Isn't it cute when the highest court in the land, the court of last appeal, plays peek-a-boo with basic rights and our very survival as a species? Maybe all that talk about forcibly reforming them has them feeling a little insecure, so they are pulling in their horns for a while so as not to fuck up His High Mightyness' bid for a return to power.
Don’t get your hopes up, all SCROTUS did was reject an emergency stay. They’ll get their chance to ratfuck this after it works its way through the lower courts
Meanwhile, as I may have mentioned before, Ontario has ONE fossil fuel power plant. It's a natural-gas-fueled peaker plant, meaning it only starts up when the hydro and wind and solar and nuclear generators can't keep up. Which doesn't happen very often.
The Sleazy SIx are just putting this off until they see how the election goes. If their worst nightmare comes to pass, and Kamala Harris becomes president, they know that she will be very motivated to change shit around with SCOTUS. In that case, we'll see a "kinder" court because they'll be afraid of what could happen.
Sort of OT but this reminded me of Nixon creating the EPA, which in turn reminded me of something I only learned yesterday -- that Jimmy Carter established FEMA.
I wonder if they have made a ruling as to whether to stay the execution of the man in Texas who is set to die at six this evening for the murder of his child, based on the junk science regarding shaken baby syndrome?
I think it's kind of funny that Roberts thinks the Court will have any relevance once the Republicans take over and will be able to do whatever they want.
Yeah this is hinky as crap and smells like politics. The Republican Supreme Court will return to fucking the ability of the federal government to regulate their benefactors' wealth-generation processes forthwith.
I love it. Next time King Donnie asks for a favor from a court, make it a condition that he be strapped into a chair in front of a screen where this spot is showed on an endless loop for 24 hours first. And if he has to use the toilet, make sure that there is a speaker in there up out of his reach, so at least he has to hear it.
off topic [pretty much but a case might be made...]
my fucking charming town's day one election receipts had 2.2% of the electorate already having cast a ballot, compared to 1.4% statewide, which still ain't bad
I'll be depositing my ballot in the local drop box Monday morning, and then tracking it online like a hound dog until it updates as "Accepted and counted."
and [humblebragging, nao] I'll be an election supervisor at my nearest polling station (lucky me!) on the 5th from 6am-9pm for all the in-person, day-of voters
I used to be a voting inspector in my village. Long hours, and if it's anything like the 2008 election was for us (Obama won our Republican-majority district), it will be busy. But good busy.
Our local American Legion would run a turkey dinner for Election Day, and one of the members would come to the polling site and take our orders AND deliver them to us! (Not free, though - we had to pay for our dinners.) And the guy who owned the local supermarket would bring us something sweet from the bakery! Ahh, memories.
Gorsuch's Revenge
Ta, Dok. I have major questions.
“Hey you pricks, do we not breathe?”
Add four more justices as soon as President Harris is sworn in.
We'd have to call the 13th justice #14 or the triskaidekaphobes would have a cow, man.
Isn't it cute when the highest court in the land, the court of last appeal, plays peek-a-boo with basic rights and our very survival as a species? Maybe all that talk about forcibly reforming them has them feeling a little insecure, so they are pulling in their horns for a while so as not to fuck up His High Mightyness' bid for a return to power.
Don’t get your hopes up, all SCROTUS did was reject an emergency stay. They’ll get their chance to ratfuck this after it works its way through the lower courts
Meanwhile, as I may have mentioned before, Ontario has ONE fossil fuel power plant. It's a natural-gas-fueled peaker plant, meaning it only starts up when the hydro and wind and solar and nuclear generators can't keep up. Which doesn't happen very often.
The Sleazy SIx are just putting this off until they see how the election goes. If their worst nightmare comes to pass, and Kamala Harris becomes president, they know that she will be very motivated to change shit around with SCOTUS. In that case, we'll see a "kinder" court because they'll be afraid of what could happen.
WHEN their worst nightmare comes to pass, not if.
Sort of OT but this reminded me of Nixon creating the EPA, which in turn reminded me of something I only learned yesterday -- that Jimmy Carter established FEMA.
I wonder if they have made a ruling as to whether to stay the execution of the man in Texas who is set to die at six this evening for the murder of his child, based on the junk science regarding shaken baby syndrome?
"why the bylines hate Doktor Zoom so much"
C'mon substack, I know it's hard to fix if you can't reproduce the problem, but making Dok help you fix your shit? He should get paid.
I think it's kind of funny that Roberts thinks the Court will have any relevance once the Republicans take over and will be able to do whatever they want.
He doesn't care.
Roberts only answers to his master Leonard Leo and he doesn't give a fuck about anything else except pleasing his owner.
Yeah this is hinky as crap and smells like politics. The Republican Supreme Court will return to fucking the ability of the federal government to regulate their benefactors' wealth-generation processes forthwith.
"Biden’s EPA called the industry’s bluff: You’ve been saying carbon capture will take care of emissions, so that’s cool, get to it."
Love it.
This. Straight into my veins.
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I love it. Next time King Donnie asks for a favor from a court, make it a condition that he be strapped into a chair in front of a screen where this spot is showed on an endless loop for 24 hours first. And if he has to use the toilet, make sure that there is a speaker in there up out of his reach, so at least he has to hear it.
I'm thinking if someone decides to make any "Stainless Steel Rat" movies, Dave Bautista would make a great James Bolivar DiGriz.....
"Paid for by guys who can still see their own dicks"
A new classic.
THIS is the consummate adversarial knee to the nutz!
off topic [pretty much but a case might be made...]
my fucking charming town's day one election receipts had 2.2% of the electorate already having cast a ballot, compared to 1.4% statewide, which still ain't bad
nice to see moar voting!!!
My county in Florida has a 6..35% turnout so far, and that's just absentee ballots; early voting starts Monday.
I'll be depositing my ballot in the local drop box Monday morning, and then tracking it online like a hound dog until it updates as "Accepted and counted."
fucking outstanding!
Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTT
oh, my ballot was included in that number!
and [humblebragging, nao] I'll be an election supervisor at my nearest polling station (lucky me!) on the 5th from 6am-9pm for all the in-person, day-of voters
I used to be a voting inspector in my village. Long hours, and if it's anything like the 2008 election was for us (Obama won our Republican-majority district), it will be busy. But good busy.
Our local American Legion would run a turkey dinner for Election Day, and one of the members would come to the polling site and take our orders AND deliver them to us! (Not free, though - we had to pay for our dinners.) And the guy who owned the local supermarket would bring us something sweet from the bakery! Ahh, memories.
We need you, Cap, good work!