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  • On the post: Trump Tests How Many Law Firms He Can Destroy Before Someone Stops Him

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2025 @ 09:54am

    How does this affect them?

    Can someone explain how this affects them? They aren't disbarred from what I read. Just revoked clearances and inability to access government facilities. I don't know anything about what law firms do, aside from representing clients, so I don't understand what harm that causes. To clarify, I'm not saying it's right, I seriously just don't understand what the actual issue is. The article doesn't actually clarify what the 'blacklisting' is, or how it affects them.

  • On the post: It Is Long Past Time For Democrats To Start Pounding The Impeachment Drum

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2025 @ 12:17pm

    Maybe the minority party should just go home and not bother showing up for the two years they’re out of power.
    They have, that's the point. The "opposition party" is not opposing. A handful of representatives at most.
    He, uh, actually did lose an election after the first impeachment
    So? That gave him/his party 4 extra years to learn from the mistakes of the first term and plan for this complete gutting of the government. If he was immediately re-elected I don't think he'd have been this successful.

  • On the post: First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out Of Control

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2025 @ 11:13am

    What about alchohol?

    For the porn case, it's clear. It's an easy way to just ban it without actually banning it. But for everything else, like diet products: how is this different from buying alcohol?

  • On the post: It Is Long Past Time For Democrats To Start Pounding The Impeachment Drum

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2025 @ 11:46pm

    • I’m not sure if he’d change or not if he was thrust into the presidency.
    I wish we had an edit button, even for 5 minutes.

  • On the post: It Is Long Past Time For Democrats To Start Pounding The Impeachment Drum

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2025 @ 11:45pm

    Pointless discussion

    It's pointless. Impeachment is unlikely to even pass in the house, let alone convict in the Senate. We did this last Trump term and what happened? Absolutely nothing; he was elected again. Plus, it won't change what's happening. JD Vance is just as bad and will continue on the war path Trump started. Speaker Johnson? I'm not sure if he'd change or not if we was thrust into the presidency or not. I suspect he'd continue to tow the line. What does matter? Fighting cloture of the CR right now, but they want to cave and leave the government open because they're afraid of the damage it can cause. DOGE IS ALREADY DAMAGING THE GOVERNMENT! Shutting it down won't make it worse, and might in fact slow them down, since DOGE will be stopped during the shutdown too.

  • On the post: Trump’s Latest Weapon Against Critics: Destroying Their Lawyers

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2025 @ 04:26pm

    *and even then

  • On the post: Trump’s Latest Weapon Against Critics: Destroying Their Lawyers

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2025 @ 04:25pm

    Even if you are a true believer in the MAGA movement, this is one of those things that should cause you to question how much Trump is focused on punishing his perceived enemies, rather than leading the country.
    MAGAs are so blinded by the cult of personality, they can't see their own hypocrisy or downfall. They've been spoonfed "Trump was persecuted, these are corrupt lawyers that he's getting rid of." Literally nothing will persuade them unless it directly affects them negatively personally, and even though some still fall in line. Trump said it himself, he could go out on the street and literally kill someone in broad daylight and they wouldn't care. They'd probably cheer him on in fact. It's extremely dangerous and the only way we can stop them is by convincing the non-true believers of the problems. The true-believers are too far gone to be saved.

  • On the post: Make It A Trend Part 2: EA (!!!) Releases Source Code For Four ‘Command & Conquer’ Games

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2025 @ 05:35pm

    Double-take

    When I first read this, I had to do a double-take: "Wait, EA? Electronic Arts EA?" What's more, not only did they release the source for those games, but they also added Steam Workshop support for several other C&C games, like Generals. My only thought is that the remastered version did something good they saw. I don't know what it is, but I welcome it. Please, do more like this, EA!

  • On the post: Why BestNetTech Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2025 @ 11:51am

    For those in the tech industry who supported this administration thinking it would mean less regulation or more “business friendly” policies: you’ve catastrophically misread the situation (which many people tried to warn you about). While overregulation (which, let’s face it, we didn’t really have) can be bad, it’s nothing compared to the destruction of the stable institutional framework that allowed American innovation to thrive in the first place.
    The logging of our national parks helps no one but logging companies. Meanwhile the parks themselves show off the beauty of the states they are in, drawing tourists, both domestic and foreign, and boosting the local economies of the states they're in, and keep the local ecology functioning and safer than without. Plus they provide non-monetary QOL improvements to the people. For example, I'm proud of the forest land in my state, and fear for the old growth that will be logged out if this continues. We have some of the oldest trees in the nation, and it would be a shame and an insult to lose them.
    courts that would enforce contracts (but not non-competes, allowing ideas to spread quickly and freely across industries)
    Well, I've been against non-competes, but you just made a pretty good case for why they can be bad.

