The Hall of Fire

Hah, that ruling is hilarious. Don't feel like reading the full thing today, I'm guessing from that quote that they didn't bother addressing the question of whether the law's constitutional?

I would pay some seriously good money to be able to create my own perfect LOTR cut, as each EE added stuff both good and bad, even if on balance I think they're mostly good. Maybe one day when I'm a billionaire I can hire some professionals to make that happen for me! There are already some fan edi...

I don't expect this to actually happen, but I'd rather see a shorter "de-extended" cut of RotK that is longer than the theatrical but removes some of the more egregious EE material like the cartoon stuff with the Dead and Aragorn beheading the Mouth. I would pay some seriously good money ...

I'll be interested to hear it. Do you know if any lower courts or whatever (not totally sure how that would work) have already ruled on the matter?

(couple x-posts; my post is about the Pennsylvania Court decision V-man linked to a couple posts up) That one was indeed a bit of a slog and I ended up only skimming most of it, but the legal argument there is more interesting or at least worth pondering than the other stuff I've seen. At least on t...

I found that 21 page legal document surprisingly entertaining to read. Such a thorough, detailed accounting of the many ways their suit is a buncha bullshit.

Wow, I'm surprised I'd never seen that before, Al! That was excellent!

NE - Because I love the song Creep so much I almost never like covers of it ("you're not doing it right!"), but that marching band performance was pretty cool period my main objection was that it was too short!

Comparing a church to a bike shop seems genuinely bonkers. I hope they at least bothered trying to make more reasonable comparisons at some point.

River wrote:There are non-corrupt ways to use the power. Judges and juries do muck things up and it's nice to have a corrective.

Sure. But our system was built with checks and balances in mind, yet this is a major power with very little check. Far too easy to abuse without consequence.

Presidential pardons are dumb. I would remove that power from the constitution if I could.

Dave_LF wrote:I had SoS Benson in mind, but I suppose Gilchrist does have that Chidi from The Good Place thing going on.

Damn, had to Google and you ain't kidding, lol

I wish I could ask Cerin now if she thinks Trump should concede.

Frelga wrote:Is the light, in fact, a flamethrower mounted on an incoming train?

Sooooo, for those of us not following this absurdity bit by bit, anybody care to provide a quick summary of where things stand right now? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel as far as getting the results officially declared and finalized?

Some have boycotted Fox News out of anger that the network called Biden the election winner and that some of its news anchors - in contrast to its opinion show stars - have been skeptical of Trump’s fraud allegations.

That's the truly scary part of that article.

Can we just condemn violence and destruction period, without making it a damn us vs them contest like every f***ing thing in our society? We should all be comfortable just saying "that's bad, I condemn that", without having to try and couch it in the endless "but their side did worse!...

This isn't about how Trump used twitter. It's about how social media has affected the culture that allowed Trump to rise.

RoseMorninStar wrote: Twitter was around during Obama's presidency. I'd say Twitter is certainly problematic, but it is only a vehicle for a problem.

Social media was in its infancy during Obama's time. What it was in 2008 can't be compared to what it was 10 years later.

I have never heard any Hispanic/Latino person say they were bothered by being considered a group. If there are those who feel that way, I would wager they are a miniscule minority, mostly stemming from academia.