FlowVoid

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[–] FlowVoid 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Of course they do. To name just one example, in Bush v Gore the SCOTUS overturned a ruling made by the Florida Supreme Court.

[–] FlowVoid 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (4 children)

What makes you think this is over?

This is exactly what you'd expect if the judge wants to sentence Trump to jail. He can't do it now, it would be immediately overturned by the SCOTUS.

So he has no choice but to wait until 2029 (or possibly sooner, in the unlikely event that Trump is impeached again).

[–] FlowVoid 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Technically, no. "Do no harm" was the motto of a 19th century French physician and later made its way into medical textbooks, but it is not found in the Hippocratic oath.

[–] FlowVoid 4 points 17 hours ago

I think a fair number of people voted for him because they thought higher tariffs and fewer immigrants would increase blue collar wages. Which is not necessarily wrong, but it ignores a lot of additional potentially catastrophic effects on the economy.

[–] FlowVoid -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

crimes were carried out by the state

The same is true of others facing ICC charges. For example, Hamas leaders face ICC charges, but that does not justify sanctions against Palestine.

sanctions on Russia citing the ICC arrest

Sanctions against Russia couldn't cite the ICC charges, because they began long before Putin was charged by the ICC.

the state of Israel is

Like the US and Russia, Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute.

[–] FlowVoid 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

ICC charges are directed at individuals, not entire countries. They wouldn't justify sanctions for the same reason governments don't sanction Saudi Arabia for being the home of bin Laden.

[–] FlowVoid 6 points 1 day ago

He wasn't charged with any crimes by the ICC.

[–] FlowVoid 14 points 3 days ago

The slopes are all the same

No, they aren't. Because it's a semilog graph.

[–] FlowVoid 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Presidential elections are run by states. They keep track of who is registered to vote, they run polling places, they print ballots, they own the machines that are used to cast and/or count votes, and every election worker ultimately reports to - and is paid by - their governor.

The president has no role, at all. He can't hire election workers, can't access polling places, can't look at voter registries, and has no voting machines. Intentionally, to avoid schemes like yours.

So to extend the dialog:

Biden: Hey, all the governors flaked out so I'm hiring people to rerun the election myself. I'll pay you $10,000. Bring 699,999 of your friends, we gotta build a whole new bureaucracy from scratch.

Passerby: Is that even in your budget?

Biden: Maybe. Maybe not. I'll pay you $100,000! Also, order a voting machine on Amazon. I'll reimburse you later.

Passerby: I'm never getting paid, am I?

Biden: Are you helping me or not? Also I need your home address, it's gonna be a polling place. I'll throw in $200,000 for your legal fees if you're arrested for election fraud, like those false electors in 2020 that you bear no resemblance to!

Passerby: No thanks.

Biden: But I got immunity, baby! Immunity!

[–] FlowVoid 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Biden: Hey, it's the POTUS. Your state needs to repeat the election. Make sure they use RCV, and I want you to tell the police to arrest nonvoters.

Governor: No.

Biden: But I'm immune from prosecution

Governor: Still no.

Biden: I'll come down there and kill you with my bare hands!

Governor: I don't think so.

Biden: I'll send Seal Team Six to do it, and then pardon them!

Governor: They know you can't pardon state murder charges.

Biden: You know immunity isn't all it's cracked up to be.

[–] FlowVoid 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Even with the "broad immunity granted by the SCOTUS", Biden can't do what you want him to do. Immunity from prosecution does not mean ability to rewrite election laws.

Ambassadors are largely immune to prosecution too, do you think they can rerun our election?

[–] FlowVoid 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jack Teixera- the Discord Leaks Guy. After they were discovered, it took all of a week

The leak occurred in 2022, he was indicted in 2023, and he was sentenced in 2024.

And he pled guilty.

 

Ending the Gaza war: Three phase proposal

PHASE ONE

  • It would begin with a six-week ceasefire, during which the IDF would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza
  • Hamas would release "a number" of hostages - including women, the elderly and the wounded - in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Some remains of dead Israeli hostages would be returned to their families
  • Palestinian civilians would return to their homes in all areas of Gaza
  • Humanitarian assistance would "surge", with 600 trucks a day entering the strip, and hundreds of thousands of temporary housing units sent by the international community

During that six week period, negotiations mediated by the US and Qatar would continue. If successful, the next part of the plan would begin.

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