O/T:- Trump Presidency 2.0 [hic sunt dracones]

[magpie_mania]

This decision was made by three judges, one appointed by Reagan, one by Obama and one by Trump. Left leaning?

Trump has lost a TONNE of high profile cases that he did not subsequently win on appeal. His "the 2020 election was stolen" rampage had something like 100 lost cases.

Doesn't stop him still claiming it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the higher courts back him. Can't see those three judges having their jobs for long either.

[SwalePie]

For a day. Like every other high profile legal case he?s lost, he?s won it on appeal.
He knew the lower judiciary had been stacked with left wing, activist judges, so was prepared for this.

Nothing to see here, move on.

He hasn't even begun any appeal process yet.

[andy6025]

You generously ceded Ukraine to Moscow and Canada/Alberta to Trump before, I'm curious as to what collective you call your own, and if there are any circumstances you'd bother defending it.

I have ceded Ukraine and Canada/Alberta before?

I think I have been quite clear and consistent in all such matters. I have always maintained that I believe people should have the right choose for themselves. If they feel that they are really Russians trapped inside Ukrainian bodies, or Yankees trapped inside Canadians, etc., then let them be Russians and Americans respectively. Is that not the liberal order of the day, to allow people to self identify? What the hell skin is it off our backs if Albertans prefer to be Americans? Ought we to beat them into submission if they think they would be better off under a different flag?

It would be like the people of the UK choosing Brexit in a nation wide referendum, and then the revolving door government of the day ignoring the will of the people by signing agreements that effectively wipes out what the people chose.

And yet that is consistently what the west does. We claim to be democracies, and yet whenever the peoples vote yields a result that our masters do not like, they use whatever means necessary to cancel the results. Why should I kill or die to protect and coddle such lunacy?

[BigFatPie]

This decision was made by three judges, one appointed by Reagan, one by Obama and one by Trump. Left leaning?

Trump has lost a TONNE of high profile cases that he did not subsequently win on appeal. His "the 2020 election was stolen" rampage had something like 100 lost cases.

Dont forget, any judge who rules against Trump automatically becomes a left wing activist in the minds of people like our friend here.

In his big Ladybird book of government and politics, he hasnt yet reached I for independent judiciary yet.

[Mud Pie]

I have ceded Ukraine and Canada/Alberta before?

I think I have been quite clear and consistent in all such matters. I have always maintained that I believe people should have the right choose for themselves. If they feel that they are really Russians trapped inside Ukrainian bodies, or Yankees trapped inside Canadians, etc., then let them be Russians and Americans respectively. Is that not the liberal order of the day, to allow people to self identify? What the hell skin is it off our backs if Albertans prefer to be Americans? Ought we to beat them into submission if they think they would be better off under a different flag?

It would be like the people of the UK choosing Brexit in a nation wide referendum, and then the revolving door government of the day ignoring the will of the people by signing agreements that effectively wipes out what the people chose.

And yet that is consistently what the west does. We claim to be democracies, and yet whenever the peoples vote yields a result that our masters do not like, they use whatever means necessary to cancel the results. Why should I kill or die to protect and coddle such lunacy?

so are you a Russian or a MAGA trapped in a Canadian body?

not going to feed the troll beyond this, but even your equivalency is dumb and duplicitous. The realistic UK comparison would be if 30% of Yorkshire voted to become Pakistani and invited in Pakistani troops to protect their claim while they separated from the UK cuz any vote is democracy duh. Makes total sense to me.

[andy6025]

so are you a Russian or a MAGA trapped in a Canadian body?

not going to feed the troll beyond this, but even your equivalency is dumb and duplicitous. The realistic UK comparison would be if 30% of Yorkshire voted to become Pakistani and invited in Pakistani troops to protect their claim while they separated from the UK cuz any vote is democracy duh. Makes total sense to me.

If your 30 percent reference is to the rough proportion of Albertans who wish to be American, then I obviously agree that their desires ought to be trumped by those who wish to remain as Canadians. It is then up to the federal and provincials governments, and would be governments, to decide how much they wish to woo the remaining 30 percent with favourable policy promises in order to win their votes.

That seems about as reasonable a system as we can get. But I am certainly open to considering other ideas if you have any.

[MarcusCole]

What was Biden doing that contravened the constitution? And why wasn't it challenged in court if so?

Biden cancelled billions in Student Loan debt. the Supreme Court ruled he did not have this authority, he ignored them and did it anyway.
He's a link for you - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/24/desp...-millions.html

[Jampie]

Biden cancelled billions in Student Loan debt. the Supreme Court ruled he did not have this authority, he ignored them and did it anyway.
He's a link for you - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/24/desp...-millions.html

Did you read the article you posted?

The Supreme Court?s conservative majority in June ruled that President Joe Biden didn?t have the authority to cancel student debt for millions of Americans.

He?s still trying.

In what one legal scholar described as ?a very direct confrontation with the Court,? Biden held a press briefing from the White House just hours after the justices issued their verdict.

?Today?s decision has closed one path,? the president said. ?Now we?re going to pursue another.?

That isn't ignoring the supreme court and "doing it anyway" ala Trump. That's accepting their decision and finding another (legal) way forward.

[Jampie]

Note to board: The ? issue in the quotes above is due to quoted unicode characters not existing in the font the board uses. If the board moves to a more modern font the issue will vanish.

[Old_pie]

Note to board: The ? issue in the quotes above is due to quoted unicode characters not existing in the font the board uses. If the board moves to a more modern font the issue will vanish.

But it did not use to happen; I'm blaming Musk.

[Lullapie]

Things like this are the reasons why people voted for Trump. You couldn't make it up.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-biden-race-based-loan-004021093.html

How many more racist skeletons are there in the Democratic Party closet?

[andy6025]

Note to board: The ? issue in the quotes above is due to quoted unicode characters not existing in the font the board uses. If the board moves to a more modern font the issue will vanish.

This happens to me here too, but I notice that other users such as OldPie above are able to use apostrophes just fine. Any idea why they can but some of us cannot?

[Jampie]

This happens to me here too, but I notice that other users such as OldPie above are able to use apostrophes just fine. Any idea why they can but some of us cannot?

I can use quotes and apostrophes too: " ' etc all good. But I noticed when I pasted the article text it had the problem, which is what tipped me off.

Might be something like apple devices using a wider unicode set, would make sense to me. I am on PC/windows here. You apple?

So basically, my PC sends the oldest ASCII ' or " symbols when I type, but a different machine is using more stylsed newer ones, and this website's font doesnt understand the new symbols so shows them as ?

If it showed them as boxes I would've figured it out a lot faster but this font must be mega old heh

[Jampie]

Actually, that's not it. The different characters part is correct but it's not the font. The board itself is converting the unknown characters when we post.

Might be old school input cleaning. The board probably needs to update its forum software.

[andy6025]

Actually, that's not it. The different characters part is correct but it's not the font. The board itself is converting the unknown characters when we post.

Might be old school input cleaning. The board probably needs to update its forum software.

I am using my iPhone. If I use my MacBook I do not seem to get the issue. I have been learning to type around it by trying not to use contractions, if I remember, possessive nouns or quotation marks.