This Is Fine

Memor-X

12:02 AM

@GodEmperorDune MDSGA

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune Do you know what the reason is for people wanting to make it permanent versus getting rid of it?

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone i guess whether to stay on summer time or winter time

with trump it's probably to not have to deal with losing an hour next fall

Tim Stone

Right, there just seems to be a preference for summer time and I'm not sure if there's some special consideration

GodEmperorDune

springing forward seems to be more of a pain in the ass for humans than falling back

but it is easier to set the clocks up an hour

Tim Stone

I agree, which is why I feel like we should wait for fall, get the hour back, then call it quits :P

Jolenealaska

12:12 AM

It would be cool if Trump could do one thing good before he becomes a bad memory.

GodEmperorDune

normal congressing would be to have the law take effect after a certain time to give everyone a chance to adjust things

Jolenealaska

Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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GodEmperorDune

can you imagine all the scheduling code that would have to be updated to deal with this

Tim Stone

We could finally agree that putting computers in appliances serves no useful purpose though

I will not be entertaining arguments about power outages at this time

GodEmperorDune

ehh resetting microwave and oven clocks aren't so bad these days

Tim Stone

12:16 AM

I think I still haven't moved mine forward yet

GodEmperorDune

i do it morning of or i leave it for 6 months

Tim Stone

1:41 AM

Fox News host Tucker Carlson uses racist, homophobic language in second wave of damaging audio https://wapo.st/2ESvnqN

Tweeted by washingtonpost on March 12, 2019 at 1:15 AM

Just so there's no confusion, there was actually so many comments we had to do this across multiple days and also every night when Tucker's show is on

Chippies

@GodEmperorDune on some devices I just leave it until a power outage or until the time goes back to normal

last year, the clock in the bedroom stayed an hour behind until the daylight savings ended (started? Idk) and I just did mental math without even thinking about it

it was confusing for a few days though when the time it showed was actually correct...

Memor-X

2:25 AM

Trump says he intentionally called Apple's Tim Cook "Tim Apple" as a way "to save time & words" http://hill.cm/srbJKX2

Tweeted by thehill on March 12, 2019 at 1:46 AM

> Trump wrote on Twitter that he just tried “to save time & words” by referring to the tech industry titan by the wrong name last week at a White House meeting with business leaders.

> Axios reported Sunday that Trump told a group of Republican donors over the weekend he actually said “Tim Cook, Apple” very quickly but that the “Cook” was said quietly.

funny how "saving time and word" is said on twitter, the platform which has a strict character count on posts

Tim Stone

2:50 AM

I CAN FINALLY SHARE THE BIG NEWS!!!! I’M RELEASING MY OWN QUIZ BOOK!!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS AND THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY!!

Tweeted by rachelmcmaho on March 11, 2019 at 10:27 PM

The student who wrote all those BuzzFeed quizzes for free got a book deal for money so that's a not terrible outcome

Unionhawk

@TimStone we are being informed that Also Bill Maher which awesome

Tim Stone

3:08 AM

Excellent

NY AG drops new subpoenas on Deutsch’s Bank related to Trump, sparked by Cohen testimony http://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/nyregion/deutsche-bank-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share via ⁦@nytimes⁩

Tweeted by maggieNYT on March 12, 2019 at 2:50 AM

lol including the attempt to finance the purchase of the Buffalo Bills

Unionhawk

@TimStone please jack proboscis anybody but some shithead islamophobe on hbo

Tim Stone

Whatever will we do how will we recover alas

Tim Stone

4:02 AM

Pompeo announces US pulling out all diplomats from #Venezuela

Tweeted by JoshNBCNews on March 12, 2019 at 3:53 AM

"constraint on US policy" cool cool

Memor-X

5:26 AM

Trump suggests free health care is like promising to put “Rolls-Royce in everyone’s pocket” http://hill.cm/Ah3q6uD

Tweeted by thehill on March 12, 2019 at 3:16 AM

> He cited a single-payer health care system as an example of a "seductive" idea that would be unaffordable for the country.

