@Cmichaels59992@Victorshi2020 By ACCEPTING a pardon, the pardoned person IS admitting they broke the law. They are either confirming that a guilty verdict was correct OR they are confessing to crime(s). Possibly both.
@Sarahwithanhhh@DanielMillerEsq This opinion conveniently and curiously omits other obvious factors:
Corruption of the judiciary at all levels;
Derelict Justice enforcement;
Subversion of democracy by GOP;
Cynical politicians eg (esp) McConnell;
Election cheating (cf Spoonamore);
Disinformed electorate;
Etc.
@joncoopertweets Maybe Biden won’t give him the secret magic decoder ring. And he has learned that the is being read out of dozens of need to know unacknowledged programas due to need-to-know and/or ability-to-read/understand constraints. The IC now knows he’ll betray them.
@DisavowTrump20 This is an opportunity for big Pharma to give him a big “TIP” in appreciation. As such, it won’t be taxable.
Just wait until we find judges, regulators, etc. establishing “TipMeHere” accounts to simplify the process of grifting with their authority.
@mattyglesias Nobody can conclude it is/was “fair and square” since:
1 it can’t be audited;
2 Trump has NEVER not cheated.*
*It is so endemic to him that one should ALWAYS assume he is trying to cheat, even when unnecessary. It comes as naturally to him as lying and breathing.
NISM?
@DudakMatt @Tjeerd001 You probably don’t know that the 510 engine was actually built using old tooling from BMW (MB) with looser tolerances. You can tell by examining the die cast valve cover. They didn’t delete a vacuum hose fork used by the Germans. Didn’t even grind it off.
@CopyOfOne@SpencerGuard@IsraMum@trtworld Why should instantaneous damage be more consequential or salient to the analysis than sustained pulverization? Nukes are efficient but not precise. Every IDF target is selected for localized effect. Therefore, could efficacy per blast-ton be greater on average than nukes
@SpencerGuard@trtworld You of all analysts John, could/should be more thoughtful in your critique. Ie, tonnage is an incomplete measure. The photos demonstrate that, aside from radiation and incineration, the Gaza damage is more than 20% greater than Hiroshima. And tons/km^2 matters.
@VigilantFox We all know that selective sampling of three hours into ten minutes is intended to mislead if he can only be cogent and coherent for ~20% of the time. Softball is easier on him than scripts because he can’t stay on script. Softball allows him randomly riff and lie some more.
@amazing_Vibes_@zerochills I see a lot of people replying to this critically as though she is lazy to want more income (a higher level of living) in exchange for her time spent in a full time job.
Anyone who began their work life during the 1970s would know she is right. Reagan broke it.
@ntounix@matthiasellis You imply (deliberately?) that it is a normal distribution. I think not due to the fact that viable IQ can vary far further to the high side of the mean than can the low side. Neuroscience has new info on determinants. Also, look into heteroscedasticity.
@xShatteredMind @matthiasellis John von Neumann, aka “Maniac”, proposed using “high energy physics” (H-bombs) to divert hurricanes. Saner minds prevailed. I presume data collected during above ground testing contributed to such decisions. Probably like releasing a tailless tiger.
@Spacecolonize@matthiasellis Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get. When weather deviates from expectations, climate has changed. That means we must “check our priors” re climate. When climate is changed by changes in pollution, solar activity, etc., we may get hundred year storms 2x/decade.