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Millions waste the afternoon fondly daydreaming of getting the hell away from other humans.
If one was curious as to how one might bury a major breach notification, check here. According to RSA, the victims included five major defense contractors; four major telecommunications providers; 10+ western military organizations; more than two dozen Fortune 500 companies; 24 banks and financial institutions; and at least 45 higher educational institutions.
- The San Diego district attorney’s office has allegedly missed a deadline to file foreclosure on the funds seized from Med-West, and from the personal accounts of company owner James Slavic, his wife and two step-daughters. The law affords them one year to do so, and in California Superior Court on November 15, 2016, deputy district attorney Jorge Del Portillo told judge Jay Bloom that the state had until February 2017 to file a petition of forfeiture against the money in bank accounts belonging to James Slatic and his family. The DA’s position has since changed. “We believe it is the seizure that starts the [statute of limitations] clock and not the freeze order,” says Tanya Sierra, DA spokesperson. “We do not consider [a search warrant to freeze a bank account] a ‘process’ within the meaning of asset forfeiture laws.”
- According to White House officials, McCain is believed to have somehow gained access to the content of President Donald Trump’s private, classified telephone calls with world leaders. “He has been given transcripts or actually listened to the calls and is sharing what he has heard,” an administration insider said. “There is no doubt. He is one of the major leaks.”
- Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star 40 light-years away from Earth.
- After spending $24 billion on infrastructure and hosting for the 2016 Olympics, at the cost of de-valuing the Brazilian currency via unsupported inflation, Brazil’s new sporting venues stand empty and are rotting to ruins. Current figures may not include future upkeep and maintenance costs.
- And in the really important news: MLB arranges to change intentional walk to a dugout signal. The thunderous shaking you felt across the internet were a million voices suddenly raised in Bronx cheers, and suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
FIRST! Take that, FOE!
Not so fast, Hyper. Mere top-posting doesn’t qualify – there must be a quote from one of the posted links.
Oh for crikey sake, I came for freedom and all I get is all these rules, sigh…
Trump to rescind transgender bathroom rules from Obama era
Trump = Adolph Jefferson Hitler Davis.
Clearly not meant to be a reply :\
Freedom, bathroom rules, what’s the difference?
Test
D-
Story of my life
Here’s your prize: Lena Dunham’s Home Yoga Series
That is a banning offense!
*throws up*
You sick, sick bastard! Why would you even know that exists? What is wrong with you?!?
– Brought to you by Depends™ adult undergarments
Damn
No leak. No leak. You’re the leak.
Fucker should be… What do they do to treasonous senators?
Um, I think they make them run unsuccessfully for pres…oh, wait he did that… well fuck, I’m stumped. Walk in the woods?
You’re hair is strangely erotic
The Live Free of Die State is a little late to the party: “Vermont Carry” is now law in New Hampshire. Incidentally, the bill simultaneously legalised Murder 1.
Finally
I’ve heard there’s a run on packages of socks due to all the fresh blood in the streets.
Over 100 pounds of marijuana found hidden in hollowed-out firewood
Calculated, of course, using the standard method of “what is the sum total of all that end users are going to pay for each parceled out gram of this?”
It’s like taking a truck-load of potatoes and calculating the cost of the equivalent weight of McDonald’s French fries and calling that the “worth” of the potatoes.
Seems like a waste of perfectly good mesquite.
Ok, that’s 1600 oz of weed, correct? Is my math getting really bad, or is that about $33 an ounce? I’m used to the authoritah valuing this stuff at like 5 million dollars a pound. What’s going on here? Maybe weed is really getting that cheap, I don’t know. But in the 70s, I remember good weed being like $40 an ounce and then it skyrocketed to $300 an ounce. Maybe some of you living in reefer madness states can chime in.
I’m told that here (a non-reefer madness state) it is about $400/ounce
$360 an ounce retail on average from ‘medical’ dispensaries in Oakland. A, uh, friend told me that.
Cops math is bad. News at 11.
They value it at the price they sell it out of the evidence room.
Now that’s a campfire.
+1 Romancing the Stone
I made Kara watch that a week or so ago and she enjoyed it.
I’ll bet her two favourite scenes were the Mud Slide Crotch Plop and the one when the gator swallows the stone.
