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@antipodean jesus, can anything be said without it being blown up as one of the reasons for the downward spiral of human civilisation?
keeping it related to these situations specifically and with the idea we've talked about ways to start healing the divide, I was wondering what we thought
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@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@antipodean jesus, can anything be said without it being blown up as one of the reasons for the downward spiral of human civilisation?
keeping it related to these situations specifically and with the idea we've talked about ways to start healing the divide, I was wondering what we thought
Calm down for fuck's sake. I was just pointing out that tradition isn't always beneficial.
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@antipodean I didn't say it always was, I was talking about these specific ones which seem pretty harmless and very unlikely to stop companies responding to market opportunities
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@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@antipodean I didn't say it always was, I was talking about these specific ones which seem pretty harmless and very unlikely to stop companies responding to market opportunities
These little traditions are symbols of the orderly transfer of power from one president to another. Considering Trump still barely accepts that he lost, and that he will be the first President in over 100 years to snub the new President's inauguration, I'm not surprised. It would appear Pence is doing much of those things instead
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@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@antipodean I didn't say it always was, I was talking about these specific ones which seem pretty harmless and very unlikely to stop companies responding to market opportunities
Perhaps you should've read the following fucking sentence.
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@antipodean I did...but that's like preceding a sexist joke with "im not sexist but..." or saying "but" after apologising...digressions don't remove the comment from the universe, you said it so you obviously wanted it to be read
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@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
you said it so you obviously wanted it to be read
No shit Sherlock.
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@antipodean so how does the second sentence change the first ones relevance to my question?
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@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@antipodean so how does the second sentence change the first ones relevance to my question?
Am I being trolled? Quite clearly my comment was pointing out that just because something has been done a certain way for a period of time does not imbue it with any worth. I then pointed out that inviting the new occupant appeared to me to be good manners.
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@antipodean said in US Politics:
@Kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@antipodean so how does the second sentence change the first ones relevance to my question?
Am I being trolled?
trust me I asked myself the same question
I asked about a specific example and got indictment on tradition in general and their negative effect on companies taking market opportunities….
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@Tim said in US Politics:
And yet we were assured Biden wouldn't be beholden to the lunatics in his party.
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@antipodean said in US Politics:
@Tim said in US Politics:
And yet we were assured Biden wouldn't be beholden to the lunatics in his party.
Biden may not know what day of the week it is.
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And yet, the San Diego chapter of NAACP accuses Marten of being a nightmare for black students:
Katrina Hasan Hamilton, the local NAACP’s education chair, said: “Educators at all levels must have a track record of dismantling the harmful practices of Anti-Black Racism that occur in schools. Cindy Marten has a historical pattern of allowing the excessive suspension and expulsion of Black students in San Diego.”
This is going to get beyond weird.
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Not regularly following this thread, so apologies if it has already been discussed.
How is it possible, in the USA, for an outgoing President, to pardon people who haven't even been charged of crimes, yet? And is it a blanket pardon that covers every single possible breach of the law?
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@Stargazer said in US Politics:
Not regularly following this thread, so apologies if it has already been discussed.
How is it possible, in the USA, for an outgoing President, to pardon people who haven't even been charged of crimes, yet? And is it a blanket pardon that covers every single possible breach of the law?
The pardon has to be for specific crimes, and has to be accepted the "pardonee". A President has been held to have unlimited power by the Supreme Court since Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. 333 (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/71/333/) after the commission of a crime. Edit - but only for Federal crimes.
The Constitution prohibits pardons against impeachment.
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@antipodean Thanks. Unbelievable that a US president - whoever holds that position - has such far-reaching powers! If those powers are unlimited, a president could pardon people guilty of, say, genocide and other crimes against humanity. Insane!
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@NTA said in US Politics:
And yet, the San Diego chapter of NAACP accuses Marten of being a nightmare for black students:
Katrina Hasan Hamilton, the local NAACP’s education chair, said: “Educators at all levels must have a track record of dismantling the harmful practices of Anti-Black Racism that occur in schools. Cindy Marten has a historical pattern of allowing the excessive suspension and expulsion of Black students in San Diego.”
This is going to get beyond weird.
I think we will have to wait and see what policies they try to implement. If they go too far the Biden Presidency will be looked back on as a reset from the Trump Presidency and the dems will lose in 2024
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