GojuRyu

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[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The first one’s probably won’t be. But I don’t think it’s too far off. I expect the first ones to be some random non white people who commited some indefensible crimes, or at least are accused of doing so. I wouldn’t be surprised if they go for people with terrorism charges so the next batch can be accused of terrorism as well to make the leap seem smaller. That they now define vandalism against tesla as terrorism will just help murky the waters to make the life sentence without judge or jury seem more palatable than it is every step of the way.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Respect? Nah we’re literally calling the US a circus and rawing mad in our news articles now.
— rest of the world

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That’s the thing with calling the imprisonment in a foreign country “deportation”. It really muddies the water and makes it very easy for people to have an image of people being sent home, when in fact they send them to life in prison, so bad even the US doesn’t allow it yet. I hope they mean the former but fear the latter is more likely.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You fooled me into thinking this post was just a hidden 4974 reference. Really cool write up, I didn’t question it being an actually existing article until reading the replies.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, with all the capitulations that happened, I find it more likely that other firms will preemptively try to get in his good graces or at least keep a low profile if they haven’t already represented an enemy of Trump.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I mean you have had more constitutional crises each month since Trump’s inauguration than you had in a full presidential term before that. The massive power grab the executive is performing is one thing, but that the president at the same time cannot be trusted to comply with court orders and openly goes after critics and his opposition.

What would you call a ruler that cannot be prosecuted for anything they do, weaponizes the courts against dissenting voices, turns their back on allies in favor of dictators, and whose closest allies break laws regulating them weekly without consequences? This is the reality currently. All that really differentiates him from a clear dictator is also breaking the law on term limits, not leaving office when required as he already tried and failed in his first term.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

As far as I remember it was a two part protection. Any official act, no matter the intent, is protected. So as one dissenting justice pointed out, ordering seal team six to assassinate a political rival could be protected as it falls within the powers of the president to direct the military. Besides that, any criminal action outside of that overly broad protection still cannot be prosecuted using any evidence that comes from the actions of the president in their capacity as such. So if the president has a phone call logged in official records in which they outline or perform an illegal act, those logs will be inadmissible in court, only evidence reltaed to the president as a private individual is admissible. The stormy daniels case had to throw out evidence because of this, despite being related to crimes committed before the election even.

Obligatory disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer and working off of memory. I might misunderstand or misremember some of this.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We have something similar although only in certain dialects of danish. The following is a valid sentence meaning the island in the river: æ ø i æ å

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Ø - the 27th letter of the danish alfabet
Ø - the danish word for island

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah I recognized the german as being equivalent to the danish bjørnetjeneste, which also means bear service or slightly more accurately a bear favor.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Trump has in short ordered all mentions of scientifically accurate information on gender and sexuality removed from government websites.

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The South Schleswig Danish minority have been mentioned in every new year’s speech I can remember. It’s basically part of acknowledging everyone who feels ties to the kingdom of Denmark. Near the german border there is a danish minority in Germany and a german minority in Denmark. And to my understanding as someone not living near there it is a respected cultural thing on both sides. It is not something about laying claim to it. In this particular speech the very next sentence is about the king and queen feeling just what you quoted during their visit those places that year and how they are looking forward to visiting the Faroese islands. For context the king was crowned in 2024 so this was commentary on the first royal visit of the new reagents.

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