I read a bit of the stuff from the tip line. Some of it is very raw, and that's putting it nicely. Like, I had a neighbor who was troubled by delusions. Some sounded spot on like that, a story that wasn't just absolutely wild, but didn't fit with some known facts.
There is a certain strain of Christianity that must see itself as the underdog in a cosmic war of good and evil. Everything fits into that overarching narrative.
No president has done it and it certainly was not the intent of the pardon power. But it is not explicitly forbidden. Hopefully if he tries it it gets ruled against, but after SCOTUS made that horrible ruling about presidential immunity I have little confidence.
Trump getting away with a pardon and then getting assassinated is, in my mind, one of the worst scenarios. It martyrs him in the eyes of his cult. At the same time, it sets out legal precedent for a future fascist/authoritarian to pardon themselves for misdeeds in office. He's an old man anyway and won't last much longer. Let's hope it does not come to pass.
It is hard to go after a federal official for state crime. They have a lot of immunity around official acts. And for good reason. Imagine a right wing state criminalizing something based on their agenda, then prosecuting Democratic officials to enact a nationwide right wing agenda based on those laws. It would be chaos.
Trump is 100% going to pardon himself. And I have little confidence that the courts will stop him. They will talk about history and tradition when it suits them, but I can totally see them making an exception for yet another unprecedented action.
In the US, the mortgage interest tax write-off goes disproportionately to the wealthy. It also inflates housing prices, so it doesn't really help affordability. Certainly not enough to justify the cost.
Sure, not a fascimile. Who Framed Roger Rabbit had characters from competing studios. Apparently Steven Spielberg had enough clout that he was able to get cross licensing deals made.
Yup, like, what is it replacing? If it's food that goes directly to humans, let's not do that. If it's corn for ethanol, that has little worth. Covering it with solar panels isn't terrible by any means.
It's not everyone. My first date with my husband, we went to a modestly priced restaurant. Looking at their menu now, it's $20 a plate for a lot of food (plus tip). We had them cater our wedding. But that was back in 2015. Also, we're a gay couple, not sure how that has influenced dating habits.
The framers of the Constitution had objections to parties and left them out. Completely refused to even acknowledge them. Within five years, a party duopoly formed. Even nominally one party states have hidden internal factions. It is better to acknowledge human nature and compensate than to work against it only to cause harm in failure.
Wikipedia had to deal with this same sort of thing with the biography of living persons policy after vandalism of John Seigenthaler's article included defamatory material in 2005. With many people coming to rely on AI summaries at least for first impressions, AI companies need to lose some lawsuits until they fix their software.
I see the point of plant based leather not as necessarily being great now, but as demonstrating that there is demand for R & D to make a product that can meet or surpass the quality of leather later.
From some searching, they're also available for charter. Still not something for a person of average means to do on their own, but maybe a group of upper-middle class people. Some Amtrak routes go through some incredibly scenic areas. The one that comes to mind in my neck of the woods is the Empire Builder. It would be a luxury experience for sure.
I read a bit of the stuff from the tip line. Some of it is very raw, and that's putting it nicely. Like, I had a neighbor who was troubled by delusions. Some sounded spot on like that, a story that wasn't just absolutely wild, but didn't fit with some known facts.