Don Dechert

Oh interesting.

And Newtonian flight physics, which I don't think Trek did but B5 did.

The US and Israel are fighting the same war — in opposite political realities The Iran war is very popular in Israel. In the US it's deeply unpopular, which could be dangerous for Israel, especially if Americans feel they're fighting on Jerusalem's behalf

Roughly 80% for in Israel compared to around 20% for in the US. Very different political environments.

Musk testified Wednesday that he ended up completing the deal because his lawyers advised him that Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor Kathleen St. Jude McCormick, the judge in charge of the case, was "extremely biased" against him and he had no chance of prevailing. He pointed out that McCormick voided a $55 billion pay package awarded to him as CEO of electric automaker Tesla, but that decision wasn't made until January 2024 — 15 months after he completed the Twitter takeover. The Delaware Supreme Court overturned McCormick's ruling late last year. By tying his belief that McCormick was biased against him to his lawyers, Musk insulated himself from extensive questioning about the decision through legal protections shielding discussions between attorneys and their clients.

holy fucking shit

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

Giving flashbacks of www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

On top of the long documented problems with the US defense industrial base (DIB), we now know that the obscenely expensive weapons systems and munitions the US produces don’t handle Iran’s drones very well. 1/

The Tennessee Public Participation Act Almanac - Horwitz Law The Tennessee Public Participation Act Almanac[1] In 2019, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted “the ‘Tennessee Public Participation Act’” (TPPA),[2] Tennessee’s first meaningful anti-SLAPP statute....

I finally found the time to put this together. So it’s out!

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We should soak them just to reduce their political and economic power. Giving it away is a bonus.

Nice alt text; it's still the Sears Tower to me.

James II fled London for France not because of the lack of political and military support but to avoid an interview with Chotiner.

Arguable 9/11 was a descent into madness born out of fear; this is just burrowing deeper.

The Call of Duty video, I think, interspacing video game footage with actual gun cam footage of strikes in Iran.

Oh, this is not good.

We have betrayed the Kurds before. Trump is determined to do it again.

Nice paint job.

This is a really good piece.

Susan Collins' way of playing the (DC?) media like a cheap violin has to be studied. Also it's a regurgitation from John Yoo's point that Congress will just use the power of the purse and defund wars initiated by the President, which even then & now looks like hogwash.
Abject folly & Art. I failure

This is the exact thing I predicted when quitting NCMEC. I hate when I’m correct.

#trademarks #trademarkscams | Rachael Dickson It looks like there’s a new scam running over at the Trademark Office. I’ve found numerous applications to register trademarks which, at first glance, look like configuration marks, but upon more inve...

It looks like there’s a new scam running over at the Trademark Office. I’ve found numerous apps to register trademarks which, at first glance, look like configuration marks, but are clearly just design marks which are slapped on a box for unrelated goods.

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Oh I missed that the war powers res was party line in the senate. Fucking delusion behavior by this Congress

Paraguay's intervention in the Gaza genocide case offers a preview of Israel's legal arguments:

- Attacks on military targets that also kill civilians cannot constitute genocide

- Genocidal intent cannot coexist with other motives

- UN and NGO reports cannot prove genocide

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Tracks with popularity at yougov, which is absolutely bonkers. 🤷‍♂️

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Borgor sad? No.

Car jooce bigbad? No.

OnlyFans girlies fly as hell? Always.

OnlyFans guys representing (for real). Yessir.

Shelves stocked at Walmart? True.

Internet make deep sad? Hell no. Avatar 4 on Sora.

Raisin’ Canes got that sauzz? Still.

Debauchery is the word. No one can take Rome.

What is Real Law?, by Skoczen

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Do you have a link to the Complaint?

It is unbelievable how dumb you have to be to buy into this.

Crop top ocp top? Talk about uncomfortable. Patches on t-shirt? Nametag is simply “US Army”? Lmao - ribbon rack f-ed up. Ridiculous.

One wonders about the GOP; they're not dodging the death cult view. Also, one wonders how a similar vote on a DoD supplemental would also look. Just absolutely pathetic Senate vote.

god help me and fuck Chuck Schumer, but it's genuinely bullshit that Schumer is the key image here. it was a party line vote, with Schumer voting against. only Dem that broke ranks was Fetterman, of course.

I'm bewildered by this GOP.

Trump is not popular. Nothing he's been doing is popular. Republican after Republican has been losing their seats in special elections.

And yet they still stay glued to him??? How is ambient political pressure STILL not shaping their votes?

(1) After each engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled. (2) Whenever circumstances permit, the Parties to the conflict shall conclude local arrangements for the removal of the wounded and sick by sea from a besieged or encircled area and for the passage of medical and religious personnel and equipment on their way to that area.

As I've addressed this issue in a few interviews today, here's Article 18 of the Second Geneva Convention which bears on the duties to search for and collect the shipwrecked following engagements at sea—such as the sinking of the Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.