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Slow-learners | Maryland Marijuana Laws

Since ["]Decriminalization["] [ANYWHERE BUT MARYLAND, of which BALTIMORE CITY, Kamala?!2020 Campaign HQ2], 96% of People Arrested for Weed in Baltimore Are Black
A/V (EN), running time 00:17:58
"I don't know how intentional that is."

If you possess less than 10 grams, you are subject to a civil penalty that replaces the criminal penalty of $500 and/or 90 days in jail.

Convoluted 18th Century Language | CRIMINAL LAW TITLE 5. CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES SUBTITLE 1. DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS Md. CRIMINAL LAW Code Ann. § 5-101 (2014)
containing punctuation

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 at 10:06:37 PM EST
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2014, BUZZFEED: [Kamala Harris] "Shocked" To Learn Her Office Wanted To Keep Eligible Parolees In Jail To Work
(She didn't know.)

2015, OBSERVER.uk!: California Prosecutor Falsifies Transcript of Confession

2016, ROLL CALL: Harris Was Only 2016 Senate Democratic Candidate to Get Cash From Mnuchin, POLITICO: Race between Loretta Sanchez and Harris

2017, INTERCPT:Kamala Harris Fails to Explain Why She Didn't Prosecute Steven Mnuchin's Bank
(It's a decision my office made)

2018, ROLL CALL:Sen. Kamala Harris Aide Resigns After $400,000 Sexual Harassment Settlement Emerges
(We were unaware of this issue)
.
.
.
uh oh

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 07:59:10 PM EST
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Thank you for collecting all that. As a former Californian I was vaguely aware of her, but not really enough to have formed a solid opinion. I've been suspicious simply because she was a prosecutor, and thus assumed baggage, but knew that this was an un-informed prejudice and gave it little weight.

While the assembled links are also far from a conclusive and comprehensive evaluation of the candidate, they are definitely an important part of such an evaluation.

by Zwackus on Thu Jan 24th, 2019 at 01:54:39 AM EST
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wkiwtf | Early Career
(#MeToo)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 08:08:37 PM EST
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2018, Donald Harris: Professor of Poundcake, Emeritus, Stanford University, Stanford, California

This early phase of interaction with my children came to an abrupt halt in 1972 when, after a hard-fought custody battle in the family court of Oakland, California, the context of the relationship was placed within arbitrary limits imposed by a court-ordered divorce settlement based on the false assumption by the State of California that fathers cannot handle parenting (especially in the case of this father, "a neegroe from da eyelans" was the Yankee stereotype, who might just end up eating his children for breakfast!). Nevertheless, I persisted, never giving up on my love for my children or reneging on my responsibilities as their father.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 08:27:01 PM EST
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Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 09:58:56 PM EST
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"Jeff Sessions in a dress"
uh oh ...

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 10:14:34 PM EST
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Pelosi asks Trump to postpone State of the Union address because of government shutdown -- or deliver it in writing

Onion

yanno, the mercifully conclusion of this campaign is that the Rhodes Spartacus decides against accepting the title, Anyone Buttrump. A whole lot of embarrassment can be saved for All Americans ... for 2024.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jan 23rd, 2019 at 12:28:02 AM EST
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Re: 'Campaign Launch' press conference (none / 0)

C-SPAN, 21 Jan 2019, (EN)
transcript (EN), running time 00:19:57, no prefatory remarks/announcement address

at Howard University, Washington D.C.
Howard is one of a few Historically Black College or University (HBCU) whose operations rely on ear-marked federal funding. Institutional financing slipped into informal receivership (De Vos, US Dep of Ed.) following embezzlement investigations.

See Harris2020 campaign advertising at the campaign website

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jan 23rd, 2019 at 12:18:34 AM EST
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oh. no. she di'n't. (none / 0)

carpet-baggin' wench!