"But the truth is when you’re up on the debate stage, and they say we’re giving you free education, we’re giving you free health care, we’re giving you everything you want and a Rolls-Royce in everyone’s pocket, it’s not an easy situation," Trump said. "But what happens is ten years later the country is gone. Okay, whether it’s this country or any other country."

not if you finance it properly. a single-payer health care system is funded by taxes so you get that right and cure the rich's allergy to it you can make it work

Kevin

10:08 AM

'unaffordable'? I thought the US was supposed to be a rich country

Memor-X

@Kevin only for that 1%

Kevin

Aah

Unionhawk

12:02 PM

Trump's Venezuela regime-change plan hasn't even bothered updating this old 1963 CIA plan for Cuba regime-change, which calls for using harsh economic sanctions + electricity sabotage + fomenting military rebellion. US Empire as stagnant as it is cruel https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v11/d346

Tweeted by MarkAmesExiled on March 9, 2019 at 7:05 PM in reply to MarkAmesExiled

Tim Stone

12:53 PM

Some of the companies that exposed corporate or customer data from their Box enterprise accounts: • Apple • Amadeus • Discovery • Edelman • Herbalife • Schneider Electric • ...and Box https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/11/data-leak-box-accounts/

Tweeted by zackwhittaker on March 11, 2019 at 2:30 PM

lol

BradC

1:30 PM

Came across this amazing article; turns out its from last year, but absolutely worth the read:

Blacks were enslaved well into the 1960s. http://bit.ly/2GN6lsv

Tweeted by VICE on February 28, 2018 at 5:01 PM

> Six months after that meeting, I was giving a lecture on genealogy and reparations in Amite, Louisiana, when I met Mae Louise Walls Miller. Mae walked in after the lecture was over, demanding to speak with me. She walked up, looked me in the eye, and stated, “I didn’t get my freedom until 1963.”

Tim Stone

2:02 PM

JUST IN: British Civil Aviation Authority bans Boeing 737 MAX commercial flights from UK airspace as a precautionary measure

Tweeted by Reuters on March 12, 2019 at 1:33 PM

lol, and of course

Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are....

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on March 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM

BREAKING / NBC News: The FBI and U.S. Attorney in Boston has charged 12 people in a massive college entrance exam cheating scandal that facilitated students being admitted high-profile D-1 schools, court documents show. More details to come.

Tweeted by Tom_Winter on March 12, 2019 at 2:05 PM

@TimStone Romney and Blumenthal also now calling for the grounding of the 737 MAX 8 fleet

....needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on March 12, 2019 at 2:12 PM

Mr President,,,I agree

I too do not want the corpse of Albert Einstein, noted non-pilot, to be flying my plane

BradC

2:17 PM

@TimStone lol, yep. "Darn kids these days, with their new fangled gadgets. Get off my lawn!"

Tim Stone

Apropos of nothing,

Here's video of a Trump Shuttle airplane crash-landing with its front end scraping the ground in 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVHnWe1oxaQ

Tweeted by AaronBlake on March 12, 2019 at 2:12 PM

This keeps coming up in many conversations I’ve had in the last 48 hours: If it was Southwest and American and not Lion Air and Ethiopian five months apart, the 737 Max fleet would’ve been grounded by Sunday evening.

Tweeted by jonostrower on March 12, 2019 at 2:18 PM

Hrmmm that's probably true but I don't know if we can take for granted that the situations are 100% comparable? Like it's not to say Lion Air or Ethiopian are somehow less reputable airlines but I am curious given Boeing's hedging on highlighting the MCAS in the first place if the playing field is level for everyone involved in the process?

Like presumably Boeing publishes materials in all native languages of their clientele? But I'd still be interested in whether any shortcuts have been taken in making sure everyone has an appropriate understanding

(i.e. maybe the problem is corporate malfeasance rather than a specific problem with the plane's design itself)

MBraedley

@TimStone Or even Air Canada and WestJet.

