[-] charonn0@startrek.website 139 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“He would say things similar to that on occasions to blow off steam. But I wouldn’t take them literally every time he did it,” Mr Barr said, adding: “At the end of the day, it wouldn’t be carried out and you could talk sense into him.”

So either we're counting on people to refuse the president's orders, or we're hoping the Trump is more mature than he lets on?

How about not electing people who would even entertain such an idea in the first place?

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 187 points 1 year ago

Time to violently storm the Supreme Court, then. After all, they approve.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 141 points 1 year ago

This popped up over the weekend on my work PC. It was an emergency and I absolutely needed to get to my desktop ASAP.

Nope. Full screen advertisement for Windows 11 demanding my immediate and undivided attention. Blocking all other functions, commands, and inputs. I must interact with this ad or else I cannot use my computer.

Fuck. That.

I am never installing Windows 11. I am never buying another Microsoft operating system. Specifically because of this sort of heavy-handed dark patterned bullshit. Not to mention the fact that Windows 10 is dog shit.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 165 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Congress has no oversight of state prosecutors. Jordan is using his position of power and trust to pervert the course of justice. This is blatant obstruction of justice.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 194 points 1 year ago

If your business can't survive without paying slave wages then your business shouldn't survive.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 161 points 1 year ago

The lawsuit stems from a 2016 FBI investigation during the Obama administration over Flynn’s suspected ties to Russia. In 2017, Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI regarding his association with Russian contacts. Shortly after the 2020 election, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) received a pardon from Trump.

Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. Case dismissed.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 161 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti said in a statement, “Because this complaint was made directly to the police department, we are obligated and have a duty to examine the complaint further."

I call bullshit, and would like to see the law and/or court rulings that support this assertion.

Because if cops have no duty to protect the public, then in what sense do they have a duty to take this complaint seriously?

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 148 points 2 years ago

"Abortion is a matter of conscience and so it's not just something you change based on political gain. But this is something each individual candidate has to try to figure out for themselves and every part of the country is a little bit different," Cornyn said.

Translation: Abortion was never a matter of conscience for the GOP. It has always been about political gain.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 180 points 2 years ago

“Republicans need to look at all of these numbers, and really think about what’s more important. Yes, most people that are Republicans are probably pro-life,” she stated. “And we love our babies. And I love being a mother. But what’s most important? Republicans taking over. And Republicans being able to keep our country!”

Wasn't expecting them to say this part out loud.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 147 points 2 years ago

Regardless of where you stand on the Israel/Hammas situation, the state shouldn't have this kind of power.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 178 points 2 years ago

It may be a violation of the Logan Act, which makes it illegal for private citizens to interfere with foreign relations.

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[-] charonn0@startrek.website 197 points 2 years ago

Nations that were the source of slaves remain on the whole impoverished and underdeveloped.

Nations that were slavers still remain on the whole wealthy and highly developed.

This is not a coincidence, and there is a reasonable case to be made for reparations on these grounds.

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