Given the much stronger patriarchy back in the day, she almost certainly picked her husband because he would only let her make a decision. Before feminism, you had limited choices.
Also, he could have just peed on the stone to sharpen the axe.
That's awful. I kinda knew I'd get some shit for writing that.
It's strange how quickly I mentally adjusted to a state of "covid is over" after a couple of weeks in Nebraska even though I know it isn't over for most.
A couple of weeks ago I read/saw an interview with a senior covid person in India. He said something like "A mask must become a permanent part of your attire for the next year, probably two years." That's the standard I'm running with.
(You know that's a genuine quote from a genuine Indian person, because he uses the word "attire".)
6: we outsource notes to scribes in India. One of my husband's primary care doctor's notes that showed up in his patient portal used the word "thrice".
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And what damage did the US Supreme Court do today, you ask? 3 decisions. They denied bond to a certain class of illegal immigrants pending their asylum determinations, the reaffirmed that the guy who sells a patent can't later argue that it's invalid, and they held that when the feds authorize a gas pipeline to acquire land, this includes the right to sue state governments who own land in the path of the pipeline. Barrett was the principal dissenter in the later two cases (first by Kagan, second by Roberts) and both dissents show what the majority in each case considers an unwholesome precedence for Article I -- that is, she doesn't respect judge-made law, or, what you might call background principles. Roberts and Kav went with the liberals in 2 out of 3 cases, so that's something.
In the immigration case, it's a question of which statutory provision applies to the government's holding of the alien: I think Breyer has the better argument, but Alito is capturing the Zeitgeist.
Alito should retire.
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8: I wonder if Breyer really is making that argument to himself -- one that I associate with the Michael Bolton character in Office Space -- "Why should I be the one that has to retire? They're the ones that suck."
3: When I see "Slow News Day" I always assume it's meant ironically. Something horrible is happening somewhere even when there isn't a global pandemic.
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Oh, and here's your downer of the day. https://amylhowe.com/2021/06/29/reading-the-tea-leaves-its-alito-and-barrett/
Is there anyone worse than Alito to write the voting rights opinion? Anyone worse than Barrett to write the state regulation of charities opinion?
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If a wooden hull was holed by a rock, coral reef, or cannon-shot, it was covered with a sail filled with rope, straw, and anything else that would swell up and plug it
This phenomenon can prove something of a double-edged sword.
It must have been rough to be in the Royal Navy with a name that works so well for jokes about sucking a penis.
The gentleman would like a word with Admiral of the Fleet Sir Horatio Hornblower?
I didn't know you could get promoted at quickly for that.
It depends who likes to blow the horn in question.
Charley, any thoughts on those FB antitrust cases that got dismissed?
And I polished up that knob so faithfully
That now I am the ruler of the King's Navy!
17: I was a little surprised that the judge was an Obama appointee. I guess the law is on Facebook's side here, at least as far as the state suit goes.
Klobuchar, who chairs the relevant Senate subcommittee, draws the correct lesson from that ruling.
Anyone care to explain the lineup in todays 5-4 decision?
Soccer was exciting, we got a man recreating Brandi Chastain's iconic sports bra celebration.
Including the sports bra itself, oddly enough.
(It was on the TV in the place I had lunch. The sound was off so I didn't get much of the context.)
It was the latest into a match that any team has ever scored a goal in the Euros, tied at the end of 90 minutes so they play another 30 minutes plus random extra time, and the goal came at 121 minutes in.
Seriously though, what was he wearing and why?
The internet says it monitors heart rate, breathing, and the like.
I can't believe I had to google something to figure this out.
Also GPS, in case they lose track of him.
I watched highlights and that red card was some bullshit. All you need to do to draw a red card is run into the foot of a guy who just kicked the ball.
All you need to do to draw a bird is write an overly-wide 'm'. Birds in the distance only.
17 I'm not likely to read the whole thing, but I think this from the intro section is pretty telling:
The FTC has failed to plead enough facts to plausibly establish a necessary element of all of its Section 2 claims -- namely, that Facebook has monopoly power in the market for Personal Social Networking (PSN) Services. The Complaint contains nothing on that score save the naked allegation that the company has had and still has a "dominant share of th[at] market (in excess of 60%)." Redacted Compl., ¶ 64. Such an unsupported assertion might (barely) suffice in a Section 2 case involving a more traditional goods market, in which the Court could reasonably infer that market share was measured by revenue, units sold, or some other typical metric. But this case involves no ordinary or intuitive market. Rather, PSN services are free to use, and the exact metes and bounds of what even constitutes a PSN service -- i.e., which features of a company's mobile app or website are included in that definition and which are excluded -- are hardly crystal clear. In this unusual context, the FTC's inability to offer any indication of the metric(s) or method(s) it used to calculate Facebook's market share renders its vague "60%-plus" assertion too speculative and conclusory to go forward. Because this defect could conceivably be overcome by re-pleading, however, the Court will dismiss only the Complaint, not the case, and will do so without prejudice to allow Plaintiff to file an amended Complaint.