Shia Le-whatshisnames live stream thing actually captures some genuinely-interesting content
worth a watch in its entirety. its basically some minority kids telling lefties why they suck
SF’d the link. Errant leading whitespace.
I keep doing something wrong. “Whitespace” you say? Is that some new Social Justice thing?
Try again
You had also neglected the colon before the two forward slashes. I enjoyed the video.
“”You had also neglected the colon “”
oh, you tease
Yes #WhiteSpaceIsRACIST
Yeah, the only viral stuff I’ve seen from it are people giving progs the middle finger. Pretty awesome.
A short Yes, Prime Minister video about Abolishing the Department of Education.
Includes the lines:
“We wish to abolish the DES.”
“Abolish education and science?! Preposterous!”
“No, the department! Education and science will continue and flourish.”
Bernard: So you want me to falsify the minutes?
Appleby: I want nothing of the sort! What do you want, Bernard?
Bernard: I want to have a clear conscience.
Appleby: A clear conscience. When did you acquire this taste for luxuries?
+1 Bastiat.
Kurdish Dandies/Hipsters
The ‘Dandy’ party (i’m sort) of down with; i think its better than men being a bunch of slobs. but i dislike the preening silliness of it.
On the other hand….
the hipster part (esp the beard-grooming) makes me think a Drone Strike might be justified
!#*(@#$ link
I really liked that short documentary you linked to some time ago about the (Congolese?) dandies. What kind of aggravated me about those guys, though, is they had small fortunes wrapped up in those outfits, small fortunes that could be entrepreneurial investment. But damn did they look sharp.
I’m not familiar with the Congolese business climate, but I’m willing to bet the Congolese dandies thought spending that money on suits had more value than dealing with the local bureaucracy.
I remember one of the guys had taken out a US$3000 loan for a pair of shoes or something absurd like that. Even though it was pretty over the top, to be sure he was rocking the threads.
I’m sure Gilmore approves.
This is the doco on the Congolese Dandies
aka “Sapeurs” – The game is , ‘La Sape’ – the Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People
Yes, in theory they could use that money on some productive enterprise.
somehow I suspect there’s still some measurable longer term positive effect on at least creating a cultural trend which is more about “Flaunting your style” than it is ‘murdering your neighbors’
That was the root of Hiphop, fwiw.
That was the root of Hiphop
And that turned out well
I’m not sure how you could suggest it hasn’t.
I mean, at least in NYC, the rise of Hiphop was concurrent with the rapid decline in the crime rate; correlation is not causation, but it did provide an artistic outlet for a generation that had few ‘heroes’ who weren’t basketball players. The genre was literally born from street-gangs deciding that “Style Wars” were a better way to compete than through actual violent street-battles. And it turned people who had no future outside ‘crack dealing’ into billionaires.
It also pretty much revolutionized the way all music is produced. I could go on.
You don’t have to actually *like it* as a musical style to appreciate that its an industry that was basically whipped up ex-nihilo out of the ghettos of the 1970s.
I know I am corpse-fucking this thread, but I wanted to reply in case anyone ever looked at it again.
My first thought when reading your comment was “Tou-Pac (sp?) and Biggie would disagree.” But after reading your reply and thinking about it more, yes, I think you are right.
Its success was engineered by a low life hustler who was very much NOT out of the ghetto. (((Plotnicki)))
+1 Zoot suit.
Irish politician wants to call in army to combat ‘aggressive’ rhododendrons
Goats. Get some goats and stake them out near rhododendrons. Check on them every few hours and move them to different sites as needed. Bonus – goat is delicious.
The best answer
stake them out near rhododendrons
The goat doesn’t want to be fed. He wants to hunt.
The Army vs. the Giant Rhododendrons – I think I’ve seen this movie, the dialogue and special effects weren’t great but it had Jimmy Stewart.
ALTERNATE JOKE: Mr. Healy-Rae went on to say that the army should disperse the army of pink elephants in his yard.
Iran – Warns America in advance how this thing they’re going to do soon is going to be ballsy and awesome, and make you look like their bitch
i’m pretty sure a ‘slap in the face’ only works when you don’t warn people about it first.
That may turn out poorly for them without Obama running interference for them.
