Politics

[Altitude sickness]

The evidence to the contrary. Provided by…?

 

[Doubleplay]

Of course, and in 30 years I will be guilty of calling younger generations entitled. It is measurable that the dollar is worth far less and American buying power has been significantly reduced. That was my main point in the first post. I’m a fan of allowing citizens the option to opt in or out of SS and Medicare. That would at least give younger people the freedom to choose where their money goes.

Average citizen in US is only capable of reading at the 8th grade level.
Do you think they'll invest the money if they opt out of SS and Medicare?

 

[Doubleplay]

What? Are you serious? Schumer all but called for Kavanaugh’s head! Impeachment and loading (expanding) the SCOTUS were called for by lots of liberals.

I said Biden not Democrats.

 

[Fastrig]

I am not sure what you are referring to with respect to this allegation. No Tittle IX appeal has reached the Supreme Court yet concerning Trump's EO's in that regard. The only ruling that did occur of which I am aware with respect to Title IX was in August of 24 when Roberts and Barret joined in a 5/4 ruling (to which Sotomayor dissented) to deny an emergency request from the Biden administration to partially lift injunctions blocking its 2024 Title IX rule. That ruling essentially allowed the Biden initiative to continue to work is way through the courts.

Barret has proven to be a fairly reliable conservative (she voted to overturn Roe v Wade), but also one who clearly believes in judicial regular order. I am not sure that is a bad thing. Roberts, as Chief Justice, has clearly seen his role as a consensus builder whenever possible.

Supreme Court blocks temporary enforcement of expanded protections for transgender students - SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Biden administration’s request to be allowed to temporarily enforce most of an April 2024 rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding, while its appeals

www.scotusblog.com

Tend to agree with you on your assessment. However, I do think Roberts needs to pointedly remind himself, the SCOTUS, and the lower courts that they are not the Executive branch, that we have a separation of powers, and that issuing orders/injunctions on clearly legal actions by the Executive branch needs to be tempered. The judge ordering the aircraft taking illegal, criminal aliens out of the country to turn around is completely out of line, as that is clearly a duty of the Executive branch enforcing laws enacted by the Congress. I think the courts have overstepped their bounds any number of times, especially as of late, and am worried about a show down between the Executive and Judicial branches due to judges being activists. The judiciary is not immune from political leaning, sometimes heavily so, but that needs to be tempered in action or the other two branches will, at some point, begin to ignore them, which is not good either as it will disrupt the balance that should be kept between the branches.

 

[Red Leg]

The evidence to the contrary. Provided by…?

The overwhelming evidence indicates a single shooter who was self-motivated - overwhelming. The conspiracy crowd chooses to ignore that in favor intel cabals, the Mafia, Cubans, the CIA, KGB, FBI and perhaps space alien infiltrators for all I know - all supported by a web of supposition which is far more compelling to them than any amount of actual evidence or expert testimony.

Except for the nether regions of the internet, I again would simply point to the deafening silence following the Trump release.

I would highly recommend adding to any skeptic's reading list works like Gerald Posner's 1993 "Case Closed," and Vincent Bugliosi 2007 "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy." The latter is Tolstoian in length, but very comprehensive.

Also, Lucien Haag's ballistic studies should interest any firearms enthusiast. (the conspiracy crowd hated his assessment). https://journals.lww.com/amjforensi..._and_Misunderstood_Wound_Ballistics_in.6.aspx

 

[Red Leg]

Tend to agree with you on your assessment. However, I do think Roberts needs to pointedly remind himself, the SCOTUS, and the lower courts that they are not the Executive branch, that we have a separation of powers, and that issuing orders/injunctions on clearly legal actions by the Executive branch needs to be tempered. The judge ordering the aircraft taking illegal, criminal aliens out of the country to turn around is completely out of line, as that is clearly a duty of the Executive branch enforcing laws enacted by the Congress. I think the courts have overstepped their bounds any number of times, especially as of late, and am worried about a show down between the Executive and Judicial branches due to judges being activists. The judiciary is not immune from political leaning, sometimes heavily so, but that needs to be tempered in action or the other two branches will, at some point, begin to ignore them, which is not good either as it will disrupt the balance that should be kept between the branches.

I certainly agree with your take on many of the lower courts. My response was with respect to SCOTUS. It seems pretty clear with respect to the host of suits against the president, that Roberts, and I suspect Barret, would prefer them to reach them through appeal rather than emergency rulings.

