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ICE doesn't "plan to detain" Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Maybe they've got a different agency lined up to detain him. Or it could happen spontaneously, without planning. Or maybe they're just lying, as usual. The judge would be pissed, but so far no official has suffered personal consequences.
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
ICE doesn't "plan to detain" Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Maybe they've got a different agency lined up to detain him. Or it could happen spontaneously, without planning. Or maybe they're just lying, as usual. The judge would be pissed, but so far no official has suffered personal consequences.
They apparently only know one "worker". But that's ok, because they're pretty much all the same, right?
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 AM
They apparently only know one "worker". But that's ok, because they're pretty much all the same, right?
Federal law does not provide for diminished capacity defense. But if this has gone to DC Superior court, it's a DC crime he's being charged with. Does federal law control?
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Federal law does not provide for diminished capacity defense. But if this has gone to DC Superior court, it's a DC crime he's being charged with. Does federal law control?
Proselytizing is selling ideas, not just religion. While trying to convince people about something can be those negative things, it doesn't have to be.
December 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Proselytizing is selling ideas, not just religion. While trying to convince people about something can be those negative things, it doesn't have to be.
It's hard, they're not JUST potential votes. But changing their views requires personal contact & proselytizing. And many of us don't live where they are (when I grew up, I moved to the city as soon as I could). /end
December 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's hard, they're not JUST potential votes. But changing their views requires personal contact & proselytizing. And many of us don't live where they are (when I grew up, I moved to the city as soon as I could). /end
I grew up rural. Rural people are decent human beings but their views are formed by biased media ("if it bleeds, it ledes" & since cities have more people will mostly be city stories). And lack exposure to people different from them (as humans, different=scary). /1
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I grew up rural. Rural people are decent human beings but their views are formed by biased media ("if it bleeds, it ledes" & since cities have more people will mostly be city stories). And lack exposure to people different from them (as humans, different=scary). /1
It's probably even less than that, the terms of the settlement have not been made public. Meta may have gotten off for ten cents on the dollar.
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It's probably even less than that, the terms of the settlement have not been made public. Meta may have gotten off for ten cents on the dollar.
Of course the "reporter" ("advocate" is a better term) was gunning for FIRE/Manhattan. He was seeking a quote to support his position, not doing impartial research. Nonetheless, I don't think he mischaracterized what Ken told him.
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Of course the "reporter" ("advocate" is a better term) was gunning for FIRE/Manhattan. He was seeking a quote to support his position, not doing impartial research. Nonetheless, I don't think he mischaracterized what Ken told him.
Stephen Miller is bald. Talking about combing his hair is woke and probably DEI.
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Stephen Miller is bald. Talking about combing his hair is woke and probably DEI.
Reading the piece, my take was that Ken was saying there was probably a good argument against misgendering, but also that applicable law was messy. Which is the sort of answer I'd expect from a lawyer who wasn't an atty on the case. I didn't take it to support the ruling.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reading the piece, my take was that Ken was saying there was probably a good argument against misgendering, but also that applicable law was messy. Which is the sort of answer I'd expect from a lawyer who wasn't an atty on the case. I didn't take it to support the ruling.
Alas, hot-button or controversial topics (e.g. abortion) attract frequent edits pro or con, and that's often handled by locking the pages. Apparently Vampire Miller is such a topic so they've locked his crypt.
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Alas, hot-button or controversial topics (e.g. abortion) attract frequent edits pro or con, and that's often handled by locking the pages. Apparently Vampire Miller is such a topic so they've locked his crypt.
Wikipedia articles don't create/edit/update themselves, nor does Wikipedia staff do that. It's done by volunteers, like you and me. Anybody can do it. If you find gaps that need to be filled in, feel free to fix them.
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wikipedia articles don't create/edit/update themselves, nor does Wikipedia staff do that. It's done by volunteers, like you and me. Anybody can do it. If you find gaps that need to be filled in, feel free to fix them.
Nobody in public life can be that stupid. She's claiming it now to reduce the impact on her from The Demented Don and his acolytes.
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nobody in public life can be that stupid. She's claiming it now to reduce the impact on her from The Demented Don and his acolytes.
I'm looking forward to Todd Blanchehaving to make the argument that it's incompetence rather than cover-up.
December 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm looking forward to Todd Blanchehaving to make the argument that it's incompetence rather than cover-up.
I'm all in favor of having billionaires pay their share. But nobody should kid themselves, while it would help, it wouldn't solve the problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'm all in favor of having billionaires pay their share. But nobody should kid themselves, while it would help, it wouldn't solve the problem.
It's not difficult to delete things, the way that they appear to be doing it. It's really that difficult to delete things so they can't be forensically rediscovered, though.
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It's not difficult to delete things, the way that they appear to be doing it. It's really that difficult to delete things so they can't be forensically rediscovered, though.
So why do you need all this cash to write a proposal or a bill? If nobody has done it already, you know the people whose input you want, you have email, a computer and software to write it with, no?
Asking for money is a cop-out. It's selling the idea to the pols that's the hard part.
Asking for money is a cop-out. It's selling the idea to the pols that's the hard part.
December 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
So why do you need all this cash to write a proposal or a bill? If nobody has done it already, you know the people whose input you want, you have email, a computer and software to write it with, no?
Asking for money is a cop-out. It's selling the idea to the pols that's the hard part.
Asking for money is a cop-out. It's selling the idea to the pols that's the hard part.
Wag's paid out vast sums for CEO compensation even though it was failing because that's the way US capitalism works. The Board of Directors is usually other CEOs and their friends. It's true they're elected by stockholders, but that usually means mega funds that won't vote to rock the boat.
December 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Wag's paid out vast sums for CEO compensation even though it was failing because that's the way US capitalism works. The Board of Directors is usually other CEOs and their friends. It's true they're elected by stockholders, but that usually means mega funds that won't vote to rock the boat.
The Wag CEO obviously didn't deserve what he was given. But what they gave him isn't why the company went down the tubes.
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The Wag CEO obviously didn't deserve what he was given. But what they gave him isn't why the company went down the tubes.
Of course the CEO should see pay/bonus cuts. But that probably won't offset the corporate problems that caused them to cut worker holiday pay. Those are likely due to either an incompetent CEO (or BoD), or industry changes they weren't ready for.
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Of course the CEO should see pay/bonus cuts. But that probably won't offset the corporate problems that caused them to cut worker holiday pay. Those are likely due to either an incompetent CEO (or BoD), or industry changes they weren't ready for.