[-] charonn0@startrek.website 37 points 2 months ago

The hands are too big.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 38 points 1 year ago

States have always had control over federal elections and candidate qualifications. That's been fundamental to American federalism since the very beginning.

It's not like oath-breaking is the only disqualifier, and states decide those too.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 38 points 1 year ago

Just recently I was reading about blind people who got experimental eye implants several years ago. They're having serious problems now because the company stopped supporting the implants.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 2 years ago
  • The right to make medical decisions on behalf of the other
  • The right to visit the other in the hospital
  • The right to make funeral arrangements for the other
  • The right to survivor's benefits (veteran's benefits, Social Security, private pension, etc.)
  • Income tax breaks and credits
  • Tax breaks on inheritance and estate taxes
  • Tax breaks on money and property transfers between spouses
  • Immigration and naturalization rights
  • Can't be forced to testify against the other (usually)
  • Communications between married partners are privileged from discovery in civil and criminal cases (usually)
  • Joint adoption rights
  • Bereavement leave
  • Joint bankruptcy protection
  • Automatic recognition of the relationship by every state, nation, etc.

Etc. There's something like 1,000 rights, privileges, and responsibilities that attach through marriage only.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 38 points 2 years ago

The issue isn't whether it's a healthy idea. The issue is that the employer is overstepping personal and professional boundaries.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 39 points 2 years ago

This is why I appreciate the scene in Undiscovered Country where Kronos One glides into view, seeming to align itself to the Enterprise's orientation.

https://youtu.be/AkqZja1IBfk?t=129

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 39 points 2 years ago

There's already a mechanism for the House of Representatives to hold cabinet secretaries to account.

She'd have to read the US Constitution to know what I'm referring to, of course.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 39 points 2 years ago

She's lying, of course. If she gave a rat's ass about the legitimacy of SCOTUS she wouldn't have accepted nomination in the first place.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 2 years ago

Explain why you cannot be contacted by telephone call

No.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 37 points 2 years ago

That's actually pretty articulate and respectful for a hexbear user.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 36 points 2 years ago

That's not landlord/tenant that's just people/people.

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 39 points 2 years ago

startrek.website is insidious. If you use it long enough, you begin to like it.

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