@TimStone All pilots of international flights are required to speak (and presumably read) English.

Yuuki

I actually think domestic-only airport traffic control still communicates solely in English.

Trying to find an ATC stream of a non-English domestic airport to verify.

MBraedley

2:35 PM

@Yuuki For the most part, but a lot of ATC is centralized, which means they're handling international flights anyway, and therefore speaking predominantly English.

Yuuki

Side note, listening to ATC streams is incredibly calming.

MBraedley

You'd have to find a tower ATC that doesn't handle any international traffic, and good luck with that.

Yuuki

I thought ATC still uses visual confirmation in some cases, so you'd still need a tower in a domestic airport.

Oh hey, Italy's banned unvaccinated children from schools.

MBraedley

@Yuuki Cameras are a wonderful thing. I think Gatwick is an example, but there's at least a few airports where the tower is run out of an office building downtown.

Yuuki

IAH still uses a tower although it's possible that they also direct traffic for Hobby.

Tim Stone

2:47 PM

@MBraedley Right, though there is a maintenance aspect to this too. But given that Boeing wormed its way out of retraining for this plane it'd be good to confirm that they made the best attempt possible to get this information understood by flight crews after the first incident

BREAKING / NBC NEWS: Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are two of over 40 people charged in the college exam scheme, according to court documents. They are charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1105473054686236672

Tweeted by Tom_Winter on March 12, 2019 at 2:34 PM

Weird side gig tbh

Yuuki

@TimStone If their kids aren't involved in this, that'd be pretty unexpected.

Tim Stone

Ah, they are, that makes sense

Huffman did it for her eldest daughter then was going to do it again for her younger daughter but apparently was like "Meh" the second time around lol

When your plan to get your kid in as a fake USC lacrosse recruit has but one fatal flaw.

Tweeted by jackdickey on March 12, 2019 at 2:46 PM in reply to jackdickey

lol

puzzlepiece87

@TimStone Without saying anything about the airlines as businesses, it's my understanding from James Fallows that an African or East Asian airline is going to have less pilot experience on average than places that have been flying for longer.

Tim Stone

3:04 PM

That's possible, though I also don't have a sufficient perspective for how much experience helps in this particular scenario given that the issue seems to largely center around Boeing changing the expectations

It'll be interesting to see in this case if the pilots had/took the opportunity to manually adjust the trim using the wheel thingy, which didn't happen in the Lion Air incident

puzzlepiece87

Good point.

Tim Stone

For background for those not up on this, the 737 MAX 8 added bigger and repositioned engines for better fuel efficiency & thus range, but this causes the plane to nose up, so they added a system to autocorrect for this that was originally based on input from a single sensor that can easily not sense correctly. It does this by adjusting the trim of the tail elevators.

Previously pulling back on the stick would kick the plane out of auto-trim mode, but since the plane needs to be auto-trimmed for stability now it no longer does this. You have to use the cranky handle to force it instead

(a simulator cockpit, but the pacman wheel has I think a handle that you can pull out and crank)

If I've remembered correctly, I am not a pilot and have not done simulation in a while 🤔

puzzlepiece87

Whoa, very impressive detail @TimStone, thank you

Tim Stone

But yeah, if the plane is telling you to nose down because the AoA sensor is borked and the plane is trying to automatically nose down and you also nose down and then realise you should not in fact be nosing down bad things happen :/

Mad Scientist

@TimStone you have to switch of the auto-stabilizer first as far as I understand, and then you can turn the crank

the weird thing is that it only uses one of the AoA sensors at a time

Tim Stone

3:17 PM

Yeah, I think after the first incident they were supposed to be finding a way to correct that since it's just...very bad?

