according to the Supreme Court, President Biden can kill anyone he wants without consequence, but also he can't stop states from violating federal law through the normal process. bleak set of incentivesaccording to the Supreme Court, President Biden can kill anyone he wants without consequence, but also he can't stop states from violating federal law through the normal process. bleak set of incentives
At the pharmacy, mesmerised by the ergonomics of this. Notebook on top of cabinet, camera (for login?), mouse is on shelf below, stand on stool to access.
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Last week, the Washington Post wrote about why so many of the people that wait in line for hours to get into Donald Trump’s political rallies wind up leaving before they’re over. The answers are not n...
New insulation on front door makes it hard to open and shut. Wife, worried she might get trapped inside, has spent the afternoon opening and shutting it to bed it in. Given she can open and shut it many times, I’m not getting the trapped bit.
Text from GP cancelling my flu jab appointment tomorrow. Says NHS has decreed no jabs before October 3rd. I’m thinking a) NHS is overly centralised b) This is maybe a budgeting issue (moves it to Q4)
According to the Evening Standard, the Marquess of Milford Haven “owned one of the largest collections of pornographers in private hands.” Hire subs, you know you need them.
Have just received my Avis de taxe foncière, the first of the annual wave of French bills in the run-up to Noël. My theory is that this is what makes the French miserable.
This is a very good analysis generally, but its particular charm (for me anyway) is that Lord Sumption attacks the judgment on its own terms: trashing the majority's reading of legal history, principle and precedent. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America. The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis