Clearly, inasmuch as it restricts the mandate of the executive as elected by an overwhelming landslide, the constitution is, itself, unconstitutional.
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dammit, duplicate. Still, as the argument will be repeated ad nauseum...
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"This statement is false".tufty wrote:the constitution is, itself, unconstitutional.
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Trump is a clown, just like the top nazis. There was one nazi assasinated in WW2, and with good reason.Harlequin wrote:That amendment refers only to elections and does not in itself bar someone who has served two terms from being elected Vice President, subsequently becoming President via that route. The Twelfth Amendment ("no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President") might apply but many argue it would not. The interpretation could be eventually be decided by the Supreme Court.KlaxonCow wrote:But, still, he is openly talking about defying the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, and that amendment requires overwhelming majorities that the Republicans simply don't have …
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Hooray!
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I’ll give Trump this, he’s certainly becoming an international unifying force - those historic best of buddies South Korea, Japan and China are going to team up in response to US tariffs…
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US embassies are sending out forms to companies, with intimidating language about “compliance ” and “binding authority” etc. - about “certifying” that they do not having DEI initiatives that violate applicable US law.
Of course, this is pretty easy to certify: your fucking laws do not apply here, since you’re not back in your fascist dystopia!
Still:
1. Fuck off.
2. Die.
Of course, this is pretty easy to certify: your fucking laws do not apply here, since you’re not back in your fascist dystopia!
Still:
1. Fuck off.
2. Die.
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The US has expressed concerns about “freedom of expression” in the UK - I believe due to anti-abortion campaigners being restricted from protesting near abortion clinics - so we immediately snatched the US ambassador off the street and deported him to the Isle of Wight.
Possibly.
Possibly.
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The SA rep to the US apparently got a standing ovation when he returned after being kicked out for complaining about certain things.
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If by some misfortune you have to travel to the United States anytime soon, given who the Health Secretary is, who they have picked to lead an "investigation" into whether or not vaccines cause autism (lets settle this right now - THEY DO NOT) and who has just been announced as head of the US National Institutes for Health, get all the shots you can. In fact, maybe just pack the vehicle from "Damnation Alley" and never leave it.
https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/202 ... se-autism/
Short version: very definitely not a medical professional picked to find pre-chosen result.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01016-z
Short version: PLAGUES A'COMIN'!
https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/202 ... se-autism/
Short version: very definitely not a medical professional picked to find pre-chosen result.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01016-z
Short version: PLAGUES A'COMIN'!
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What happened just over a decade after the British lost the American Revolution? The English"man", Edward Jenner, started the vaccine myth. Soon after, Louis Pasteur of the Napoleonic Empire ensured the conspiracy spread throughout Europe. It has all so obviously been a plan from the beginning to destroy the Independent and Freedom-Devoted United States by forcing its population to poison itself!
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I think you mean "Jenny Edwards".Harlequin wrote:What happened just over a decade after the British lost the American Revolution? The English"man", Edward Jenner, started the vaccine myth. Soon after, Louis Pasteur of the Napoleonic Empire ensured the conspiracy spread throughout Europe. It has all so obviously been a plan from the beginning to destroy the Independent and Freedom-Devoted United States by forcing its population to poison itself!
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One country waging a trade war against the rest of the world is a bit dumb, isn't it?
All the rest of the world really needs to do is stop trading with America, and then trade with each other - tariff free - instead.
They're only 5% of world population. There's 95% of the rest of the planet to continue trading freely with, without additional cost.
If Trump wants to cut America out of global trade then I feel we should simply oblige him.
Stop buying America. Buy British, buy Ukrainian, buy European, buy Canadian instead.
And, indeed, the biggest stupidity of this one-man trade war is that we can all simply buy Chinese. Because we all are anyway. And when you "buy American", it's likely actually "made in China" and just shipped out by an American middle man anyway. I'm sure the Chinese will be happy to deal direct, if necessary.
