Also, not only do you have a busload of people, you have a busload of hostile, angry people. And buses are fuel-hungry, expensive to run, and difficult to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Also, not only do you have a busload of people, you have a busload of hostile, angry people. And buses are fuel-hungry, expensive to run, and difficult to hide.
Having been a bus driver for several years, I would like to recast your "what the fuck do you do with a busload of people" as "why the fuck would I want to do that?"
Like, most people do not, most of the time, have any goal for which kidnapping a busload of randos would help.
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Having been a bus driver for several years, I would like to recast your "what the fuck do you do with a busload of people" as "why the fuck would I want to do that?"
Like, most people do not, most of the time, have any goal for which kidnapping a busload of randos would help.
They were incredulous. The van was idling outside and we were providing door to door service. I was not fucking around and wasn’t going to let them either. At some point they might go outdoors *not* in my van.
Minnesota gets colder.
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
They were incredulous. The van was idling outside and we were providing door to door service. I was not fucking around and wasn’t going to let them either. At some point they might go outdoors *not* in my van.
Totally agree! My point is that he seems attuned to economic concerns. As opposed to longstanding alliances and norms of international relations, which he either DGAF about or is actively opposed to.
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Totally agree! My point is that he seems attuned to economic concerns. As opposed to longstanding alliances and norms of international relations, which he either DGAF about or is actively opposed to.
They are at the very least talking about it—the general subject, not overruling Chadha per se—but it absolutely came up at some length in oral arguments in the Slaughter case.
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
They are at the very least talking about it—the general subject, not overruling Chadha per se—but it absolutely came up at some length in oral arguments in the Slaughter case.
Now, and I realize I sound like a goddamn broken record, if Chadha had come out the other way, majorities in both chambers could, in fact, block a lot of this stuff. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now, and I realize I sound like a goddamn broken record, if Chadha had come out the other way, majorities in both chambers could, in fact, block a lot of this stuff. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....