I worked pretty well for Larry Bird.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6sLMupoQLQ
Touche,
but Iran is no Larry Bird
I didn’t know you worked for Larry Bird! :-p
I’m pretty sure if Iran slapped the US in the face it would would receive a Hulkstare, followed by the inevitable punches to the face, clothesline, leg drop, and easy 1-2-3.
Im sure this is how its being drawn up……. cold blooded .
That’s is Americaaaiiins! We warned you!
I have no expertise on the subject. My instinct tells me that McCain likely broke the law. Maybe someone with some knowledge will weigh in.
Supposing he did, what do you do with a sitting senator that does that? Is McCain thinking he will be given a pass like Clinton was, or is he senile or so eaten up with TDS that he can’t think strait?
He can’t think straight.
IMO, this is a violation of wiretapping laws at the minimum. If he’s not an investigator with a warrant, tapping a phone is illegal. He should be treated most harshly, including being removed from the Senate and thrown in prison.*
*And this time, he won’t have to destroy multi-million $$$ aircraft to get there!
What if he was given the transcripts by the spooks though? Surely the old goat is not doing it himself. Does that matter?
It doesn’t traditionally matter for Senators and other powerful people. If you or I were in possession of classified material, we would have to tell who gave it to us, and even then we’d probably end up in jail.
His defense: I’m an old man, I get confused.
I found this to be very uncomfortable. I felt judged. Thanks, Hans.
Will Senator McCain soon become Citizen McCain?
I don’t think anyone’s going to start letting me title articles.
… or is he senile or so eaten up with TDS that he can’t think strait?
Yeah, he never struck me as a country music fan.
When he goes to court, I hope that judge ain’t blind
Arizona by morning, Arizona’s where I’ll be.
By the time I get to Phoenix, McCain better be gone.
“Send me down to Tucson and I’ll get the job done..”
Mel Tillis
Do you really think anyone here is going to get your George Strait reference? Oh, wait…
Cat ownership not linked to mental health problems, study says
As a cat owner, I strongly disagree.
Okay, maybe that makes more sense.
Causation/correlation, what’s the difference?
The study’s premise is flawed.
It assumes humans own cats, when it’s obvious its the other way around.
Ok, so they ruled out cat “ownership”. Did they single out and follow the kids who ate things they found in the sandbox?
Are they silly? AS an owner of cats and children, I can definitively state that despite ardent promises to do so as a condition of getting a kitten, the children NEVER cleaned out the cat box.
Trump Restarting Wars Which Obama Ended Decisively
or, at least I think that’s how that’s going to be played @ WaPo
Lincoln Chafee Labors Under Delusion Anyone Cares What He Thinks
Who?
I’m pretty sure “Rhode Island” is just a made-up state
It’s a state of mind
That’s the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Smallest state, biggest name.
Speaking of, I checked Wiki for some reason and saw this derp I didn’t know about
fun fact
RI has 5 counties, tied with HI
DE has fewest at 3
HI has only four counties with governments. The fifth county is run by the State Health Department since it is the former Leper colony on Molokai and the only access is a mule trail down 1300+ feet cliffs. It is also has a population of only 90. While sailing back from Maui one time we pulled into the small harbor and it was absolutely beautiful with great fishing along the way.
Lincoln Chafing. It’s an obscure Civil War topic for Eddie to post thousands of comments about.
Guy must be chafing.
I am disappoint, I was sure that would be an Onion article.
For all you Crusader Kings 2 players: Apparently we’re all secret members of the alt-right.
I mean, I get it when old media is completely out of touch with internet culture, but Polygon is particularly stupid and/or hackish to try to take this approach.
Regardless, fight on brothers, we will take Jerusalem! DEUS VULT.
Polygon is a piece of garbage even Soave might refuse to write for? My monocle just popped.
Well yeah, Polygon’s garbage, I just find this strategy of being the internet equivalent of your grandpa who doesn’t ‘understand the hippy hop’ hilariously stupid.
Well, that would explain why I ethnically cleansed…well, everywhere that wasn’t Latgallian.
Great avatar, love that movie.
The other night, every one was talking about the Europa something or other and i liberated it. Wow, lots to figure out. Is crusader kings more better? Or less better?
I like it more, even though it’s older game and EU does diplomacy and development better. CK2 has a much more personal approach and emergent story quality.
Do you like murdering natives, oppressing other cultures, using slaves as an economic resource, and generally being a bastard? Play Europa Universalis 4.