 

[mdwest]

Trump and the Lower Courts

Some thoughts about what he's doing and what he might do

instapundit.substack.com

a reasonable article written by a law professor that has practiced in the criminal courts on how Trump should take on these lower courts and their rulings.. (worth the 5 minute read I think)..

 

[wesheltonj]

The overwhelming evidence indicates a single shooter who was self-motivated - overwhelming. The conspiracy crowd chooses to ignore that in favor intel cabals, the Mafia, Cubans, the CIA, KGB, FBI and perhaps space alien infiltrators for all I know - all supported by a web of supposition which is far more compelling to them than any amount of actual evidence or expert testimony.

Except for the nether regions of the internet, I again would simply point to the deafening silence following the Trump release.

I would highly recommend adding to any skeptic's reading list works like Gerald Posner's 1993 "Case Closed," and Vincent Bugliosi 2007 "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy." The latter is Tolstoian in length, but very comprehensive.

Also, Lucien Haag's ballistic studies should interest any firearms enthusiast. (the conspiracy crowd hated his assessment). https://journals.lww.com/amjforensi..._and_Misunderstood_Wound_Ballistics_in.6.aspx

You’re ruining my LBJ conspiracy theory with facts.

 

[Red Leg]

For those who can't see this, it is a shame. The Houthis released a video of one of their operational F-5 fighters (late sixties tech) taking off to the sound track of Top Gun. I suppose it was to intimidate the F/A-18 and F-35 jocks on the Truman. Someone reworked the sound track and it is hilarious.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902462000057479248

 

[Fastrig]

The overwhelming evidence indicates a single shooter who was self-motivated - overwhelming. The conspiracy crowd chooses to ignore that in favor intel cabals, the Mafia, Cubans, the CIA, KGB, FBI and perhaps space alien infiltrators for all I know - all supported by a web of supposition which is far more compelling to them than any amount of actual evidence or expert testimony.

Except for the nether regions of the internet, I again would simply point to the deafening silence following the Trump release.

I would highly recommend adding to any skeptic's reading list works like Gerald Posner's 1993 "Case Closed," and Vincent Bugliosi 2007 "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy." The latter is Tolstoian in length, but very comprehensive.

Also, Lucien Haag's ballistic studies should interest any firearms enthusiast. (the conspiracy crowd hated his assessment). https://journals.lww.com/amjforensi..._and_Misunderstood_Wound_Ballistics_in.6.aspx

Generally agree with you, however on the ballistic studies I've watched documentaries that support the various views on the matter. The most recent one was a couple of year ago, sorry can't remember which one it was, where they created a live mock-up of the scene, had target dummies to scale/composition, and proceeded to execute shots from all the different "theories" locations and how each would play out, comparing to the footage of the assassination. That documentary's commentary was the shot from Oswald's position would not have ended in the way JFK's head moved on impact. Believe they concluded that the "grassy knoll" angle would have been more conducive to that movement. Not agreeing or disagreeing, just passing this along as it was a very well done study from what I could tell.

 

[Fastrig]

For those who can't see this, it is a shame. The Houthis released a video of one of their operational F-5 fighters (late sixties tech) taking off to the sound track of Top Gun. I suppose it was to intimidate the F/A-18 and F-35 jocks on the Truman. Someone reworked the sound track and it is hilarious.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902462000057479248

Believe we use F5's for target practice today

 

[BJH65]

Average citizen in US is only capable of reading at the 8th grade level.
Do you think they'll invest the money if they opt out of SS and Medicare?

54% of U.S. citizens presently read at the 6th grade level too, yet in the 6th grade I began investing in gold Krugerrand’s with my lawn mowing money and ranch/farm work that yielded a nice profit many years later.

If you’ll recall back in 2005, President Bush outlined a major initiative to reform Social Security which included partial privatization of the system, personal Social Security accounts, and options to permit Americans to divert a portion of their Social Security tax (FICA) into secured investments. They wouldn’t be allowed to reckless spend it on weed and malt liquor, a portion must be invested which would have yielded a much higher return over the years, unfortunately the democrats killed it.

No one’s going to make it on social security alone without additional retirement income or your youngest daughter can marry someone who will financially support their in-laws for the rest of their lives. I have mentioned to my wife (whenever I want to start an argument) this is an excellent retirement plan.