Presumably the thought process is that "Oh you can always just disable the MCAS" but then they didn't tell pilots about the MCAS

So counting on people being able to go through the entire emergency checklist in an emergency is not a gamble I'd want to take with people's lives but 🤷‍♂️

Mad Scientist

the other thing as far as I understand, which could certainly be wrong, is that the stabilizers have more control authority than the pilot flying manually. So if they don't fix this, they can't overpower it manually either

Tim Stone

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I regret to inform you that America's Uncle is running

I'm sorry

I tried to set up a bribery ring with ice cream to keep him in the state but I did not succeed

puzzlepiece87

@TimStone Wait like literally for exercise?

Tim Stone

ALAS no, Biden is running for President

puzzlepiece87

@TimStone Oh darn.

Tim Stone

3:24 PM

French DGAC closes French airspace for 737 Max as well

Tweeted by GescheW on March 12, 2019 at 3:22 PM

As an aside somebody should probably check who in the administration dumped a lot of Boeing stock right before Trump tweeted

It could have not been anyone, but, you know

Mad Scientist

@TimStone Germany as well just now

Tim Stone

This case is fascinating--the founder of a Newport Beach, CA-based college counseling business Edge College and Career Network, LLC, also known as "The Key," flipped on his rich and famous clients. So did a private school college admissions counselor out of Florida.

Tweeted by nycsouthpaw on March 12, 2019 at 3:24 PM

lmao, calling your pay-for-admission scheme front The Key is some next level crimesing, excellent work my dude

Nzall

@puzzlepiece87 Lion air, sure, but Ethiopian Airlines dates back to right after WW2

BradC

@TimStone He hasn't formally announced, but here's the Hill article sourced to a member of Congress who was told that he will:

EXCLUSIVE: Dem lawmaker says Biden to run for White House http://hill.cm/2wzvlNZ

Tweeted by thehill on March 12, 2019 at 2:56 PM

Nzall

Like, Ethiopian Airlines is only about 20 years younger than AA, Hawaiian, Delta and United, only 10 years younger than Alaska Airlines, and older than pretty much any other airline in the USA

Unionhawk

3:38 PM

.@SenJoniErnst & @SenMikeLee are unveiling a new proposal for paid family leave. The "Cradle Act" would allow new parents to use Social Security savings to pay for time off after birth/adoption. Users would then delay their retirement to pay the money back. 📺 Only @CBS Wed. https://t.co/2r5hsSF6a8

Tweeted by CBSThisMorning on March 12, 2019 at 2:21 PM

this is in fact not a paid family leave proposal

Tim Stone

Yeah but dying early to own the feds is the American Dream

Actually bonus points though if they pass on the debt in the estate given the whining over the estate tax

BradC

3:56 PM

Hmmm... interesting if true, but if so, why would this be the first we're hearing about it?

Mueller may drop a second report that can’t be buried, writes @therealNWC https://trib.al/PvTcFLS

Tweeted by thedailybeast on March 12, 2019 at 2:20 PM

Unionhawk

No.10 spokesman: "We are not preparing for and do not want a general election."

Tweeted by paulwaugh on March 12, 2019 at 3:36 PM

BradC

Distinguishing between the aspects of criminal investigation and its report concerning indictments that goes to the Attorney General vs the "Intelligence investigation" that Mueller inherited, and its requirement to produce a report about "links between Russia and the Trump campaign", that will go directly to the heads of intelligence agencies and congressional committees

Yuuki

@Unionhawk It's technically paid family leave in the sense that you pay for your family leave.

puzzlepiece87

4:30 PM

@Yuuki @Unionhawk How much would you pay to insert Yuuki into a dumpster? :P

Yuuki

4:43 PM

@puzzlepiece87 Would that be considered paid leave?

Wipqozn

CBC.ca: Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among dozens charged in US college
admissions scam.
https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5052838

@TimStone Oh I'm slow

Yuuki

@TimStone dat middle-child syndrome

MBraedley

@Unionhawk UK? Not clear without further context.

BradC

@MBraedley Yeah, I think it translates to "there are currently no plans for re-voting on Brexit"

Tim Stone

@MBraedley Yeah, 10 Downing Street is the White House equivalent

MBraedley

4:51 PM

@TimStone Well if he had said Downing Street, that would have been enough context.

