Mourning the Dictatorship.

[IrezumiKiss]

Nobody is going to buy that shit. Young People Need to be re-educated about sex and the social consequences of unwanted pregnancy from an early age, instead of the corruptive shit they are exposed to now. Back before abortion became a form of convenient birth control.

https://i.imgur.com/0rqsgI5.png

 

[rockcasbah]

Eventually, after hormone-based contraceptives are banned, how long do you figure will it take for non-toxic women to be in good supply?

“Natural, fresh, organic, USFDA approved free-range nubiles…. Now available!”

 

[John_von_Neumann]

Nobody is going to buy that shit. Young People Need to be re-educated about sex and the social consequences of unwanted pregnancy from an early age, instead of the corruptive shit they are exposed to now. Back before abortion became a form of convenient birth control.

STFU, Boomer.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Nobody is going to buy that shit. Young People Need to be re-educated about sex and the social consequences of unwanted pregnancy from an early age, instead of the corruptive shit they are exposed to now. Back before abortion became a form of convenient birth control.

No one is pro-abortion and no one is using abortion as birth control, you stupid old fuck.

 

[jaF0]

No one is pro-abortion

I am.

 

[Rightguide]

as you might see in my profile i'm a young mother and i cannot take birth control for medical reasons (not even the after-pill) so when finding out about me being pregnant i was glad that i had the choice of abortion although i finally decided for having the baby there are other women who have less support than i do and are in a worse situation in their life than i was/am so that i want them to have the same choice that i had

As you can see Luk is on drugs and completely unaware of his surroundings in his homeless camp.

 

[rockcasbah]

As you can see Luk is on drugs and completely unaware of his surroundings in his homeless camp.

Earlier today he said he is sober.(ha)

 

[LukSkyFokker]

As you can see Luk is on drugs and completely unaware of his surroundings in his homeless camp.

Homeless camp? I'm the one who can afford to live in California, loser. You had to move because you're a non-hacker.

Earlier today he said he is sober.(ha)

Over a decade. Again, claiming I'm inebriated as I destroy your dumbfuckery really doesn't help your case.

 

[Chobham]

I just read an article in the NYT asserting that because the congress is grid-locked, which for the most part is the rule not the exception, that the Supreme Court now is ascendant in power. His entire premise is based on the EPA ruling. And I'm wondering where the writer took his civics classes.......................if any?

The ruling at it's core says that the various agencies with statutory power within the administrative branch CANNOT make law beyond the parameters that congress established in the enabling legislation, that's all the court did. The court did NOT grant itself or congress any greater powers, nor did it strip the administrative branch of any of its powers. They merely prohibited the administration from granting itself powers that the legislative branch did not expressly grant it.

But somehow this Times reporter, by some leap of logic not clearly laid out in the article is asserting that the court is ascendant. He then goes on, quoting others, as to how the court is reeling in the executive. And this is true but this was not done by the court granting itself more power, again, by merely stopping the executive from exercising powers it doesn't have.

NYT on the EPA ruling

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I just read an article in the NYT asserting that because the congress is grid-locked, which for the most part is the rule not the exception, that the Supreme Court now is ascendant in power. His entire premise is based on the EPA ruling. And I'm wondering where the writer took his civics classes.......................if any?

The ruling at it's core says that the various agencies with statutory power within the administrative branch CANNOT make law beyond the parameters that congress established in the enabling legislation, that's all the court did. The court did NOT grant itself or congress any greater powers, nor did it strip the administrative branch of any of its powers. They merely prohibited the administration from granting itself powers that the legislative branch did not expressly grant it.

But somehow this Times reporter, by some leap of logic not clearly laid out in the article is asserting that the court is ascendant. He then goes on, quoting others, as to how the court is reeling in the executive. And this is true but this was not done by the court granting itself more power, again, by merely stopping the executive from exercising powers it doesn't have.

NYT on the EPA ruling

So SCOTUS was wrong on those gun cases they just ruled on, right?

 

[rockcasbah]

“If you go back to the ’80s, every time the court did something Congress didn’t like, they passed a law,” said Richard J. Lazarus, a law professor at Harvard. “It was an iterative process between Congress, the agencies and the courts.”

( from the article… gridlock in congress means scotus now has greater influence over your lives)

 

[Chobham]

“If you go back to the ’80s, every time the court did something Congress didn’t like, they passed a law,” said Richard J. Lazarus, a law professor at Harvard. “It was an iterative process between Congress, the agencies and the courts.”

