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The direct federal supremacy argument seems like a long shot to me. For example, the fire code is also enforced by the state of Colorado. Does GEO Group claim to be exempt from the fire code?

There's a federal law that grants fed contractors protection from state liability when they are performing their federal contracts. But only when they are performing to the fed's requirements and specifications. Does this law matter here? Is this a "protection from liability" or an "exemption from regulation?" Is it going to matter whether GEO is following the specs or not? I don't know.

In the world of nuclear weapons, there's a big difference between "I have nuclear weapons," and "I will be able to get nuclear weapons soon."

New York Times reported that no sounds of power tools were heard, and it appeared that the lettering was simply removed by hand.

Yes. Those dark spots are plains of actually darker rocks, specifically basalts. That generally means that those are dried out lava fields.

To be clear to everyone here: The primary reason why Artemis 3 is not landing is because the billionaire-run Human Landing System contractors are not performing to schedule. The landers are just not ready.

In this test, Artemis 3 will dock with a starship in Earth orbit, but the starship will not even have a cabin interior fitted.

Artemis 3 is going ahead with no landing either. Orbital test only.

But the presidential alerts are very rare, and are actually designed for nuclear war. They're tied into all of the continuity of government machinery. I've never actually seen one.

I think the numbers were proportional, or at least proportionate, back in May of 2022 when this was created.

Oh! To recall the carefree days when the special 3-day military operation was only around 90 days old.

I've been told a fun thing to do in Rome is to walk up to one of the tourist trap restaurants that has a tout at the door. Those guys know like 5 or 6 different languages, and they try to lure unsuspecting tourists to sit down at their restaurant. Anyhow, the play is to walk up to one of these touts and to start speaking Classical Latin at them. Latin is close enough to several Romance languages they do know that it seems familiar, but it's not quite intelligible. And it's really confusing to them to figure out which one you are speaking.

Of course it helps if you're conversational in Latin.

In any case, whatever the scheme is, it should be voted upon by our Congressional representatives in Congress and enacted by Congress, and signed into law by the President. That is how the H1-B visa was created in the first place, and that is how taxes are raised in this country: with representation.

imagine they reclaim all the territory except the Gadsden purchase, which becomes an exclave.

I think the reality is that these admissions and scholarship committees were well aware these were the Lopez offspring. And I imagine they're counting on getting more money back in future donations and from extra buzz and interest generated if these celebrities actually matriculate.