Daniel

Daniel

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This seems like it's been a problem for dems for decades and I don't understand it. It's like they don't want to get their hands dirty by....doing politics.

This week SCOTUS killed Chevron deference, gave Trump total immunity, and Trump was credibly tied to Epstein, and it seems to me if your campaign somehow seriously can't find a way to then change the topic of conversation in the newspapers or stop your party panicking, what are we doing here exactly

It says something about the hard hitting publications out there that they nailed an old man to the wall for being old, but can’t aggressively go after a convicted felon who was just crowned king in waiting. I don’t care about Biden at all. But the news media is useless for protecting democracy.

The Biden admin has been the most progressive of my lifetime and it was largely very good for normal Americans. Now billionaires and the newspapers and tv channels they own are going to do their best to hand the election to Donald Trump because they think they stand to lose little.

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these people do not intend to ever lose power again

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

It beggars belief that this is not all being coordinated in some way.

Fuckin called it

It seems weird to require presidents to swear to uphold the constitution while they are apparently not bound by it, so long as they’re operating under their authority as the executive. We’re basically just getting constant constitutional amendments from the Roberts court.

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I think this is the fundamental asymmetry underlying every aspect of the conflict between the parties; you see it in the Senate, in gerrymandering, in the use of executive power I don't want King Biden either, but it's long past time to make the GOP afraid of the consequences of endless escalation

I honestly believe that a lot of conservative strategizing is based on the correct assumptions that liberals would never be as ruthless as they are.

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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.

One of the more striking things about the last 8 years is that a lot of random posters from myriad backgrounds have been consistently right about where the country was headed, and the pundits and political classes have been very, very wrong.

Biden can use the military to stay in power and do virtually anything he wants. But what he can't do is use experts to protect consumers, fight climate change, or forgive student loans.

"These are the things presidents do" kind of gives the game away. I feel like I'm hallucinating. Roberts and co think they, and people like them, are going to be in absolute minoritarian rule forever. I hope they're wrong.

Maybe I'm super fucked up but having the supreme court declare that J6 was fine and good actually feels worse than J6

Remember the presidential commission on SCOTUS?

SCOTUS about to give the rubber storm to “when you’re a star they let you do it”? I have no idea what’s coming, but being a lawyer feels increasingly silly under this Court.

The Spurs are going to be a priority league pass team. Mostly because of Wemby, but there’s some fun potential elsewhere, too.

FROM WOJ: Free agent guard Chris Paul has agreed on a one-year, $11 million-plus deal with the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell ESPN.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE

Some of the stuff that Sennett did with The Elected was also incredible. Me First is one of my favorite albums from that era of music.

Flying Mezerkis

I think the future is probably pretty bright once journalists find a way to make a living absent click bait. But we need to take the imprimatur of legacy media away in the meantime. Folks think these companies are something they aren’t, and giving them trust they don’t deserve.

Flying Mezerkis

The only way to get any correction (if that’s even possible, given the perverse incentives and hedge fund bros who own so many of these mediums) is to erode any confidence in them by attacking what they’re doing. The doubt shouldn’t all be coming from Covid conspiracy theorists and Russians.

Flying Mezerkis

I’ve come around to the idea that a large portion of the news media might actually be far more harmful to democracy than it is beneficial. Speaking the truths of power rather than truth to power. And it’s been that way for awhile (see cop tense), and only gotten worse.

One thing that might help: say this when you’re speaking to the public, not just in opinions that 99.5% of the country doesn’t read.

As Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent last Friday, “The majority disdains restraint, and grasps for power” — and the justices are “making a laughing-stock” of long-standing judicial principles. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Supreme Court Is a Joke. It’s Not Funnywww.rollingstone.com The justices accidentally, repeatedly referenced laughing gas in a disastrous ruling before declaring that judges know better than agency regulators.

Back in law school I loved reading court opinions. At least I could convince myself there was some guiding principle that got majority opinions, for better or for worse. This court is the most cynical arm of government in the whole United States. “We’re all friends” isn’t helpful.

Lordkeynes does the monster mash

To the surprise of many in the physical world, I’ve been a terrible nerd a real long time. The build your own PC and lan party at every opportunity back when the internet was young and somehow less weird, nerd.

That’s genius and low pressure given the general awkwardness of any dungeon/raid the first time.

Appreciate it, I can’t heal for shit anyway. Takes a certain type of player and it isn’t me.

Last question and I’ll leave you alone I promise. Class wise, I’ve typically gone melee, but did some red mage and ninja in FFXI. Any suggestion one where to start?

Really appreciate it, man. Thanks.

I think I’ll give it a shot. I’m not in the mode where I used to be (shoot to the top of pvp and pve ladders without any regard for storyline). Harder to do that with kids. And FF always has great storylines. Does my assumption regarding great storylines hold for this one, too?

what’s the dungeon raid situation? Are we talking endless mechanics etc, and high expectations or is it a bit gentler where you can learn the ropes while you get carried a bit?

I’m open to it, so long as the in game pressure isn’t solely aimed towards big pve events to advance your character’s gear. I get competitive after a certain point and I want something to help spur me other than the story. I loved FFXI but got too into wow during the early days.

I haven’t played a FF mmo since XI. But, I’m definitely open to going back. Worthy expansion to try, you think?

Are you playing this expansion?