The Praetorian Guard killed something like 13 emperors. Food for thought.

We need to make dueling legal but only for federal elected representatives. There wouldn’t be a MAGA politician alive within a month.

Good news. The Republicans just introduced a bill to repeal the income tax.

I’m the other mod of that sub. Alphanerd was allowed to come back as a mod provisionally as he was the creator of the community and the most active. He chose to waste that opportunity and is no longer a mod.

That mod has been removed. Send me a link to the comment that got you banned and I will remove your ban.

We are provoked. Lettuce on a hot dog is a crime that should tried at the Hague.

Can’t own a gun, but controlling the nukes is just fine. Makes sense.

The people in the DoJ now are doing the right thing even if their predecessors didn’t. That deserves at least a little positive acknowledgement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Ninety-Five_Barrels_Alleged_Apple_Cider_Vinegar

That is one of the foundational cases that allowed the FDA to operate. Basically, the government gets involved when people lie about their apples lol

Sure, but the explanation might be something like the conch spring isn’t meshing with the radial flange of the Jefferson gear. That might not make sense to you while still being the correct answer. At some point you have to admit that you don’t know enough to make an educated judgement and you just have to trust the expert.

The President is only immune from civil suits for actions taken while he was president. These felonies precede his term and are actionable.

You are right about him being functionally a king once he is back in office though.

I get your point but there is a middle ground. You can apply critical thought to the selection of authorities you can trust. You wouldn’t trust an auto mechanic to tell you if your mole was cancerous even though you do trust them with your transmission, right? We need to teach people to recognize areas of expertise a person might have and reject opinions outside that area.

Gay bars are so great. I’m straight but I used to go with several of my gay friends. I’ve never been hit on by more women than at gay bars lol.

Florida can’t sink into the sea soon enough.

Doesn’t a felony conviction make related civil suits against you much easier? I can think of a lot of people who would love to take a chunk out of his fortune.

One of the groups that doesn’t get talked about often in regards to COVID is the reaction of the gay community, especially the older ones who lived through the worst days of the AIDS epidemic. They took it VERY seriously.

I’m a former scientist in the environmental field and we deal with similar denialism for similar reasons. As science and technology get more complex, the average person simply doesn’t have the background to understand the problem, let alone possible solutions. A certain amount of trust in authority is necessary unfortunately.

Just take the L

I work with elderly people mostly so the absolute terror was probably magnified for me. Regardless of their politics, they knew they were the most vulnerable and it scared the shit out of them.

Those without an argument always fall back on personal insults