DevCat

DevCat , 1 day ago

Instead of "rotten", the title should use "completely predictable".

DevCat , 2 days ago

Let me introduce you to wombat poop. Go ahead and google that.

DevCat , 2 days ago

I noticed during COVID, I had almost no problems with hay fever. I wouldn't mind going back to wearing one full time.

DevCat , 3 days ago

Good luck getting DeSatan to accept that. He'll take the money, and move it off to some "other" uses, but accept climate change?

DevCat OP , 3 days ago

Bets on whether trump walks out at the break?

DevCat , 6 days ago

The political question of the US' position on genocide rulings can be better understood by reading what it has done with previous atrocities.

This repost was done during Bush Sr's presidency by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. It goes through the US' response in the past to quite a few incidents and describes the decisions that were made and the thinking behind them.

https://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/Todd_Buchwald_Report_031819.pdf

DevCat , 6 days ago

The US is not the only country that has enacted laws governing jurisdiction in cases of genocide that has occurred outside their borders. Many of these countries also have laws that are automatically in force when a determination of genocide has been made by the UN. These laws generally cover sanctions and doing business with "those who perpetrate or support genocide".

https://thesentinelproject.org/2013/06/14/when-to-act-a-states-obligations-and-responsibilities-regarding-genocide/

Many other States have adopted statutes pursuant to Article VI, which explicitly provide not only for territorial jurisdiction, but also for universal jurisdiction over genocide. Examples of such statutes include: the 2002 German Code of Crimes Against International Law (Völkerstrafgesetzbuch) Section 1 of which recognizes the jurisdiction of German courts over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed outside the German territory and to which Germany has no specific link. Likewise, Section 2, § 1(a) of the Dutch International Crimes Act of 19 June 2003 makes provision for universal jurisdiction over genocide provided that the alleged perpetrator is physically present in the Netherlands. Moreover, the Canadian’s Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act, adopted on 24 June 2000 sets the basis for universal jurisdiction for genocide; Section 6, §1 of this Act reads as follows:

Every person who, either before or after the coming into force of this section, commits outside Canada (a) genocide […] is guilty of an indictable offence and may be prosecuted for that offence in accordance with section 8.

Many other countries, including France, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, and Austria, have adopted national legislation, as required under Genocide Convention Article VI, that allow for the prosecution of genocide committed outside their territories.

DevCat , 7 days ago

Writing for the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged what he characterized as the challengers’ “sincere legal, moral, ideological, and policy objections” to elective abortion “by others” and to FDA’s relaxed regulation of mifepristone. But the challengers had not shown that they would be harmed by the FDA’s mifepristone policies, he explained, and under the Constitution, merely objecting to abortion and the FDA’s policies are not enough to bring a case in federal court. The proper place to voice those objections, he suggested, is in the political or regulatory arena.

I'd almost thought the con side of SCOTUS had forgotten what standing even is.

DevCat , 7 days ago

Maybe you should have a word with Alito and Thomas about that?

DevCat , 9 days ago

The ironically named ADF claims it's a free speech issue. How do you suppose they would feel if I sent my kid to school wearing a shirt that said, "All White People are Guilty of Genocide" with an indian head silhouette?

DevCat , 9 days ago

I would never make that assumption. After all, in their minds, it's perfectly all right for their religion to impose their views on everyone else. But, if I try to use my religion to impose my views on them, that's evil.

DevCat OP , 13 days ago

If you don't know anything about this group, just consider this line from the article:

These buzzwords — inclusion, acceptance, love — usually mean only one thing to leftists.

They consider those to be nothing more than "buzzwords".

It reminds me of some lines in the movie Bullit. A ladder-climbing DA tells detective Bullit, "Don't be naive, Lieutenant. We both know how careers are made. Integrity is something you sell the public."

Bullit tells him, "You sell whatever you want, but don't sell it here tonight."

The FedSoc sold their integrity long ago.

DevCat OP , 13 days ago

Dragging them out into the light of day, just like all fascists should be. Or would you prefer that they be allowed to spread their nonsense in the dark?

DevCat , 13 days ago

He’ll be speaking to them virtually.

It would be a shame if somebody "attended" who wasn't invited.

DevCat , 13 days ago

In case anyone has trouble with a paywall: https://archive.ph/BvXTY

DevCat , 14 days ago

The primary responsibilities of one job at a Marshalls in Miami Beach, Florida, are to maintain a “proper and professional stance” at the front of the store, act as a “visual deterrent to prevent potential loss/dishonesty” and wear a company-issued body camera. The description says that the camera is to record “specific events involving critical incidents for legal, safety, and training purposes.”

These employees, who wear a company-approved black vest, black pants and black shoes, are instructed not to stop or chase after shoplifting suspects.

It's the same reason I made sure the security cameras on my house are visible from the street. People with bad intentions just move on to easier targets.

They may have seen the studies down on police forces who adopted cameras. They saw a drop in complaints against officers, as well as fewer escalations by the public against officers. Likewise, they're hoping this translates to retail.

DevCat , 14 days ago

We need to start a pool.

When he loses and declares the election stolen, how many of his cultists will lose their right to vote and own guns? We can break it down by state and date.

DevCat , 14 days ago

Unlike most of Trump’s boasts, this one may be true, but not in a way that reflects well on him. Perhaps he’s right that Putin “will do that for me, but not for anyone else.” But that is because Putin rightly considers Trump an ally in whose success he is invested.

What’s worse is that, by openly signaling to Putin that he does not want Gershkovich to be freed before the election, he is destroying whatever chances may exist to secure his release before then. If Gershkovich goes free prior to the election, Trump would look foolish, and Trump understands perfectly well Putin does not want that to happen.

collusion: noun (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/collusion

DevCat , 14 days ago

They could have stopped that headline at "Tommy Tubervile Tries to Argue".

Yes, I meant to spell his name that way.

DevCat , 15 days ago

His campaign launched a new grassroots organizing effort and sent out its daily afternoon newsletter, which was solely focused on the border and Nevada’s counting of mail ballots.

A campaign-based grassroots organization?

DevCat , 15 days ago

Can't we just declare the entire Trump crime family to be an enemy of the state?

DevCat , 17 days ago

There are plenty of laws passed by Congress that don't cover every eventuality. The Chevron doctrine allows agencies to make relatively minor changes that cover those loopholes. Taking away that ability would mean requiring that every new law cover every possibility.

DevCat OP , 19 days ago

“It was never our intent that the publication of the 2000 Mules film and book would harm Mr. Andrews,” Salem said in a Friday statement.

BS. It was exactly your intent to harm him and put the fear of the mob into anyone who stood up for the truth.

DevCat , 20 days ago

The left needs to emphasize this much more. If the extreme right can be associated with domestic terrorism, it will help swing the center toward the left, or at least away from the right. It'll help the undecideds make the decision to vote blue much easier on their conscience.

DevCat , 21 days ago

As of February 21:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/21/fact-sheet-president-biden-cancels-student-debt-for-more-than-150000-student-loan-borrowers-ahead-of-schedule/

The Biden-Harris Administration has now approved nearly $138 billion in student debt cancellation for almost 3.9 million borrowers through more than two dozen executive actions.

DevCat , 22 days ago

Shocked! Shocked, I tell you. /s