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Iuz the Evil

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Iuz the Evil last won the day on July 8 2023

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    Iuz the Old, Lord of Pain, stretches his bony hand across the Flanaess. Since the signing of the Pact of Greyhawk, his empire of tyranny and suffering is secure - at least for a time. None of the lands of good and hope are strong enough to harm him
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  1. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/tech/vpn-searches-spike-texas-pornhub/index.html So THAT just happened. Hah! The GOP cannot seem to get out of their own way. At least they’re addressing the “critical issues” of online porn access. Pretty sure that ship had sailed?
  2. Well, the enforcement authority lies with the executive branch and they haven’t been taking action for a variety of reasons. If California or New York decide to ignore Bruen, nothing much is happening under this administration. Might change with a different one. Same with Dobbs, really. There’s a lot the Federal government can theoretically do, but it takes the will to do it and that can cut both ways. So I’m thinking some of it is related to the perceived stature of the Court, and some of it that the Executive branch is polarized by whoever happens to be in the chair at the time and as a result takes no action supporting the Court’s rulings. (Not sure what they could do about Colorado). If you get an executive branch that supports these rulings, that might look pretty different, as it has in the past. Now we have a Constitutional Sheriffs movement that’s taking off, 14 Counties in very progressive California (of 58) have very publicly told the State that they’ll not be enforcing laws they deem unconstitutional. And while California can legally tell them they are not allowed to do that, good luck enforcing that position. How will you prove lack of enforcement? What do you legally have the ability to do regarding an elected official who has local support for the position they are taking? Sheriffs have a lot of power practically, and there are few systems to curtail that outside the vote (which will continue to go in their favor if they are endorsing a locally popular position). Is harder that it sounds and the potential for very serious breakdown of our systems is quite real. i don’t like anything about this stuff, we have processes for this. “Just do what you know is right” is a path to anarchy in my opinion. It’ll be interesting, and potentially very unpleasant, to watch this play out.
  3. That’s an interesting article, there have been numerous cases in recent years where district courts tend to push up against (or ignore, or circumvent) Supreme Court rulings, I’m wondering if the politicization of the SCOTUS is contributing to that by reducing their perceived stature and impartiality with the lesser courts. I generally don’t like it when the legal system doesn’t follow its own rules. Being the law and all that…
  4. SNL has had a great cold open the last two weeks.
  5. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/europe/sweden-join-nato-official-intl/index.html Sweden ends a 200 year policy of nonalignment going back to the Napoleonic wars to join NATO. This is absolutely devastating to Putin’s dreams of empire reconstruction, and in my opinion a huge success for the safety and stability of Europe in the face of Russian expansionism. It’s also a repudiation for military adventurism as a political tool. Good news in my book. Sweden is no joke, Finland either, when it comes to their military contribution to the alliance. As a deterrent force, NATO just got stronger.
  6. Well, he’s 77 years old. It’s a reasonable concern, particularly given his behavior
  7. I think it’s reasonable to be concerned about the cognitive facilities of any individual running for President who is of an age to be required to show up in person to renew a license and is subject to family requests for license review. The Donald exceeds that by a healthy margin in California (70), as does his opponent. It would be nice to have candidates with a little less tread worn off their tires, but it is what it is. I could see either of them not having their full cognitive facilities, and likely both.
  8. There could potentially be some programming improvements to do there…
  9. Labor is a large chunk of cost for the food industry, between 25-35% typically. Just FYI, a quick Google will confirm this. It’s a service industry, labor is a significant cost factor.
  10. Pretty decent legal summary on the whole Texas border thing. https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/27/politics/texas-border-supreme-court-what-matters/index.html It’ll likely keep going on in one way or another for a bit yet.
  11. The DNC and GOP are warming up their best pitchers this year. Roe v Wade and Immigration are on deck. Fresh faced star hitter Israel vs Hamas is at bat, hard to know how this is going to play out with the public but it’s going to be called by two candidates who were in grade school with Bob Uecker.
  12. And endorsed Trump. Just embarrassingly craven given his campaign history and comments. Probably angling for a cushy cabinet post like boot licker, sign spinner, or human ottoman.
  13. We’ve got some interesting new pending legislation out here in the Golden State. Exit tax for folks who leave (with individual or combined income over $15M/$30M). Proposed new wealth tax. SB2 restrictions on concealed carry locations (including the “vampire clause” which makes it illegal to carry unless a business or private property owner explicitly posts that they welcome CCW). Repurposing about 30% of the Mental Health Services Act funding for housing in a major ballot initiative this March (7% of this funding would also go to the State for regulation of the new initiative, and prevention is removed entirely from the Act obligations). Expansion of the “gravely disabled” definitions for psychiatric holds and conservatorship to include substance abuse, which was effective January 1 but delayed by most jurisdictions until 2026. It’s an interesting time. The Governor is indicating only a $38B shortfall, the legislative analyst said it’s $68B. None of the new initiatives implemented the past several years are significantly cut in the budget proposal, there are a series of payment delays to local government and some repurposing of Behavioral Health funding. I’m not sure what’s going to happen but it’ll definitely be a rough year in California. Hopefully we get good rainfall and avoid a major fire season. Edit: for clarity, the SB2 sensitive spaces clause has a stay on it pending the 9th circuit ruling.
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