Tim Stone

It's colloquially known as "Number 10" in the UK, though that's obviously context you would have had to have previously

MBraedley

As an aside, nobody here says messages from the government originate at 24 Sussex Dr., they say the PMO (Prime Minister's Office).

Wipqozn

Different cultures are different and therefore weird

Especially any culture derived from @TimStone

Which reminds me

Yuuki

5:09 PM

@MBraedley While "The White House" is far more common, some people will occasionally use "1600 Pennsylvania".

Tim Stone

tbf notices come from "The Office of the President of the United States" but we just say the White House

MBraedley

Yeah, I'm talking common vernacular.

Tim Stone

5:26 PM

Trump administration plans to close all 21 international immigration offices, a move that could delay visas, citizenship petitions https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trump-administration-preparing-to-close-international-immigration-offices/2019/03/12/e8db2be4-44d3-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html?utm_term=.bf2455af5cf4

Tweeted by washingtonpost on March 12, 2019 at 5:15 PM

user15026

@TimStone ......

user15026

I mean I didn't have to do American stuff so I have no idea what your process entails but....WHAT THE HELL.

Tim Stone

The intent is to transfer responsibility to domestic offices and US embassies and consulates, since these offices are currently run by USCIS directly, which is theoretically okay? But you know they're mostly just trying to screw people

Asked by @MaryKBruce "what's the hold up?" in making any 2020 announcement, former Vice President Joe Biden jokes, "No hold up, the car is working!" as he departs an event. https://abcn.ws/2EZzVvH https://t.co/hjZwmfVkVu

Tweeted by ABC on March 12, 2019 at 5:26 PM

ughhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yuuki

@TimStone Diamond Jooooooeeeee

Tim Stone

Brazil police arrest 2 suspects in killing of LGBTQ lawmaker Marielle Franco and her driver, a brazen assassination that shocked and angered Brazilians and sparked protests in several countries. https://on.msnbc.com/2TIKBYJ - @NBCOUT

Tweeted by MSNBC on March 12, 2019 at 5:16 PM

> Bible signed by Trump sells for $325 on eBay

tbh I figured that would probably happen to at least some of the ones he signed? If I just suffered a disaster and the president rolled up for a photo op I'd be trying to maximize the value I got out of it too

user15026

5:41 PM

@TimStone Yeah but making more work like that just strikes me as something that's gonna just mean that they can go "oh well sorry this process just takes tiiiiiiiiime"

user15026

Like it feels like another sneaky gatekeeping attempt

Tim Stone

Oh it almost definitely is

????????????????????

Climate change is real. Humans contribute.

Tweeted by mattgaetz on March 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Did he suffer a concussion, or did he finally realise he has a lot banking on Florida oceanfront property?

MBraedley

@TimStone Did we somehow switch over to the extra bizarro universe?

Tim Stone

I feel like we did and yet we're probably still in the Bad Place

Just Bizarro Bad Place

MBraedley

Actually, that's probably a better way of looking at it.

(better?)

... more accurate ...

Tim Stone

6:24 PM

The top FAA job has been vacant for 14 months, airline enforcement fines have dropped 88% in two years and lengthy tarmac delays have doubled. Meantime, the U.S. is increasingly isolated in not acting on the Boeing 737 Max 8. https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-737-max-the-latest-example-of-a-passive-dot-11552409944 via @WSJ

Tweeted by PaulPage on March 12, 2019 at 5:47 PM

Oh right I had forgotten that first part. Amazing how many dumb and easily addressable things we now must constantly remind ourselves of!

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone so glad that my school is elite enough now for the rich to try and scheme their way in

Tim Stone

What are your best “hacks” for the back-to-school season?

Tweeted by FelicityHuffman on August 25, 2016 at 7:10 PM

Life hacks /cc @Sterno

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone account hacked

Tim Stone

Who knew having disposable income with which to rig the systems that stand in your way was the ultimate life hack?

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone lol

Don’t just go through life, grow through life. What are you creating for yourself today?

