Notices by RalfMaximus (ralfmaximus@mastodon.social)

@jalefkowit

Holy shit

@phaedral @jciv

Yeah. But the problem with guillotines is that once they come out it's hard to stop guillotining people. Lots of stupid feuds were settled that way during the French revolution that had nothing to do with the, uh actual revolution.

"My boss is a dick! Off with his head!"

"My girlfriend cheated on me! And she's probably a spy! Off with her head!"

*crowd roars*

@phaedral @jciv

Seriously. Laws are the civilized alternative to dragging the accused out into the street and beating them to death. When legal justice fails systematically, expect vigilantism to rise.

This feels like the beginning of something massive.

@br00t4c

True enough, but baffling? Like it's only JUST NOW Trump's authoritarian movement is recognized as such? Trump was somehow "okay" but adding Vance to the mix is just too far??

Have I got that right?

@GottaLaff

He'll fit in with all the other criminals.

@GottaLaff

Powerful video. But not mentioned (I mean they only had 4 minutes):

- persecution of LGBTQA+ people
- public libraries shut down
- EPA closed
- oil drilling in national parks
- internet "pornography" eliminated
- no fault divorce eliminated

@msbellows @GottaLaff @taatm @JonChevreau @stux @falcennial

> Those powers won't come until later, when there's a GOP president again.

Precisely this. Even if Biden decides to invoke Dark Brandon and go this route, the Republicans would pull every dirty trick imaginable to negate the action. THEN use it as ammunition to 'prove' Biden is worse than Trump, threatening the election. Independents will not vote for Biden, the benign dictator.

@br00t4c

Article is important, despite its clickbaity headline. I dug out the relevant bit below.

@Antiqueight @cstross

Yep. He used to tell it as a 'hilarious' anecdote about his family road trip vacations. Seamus, in a crate, tied to the top of the family car, speeding down the highway at 70 mph. Dog is so terrified its liquified shit coats the back window. Romney has to stop to clean it up.

*pause for audience laughter*

He told the story multiple times until Romney realized it made him sound like a psychopath.

@br00t4c

Yelling at the jury in your criminal trial is a novel tactic.

@JamesGleick

It depends on your goals. If "profit" is that goal, then it makes zero sense.

If, however, you're after political influence and/or laundering a bunch of foreign cash, well then.. let's fire up the money incinerator!

@GottaLaff

I love this. But also, SO MUCH of Biden's first term has been undoing the damage wrought by the previous admin.

I feel like we're still cleaning up from Hurricane Trump that hit in 2016.