Tariffs don't really make sense for the stated aims. They can't make lots of money AND bring American manufacturing back at the same time.
Because if you're making loads of money, that's because you've got lots of imports and they're all paying the tariffs. But if there's lots of imports then you're not bringing American jobs back, you're just making things cost more, for no reason.
And if you're bringing American jobs back, then that's because imports have dried up - because of the additional costs of tariffs means that it's now cheaper to cater to the American market from America. But that means you're not making loads of money from the tariffs, as no-one's paying them, because you scared everyone away.
One or the other. But not both.
Honestly, what American products do we buy anyway? Like, McDonald's is a franchise - so each individual restaurant is local - and it's been in decline for ages anyway, because who wants to eat that crap, unless you're trying to save a buck? American whiskey can fuck off when there's Scottish single malts that are vastly superior. Ford or Tesla cars? Will we miss them when we have the Germans and, for EVs, the Chinese are ahead of the game there anyway.
This feels like a Brexit move. A self-inflicted economic wound for no actual good reason, as it will not achieve its stated aims anyway.
We necessarily must impose reciprocal tariffs back, or it gives America the advantage. But, otherwise, I don't know that we need worry all that much. America's just economically strangling itself and, I mean, fine, if that's what you want, then we'll cut you out of global trade from now on. It's a strange request, but let's just oblige them. We absolutely can get everything America exports elsewhere. They aren't that special, even if they're all brain-washed from birth to believe otherwise by "the pledge of allegiance".
Maybe, on some level, it could be a good thing. Burst some mythical bubbles Americans believe about themselves in the wider world, if the rest of us just carry on and ignore them.
All the rest of the world really needs to do is stop trading with America, and then trade with each other - tariff free - instead.
They're only 5% of world population. There's 95% of the rest of the planet to continue trading freely with, without additional cost.
If Trump wants to cut America out of global trade then I feel we should simply oblige him.
Stop buying America. Buy British, buy Ukrainian, buy European, buy Canadian instead.
And, indeed, the biggest stupidity of this one-man trade war is that we can all simply buy Chinese. Because we all are anyway. And when you "buy American", it's likely actually "made in China" and just shipped out by an American middle man anyway. I'm sure the Chinese will be happy to deal direct, if necessary.
Tariffs don't really make sense for the stated aims. They can't make lots of money AND bring American manufacturing back at the same time.
Because if you're making loads of money, that's because you've got lots of imports and they're all paying the tariffs. But if there's lots of imports then you're not bringing American jobs back, you're just making things cost more, for no reason.
And if you're bringing American jobs back, then that's because imports have dried up - because of the additional costs of tariffs means that it's now cheaper to cater to the American market from America. But that means you're not making loads of money from the tariffs, as no-one's paying them, because you scared everyone away.
One or the other. But not both.
Honestly, what American products do we buy anyway? Like, McDonald's is a franchise - so each individual restaurant is local - and it's been in decline for ages anyway, because who wants to eat that crap, unless you're trying to save a buck? American whiskey can fuck off when there's Scottish single malts that are vastly superior. Ford or Tesla cars? Will we miss them when we have the Germans and, for EVs, the Chinese are ahead of the game there anyway.
This feels like a Brexit move. A self-inflicted economic wound for no actual good reason, as it will not achieve its stated aims anyway.
We necessarily must impose reciprocal tariffs back, or it gives America the advantage. But, otherwise, I don't know that we need worry all that much. America's just economically strangling itself and, I mean, fine, if that's what you want, then we'll cut you out of global trade from now on. It's a strange request, but let's just oblige them. We absolutely can get everything America exports elsewhere. They aren't that special, even if they're all brain-washed from birth to believe otherwise by "the pledge of allegiance".
Maybe, on some level, it could be a good thing. Burst some mythical bubbles Americans believe about themselves in the wider world, if the rest of us just carry on and ignore them.
"Words ought to be a little wild - for they are assaults of thought on the unthinking."
- John Maynard Keynes
- John Maynard Keynes