Kamala Harris picks Baltimore as headquarters for potential 2020 campaign: reportIt's on.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 10:46:41 PM EST
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Re: Trump CAPITALISM IMPLOSION (none / 0)

USA "Women and minorities" origin story by Harriet Fraad
A/V (EN)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 07:36:02 PM EST
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Re: Trump CITIZENSHIP RULING (none / 0)

[U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman] excoriated Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Tuesday with a ruling that says the Trump appointee "violated the public trust."

ahem

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who recently succeeded former AG Barbara Underwood, called the ruling a victory for a fair and accurate census count.
"The attempts by the Trump administration to mandate a question about citizenship were not rooted in a desire to strengthen the census process and would only undermine our immigrant communities," James said in a statement. "Inciting fear in our residents is not only immoral, but also ill-conceived. Accurate population counts are imperative for allocating funding for critical programs and support systems and for determining fair representation in Congress and the Electoral College."

< squint >

The ruling was not a wholesale victory: though the lawsuit charged violations of the Constitution's enumeration clause and Fifth Amendment rights to equal protection, Judge Furman stopped short Tuesday of finding constitutional violations.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 08:03:19 PM EST
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Re: Trump CITIZENSHIP RULING (none / 0)

< wipes tears >
BULLETIN: High Court Asked to Back Off Deposition Spat in Census Case
(reads like a US House Speaker [Art. I] wanting to boss the SCOTUS [Art. III], eh?)

yeah, no. Here is a timely reminder of the US appellate process, legal strategy, and controversial "challenges" to Article I, II, III powers --taken together, a "constitutional crisis" in waiting.

[Art. II] and [NY State, et al., Art. I as amended] told the Supreme Court [Art. III] late Thursday to cancel its upcoming hearing on case.
The Supreme Court had agreed back in November to consider whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross should be [COMPELLED] to testify [by district court Judge FURMAN] about why he added the question.
At the time [SCOTUS] took up the [RESPONDENT'S PETITION FOR writ of certiorari]
Error? Inferior court judgment compelling Ross testimony questioned
" 'The court may reopen the trial record for the purpose of obtaining and including Secretary Ross's testimony in the event that the Supreme Court's stay of this court's order compelling that testimony is dissolved before the court issues a final decision,' Furman's 2-page order today states."
[US DISTRICT COURT JUDGE] Furman did not [adjudicate NY State, et al] constitutional questions
[...]
[DOJ] filed a notice of appeal in the New York case on Thursday ~~as well~~, setting the stage for Furman's ruling to go to the Second Circuit [APPELLATE REVIEW].
With the survey's printing deadline in June 2019, a federal judge in California is weighing a separate challenge to the citizenship question.

Long story shorter: for the moment, SCOTUS intervention is out of scope; NY State, et al. and US will rehearse their arguments on the merits decided by Furman; and delay on appeal will probably obviate printing of Teh Dread 2020 Census Question in timely manner. Yeah! for ineligible voters of the USA!

Unless SCOTUS intervenes.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 09:09:10 PM EST
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Re: Trump STRETCH GOALS (4.00 / 2)

The State of the Union is off," [MD-5 Rep. Steny] Hoyer said during a CNN interview.
Aides later said he had misspoken.
"Mr. Hoyer had not read Speaker Pelosi's letter and mischaracterized it," Hoyer spokeswoman Katie Grant said.

letter to Trump, facsimile, in lieu of impeachment proceeding ... to removal from office.

The House planned another vote Wednesday to reopen the government without funding Trump's wall, this time on a stopgap spending bill through Feb. 8.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) once again rejected this tactic in a Senate floor speech Wednesday, saying: "As the White House has made clear just yesterday, cherry-picking continuing resolutions that fail to address the border security crisis are not going to receive the president's signature. Not going to. The only way out of this impasse is a bipartisan agreement."

Do the facts need repeating? Congress cannot enact any bill without passage by both chambers.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 12:00:46 AM EST
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Re: Trump STRETCH GOALS (none / 1)

After looking for Mitch McConnell with @KatieHill4CA, @LaurenUnderwood, @JahanaHayesCT & others to deliver our letter asking for the Senate to do their job, I returned to this loving surprise.

Thank you all so much for your support. I'll keep these up as long as they stick! 💜 https://t.co/1SzrnyJCTO
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 16, 2019

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 12:11:51 AM EST
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Re: Trump STRETCH GOALS (none / 0)

"We're capitalists and that's just the way it is."

