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  1. Whatever our contribution to victory in WWII, and it was substantial, regardless, one can win with humility. Especially when our territory, its infrastructure, and our civilian population were never seriously endangered and largely because of that we reaped substantial benefit for the next half century or so.
  2. Seppuku. Buncha round-eye white devils around here.
  3. Ah, like a drafter-designer. That didn't occur to me. I was thinking a Russian translation of oilfield engineer. Still, it's a very odd job title. I suspect very few people employed in oilfield engineering would call themselves an "oil and gas" anything.
  4. Yeah, I have been kind of tracking the government lawyers in a lot of these cases. It seems that the political hacks are avoiding ethical jackpots by being studiously ignorant of actual administration positions, like the above. Ensign seems to be the hack du jour on immigration-related cases. Richard Lawson more on the general civil side, defending EOs and such. The good news for us is that by doing this, they're virtually guaranteeing losses in the district court, and hopefully "building a record" (or lack thereof) that won't favor them on appeal. I have seen a couple of others worked by what appear to be actual civil servants and things seem messy for them. Notably that gal from Texas that had to defend contempt by claiming DoD deported people and wasn't a party to the case.
  5. What, pray tell, is an "oil and gas designer"?
  6. TwiceHorn

    LBGTQ

    Fairly obvious kowtowing to the administration. But A-B management has been being infiltrated with InBev people. Although mostly European in focus, it has a lot of Brasilenos and South American Europeans (read into that what you will) that have a kind of reactionary feel to them. Or did (been out of the A-B loop for a while now).
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    LBGTQ

    This guy apparently was one Jason Lynch. Has been in DOJ since 2019, with a prior stint from 2016-2017. Jarhead, Holy Cross, UVa. Not obviously a MAGAt hack. Some of the more obvious hacks, Drew Ensign and Richard Lawson, are coming to court studiously ignorant of administration policies and actions and that seems geared to avoid candor with the court problems. It also means they're going to lose a lot.
  8. Last time I looked at revenue numbers -- for Texas or anyone else -- I think they were comfortably under $200M. And that was like last year.
  9. Pilot didn't catch a wire. Apparently missed Tilly.
  10. Well, as far as I can tell, she didn't rule that Apple's IP is utterly valueless in any context. She ruled that it isn't sufficiently valuable to justify charging 27%. Also, kind of ironically, I suspect Apple's IP in this case constitutes provision of APIs, which I am told are always fair use or otherwise cannot infringe a copyright. Otherwise, it's whatever IP embodies iOS, and that raises the specter of Captainant's scenario. Also, a taking does not occur typically as a result of a judicial ruling, rather by the action of "political" branches, legislative and executive. https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-134/judicial-takings-judicial-federalism-and-jurisprudence/
  11. That's not a completey horrible idea. It's probably better than SCOTUS ruling that a district judge can only bind the district, state, or Circuit in which s/he sits. At one time, constitutional questions were almost always heard by a three-judge panel at the trial level.
  12. USTR Lighthizer, although a "trade hawk," seemed to keep Trump I semi-sane. The new guy is a former Lighthizer deputy, but is completely failing at that job.
  13. "Tammy" tells you most of what you need to know. Hub apparently is a plastic surgeon in Arlington. I find it fascinating that people like her, miscegenators, can be hardcore MAGAts.
  14. Because he accuses me of devil's advocacy for explaining how the argument goes. To me, if you don't understand the problems and illegitimacies in the argument/decision and just criticize the decision, you're pissing in the wind. I mean, you're pissing in the wind either way, but it's a real megasquirt in a gale.
  15. The contempt issue is separable from the validity of the injunction. Until and unless the injunction is stayed or reversed/dissolved, Apple is liable in contempt for violating it.
  16. And an apparent affinity for living in Oklahoma.
  17. The only gloves manufactured in the US are super-high end gloves costing $300 +++. You can go straight up Nokona and make that $600.
  18. Given that films aren't really shipped though ordinary trade channels I'm not sure how you apply or collect a tariff.
  19. Bahaha national security threat.
  20. But Nesheiwat is a single-specialty doctor who was not able to commission as a military officer; obtained her medical degree outside of the U.S.; became a walk-in-care provider who also sells a health supplement and was for a few years an on-air contributor to Fox News; has apparently not published in any medical or other scientific journals; and has no apparent credentials in public health. Her photos are fraudulent too. She's a heftychonk.
  21. What a load of shit, we are, right now, today, the world champion imprisoners.
  22. That was an interesting place. Spent some time there during round up and completely forgot it existed until my senior year.
  23. Use premium? I may be addicted to 25+ mpg, which is another issue I suppose.
  24. 50hp isn't that much, but tunes are a little scary. It's pretty easy to exceed all kinds of design parameters of the engine.
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