… of children.

Historically, that would be true, but this SCOTUS is wild. Standing doesn’t mean much anymore. Take, for example, the recent ruling from the anti-lgbt web developer in the 303 Creative v Elenis decision. Smith had not started a business at the time the original suit was filed, and, after she had begun operating, shr did not have any requests to make such a wedding site as described in the suit. During an appeal, she provided a false request – for a man already married to a woman – as her standing. Her standing was obviously bullshit; she had none.

Not that it really helps. Our current SCOTUS will certainly not agree to hear a case that could actually benefit us and defend our civil rights. We should probably start fresh with a new SCOTUS if we want any of that.

Yes, and you can tell how ineffectual it is with how much effort they are going through to stop it!

My mom died a decade ago, and my dad about two years ago. Neither were great, and to a certain extent, their passing left a bit of relief that I was no longer responsible for them. However, with them gone, there is no longer a chance to fix those relationships. They are both dead and my relationship with them will forever have been shitty.

It is sad to think about those times when my dad would tell me he wanted to try to be a better parent, but I’m the end, he never followed through. I don’t look back and think about how he doesn’t have any more chances to fulfill those promises, I see it that he can no longer break that promise to me that he would try.

I know that my parents would not change, they would never take responsibility for how their choices hurt others, they would always continue with their selfish behaviors, and they would never be the parent that every child deserves. Some people can’t be fixed.

I understand your feeling of relief.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/no-a-marketing-firm-isnt-tapping-your-device-to-hear-private-conversations/

Looks like this 404 Media report caught some attention, but it looks like Cox Media Group was lying about what they are/were able to do.

I also didn’t want to sit through 40+ minutes of podcast, so I found a writeup on their site about a press release from Cox Media Group making some bold claims that they have since backtracked on.

Conservatives. Shitting their pants to own the libs.

We have children who need help! Someone call in the “pro-life” conservatives! Don’t worry, gang, we know those God-loving righteous people will come through to solve this. Surely, they will be stumbling over each other help. Nobody talks a bigger game of saving the kids.

What are the bad faith laws in the US like?

I read that as laws that were written in bad faith. Of those, we are bountiful.

Same, bro. I wanted to know what they had to say, so I read a couple paragraphs of “I’m a liberal elite democrat, just like you” followed by “Trump did nothing wrong” and knew I had to stop. It is dishonest to look at the Mueller report and come to the conclusion that there was nothing worth investigating when Mueller explicitly said that he recommends charges against the then president – specifically several counts of obstruction by him and his administration that effectively stonewalled the investigation about collusion with Russia.

If that’s how they felt was the strongest opening argument, it reveals how weak that whole angle was. It certainly did reveal a bias, but not on the part of NPR, and it is certainly clear that this author deserves no more time or attention.

Take the L, m8.

I’m literate. They clearly meant “vessel.”

I’m less convinced of either of those statements now than I was before.

Hello friend. Vassal is actually not misspelled, and is a different word from vessel. In this context, the vassal of horror would be an emissary or owner of lands of horror.

Don’t let trolls bring you down. Some people just are not happy without making someone else sad.

Article credited to Jonah Goldberg. I get that it can be hard to separate yourself from your biases, but fabricating a reality where the actions of Israel are not textbook genocide is delusional.

While I personally do appreciate the level of detail and amount of options provided in this reply, the more straightforward and longer-term solution is to eat the rich.

With all this concern of Chinese EV manufacturing outshining US domestic automakers, does anyone wonder if incumbent US brands will learn anything? Like, for example, will they consider that the small EVs from the Chinese market sell because they are small, practical cars and not needlessly large and cumbersome trucks and SUVs?

could hurt pedestrians and cyclists

I dare you to convince me that anyone still buying Tesla would not see that as a benefit. That’s going to be the number one selling point of this thing after articles like this make their rounds.

This country sucks. This kid is being charged with terroristic threats after a school administrator terrorized and threatened him with the cold and callous police. All over a request to join a gifted students program. Now, he’s literally been terrorized into giving up? He’s “afraid” to speak up because of this?

At every inch this moves along, I’m reminded of that one time Keanu mentioned wanting to return to a character that didn’t get enough recognition the first time around https://youtube.com/shorts/3bz543X9QYQ?si=HAE_pub-T722gvYn

Why are they censoring the truth?

Oh, that must be really embarrassing, but…

graphic images and disinformation

Maybe work on your reading comprehension to make sure you don’t embarrass yourself like that again.

Republicans: plot to kidnap and murder governor

Your dumb ass: BoTh SiDeS aRe ThE sAmE