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  • Let me introduce you to 42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.

    Seems pretty reasonable, it’s a law that was passed just after the civil war, meant to give recently freed slaves the ability to sue over the continued efforts of the southern racists to maintain white nationalism.

    Sadly this article tells you the current state of the law.

    https://www.techdirt.com/2018/09/05/appeals-court-judge-qualified-immunity-is-rigged-game-government-almost-always-wins/








  • The problem with tankies specifically is that they cheer when their authoritarians do shit, like when they cheered in 1956, and again in 1989.

    Both times tanks were rolled out to literally crush left wing uprisings against the pretend leftwing governments.

    They cheer for Russia invading its neighbors.

    At least most of us in the west are horrified about the shit our governments are doing. Tankies just cheer.




  • Yes, but surgical strikes that leave the population alive are more effective.

    Bomb the people into submission was a plan cooked up after the first world war, and was pretty stupid then as well.

    The firebombing of Germany, Japan, the UK, etc. didn’t make the population less willing to fight, quite the opposite, but the defeat of a countries military, did in fact make the populations surrender.

    Populations will put up with a lot when under constant attack, when their loved ones are dying in the street, but when they’re merely inconvenienced, and then their team loses, well, that breaks moral.

    Also, decapitation works wonders, take out the leaders who are pushing for more war, and suddenly there’s no push for more war.









  • they wouldn’t sign such stupid deals for no reason.

    Greed. The reason was greed. They bought into the hype and thought they could print money.

    And all the tech companies are doing it, Oracle was just the sick man of the bunch, and will be the first to fall, dragging the rest down with them.

    All because they’re offloading trillions in debt to special purpose vehicles, the same thing that tanked Enron, the difference is that Enron, with $400 million in debt, was lying about it, and the current tech companies doing the exact same shit, are disclosing the debt legally, but still hiding it in the fine print of their disclosures.

    The debt will still crash the economy, but at least it’s out in the open?


  • Yeah, the white granulated stuff gives off flavors.

    brown sugar has molasses that adds some depth, or just add different flavorings.

    Different yeasts can sometimes save white granulated, but it’s more hassle than it’s worth, just add different sugars (in addition even) and you’ll get something that will have a chance of tasting okay.

    Also, yeast nutrient. Add some yeast nutrient. That can save a brew as well.