pacino wrote:eh, whaddya gonna do?

Gary Johnson wrote:I think the world is getting warmer and I think that it’s man-caused. That said, should we be engaged in cap-and-trade taxation? No, I don’t think that we should. We should lend certainty to the energy field. We should be building new coal-fired plants. […]

Should we take the long term view when it comes to global warming? I think that we should, and the long term view is that in billions of years the Sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth, right? So global warming is in our future.“

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pacino wrote:eh, whaddya gonna do?

Gary Johnson wrote:I think the world is getting warmer and I think that it’s man-caused. That said, should we be engaged in cap-and-trade taxation? No, I don’t think that we should. We should lend certainty to the energy field. We should be building new coal-fired plants. […]

Should we take the long term view when it comes to global warming? I think that we should, and the long term view is that in billions of years the Sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth, right? So global warming is in our future.“

pacino wrote:eh, whaddya gonna do?

Gary Johnson wrote:I think the world is getting warmer and I think that it’s man-caused. That said, should we be engaged in cap-and-trade taxation? No, I don’t think that we should. We should lend certainty to the energy field. We should be building new coal-fired plants. […]

Should we take the long term view when it comes to global warming? I think that we should, and the long term view is that in billions of years the Sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth, right? So global warming is in our future.“

jerseyhoya wrote:

td11 wrote:most republicans think broken windows and stop and frisk were effective, even jerz i think. the base will eat that shit up

I think it is effective in certain high crime environments attacking smaller problems and ultimately preventing bigger ones. Most places, thankfully more than 2-3 decades ago, are not high crime environments.

It's also none of the federal government's fucking business.

You probably thought you’d seen the last of her. No such luck. The ACLU isn’t done with Kim Davis yet.

The latest plot twist in Kim’s sordid tale is a filing by the ACLU, requesting over a quarter million dollars in recouped legal fees. They spent a ton of money defending the right of same-sex couples to marry, and now the law entitles them to recover those expenses.

Civil rights cases are special in that the winner can recoup what they spent from the loser. It’s a measure intended to discourage rights violations by government officials.

Kim would not personally be on the hook for the payout — it’s unclear who would be, but it’s likely to be the county that she works for. Maybe something for voters to keep in mind next time they go to the polls. Put a homophobic person who violates the law in office, and you could be on the hook for all the pointless litigation they cause.

There’s a lot of procedural legal back-and-forth that will need to follow this filing. Questions of who has to pay and who doesn’t depend on the way in which the case was dismissed, and the parties’ changing relationships with each other. It’ll likely be many months before we get a ruling, and even longer before the ACLU gets any money — if any.

Ultimately, of course, the law was changed in Kentucky and Kim Davis could no longer make a fuss about being forced to violate whatever conscience she has. At that point, she was no longer useful to the right-wing politicians who were using her to support their own careers, and she’s been largely ignored — as she should be. Would it be funny if her lasting impact was a big payout to the ACLU.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:it's from 2011 btw

Soren wrote:

pacino wrote:eh, whaddya gonna do?

Gary Johnson wrote:I think the world is getting warmer and I think that it’s man-caused. That said, should we be engaged in cap-and-trade taxation? No, I don’t think that we should. We should lend certainty to the energy field. We should be building new coal-fired plants. […]

Should we take the long term view when it comes to global warming? I think that we should, and the long term view is that in billions of years the Sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth, right? So global warming is in our future.“

What a ridiculous schmuck answer

Doll Is Mine wrote:Yeah, I think if more people listen to Gary Johnson, they'll see real quick that the guy is not presidential material.

JFLNYC wrote:Did you guys see Johnson and Weld on 60 Minutes? It was like "Gary & Bill's Excellent Adventure." One is a pothead, the other a lush and they're traveling around the country together like a couple of kids on a gap year tour.

jerseyhoya wrote:
It's also none of the federal government's fucking business.

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:
It's also none of the federal government's fucking business.

right because cities on fire is no big deal and state & local governments can handle it just fine, like FL & zika, where the Gila Monster Governor is ALL sorts of pissed the federal government hasn't solved his problem for him