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Lots of words. Zero data. Zero evidence. Zero reason for anyone to care.

Yawn

It is

That won’t happen. You’re free to leave voluntarily. You may get banned if you cannot follow rules, but your account will remain as the posts you’ve made are part of a larger fabric where others have replied. Those replies would lose context if the threads you’ve sewn in were simply cut out.

Well, so long as YOU’RE sure. Yep, that’s good enough for me.

As is seizing control from the West more broadly while positioning oneself as a capable suitor with bulldog tendencies willing and able to help a rising China rise even faster.

I still think Russia will ultimately take Kyiv. I’m not the only one surprised that they have taken so long / that Ukraine has fought so well.

I’m devastated. Your opinion means the whirled to me.

The same applies to women. Times change. Also, I misspelled wear. It seems my mind is beginning to wear, but I don’t know where. Perhaps a weir will help me retain the rest of my mental wares.

Russia is acting like an older sibling who grabs the younger siblings arm, starts smacking them across the head with their own arm, then keeps repeating, "Stop hitting yourself... stop hitting yourself... stop hitting yourself."

I'll give you two badges. One for being a dumbass. Another for when you lose the first one.

It's easier to proceed with your own personal ideology and judicial philosophy when you can do so with the implicit sanction of the founding fathers... even better when you can personally interpret for yourself what the founders meant. It's a bit like believers who make up their own versions of god and his wishes to justify their behavior, except instead of white robes and mitered hats, the justices where black robes (and have moved away from the powder wigs).

Thank you. +1 We seem to be moving away from that. Less discourse, less trust in elections, more violence. Not just January 6, either. Conflagrations on airlines are way up. Traffic accidents and aggressive road rage behaviors are way up. People are getting into fist fights in grocery stores, and not just on Black Friday. Neighbors are throwing punches and bottles across the fence. Social mores keep the peace, and they're being rejected. See also: Refusal to wear masks during a pandemic or get vaccinated, but I digress...

Thx. I tend avoid opening unknown files so will take your word for it

The legislature could act here, and they could do so in a way that remains respectful of separation of powers. Specifically, they could write laws which mandate certain codes of ethics for the SCOTUS, and they could equally legislate authority into the hands of the Chief Justice for enforcing them. As it stands right now, despite the fancy title, all the Chief Justice can do is ask nicely for other justices to recuse themselves. That’s it. He can basically say “please” and then runs out of options. Not a perfect solution, and comes with its own potential risks, but giving ethics guidelines and authors of enforcement to the Chief would help to more consistently address scenarios like the one being discussed here. All lower federal courts have these types of ethics rules and mechanisms for their enforcement. The SCOTUS is the only exception in terms of this recusal issue where each justice can decide for themselves. Not really on topic here, but I also support 18 year term limits for justices. The current lifetime duration of appointments leads to some needless problems and execution of strategies rooted in game theory more than being rooted in a desire to protect democracy.

Please help make that happen by sharing evidence of it.

Nope

No, I mean opinions differ, especially on whether or not a comedians joke is offensive, and there’s no objective measure in this regard about which may be more accurate. I’m saying you should stop pretending otherwise.

I disagree, but yet again… since we’re operating now in the realm of opinion… both of our positions are equally valid.

It seems clear mistermack holds the opinion that the joke was not offensive. It also seems clear that others hold different opinions. Perhaps move on in the recognition that both positions are equally valid.

Much of the waste has also gone missing, thus raising future risk of dirty bomb deployment in population centers.

Nobody (who matters) cares how educated you are or what your life and living conditions are. All that matters is how you present your ideas and arguments, how you interact with the ideas and arguments of others, and how you respond to correction from others who happen to know more than you on various topics.

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Science doesn’t arrive at single answers. It offers provisional hypotheses which are forever subject to change as we learn more and continue to grow. Some of those concepts are more robust and better supported than others, but they’re never immune from revision.