Maybe this is just “worst person you know made a good point,” I don’t know, but the COVID asides are just weird, especially since, assuming the judge’s examples of D&D and comic books being things he was into are true, I’d assume he was a nerd growing up, and I don’t associate nerds with COVID denialism. But then again, weird things happened to the crunchy/natural movement, so who knows?
I want to be absolutely clear here that I’m not defending the police officer here.
This is why defund the police is a thing. There was no reason for a police officer to be involved with this; this was a job for animal control at most. But we seem to think that the police can handle everything from a loose dog to a mass shooter, give them no training, give them a gun, and then are surprised when things go wrong.
So, since the flavor of the day seems to be incredibly tortured analogies, doesn’t the fifth circuit decision invalidate wills? After all, in those, you’re typically leaving money/goods to people on the basis of familial relationship, which is, even more discriminatory than basing a decision on one’s race, correct? So the next time, say, a Koch brother dies, aren’t we all entitled to a portion of his wealth?
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I’m confused
Maybe this is just “worst person you know made a good point,” I don’t know, but the COVID asides are just weird, especially since, assuming the judge’s examples of D&D and comic books being things he was into are true, I’d assume he was a nerd growing up, and I don’t associate nerds with COVID denialism. But then again, weird things happened to the crunchy/natural movement, so who knows?
Some of that’s weird too
But is it fucking a couch weird? And who is it hurting, exactly?
Why were the police even there?
I want to be absolutely clear here that I’m not defending the police officer here. This is why defund the police is a thing. There was no reason for a police officer to be involved with this; this was a job for animal control at most. But we seem to think that the police can handle everything from a loose dog to a mass shooter, give them no training, give them a gun, and then are surprised when things go wrong.
Eleventh circuit, sorry
They all run together after a while; I see an insane decision, I assume fifth circuit
Doesn’t this invalidate wills?
So, since the flavor of the day seems to be incredibly tortured analogies, doesn’t the fifth circuit decision invalidate wills? After all, in those, you’re typically leaving money/goods to people on the basis of familial relationship, which is, even more discriminatory than basing a decision on one’s race, correct? So the next time, say, a Koch brother dies, aren’t we all entitled to a portion of his wealth?