US politics - cooked

[AD_Don]

I think she lacks the broad appeal necessary to carry a general election. Maybe that will change over time.

[Sniggles]

Establishment Dems already poisoned that well. She and “the squad” remain outsiders within their own party. She’s also deeply unpopular outside of Dem strongholds.

[Alan_Noonan_10]

@tinhillterror

Do you have to be a governor or some kind of politician to become president? What was trump before elected as president, I don’t recall him being anything?

Edit. So maybe they could go with a celebrity prez

A crook and mobster.

[Sniggles]

@Humble_Minion

It’s starting to look like the late-80s USSR over there, with all these 70- and 80-somethings trying to run the place between naps.

That’s an interesting comparison. In a failing political and economic ecosystem, one can see that there’s a new wave of U.S politicians trying to burn the system down for their own self interest, while the “old-guard” are wedded to the system as it exists while stubbornly refusing to reform it. These would compare to Yeltsin and his followers and the old communists respectively. What’s missing in the U.S for this comparison to work is a Gorbachev-style reformer, only one who wouldn’t accidentally burn the whole system down.

Adam Curtis called this “Hypernormalisation” in his 2016 documentary of the same name, where those who serve the system no longer believe in it.

While I don’t believe Biden has been as bad as his detractors on the left would believe, I’ve said before that he’s unfit for purpose with regards to what the U.S needs at the moment. He is still favoring capital over labor at every turn, which only makes more severe the underlying problems. He needed to recognize that the political landscape had changed, and he needed to be a reformer while using a firm hand on those involved with J6. He hasn’t.

[bigallan]

Meanwhile, semi-automatic rifle ban passes Washington State legislature.

[tinhillterror]

Meanwhile…the 10 commandments are back, in schools.

Public schools would have to display Ten Commandments under bill passed by...

[AD_Don]

I’m surprised they’re not mandating 20 commandments because everything is bigger in Texas.

[tinhillterror]

I had actually typed 20 with my fat fingers.

But really. Is the 10 commandments gonna do anything to save this country?

[Bacchusfox]

There was 20 but Moses dropped half the stone tablets coming down the Mount.

[chillyb]

[Humble_Minion]

Coming soon: 10 20 Commandments: the Director’s Cut!

Thou shalt pick up the crap thy dog does on its daily walks, and thou shalt put it in a bin, not chuck the plastic bag into someone’s garden or to the side of the walking track when thou thinkest nobody’s looking
Thou shalt note i said all that stuff about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for rich people to get to heaven, and thou shalt pay attention this time
Thou shalt treat people on the internet in the same way that thou doth in real life
Thou shalt wipe down the machines at the gym once thou hast finished with them
Thou shalt scorn and despise the football team that weareth navy blue
Thou shalt not be a ■■■■, I mean seriously, that’s the whole point, how hard can it be?

And more, coming soon!

[barry_day]

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[chillyb]

Thomas needs to be in prison.
Alito is a flat track bully .
Dems need to find a way or fixing the SCOTUS as it will only get worse from here

[chillyb]

Th Dems need to act like the GOP for 1 week, and be absolute $#@&^. Its the only way.
Playing nice with disfunctional psychotics doesnt seem to be eorking.

[AD_Don]

Interesting dissent.

He states that a stay is not necessary because even if refused:

1. it would merely reinstate the circumstances in existence before 2016 (in 2016 the FDA changed the rules around the drug to allow it to be administered from 7 wks (49 days) to 10 weeks (70 days), eliminated the requirement to report non-lethal safety events, permitted non-doctors to prescribe the drug, permitted a second dose of the medicine, allowed the drug to be given outside the office, and reduced the required office visits from 3 to 1 in order to receive the drug. In 2021, they allowed pharmacies to dispense it by mail);

2. the FDA has not acted equitably and therefore is not entitled to an equitable remedy (a foundational concept of the law of equity is the doctrine of ‘clean hands’ - he or she who seeks equity must have ‘clean hands’; and

3. lastly, there is no need for an urgent stay because the FDA’s case will be heard in 26 days and in any event the FDA won’t change anything/abide by the Texas ruling prior to the Federal Court appeal being heard.

I know there’s a bit of pantomime villainy in the reaction to the decision but it’s hard to disagree with the reasoning even if most of us would have come to a different decision.

[OBITV]

@Humble_Minion

Thou shalt note i said all that stuff about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for rich people to get to heaven, and thou shalt pay attention this time

Don’t make me say it again!

[StealthBomber]

@chillyb

Th Dems need to act like the GOP for 1 week, and be absolute $#@&^. Its the only way.
Playing nice with disfunctional psychotics doesnt seem to be eorking.

I agree, but 40 years of history suggests they won’t do SFA.

[Ants]

@chillyb

Dems need to find a way or fixing the SCOTUS as it will only get worse from here

The solution to the supreme court is one of two options, which are reasonably straightforward. The issue is both require control of the Senate.

1. impeachment of current members
2. expansion to add additional members

The second is the obvious one, but you need to remove the filibuster and have every single Democrat senator behind you.

@StealthBomber

@chillyb

Th Dems need to act like the GOP for 1 week, and be absolute $#@&^. Its the only way.
Playing nice with disfunctional psychotics doesnt seem to be eorking.

I agree, but 40 years of history suggests they won’t do SFA.

Apart from what I stated, what other options do they have? If they don’t have the numbers in the Senate (which they probably don’t), how are they magically meant to “act mean” and make up for that?

[Ants]

@AD_Don

Interesting dissent.

He states that a stay is not necessary because even if refused:

1. it would merely reinstate the circumstances in existence before 2016 (in 2016 the FDA changed the rules around the drug to allow it to be administered from 7 wks (49 days) to 10 weeks (70 days), eliminated the requirement to report non-lethal safety events, permitted non-doctors to prescribe the drug, permitted a second dose of the medicine, allowed the drug to be given outside the office, and reduced the required office visits from 3 to 1 in order to receive the drug. In 2021, they allowed pharmacies to dispense it by mail);

2. the FDA has not acted equitably and therefore is not entitled to an equitable remedy (a foundational concept of the law of equity is the doctrine of ‘clean hands’ - he or she who seeks equity must have ‘clean hands’; and

3. lastly, there is no need for an urgent stay because the FDA’s case will be heard in 26 days and in any event the FDA won’t change anything/abide by the Texas ruling prior to the Federal Court appeal being heard.

I know there’s a bit of pantomime villainy in the reaction to the decision but it’s hard to disagree with the reasoning even if most of us would have come to a different decision.

Huh? So he thinks it’s ok to reset the rules back 7 years, for a time-critical treatment, and that is good reasoning? Why do the FDA not have clean hands? Why won’t they abide, or the Texas doctors/physicians, with the ruling in the meantime?

[StealthBomber]

“We tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”.