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by dctoedt 2y ago
> Rules and order can emerge spontaneously from the society itself and it is much more accountable to their customers than any government red tape system will be. That's a nice idea, and it might work in special cases where everyo
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> This [Arnold & Porter] is a firm that has made its money for decades (and continues to do so) defending Philip Morris against cancer victims. ... In the new morality embraced by much of the legal profession, that makes Trump worse
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> Trump has been a businessman in New York City for decades and was never prosecuted criminally for anything until he entered politics. Objection, nonresponsive. > even CNN’s legal commentator Elie Honig called “unjustified.” I
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> the prosecution of Trump in New York cemented my vote choice [for Trump] That's a shame. Here's another perspective: Trump has made a career out of, so to speak, defiantly driving as fast as he wants, whenever and wherever
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by dctoedt 2y ago
Readwise.io and its tagging feature are what I've been using for the past couple of years to save pages for later reading (displacing Feedly). The paid version has: - a built-in RSS reader - an easy-to-use tagging feature that you can
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Hah! I was referring to some men having husbands these days, but I take your point!
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> feed a massive bureaucracy that does no productive work Sometimes inefficient, sure. Sometimes wasteful, sure. But whenever you have a large, complex system with lots of moving parts — such as any human society — you need rules and
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> my wife: Was it you? me: Well obviously "Research shows" (I read long ago) that the happiest men are those take their wives' advice — that's certainly been true for my own N=1, for coming up on four decades now. I
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> it's quite literally the teacher's job, and I'm hesitant to believe any movie is perfect. If I were the teacher, I'd simply say, "Congratulations, great job," and leave it at that. Otherwise, the teacher
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It's a bit reminiscent of college dropout Steven Spielberg's returning to Cal State Long Beach in 2002 to finish his B.A. in Film and Electronic Arts: One of the degree requirements was to complete and submit a film project — so h
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One of the funniest things I've read in awhile — not least, that it took two young pilots from the British Royal Navy, on temporary duty with the Aussie navy under an exchange program, to shoot down the errant aircraft after failures
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> I had a professor in undergrad named Kanapathipillai Thirugnanasambanthan My son had a high-school classmate whose name was something similarly long. Everyone called him "R-18."
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> If you say the word “concede” but then spend the next four years saying “the election was stolen” and “the president is illegitimate” you’re damaging public trust just as much as if you hadn’t conceded. False dichotomy. > Gore ex
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'Digital Twins' [Simulators] Could Revolutionize Planes, Cars and Hearts(wsj.com)
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> The way it has been construed, the ATS empowers US courts to do whatever they want if some foreign conduct offends the sensibilities of some Americans. I'm no expert, but this seems overbroad and even flat-out wrong. 1. Here&#x2
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To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA's launching an 'artificial star' to orbit(space.com)
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> Some feelers in America upset that Bangladesh summarily executes drug traffickers? They can sue for violation of “the law of nations.” Citation? In the mifepristone case just yesterday, SCOTUS reminded us of the need for "standi
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> Intervening in Rwanda [to stop genocide] cannot [be justified], and is an example of Americans believing it’s their job to enforce God’s law everywhere in the world. Many of us would assert that trying to stop mass murder is a go
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> some universal, God-given “law of nations.” I'm not an international lawyer, but my understanding is that for a very long time there has indeed been a generally-accepted "law of nations" that simply evolved by (more or
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> But nobody made the “laws” that the U.S. pretends to enforce on the international stage. You're setting the bar pretty high. Some "law" simply evolves, by custom and practice, without any formal enactment by anyone. On
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> It’s one thing to invade other countries’ sovereignty to materially benefit your own citizens. But to do so without such benefits is irrational. It’s religious nutjobbery, like the crusades. Short-term vs. long-term analysis. Analogo
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> Why should the US get to make law for the whole world, and then enforce that law in US courts? A longish response would be: "The United States is generally a force for good, and it's the main provider of the very-costly Pa
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> I wouldn't trust anyone to define what's a "dog whistle." Courts are up to the task — it's Con Law 101.
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> Violent rhetoric that doesn’t rise to the level of a true threat is a part of political expression. In the risk-benefit analysis, let's be sure we consider another factor: Unknown, unpredictable, armed, nut-job third parties who
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> Tax the petrol itself. That works reasonably well in most of the world. No need for complicated individual audits etc. True — but see my #3 above (political problems), and then add 3.1: Special-interest groups, which donate heavily t
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> those requirements just get gamed. ... [J]ust tax fuel (or emissions etc), and consumers will institute their own personal fuel efficiency requirements. That's not likely to succeed, because: 1. People — individuals and companie
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Trivial point: At least Friedman correctly talks about "attenders" at a party and not "attendees." (An "attendee" is someone being attended, e.g., King Charles is attended by his attendants — they are the atten
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> Leftists don’t think we entered Vietnam or Korea for resources. Disagree, again: Back in the day, many leftists — especially the radical ones, who not infrequently were Communists or sympathizers — proclaimed loudly that Pax America
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> Not to mention most liberals until five minutes ago. Some fringe leftists are isolationists, to be sure. Liberals? No.
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> Most NATO members are not real allies. ... [F]or 70 years American interventionism has resulted in an unbroken streak of mistaken wars .... If only we had a Star Trek TOS "Guardian of Forever" time portal to show us what wa

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