Spyke

Replies

news

Comment on

Senate leaders reach deal on short-term spending bill in push to avert shutdown

Reply in thread

That's likely to happen anyway because he put himself in a no win scenario. The hard liners' demands can't make it through the Senate, because even the Senate Republicans aren't onboard with that shit.

So it's cut a deal with the Democrats to keep the government open, and get primaried, or shutdown the government and weaken the party in 2024... And get primaried because his speakership was disastrous.

Gaetz's imaginary door #3 doesn't exist, and McCarthy knows it.

Comment on

Liftoff is buggy.

It's Lemmy World's tokens being invalidated (because of the back) that's causing the issue, not Liftoff (source: I had the same issues with Connect)

Clearing your app cache, and signing out and back in, ought to solve it.

android

Comment on

[META] Community Vote: Memes

Reply in thread

Yeah, this is pretty much where I stand - memes are fun, but they can get annoying quickly. Putting them up in a separate community would allow people to post them to their hearts content and allow others tired of memes to ignore that community for a while.

Comment on

Demand Responsive Transport - Buses With No Timetables

Reply in thread

Wow, this is... something else.

The ability to get to the suburbs isn't a limiting factor in the US for theft, since a) most people have access to someone's car (whether their own or a friend's) because of how car-centric the design is, and b) Uber/Lyft are a thing, and I assure you those drivers care not one bit why you're going where you are going.

But, homes get robbed in rural areas with no public transportation every day already. And the culprits already have their own transportation. Totally wild and unfounded logic here.

news

Comment on

‘He’s alone’: Trump arraignment sees no family, no posse, no protests

Reply in thread

Theoretically, on the federal charges, but not any state charges (such as the ones expected to be brought in Georgia)

Of course, a self-pardon has never been tested, and while the composition of the Supreme Court should be favorable to him doing so, it's not guaranteed that they would actually be on board. There would be a constitutional crisis if he tried to self-pardon, and the Supreme Court ruled that he could not (which could be nearly solved by impeachment of either the President or various Justices, but that will not happen under the present dysfunction of the Senate)

Comment on

Getting that itch to go back soon

It's lonely being the beginning of a community, but the payoff is totally worth it!

I'll have to dig through my photos to see if I've got any worthy of posting to attract new posters - been a UOAP for a while, but haven't been since Mardi Gras and probably won't be back until next year because new baby enroute