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  • On the post: Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Ordered To Explain Why Personally Violated A Court Order On Force Usage

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2025 @ 04:28am

    who arrests for contempt

    [arrested] By whom, exactly? The FBI?
    The most likely arresting force would be the U.S. Marshall Service.

  • On the post: Billionaire Covers Trump’s Army Tab While The GOP Continues To Keep The Government Shut Down

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2025 @ 04:15am

    identifying the wrong problem

    why do we have debt ceiling process in the first place? The money has already been budgeted and contracts were signed based on the budget
    The debt ceiling is intended to slow down the growth of the Federal debt. There, answered an irrelevant question. The shutdown is not a result of a debt ceiling. The problem is that there is no budget, so in fact no ``money has already been budgeted''. Until they pass a budget, or at least a continuing resolution, there is no identied source of funds. It is also true that the budget process may be largely a series of empty gestures. Congress can pass laws specifying spending but we have seen the executive determine not to see that those laws are faithfully executed.

  • On the post: Reddit’s ‘AI Scraping’ Lawsuit Is An Attack On The Open Internet

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2025 @ 04:00am

    who says

    If reddit doesn’t want you to scrape, but you get it from Google (who is allowed to scrape), that doesn’t suddenly make it ok.
    If it does not make it OK, then something is seriously wrong. That would allow reddit to control the speech of third parties, such as Google or Bung. The same rule would apply to newspapers. If the Daily Stormer does not want me to have and share certain information about GOP activites, but the Daily Worker finds out and gives it to me, why should I not have the information from the one who wants to share? I would need a really convincing reason before I would grant reddit, or the Daily Stormer, control over the speech of other potential speakers.

  • On the post: Daily Deal: Raspberry Pi Pico W Ultimate Starter Kit

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2025 @ 05:30am

    what would be neat

    It might be nice if they told us what was in the kit. Or if the linked page told us what was in the kit. By that I mean more than just saying how many pieces are in there.

  • On the post: Trump Publishes Enemies List To White House Website, And It’s Just Democrats Speaking The Truth

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2025 @ 01:12am

    let us be more specific

    He shot at the van, not at specific individuals.
    Come, let us reason together. First step, consider what was actually done. Gunman shot at van full of detained darker-complected people. Normally, that would suggest that he was seeking to injure the darker-complected people in the van. That is, if we assume that injury is intended to be suffered by those shot at. I think that a relatively uncontroversial assumption. I suppose he could have aimed through the front windows if he had wanted to hit the operators of the van. That is speculation. He did not shoot where ICE goons were, he shot where the darker-complected people were. The theory that he actually intended to injure ICE goons is supported only by the flimsiest of (not actually visible to public) evidence. Is he anti-ICE because he is shooting rather than shipping? He is not in a position to explain his motives at this point. We are therefore remitted to looking at the acts, which acts were firing shots where darker-complected, restrained detainees should be expected to be. Rather than speculate that he intended a result other than what should be expected from his actions, I think it simpler to posit that he acted intentionally.

  • On the post: DHS Sends A Journalist Back To His Home Country To Be Tortured Because ‘Live Streaming’ ICE Activities Is ‘Threatening’

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2025 @ 12:50am

    not much changes

    The rights we love to boast about were initially reserved for White male land-owners alone
    Some still are. We have special districts which are governed on a one-acre-one-vote plan.

  • On the post: Supreme Court’s ‘Go Ahead And Round Up All The Brown People’ Decision Is Being Challenged In Court

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2025 @ 04:49am

    removing entire states from US

    There is a federal law on the books that enables ICE to question anyone within 100 miles of the US border.
    To the extent that there is such a (mischaracterized and uncited) law, it would violate the US Fourth Amendment. There are court-manufactured loopholes, such as being out in public or law enforcement being in a hurry, but the language of the Constitution is pretty clear. As a matter of curiosity, is there any part of Rhode Island not within 100 miles of a coast or other international point of entry? How about Florida and Hawaii? So, if the US Fourth Amendment does not apply in those places, then are still states?

  • On the post: The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2025 @ 01:24am

    math can be tricky

    If you offer an average person that if they’ll accept a 100% surcharge, you’ll give them a 60% rebate, most will decline. Even though it would be a net win for them.
    Not so sure about that. Come, let us reason together, starting with a price tag of $50. 1. base price = 50 2. add 100% surcharge, 50 + 50 = 100 3. rebate 60% of that surcharge, 100 - 30 = 70 4. compare final price, 70 > 50 So, yeah, it is a net win. The victory goes to the vendor, not for the buyer. I can understand why some buyers might be reluctant to agree to your offer.

  • On the post: Donald Trump Immediately Returns To Threatening Disney Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Speech

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2025 @ 12:43am

    correct

    It worked like a champ. Disney folded up like a wet paper sack in a windstorm. The problem was that they got some push-back, in fact more than they had allowed for, and determined to fold again as though the eye had passed over and the wind was now blowing the other way.

