Physicus Patricius

13. 50. Yes.

The presidential appts serve staggered 3-year terms. There is no statutory mechanism to dismiss them before the ends of their terms.

And it’s illegal. The law governing BoV appointments for the USNA, for example:

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Does he even have the legal authority to do this? 10 USC 6968 seems to imply that presidential appointees to the Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors serve three-year terms, with no mention of any ability to dismiss them.

uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...

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They. Had. Fucking. Well. Better.

To put it plainly, this would justify secession and/or civil war.

The what Bowl?

Look forward to reading their work.

And please do what you can to make sure the Times doesn't follow the Post into Pravda-land.

Cool. I think that if the Trump administration doesn’t abide by statutory law and court orders, it releases all Americans from any obligation to pay federal taxes.

You hear that, red-state seniors?

fuck off, BOT

That will be the moment when the blue states are no longer under any moral obligation to obey the federal government.

Why “embrace” it at all? If it has legitimate uses, as it almost certainly will, then those will become apparent. But I don’t want it forced on me every fucking time I update my Mac or log on to a web site.

If the Trump administration ignores this restraining order and ships them there anyway, we will be in, by even the most cautious use of the term, a dictatorship.

The real villains here are social media companies, Hollywood, the fashion and cosmetic industries, and the like — and now a lot of “masculinist” politicians too. Men and women should stop blaming and disrespecting each other and start calling out the people who have made it and keep it like this.

None of that lessens the different but similarly toxic pressures being put on women, and of course it should never be forgotten that they are also far more subject to physical violence.

Might get dogpiled for this, but I do think it’s important to be aware that young (and not-so-young) men are being preyed on by a hideously toxic culture around dating and relationships that shames them mercilessly for being sexually unsuccessful, and doesn’t even allow them space to talk about it.

I’m thinking the Canadian border would look real nice if it were moved down to the Mason-Dixon line

Gonna catch up on Silo

And often just creates new problems. 90% of the "tech" that has come out of SV since 2010 or so has been utter crap that just distracts you, actively gets in your way, corrodes your privacy, and toxifies public discourse, all in the name of advertising dollars. And that's probably an underestimate

What an idiot

Anyone have some recommendations for books about the French Revolution?

I will only care what these people have to say when they've said "Oh shit we fucked up, sorry America"

Then the bitch gets jailed for contempt of court.

👆BOT

The agreement was, we the people pay federal taxes, and the Executive Branch allocates them as Congress directs.

If that's no longer the case, why should we the people continue to pay federal taxes?

Looks like we'll need an electron microscope to see USAID and the Department of Education

Musk convincing trendy tech journos that he's a "genius" has got to be one of the greatest PR coups of all time

Texas has a vast network of elite biomedical research institutions and hospitals. Will be interesting to watch all that evaporate