He's a decent judge, and seems to have taken the government's claims seriously. Maybe they'll try again. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv3590-73
17 I'm not likely to read the whole thing, but I think this from the intro section is pretty telling:
The FTC has failed to plead enough facts to plausibly establish a necessary element of all of its Section 2 claims -- namely, that Facebook has monopoly power in the market for Personal Social Networking (PSN) Services. The Complaint contains nothing on that score save the naked allegation that the company has had and still has a "dominant share of th[at] market (in excess of 60%)." Redacted Compl., ¶ 64. Such an unsupported assertion might (barely) suffice in a Section 2 case involving a more traditional goods market, in which the Court could reasonably infer that market share was measured by revenue, units sold, or some other typical metric. But this case involves no ordinary or intuitive market. Rather, PSN services are free to use, and the exact metes and bounds of what even constitutes a PSN service -- i.e., which features of a company's mobile app or website are included in that definition and which are excluded -- are hardly crystal clear. In this unusual context, the FTC's inability to offer any indication of the metric(s) or method(s) it used to calculate Facebook's market share renders its vague "60%-plus" assertion too speculative and conclusory to go forward. Because this defect could conceivably be overcome by re-pleading, however, the Court will dismiss only the Complaint, not the case, and will do so without prejudice to allow Plaintiff to file an amended Complaint.
He's a decent judge, and seems to have taken the government's claims seriously. Maybe they'll try again. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv3590-73
17 I'm not likely to read the whole thing, but I think this from the intro section is pretty telling:
The FTC has failed to plead enough facts to plausibly establish a necessary element of all of its Section 2 claims -- namely, that Facebook has monopoly power in the market for Personal Social Networking (PSN) Services. The Complaint contains nothing on that score save the naked allegation that the company has had and still has a "dominant share of th[at] market (in excess of 60%)." Redacted Compl., ¶ 64. Such an unsupported assertion might (barely) suffice in a Section 2 case involving a more traditional goods market, in which the Court could reasonably infer that market share was measured by revenue, units sold, or some other typical metric. But this case involves no ordinary or intuitive market. Rather, PSN services are free to use, and the exact metes and bounds of what even constitutes a PSN service -- i.e., which features of a company's mobile app or website are included in that definition and which are excluded -- are hardly crystal clear. In this unusual context, the FTC's inability to offer any indication of the metric(s) or method(s) it used to calculate Facebook's market share renders its vague "60%-plus" assertion too speculative and conclusory to go forward. Because this defect could conceivably be overcome by re-pleading, however, the Court will dismiss only the Complaint, not the case, and will do so without prejudice to allow Plaintiff to file an amended Complaint.
He's a decent judge, and seems to have taken the government's claims seriously. Maybe they'll try again. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv3590-73
20 I guess Kagan thinks 'Plan of the Convention' is judge manufactured bullshit?
Despite the vaccine being free and open to all since December, only 16.7m of Russia's 145m population, or about 13 per cent, have had two shots in a country where mistrust of the state and its medical system is high.
Don't lots of Russians have jobs trying to convince Americans that vaccines hurt your balls or ovaries?
There should be a single word for balls/ovaries. Bovaries? Ovaralls?
I think we should use 'gonad" for the people who count ballots in New York.
38: I think Russians just don't trust their government to ensure vaccine safety. Can you really blame them? I think there ere some issues with batches being presented to Brazil that were replication competent. But even without being an expert in anything, I think mistrust of Russia on health and safety regulation is not unwarranted.
38: I think Russians just don't trust their government to ensure vaccine safety. Can you really blame them? I think there ere some issues with batches being presented to Brazil that were replication competent. But even without being an expert in anything, I think mistrust of Russia on health and safety regulation is not unwarranted.
Every militia chucklefuck is going to use this in their propaganda, possibly with considerable success.
It's not how distrustful the Russians are (or to blame them for that, though they would have little more difficulty than I did finding that Lancet study), but how very far any of this is from being over.
46: Oh definitely, not. Here, I get (on the inside) frustrated with people who won't get vaccinated especially if it's because they are anti-vax generally. But if people have a rough heuristic that what the Russian Gov't says about their vaccines is not trustworthy, I don't feel that I can confidently tell them to trust the process/science. So, let's get some Pfizer out there, you know.
Yes. That's the cool one. But Russia is about last on my "places we should help" list.
By virtue of the same pervasive distrust in Russia, if the US shipped in enough Pfizer/Moderna for the whole country, it would probably have just as low takeup (although someone people might take it who don't take Sputnik, I guess).
You masturbate to the former defense secretary you have, not the former defense secretary you wish you'd had.
And Cosby is getting released from prison too.
And better finish up your masturbating to the unindicted Trump Organization today.
I think a lot of Russians have actually gotten the disease, which drives down the number of people who feel they need to be vaxxed.
They enjoyed the TB outbreak so much, they had to try the new one.
OT: We have an UPS for the wifi that won't stop beeping. I get that it is beeping for a reason. The electricity is out. But every ten seconds for a half hour and counting is just too much. The manual is unhelpful and there are no buttons.
I mean, there's an off button, but what I want is for it to be on and not beeping.