"Leader Pelosi's statement was an indictment of shareholder capitalism and how it's falling short," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said in a statement to The Hill. "We hope that Mr. Hill and other young people interested in economic inequality would join efforts in each of their states to fight for a living wage as Leader Pelosi leads the fight for one at the national level."

"we accept a system with considerable inequality because systems without any inequality profit or arbitrage don't work."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 02:36:27 AM EST
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Re: Trump STRETCH GOALS (none / 0)

Interesting that even Tucker Carlson seems to be losing belief in captalism red in tooth and claw

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 08:36:36 AM EST
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Trump's reply (facsimile), dated 17 Jan 2019.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 08:00:05 PM EST
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Pelosi's daughter: My mom will 'cut your head off and you won't even know you're bleeding'

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 08:20:22 PM EST
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House Members sitting on an Air Force bus b/t the Longworth and Rayburn House Office Buildings waiting to see if they are still going overseas after Trump cancelled the trip. pic.twitter.com/e5IgidRPZu
— Jason Donner (@jason_donner) January 17, 2019

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 02:37:26 AM EST
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oh, dear, innerboobs has revived Judicial Watch FOIA accounting from 2011. Puts a bit of perspective on the present cost of shirking one's solidarity with furloughed civil servants.

The DCCC offered them loans today in a bill, incidentally, interest free, up to $6,000 each to cover household expenses.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 02:46:56 AM EST
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Pelosi cancels Afghanistan trip, cites Trump `leak'

On Friday, Pelosi announced that her plan to travel by commercial plane had been "leaked" by the White House.
[...]
Denying military aircraft to a senior lawmaker -- let alone the speaker, who is second in line to the presidency after the vice president [PENCE], traveling to a combat region -- is very rare.

Now, there's some pause for consideration: Which homicidal maniac would you prefer travel by commercial passenger plane?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 06:10:41 PM EST
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RSVP delivered to the speaker, (facsimile)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jan 23rd, 2019 at 08:20:24 PM EST
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House Republicans call for moving State of the Union to Senate chamber

US House notice to quit delivered to POTUS, (facsimile)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Wed Jan 23rd, 2019 at 09:00:38 PM EST
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Re: Trump STRETCH GOALS (none / 0)

Joint sessions and meetings of Congress have typically taken place in the House chamber since 1809. But according to the Senate historian's office, presidents have delivered addresses in the Senate chamber before, including Presidents Ford, Nixon, Truman and Hoover.

Beats potential embarrassment of DCCC boycott of the SOTU in the House chamber, if so ordered by the speaker. I never watch 'em myself. I prefer transcript viz. prepared remarks

When asked what would happen if Trump insists on delivering the address on the originally planned date of Jan. 29, Pelosi said Thursday: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."

Article II, §3, in its entire raving sexist cant. (Shall we call a Convention to edit?)

He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.

## Rule of law is not well understood.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 11:02:40 PM EST
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Re: Trump RUSSIAN COHEN (none / 0)

Cohen acknowledges rigging polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015
in a 2014 CNBC poll, hopefully CNBC has since then subcontracted hi-tech to another firm

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 05:43:31 PM EST
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Re: Trump RUSSIAN COHEN (none / 0)

Does Team Mueller now regret the plea deal and releasing Cohen on his own recognizance? One might wonder.

DISCLAIMER

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 07:20:58 PM EST
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Re: Trump RUSSIAN COHENs (none / 0)

One data set, two stories of divisive politics and co-conspirators?

NPR/Marist Poll: Trump Approval Down, Slips With Base
"base" = white, republican and evangelical men and women
Shock Poll: Trump Gains 19 Points with Latino Voters During Border Wall Shutdown
Res ipsa loquitor and is not going to get long form "analysis" any time soon.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 02:26:34 AM EST
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Re: Trump FBI ENTRAPMENT (none / 0)

Man wanted to attack White House with antitank rocket
same as the old FBI entrapment

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 05:53:33 PM EST
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Re: Trump FBI ENTRAPMENT (4.00 / 2)

Ha. Indeed, I read the headline as a job offer.

