DrBob

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My understanding is that contempt of court can't be pardoned. The reasoning is that a pardon forgives an action against the (nation)state. Contempt is an offense against the judiciary and is therefore out of scope for the president. But IANAL and I am not even an American so take this for what it's worth. Benjamin Wittes et al. wrote about this a fair bit over at Lawfare a couple years ago.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Bad faith is the term. IANAL but I've been married to two of them. "Bad faith argument" for the action, "acting in bad faith" for the actor. It captures the idea of appearing to comply with procedure and orders, but deliberately misconstruing meanings and inventing ambiguities to justify actions. A gentler version of this is "sharp practice" which comes close to, but doesn't cross the line into bad faith.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 months ago (19 children)

I'm not a phone person. What benefit does this provide?

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

True heterosexual love between a biological man and a biological woman. It's why he never hooks up with Lois Lane and keeps sneaking peeks at Jimmy's junk at the gym.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It does, but it's a reason to regulate the market. Otherwise there is minimal incentive to build affordable housing. The margins on luxury housing are just too fat. A developer is better letting half of a luxury setting sit empty than selling out affordable space. Same reason there is so little competition for affordable cars.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He likes to sleep on planes. So do I.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A version of "nice guys never win".

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

If you stay in one too long it becomes your space and you know the staff. Ruins the vibe.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I don't know man. From here I think it could be feet.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

We prefer carnivorous fish though, by a wide margin. Is the "preference" for ruminantsdriven by availability? You have a very small number of predators available for harvesting relative to the abundance of ruminants.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Strands #406 “Orange door hinge” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

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