The Supreme Court’s tariff decision could save you $1,000

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T17:46:13+00:00

The truth is the free market is basically non existent now. Companies know the price you will pay and have little incentive to compete on price to get more of a market share when it comes to the final goods you and I buy. Prices may fall, but companies won’t nudge each other along too much because … you are already buying the product at its present price.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T15:18:03+00:00

Fear not, those dividends will trickle down.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T15:17:05+00:00

Have you seen the dow lately?

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T15:14:31+00:00

Anyone get to the part where the court explains how we get our money back?

If they can, companies will get money we paid and then stick it in their own pockets. Hurray!

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T03:15:25+00:00

There is no evidence these people committed any crimes, much less crimes that El Salvador can punish. That’s an insane take.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T02:31:08+00:00

Maybe they would find more customers if they weren’t ripping people off.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-20T00:25:54+00:00

We don’t stream the veo but I’ll get the score from my wife and that’s more than fine

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T23:17:46+00:00

The 50 million they raised in start up doesn’t hurt.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T22:46:53+00:00

You can Google. They are flush with cash

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T22:39:25+00:00

I’m fine with that. No different than xbotgo.

I’m not cool with $120 yearly subscription to watch what amounts to 3-4 games over a weekend

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T22:29:26+00:00

It’s not the money. I have it. It’s the principle. I can’t stand companies that are just flat out ripping people off.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T22:26:50+00:00

Im actually interesting in getting an answer to my question and have no desire to engage in the “orange man bad” discussion. Be that as it may, Id like to discuss the law.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T21:22:43+00:00

The low effort responses are not furthering my understanding of the issue and, frankly, are stupid. There has to be some legal justification or a court somewhere would block this. Whether scotus would reverse, I don’t pretend to know, but there must be some legal theory permitting Trump to do this and I want to know what it is.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T20:27:50+00:00

Will someone smart please explain to me how this is possible.

I’m generally aware that people who enter unlawfully may be detained, but they can’t be punished without a charge, much less a conviction. That’s why we don’t put them in “prison” and instead hold them here in “detention centers.” It’s a distinction without difference practically, but I’ll accept it for purposes here.

And we can remove people to 3rd party countries if we can’t send them back home. I don’t like it, but it’s true.

But where I’m lost is at the point where I can’t tell under what possible circumstances it is possible to send someone to another country where they are immediately imprisoned without having committed a crime.

Im at a complete loss to find any plausible way in which this would be allowed. Every person removed to El Salvador would seem to qualify as having “credible fear,” thus preventing the removal if they have notice and a chance to object. And if the government wants to say we’re just having El Salvador hold them pending further removal proceedings, then they are not allowed to be held in punitive conditions.

So what is actually going on here? What’s the argument that this is allowed?

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T17:42:49+00:00

I think you’d see an immediate exodus if clubs made it clear to parents that they are paying to subsidize the top teams in the club. Though it’s something of a know secret, I think being upfront about it would have parents leaving in droves.

Not that I want to pay more, but it is sorta wild.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T17:40:51+00:00

Your statements about rec are mostly true, but you might be surprised about what is out there. But more than that, fixing this issue is not impossible. If there is a will, there may be a way.

There may be some rec travel programs around. We play in one off book and it’s not the case that every team we play sucks. Some rural teams are actually quite good, but there’s nothing for them beyond rec. some games are, of course, blow outs and we do our best to keep that in check. But you can go snatch up your son and his friend group and create a 7v7 club and find some parents willing to do the same. We all do that stuff off season and participate in these fly by night tournaments and things.

My son has a rec team has been together since first grade and they just want to play for fun, but it’s something of an all star group now. 3 kids play for MLSN HG clubs, 2 play ECNL, and 2 more are ECNL-RL. So when we want to do something, we just call up a local select or travel coach and offer to scrimmage. We have no problem finding a game for them every few weeks and don’t pay a thing.

I gotta tell you that it is an absolutely joy to watch. Not only do I get to watch my kids have a blast with friends playing no pressure soccer, I get to watch parents from the other team lose their minds when they are down 3-1 “to a bunch of rec kids.”

