possible russian space nukes
Doesn't that violate the space weapons treaty? It's no nukes, no biohazards, and... I forgot the third one
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I'm not familiar with the specifics of the space weapons treaty, but I do remember learning as a middle schooler that the three classifications of WMDs are nuclear, biological, and chemical, so maybe it's no chemical weapons?
Then again, IMO, putting chemical weapons in the same category as nuclear and biological weapons is a bit like classifying rocks as the same level of danger as assault rifles and handguns, but that's a separate issue
Yeah that's the one
In space, rocks put rifles and handguns to shame.
Fair point, but I just meant that in general, chemical weapons are not in the same category as biological or nuclear warfare. But to your point about rocks in space, in the BattleTech (aka MechWarrior universe), orbital bombardment of any type is placed on the same level as nuclear warfare, which frankly makes a lot of sense.
I think the US even had a program that looked into the feasibility of using tungsten rods dropped (launched) from satellites (partly to get around the space weapons treaty) that would have been equivalent to dropping a nuke on a city without the nasty fallout or stigma.
And if you have a lot of time on your side and with the right technological advancements for space travel you could place large rocks in fast moving large orbits that you call upon when needed. It would be an absolutely devastating amount of kinetic energy.
No nukes, no biohazards, no unleashed dogs.
Aw fuck I'm getting kicked out of this trailer park aren't i
Nah, I'm pretty sure that biohazards and loose dogs are mandatory there.
I'm king of the road!
Oh right how could I forget?
Although Russia violated that too. RIP Laika.
Question for the lawyers.
My guess is that getting kicked off the case now would be less injurious to her career than bing overturned later.
Or is she just an idiot?
She's a Federal judge, she's got a job for life unless the Democrats get 75+ seats in the Senate.
Complete slavish devotion to Trump is probably how she's planning to get appointed to higher positions though.
Isn't it two thirds, or 67 seats? Not that that's any more likely to happen.
Yea, he might be accounting for a buffer though for those DINOs like Manchin
Yeah she's assuming there will be holdouts.
thanks
Ignoring the article for a moment: Jewish space lasers was also projection?
What a time to live.
Maybe the lasers were designed to project an image on to a far away surface?
Headline: Aileen Cannon Might Actually Get Herself Kicked Off the Trump Classified Docs Case
Article: In our view, while he is there on those other issues, he should also petition them to remove her from the case.
Although I suppose "Aileen Cannon might actually get herself kicked off the Trump classified docs case if Jack Smith does what we suggest" is less pithy.
We've seen the same thing with Trump for seven years. "This could be the one, folks!" Spoiler: it never is. I'm so tired of this speculative, wish-fulfillment journalism.
The judgement on the NY fraud case is real. If he wants to appeal, he has to pay the full amount and then some in escrow, and he probably doesn't have that cash on hand.
It's the first step. It's real.
Journalists are not lawyers...
Some actual lawyers have chimed in here and said that getting a judge, even one as blatantly biased as Cannon, removed from a case is basically impossible.
Turns out, there's a set legal definition on bias, and it's one of the hardest standards to meet.
Plot twist: Journalists aren't even journalists