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I can see the 14th Amendment being viable in this case if Trump had actually been convicted of a crime for instigating the January 6 Insurrection. While l am sure he did instigate it, l believe our justice system works best when a person is actually convicted of the crime before punishment can be executed.

He has yet to be convicted of any crime. Though l hope he will.

Colorado courts are just opening a can of worms that can backfire. Just as the party in control of the US Congress will be trying to impeach every sitting president from the opposition party from here on. Irresponsible precedent has been set.

This is actually not true. There are tons of ways courts can enforce rulings against people not convicted of crimes.

Simple example, restraining orders. One citizens protection takes precedence over another’s process of a trial. Minimal evidence must be provided to get a restraining order and the person has an opportunity to fight it but it can remain in place in the meantime.

There are tons of court procedures, penalties, and failsafes that offer protections while the slow wheels of courts turn. This is especially important when people like Trump’s primary legal philosophy is dragging out every step as long as possible.

Apothecary Diaries. Extremely cool anime about a young woman who trained under her father as an apothecary for the red light district in imperial China. She’s kidnapped and sold as a servant to the palace where she works as a servant in the compound the emperor keeps his wives. It’s part romance, mystery, and fairly accurate historical drama. The lead is so well written.

Any recommendations for TV right now?

14th is a pretty much unused and undefined amendment. It is so broad in it’s interpretations that it’s functionally useless until a precedence in higher courts is set as to what it means.

Another way the precedence based legal system is total garbage, by the way.

It allows one case to set the tone for all the others so you just need to push through to a bought off upper court to set laws.

Nooooooooo!

Does sarcasm read well in print?

I’m going to throw out a devil’s advocate for Trump’s presidency. It was good for America’s future. Not anything he did but the reaction he created. The BLM movement, kids stepping up and getting into politics in huge numbers, exposing the effects of fostering subtle racism into full blow racist movements… this caused a massive call for change.

Then the Democrats do what they do, marched into office on the winds of change and put a stop to that right away. The voices died down as they waited for the change to happen and now as we close in on the end of Biden’s term it’s nearly dead. The melancholy of the left is just as if not more destructive than the hate on the right. Republicans and Democrats functionally run the country the same way, but Republicans do it more overtly and it angers people.

Trump caused some of the most positive changes in America and another term might kick off revolution. Might also herald the end of the world but the Democrats are going to microdose that over the next 50 years subtly. If we’re slapped across the face with it maybe we’ll fight back instead of accepting it.

Pale Man, Pan’s Labyrinth. Masterful horror design and special effects. Also a testament on how much better practical effects are.

Favorite fight scene from a movie?

Sir, I fully appreciate your in depth analysis of the situation. Really important information for people. I will tell you for your sake and time that if you are responding to older comments from MsStep, coco, ironic… few others I think…. That was all one person who has been given the boot from the forums. I fully endorse the good info, but if it’s to try and talk sense into that person they are gone.

So best case scenario, Trump loses this at a Supreme Court level. The powers that be are legit scared of Trump. They created a monster and are terrified they can’t control or destroy him no matter what happens. So there is a chance this sticks in the courts.

If that happens, expect riots and violence from the alt right who will see this as ‘taking away their freedoms’. This could rise to historic levels of unrest and since anyone raising up in big numbers will call down the wrath of the government’s standing anti-civilian military (police and national guard). I wouldn’t mind at all if the far right impale themselves on their own. This would drain the alt right support across the country and lead to a progressive movement that sweeps the nation.

Like I said, best case scenario and wishful thinking.

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Not trying to defend Musk, but if making profit is his main goal, then scaring off advertisers seems very counter productive

Well if he wants the advertisers he probably needs to stop posting anti-Semitic shit with an account that is prioritized to have a higher chance to pop in everyone’s feed.

Used to be damn near daily at some points. Now I’ve limited it severely, so maybe once every few weeks. Main issue is the corporations use very unethical chocolate (among other practices I don’t agree with). But damn do I miss smashing a bag of reeces.

What goes best with chocolate?

Elon Musk, free speech advocate who will fight for Alex Jone’s right to raise money by torturing the parents of slain children, enlists the Missouri AG to try and shut down media watchdog groups who track antisemitism on the app formerly know as twitter.

Proving once again that the limits to free speech in Musks eyes end at his profit margins.

https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2023-12-18/elon-musks-fight-against-media-matters-gets-backup-from-missouri-attorney-general

Lack of research, blindly repeating something they heard without considering the source or fact checking it at all.

What’s your favorite candy bar?

Picked up a few in shitty weather before. Good enough experience as in it was pretty non-memorable but I helped someone out.

HYE started a fire cooking?