Tweeted by FelicityHuffman on March 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM

Tim Stone

6:29 PM

Fair, she tried the advice before putting it out there

I have retained Clark Brewster as my personal lawyer and have asked him and his firm to review all legal matters involving me. Upon completion of Mr. Brewster's review and further consultation with me, I anticipate Mr. Brewster will serve as my primary counsel on all legal issues

Tweeted by StormyDaniels on March 12, 2019 at 6:12 PM

Stormy has new representation that has likely not done crimes

GodEmperorDune

womp womp

Tim Stone

Those are some aliases.

Tweeted by evanmcmurry on March 12, 2019 at 6:27 PM

Mad Scientist

I shouldn't read discussions about the anti-climate change arguments Trump recently parroted. Far too many people attacking the "carbon dioxide is the major building block of life statement", which is probably the only reasonably accurate statement in that entire thing

Tim Stone

Oh, Clark Brewster represented one of those Bixby kids that assaulted another by forcing a pool stick up his ass

GodEmperorDune

@MadScientist oh is this from the "climate change is good actually" crowd? people have been jumping on that as it gets harder and harder to deny that climate change is happening and humans are at fault

Tim Stone

6:41 PM

.@lisamurkowski shows us the pens she got from the White House signing ceremony of the lands bill

Tweeted by seungminkim on March 12, 2019 at 6:38 PM

Mad Scientist

@GodEmperorDune I'm talking about the side that accepts climate change here, they're still mostly talking bullshit about this specific part online

Tim Stone

I assume that the format is no different from past Presidents but it seems kind of dumbly meta to have your signature on the pen

Also those are sharpies

Mad Scientist

@TimStone aren't bills usually signed with the real kind of pen, with ink and stuff?

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone narcissism is a helluva drug

Tim Stone

Did his hand get less steady or something so he switched to sharpies so no one notices? Wikipedia seems to have a non-sharpie/more legible version of his signature

GodEmperorDune

6:42 PM

even more fun that taxpayer money is going to make custom pens for trump's ego

@TimStone iirc it's an ergonomic thing and he's been signing things in sharpies since the 90s or 00s

Tim Stone

So I assume like at some point he used normal pens like a normal person

GodEmperorDune

maybe he likes that sharpies make his writing a bigger font

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune Oh god it's not "My hands are so big so I need a big writing instrument" thing is it?

GodEmperorDune

i don't think he has that kind of insight tbh

Tim Stone

@MadScientist That's for normal presidents, not big boy ones, or something

GodEmperorDune

6:45 PM

i worked at a place where the CEO was an old dude and swore off email so his secretary would print the emails in a memo form, he would write responses on them with red sharpies, then the secretary would reply accordingly

trump not doing emails might be a similar thing

Tim Stone

I noticed that a non-zero number of Republicans sign this way now too and I want to know if they always did or they're just following suit

GodEmperorDune

pence-putting-water-on-the-floor-then-the-table.avi

Yuuki

🤔

Tim Stone

@TimStone Yeah, they're all meta like that

GodEmperorDune

i guess presidents have been tacky since the 60s

or at least since the 60s

show me the george washington pen with his signature carved into it

Tim Stone

6:52 PM

Heh, NPR has a short history

The general act of gifting the signing implement seems to go back further but Truman just had a box of pens and I guess was like "What the hell will I do with all of these?"

Tim Stone

7:24 PM

PM lost vote by 149 this time around. Was 230 last time. Theresa May now speaking but she has completely lost her voice. House is silent to hear her.

Tweeted by KateEMcCann on March 12, 2019 at 7:23 PM

MBraedley

Sometimes I wish "no deal" meant "Brexit isn't actually happening", instead of "the worst possible outcome imaginable".

Tim Stone

Another vote tomorrow will determine whether there's a no-deal #Brexit, announces @theresa_may and then possibly a Thursday vote on Article 50 extension.

