The Frankish Reich

No, they don't have a right to coordinate a sick-out. The government will pay them, and pay them quite handsomely. Actually ... yes. The costs should be on the airlines, and of course those costs will be passed onto the passengers. It's a user fee. We have them for all kinds of things.

And Second Chance gored his owner right in the nuts.

Something very tommy eyerolls about him. This "unseen" is probably the dumbest commenter on Supreme Court matters I've ever, umm, seen. Yes the word "tariff" is different than the word "regulate." That's kind of what the law is all about, the meaning of a word used here and not used there.

And Mathis is a true Phidarian.

That was the only thing missing from the "Lose on Purpose Now" thread.

I love that our "Wolfgang" finds the Federalist Papers laughable. What a great American.

I know, maybe your buddies can start talking about Ray Epps again! Try that one first. Unsolicited advice: move on, talk about what people in 2025 care about. Or wait for the real course correction a year from now.

Obviously we have a coordinated sick-out among air traffic controllers. In other words, a mini-strike. This is where we see the difference between a Reagan and a Trump. Reagan dealt with an illegal strike by firing the strikers. Trump has Duffy issue tepid warnings to the absent controllers. For all his bluster, he is not about to take the risk of causing Americans to miss their flights.

Of course I'm not supporting his agenda. I would've held my nose and voted for Cuomo. Again, look at De Blasio and then at Mamdani. They are the same. NY survived one, it'll survive the other. Some day sanity will return to our politics. I doubt I'll live to see it, but ... someday.

The electorate is constantly in flux. And so it has always been in NYC, which would of course be a Dutch island like Curacao if it hadn't been. Big influxes of Eastern European Jews, Catholic Irish and Italians, Puerto Ricans, not to mention southern blacks and New England bankers. You may have a point that we should look at naturalization laws ... are they too lax? Do they allow too many people to become U.S. citizens too quickly? I'm actually kind of mystified by how much time we spend on birthright citizenship (which is in the constitution) vs. naturalization, which is expressly a power of Congress to change as they see fit.

Yes, I am. I am just responding to your suggestion that Musk has fully retreated from the political arena. Because obviously he's not.

If only. https://rsf.org/en/elon-musk-attacks-media-nearly-three-times-day-x

I worry most about public safety. NY will always be left of center as far as most policies go. But the difference between Giuliani (before senility) and Bloomberg vs. Dinkins and De Blasio and (I fear) Mamdani is pretty stark. That's where the mayor makes an on-the-ground difference.

In the Federalist Papers, Madison was very clear that keeping the taxing and spending power solely with Congress - and not at all with the President - was essential to avoid what happens in the British monarchy. If the king/president can levy taxes (and a tariff is a tax), an immense power is effectively transferred from the legislature to the executive. And with that comes the spending power too, as the King/President uses that tariff revenue to reward those interests that align with him and his power. We've already seen Trump speculating about using tariff revenue to "compensate" farmers, etc. This is a critical constitutional issue. And even Republicans should understand that - see the example of the Climate Crisis and a huge tariff proposed by a climate activist president.

I agree. And I understand the argument. I understand it because it is a typical arrangement the United States, the IMF, the World Bank, other countries make to help a damaged economy on the road to recovery. Very old-fashioned. But while I can admit that, the MAGA types here have to admit that Trump doing old fashioned IMF/World Bank/Davos type things is kind of off brand, right?

Oh, I think the Dems are getting there. It took a while. Mamdani aside (it's a NY thing, and he's really nothing other than a Muslim De Blasio), the big winners yesterday were two center-left women who gave an air of competence, particularly in comparison with their Republican counterparts. Trump is now suggesting the old double-down strategy, kill the filibuster so we own everything. 2020 wasn't a mandate in favor of Bidenism; it was a rebuke of Trumpism, particularly Trump incompetence. 2024 wasn't a mandate in favor of Trumpism; it was a rebuke of Biden and Harris incompetence.

Not so crazy? From AI: Maxwell Hairston had a standout high school career at West Bloomfield High School in Michigan, graduating in 2021. He was a standout on the football team, playing both offense and defense, and led his team to a state championship victory in his senior year in 2020, catching the game-winning touchdown in double overtime. In his final high school season, he recorded 16 pass deflections, three interceptions, and three forced fumbles. Yeah, it's not gonna happen. But I do believe the NFL coaches don't think outside the box often enough. Can't Keon Coleman try to bulk up a bit and play TE? Can't Max Hairston run a fly pattern a couple times a game? Can't Josh Allen play special teams?

That's not what the more doctrinaire trans activists would say.

Ooh, JD with an ever-so-mild criticism of Trump's new focus on foreign policy! See (2). What does (3) mean? Infighting? Who's infighting on the Republican lock-step side? Another implied criticism. Contrary to the opening post in this thread, it does appear that Republicans used their control over all parts of the federal government to shoot themselves in the nuts.

Whatever happened to the theory that if the President even "thinks" it, it's done? ahh, for the good old days of the classified documents scandal.

Yes, this has always been part (a big part in my opinion) of it: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/evidence-backs-the-transgender-social-contagion-hypothesis-40937876?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcTmnRTgsE88y0iF7LlOuIJz9SAoTDWLnauq4bdvwtmIRQaTj4l1ocufu7Up_s%3D&gaa_ts=690b7cb7&gaa_sig=tqcw8PIZMZlW-jAOWrav5jzs5X5EENPQVFe1dSnH93RpMNmUQO1KpfJv__nnaA1DJsCkEsZb5ArGEoouBYbFuA%3D%3D

I'm listening too. Gorsuch just destroyed Trump's Solicitor General. I don't want to read too much into it, but there's a few ways of getting to 5 votes against Trump here. Gorsuch's hypothetical (which was my hypothetical, you thief!): what if the President declares a Climate Emergency and puts a 50% tariff on all imported ICE engines? Trump's Solicitor General conceded that that would be legal/constitutional.

And not just for gay people. Anyone know this woman from Elma NY? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/magazine/marybeth-lewis-13-children-felony-charges.html Crazy story. Give people the gift of IVF, surrogacy, whatever, and some will do this with it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12013117/Bizarre-tale-Texas-couple-cloned-beloved-bull-named-Chance.html tl;dr Chance the bull was a loving, gentle beast. He died. They cloned him; his son was named Second Chance. Second Chance gored his owner. Twice.

As I said: play it again, JDHill!