Absurd. The court going along with it is even worse in this case

Absolutely. “Oh we can’t enforce federal healthcare mandates? OK, well, we sure as fuck can choose and enforce who gets federal tax exemption status, so get fucked”

Future

Often it’s the ones that only take a second or a minute and minimal effort that get put off the longest and create most anxiety. I was discussing this with a friend last night: I’ve had numerous non-ADHD people explain to me how I just need to create a task list, not realizing that 1: I know all the shit I have to do…I’m just…waiting…, and 2. When I do try to set up lists and organizational systems, I get sucked into a false productivity hole and spend an inordinate amount of time on the process/list/automation crap, and then when it’s perfectly set up, I maybe use it for a week but inevitably revert back to the chaos

Gainful employment: check Life partner: check Luxury of free time for tv: check Legal (ish) herb access: check

My friend, that all sounds lovely to me. Don’t fall trap to societal (and especially capitalistic) definitions of achievement and mediocrity that demand a constant stream of more more more. It’s ok to be content and enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

That being said, if you’re unhappy, get after it. You mention wanting to play Baldurs Gate but feeling guilty about lack of partner time and fear of getting sucked into it for hours: what if you both dedicate a personal hobby night once a week where you can both do whatever and get lost in your own worlds separately without guilt? My partner and I recently started doing this on Fridays and it’s been a game changer.

You’re thinking about it all wrong. They’re just trying to create the right set of conditions to produce the next Turing and kickstart the development of true AGI.

He’s no Jesus. Certainly no fucking Elvis.

Damn, didn’t realize raw materials have gotten that cheap over the years

Criminally underpriced

Oh no, two complementary green energy sources! Better spin it as a competition and pile on the doom and gloom

Have his tangible assets (buildings, cash…etc) confiscated since they’re all, for the most part, tied to numerous fraudulent misrepresentations and crimes, and fucking jail him and throw away the key like they would for any other non-wealthy or politically connected fellon. We’ve all seen him commit crimes on TV, brag about them publicly, admit to them multiple times, his co-conspirators have been sentenced and gone to jail in cases where he’s named as a party, and yet we’re still doing “more investigations” and lining up cases so they’re “just right.” This level of genuflection and weasel wording wouldn’t even be fathomable for a normal person. “Oh but he has money to fight” - yeah that’s the fucking problem. 99% of the shit I’ve seen him and his attorneys throw at the courts just to gum up the works would get any other attorney and/or defendant laughed out of the court room. Start heavily sanctioning his attorneys for making a mockery of the court, start dismissing his bullshit staling with extreme prejudice…etc. We have the solution - we use it every single day against hundreds of thousands of normal people caught up in the system. Yet this one single turd is somehow above it and continues to get the kid glove treatment.

Baring all that…maybe invest the investigation money in a 10 year supply of hamberders and diet cokes and send it to him so he hopefully fucking croaks before the election.

Holy shit, that other thread was something else. Some people become unhinged at the thought of others doing things differently from them.

This sandwich looks bomb af. Got recipe?

Yeah but is any of that going to stop him from potentially becoming President again? From committing more crimes? End up with him in actual jail or facing any real, non-monetary slap-on-wrist punishment?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating doing nothing. My argument is that this course of action ain’t it bc it doesn’t address the root of the problem: the open secret that wealth and privilege operates in an entirely different criminal and justice system, and the dog and pony show they’re putting on here will only affect the small fall guys while the orange asshole continues to skate away unscathed

What are they going to do about it? Whine that “he can’t do that!” Toothless and pointless as always

Better solution: enforce public campaign funding and ban all private donations and funding/advertising for political campaigns.

https://youtu.be/IH6EV7Rqacc?si=H7hZ714nK83_9siV

Serious question: what, in your opinion, makes Aljazeera a non-credible news source? And what, in turn, do you consider examples of credible news sources on the subject?

Fascinating that you insist on marginalizing and othering individuals you’ve never met using the same prejudiced language you claim to be against. You’re just perpetuating the class divide and allowing those with actual power and influence to further keep you powerless by preemptively disavowing coalitions that don’t pass a racial purity test.

100% feel you on the overall sentiment. I’ve reached an age these days where I don’t do anything other than work stuff on work equipment, which not only helps re-enforce the work/life segmentation, but also absolves me of having to worry about and be responsible for stuff like this. Gotta say, it’s very nice for mental health and sanity

Disagree. Even if this goes through, it reads more like a liability waiver: it’s power is more in the chilling effect vs. actual teeth in enforcement