Tweeted by W7VOA on March 12, 2019 at 7:26 PM in reply to W7VOA

Don't worry they're going to vote on that tomorrow even though as far as I know they don't actually have a choice in the matter!

Unionhawk

I wonder why no.10 does not want a general election

in other news, the wikipedia history on List of Government defeats in the House of Commons (1945-Present) is really good

Tim Stone

The mistake here was not blaming this all entirely on Nigel Farage, throwing him in prison for uhh, I dunno, "conspiring with the Russians"? or something? and then saying they'll have to have a do over

Then promptly going "Hey look at the Americans!" and forget about the whole ordeal

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone whatever happened to the guy that stole the thicc gold stick?

Tim Stone

7:37 PM

Wait what someone stole the smiting scepter?

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone i mean they recovered it before he left the room

Tim Stone

This is an *extraordinary* response to the mandamus-not-mandamus issued by CA5 last week. I've never seen the like. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5766278/0088-03-11-2019-MEMORANDUM-and-ORDER-the-Minute.pdf I'm not gonna comment further on this - but in case you're wondering, Ellison is a highly respected district judge here.

Tweeted by RMFifthCircuit on March 12, 2019 at 7:24 PM

JUDICIAL DRAMA WATCH 2019 (2016 FOREVER EDITION)

GodEmperorDune

is there more context on this?

Wipqozn

U.K. Parliament rejects May's Brexit plans despite last-ditch efforts to save deal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brexit-vote-tuesday-1.5052554

> British Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union were defeated Tuesday as skeptical members of her own party readily defied her warning that Britain might not leave the EU at all if they voted against her.

Oh, no, that would be dreadful

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune This is in the forced arbitration case, the appeals court judge issued a decision and the district court judge is saying that it was based on essentially willful misinterpretation by that judge

MBraedley

7:42 PM

@TimStone How likely do you think it is that the EU will allow the extension?

Tim Stone

It's my understanding that they had said that they had no interest in doing so

But it's politics so tbh who knows

I wouldn't rule it out, hard to say what people think is the least destructive option at this point

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone maybe ricohat will have an explainer

@TimStone not leaving would be least destructive imo

so they're probably going to do a no deal brexit for the worst of all worlds

Tim Stone

Yeah, the tl;dr on the non-specifics of the case is that the appeals court judge misinterpreted aspects of the district court judge's case including stuff the judge said and the district court judge is officially calling the appeals court judge out on it

Before the case proceeds to the full appeals court, presumably

Mad Scientist

@MBraedley The bigger question is whether the UK manages to come up with a plan on what to do during the extension. There has to be a plausible way to come to a decision for an extension to make any sense

Tim Stone

Which like, you rarely have lower court judges punching up for obvious reasons

GodEmperorDune

7:55 PM

was the circuit judge one of the trump unqualified nominations?

Tim Stone

@TimStone Ah, here's an article

Ellison's been on the bench for like 20 years, he was a Clinton appointee. Not sure about Smith

Reagan appointee

GodEmperorDune

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weird paywall

Tim Stone

Argh, I hate referrer paywalls

Yuuki

Ah, the constant question of our time: "Is this guy in his early 30s or is he a Nazi?"

Tim Stone

I got there via Google so it didn't get me :|

Yuuki

9:16 PM

> Theresa May's Brexit deal suffers second defeat in UK Parliament (391-242)

Deadline's getting a bit tight there.

Tim Stone

> Musk lawyers accuse SEC of “unconstitutional power grab”

> Musk's lawyers argue Tesla's policy gives Musk discretion to decide which tweets are material and that Musk reasonably determined that this February 19 tweet was non-material

…🤔

GodEmperorDune

surprised elon hasn't tweeted out that SEC are pedos tbh

Tim Stone

Oh god damnit this is going to end up with him being a Pizzagater isn't it?

rubs temples until his head catches fire

The government punished him for being Too Online because he knows their secrets!!!