(though it should have read "Man or woman", or is sex discrimination legal in US job offers?)

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 03:48:59 PM EST
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Re: Trump FBI ENTRAPMENT (none / 0)

"gentleman's agreement" to protect the "fairer sex" from co-mingling with minorities.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 04:07:16 PM EST
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Re: Trump CHARITY DEFENSE (none / 0)

Microsoft pledges $500M to tackle Seattle housing crisis
"Microsoft will loan $225 million at below-market interest rates to help developers ...$250 million will go toward market-rate loans for construction ...remaining $25 million will be donated to services" : jobs saved or created

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 06:07:47 PM EST
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Re: Trump CHARITY DEFENSE (none / 0)

Ocasio-Cortez Is on the Financial Services Committee, and Banks Are Afraid
m'k.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 07:08:12 PM EST
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Re: Trump LOL (none / 0)

Judge Rules Housing Law Does Not Cover LGBT [Discrimination]

"The Eighth Circuit has squarely held that "Title VII does not prohibit discrimination against homosexuals," U.S. District Judge Jean Hamilton wrote in a 10-page order Wednesday.
"The court recognizes that [US SUPREME COURT] have held otherwise in recent opinions, concluding that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination," the judge continued.

but fuck you

"This court is bound by the law of the Eighth Circuit, however. ... To date the Eighth Circuit has not changed its position on the issue, and so the court must dismiss."

Pro Publica #MeToo #Time'sUp #WhyIDidn'tReport analysis developing ...

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 09:26:34 PM EST
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Re: Trump LOL (none / 0)

So Judge Dickhead is acknowledging that his judgement will be overturned if they take it to the Supreme Court?
Can he really do that?

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 03:54:00 PM EST
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Re: Trump LOL (none / 0)

Did you not read wikiwtf bio for "Jean"?
Or are your marks a facetious reference to the "raving sexist cant" of the US Constitution?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 04:18:28 PM EST
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Can [JEAN] really do that? (none / 0)

Federal judicial structure, descending order of review; here is a counter-intuitive presentation, because the appeals process begins at the end of this list and concludes at the top of the list, the SCOTUS.

US district court judge JEAN does nothing but issue an opinion and ruling (orders) on the dispute "in the first instance".

The adversely affected litigant might appeal JEAN's ruling to the superior court ("higher", appellate), ie. petition to review, JEAN's questionable judgment.

archived comparing

... In a sense, the SCOTUS preserves state sovereignty and "democratic values" by instituting and respecting the appellate review processes; litigation "bubbles up" to the writ of last resort. ...

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 05:01:45 PM EST
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Can [JEAN] really do that? STRATEGY (none / 0)

Historically, it is not unusual for either (active or inactive) litigants or judges to discriminate between claims suitable for review by the appellate process, when the goal of *litigants is definitively to alter some class of case law.

Criteria of selection typically addresses the merits of the claim, findings of fact and law represented by the claim, sufficient to warrant review and a substantitive opinion either to reverse or hold current case law, if not one or more governing statutes.

Thus, a *litigant will choose to proceed (or not) to trial, if the merits of a "test case" are like to prevail in favor of the litigant, ie. reveal some error in adjudication.

Thus, a judge will choose to accept (or not) review of a claim; or deliberately issue a controversial ruling on a point of law in order to provoke a litigant to appeal.

The latter strategy (mine) is based on observations and rather unorthodox, as one is unlikely to find corroboration from officers of the court who are living, easily.

The latter strategy is the only charitable explanation for JEAN's narrow ruling, in my opinion.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 05:26:00 PM EST
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Re: Can [JEAN] really do that? STRATEGY (none / 0)

Supreme Court [DECLINES TO REVIEW US APPEAL OF A LOWER COURT RULING]

Solicitor General Noel Francisco has asked the Supreme Court to make the final decision on whether [OR NOT] the recision [sic] is ~~lawful~~ [US CONSTITUTIONal error] ~~or not~~.
[...]
Francisco's request, however, was unusual [?] because it asked the justices to take up the issue before [?] the ~~regional appeals~~ circuit courts have ~~weighed in~~ decided appeals.*
He said the lower court decisions were wrong to force the administration to retain a ["]discretionary nonenforcement["] policy that the Department of Homeland Security and the attorney general concluded was unlawful.

