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• On the post: DHS Sends A Journalist Back To His Home Country To Be Tortured Because ‘Live Streaming’ ICE Activities Is ‘Threatening’

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2025 @ 12:50am

  not much changes

  The rights we love to boast about were initially reserved for White male land-owners alone

  Some still are. We have special districts which are governed on a one-acre-one-vote plan.

• On the post: Supreme Court’s ‘Go Ahead And Round Up All The Brown People’ Decision Is Being Challenged In Court

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2025 @ 04:49am

  removing entire states from US

  There is a federal law on the books that enables ICE to question anyone within 100 miles of the US border.

  To the extent that there is such a (mischaracterized and uncited) law, it would violate the US Fourth Amendment. There are court-manufactured loopholes, such as being out in public or law enforcement being in a hurry, but the language of the Constitution is pretty clear. As a matter of curiosity, is there any part of Rhode Island not within 100 miles of a coast or other international point of entry? How about Florida and Hawaii? So, if the US Fourth Amendment does not apply in those places, then are still states?

• On the post: The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2025 @ 01:24am

  math can be tricky

  If you offer an average person that if they’ll accept a 100% surcharge, you’ll give them a 60% rebate, most will decline. Even though it would be a net win for them.

  Not so sure about that. Come, let us reason together, starting with a price tag of $50. 1. base price = 50 2. add 100% surcharge, 50 + 50 = 100 3. rebate 60% of that surcharge, 100 - 30 = 70 4. compare final price, 70 > 50 So, yeah, it is a net win. The victory goes to the vendor, not for the buyer. I can understand why some buyers might be reluctant to agree to your offer.

• On the post: Donald Trump Immediately Returns To Threatening Disney Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Speech

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2025 @ 12:43am

  correct

  It worked like a champ. Disney folded up like a wet paper sack in a windstorm. The problem was that they got some push-back, in fact more than they had allowed for, and determined to fold again as though the eye had passed over and the wind was now blowing the other way.

• On the post: Trump Declares Everyone Who Doesn’t Kiss His Ass Is A Terrorist

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2025 @ 08:14pm

  traditional values

  hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality

  The Declaration of Independence, while it has little legal force, implicitly included the traditional U.S. values. All white land-owning males were considered equal under the law. The original Constitution preserved this, making some things more explicit. There was of course the 3/5 compromise, but those people were not allowed to vote. The anti-woke Trump Bible includes a copy of the U.S. Constitution, saving only that the amendments stop just before where the 3/5 compromise changed. Again, traditional values. Those bits about abolishing slavery and all people born here being deemed citizens were just ``woke'' extremism which have no place in the Trump Bible.

• On the post: Hey, Nintendo: You Cool With ICE Using Your Pokémon IP To Recruit More Goons?

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2025 @ 05:08am

  new possibilities

  It seems to me that the recruiting material is a government work, possibly done for hire by an advertising firm. So if I wanted to copy bits of that, well.

• On the post: Donald Trump Immediately Returns To Threatening Disney Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Speech

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2025 @ 05:47am

  correct

  Trump believed Disney/ABC bending the knee once for $16mil meant he could bully them into giving in to his demands again.

  Yes, and that seems an accurate assessment. Following some bullying, they did give in to his demands again. Evidently it was not entirely permanent. Kimmel is back on some affilliate stations. However, it did work, and perhaps even provided a needed distraction from the Epstein files.

• On the post: AI Slop Startup To Flood The Internet With Thousands Of AI Slop Podcasts, Calls Critics Of AI Slop ‘Luddites’

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2025 @ 07:23am

  tool maker

  ChatGPT gets licensing fees for the song I got it to help me write. Currently, I’m the sole copyright holder.

  Right now, the Gentoo folks do not get licensing fees for the columns I use it to help me to write. I am the sole copyright holder, though the newspaper is obviously a licensee.

• On the post: Gavin Newsom Signs Law Enforcement Face Mask Ban And Everyone Gets Stupid About It, Including Federal Prosecutors

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2025 @ 01:29am

  don't bet on it

  people will have a name and a face to hold you accountable for said wrongdoing.

  Maybe they havea face, if there is good enough video recording. A name is very unlikely. They do not seem to bother with visible name tags or even visible badges. Rather, they are visibly indistinguishable from the goons robbing old ladies in alleys. Also, the Federal government is treating release of agent names as tantamont to domestic terrorism.

• On the post: The Washington Post Fires Its Last Black Opinion Columnist For Directly Quoting A Bigot

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2025 @ 04:44am

  technology marches forward, or maybe not

  It’s the joy of BestNetTech’s (now hardly new) transition to “a better platform”.