GodEmperorDune

speaking of which, i got a cold email from a spacex recruiter

i don't want to be dickish because the recruiter is just doing their job

but i want to be "elon ruined yall for me"

Tim Stone

On the other hand you could achieve our dream of being able to send the billionaires to space

Details about coming back are buried in the fine print of this flight agreement

Ton And A Half Of Cocaine Seized At Port Of New York/Newark https://n.pr/2O1uJv4

Tweeted by NPR on March 12, 2019 at 9:05 PM

puzzlepiece87

9:29 PM

@TimStone "Dragon capsule autodocking procedure may work successfully or may launch you on a course out of the Milky Way depending on net worth idk"

user15026

@puzzlepiece87 who can tell, its a mystery

puzzlepiece87

@Ash hehehehe

Tim Stone

🤧

Tweeted by aprilaser on March 12, 2019 at 9:33 PM

Cursed image

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone connected to the college thing or no?

Tim Stone

lmao

> Officials carried out an inspection of the shipment after they noticed tampering of several containers on a large vessel traveling from Buenaventura, Colombia

Oh wait you mean the country which we're using as a launching pad to stage an eventual military intervention in Venezuela from?

Hmm weird

GodEmperorDune

9:35 PM

who knew

as an aside, i heard from a reporter that drug trafficking as an industry is so lucrative that they expect about 30% of product to get captured and are still wildly profitable

Tim Stone

> On Capitol Hill, Republicans resist new voting protections

lmao @ the end, wtf

> The hearing took a bizarre turn near the end when Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tex., who arrived just as the proceedings were about to end, asked for his turn to question the witnesses

He then called the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional, said "BUT THE 2016 DNC HAD ID CHECKS AND FENCING!!!" and then asked the voting rights expert if she knew of any lawsuits pertaining to the DNC requirements

To which she replied that she had not, because what the hell

GodEmperorDune

how is that jackass still a rep?

texas wut u doin

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune our best, which to be fair is not very much

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki fair

Yuuki

@TimStone I declare ~~bankruptcy~~ non-material!

Nzall

9:51 PM

@TimStone The most sane option right now, and I use "sane" loosely, is 1. vote "no no-deal Brexit" tomorrow"; 2. Vote "extend A50" the day after; 3. Get an extension for however long you need to organize a second referendum on whether the public wants "no deal or no brexit". 4. Go from there.

Yuuki

IIRC, the EU has stated that there's not going to be any more extensions.

Nzall

@Yuuki Yeah, but European Court of Justice AFAIK also stated that the UK can unilaterally extend or revoke A50

And from what the news told me today, extending the A50 talks is not entirely off the table

From what I understand, some EU members are amenable to a deadline extension. Problem is the timeframe. with EU elections in several months, there is very little chance that the UK can organize a Referendum with enough time leftover to revoke A50 AND write out new elections for EU parliament in case no brexit wins

Yuuki

Is this going to end up like one of those "technically speaking, North and South Korea have been at war for 70 years" things?

GodEmperorDune

Wild: Lobbyists & special interests have apparently begun geo-targeting digital ads to houses of Trump allies outside the White House & "the school of the child of a particular outfluencer with ads specifically designed“ to prompt dinner table discussion http://washingtonian.com/2019/03/10/how-lobbying-has-changed-donald-trump-washington/

Tweeted by annalecta on March 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM

apparently it's not a new practice

badp

10:51 PM

so who won the slow motion brexit car train crash trash fire earthquake calamity disaster breaking news updates headlines soundbites race

GodEmperorDune

@badp nobody won, but everyone lost

badp

ok

but who won

puzzlepiece87

@badp The real winners were the alternative timelines we abandoned along the way

GodEmperorDune

11:21 PM

chickens teamed up to kill fox at farming school

GodEmperorDune

11:40 PM

Trump's 35th appeals court judge confirmed. This also flips the 3rd Circuit from majority Dem appointees to majority GOP appointees. This is the first of the circuits to flip since Trump took office https://twitter.com/SenatePress/status/1105543737302806528

Tweeted by lawrencehurley on March 12, 2019 at 7:03 PM

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