@deohenge.bsky.social
Not a serious person, apparently.
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![Procedure to invoke the nuclear option
On November 21, 2013, following a failed cloture vote on a nomination, the nuclear option was used, as follows:[7]
Mr. REID. I raise a point of order that the vote on cloture under Rule XXII for all nominations other than for the Supreme Court of the United States is by majority vote.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the rules, the point of order is not sustained.
Mr. REID. I appeal the ruling of the Chair and ask for the yeas and nays.
(48–52 vote on sustaining the decision of the chair)
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The decision of the Chair is not sustained.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. *** Under the precedent set by the Senate today, November 21, 2013, the threshold for cloture on nominations, not including those to the Supreme Court of the United States, is now a majority. That is the ruling of the Chair.[8]
Once the presiding officer rules on the point of order, if the underlying question is nondebatable, any appeal is decided without debate. A simple majority is needed to sustain a decision of the chair.[2]: 148 As the appeal is nondebatable, there is no supermajority requirement for cloture, as would be necessary for a proposition amending the rules. The presiding officer and the standing rule can therefore be overruled by a simple majority. This procedure establishes a new precedent that supersedes the plain text of the Standing Rules. These precedents will then be relied upon by future presiding officers in determining questions of procedure.
The procedure may, for example, override requirements of Rule XXII, the cloture rule, in order to allow a filibuster to be broken without the usual 60-vote requirement.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ts56vcfm4bkwslnoiprhci3s/bafkreigew7fvlpgmpwdrb6aixnpzkxr7zcvwy37xdtj27qff5tshyjaixu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They're recreating Mark 14 for Trump, their new Jesus, before he dies. Except instead of a bottle of perfume, it's giving him free rein to ruin and extort everything and everyone he wants and then bathe and ramble in his piles of gold.
October 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They're recreating Mark 14 for Trump, their new Jesus, before he dies. Except instead of a bottle of perfume, it's giving him free rein to ruin and extort everything and everyone he wants and then bathe and ramble in his piles of gold.
You mean signs like this, you insincere, brainless blond squakbox? How much do you think those cost???
Fuck, I'm so sick of listening to their idiotic rhetoric.
Fuck, I'm so sick of listening to their idiotic rhetoric.
October 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You mean signs like this, you insincere, brainless blond squakbox? How much do you think those cost???
Fuck, I'm so sick of listening to their idiotic rhetoric.
Fuck, I'm so sick of listening to their idiotic rhetoric.
"Next time someone asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll tell them it's completely filled with suffering, inconvenienced storytellers and comedians who characterize the entire site based on cherry picking a tiny handful of responses we could have just ignored like a fucking adult."
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Next time someone asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll tell them it's completely filled with suffering, inconvenienced storytellers and comedians who characterize the entire site based on cherry picking a tiny handful of responses we could have just ignored like a fucking adult."
Recently ended up reading a bit about the life and rise to power of King Dionysius of Syracuse, a tyrant and purported vile ruler.
Always intriguing to see how history repeats itself in slightly different outfits. See if you can spot any familiar plot points...
Always intriguing to see how history repeats itself in slightly different outfits. See if you can spot any familiar plot points...
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Recently ended up reading a bit about the life and rise to power of King Dionysius of Syracuse, a tyrant and purported vile ruler.
Always intriguing to see how history repeats itself in slightly different outfits. See if you can spot any familiar plot points...
Always intriguing to see how history repeats itself in slightly different outfits. See if you can spot any familiar plot points...
"Severe cognitive disadvantage" compared to... I don't know, these people I imagine.
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Severe cognitive disadvantage" compared to... I don't know, these people I imagine.
Mar-a-Lago agrees. $300, but yours with frequent liar miles for just $300.
September 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Mar-a-Lago agrees. $300, but yours with frequent liar miles for just $300.
The most arrogant men in humanity will firmly continue to believe in mankind's capacity to overcome any obstacle with enough urgency, money and labor. Right up until humanity dies by a problem of its own making.
I'll let this post from 'A Softer World' from the 2000's conclude my thoughts.
I'll let this post from 'A Softer World' from the 2000's conclude my thoughts.
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The most arrogant men in humanity will firmly continue to believe in mankind's capacity to overcome any obstacle with enough urgency, money and labor. Right up until humanity dies by a problem of its own making.
I'll let this post from 'A Softer World' from the 2000's conclude my thoughts.
I'll let this post from 'A Softer World' from the 2000's conclude my thoughts.
Hmm... I feel like something more important to them was missed here. Alternative take:
August 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hmm... I feel like something more important to them was missed here. Alternative take:
City expansion here be like:
(from The Enigma of the Amigara Fault - Junji Ito)
(from The Enigma of the Amigara Fault - Junji Ito)
August 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
City expansion here be like:
(from The Enigma of the Amigara Fault - Junji Ito)
(from The Enigma of the Amigara Fault - Junji Ito)
Damn. Sometimes I have to remind myself how expensive new games used to be even back in the 80's and 90's for major titles.
August 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Damn. Sometimes I have to remind myself how expensive new games used to be even back in the 80's and 90's for major titles.
This is what happens when the US Department of Health is run by the human equivalent of Bob from Monsters vs. Aliens.
August 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is what happens when the US Department of Health is run by the human equivalent of Bob from Monsters vs. Aliens.