but that may be too obvious.
  10. Washing his balls is almost understandable. It's the gargling that follows that is so problematic.
  11. Some elaboration on the above. https://www.elsalvadornow.org/2025/04/26/container-seized-with-drugs-and-coffee-in-panama-departed-from-the-port-of-acajutla-contenedor-incautado-con-droga-y-cafe-en-panama-salio-del-puerto-de-acajutla/ Tl;Dr, the drogas were in a coffee shipment from ES's nationalized/government coffee seller, which Bukele's government touted.
  12. Ideology or Trumpology? I have a tough time calling anything Trump/MAGA subscribe to as an ideology. I guess ideologies don't have to be consistent or coherent.
  13. Seems a very odd thing. They walked across the border at TJ with suitcases?
  14. The foregoing illustrates something. People seem to go along with the Rule of Law because they agree or personally believe that it is in their best interest, whether that be self-interest, or the common good, probably most often the latter. The latter because at some level, the Rule of Law curtails personal freedom (in many cases things that we aren't inclined to do, but in others, like speeding, seatbelts, public intoxication, sodomy, etc. things we are inclined to do). People ditch the Rule of Law because they no longer believe it is in their best interest, presumably; again, either self-interest or the common good. Trump and his ilk are doing it out of self-interest. But they have the common man believing it's because the Rule of Law no longer serves the common good. Or at least the Rule of Law as currently conceived. All men are created equal, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all that. Dictators need a rule of law, too, it's just not a rule of law that works for anyone else. In groups, out groups, for thee not for me, etc. Like the law of Boot and Gun, it's pretty much all enforcement and no voluntary compliance because it serves no one's interest except the dictator's.
  15. As a representative of your employer.
  16. Also, you realize you, as management, are representing the owners when you negotiate lower wages with labor, right? It's not your money. It's no skin off your back. The corporate representation chart: Shareholders > Board of Directors > CEO and other appointed C-suite execs > Management appointed by execs > you.
  17. So, it seems to me that unions "got in trouble" on two main things: ridiculous, non-safety-related working conditions (everyone has a story about these sort of workplace rules) and investments and political activities related to pension funds. It seems the priorities of a labor organization should be 1) wages/hours 2a) workplace safety 2b) benefits. I think bozo's bad union/bad management happens when they start negotiating on issues other from these three and maybe a couple of others. That's how you get ridiculous workplace rules and weird seniority systems. I guess there are some unions or sets of labor (longshoremen?) where there is no sort of single employer that should be providing the benefits, so the benefits (pension health insurance etc.) come from the union itself. That seems problematic. I could be wrong on this, but it seems to me that unions really need to stick to the wage/hour knitting because that's where their utility lies. I think most people that negotiate know that often, when you start talking things other than money in what is essentially a monetary transaction, someone is about to kiss the donkey.
  18. You understand, though, that your employer is an organization that represents a whole lot of stakeholders, including the owners/shareholders. And it controls the purse strings. Whereas the employees are not an organization and do not control the purse strings. The sole leverage of an employee is "I quit." That works ok for that one employee, I guess, bootstraps and all, but doesn't help any of the others. And it only works ok for the employee if s/he can obtain a similar or improved situation elsewhere. And, when right-leaning means Trump, I'll take left-leaning every day and five times on Tuesday. That's not the ding you seem to think it is.
  19. The thing is, very few if any of us will a) know the terms of this new deal and b) have the ability to evaluate it, either on its own or in comparison to the prior deal or status quo. That means that Trump and his shills will tell us it's the most tremendous trade deal, like no one has ever seen. And then trade experts will chime in and tell us that it's either bad or not a material change from the prior deal and Trump will label them RINO, or from the failing ________, or some other nonsense, and the base will lap it up.
  20. An article about how the federal courts can enforce their orders. https://www.justsecurity.org/113218/federal-courts-enforce-orders-without-marshals/ This might be how the shooting starts.
  21. I personally intend to piss on a spark plug.
  22. In contrast to say Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, I believe only 30% of white-owned land in South Africa is subject to redistribution. Zimbabwe reduced white land ownership from 4400 farmers/owners to 300. Afrikaners are still quite privileged there. A bunch of em left when the bleks took over and a bunch of em came right back when they figured out it wasn't so bad. Crime in SA is bad, though, but on an equal opportunity basis. Of course crime is what you get when you ignore your social responsibilities as a nation and people.
  23. Fair point, but it's just an expansion of the notion that we have a goodly chunk of the population that's simply not capable of sustaining itself without help from society. Godalmighty. Name em and shame em.
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