Do you like cheating on your wife, incest, killing children and generally being a bastard? Play Crusader Kings 2.
Oh, and do you like terrible user interfaces, legalized orphan labour, and being a bastard? Play Victoria 2.
So many choices, so little time…
This is a good summary of what you’ll become.
CK2 is more focused on playing as the rulers of territories, which leads to more personalized stories, and funny emergent stories.
You might want to check out some arumba’s LPs on youtube. He also has tutorial series for CK2 and EU4.
Wait, since the Sword of Islam DLC, I pretty much play Muslim countries exclusively (fuck Decadence in the neck), be they the Almoravids or the Golden Horde.
Does that mean I’m secretly a Salafist?
ALLAHU AKBAR!
PAGAN NORSE MASTER RACE.
I mean…shit. I’m not helping my case. I just like raiding, ok?!?
Yes. Also, you are a good man for not playing as Egypt. Because fucking Mameluks are total bullshit and fuck them.
What do you have against Marmaduke?
And why would you want to fuck him?
What’s the appeal of Muslims (IN GAME) anyway? I played them a bit when Sword of Islam came out, and a little bit later on, but I don’t understand why you’d play them exclusively. Haj was nice when pilgrimages and such didn’t exist, extra tax and Silk Road sure, but decadence is annoying, too many sons (though Reaper’s Due might ‘correct’ this problem), so-so CBs and I find typically larger empires of the Middle East and Spain boring starts unless you start as a count or duke and murder your way to the top. I prefer starting as single county counts or nations in really shitty conditions.
Just the alt-history goals I want to accomplish. I really, really want to play a successful game where I can hold Spain, Morocco, Mali, and Mauritania as the Almoravids while also successfully conquering all of France.
You have what we call “internalized Moorology.”
Better than ” internalized Michael Moore”, NTTATWWT
It’s quite possible!
Maybe I’m out of the conservative scene, but the first time I heard deus vult was playing EU3. I’v never heard a conservative use it…
Statue of Jesus Christ beheaded twice in two weeks
Trump supporters?
Hmmm, who likes to behead infidels and objects of idolatry? Oh, I know…. the Buddhists!
/in all seriousness, probably just some neighborhood kid that wasn’t spanked enough as a child
Spanking you say?
I scrolled through hundreds of gifs of hot chicks getting swatted in order to curate this one just for you!
trshmnstr is a friend inded.
God’s work, toughest neighborhoods, etc.
This sounds like a Bart Simpson-type prank, not the work of an invading horde’s advance scout team.
Has Trump denounced this? Has he? HAS HE?!
Head ahould always be nailed or screwed 😉
“McCain……“There is no doubt. He… the major leaks.”
And is why he has to wear adult diapers.
Yes, I went there.
Life expectancy to break 90 barrier by 2030
We’re fat as hell and overly medicated.
We’re fat as hell and we’re not going to take this anymore!
I happen to be fat as hell and undermedicated, TYVM
My [i] text[/i] thingy didn’t work
Use [em] instead of [i]. Also [strong] instead of [b]
Ah. Use more characters, not less. Well, that’s efficient
Is SoKo one of those places that plays fast and loose with infant mortality stats? That would account for some difference.
South Koreans have done much correctly and each of last several generations is taller than the preceding. nK is the opposite with the generations progressively shorter. That is one way ROK citizens identify defectors eeven before they open their mouths.
I can’t post links :(.
Even typed them
Test link
That was just [a href=”yourlinkhere.com”]Text[/a]
Replace brackets with greater than/less than.
Thanks. It wasn’t working before. Who knows?
No worky. No worky
Nope. No worky now. keeps kicking me to the top of the page when i hit “post commet”
Test
Life-Size Kanye Jesus Sculpture Appears on Hollywood Boulevard
“We nailed our god to a stick! …Don’t fuck with humanity!”
-First Galactic Empire of Man motto.
He’s got a jesus-necklace. that’s so inherently contradictory i’m surprised the thing doesn’t implode
I look forward to its decapitation
Nice
Plastic Jesus didn’t have the cajones to put Kanye on a cross eh? Too bad. He should have nailed him face-first to a cross, wearing a hospital gown, that’s gaping open in the back.
