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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
In that case, they just declared an emergency, and banned unvaccinated minors from being out in public
across the river.
While I think this is great, and am glad something is finaly being done.... I am wondering how long until it gets challenged in court.
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Can you take local goverments to court?
Edited by Imca on Mar 28th 2019 at 1:11:45 AM
If this is consistent with the state's established emergency laws then I don't see the problem. There's no Constitutional right not to vaccinate your children.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"That's less than I'd hoped, but more than I'd feared.
Awesome!
Someone cue up the footage of Trump's interview where he says he fired James Comey to make the Russia investigation go away. We sit Rand Paul down, we play him that footage, and then we'll have the Mueller Report by noon. Done deal!
EDIT: Also, it occurs to me that if we elect President Buttigieg, it will be the greatest prank we could possibly play on middle-school students of the future. If news anchors can't pronounce his name right, good luck on that oral history presentation, Little Timmy.
Like. It's a stupid little thing and absolutely not a reason to vote for him - there are reasons, but this isn't one of them - but it would be amazing to hear nine-year-olds trying to pronounce "President Buttgiggler."
Edited by TobiasDrake on Mar 28th 2019 at 8:52:19 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.And in some surprisingly positive news from this administration, HUD is charging Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act
, as the platform allows people to filter who can see the ad.
In the charging document, HUD accuses Facebook of unlawfully discriminating against people based on race, religion, familial status, disability and other characteristics that closely align with the 1968 Fair House Act's protected classes.
HUD also alleges Facebook allowed advertisers certain tools on their advertising platform that could exclude people who were classified as "non-American-born," "non-Christian" or "interested in Hispanic culture," among other things. It also said advertisers could exclude people based on ZIP code, essentially "drawing a red line around those neighborhoods on a map."
"Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live," HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement.
"Using a computer to limit a person's housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone's face."
It's not often they do something right, and it can be a low bar to clear for expectations, but credit where it's due on this one.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Mar 28th 2019 at 2:33:17 PM
Peace is the only battle worth waging.So he's either promising authoritarian retribution that he will later be informed he has no ability to carry out, or he's just blustering for his base. Probably both.
So lovely that these are the options whenever our President opens his mouth.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Kushner is being interviewed by the Senate Intel Committee again.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/jared-kushner-senate-intelligence/index.html
Sources say that the Mueller report is over 300 pages in length.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/mueller-report-pages/index.html
Even if it is released, parts may still be redacted to protect ongoing investigations and Grand Jury work.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Mar 28th 2019 at 3:54:29 PM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Edited by megaeliz on Mar 28th 2019 at 2:58:52 PM
Just a reminder but "independents" often aren't all that independent and as such expecting all or most of them to agree with something partisan is almost certainly impossible.
Let's have actually reasonable goals.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Mar 28th 2019 at 12:28:42 PM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangAye, if memory serves about 2/3 of all independents are either hardcore Republicans or Democrats. Some of them are even politicians themselves, like a certain senator from Vermont.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanExactly, if anything the fact that 58% aren't buying his nonsense is really comforting and could very well be electoral significant.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Mar 28th 2019 at 12:34:52 PM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangAccording to Wikipedia
, yes.
- Refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin.
- Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling.
- Advertising the sale or rental of a dwelling indicating preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, disability or national origin.
- Coercing, threatening, intimidating, or interfering with a person's enjoyment or exercise of housing rights based on discriminatory reasons or retaliating against a person or organization that aids or encourages the exercise or enjoyment of fair housing rights.
And while it's a low bar, it's honestly helpful for us to acknowledge when the administration does do something right, as that helps mollify the "both sides!" folks when we then point out all the BS they do wrong, as that limits their ability to accuse us of just being anti-Trump.
Edited by ironballs16 on Mar 28th 2019 at 3:37:21 PM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"He seems to go by "Mayor Pete", so I guess he would push for "President Pete"? I know in English you guys really like surnames but maybe an exception here would be warranted.
McConnell filee vote which would reduce debate time on judicial nominees to 2 hours, down from 30.

So apparently Mueller still isn't finished after all? They didn't dismiss the Jury?