Oh, they've killed more than a few projects, very publically, so far as I'm concerned :p
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.. and as the article fails to mention.. what about the bloody TREES!? Imagine scammers cutting down a century-old, beautiful tree just to make a few hundred dollars. What a scummy, short-term, selfish thing to do. GRRRR.
Stories like this make me consider that humans deserve to go extinct. Maybe raccoons and corvids will do a better job of caring for this planet.
The man never stopped placing himself strategically to further enrich himself.
Selling $950M is ONLY CUTTING to 9% stake? Holy WTF.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-gates-climate-crisis-farmland
And never, never EVER forget that he set back computing technology by at least a decade with his bullshit at Microsoft.
It's good to be paranoid, but for years I have had periodic sign-ups for lists I never wanted, services I never asked for, medical appointments and plane ticket reservations(!) I didn't make ... you name it.
All because I was an early gmail invitee, so my account is just 'firstinitiallastname@gmail.com' (with no '123', or other decorations) -- I was the FIRST. And I'll be damned if I give it up!
So, so many people with my first initial and surname forget to add whatever crap they added to their signup after they must have gotten the error message at sign-up that told them 'sorry, but firstname.lastname@gmail.com is already taken' and they then forget whatever they added, and keep using my email address when they register for whatever crap they do. So bloody annoying.
I've taken to just logging into the numerous sites they helpfully send me registration links for, and if there's a profile section I may (if I'm feeling cranky) set their profile photo and bio to unsavoury things, before locking the account. If I'm not feeling cranky I just unsubscribe/delete the account.
Isn't there a term for what they're doing, wasting the court's time? And a penalty for it? I think it's called 'Barratry'.
Indeed, and we might need to be ready to play some hardball 'tit for tat' if it comes to it. However we've always been 'the mouse' to their 'elephant' so that might not be feasible.
Hah, no -- oops, will fix :) Thanks
.. and even just economically, AFAIK we have treaties we would have difficulty getting out of; such as to provide them with water. We ship a lot of our raw resources (beef, lumber) down to them only to buy back finished goods, stuff like that. Canada will be in a real jam if we feel a need to distance ourselves properly from the USA.
At this point, the best outcome would be for Biden to self-sacrifice, and go on the ultra-offensive:
"Oh, SCOTUS is supporting the fact a President can commit insurrection, and is absolutely immune, or at least can't be prosecuted while or after being President?
Fine. I have just signed Executive Order #XXX, dissolving the SCOTUS and unseating each of this handpicked list of State and Federal Judges, effective immediately, replacing them with this other (waves big sheet of papers) hand-picked list.
Also, I have just signed Executive Order #YYY, calling for the immediate arrest and indefinite detention of this handpicked list (waves the thid, EVEN LARGER pile in his other hand) of Enemies Of The Republic.
Furthermore, I am resigning as President of the United States immediately, please stand and sing Our National Anthem to welcome President Kamala Harris to the Oval Office as the new Executive In Chief. Thank You and Good Night."
(Just in case there's a way to veto these Executive Orders, he should send guards to discreetly lock Congress at nighttime so they can't hold a vote just before he goes on TV.)
I think you'd see either some VERY quick backtracking by the entire SCOTUS, plus the GOP asking for an emergency meeting and a chance to make things right, or a short Civil War. Which is coming anyhow, by the looks of it, so might as well get it over with now.
He's near the end of his life, so why not perform this selfless act for the good of the nation?
Exactly. I can see the movie scene now:
"Your usefulness to me is now at an end... [maniacal Orange-man laughter]" :(
I have used Krita to edit 1-2 page PDFs, but it's clunky as each page is its own layer. If you're looking for something that lets you add notes to an entire book or something... probably not useful.