They had the relatively recent events of the English Civil Wars and the Glorious Revolution to remind them of the occasional need to remove a head of state (pun intended).

But in those cases, the legislature (Parliament) was the instigator and antagonist of the fight against a tyrant. I guess they never imagined the legislature (Congress) becoming the faithful/cowed lapdog of a tyrant that would consistently fail to use the power the constitution gives it.

Some states can have recall votes for governor but there’s nothing like that at the federal level, is there?

The other “democratic removal process” is impeachment for crimes, but we’ve seen what happens with that nowadays.

The UK dumped impeachment a couple of centuries ago, deciding legal matters should be decided by the courts, not politicians. Unfortunately with the terrorism he directs at judges who don’t kowtow to him, and the likes of Aileen Cannon peppering the system, even the judiciary can’t be relied on. ☹️

Narf!

Clearview buys photo-ID-for-porn database in 3… 2… 1…

It’s totally objectifying to talk about Marjorie Taylor Greene like that.

I mean, that position worked so well for Liz Truss!

(It’s times like these I really wish the US had a parliamentary system, where the party can ditch an albatross leader.)

Done:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgwkwxr4eqo

I remember when Americans having to pay tariffs on tea was enough to get them revolting.

Wisconsin result just in:

Along with his best bud, Dave Chappelle

Yujpox!

Apothecaries everywhere breathe a sigh of relief!

“Will there be a couch?”

Their logo is even a variation of the RSS logo.

I remember seeing a doc about Wall of Death motorcycle riders. The bikes they used? Century-old 1910 Indians.

Why? Because when lives depend on it, you want a solution with the absolute fewest possible things that can go wrong. Not the latest fancy thing with all the bells and whistles.

My proudest achievement! 😁

I used to teach ESL to some banking IT people, COBOL programmers whose skills were still in demand half a century after COBOL came out. Because the banking systems written half century ago still work, and when it comes to handling other people’s money, breakages, mistakes and downtime are absolutely not an option.

If Musk really wanted to run government like a business, he’d do like the banks and leave a working system damn well alone.

Of course, he wants to run government like one of his businesses, into the ground like Twitter or soon Tesla.

PS The only bank they knew of implementing newer tech for handling the money was a brand new one with no existing systems the new tech might break.

I used to joke “I would resist Trump’s coming fascist dictatorship, but Obama’s socialist Muslim theocracy took all my guns.”

But it’s been a while since I thought any such warnings were funny. Sorry I ever did.

“If it ain’t broke, break it.”

Motto of the Department Of Ultra Cool High Efficiency.