( from the article… gridlock in congress means scotus now has greater influence over your lives)

Yup, that's how it's supposed to work.

 

[rockcasbah]

I wonder whether its time for a viable third party in the USA.

 

[rockcasbah]

Nope. There's inertia involved at this point.

That’s a very good argument in favor of a multi-party congress.

 

[rockcasbah]

Why? They're already getting next to nothing done.
Further Balkanization would just make them more inept and impotent.

Have you ever watched the TV show Survivor?

 

[Chobham]

Rarely do those multi-party legislative entities work out. They end up with compromises that end up screwing over the citizen. The "Green Party" influence in Germany (and Spain) comes immediately to mind.

 

[rockcasbah]

“The United States is divided into red and blue not because Americans want only two choices.

In poll after poll, majorities want more than two political parties.

Few Americans enjoy the high-stakes partisan combat.

The United States is divided because in winner-take-all plurality elections, third parties can’t emerge.

And even if Americans agree on wanting a third party, few are willing to gamble on an alternative for fear of wasting their vote.

Nor can Americans agree on which third party they would want, either.

The United States would need five or six parties to represent the true ideological diversity of the country.”

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/1...ystem-replace-multiparty-republican-democrat/

Imagine all the elections you’d have with 6 party coalition govs!

 

[Chobham]

I think that little blurb lays it out fairly well. It's hard enough to reach a consensus with two parties, the thought of 6 is mind boggling. In a sense it's like having a meeting and requiring a consensus. The result is going to reflect the lowest IQ in the room.

There is NO perfect governmental system. The closest that comes to that is a benevolent absolute dictatorship and the problem with that is that the dictator eventually dies and you have no idea who's going to replace him/her. The proponents of alternative styles of government and/or multi-party systems are quick to point out the benefits whilst ignoring the deficits.

 

[ll74]

I think that little blurb lays it out fairly well. It's hard enough to reach a consensus with two parties, the thought of 6 is mind boggling. In a sense it's like having a meeting and requiring a consensus. The result is going to reflect the lowest IQ in the room.

There is NO perfect governmental system. The closest that comes to that is a benevolent absolute dictatorship and the problem with that is that the dictator eventually dies and you have no idea who's going to replace him/her. The proponents of alternative styles of government and/or multi-party systems are quick to point out the benefits whilst ignoring the deficits.

The Democratic party is basically 5 or 6 parties in one. Consensus is tough, but works out better for everyone

 

[rockcasbah]

The Democratic party is basically 5 or 6 parties in one. Consensus is tough, but works out better for everyone

Dry sense of humor.

 

[RobDownSouth]

There is NO perfect governmental system. The closest that comes to that is a benevolent absolute dictatorship.

Every once in a great while, the goofy public mask slips and the ugly true face of the man is shown.

 

[Rightguide]

I just read an article in the NYT asserting that because the congress is grid-locked, which for the most part is the rule not the exception, that the Supreme Court now is ascendant in power. His entire premise is based on the EPA ruling. And I'm wondering where the writer took his civics classes.......................if any?

The ruling at it's core says that the various agencies with statutory power within the administrative branch CANNOT make law beyond the parameters that congress established in the enabling legislation, that's all the court did. The court did NOT grant itself or congress any greater powers, nor did it strip the administrative branch of any of its powers. They merely prohibited the administration from granting itself powers that the legislative branch did not expressly grant it.

But somehow this Times reporter, by some leap of logic not clearly laid out in the article is asserting that the court is ascendant. He then goes on, quoting others, as to how the court is reeling in the executive. And this is true but this was not done by the court granting itself more power, again, by merely stopping the executive from exercising powers it doesn't have.

NYT on the EPA ruling

Absolutely right on.

 

[Rightguide]

Every once in a great while, the goofy public mask slips and the ugly true face of the man is shown.

Yep, every time you drop your drawers you expose your true face. So, well said.

 

[rockcasbah]

Every once in a great while, the goofy public mask slips and the ugly true face of the man is shown.

How so? There was nothing goofy or ugly about the post.

 

[John_von_Neumann]

Every once in a great while, the goofy public mask slips and the ugly true face of the man is shown.

I’ll agree to disagree. Baby killers are always ugly.