ivan Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 ...but i've read many an obituary w/ a smile http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-79-has-died-officials-say-n518156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 +1 Next man/woman up... d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 very convenient timing for the friedrich's decision so...is the senate gonna launch an 11 month filibuster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 so...is the senate gonna launch an 11 month filibuster? Yes that, or something like it, would be my first guess. Everyone'll rightly expect a good fight to get the next one confirmed under this administration's time left. This man took his stands and was in the arena, doing his best as he saw it. I respect that, and hell, 79 years is a damn good run I'd say AND dying in your sleep! Pretty lucky guy all in all... Sad for his family and friends. Including Justice Ginzburg, who really enjoyed his company. d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 ...but i've read many an obituary w/ a smile http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-79-has-died-officials-say-n518156 First Lemmy, now Scalia. We're next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 very convenient timing for the friedrich's decision Definitely the smart money would be on Friedrich v CTA being a 4-4 tie as things stand now. d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 tie goes to the runner, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Tie goes to the lower court decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Beckerich Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 He was as strong as an ox! Manchurian fucks obviously offed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Is it true that before he can be buried or cremated, millions of American women are going to decide what can be done to his body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 ...but i've read many an obituary w/ a smile http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-79-has-died-officials-say-n518156 ...........you may have another fellow to muse about soon = http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/elections/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUCKY Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I don't believe in being disrespectful to a president Bush, Obama or a justice of the supreme court, these are people that deserve my respect.......I do know a friend that pop'ed a bottle of wine when Bill R bit it, personally I just thought Karma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 holy shit, bill (o)reilly died? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/politics/scotus-4-4-decision-hands-public-sector-unions-a-victory/index.html SCOTUS' no decision is a good result in Friedrich v CTA. Man, back in the day I worked in an "open shop" and it really pissed me off to see folks "opt out" of paying their share for representation. It effectively split the shop and nobody was happy, except maybe management. Fuck them, and the rats ya know? Under no illusions were Justice Scalia still with us this result would not have happened... d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 so...how would garland have voted one must wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 wanting good government w/o having to pay for it is as american as...as 'merican as...as... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wondering is all we have. Smart money has Garland cooling his heels for quite some time... d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I always have scratched my head how it takes 12 people to convict a man of a crime, but a simple majority is sufficient to set the law of the land, affecting everyone, rather than one person's fate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 that doesn't seem a hard circle to square - it's practically impossible to achieve unanimity on any issue, so it has to be reserved for the most extreme of decisions, no? the main thing that annoys me about our system is that a majority can say you should be in charge, but, if you don't hold the congress too, it doesn't matter in the least, b/c you can't do anything (including so basic a thing as fill a vacancy in a public court, let alone enact a policy agenda you actually ran on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 BLOB FORD NOW MAYOR OF HEAVEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 i miss'em already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 We've still got Mr Natural Law, unmuted even. But then, Ruthizelah, still sharp, is but a winterz leaf, so the scales havent tipped away from Genesis and Jibberish just yet. And there is 2016, with its election predictions bouncing end to end like electrons. Fascarchistic inferno or Femhawkian Superstate? The amperage is way up in the monkey cage. New rule: No rules. No shows, too. Baby Huey's potential shitwake-a bloated continuation of the one that trails him now, would be no fun to clean up, but we Americans do seem to love to fuck up a good thing. The models, such as they, seem to show a liberal halo at the end of this rainbow flag, but all change brings both light and dark. The States are really where its at, anyway. Cascadia risin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimZam Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 There is one blowhard who I wouldn't mind seeing falling over dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 come on, kanye doesn't deserve to DIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 The Cheeto must be kept fresh until November lest a human take his place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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