* 9th Circuit Ct against US fed gov, injunction, Nov 2018
National Immigration Law Center

The DOJ also sought certiorari before judgment in two of the other cases challenging DACA's termination, Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen (pending before the Second Circuit) and NAACP v. Trump (pending before the D.C. Circuit).

Witness poor form in press reporting "facts". This custom tends to teach nothing about the order and authorities of the courts but rouse the antipathy of de peoples against "judicial activism". So you get what you pay for.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 05:39:44 PM EST
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Re: Can [JEAN] really do that? STRATEGY (none / 0)

Justices Won't Hear Case of Praying Football Coach

Justice Alito - joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh - wrote in a separate concurrence that he agrees with not hearing this specific case, but said the "Ninth Circuit's understanding of the free speech rights of public school teachers is troubling and may justify review in the future."
"I concur in the denial of the petition for a writ of certiorari because denial of certiorari does not signify that the court necessarily agrees with the decision (much less the opinion) below," he wrote. "In this case, important unresolved factual questions would make it very difficult if not impossible at this stage to decide the free speech question that the petition asks us to review." (Parentheses in original.)

m'k. I'm done with this topic. Lesson learned, I hope.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 22nd, 2019 at 10:31:15 PM EST
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Re: Trump CHILDREN (none / 0)

New Guidelines Highlight Alternatives to Juvenile Lock-Up

In its comprehensive Enhanced Juvenile Justice Guidelines, the council kept many of the procedural recommendations issued in its original 2005 guidelines for judges and its focus on the importance of representation for youth in the juvenile justice system. But it made key updates based on recent Supreme Court rulings regarding youth and life imprisonment, the death penalty and solitary confinement and advances in science, editor Jessica Pearce said in an interview.
[...]
Pearce also said courts are still using detention to keep kids in danger of hurting themselves, running away or being trafficked in a safe and secure place. She said doing so takes a "paternalistic view of kids" that keeps them safe in the short term but doesn't address long-term issues.
"Putting them in detention for 10 days keeps them safe for 10 days. It is convenient but doesn't address the risk that kid faces," Pearce said.

archived wishes were badass horses
Rather than viewing immigrants as ...
"more American than Americans"

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 11:49:04 PM EST
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Re: Trump STUMPS (none / 0)

TRANSCRIPTS: Trump speech "On Border Security", Nancy Pelosi's and Charles Schumer's speeches (working title) "Responses", and A/V (EN)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Jan 20th, 2019 at 01:17:56 AM EST
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All alone @home ... (none / 0)

Donald being served hamburgers because of Federal shutdown {partial}
Ivanka seeking top job at World Bank
Melania doing household chores in their castle tower in NY

No wonder Donald visited the border with Mexico for a dish of tacos ;)

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 at 08:13:25 PM EST
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World (none / 0)

WORLD

by Bjinse on Mon Jan 14th, 2019 at 08:54:47 PM EST

ECONOMICS & FINANCE (none / 0)

China's 2018 trade surplus with U.S. highest on record going back to 2006
up 11%, needs moar soy beans to rout ASF epidemic
China's exports shrink most in two years, raising risks to global economy
depending on luxury goods imports to China, QE recommended
Chinese FDI into North America, Europe falls 73 percent in 2018: report
except Canada, Germany, France and Spain

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 03:33:04 AM EST
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Re: ECONOMICS & FINANCE (none / 0)

China slump squeezes [Middle-class], hammers consumer spending

Headline economic numbers still look healthy. Growth in 2019 is forecast at more than 6 percent, down only slightly from about 6.5 percent last year. But it is propped up by higher government spending, which masks sharp declines in other areas.
[...]
"I am worried about my job security and have cut spending on everything including clothes, vacations and changing smartphones," said He Siying, who works for an investment consulting firm in Beijing.

blah blah 're-imagining' CCP industrial policy since Panic '08 poisoned "globalism"

Since 2017, Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities have forced out migrant workers who lack official permission to live there. Local leaders say they want to reduce crowding, but restaurants, retailers and other companies depend on migrants as employees and increasingly as customers.

