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Isn’t there a fundamental issue that EO’s are not laws?  Regardless of the scope of their intent the law is the law and the constitution is the constitution. If the court were to agree that this anchor baby stuff going forward should be negated isn’t the place that’s done via an amendment or law and not an order?  I’m assuming there is something I am missing I guess 

2 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Aren't you basically vacuuming up your shyte?      That's about the only way that could work, right?   

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, like they did on the space shuttle and today on the ISS, but in Apollo days they put it in bags. Entirely manual.  You taped the bag to yourself.  
 

Urine was deposited outside. “Constellation Urine” as Wally Schirra called it.  That used some vacuum tech as you attached yourself to a tube. I guess it hurt sometimes because of the vacuum portion. Then it was dumped. In Apollo 13 the crew was told to stop the dumps because they were worried about them affecting their trajectory.  That request was rescinded but the crew didn’t realize it. So they had bags of urine taped all over the inside of the spacecraft and the moisture was causing the tape to come off. So it’s cold, dark, hungry, and bags of piss everywhere. 
 

in some Apollo missions the fecal bags were carefully labeled and analyzed later by scientists to see how the body digested food in zero G. Everything in they ate was carefully logged. 

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

in the context...the person who gets access to classified information signs an NDA to protect the information.   That is also wrapped up in a raft of classification regulation in which you are not allowed to use classification to protect the reputation of the organization.   However, Doofusmctrumpusface won't understand that and will conflate them with the NDAs he made his employees sign to protect...unflattering information. 

That’s what I am getting at.  What a government employee signs because of their job and the data they have access to is not th same thing as Trump making his whores sign so they won’t talk about his sick or his employees won’t talk about tbhim young girls visiting mar a Lago. 

3 hours ago, ewsieg said:

You're thinking like a rational person would think, which is why you are wrong.   It's quite clear looking at her what the real issue is, this aging women thinks it's alright to just represent his whims without truly representing the most important thing to Trump, physical looks.  She has refused Mar-a-lago face and he's not going to tolerate that.

Definitely a legal document, but you can't use it to hide behind illegal acts.  As a public official, no idea if it is even legal to sign an NDA related to your work though.  

What I mean by a legal document is the law can’t come after you.  Poor choice of words. It’s not a criminal act to “break” one. Nobody will arrest you.  If you sign one and I thjnk you break it by only course of action is to sue. I can’t call the cops or city hall. 

Isn’t an NDA just a contract between two parties?  It’s not a legal document. It’s never been tested for government work and I doubt would hold up in a civil court. 

What we're seeing is AI being put on objectives so people coming up with things that are not AI, calling it AI, and everybody plays along... the the big wigs can tell Wall St we did AI.  

I've seen it said that AI can make people more productive... so if that's true then why would you negate that productivity by firing people?  Don't you want more output?  Or is productivity not the real goal? (Rhetorical question, I know).

I saw quotes by Barret to the effect of "Yeah but the Constitution"

The solicitor is like "It's a brave new world...." Roberts said "It might be but the constitution is still the constitution"

Going up in an Orion would be a lot better than an Apollo command module.  It’s got about 50 % more space but also another crew member. But the interior is also laid out favorably. It’s not cockpit style with switches and dials guages. It’s touchscreens.  
 

embedded in the Apollo 10 transcript is the realization that a “turd” was floating around. Fecal containment devices.  

Artemis III is no longer set as a landing mission. Isaacman reconfigured the plans, in a good way.  I’m still skeptical that will happen as they don’t even have a lander settled yet. But yeah I have been excited for this mission for a long time. I took the day of work for it. 

what is different about Artemis and Apollo is Apollos focus was going to the moon.  Artemis is about deep space with the moon as a steppingstone for that.  They are testing different things.  Apollo was about learning how to do it.  Was the math correct?   Do the radars and communication systems work?   The problems being solved were more practical.
 

We have the tools now for that so focus can shift to the equipment itself like the Orion capsules performance. 
 

Artemis II is going to slingshot around the moon, like Apollo 13 had to do after their problem.  They. will not go into orbit   There’s no need to.  The risk and fuel requirements are unnecessary .  They know they can do it when the time comes. Most Apollo lunar missions started in a free return launch trajectory and once things looked good they altered course for their lunar orbit path.  

Humans have not left earth orbit since December 1972, This is a very big deal for space enthusiasts.  

45 minutes ago, pfife said:

4.54per gallon in Vegas

Sweet gas prices.   If i voted for this,  I wouldnt show up where i bragged about voting for this either 

probably playing with grass or something.

59 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I can report that the 3rd game of the SD series showed up as watchable on the DTV 'fake' DVR service - so I assume the embargo on the 1st two games was just not having all their ducks in a row yet.

Could be. I was able to record it and rewind and all that 

"Professional Hitter"

You had to say that every time Jefferies name was mentioned.

That's why it's in alphabetical order!

42 minutes ago, chasfh said:

This is exactly where I’m at. I recognize Bruce’s exalted status in the American popular musical canon. It’s his sound, that sax-heavy south Jersey sound—it’s just not my bag.

For me I can tell he's heavily lyrically based and I struggle with that.  I need a groove or a hook musically, something to bop my head or tap my foot to.  Badlands comes close to me as one I can listen to regularly, aside from the mid 80's poppy stuff like Glory Days and Dancing in the Dark. But I don't consider that the crux of his catalog.  I've seen videos of boomers at shows singing along with Badlands and I respect it.  Maybe it's how I felt seeing Foo Fighters a few years ago... like "Yes, this is my young adulthood and now I'm in my 50's..." 

I saw him once say that he wanted to be Dylan but Dylan that they played on the radio.

That's gotta cause a conflict for some... who are the good guys?

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

true, but being reversed in real time on broadcast games it a whole 'nother level of exposure to face compared to t some charts on a website somewhere.

yep.  95% of fans don't see those charts.

But when an umpire has to constantly point out his call was wrong in front of the camera?

Prime has a streaming channel of AMC shows and I routinely throw that on if it's BB or BCS.  Even during that format it's better.  BB was great and I get why some like it more than BCS. I'm not knocking it.  BCS had more depth.

29 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

agree. ABS will just act as a limit to how bad a pitch you are likely to be able to 'promote' 

My question was more about any value you place on a catcher for being “good” at it. Is that a thing?  I don’t know. 

I wonder what this will do with pitch framing. 

12 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

It is exactly set up so no one get to see video before the challenge is made - it has to be a player's live judgment vs the Ump's live judgement. I'm actually OK with that.

Me too. And I will grant hitters leeway early on as they have to learn to trust their instinct. The reactions I’ve seen make it sound like it’s part of a deep strategy. I don’t think so. There’s no time for that.  Some guys may see numbers and find out “I would have won these so I will challenge more”. 

I’ve tried twice to get into him and I just can’t. I know he’s great and am not knocking him or his fans. Just not for me.  

1 hour ago, kdog said:

Tork said that they did not act in time to get a challenge. It's like 6-8 seconds and then the ump moves on. They don't let you check with the dugout. They just have to do it and deal with the consequences. Hinch has not put a limitation on anyone.

I believe it’s less than that. Almost instantaneous. One hitter was denied because he sort swung his bat back up to set himself up for the next pitch. Less than 2 seconds. 

He’s done opening day before. I’m sure he will be there even as a fan if he’s not got an obligation of some sort.