brygphilomena

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I really, really don't want this to pop off. I want there to be some other means.

I'm just having a real hard time seeing what other choice people with their backs against the wall will have.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It's premise is that the courts can never be 100% correct. There is no level of burden of proof which is infallible.

No amount of modern technology guarantees that an innocent man won't inadvertently be convicted and sentenced to death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Unbridled capitalisms only real end game is slavery.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

If every case were so cut and dry, it would work.

But invariably there will come a case where it seems so certain but not be true. To accept the death penalty in any case, we must be okay with it being applied at least once to kill an innocent person.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I hereby direct the Attorney General to seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation against the United States or in matters before executive departments and agencies of the United States.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people [...] to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Fuck you, Trump.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I met him once or twice whenever my friends and I would end up at The Rainbow on sunset. It was always an interesting place to visit. Before he passed, you always knew Lemmy would be there. But you never knew who else you'd run into.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago

His EO says

against the United States or in matters before executive departments and agencies of the United States.

The first amendment says:

to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

This EO is literally just rescinding the first amendment.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They really have everything to supply an office or a warehouse. Procurement can use a single vendor for almost everything they need.

It's a solid business model.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

No no. They are trans parents. Musk is a trans parent. He's just not good at the parent part.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 months ago (3 children)

X Chrome

Ughhhhhhh

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Oh I totally agree.

When I say efficiency, I'm talking about quickly providing service. I expect the USPS to be efficient in that they deliver the mail without sending something around the country pointlessly and that they deliver it quickly. Efficient in that appointments are easy to get. Efficient in that applications are processed in a timely fashion.

I don't want meaningless busy work or pointless paperwork. I honestly don't think there is a lot of that anyway. These aren't things that federal workers want or administrators would set up to purposely be obtuse. (Other than those purposely trying to sabotage agencies for privatization. But I'm good with my tax money going to more federal workers. Those people aren't getting rich on their government salaries.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm not saying perfection. That's my last sentence. The fraud of by a small number of people is worth it if it means more people are helped.

It doesn't make sense to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to prevent fraud of hundreds of dollars.

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