If one is going to discuss Plastic Jesus I feel this is called for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNtftzGqrmY
You know, that star with those planets is called TRAPPIST!!!! I shit you not. And those seven planets must be Westvleteren, Westmalle, Chimay, Achel, Orval, Rochefort, and La Trappe the beer on those worlds must be fucking awesome.
I heard a Belgian scientist soundbite on the radio today that made a little beer joke. It was cute.
Well, this is just disgusting. NBC tapes a bunch of children in political porno for lefty news junkies.
That’s unbelievable. I’ve never seen a president attacked with such vitriol before.
Huh, good thing the article specifies they are children. I figured this was the next week of Slate headlines.
Yeah, Trump might create a welfare system designed to destroy the black family, he might force black children to attend shitty public schools, he might destroy the inner city business environment with burdensome taxes and regulations. What kind of a horrible world would that be?
And who are the people who terrorized the kid into believing this?
Caring progressives, who else?
The Washington Posts puts the pants shitting on the masthead.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/22/washington-posts-new-slogan-mocked-on-twitter/
Totally had it coming. They were the lapdog media for eight years, cheering every application of the old pen and phone. Now they aren’t liking it when the pen and phone are wielded by an outsider. You’ve made your bed, WaPo; now you must lie in it.
I see what you done did there
It is starting to get my dander up a bit…all this talk about democracy.
We arent a fucking democracy. We are a republic and for a very good reason.
Teen charged with lying about being raped by college football players
They didn’t grab its fucking leg?
That Jackie girl gets around, doesn’t she?
I just finished watching the 30 for 30 on Duke lacrosse… what a fucking disaster that was.
⚡ They can’t do that. If women are charged with lying about rape, then women who actually were raped won’t be willing to come forward out of fear of being disbelieved and charged. ⚡
*Removes SJW channeling helmet*
Damn, that thing really works. Why do I feel like it damaged my brain, though?
Silly goose, it’s designed for use with a brain.
it’s NOT designed for use with a brain…dammit!
It’s OK. Use of the SJW helmet has a side effect of making me permanently offended about absolutely everything. I’d have hated you regardless of what you said to me.
Just hit the reset button.
[reset]
*starting*
⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️?️?️
Ready to rock.
I would have suggested a Hard Boot. To be sure.-)
Did they get their scholarships back?
Did the eggs get uncracked when the omelette project was scrapped?
Cause nothing makes men interested in you more than them thinking you’ve been rapped. Maybe dude would just have sympathy or something, but really? WTF people
This is a case of Romance novel over dose. That sad ole plot line is older than dirt.
OK, this really weird thing just came over my derpbook feed from the March for Science: Apparently Trayvon Martin went to STEM camp. And that means…something.
If I had a lab supervisor, he’d look like Trayvon?
Did he beat up the other kids or something?
You know who else wanted to put minorities in camps?
FDR?
General Sherman?
Stem pipe camp, maybe
Was Walter White a camp advisor?
Starbucks’ brand perception has plummeted since it announced plan to hire refugees
Counter theory: we’ve all spontaneously awoken from the national delusion that Starbucks is any good?
I second this.
I’m just too cheap to go to Starbucks.
Starbucks uses cheap beans and burns the shit out of them to hide the inferior quality.
Hippies are peaceful protesters
“You can’t arrest a movement. You can’t arrest a spiritual revolution.”
You certain can’t argue with it.
3 months? What does protesting pay? I may need to look into this.
She’s 17. I bet her parents are paying for this college application essay-in-the-making.
Do you think the essay will be about the environmental damage that can be done by a large group of people with no sanitation facilities living in a field next to a river?
So much righteous indignation, so little space for such minor details.
She (he?) is 17, so apparently it pays by being able to skip school for 3 months without apparent consequences or a visit by the truancy officer.
She spent three months fucking and smoking pot.
Looking at the photos the protesters have done what they always do – turn the place into post Sauron Shire. Wreck and ruin, heaps of trash and feces, scattered fires belching black smoke…aint the left lovely?
I loved the legal challenge that was filed a week or so back by a supporting tribe. They claimed to fear that DAPL was the fulfillment of the Black Snake Prophecy. In a legal document. Filed with a court.
They must be relying on the ancient indian wisdom of leave the crazy ones alone.
Ohio parents charged in 7-year-old son’s heroin overdose
Free range parenting gone too far?
So the kid was holding?
