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Maga_Chaos_Monkey
2025 Mar 5, 8:47am
Maga_Chaos_Monkey
2025 Mar 5, 8:47am
OkDOGEisAmountingToSomething says
Quote from patriots.win:
Look, Roberts is about to be the deciding vote in the very obvious Dellinger case which will allow trump to fire any executive branch employee appointed by the president. Roberts doesn't want to look like the supreme court is biased. so he's basically putting on this case. If you read the order, the majority basically tells the district court to set a timeline for the funds that is feasible. The trump admin already laid out a timeline, and if the district court says no to that timeline the the administration can appeal.
Basically Roberts will step in and give the admin as much time to review the contracts as they need. There's the issue of jurisdiction, but again, Roberts knows that the TRO itself is basically toothless so he's not going to address that now (he's the swing vote because Barrett inexplicably will vote witht he left on every key issue)
Roberts isn't what I'd hoped he'd be. But I think more than anything he's trying to keep the court relevant. If he rules the wrong way in the Dellinger case, trump will just ignore the order. But this case is a big nothing burger to begin with. The admin never said they werent going to pay for legitimate work performed. Just that they were reviewing the contracts. They now have the time they need to do that.
Not a perfect decision, but not a train wreck.
Quote from patriots.win:
Look, Roberts is about to be the deciding vote in the very obvious Dellinger case which will allow trump to fire any executive branch employee appointed by the president. Roberts doesn't want to look like the supreme court is biased. so he's basically putting on this case. If you read the order, the majority basically tells the district court to set a timeline for the funds that is feasible. The trump admin already laid out a timeline, and if the district court says no to that timeline the the administration can appeal.
Basically Roberts will step in and give the admin as much time to review the contracts as they need. There's the issue of jurisdiction, but again, Roberts knows that the TRO itself is basically toothless so he's not going to address that now (he's the swing vote because Barrett inexplicably will vote witht he left on every key issue)
Roberts isn't what I'd hoped he'd be. But I think more than anything he's trying to keep the court relevant. If he rules the wrong way in the Dellinger case, trump will just ignore the order. But this case is a big nothing burger to begin with. The admin never said they werent going to pay for legitimate work performed. Just that they were reviewing the contracts. They now have the time they need to do that.
Not a perfect decision, but not a train wreck.
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MolotovCocktail
2025 Mar 23, 1:01pm
MolotovCocktail
2025 Mar 23, 1:01pm
The year is 1972. The RAND corporation proposes building a cross-country networks of maglev trains in vacuum sealed tunnels to carry passengers and freight at 14,000 mph kilometers beneath the surface of the Earth.
We used to dream.
We used to dream.
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HeadSet
2025 Mar 29, 8:27pm
HeadSet
2025 Mar 29, 8:27pm
DeportLibtards says
This sounds like an improv assignment for a theater course.
America is sooooo fucked!
This sounds like an improv assignment for a theater course.
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stereotomy
2025 Mar 29, 8:51pm
stereotomy
2025 Mar 29, 8:51pm
He cries like a pussy. WTF? He's apparently male, why not get angry instead? I agree it's probably staged.
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WookieMan
2025 Mar 30, 5:23am
WookieMan
2025 Mar 30, 5:23am
stereotomy says
Had my first taste of cable and regular TV for the first time in years. Insomniac and on a cruise with no internet, so watched the in room TV.
Holy fuck. I watched a couple news stations, the two being MSNBC and FOX (no choices really). I don't know how MSNBC makes money. EVERY single ad spot was for their other shows. FOX is apparently a big pharma network at this point, but I suppose they make money as sick (pun intended) as it is.
Back to the quoted comment, everything is staged and it's as obvious as can be. I've just been ignoring it for years and had my first relapse not under my control of watching TV. Cut the cable if you haven't. Saves money, but more importantly brainwashing. It's bad.
I agree it's probably staged.
Had my first taste of cable and regular TV for the first time in years. Insomniac and on a cruise with no internet, so watched the in room TV.
Holy fuck. I watched a couple news stations, the two being MSNBC and FOX (no choices really). I don't know how MSNBC makes money. EVERY single ad spot was for their other shows. FOX is apparently a big pharma network at this point, but I suppose they make money as sick (pun intended) as it is.
Back to the quoted comment, everything is staged and it's as obvious as can be. I've just been ignoring it for years and had my first relapse not under my control of watching TV. Cut the cable if you haven't. Saves money, but more importantly brainwashing. It's bad.
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stereotomy
2025 Mar 30, 12:43pm
stereotomy
2025 Mar 30, 12:43pm
WookieMan says
Did that over 10 years ago. Now it's mostly catalogue movies (older than 10 or 20 years) unless something truly exceptional comes along; e.g. Apollo 11. Jaw dropping, and it's a fucking documentary.
With all the @richwicks bashing recently, I'll say this for him. He decided to stop watching any works of fiction, because he claimed that it conditioned people to perceive fake emotions (like acting) as real, and thus made it easier for psychos to manipulate them. I forget which post of his that was.
Cut the cable if you haven't. Saves money, but more importantly brainwashing. It's bad.
Did that over 10 years ago. Now it's mostly catalogue movies (older than 10 or 20 years) unless something truly exceptional comes along; e.g. Apollo 11. Jaw dropping, and it's a fucking documentary.
With all the @richwicks bashing recently, I'll say this for him. He decided to stop watching any works of fiction, because he claimed that it conditioned people to perceive fake emotions (like acting) as real, and thus made it easier for psychos to manipulate them. I forget which post of his that was.
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MolotovCocktail
2025 Mar 30, 2:38pm
MolotovCocktail
2025 Mar 30, 2:38pm
WookieMan says
They make money from feed-in tariffs, not ads. Not like network TV at all.
But that is all going away as these 20yr old bundling agreements are coming to an end.
don't know how MSNBC makes money.
They make money from feed-in tariffs, not ads. Not like network TV at all.
But that is all going away as these 20yr old bundling agreements are coming to an end.
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stereotomy
2025 May 10, 9:50pm
stereotomy
2025 May 10, 9:50pm
Where would Silicon Valley be if modern noncompete agreements were in place back in the 1950's?
Answer: Silicon Valley would never have existed.
Answer: Silicon Valley would never have existed.
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