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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:05:38 -0500, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 1/23/2025 11:19 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:27:34 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
>> <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 1/22/25 07:09, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
>>=20
>> <snippo>
>>=20
>>>>> We are truly into The Crazy Years.
>>>>>
>>>>> Constitutional Crisis, here we come.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only a decade ago, this would have seemed insane.
>>>>
>>>> It still seems insane.
>>>
>>> 	Many people agree, "totally insane" and un-American behaviors
>>> are the standar of POTUS #47.
>>=20
>> That's nothing new, for Trump.
>>=20
>> After all, it took three tries for him to realize that he really
>> /could not/ impose travel bans based on his personal prejudice, but
>> had to have at least the appearance of a reason to do so.
>>=20
>> Some have claimed that his EO on gender makes all of us -- female.
>> Apparently, the definition is of a very early stage of fetal
>> development, before those destined to be males start undergoing
>> changes from the female base form. This would make gender-specific
>> sports teams/leagues illegal.
>>=20
>> Well, making everyone female is one way to handle the alleged "trans
>> problem", I suppose. I wonder if the Supremes, who have already ruled
>> that discrimination based on being trans /is/ discrimination because
>> of gender, will endorse his definition and draw the obvious
>> conclusion: if everybody is female, you cannot treat them as anything
>> else. Equality at last!
>>=20
>> And his EO on birth citizenship claims that children born to illegal
>> immigrants are not (will not be, in about a month, and its not
>> retroactive) because they are not "under the jurisdiction of the USA".
>> I wonder how long it will take someone to figure out that /only people
>> under the juridication of the USA can be deported, since the
>> deportation laws do not apply to them/.
>>=20
>> And who can say what other gems exist in his EOs? How long do you
>> think it will be before those whose sentences were commuted are back
>> in jail on other charges? Being convicted felons (they weren't
>> pardoned, just released), they can't own guns, and how long do you
>> think it will be before they acquire some?
>
>How about ~24 hours?
>
>https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/22/pardoned-Jan-6-defendant-arre=
sted-gun-Ball/1151737576465/
>
>"Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Pardoned Jan. 6 Capitol attack defendant Daniel Ball=20
>was arrested again Wednesday on a pending federal gun charge."
>
>Might not count, since it seems to be about an older charge.

=46or the point above, I suppose not. But it is a reminder that these
boyos may have other pending charges out there, which can now be
pursued.

And, if I understand this correctly, two of them had only /some/ of
their charges removed by the pardon. They are still on the hook for
not bothering to show up in court when required ("fleeing the
jurisdiction" or some such). So /they/ are still going to be tried.

>But the idiot  'QAnon Shaman' has tweeted his intention to buy guns.

I think this item lay behind my comment, so to speak. Depends, of
course, on whether he can legally own firearms. His ability to vote in
the next election may also be in doubt.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"