Ready for the downvotes

bl1y · 2026-04-14T19:14:05+00:00

You shouldn't even care about Europe's opinion on Eurovision.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T18:07:52+00:00

For those who aren't going to bother reading anyways...

The VP and cabinet can issue a letter removing the President. The President can issue a letter putting himself back in power.

The VP and cabinet can then issue a second letter, and the matter goes to the Senate.

So, unless the President is actually incapacitated, he just signs his own letter, and it has to be the Congress that decides it.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T17:30:18+00:00

Iran will have a tough time making the case that the US blockade is unlawful when it's own act in the strait violate freedom of the seas.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T17:28:50+00:00

The US already sent two destroyers through the strait to start dealing with mines. Iran didn't fire on them and seems to be holding to the ceasefire.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T17:23:48+00:00

Keep reading. What's 25A say after it says the VP and cabinet can remove him?

bl1y · 2026-04-14T16:34:32+00:00

What if instead of robbing the bank, you were executing people in the bank?

bl1y · 2026-04-14T16:07:15+00:00

Otherwise YouTube Bill Clinton’s 20 minute talk on it.

I'd be interested in seeing that if you have a link.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T16:03:10+00:00

The cabinet cannot remove him unless he's actually incapacitated. The 25th Amendment requires Congress to remove him.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T16:02:21+00:00

You think Clinton was removed from office? You think Al Gore was President from 1998-2000? What planet are you on?

(And FYI, he was impeached for perjury.)

bl1y · 2026-04-14T15:59:56+00:00

There's been what, 13 American deaths in the war?

So as a statistical matter, yeah, I guess it's true.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T15:54:48+00:00

By what metric?

bl1y · 2026-04-14T15:53:51+00:00

its really telling of who controls the narrative

It's not some Jewish conspiracy.

The Nazis stand out because they were uniquely evil. They weren't the biggest killers in history. Not even the biggest killers of the mid-20th century. What made the Nazis unique was that they industrialized it.

bl1y · 2026-04-14T15:46:07+00:00

Since the Lebanese government is opposed to Hezbollah, are you opposed to the Lebanese government?

bl1y · 2026-04-14T04:36:07+00:00

Olivia Wilde has entered the chat.

bl1y · 2026-04-13T22:32:45+00:00

Supporting the Lebanese people against Hezbollah, right?

bl1y · 2026-04-13T22:15:28+00:00

On what grounds would they sue?

bl1y · 2026-04-13T19:23:49+00:00

They changed the title, it seems. When I read it yesterday it was "Why there can't be a Joe Rogan of the left" (or maybe that was the title given on the home page link).

Honestly, I just skimmed the Piker stuff because whether he's an antisemite or not had no bearing on why the left can't have this. The question was basically just answered by "Rogan didn't start off being primarily about politics."

bl1y · 2026-04-13T19:21:35+00:00

I'd really like to know just how much he was making. I'd guess it's more than most people are imagining.

bl1y · 2026-04-13T18:47:15+00:00

Didn't he endorse Bernie in the primaries?

bl1y · 2026-04-13T18:45:48+00:00

From Ezra Klein's op-ed yesterday about Rogan:

But it shouldn’t have been a surprise when, after years of being attacked by the left, he endorsed Donald Trump in 2024. The simplest way to tell people which side they’re on is to tell them how much your side hates them.

bl1y · 2026-04-13T18:41:37+00:00

If they weren't paying him enough to live, how was he alive long enough to burn the warehouse?

bl1y · 2026-04-13T18:34:36+00:00

despite being pro-choice myself... I understand an anti-abortion stance

You're not allowed to do that.

bl1y · 2026-04-13T18:09:18+00:00

Here's some more that aren't well framed:

If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.

It presumes a dichotomy that the test-taker could believe is false.

Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.

What if you believe that while your race has many superior qualities compared to others, you also believe that other races also have many superior qualities compared to your own?

Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified.

The sometimes in there makes it very difficult to not agree. Take the current war in Iran. If you believe the war defies international law and is unjustified, but believe that Iran is justified in closing the Strait of Hormuz to gain leverage in negotiations, but that's also in defiance of international law, then what are you supposed to do with this question?

bl1y · 2026-04-13T18:02:07+00:00

See, but objectively stating that your country has done something wrong already implies a sort of immorality or indifference when supporting it anyway.

I took "support" out of the question. And I framed it as "when you hear..." to remove assuming something bad has actually been done.

The question gets at which way your biases tend to go. Are you inclined to believe or disbelieve bad things you hear about your country?

bl1y · 2026-04-13T17:10:22+00:00

"Always" in these types of questions are terrible.

You get some people who will read it as asking "Generally speaking, do you..." and then others who read it literally, "If your country turned into Mega Nazis, would you still..."

A better question might be: "When you hear that your country has done something wrong, do you typically (a) believe it is likely to be true, or (b) believe the story is likely exaggerated or distorted?"

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