 

[mdwest]

For those who can't see this, it is a shame. The Houthis released a video of one of their operational F-5 fighters (late sixties tech) taking off to the sound track of Top Gun. I suppose it was to intimidate the F/A-18 and F-35 jocks on the Truman. Someone reworked the sound track and it is hilarious.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1902462000057479248

How they ended up with F5's to begin with is a pretty interesting story involving several countries and Carter bypassing congressional approval to make it happen (sent to Yemen initially, later taken by the Hourthis)..

The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters

Yemen's F-5E Tiger II saga is a geopolitical jigsaw puzzle of a story that involved Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.

www.twz.com

the fact that they have been able to keep one of them flying all of these years (they only got 12 to begin with) honestly is pretty impressive.. they've essentially cannibalized all of the other aircraft over a 4 decade period and have been able to figure out how to modify or fabricate parts as well to keep the one aircraft airborne... whether or not they still have any ordnance for it is questionable..

The Houthi air force has a single fighter jet — an ancient F-5. The US is very much not afraid of it.

The Houthi rebels apparently have just one F5 jet, and the US says it's nothing to be afraid of.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Tanks]

If you have any Lockheed Martin stock, dump it. Future doesn’t look good.

Denmark official reveals Trump’s possible blackmail plan to get Greenland — NJ.com

Published: Mar. 19, 2025 President Donald Trump talks as he meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. A Danish politician floated a possible plan on Wednesday for President Donald Trump to take over Greenland. Rasmus...

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After US disabling (for all practical purposes) Ukraine’s F16s hard to prove a negative regarding F-35s or any other computer/digital driven weapons that rely on US satellites or radar.

 

[steve white]

Trump and the Lower Courts

Some thoughts about what he's doing and what he might do

instapundit.substack.com

a reasonable article written by a law professor that has practiced in the criminal courts on how Trump should take on these lower courts and their rulings.. (worth the 5 minute read I think)..

Doesn't the president have prerogative to eliminate a district court and move that caseload to another?

 

[Altitude sickness]

I agree these 80,000 JFK documents will show nothing. It was a stunt and most of these 80,000
documents have already been released.



This secret recording just in.

Hey, nefarious players in various agencies give us all the dirt you have on yourselves.

Response- Ok, here is all the dirt we have on ourselves.

 

[wesheltonj]

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Doesn't the president have prerogative to eliminate a district court and move that caseload to another?

No, but Congress does, but not move the case load. That would fall to the “Chief” judge of the District.

 

[mdwest]

Doesn't the president have prerogative to eliminate a district court and move that caseload to another?

I dont know...

that article suggests that he actually expand the lower courts though rather than eliminate any.. there have been bi-partisan studies that advocate for this.. the federal courts are understaffed and incapable of hearing their case loads in a reasonable amount of time..

so, add 60+ judges... all of whom would clearly be appointed by Trump... and further stack the deck..

which wouldn't be "loading" the courts like the D's suggested as a solution for the USSC becoming conservative.. he wouldn't be adding conservative justices to established liberal courts.. he'd simply be adding courts.. and filling them with conservative justices..

Hard for the left to argue against this since they just 24 months ago were very much in favor of this, and again there are multiple bi-partisan groups and supporting studies that say this is a recommended course of action for solving the problem of backed up courts..

 

[Wheels]

The lefts sacred cow to be sacrificed today

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-order-shut-down-department-education-white-house-says-2025-03-19/

I’m 100% certain an Obama or Biden appointed judge will find a way to halt this one..

But the gauntlet is now thrown…

I agree with you that a judge will probably put a TRO on shuttering the Agency. One issue, DOEd was not passed by Congress but was a Carter Executive Order. As I recall there weren't enough votes in Congress. We know how Presidents write EO's to overrule previous Presidents EO's. Depending on the Circuit the case is filed, I don't see the TRO surviving the Circuit or Scotus but I certainly could be wrong.

 

[Russ16]

I agree with you that a judge will probably put a TRO on shuttering the Agency. One issue, DOEd was not passed by Congress but was a Carter Executive Order. As I recall there weren't enough votes in Congress. We know how Presidents write EO's to overrule previous Presidents EO's. Depending on the Circuit the case is filed, I don't see the TRO surviving the Circuit or Scotus but I certainly could be wrong.

Actually the Department of Education Organization Act was passed by Congress and signed by Carter in 1979.