John McCain is the poster boy for Term Limits.
That kid is going to be so cool
he’ll be like, “yeah, i first OD’d when i was 7. the band broke up when i was 9. When i was 13 i worked on my memoir. At 15, i’m thinking maybe a solo electronica project, then getting into acting”
Fuck, I hate Vancouver.
City of Vancouver to request judicial review of Kinder Morgan expansion
Fuck the left. Fucking hell, you lost. PM Zoolander approved it. Mommy Clark approved it. It’s the process. It’s done. YOU LOST!
And this is not a new pipeline – Zoolander killed that one. This is an expansion of already existing one!
The city government of Vancouver actively hates the city and wants to see it destroyed.
That’s the only reasoning I can see behind their governance of the city.
You are wrong.
They merely hate 90% of the population. They luuuuuuurve the city.
If the Canucks can just lose in the Final a few more times, that’s pretty much mission accomplished.
I’d point and laugh at you and your stupid province, but I live in Ontario.
(Come to think of it, it’s interesting how most of the Canadians here are from the shitty lefty provinces, no Albertans…except Cytotoxic. NEVERMIND, forget I said anything)
Our Liberals are less shitty than your Liberals!
Are there any non-stupid provinces in Canada?
Hell, even Alberta elected the New Dictators.
It’s not just the Canadians. On the US side, there are a lot of people here from California and New England. I happen to reside in both places.
Cytotoxic is not here. He may be at TSTSNBN, but he is not here.
He hasn’t even been there since the election. Wonder if he’ll come back now that so many have left?
I’m Albertan.
Where are they extending it to? The link mentions “marine spill response”. What is it going to a beach, or a terminal? Is it going through the city?
It’s an expansion. Same pipeline, more throughput, extra tankers at the same destination as today.
Thanks. That is interesting. A whopping 100 km will be new right of way? The rest is next to existing pipeline or other transportation infrastructure. What are they bitching about? All the jobs? I hate it when companies create jobs.
Oil bad, pipeline bad. That’s what they bitch about.
Do they actually mention what they are, or do they just handwave and say, “our complaints are proof that there must be something wrong!”
Sort of like how the media labels things “Controversial”
so the ‘shortcomings’ are
1) THERE WERE LOTS OF MEETINGS ABOUT THIS, BUT NOT ONE WHICH WAS NARROWLY DOMINATED BY OPPONENTS
and
2) THERE WERE LOTS OF STUDIES DONE, BUT NOT ONE WHICH ALLOWED OUR PREFERRED ACADEMICS TO BUILD BULLSHIT MODELS, OUR FAVORITE TOOL
“Oh, Pan Zagloba, you always exaggerate about the Canadian left, you sub-Limbaugh con, you.”
That’s exactly it. They couldn’t get their way, so let’s redo it till they do.
“That is our job”
Perfect
We really shouldn’t be discouraging such honesty by the media.
It’s amazing that it’s taken so long for someone to call them on their bullshit.
Today in Everything is Racist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39051079/backlash-after-primark-pulls-fantastically-offensive-walking-dead-t-shirt
Happy warm fuzzy feelz all around…
until…
“Other versions of the T-shirt remain on sale by online retailers.”
(in case you missed this in the school choice thread)
We know how Geraldo Rivera resigned in protest when Yale renamed Calhoun Hall.
But the Weekly Standard endorses Yale’s decision.
It’s not that Calhoun advocated for slavery as a positive good and rejected the Founders’ egalitarianism.
No, it’s worse than that, Calhoun wasn’t a good neocon nationalist:
“But Calhoun is unusual among progressive targets in that he falls short by the standards of his own day, although Yale failed to explain this coherently. Their failure, however, does not change the facts of the case. When push came to shove, Calhoun chose the parochial interests of South Carolina over the welfare of the Union, and in so doing laid the intellectual groundwork for the violence of the Civil War….
“Calhoun was a prolific writer blessed with a keen mind, but he was inclined to follow his arguments to their most extreme conclusions. Hence, in the South Carolina Exposition, written in 1828, he developed the idea of the “concurrent majority.” He argued that states retain full sovereignty over internal matters, that the national government was authorized to legislate only in cases where the good of all required it, and that the states possessed an implicit veto over federal laws that violated this limitation. The Exposition helped inspire the Nullification Crisis of 1832-33, when South Carolina declared the Tariff of 1828 to be null and void within its borders….
