This Is Fine

7:19 AM

The Spitting Image trailer is out, and it's NSFW

Jolenealaska

7:47 AM

A bunch of people seem awfully upset about two seconds of cartoon male genitalia.

Of course, it was the NSFW warning that ensured that I'd watch it.

@Jolenealaska Still one of the best ways to get people to watch something you created: tell them it's something they probably shouldn't be watching

The best way is to say "probably NSFW?", then there's even more incentive to find out why it's considered borderline

8:10 AM

@fredley yeah, but then it should ACTUALLY be borderline. Putin punching puppet penis is not "probably NSFW"

Wrigglenite

It's a nice alliteration though

@Nzall I mean I wouldn't call that a punch, technically

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Wipqozn

1:11 PM

@fredley I've never heard of this thing before. I assume it's a UK thing.

skullpatrol

Looks kinda like the muppets

Genesis - Land Of Confusion (Official Music Video)

@Wipqozn Yeah, was originally a show in the 80s (maybe earlier)?

Faded Giant

1:47 PM

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MBraedley

@BradC Just thinking about this a bit more, and the real solution ends up being a reasonable exceptions clause in the constitution. That and making higher court (including Federal Appeals) challenges harder and costlier.

2:20 PM

@MBraedley but the entire point of what the judiciary does is figure out what exceptions are deemed "reasonable". What arbitration body are you going to appeal to to decide if your exception is reasonable, and therefore outside of judicial review?

I do think there are lots of things that Congress can do to fix or to head off problems with court cases, without having to resort to a constitutional amendment or something insanely difficult to get

For example: Congress can specifically define certain areas of law that are not subject to judicial review

Secondly, if the court finds that a certain law has a problem, then at least 80% of the time Congress just needs to enact legislation to fix the problem

MBraedley

The problem is that everything is viewed as binary, and a reasonable exceptions clause can help mitigate that.

For example, when SCOTUS struck down portions of the voting rights act, they did so because congress hadn't recently updated the list of what states are subject to oversight

Source: twitter.com/YAppelbaum/status/1308721379211120640/photo/1

So, pass a revision to the votings rights act that updates the list (or says that all states are subject to oversight for changes to local voting laws)

@Nzall We're watching the coup, in real time, in our country.

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Wipqozn

5:25 PM

Vancouver Island couple triumphs over 'garden-variety bully' in battle for renowned hotel cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/…

> In a blistering decision Tuesday, a B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded Frederique and Sinclair Philip — now in their 70s — more than $4 million for the "six-year odyssey of lies, excuses, threats, intimidation and bullying" they suffered at the hands of Timothy Durkin and his partner Rodger Gregory.

In today's edition of garbage human being: These people.

> The judge reserved especially harsh words for Durkin, who — according to the judgment — swore a false affidavit in order to obtain an injunction that kept the Philips away from the hotel while he fought them in court.

> "His view of the truth is whatever will serve his interests in the moment. He is entirely unencumbered by ordinary norms of morality, integrity and decency. He is a garden-variety bully who preys upon those whom he perceives to be weaker than himself and vulnerable to his mistruths and manipulation," Basran wrote.

> Durkin — who came to Canada from the United Kingdom as a child — faces possible deportation over an indictment issued in Alabama in 2013 that claims he and others defrauded U.S. investors of more than $4 million.

5:42 PM

twitter.com/AymanM/status/1308820526685736960

> Only one officer is criminally charged - for wanton endangerment - in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor on March 13.

None of the officers will be charged for the actual death of Breonna Taylor.

> It is important to note that the wanton endangerment charges are for the other three apartment impacted by the shooting not for the actual death of Breonna Taylor

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8:36 PM

> New report on a unique habit of Benjamin Netanyahu --> When he travels to the U.S. on diplomatic trips, he often brings bags & suitcases full of dirty laundry for his U.S. hosts to clean, said U.S. officials. It has caused much eye-rolling at Blair House

lol what in the unfresh hell is this?

@TimStone lol. They don't have good detergent in Israel, maybe??

They just seem to not want to do the work themselves but they're corrupt AF so they want to push the cost on not only their government but foreign governments too?

Wipqozn

9:09 PM

@TimStone It's very 2020

Yuuki

@TimStone so he gets the us to wash his dirty laundry? i would think there's such a thing as "too on the nose" but it seems like nothing is too obvious for 2020

lmfao, "A Brooklyn Center resident says their house was targeted by “BLM/Antifa” this morning and a camper, trucks and garage were set ablaze"

C'mooooooooooooooooon

9:26 PM

I can just picture the homeowner getting interviewed by the local TV station about this horrible event, then reaching up to scratch their nose with a purple-stained finger.

Yeah unless like, Nancy Pelosi or someone started doing arsons they definitely did this themselves, as always!

McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she tries to impeach Trump to delay SCOTUS confirmation

(Fox News warning)

I... don't understand how that's a threat.

Sure, raise the motion, the dems (who have a majority) will just vote it down. Done?

Mad Scientist

@BradC I find it much easier to understand the current time once I accepted that things don't have to make sense at all

oh shit

(MO Governor) Parson, his wife both test positive for COVID-19; governor postpones travel, debate

9:48 PM

@TimStone if I were to commit insurance fraud I'd simply do a little more research

Wrigglenite

Insurance fraud? Political propaganda? Why not both?

Yeah I know what's next are we going to find out that that one video of a landlord walking through a few thousand dollars worth of superficial damage was also fraudulent

Simultaneously filing an insurance claim and posting progress pictures of my remodel to instagram

And it's just the same picture

Relatedly we had some kind of executive town hall and someone asked something to the effect of "are we going to try to hold cities liable for blm marxist rioting type claims" and the cfo on the call was just kind of like "uh, I mean we have had claims but... You know what I'm going to leave that alone"