  • On the post: Trump Declares Everyone Who Doesn’t Kiss His Ass Is A Terrorist

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2025 @ 08:14pm

    traditional values

    hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality
    The Declaration of Independence, while it has little legal force, implicitly included the traditional U.S. values. All white land-owning males were considered equal under the law. The original Constitution preserved this, making some things more explicit. There was of course the 3/5 compromise, but those people were not allowed to vote. The anti-woke Trump Bible includes a copy of the U.S. Constitution, saving only that the amendments stop just before where the 3/5 compromise changed. Again, traditional values. Those bits about abolishing slavery and all people born here being deemed citizens were just ``woke'' extremism which have no place in the Trump Bible.

  • On the post: Hey, Nintendo: You Cool With ICE Using Your Pokémon IP To Recruit More Goons?

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2025 @ 05:08am

    new possibilities

    It seems to me that the recruiting material is a government work, possibly done for hire by an advertising firm. So if I wanted to copy bits of that, well.

  • On the post: Donald Trump Immediately Returns To Threatening Disney Over Jimmy Kimmel’s Speech

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2025 @ 05:47am

    correct

    Trump believed Disney/ABC bending the knee once for $16mil meant he could bully them into giving in to his demands again.
    Yes, and that seems an accurate assessment. Following some bullying, they did give in to his demands again. Evidently it was not entirely permanent. Kimmel is back on some affilliate stations. However, it did work, and perhaps even provided a needed distraction from the Epstein files.

  • On the post: AI Slop Startup To Flood The Internet With Thousands Of AI Slop Podcasts, Calls Critics Of AI Slop ‘Luddites’

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2025 @ 07:23am

    tool maker

    ChatGPT gets licensing fees for the song I got it to help me write. Currently, I’m the sole copyright holder.
    Right now, the Gentoo folks do not get licensing fees for the columns I use it to help me to write. I am the sole copyright holder, though the newspaper is obviously a licensee.

  • On the post: Gavin Newsom Signs Law Enforcement Face Mask Ban And Everyone Gets Stupid About It, Including Federal Prosecutors

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2025 @ 01:29am

    don't bet on it

    people will have a name and a face to hold you accountable for said wrongdoing.
    Maybe they havea face, if there is good enough video recording. A name is very unlikely. They do not seem to bother with visible name tags or even visible badges. Rather, they are visibly indistinguishable from the goons robbing old ladies in alleys. Also, the Federal government is treating release of agent names as tantamont to domestic terrorism.

  • On the post: The Washington Post Fires Its Last Black Opinion Columnist For Directly Quoting A Bigot

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2025 @ 04:44am

    technology marches forward, or maybe not

    It’s the joy of techdirt’s (now hardly new) transition to “a better platform”.
    It has been a while, preview and flag still do not work without javascript. They worked on the old platform.

  • On the post: Somebody’s Lying: Susan Monarez’s Congressional Testimony Is 180 Degrees From RFK Jr.’s

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2025 @ 01:00am

    not rare

    Contempt of Congress
    Should be viewed not so much as a possible crime, but as a standard American pastime.

  • On the post: World’s Sorest Winner: Trump Demands $15 Billion From NY Times For Not Fluffing His Ego Enough

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2025 @ 12:55am

    an unusual situation

    Normally someine is the president's position would pause litigation while he is in office, or otherwise would be immune to discovery. That is, as defendant, he would say that the country required him to focus his attention on his duties. That may work when he is a defendant. He can use the office as a shield. Not saying it is fair or just, but there you are. You can sue him, but you must wait up to 4 years to proceed toward relief. Here, he is plaintiff. If some defendant answers (asserting 12(b)(6) [Fla 1.140(b)] type defenses and others), then he proceeds to discovery. Each defendant who does that may be entitled to a deposition in which he can ask about the specific false statements, and the specific damages, and how the false statements led to the damage. Other topics may also come up. He brought the suit. It is hard to see a court being sympathetic to a plainmtiff who is too busy to participate in his own case.

  • On the post: Flock Safety Claims It Can Rid The US Of Crime, Even As Cities Rid Themselves Of Flock

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2025 @ 06:51pm

    been there, done that

    You guys are so lawyer brained
    In some cases, that is our job.

  • On the post: SCOTUS Says ICE Can Use The Family Guy Skin Color Chart For Arrests (But Won’t Explain Why)

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2025 @ 04:32am

    there is no new thing under the sun

    The Constitution may say “the people,” but the Supreme Court has decided some people are more equal than others—and they don’t even have to explain why.
    Actually, the U.S. Constitution as originally enacted provided that some were more equal than others. Generally speaking, white land-owning males counted, others (women, Indians, Negroes) were discounted or ignored.

  • On the post: Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2025 @ 01:41am

    the rules are different here

    even experienced federal judges don’t know the rules
    I think the rules have been explained adequately. It is a modified Calvin-ball, and the rules are 1. There are no fixed rules 2. This administration always wins. There, I hope this helps.

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