John Q McDonald

@jqmcd@sfba.social
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Eeyore was a childhood hero
… another dopeless hope fiend …
@GottaLaff For the cost of the Everglades camp, NASA could have funded anywhere from two to twenty of the 41 missions canceled in the budget request
@georgetakei it’s an anklet now
This was a hard one to write. It’s disconcerting to report on inhumane conditions at a U.S. concentration camp from the comfort of my home office, but not enough people are speaking out. And I don’t want history to repeat. Please help let others know. My write-up in the replies.
@GottaLaff the hypocrisy… it burns…

@GottaLaff

I'm old enough to remember the SCOTUS saying Biden didn't have power to waive student debt, despite explicit legislation to do just that.

Yet Trump can mass fire civil servants, shut down Congressionally mandated bodies and send refugees to dangerous third countries without any due process.

Another "this is fine" moment in the burning ruins of America's former democracy.
#ThisIsAmericaNow

You keep asking Me to bless America -- maybe start by feeding your poor.
@GottaLaff I need to find some historical analysis that examines the long term legal effect, if any, of minority or dissenting SCOTUS opinions
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@Sfwmson Accurate.

@flockofnazguls @Sfwmson

Accurate and a process we culturally don’t really have an abiding sense of.

The proper analogy is pillage by barbarians a la the sackings of Rome (there were two)

@Sfwmson

"CEO" of that "business" went bankrupt 6 times.
Including one casino. How you bankrupt place, where people goes to give you money?🤔🤦
I wouldn't trust him with lemonade stand.

@FandaSin @Sfwmson it is possible to kill a casino?? wow, this deserves another level of respect
Here's how Donald Trump bankrupted his Atlantic City casinos, but he still earned millions

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Trump Plaza Casino and Hotel is closed, its windows clouded over by sea salt. Only a faint outline of the gold letters spelling out T-R-U-M-P remains visible on the...

Tampa Bay Times
@Sfwmson but there, it is hard to change the company.

@Sfwmson

it's always been run that way

@Sfwmson

It's called a "burn". Organized crime has been doing it since day one.