“Though Calhoun did not recognize it as such, the concurrent majority was a dangerous, violent doctrine. No doubt he was right that the Tariff of Abominations was a terrible piece of legislation, and he was also correct that it raised the specter of majoritarian tyranny. But the concurrent majority implicitly validates a tyranny of the minority. In his thinking, each state was the proper judge of when the federal government is violating its proper limits. So what happens when a state is selfish or immoral in defying the rightful acts of a legitimate majority? Calhoun has no practical answer. But history offers it: The Nullification Crisis nearly turned violent, and the Civil War most certainly did.
“Calhoun’s concurrent majority is deeply antithetical to the principles embedded in the Constitution. Madison, Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and most of the Founders had agitated for a new governing instrument in part because the states had once claimed the authority Calhoun now argued had remained implicitly reserved to them all along. The Framers understood that this was unsustainable. If the states were left to judge matters for themselves, the result would be, as Hamilton argues in Federalist 8, “desultory and predatory” war.”
You know, I love this place.
And it’s verboten by my work feed.
Which means I get to feed on the corpse we left.
Do they block SSH at work? At places I worked, I used to PuTTY into my home computer and use tunnels to get everywhere blocked.
you know, I never checked……………
I was just gonna use my phone…………..but I’ll give it a whirl.
Coming here at night means I have to actually work at work. And who wants to do that?
I have nothing here.
all my good links have been shared.
fall into this drink.
You read the comments before posting? Good thinking, I need to do that more.
Your form is most fair
unlike a nimble robot
of spectral despair
nice.
Been playing some old games. The Medal of Honor reboot from 2010 has a really good campaign, based on the firefight on Takur Ghar. Reality grounded, no space armor or MADMAN WITH NUKES plot. Also been enjoying Crazy Taxi and Oddworld Strangers Wrath.
You guys talked IP law without me? You did this to me on the day of my bar exam, nonetheless?!? *pouts in corner*
Patent Bar or Bar Bar?
Bar bar… patent bar was a few months back.
ah, well I hope you did great! how long till you hear?
Thanks! I feel somewhat confident. It wasn’t as bad as I thought. Results come in mid-April.
Keep us posted.
Nigel speaking truth to idiots.
Did you see what Marnie Le Pen did? I didn’t think Europeans had it in them.
Jesse, I am about to try to make the scotch egg. Let’s see how this goes.
Uhhh these euphemisms are WAY out of control!
It’s fried deliciousness.
Your Denver right? (Boulder is Denvers bitch) Baker Dt Oub off 25 and Bellview has some damn good scotch eggs.
Fukin wow…
BAKER ST. PUB
I don’t know how you mobile guys do it.
No, that looks like how it ends up when I use my phone.
I’ll have to try em next time I head that way.
Bah just saw this! Yay fried things!
Seriously Watch This Video
it made me feel better about young-people in general
Very nice.
Hey, third time’s a charm.
I felt like it was sold-poorly the first time around.
I mean the hyperlink itself. *grins*
Hey, there’s the adults
That was the most cyberpunk thing I’ve seen all day. Whoo!
Yeah man. My favorite part is when he mentions meme magic.
Awesome video. Shared on my Facebook, not that I expect any of my FB friends who really should watch that to actually watch it. They’ll probably just keep linking to the latest “Democrat Underground” post about how horribly racist and sexist Trump and his supporters are.
Haha you just reminded me of a blog I used to read all the time. Called “DUmmie Funnies”…..and it’s still active! hahahahhaha.
COMMENT
Is Trump reading the opposition playbook? “Leaks” from anonymous IC sources have been used against him ever since he was elected, and he’s pretty clearly shown he doesn’t mind mud wrestling at all.
I have come to necro this thread. Muahh ahah aha ah ha…ha*burps*
I’m sorry to say, I did not enjoy the Mika video.
Hey! Get your own dead thread!
Primark pulls ‘racist’ The Walking Dead t-shirt from stores
GOP Rep.: Bales Of Marijuana Concealing Nukes Can Cross Border
Rand Paul Has Become Trump’s Most Loyal Stooge
The original title seems to have been “Loyal Toady” before being changed to “Loyal Stooge”.
^^^^ I call this segment “Yesterday’s News”.