Maybe, maybe not. We don’t do obligatory sex days. Also we celebrate solstice instead of Christmas so Christmas is like a Monday with most of the stores closed. But Monday sex is a possibility!

Are there any popular holidays you don’t participate in?

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He would meme all over you, you would show bobs and vagene to make him stop

Please, that boy would be cowering behind his lawyers filing assault charges after I burn him with these spicy fresh memes.

Tokyo Godfathers. It’s an anime about a group of homeless people who find a baby in the trash. It’s from legendary director Satoshi Kon. Even if you don’t know the name you know his work indirectly. Inception is an admitted ripoff of his film, Paprika.

What’s the worst holiday movie?

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You’re just jealous of Elon, he’s the coolest with lots of money and fresh memes.

Please, that boys memes are more dated than his ratchet ass plastic surgery.

Some really good. Some… shudders

What’s your favorite Disney song?

Nope.

HYE had sex in a tent?

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I was on the Musk train for quite awhile, I am a sucker for space travel. The X/Twitter fiasco showed the world who he really is, and I am no longer impressed.

Still rooting for SpaceX and the Artemis missions to succeed though.

I really hope SpaceX and the billionaire space race burns to the ground. It’s an environmental disaster, SpaceX particularly being guilty of raining debris down into the protected wet lands where critically endangered species live.

It’s a vanity project, doing things that government agencies across the world so far better and with more scientific purpose. The science behind SpaceX is decades behind the Chinese and Korean space programs. And Musk floating around in orbit for 2 minutes of zero gravity has the more environmental impact than tens of thousands of people will make in their entire lifetime.

Space exploration sounds great in theory, but not at the cost of the planet you live on. Current projections show absolute global disaster is decades ahead of planet colonization.

So many buy that Paul McCartney one enraged me after to many repeats of it when I worked retail.

Would you enjoy a work secret Santa?

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Try searching online Elon Musk + Amber Heard + Sex Parties.

Just entertaining. Nothing wrong with sex parties as long as all participants are willing, consenting, and of legal age.

I will not, we have different definitions of fun. I sort of gag just knowing he likely has a penis, let alone delving into what he does with it.

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Trump could easily pay Gulianni's lawsuit debt from the donations he received post 2020 election. You know the donations Trump said he'd use to fight the election results, but instead pocketed for his own personal use.

Hey, he only heavily implied that. If you simply read the 23 page TOS agreement on his website when you donated you would see it’s a completely above board, non-political slush fund.

I wouldn’t necessarily use the word ‘lazy’, but I have seen authors who have absolutely astounding output of very similar stories. There are some stories here that hundreds of parts and a couple thousand words each. I find the unengaging because it feels like it’s spinning it’s wheels after so many chapters. It can be done, no doubt. But it’s a challenge.

One way to look at this is refinement. Other way is to look at it as a fixation which doesn’t necessarily improve. There’s a place for that though. I have comfort shows I’ve watched dozens of times.

‘The Dryad’. I really like the simplicity of this one as it’s a horror story.

‘The Resignation of Poppy Freeman’. Multiple meanings to ‘resignation’ throughout the story. Poppy Freeman was one of my favorite character names. The title was reminiscent in my mind to a few of my favorite stories.

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Bathroom… that is all.

Do you have much free time?

Going to just repost my above answer… feel like our above friend might have gotten his threads confused.

Dealing with religious persecution can be a very heavy and impactful, but proceed with caution. It’s a minefield that requires careful navigating.

As an extreme example I’ll point to an English author getting dropped by her publisher after releasing a story on a romance between the son of a KKK leader and a daughter of a Mexican drug kingpin. Surface level, this is a weighted story that could be a very meaningful delve in overcoming prejudice with a tale of star crossed lovers. Instead it was so incredibly fetishized and handled so clumsily it was just an offensive mess.

If you are delving into a religious theme, I would also advise either drawing from your own personal religious experiences. If you want to explore others than research, research, research. In the above example, the Latina female lead’s offensive behavior was made so much worse since it was written by a White woman in England. It showed no respect to the cultures she was drawing from and full of stereotypes.

If you have a story to tell, please do. I wrote a story I was very proud of who’s main character was a Black lesbian during the 40’s for the noir competition last year. I had a few female friends and Black friends consult as I wrote and read my drafts. I took notes from them extremely seriously and made a few changes along the way. Tell your story, be respectful, do your research.

Bathroom… that is all.

Do you have much free time?

To quote Gollum, give it to us raw and wriggling!

Sushi or ramen?

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Rudy has to pay 148 million dollars... and look at his homeboy's haircut.

When you don’t pay your high end lawyers the couple mill you owe them.. this is the sort of guy who will take your case.