The more prosaic story behind this 'boom-bust' detail, my associate informed me, is the hukou system controls in PRC industrial policy (est'd 1951). 'Human rights' and labor economists have noted that "privatization" of market-based incentives have undermined social mobility and economic integration of low- and high-skill work force ("rural-urban" income inequalities). The Beijing Olympic potemkin was a lurid example of party-elites' prerogative to dispossess property-owners and migrant tenants by abusing hukou.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 at 02:05:30 AM EST
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Re: World (none / 0)

Zimbabweans protest fuel price hikes

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 01:42:00 PM EST
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Re: World NO VESTS (none / 0)

Mnangagwa to return home [from Belarus]
600 arrested, 400 detained indefinitely, number dead not published, Davos junket scrapped: "At Davos, he planned to appeal for foreign investment [!] and loans to the southern African nation, but the visit had been expected to be a challenge."

Exposed: the horror Zim govt is hiding behind [internet] blackout
Times (London, UK) floats "200 deaths, certainly 50", 72 injured; Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights, Amnesty Int'l reports challenge casualty estimates.

["]Taxpayers["] foot Mugabe's US$4m bill
for medical treatment in Singapore,"through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), which maintains it does not have adequate foreign currency to fund critical sectors of the economy".

Comcast-like reliable internet service restored

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 at 02:51:53 AM EST
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Re: World POST-EDO (none / 0)

Why is Japan so Bitter About Unstoppable Rise of China?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 04:52:26 PM EST
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Re: World POST-EDO (none / 0)

I don't really know enough to judge if that is an accurate view of Japan, but it seems a bit excessively starry-eyed about China

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 10:34:03 PM EST
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Re: World POST-EDO (none / 1)

Foreign Relations in Early Modern Japan: Exploding the Myth of National Seclusion

Historian Arano Yasunori helped revolutionize our perception of early modern Japan by challenging the notion that the country was uniquely isolated during the Edo period. Here Arano provides a thought-provoking overview of the complex system of trade and diplomacy by which the Tokugawa shogunate maintained peace, prosperity, and autonomy over a period of two and a half centuries.

China, Korea, Netherlands, Russia trade with Japan (1603-1868), conquest of Japan (1868-2018)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 01:38:43 AM EST
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Re: World ICC (none / 0)

Acquitw Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of the Ivory Coast
who?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Jan 15th, 2019 at 08:29:38 PM EST
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Re: World TWITTER UPDATE (none / 0)

Front-end display has changed in the form of its graphic design and to discriminate between "users" and "viewers".

Users are persons who create a TWITTER account.
Viewers are persons who do not create a TWITTER account.

TWITTER assigns different site functionality to users and viewers.

By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

furthermore,

Twitter is the best place to get live updates about the things you care about most. Join today to see it all.

Over and out.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 04:48:50 PM EST
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Re: World RUSSIANS (none / 0)

Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked pages, accounts
Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Ukraine: "one network of 364 pages and accounts was linked to employees of Sputnik"

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 at 05:58:34 PM EST
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PNAC origin story

TRANSCRIPT (EN)

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 06:01:08 PM EST
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1. NATO is not a war-legalizing body, quite the opposite. NATO, like the United Nations, is an international institution that has something or other to do with war, but transferring the UN's claimed authority to legalize a war to NATO has no support whatsoever in reality. ...

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Jan 18th, 2019 at 11:43:47 PM EST
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From union renewal to a self-managed society: towards an anarcho-syndicalist project

Somebody didn't get the memo. The NEW! lingo is Libertarian Socialism, dude.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Jan 19th, 2019 at 05:22:35 AM EST
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For Seventeen Years Jack Hickey Represented Cruise Lines Then He Switched Sides
contrition

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Jan 19th, 2019 at 05:40:08 AM EST
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