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Again why? As as Abhorsen said the process of jury selection is being followed to the letter. There would be no legal grounds for an appeal.

Really why? At the beginning of EVERY criminal case the accused is required to be present during proceedings. The Supreme Court has ruled at least 3 times on this very matter. Rule 43. Defendant's Presence The purpose of which is in part to protect the defendant. (So that they cannot be tried...

There's always this possible version! The question is how would you cast it?

Well I would start with: Then: Adam Tooze, The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy (2008) Turner, Henry A. (1985). German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler. Oxford University Press. Schweitzer, Arthur (1964). Big Business in the Third Reich. Bloomington: Indiana...

Could the real answer have something to do with that the only company in the world that makes Extreme ultraviolet lithography photolithography machines is Dutch? Without which you cannot make the most advanced chips. And ASML does not appreciate being pressured by the US. ASML: Deren Maschine...

I usually go by the Oxford English Dictionary definition. Which one of its numerous sub-dictionaries helpfully expands too ... This does not necessarily include anything to do with Social Welfare or the Bismarckian idea of State Socialism. (Or preclude state control of matters of national...

Try telling people that modern social welfare systems are essentially bribery by the ruling class to keep the workers in line? (Akin to the Roman Imperial system of Bread & Circuses) The State Socialism of the modern era was begun by Otto von Bismarck* to undercut the Socialists, they hated it...

1. The Nazis were very keen on the private ownership of land. And the first recorded land tax dates to 3000BC! 2. The Nazis were almost pathologically Middle Class. And the Roman Republic used progressive taxation. (The citizens considered it a point of pride to be able to pay as it was a mark...

Anyone else get the Irony of Elon Musk accusing someone else of putting profit above the general good?

And it is kind of a bit War-Crimey as the Geneva Conventions specifically prohibit the destruction of food and water supplies, and nuclear power plants.

Seriously where are you getting that from? Ed Neumeier doesn't seem to have any profound political positions, Heinlein described himself as a Libertarian, and Verhoeven is defined by his Anti-Fascism. Growing up in Nazi Occupied Holland will do that to you.

Still not happening! Truckers pour cold water on pro-Trump New York boycott: "Not happening" And the World knows it. ‘Not happening’: Truckers backtrack on NYC boycott as protest over Trump trial judgment fizzles out

Oh, you mean that thing that isn't happening? Trump continues bragging about Trucker protest in NYC — despite it not happening!!!

So where are you on his Nazi Apologism?

And Today's number is 83Million!