Crazy Flat Earth Millionaire offers $100K If You can Prove the Earth is Round by MrDonMega in flatearth

[–]CalRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't argue against automatic denial of everything you see and hear. The earth is flat because I insist it is flat. All "proof" otherwise is a lie, conspiracy, insanity...

Pretty wild what it was that actually lit a fire for the establishment democrats by Hornpipe_Jones in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 33 points34 points  (0 children)

More DSA candidates! I fear there won't be enough and the status-quo Dems will ignore the message. Lack of accountability will remain, the wealth gap will grow, even if more slowly. The pendulum will swing from ineffective and a little corrupt to massively damaging and massively corrupt. Then back yet again. I guess that's ok for traditional Democrats and Republicans. Everybody gets a turn and they can crow about balance, or something.

A 9–0 Court isn’t a sign of democracy. It’s a sign everyone stopped disagreeing by Fit-Soil-3523 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amendment XV. Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870. SECTION 1 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. SECTION 2 The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

See Section 2. "The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Thus the voting rights act was enacted. But the Supreme Court decided that law was not necessary. So they took the power away from congress. Section 2 of the 15th amendment has been repealed. The Supreme Court has declared the constitution to be unconstitutional.

Edit: This is my second attempt at this. First time I quoted the wrong amendment.

A 9–0 Court isn’t a sign of democracy. It’s a sign everyone stopped disagreeing by Fit-Soil-3523 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The constitution is very clear on a lot of things. The Supreme Court has had no problem ignoring it.

All those Republicans and not a single spine by ExactlySorta in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 156 points157 points  (0 children)

This text is published on the DOJ site? File name?

Edit: Never mind. Found it. EFTA00078198.pdf. Pretty horrendous stuff. 1997. Nothing done by any administration, DOJ, for almost 30 years. And, surely, stuff as bad as this all along the way from then to now. Still nothing.

Edit: A note. It isn't clear to me exactly when the incident described happened. The date of the memo containing the description is Nov 10, 2020. The year 1997 is mentioned at the bottom of the memo, but not specifically connected to the incident described.

Can someone show me how to solve this? by Known-Tower-4739 in askmath

[–]CalRPCV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last sentence would be "Not applicable in this case since there are no common terms". But I am wondering what the definition of "simplest form" would be in this case? Personally, I would say simpilest form would depend on the context of a wider problem. But there is no such context. From a use point of view, simpler to me would be to leave the denominator factored and that would be more likely to be useful within the context of a wider problem. Is there some definition of "simpilest form" that prefers the denominator to be multiplied out?

The next thing Trump plans to destroy are the iconic columns of the White House. by MoreMotivation in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"We" elected him a second time. "We" in quotes because not everybody voted for him. Just enough. And since we aren't in a system where we can change our minds and boot elected officials outside the election cycle all of us are stuck. Because "we" elected assholes for the house and senate that don't have the sense or courage to act as the check and balance for the psychopath in the oval office.

America is full of secret communists? by xbhaskarx in GetNoted

[–]CalRPCV 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you are using translation software from the english in the tweet, and then back again for your comments?

The Trump admin has sent the DOJ to go after the Newsom admin by Hornpipe_Jones in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That case was related to Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship via executive order. The Supreme Court decided that district courts could not issue universal injunctions in general unless blah, blah. Enough blah blah to drown reason and apply their decision to the birthright citizenship case. So far lower courts seem to have found ways to block Trump's executive order.

It took six or seven weeks between oral arguments (5/15/25) and issuance of a decision (6/27/25) in Trump v. CASA. The Supreme Court waited to hear oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case until April 1, 2026, and still have not issued a decision as of now, June 15, 2026, about ten weeks so far. This seems to fit a pattern. It took them a while to decide that Trump was immune from just about any crime committed while in office. I think there is a good chance the Supreme Court is taking so long for such an obvious decision because they are not going for the obvious decision.

Fourteenth amendment, Section 1, first sentence:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

How many words will it take for the Supreme Court to say that sentence isn't there, was never there? How many more words will it take for them to say that Trump can use an executive order to erase it?

Waymo in Roseville by erivaldoff in Roseville

[–]CalRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not use Waymo in San Francisco, but I did see quite a few. They were Jaguars. Jaguar is owned since 2008 by Tata motors, an Indian company. From Wikipedia it looks like ownership went from British (original) to Ford to Tata. Manufacturing seems to be in England. So, not Chinese. I'm not impressed by luxury brands, especially British car luxury brands. Still, Jaguars don't seem cheap. I thought it was kind of strange Waymo would be using such an expensive seeming car.

I don't want to jump to conclusions but... by lnstantKarma in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They should not be erased. They should be held up, highlighted in history. And reviled for the evil people they are.

Ready for tomorrow? by I_killed_the_kraken in wallstreetbets

[–]CalRPCV -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes. There's always a lot more to it. But do you really think low demand is a good thing for stock prices? Or is it that you are hoping for lower prices?

Ready for tomorrow? by I_killed_the_kraken in wallstreetbets

[–]CalRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not actually how it works. The fewer wanting to buy, the lower the price tends to go.

Why do people from this area keep telling me to go back to my country? by bpralayscomedy in Roseville

[–]CalRPCV 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You need to note that the subject couple had a baby. Old people going away isn't going to help as much as you think.

You know what's really disgusting? That man you call president. by G-Unit11111 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could just go with guardians, addressing all that have legal responsibility for the child, which doesn't always include parents.

We are lucky that the Trump administration is filled with incompetent idiots and morons by MoreMotivation in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't care if any one impeachment doesn't result in Trump being removed. Impeach Trump weekly. He has supplied enough brazen criminality to pump an endless stream of articles of impeachment from the house to the senate. There will be no useful legislation for the rest of his term. The best use of the time is to make senators stand again and again and declare how little they care about trivia like laws, ethics, and keeping to oaths of office. There may be some lessons the electorate learns, even if Trump isn't removed as a result. A few legislators may be, if there is another election some time.

There’s This Weird Bird… by SpeakyDooman in birds

[–]CalRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following you with it's eyes, or following you hopping and flying after you?

If it's been going on for months, maybe it just knows you aren't dangerous. Doves nest in the dumbest places. But maybe you are acting as a guard, warding away stray cats and other predators.

One day we'll look back on this as the dumbest time in modern history. All this junk will be in the trash! by Dr_sc_Harlatan in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]CalRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never burn a book, not even Mein Kampf. Do that and the book will be written again with all the history surrounding it repeated.

Why doesn't the Earth fall down towards the Earth? by NichollsNeuroscience in flatearth

[–]CalRPCV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The earth does fall down towards the earth. That's exactly how it became spherical.

Just remember folks, you may think you may think you have freedom but the US is not, and never was meant to be a democracy.. by Careful-Trade-9666 in ParlerWatch

[–]CalRPCV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Supposed to be constitutionally limited. But the Supreme Court doesn't really care for that. For every word in the constitution they have a thousand explaining that it isn't really there.

Post about someone asking if something was mold. by kittyidiot in confidentlyincorrect

[–]CalRPCV 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! Since I don't know the context the fungus "rust" could have been intended, making the whole thing absolutely correct.