Voting regulation is not a power expressed to Congress (except as related to ensuring no bias in race, age, and gender), so his unilateral action has no basis in law. But, when has a basis in law ever applied to him? Lawful grounds such as 'consent' has never applied to him before. Why would it now?
With the big money controlling everything, it'd be a cheaper way to go out than bankrupting your estate with a hospital bill and denial of care from insurance.
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When Balint’s time expired, and the out lawmaker yielded back, Bondi asked for a moment to respond, and used it to go on the offensive: “You didn’t ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein,” she said. Balint shot back: “Weak sauce.” ...
The ABA doesn't oversee an attorney's license. That is done in the state that the person got their license in (kinda like driving licenses). The ABA is merely an advisory bar that is comprised of a collective of states that serve as an advisory council to the states (think an advisory UN of sorts).
Right? The ecconomic benefits, the lack of financial catastrophy from suffering a paper cut, living wages, acessible mass transit, and the political stability. It must be like waking up every day in a dream.
No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
-5th Amendment
It doesn't say no citizen. It says no person. So, if Due Process doesn't apply to them, are they no longer people? Isn't this basically one of the steps that led into the holocaust? They stripped the Jews of their citizenship, deprived them of personhood, then exterminated them.
That clause is basically what incorporates the bill of rights to apply against the states. Before that Amendment, the BoR just applied against the federal government. To this day there hasn't been official recognition by the judiciary to apply the some of the BoR against the states (3rd Amendment, the dollar requirement from the 7th, and the like).
Two of the House lawmakers who reviewed the files—Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ro Khanna of California—said the redactions appeared to include one “high up” foreign government official and other prominent individuals whose names and photographs were obscured in the versions previously released to the public. ...
We need a new bill that gives all the unredacted information to an independent monitor, one that is trustworthy, but whose identities are kept secret even, to redact to protect witnesses.
Maybe also add some personal penalties for failing to comply.
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My medical plan with insurance: wearing a DNR bracelet at all times since I was 25. Hospital bills, even with insurance, would bankrupt me. But, its helpful to have for dental care.
Imagine how improved things would be if that $700 billion was spent improving the lives of regular people. Or, what if it was just used to pay the debt through taxes? Medicare for all? They clearly had the money and sqandered it.
Exactly. Without immigration, our population would collapse. Our birthrate is 1.64 per woman. Japan's is 1.2. The replacement rate is 2. It's just too damn expensive to have kids, put a roof over our heads, and retire. Meanwhile the fed just funnels more money to the rich. No wonder the workers can't maintain the population: we're starving and the government is giving all the food to the rich.
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Bitcoin essentially acts as a secure, portable, and transferable hedge against the crumbling of the American empire. Also would work well if you had to flee across international boarders and seek asylum elsewhere because the fascists are getting away with it. Gold kinda does the same thing, but its a PITA to transport and offload.
The same way we value any other fiat currency. The value of fiat is faith of redeemability (that it will have value in further trade transactions). Fiat isn't backed by anything else. So, if two countries (or businesses across boarders) want to conduct business, what is better?
Conducting it in the currency of a foreign state that does sanctions, constantly devalues its fiat currency, and votes for Republicans?
Or,
Conducting that business in a decentralized currency that isn't backed by anything really other than its ability to be used in other trade and isn't subject to the recklessness of a bipolar country?
The value of how many BTC international transaction is worth ultimately boils down to negotation. Same holds true for gold, in a way. You just can then just exchange the btc for local currency. The thing that imparts value of BTC to me is how portable it is. If I had to flee the United States, its easier to do with $20k usd (made up amount) in btc than it is to do with gold.
Also, to answer your question directly, how is it a hedge? Soverigns with fiat that bow to billionaires don't want to have taxes raised. So, to make up for the deficit (the difference between what the budget calls for and what is taxed) is usually made up for by printing more made up dollars. This devalues the fiat.
Like, imagine this with gold. Imagine there can only ever be 21 million ounces of gold (no asteroid mining). The more that central banks print, the more the value if those 21 million ounces goes up since gold can serve as a transferable alternative.
