DrBob

joined 2 years ago
[–] DrBob 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Japan, the EU, and Canada together hold 3 trillion in US debt and they are flexing that muscle. https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-checkmate-how-canadas-quiet

[–] DrBob 4 points 4 days ago
[–] DrBob 9 points 4 days ago

I commute on a 10 year old bike that cost $400 at the time.

[–] DrBob 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My understanding is that contempt of court can't be pardoned. The reasoning is that a pardon forgives an action against the (nation)state. Contempt is an offense against the judiciary and is therefore out of scope for the president. But IANAL and I am not even an American so take this for what it's worth. Benjamin Wittes et al. wrote about this a fair bit over at Lawfare a couple years ago.

[–] DrBob 8 points 5 days ago

Bad faith is the term. IANAL but I've been married to two of them. "Bad faith argument" for the action, "acting in bad faith" for the actor. It captures the idea of appearing to comply with procedure and orders, but deliberately misconstruing meanings and inventing ambiguities to justify actions. A gentler version of this is "sharp practice" which comes close to, but doesn't cross the line into bad faith.

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[–] DrBob 33 points 6 days ago (21 children)

I'm not a phone person. What benefit does this provide?

[–] DrBob 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

True heterosexual love between a biological man and a biological woman. It's why he never hooks up with Lois Lane and keeps sneaking peeks at Jimmy's junk at the gym.

[–] DrBob 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It does, but it's a reason to regulate the market. Otherwise there is minimal incentive to build affordable housing. The margins on luxury housing are just too fat. A developer is better letting half of a luxury setting sit empty than selling out affordable space. Same reason there is so little competition for affordable cars.

[–] DrBob 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He likes to sleep on planes. So do I.

[–] DrBob 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A version of "nice guys never win".

[–] DrBob 2 points 1 week ago

If you stay in one too long it becomes your space and you know the staff. Ruins the vibe.

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