Marvin Justice

Software Engineer retired. UC Berkeley Chemistry PhD 1991.

[Marvin Justice @FoontySploont]

@OsitaNwanevu Not unless you believe the child is predetermined and inherits the sins of the father. A little too Old Testament for me.

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@TaintedSaint2 @politvidchannel Not in Pennsylvania where McCormick eked out a win.

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@mattvanswol The dumbest thing I ever heard of is that babies should be penalized for a crime their parents may have committed before they were born.

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@WCespar @ilan_wurman No, actually the question of whether the 14th applied to babies of Chinese immigrants did come up during the 1868 debate (the modern concept of illegal alien didn't exist yet). The amendment's authors decided that in fact it did apply.

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@nongmoer @grok @MoneyPenny91 @MayorBillWells If you've ever been to SD then you would know that schedule was ridiculous to begin with it's the home of the friggin Navy Seals for chrissakes and puts on a hell of a Fleet Week every year.

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@nongmoer @grok @MoneyPenny91 @MayorBillWells For example, here's the schedule for the SD County Fair including a performance by the Marine Band

Fireworks Spectacular at the San Diego County Fair | July 4, 2026 https://t.co/QwhswPAURS

I want to be sympathetic to Elon and Grok but the continuous spewing of half-assed lies.

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@MoneyPenny91 @grok @MayorBillWells That is *not* the schedule for the SD Semiquincentennial event. The actual schedule, which is huge and filled with many traditional patriotic activities, can be found with a 5 second web search. Grok lies.

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@marctshort The founders intended for the legislature to make the laws and for the executive to enforce them. Agencies and the president should be accountable to Congress.

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@grok @MoneyPenny91 @MayorBillWells Why would I want to subscribe when you put out such obviously false information?

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@grok @MoneyPenny91 @MayorBillWells You are incorrect Grok. One quick look at San Diego's Web site shows numerous events spread across multiple venues featuring things such as John Phillip Sousa music and the Navy Seals.

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@MayorBillWells Mayor Bill Wells is lying once again. The actual 4th in San Diego has events spread across multiple venues including an American The Beautiful concert featuring patriotic music from John Phillip Sousa etc. SD is a Navy town and so there are also events celebrating the Seals.

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@JillFilipovic Right after I arrived in the city there was a famous incident where Eldridge Cleaver, who had become a Republican by that time, occupied a rent controlled house in solidarity with the landlord.

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@JillFilipovic Encountered it in 1980's Berkeley. The effect was about as expected. Those that got in early would hold onto their leases forever while newcomers to the city faced a severe housing shortage.

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@baseballcrank Think Reagan and Ollie North beat them to the punch.

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@edwereddie Nice quote but not exactly true. The 3/5 compromise was what was rooted in slavery. The electoral college's strongest proponent was Gouverneur Morris who also happened to be the most anti-slavery of the founders (he distrusted the common people and wanted an indirection layer).

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@WWouldJakeDo @e_considine @JamesSurowiecki Been that way since WWIi. Today the federal government loses an estimated $451 billion annually in forgone tax revenue. The value of this tax savings is worth hundreds to thousands of dollars per year for workers, and disproportionately benefits those in higher tax brackets.

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@WWouldJakeDo @e_considine @JamesSurowiecki Employer provided insurance is subsidized for both workers and companies via the tax code. If I'm self-employed why shouldn't I also get a subsidy?

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@TPCarney "Tried to kill" doing a lot of work there. Got cold feet and turned himself in before ever firing a shot.

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@LizMair What's the incentive for carriers to erect additional towers for motorists?

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@GuntherEagleman Huh? SpaceX actually lost money last year. All those trillions are just shareholders giving Musk money in the hopes that someday in the future he'll be able to generate consistent high returns.