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ManMythLegend: Aug 18, 2003; I don't believe in anything, I'm just here for the violence.

Stultus Maximus posted:

If you read the whole thing, there is a significant portion dedicated to how the Framers intended to create a strong Executive branch and that Congress has usurped the President's power.

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colachute: Mar 15, 2015

Ok so I�m not the most well versed in US History so I�m probably stating the most obvious thing here and outing myself as a complete idiot, or maybe him saying that broke my brain...

But isn�t that a direct contradiction of one of the very reason the US wanted independence?

# ? Nov 17, 2019 15:29

mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004; Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration; Nap Ghost

It�s a classic Karl Rove tactic of attacking your enemy where you are weakest, even if it�s wrong and makes no sense.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 15:32

Laranzu: Jan 18, 2002

After the articles of confederation failed they did act to make a stronger federal government but oh man is he stretching that idea.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 15:36

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

mlmp08 posted:

It�s a classic Karl Rove tactic of attacking your enemy where you are weakest, even if it�s wrong and makes no sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:02

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

https://twitter.com/ur_ninja/status/1195947063990771715

https://twitter.com/ur_ninja/status/1195950809097347072

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:13

egyptian rat race: Jul 13, 2007; Lowtax Spine Fund 2019; Ultra Carp

Milo and POTUS posted:

https://twitter.com/ur_ninja/status/1195947063990771715

https://twitter.com/ur_ninja/status/1195950809097347072

Some primo av material in those tweets

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:20

Icon Of Sin: Dec 26, 2008

ASCII skeletons saying to �be gay, do crimes!�

I just can�t do this right now, loving :laffo:

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:26

mlmp08: Jul 11, 2004; Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration; Nap Ghost

https://twitter.com/RachelRGonzalez/status/1195766370010464256

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:31

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

colachute posted:

Ok so I’m not the most well versed in US History so I’m probably stating the most obvious thing here and outing myself as a complete idiot, or maybe him saying that broke my brain...

But isn’t that a direct contradiction of one of the very reason the US wanted independence?

There's a bit of bait and switch going on. A unitary executive within the executive is a good thing and is well established and not controversial. Stated another way, there should not be externally enforced checks and balances within the executive branch.

What Barr is trying to do is to port the idea of the unitary executive outside the executive branch and have the unitary executive control/overpower the other two branches of government, which is absolutely not established and is very controversial. Checks and balances between the three branches of government is one of those foundational to the US idea of government things.

Barr must feel that the country has reached a tipping point of conservative power that it can't return from, to now come out so fully and unabashedly for making the legislature and judiciary subservient to the executive.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:35

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

mlmp08 posted:

https://twitter.com/RachelRGonzalez/status/1195766370010464256

The dumbest timeline just won't relent

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:36

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

joat mon posted:

There's a bit of bait and switch going on. A unitary executive within the executive is a good thing and is well established and not controversial. Stated another way, there should not be externally enforced checks and balances within the executive branch.

What Barr is trying to do is to port the idea of the unitary executive outside the executive branch and have the unitary executive control/overpower the other two branches of government, which is absolutely not established and is very controversial. Checks and balances between the three branches of government is one of those foundational to the US idea of government things.

Barr must feel that the country has reached a tipping point of conservative power that it can't return from, to now come out so fully and unabashedly for making the legislature and judiciary subservient to the executive.

But it can't happen here!

Narrator: It happened here.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 16:59

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Estu gaja, faru krimojn!

# ? Nov 17, 2019 17:00

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

Icon Of Sin posted:

ASCII skeletons saying to �be gay, do crimes!�

Fess up yall which goon did this?

# ? Nov 17, 2019 17:15

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

joat mon posted:

There's a bit of bait and switch going on. A unitary executive within the executive is a good thing and is well established and not controversial. Stated another way, there should not be externally enforced checks and balances within the executive branch.

What Barr is trying to do is to port the idea of the unitary executive outside the executive branch and have the unitary executive control/overpower the other two branches of government, which is absolutely not established and is very controversial. Checks and balances between the three branches of government is one of those foundational to the US idea of government things.

Barr must feel that the country has reached a tipping point of conservative power that it can't return from, to now come out so fully and unabashedly for making the legislature and judiciary subservient to the executive.

I don't know, isn't the independence of the Department of Justice supposed to be a check and balance within the executive branch that everyone agrees on?

# ? Nov 17, 2019 17:23

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Defenestrategy posted:

Fess up yall which goon did this?

