Brexit, for once some facts.

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id buy guns and nukes with my stash n do some laps over the dingy divers.

 

[MikelBikel]

Is it another Data centre glitch, power failure, hack or AI crash?
Mass Flight cancellation, holidays ruined
https: //youtu. be/OwJOnpV6t9E?si=brmG9L8rU5lpBni8

 

[MikelBikel]

EU US Trade deal media body language analysis. Mm.
Who looks the most uncomfortable at..?
I vonder von der who?
https: //youtu. be/ObckChfCBds?si=Qt5R0S9h-H-M19s7

 

[Woosh]

Who looks the most uncomfortable at..?

that's the trouble when you are forced to listen to an inumerate head of state who chooses which law to respect.

 

[MikelBikel]

Tariff comedy
What a deal..
Vonderful!

Ireland's Response to the Trump Tariffs #shorts

Ireland fights back against the tariffs #comedy #irishcomedy #tariffs We do a live show! And we're touring the world. See our list of dates and what cities h...

youtube.com

 

[Woosh]

I was listening last night to explanations on the role of chief justice Roberts of the US supreme Court. Roberts in Trump versus presidential immunity. The explanation was from a constitutional law professor.

U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States

www.senate.gov

Roberts is proponent of the unitary model of presidency. Basically, Roberts affirmed that the president can use his discretionary power to fire anyone working for the government. The keyword as far as trump is concerned is discretionary.
Previously, Congress sets up departments and agencies, processes and statutes how government should be run. Their heads swear to uphold the law faithfully and can only be fired by the president on good causes like inefficiency or corruption.
What chief Roberts did is simple and yet has created worldwide upheavals. It has turned the phrase 'we all serve at the president's pleasure' into something much more sinister, turning Trump into chief of the treasury, trade, justice, EPA, universities etc.
The prospect that issues on separation of powers are not on the mind of populist voters is frightening.

 

[flecc]

The prospect that issues on separation of powers are not on the mind of populist voters is frightening.

Democracy in name only, dictatorship in reality, supported by the mob. Indistinguishable from Putin's current rule in Russia.
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[jonathan.agnew]

I was listening last night to explanations on the role of chief justice Roberts of the US supreme Court. Roberts in Trump versus presidential immunity. The explanation was from a constitutional law professor.

U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States

www.senate.gov

Roberts is proponent of the unitary model of presidency. Basically, Roberts affirmed that the president can use his discretionary power to fire anyone working for the government. The keyword as far as trump is concerned is discretionary.
Previously, Congress sets up departments and agencies, processes and statutes how government should be run. Their heads swear to uphold the law faithfully and can only be fired by the president on good causes like inefficiency or corruption.
What chief Roberts did is simple and yet has created worldwide upheavals. It has turned the phrase 'we all serve at the president's pleasure' into something much more sinister, turning Trump into chief of the treasury, trade, justice, EPA, universities etc.
The prospect that issues on separation of powers are not on the mind of populist voters is frightening.

indeed, though it's impossible not to sympathise with populist voters who - in the binary stitch up in which dems & republicans (like tory/labour) indistinguishably switch into govt to take money from oligarchs as a uniparty - feel they have no otrher option. it's a frying pan fire routine, but what's the alternative?

 

[Woosh]

but what's the alternative?

what's the alternative? Change the voting system to proportional? I reckon the EU is still the best solution. Supra-national, its main role is to protect fundamental human rights against local dictators.