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That is the best takedown of Sparta.
Change a letter, ruin a law

The No Child’s Left Behind Act of 2001.
Change a letter, ruin a law

The Affordable Dare Act of 2010
Change a letter, ruin a law

The Brady Handgun Violence Pretention Act of 1993
At a high school football game.
Only for the price of the tickets.
Yeah, at most these guys have standing because there was no competitive bid process that they might have won.
And have it spent via Congressional appropriations.
The indictment doesn’t mention poker. It’s all various basketball bets - mainly prop bets.

www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov
They are going to process it so fast that there won’t be time for an appropriation.
So, a new sports gambling indictment in the NBA just dropped.

www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov
When you have lost Kacsmaryk.
The law is quite clear you may not do X in Georgia and Florida. You are allowed to do X in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. You must do X in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and the US Virgin Islands.
Also, it’s a bit late. The East Wing is gone.

bsky.app/profile/kati...
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
Not to stop the destruction, though. They might be entitled to compensation, but they don’t have standing for anything else.
I think it’s a misspelling of the Italian word for unfortunate (both noun and adjective).
My brother (11 years older than me) looked so much like me when I was 20-25 that people confused us - especially in pictures. We don’t look so similar now.
The mute button is right there.
Did they use a contractor last time? I thought it was the British Arm/Navy.

I like to think he included the line as a rhetorical lesson.