  It has been a while, preview and flag still do not work without javascript. They worked on the old platform.

• On the post: Somebody’s Lying: Susan Monarez’s Congressional Testimony Is 180 Degrees From RFK Jr.’s

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2025 @ 01:00am

  not rare

  Contempt of Congress

  Should be viewed not so much as a possible crime, but as a standard American pastime.

• On the post: World’s Sorest Winner: Trump Demands $15 Billion From NY Times For Not Fluffing His Ego Enough

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2025 @ 12:55am

  an unusual situation

  Normally someine is the president's position would pause litigation while he is in office, or otherwise would be immune to discovery. That is, as defendant, he would say that the country required him to focus his attention on his duties. That may work when he is a defendant. He can use the office as a shield. Not saying it is fair or just, but there you are. You can sue him, but you must wait up to 4 years to proceed toward relief. Here, he is plaintiff. If some defendant answers (asserting 12(b)(6) [Fla 1.140(b)] type defenses and others), then he proceeds to discovery. Each defendant who does that may be entitled to a deposition in which he can ask about the specific false statements, and the specific damages, and how the false statements led to the damage. Other topics may also come up. He brought the suit. It is hard to see a court being sympathetic to a plainmtiff who is too busy to participate in his own case.

• On the post: Flock Safety Claims It Can Rid The US Of Crime, Even As Cities Rid Themselves Of Flock

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2025 @ 06:51pm

  been there, done that

  You guys are so lawyer brained

  In some cases, that is our job.

• On the post: SCOTUS Says ICE Can Use The Family Guy Skin Color Chart For Arrests (But Won’t Explain Why)

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2025 @ 04:32am

  there is no new thing under the sun

  The Constitution may say “the people,” but the Supreme Court has decided some people are more equal than others—and they don’t even have to explain why.

  Actually, the U.S. Constitution as originally enacted provided that some were more equal than others. Generally speaking, white land-owning males counted, others (women, Indians, Negroes) were discounted or ignored.

• On the post: Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 01:41am

  the rules are different here

  even experienced federal judges don’t know the rules

  I think the rules have been explained adequately. It is a modified Calvin-ball, and the rules are 1. There are no fixed rules 2. This administration always wins. There, I hope this helps.

• On the post: Disney, ESPN Sue Sling TV For The Crime Of Streaming TV Pricing Innovation

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2025 @ 04:00am

  motion to dismiss

  While Disney may or may not be legally correct (the exact terms of these agreements aren’t made public)

  Normally if you are suing on a contract, you attach the contract or at least the relevant portions to your complaint. If you do not do that, your complaint does not state a claim upon which relief may be had.

• On the post: Kristi Noem Lies, Says National Guard Deployments To ‘Blue’ Cities Aren’t Politically Motivated

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2025 @ 03:56am

  they are not alone

  It’s a party of liars, cowards, bullies, and please-tread-on-me masochists. What this party lacks completely is integrity or credibility.

  The problem is that right now there is no credible opposition party.

• On the post: From Book Bans To Internet Bans: Wyoming Lets Parents Control The Whole State’s Access To The Internet

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2025 @ 01:41am

  could run into some push-back

  Imagine a Wyomingite stumbling across an NSFW subreddit or a Tumblr fanfic blog and deciding it violates the law.

  I am also able to imagine a Wyoming resident typing something into Google that produced results that might be considered improper. For instance, a kid might ask for the definition of "sodomy" and Google might respond. Or he might ask some questions about parts of the bible, including descriptions of some people's occupations. Google has lots of money, and presumably that gives access to lots of lawyers. If some of them are willing to go to Wyoming to appear pro hac vice, they could provide some resistance. There are not a lot of private citizens who want to take that on. Yet it is also possible that someone could do a set-up, bringing a claim against Google and then taking the fall to establish precedent. That would require a lot fewer lawyers to travel to Wyoming, and might well lead to the effective death of the law.

• On the post: With Intel, Trump Continues His Race To Violate Every Clause In The Constitution By Now Arriving At The Takings Clause

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2025 @ 01:20am

  update

  President Harry Truman seized the entire U.S. steel industry in 1952 ….

  Found improper, Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (02-Jun-1952).

• On the post: OK Superintendent Plans To Give Transplant Teachers From NY, CA Woke Tests Developed By Prager U

  

  Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2025 @ 12:09pm

  not the best neighborhood

  Stephen T. Stone has the best test. [...]

  I hope he is paying rent for the space he occupies in your brain. Not that it is the high rent district, but still.

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