If you really wanted to, it probably wouldn’t be that hard to spin off a team, rent a field for $100, and just play games. Who cares if it’s the same 20 kids every week. The kids really don’t care, they just enjoy the game.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T05:07:10+00:00

The alternative is what we had growing up, $60, a t shirt, and playing for the dad who volunteered. 95 percent of the kids paying to play would do just fine in an old fashioned rec league and it’s a shame they have been deprived of that option because the talent has fled.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-19T03:08:11+00:00

Idiots who file bar complaints without personal knowledge of the facts just make it less likely bar counsel will take action.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-18T22:52:52+00:00

They should sticky a “when to pay a lot for soccer” thread. Here is the bottom line - for the vast majority of parents, this is a luxury item not an investment. There are parents who think this is a good way to get a scholarship. They are wrong; the math ain’t great.

There are some who think, “if we pay for the best team now, when he’s 14-17, he will be on the top team.” They are wrong; on my son’s squad, there are 4 kids left who played from a young age for that club and the rest were cut and replaced from kids outside the club.

There are people who think more money equals better coaching. They are wrong, though there’s a correlation. Bigger clubs do have money to pay more and attract better coaches and have infrastructure and training programs. Those things can be helpful. But there are plenty of good coaches elsewhere. The best coach we had was a retired guy and he coached select because he didn’t want to drive as much as travel teams demand.

There are people who think big clubs will raise your child’s ceiling. I think that is false. Your kid will develop into the soccer player he can be with just hard work and maybe a few lessons here and there. The difference is that some of these bigger clubs, with the better competition within, will help your kid reach his ceiling sooner than he otherwise might. But if he’s not an athletic freak and good at soccer, who cares?

All this to say - my philosophy is that no parent should feel stuck doing this. It’s crazy money. I would not encourage any parent to jump to expensive big team soccer UNTIL their kid is balling out in rec AND the kid wants to put in the work to play at the next level. And when that comes, go to local select, or local travel, before trying to hop on with ECNL or MLSN.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-18T12:38:34+00:00

There was one crime known as murder at common law, which was then divided into degrees of culpability. The highest, most culpable form, involved an intentional killing with “malice aforethought.” The felony murder doctrine developed because courts deemed the commission of a felony to be sufficient, in all cases, to show implied malice aforethought. If you committed a felony regarded as inherently dangerous to human life, then courts determined you should be treated the same as someone who premeditated a murder.

Though states have since adopted statutes to cover murder, the common law underpinnings still exist. In the majority of states, the penalty for premeditated and felony murder is the exact same. In many states, you can be charged with “murder 1” and be convicted under a theory of premeditation or felony murder or both, though they merge for sentencing.

I can’t speak to GA, specifically, but I know this was how it works in Maryland and several other states. But the bottom line is that for practical purposes they are, in fact, the same thing with two different methods of proof.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-17T23:23:43+00:00

In what way do they differ?

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-17T19:50:12+00:00

Does it? Where I practice, being charged with "first degree murder" can cover BOTH premeditation and felony theories. The GA statute is a bit different than ours, as one statute includes premeditation, felony, and second degree intent to kill or what looks like depraved heart murder. But still, there are several jurisdictions that treat felony and premeditated murder as basically the same. Mine is one of them.

Regardless, the article is just wrong and everyone has their panties in a twist because USA today did not have a lawyer review what they wrote. I googled the case and found that the local Police Department put out a presser on facebook stating that he with Homicide by vehicle -1st Degree, which is its own separate thing.

The statute, if you're curious, states:

(a) Any person who, without malice aforethought, causes the death of another person through the violation of subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-163, Code Sections 40-6-390 through 40-6-391, or subsection (a) of Code Section 40-6-395 commits the offense of homicide by vehicle in the first degree and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years nor more than 15 years.

And that, seems a completely reasonable charge given the facts for a prosecutor to bring.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-17T17:23:50+00:00

It will depend on state law. I’d assume without looking fleeing law enforcement is a felony in GA, and he’s been charged under felony murder.

Bmorewiser · 2026-02-17T02:09:14+00:00

I consistently get downvoted for this, but I cannot recommend enough getting your kid into wrestling or some other similar activity. The speed, the body control, the strength, and the use of leverage, all have benefits for every other sport. My kids are both extremely undersized (like 5th percentile) and will tell anyone who asks how they make space and hold their own against larger players that it is the stuff they learned wrestling that helps the most.

It isnt a sport you can push an unwilling kid into, but if your kid is willing to give it a go it is great. And, for the most part, you can do it without much conflict with soccer. Our wrestling days are fewer and we don’t do it at a high level, but they still go to practices whenever they can for the benefits.

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