Need to do it the old fashioned Russian way. Get the military heads behind you, overthrow the despot, put him and all his cronies up against the wall, and then the next “strong leader” takes power.

In reality, they’ll probably just refuse to take it up if the most recent federal appeal comes down the “right” way. Because they’re cowards. Like most of the government.

I can’t wait to read the legal gymnastics the SCOTUS is going to barf out to OK this!

“You see the 1st amendment only protects the party in power…”

“If that speech makes the leader of the country sad, then it cannot be protected by the Constitution he’s sworn to uphold!”

“Because of this precedent we’re choosing to interpret completely opposite to its history being taught in law schools, the 1st amendment only protects registered Republicans. But, and this is important, this isn’t setting precedent. This is a one-off. You know, legal no backsies!”

Plus, a lot of people just don’t care enough to give up their Cherry Garcia. People attach value to the strangest things.

I think, in certain cases, they can. IANAL, but I’m thinking about the formula for Coke or KFC’s 11 herbs and spices recipe. Aren’t those consider trade secrets? I mean they probably can’t protect “vanilla,” but they can trademark their specific formulation named something like “virgin snow vanilla?” I actually cringed a bit writing that…

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Everything happens in a vacuum with these people. Except when it’s about the “radical left.” This it’s just projection.

Agreed. I’ve been on it a little longer, and while it’s been noticeably refined, I’m just not a fan. To me, it kind of already looks dated.

I think Rage Against the Machine should’ve just avoided the studio altogether. They were so good live. Killing in the Name is great.

Haven’t seems Muse since Black Holes, but they were also very good live.

So far, this is the most prescient comment to me. If the low-rate dictator currently running the US allows people like Thiel to do whatever they want, that’s probably where we are headed.

Also, props for “Nerd-reich”

Jelly beans, Burma Shave, and brimstone.

Deserves a peace prize because:

A: That one black guy got one

B: He will have ended a war by giving the aggressor what they’ve already taken (plus a little more, if I’m not mistaken) while stripping an ally of most of their country’s natural resources. But, peace!

I just think it’s sad that the country needs a “Bad Guy” for the government to think about driving serious innovation that doesn’t just benefit the military (see: DARPA &, to a lesser extent, the Interstate Highway System).

Oh, and “is it debated?” Among rational adults, not at all.

I have a feeling home solar is big for the obvious reason: lower power bills. Depending on needs and future residence plans, they pay themselves off in somewhere between 12-20 years. What they tend not to like is government investment in research and municipal projects to build out green energy in the grid. That’s communism!

Plus, (human-caused) climate change denial is certainly back on the rise. It’s more than talking points with many of the right wing politicians. It’s funny. I remember when global warming “wasn’t a thing.” Then, after it was changed to “climate change,” they kept banging on about the global warming hoax with BS like snowballs on the Senate floor. Then they came around to, “OK, climate change is real, but it’s cyclical. This isn’t caused by us!” They keep tiptoeing to the left on this, and recently, they’ve regressed back to “clean coal,” and “drill baby drill!”

Even if the voters know it’s bullshit, and believe climate change is man made and a real problem, it isn’t affecting their voting, so what they actually think doesn’t really matter. At least not until they force their party to get its head out of its ass.

In the useless hope that it will convince people who otherwise don’t care about “green energy” that it’s something they should care about. If it ever worked in the past, the effect was minimal at best. As evidenced by the fact that its need is still “hotly debated” in this backwater shithole of a country.

Germany at least recognizes a holocaust when it sees one, however underwhelming the response may be.

Completely agree. He’s wanted Gaza and the West Bank since day 1.

They can. Once.

To a point, yes. While you’re still using air to cool the water, I think it’s still a little more efficient than blindly keeping the server room at a low-ish temperature.

There are a lot of things that should’ve happened. I was comment on what did happen.