It came from yospos

# ? Nov 17, 2019 17:30

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1196121260612358146?s=20

# ? Nov 17, 2019 18:46

Chichevache: Feb 17, 2010; One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Flying_Crab posted:

https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1196121260612358146?s=20

A fat dictator who only got where he was because his daddy left him everything, and Kim Jong Un.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:00

Best Friends: Nov 4, 2011

The police are killing protesters in Bolivia now, and there are reports the new "president" (leader of the opposition party who is no where near the legitimate line of secession) has authorized lethal force.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:03

Flying_Crab: Apr 12, 2002

https://twitter.com/TedraCobb/status/1195832670871334912?s=20

Happier news, Elise Stefanik stirred up a hornet's nest w/ her impeachment hearing stunt, and now her Democratic challenger is getting huge donations/press out of it.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:16

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

Stultus Maximus posted:

I don't know, isn't the independence of the Department of Justice supposed to be a check and balance within the executive branch that everyone agrees on?

The justice department�s opinion that they cannot criminally investigate the president seems counter to that though.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:16

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Flying_Crab posted:

https://twitter.com/TedraCobb/status/1195832670871334912?s=20

Happier news, Elise Stefanik stirred up a hornet's nest w/ her impeachment hearing stunt, and now her Democratic challenger is getting huge donations/press out of it.

Missed that part, what was her stunt?

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:29

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

That Works posted:

Missed that part, what was her stunt?

Early in the hearing, she talked during Nunes/staff lawyer-only time, a clear breach of pre-approved rules. Schiff brought down the hammer on her to stop breaking the rules, so she/Nunes got all pissy and took it to Twitter/Fox News, saying she got muzzled.

An obvious, dumb, gaslightly stunt because she later got to ask her dumb questions and also didn't even use up all of her allotted time. It was a dumb thing to get the Foxies yelling about SCHIFF MUZZLED A WOMAN OMG HE HATES WOMEM.

Btw womem isn't a typo, that's from a Trump tweet in support of Pam Bondi today.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:33

monkeytennis: Apr 26, 2007; Toilet Rascal

Best Friends posted:

The police are killing protesters in Bolivia now, and there are reports the new "president" (leader of the opposition party who is no where near the legitimate line of secession) has authorized lethal force.

Hong Kong police also threatening to use live ammo after an officer was shot with an arrow (insert Skyrim reference here).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-50452277

# ? Nov 17, 2019 19:37

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Stultus Maximus posted:

I don't know, isn't the independence of the Department of Justice supposed to be a check and balance within the executive branch that everyone agrees on?

It's one of those decorum/tradition/adult in the room things.
Those are internal controls/ internal checks and balances that the executive has always placed on itself.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:07

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

I've been told that I'm not doing enough to make people aware, so in the spirit of GIP I'm going to wildly overreact and post this same message in all the active threads.

Another run of Useless Dirt shirts is being put together. Deadline to order is 11:59 PM Eastern time tomorrow.

Info is here

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:12

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

McNally posted:

I've been told that I'm not doing enough to make people aware, so in the spirit of GIP I'm going to wildly overreact and post this same message in all the active threads.

Another run of Useless Dirt shirts is being put together. Deadline to order is 11:59 PM Eastern time tomorrow.

Info is here

Go gently caress yourself, McNally.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:14

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

Riot Carol Danvers posted:

Go gently caress yourself, McNally.

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:16

M_Gargantua: Oct 16, 2006; STOMP'N ON INTO THE POWERLINES; Exciting Lemon

McNally posted:

I've been told that I'm not doing enough to make people aware, so in the spirit of GIP I'm going to wildly overreact and post this same message in all the active threads.

Another run of Useless Dirt shirts is being put together. Deadline to order is 11:59 PM Eastern time tomorrow.

Info is here

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:20

Radical 90s Wizard: Aug 5, 2008; ~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~

Best Friends posted:

The police are killing protesters in Bolivia now, and there are reports the new "president" (leader of the opposition party who is no where near the legitimate line of secession) has authorized lethal force.

No coup, no coup, you're the coup :colbert:

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:25

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

facialimpediment posted:

Early in the hearing, she talked during Nunes/staff lawyer-only time, a clear breach of pre-approved rules. Schiff brought down the hammer on her to stop breaking the rules, so she/Nunes got all pissy and took it to Twitter/Fox News, saying she got muzzled.

An obvious, dumb, gaslightly stunt because she later got to ask her dumb questions and also didn't even use up all of her allotted time. It was a dumb thing to get the Foxies yelling about SCHIFF MUZZLED A WOMAN OMG HE HATES WOMEM.

Btw womem isn't a typo, that's from a Trump tweet in support of Pam Bondi today.

Wasn�t her question part of the �but how about Biden�s crimes?� Line of attack too?

# ? Nov 17, 2019 20:28