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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If Congress wants the power to declare war back they need to repeal the war powers act.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago

Theft really depends on who the victim was or what was stolen. Most the time cops won't do shit, unless there's tons of easy evidence pointing to someone. For Identity theft, it's probably even less common, unless it's a relative or someone you know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Most favored customer clauses are not uncommon in the retail world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

This is becoming a really good case study for austerity working. Argentina still isn't great, but they were bordering on hyperinflation and are now stablizing.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

It's the same in female fields, it's not just prestige. Men face increased scrutiny when working with children. Male nurses are expected to perform the more physical parts of the job almost exclusively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is a great solution but it has two big problems that make it functionally impossible.

  1. To the left there is no non-toxic or positive masculinity.
  2. Feminism doesn't actually support men, it's a reluctant talking point. It only helps men if it happens to coincide with benefiting women.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Everyone should meet someone that worked in the mortgage industry pre 2008. The number of things that were not only allowed, but perfectly legal were absurd.

  • appraisal was basically a bribe for any number you wanted.
  • no document loans were far more available for anyone.
  • mortgages had no real chain of custody after sale.
  • there wasn't any real way to verify the risk of a mortgage security pre 2008.
  • variable rates didn't have lifetime caps on rates, and reporting the details of how they functioned weren't required.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

No, it's like saying fire extinguishers are bad because someone replaced the real ones with gag ones in a building that burned down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

4th lines win cups.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You can't run with bone spurs.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Bernie should be aware of the war powers act. It's one of the worse pieces of legislation ever, but it makes the whole declare war thing largely meaningless.

The act gives a president the ability to perform military actions provided Congress is notified within 48 hours of the action happening. Then the president gets a free 60 days to do whatever without additional approval. Then there's a further 30 days where forces should be withdrawing if there is no further congressional approval. However, that timeline doesn't really matter, as the Supreme Court ruled under Clinton that of troops are gone by the time the case gets to them then it doesn't really matter that the law was violated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Israel is a US interest because they are an easier target than the US in a region that tends to prefer terrorist actions.

 

Old time YouTube with old time memes

 

Pre YouTube, but still a great classic.

 

Something needs to be done after the garbage first round of playoffs.

  • No automatic bye for conference champions seems good.

This article stops short of saying the Big12 and ACC should only get one team in, but I'd support that until proven they aren't week conferences.

Strength of schedule needs to be a bigger factor, an 11-1 Indiana never deserved a spot. My ideal default would be 6 SEC, 3 Big10, and the other automatic qualifiers.

 

Now is a great time for if I were there hypotheticals, so here's mine.

Once it was decided to run Harris and push Biden out, they should have gone all the way and used the 25th amendment to let Harris become president. This would have effectively separated her from Biden while still allowing her to take credit for the good stuff. She could have instructed the DOJ to start investigating price gouging now, and campaigned on needing to win to keep it up.

The 100ish days wouldn't have been enough for wholesale replacement, but it could have created a concrete message of this is where I want to go. A campaign focused on already delivering is a positive message people could get behind as well.

 

With Tyrek Hill being detained less than 4 months after the arrest of Scottie Scheffler, have the police actually angered enough people with money and power that there could be actual consequences?

 

Not a huge surprise.

 

Play for free until Feb 12.

 

Harbaugh is looking at a 4 game suspension for lying to NCAA investigation. Ultimately meaningless because the first 4 games aren't against anyone competitive. This could be an excuse to not extend his contract that expires after this season.

 

What is everyone's predictions for the coming season? The hype is as an all time high for the Lions, is anyone buying it?

Vegas has the Lions at 9.5 wins, I think it's totally possible that they can hit the over. I'm buying the hype and think that this year it's the Lions division to lose. Superbowl is probably not happening, but 1-2 playoff wins could happen.

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