A few pending lawsuits attempting to force discovery so that they can be viewed.

I’m not necessarily disagreeing, just pointing out that there’s a long term position that can be reasonably taken. I’m not likely to be around long enough for it to be an issue for me personally, but the contention that we would have moved on by then is similar to the contention in previous decades that we would have…

Eventual gravitational impact on the Earth, accidental debris shooting to the Earth from blast mining (should such a thing become economically viable in that environment), etc. It’s perhaps too close, and a lot of terrestrial systems depend on some of the specific mass and locus properties in place. This assumes…

I see you didn’t read mine ;)

Hundreds of new laws... like what? No, that’s an executive order... no, that’s an executive order... no, that’s a policy statement (sort of)... okay, but renaming a building, how does that make us great again?

It’s usually more effective to get the stubborn to try to briefly examine their own stand, i.e. ask “why is that?” until you get to a place where it’s more “are you sure” or “who told you that?”

So long as he’s being a jerk to “someone who deserves it”, they may not.

Guesses as to whether Pence would pardon Trump afterwards, and Trump pardons Pence pre-emptively before resigning?

Given the minimal amount of effort beyond copy pasta, I’m inclined to think of TheShillsHaveEyes as a troll, not a believer. Not that there’s guaranteed to be much of a difference there...

IANAL, but theoretically yes, in a way that causes its own constitutional and precedental problems. (Section 4, Amendment 25 of the Constitution, wherein the VP and Congress decide on the fitness to serve of the President)

Ah, right. I sit corrected, and thanks!

Doesn’t the whole thing get kicked off by time travelling racist Afrikaaner from “our” modern day, who then get effectively ganked for being too radical for the Confederacy? That doesn’t seem the direction these folks are going, though...

Marketing will say lower quality control, less FDA oversight.

I wonder why they’re not targeting police as a better solution than body cams, and marketing them as tactical gear to get union buy in?

Depends on how high how fast, I guess... otherwise, it’s not a new effect, wherein Donnie is a result, not a cause.

Until he and Natty Gann finish getting hitched, at least.

Although Schmidt’s first name is actually Winston...

So, possibly true for this instance, since IANAL, but taking action towards doing something (taking a meeting) seems like it could be a crime in some cases. Conspiracy, racketeering, etc. I don’t think that that blanket statement holds.

I think my biggest concern about the aftermath of all this is how schoolkids are going to learn about it all. Are districts in Texas and elsewhere going to teach about how it was all so unfortunate, and if only we had given them a little bit more of a chance... or are we going to be able to mostly get schools to…

Just a hint, though, as his explanation still had “I guess I’m just a patriot” in it. I don’t know exactly what he means by it, but it feels incongruent, for sure.