While the dollar is a fiat currency, it is backed by the US economy
In what way is the dollar backed by the US economy? It is backed by the faith in the say of the government. The US economy merely runs on the dollar, just as a car drives on roads.
its certainly more robust than some relatively new virtual currency.
It's more established, for sure. But, the political situation has accelerated what was already happening: the world is de-dollarfying. Add on to that how the administration is alienating the rest of the world, that trend has accelerated.
Bitcoin is solely backed by faith
True, but so is the value of dollar bills
with the added difficulty of you not being able to go down to a local bank and withdrawing it in cash
I dunno about you, but I don't use cash that much myself in modern times.
if you need to and it’s incredibly volatile with it currently being worth 60% of what it was just three months ago.
It fluctuates, yes. But, so does gold. Same with fiat. The way fiat manifests its fluctuating value is through inflation and increased prices. I'm not saying bitcoin doesn't fluctuate, but gold fluctuates too. The bet with gold or bitcoin is that the fiat system will consistently devalue itself (moreso with the isolationism the country is adopting and the lack of taxation on the rich), which will increase the value of BTC against the dollar.
With regard to inflation, bitcoin isn’t immune from this either considering you have to tie it to a local currency to assign it a value so while it may be independent from a single nation’s inflation rate, you’ll still feel it when you cash some out to buy something.
Its value (as of today) is merely being the hedge. You're right. Can't go to Best Buy and buy a tv with BTC, same as with gold. But, for how long?
I dont think its a bad strategy to hold some as part of a diversified strategy
Wasn't saying otherwise.
but putting all your wealth into it (or gold, or any other single thing) would be incredibly risky.
Didn't say I did. But, I have enough in BTC to restart in another country when my home stops holding free and fair elections, and to serve as an effective hedge against inflation and the crumbling of the Empire.
I dunno. Compared to every other president we've had since Kennedy, he's about the best we've ever had for about a generation. I mean, he did get Osama. I mean, yeah, he wasn't a "get us to the moon" or a "defeating Hitler" president, but he was good for what he accomplished. Yeah, ObamaCare should have been better, but compare it with the market beforehand: hhhuuugggeee Medicaid expansion, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and a simple, easy-to-use market. It could have been Medicare for All, yes. But Republicans, Big Donors, and the corporate Dems would never have allowed it.
Well sounds like the Democratic leadership to aggressively court disgruntled voters and listening and addressing their concerns is off to a great start with this.
Is there an alternative to Adobe for PDFs? I know Microsoft prints to PDF, but I need to be able to combine pdfs or rotate documents when I've scanned them upside down.
Trump vows voter ID requirements for the midterms, 'whether approved by Congress or not' ( www.nbcnews.com )
Voting regulation is not a power expressed to Congress (except as related to ensuring no bias in race, age, and gender), so his unilateral action has no basis in law. But, when has a basis in law ever applied to him? Lawful grounds such as 'consent' has never applied to him before. Why would it now?
I mean why not?
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Salesforce workers outraged after CEO makes joke about ICE watching them ( www.theguardian.com )
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The DOJ excluded images showing "death, physical abuse or injury" from Epstein files release.
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Pam Bondi suggests Jewish lesbian lawmaker is anti-Semitic in explosive hearing ( www.advocate.com )
When Balint’s time expired, and the out lawmaker yielded back, Bondi asked for a moment to respond, and used it to go on the offensive: “You didn’t ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein,” she said. Balint shot back: “Weak sauce.” ...
Feds remove pride flag from Stonewall, iconic site in LGBTQ+ movement ( www.usatoday.com )
Isn't Stone Wall's whole thing about being the start of LGBT Pride?
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Epstein Files Redacted to Protect 'Prominent' People, Lawmakers Allege ( time.com )
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month ( www.theverge.com )
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Look at that. The Guardians are living up to their namesake.
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Well sounds like the Democratic leadership to aggressively court disgruntled voters and listening and addressing their concerns is off to a great start with this.
Adobe backlash is getting louder — time to escape proprietary creative tools?