  • On the post: After Killing USAID, MAGA’s Solution: Reinventing USAID, But Worse

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2025 @ 11:55pm

    They’re not just incapable of seeing the sophistication in these systems; they’re ideologically opposed to admitting such sophistication could exist.
    These are the same people that think evolution is fake news because of "irreducible complexity", so yeah, I buy it.

  • On the post: History Will Not Treat Those Sleepwalking Through This Crisis Well

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2025 @ 04:50pm

    This is one of those cases where I'm on the fence about compelling voting. I appreciate the right to vote, like other rights, is also the right not to vote. However if everyone was forced to vote, those that were on the fence might have actually made a difference if they were forced to choose an option. But, it also goes against the freedoms we aspire to have.

  • On the post: History Will Not Treat Those Sleepwalking Through This Crisis Well

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2025 @ 01:00pm

    Speak up, protest, call your representatives. Run for office, if we still have free and fair elections by then. Be supportive of those affected, so they don't feel alone. Civil servants are not the cause of the bureaucracy, they just implement what they've been told to do. Do you know how much it costs to buy a $200 transmitter? Well, you have to submit 3 quotes from 3 different US vendors, then get approval, then get someone to purchase it for you, wait for it to be delivered, inspected, and handed over to you for use. Total cost: closer to $2000 when all done (all the man-hours required to get quotes, write out forms, etc). There's your waste. That's not waste you can see when you inspect the treasury or look at receipts, only what you'll see if you actually work in there.

  • On the post: As Elon Musk Continues To Repeat Lies About Who And What USAID Funded, Turns Out, It Funded Elon Musk

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2025 @ 02:35pm

    Republicans in congress are traitors and should be treated as such. They actually have the power to stop this, and refuse.

  • On the post: To Stop The Coup, We Must Be Clear About The Truth: Two Plus Two Equals Four

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2025 @ 11:24am

    You elected to give a billionaire foreign national unlimited access to the personal information (Name, address, SSN, bank info) of millions of Americans? Not just federal employees, regular citizens.

  • On the post: GOG’s New Plan To Weaponize Its Community’s Wishlist Of Games To Pressure IP Holders

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2025 @ 12:48am

    If they get Freelancer on there, I'll buy it without hesitation. It's one of my favorites, and sadly I never got a chance to buy it when it was still being sold (poor student then). Tomb Raider on the other hand, I've repurchased probably 3 or 4 times by now. That's what happens when you continue to sell/release games, publishers. ;-) When they put up a bunch of classic Star Trek games, I bought every single one of them. Armada was another classic I played as a kid. Well, I played hundreds of hours with the two mission demo that came with a gaming magazine CD. I'm still hoping they'll get the other Star Trek games from that era (Birth of the Federation, New Worlds, Orion Pirates).

  • On the post: A Coup Is In Progress In America

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2025 @ 12:58pm

    Forgot to add: What I mean by the cult is that people see the good he says, and what he says is so good to them, they look past the bad, or choose to believe they're lies.

  • On the post: A Coup Is In Progress In America

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2025 @ 12:56pm

    I've noticed that Trumpism is a cult. Once you've drank the kool-aid, it's very difficult to break free. Trump is a salesman and con-man, and he sold the American people a very good con.

  • On the post: Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2025 @ 11:40pm

    Because at the time I called, the staffer told me they weren't even aware of most of what I told them. Perhaps that's changed in the last couple days.

  • On the post: Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2025 @ 05:48pm

    It's worse than you think

    If you look at /r/fednews, you can see how bad it is. Musk's system at OPM was a linkage, it actually placed all government employee emails on a cloud server. Completely exposed both the network, and email distribution lists to the public. Every single NOAA employee has been getting spammed because of Musk's ineptitude. 30% of federal employees are military veterans, vets who are about to get even more screwed aside from what's happening at the VA. If you care, call your congresspeople. The democrats in congress are only dealing with the funding freeze, which is the least problematic issue that's happened. There are career civil servants being told to execute illegal orders, then fired if they refuse to break the law. For all the Trump supporters that wanted this, you will reap what you sow. Think of everything you rely on, social security, VA benefits, national parks, not having your city/town flood because a reservoir holds back the water, the highway system, looking at weather forecasts on the news, getting a passport, and dozens of other things from large to seemingly innocuous. Now, imagine if all that was gone. Not all states have the ability to support themselves. California will do fine; Alabama, not so much.

  • On the post: Florida Deputy Watching Porn On His Phone Crashes Into Car Stopped For A School Bus

    Phoenix84 ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2025 @ 12:46pm

    Cops are immune from that law because they are "trained" accordingly.

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