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Pacific Northwest, DevOps nerd
Formerly: IPFS Infra, Rackspace, Mozilla
He/Him
Formerly: IPFS Infra, Rackspace, Mozilla
He/Him
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June 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
this site needs community notes yesterday
Very much so! Preferably with blinking lights.
February 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Very much so! Preferably with blinking lights.
Wouldn’t that be something?
January 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Wouldn’t that be something?
(Afaik) sure, but the one causes the other.
If we ‘question’ some debt and thus don’t pay it (because doing so would cause us to go above the debt ceiling) then it doesn’t get paid and so we would be in default on that debt.
Which would be bad.
If we ‘question’ some debt and thus don’t pay it (because doing so would cause us to go above the debt ceiling) then it doesn’t get paid and so we would be in default on that debt.
Which would be bad.
January 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
(Afaik) sure, but the one causes the other.
If we ‘question’ some debt and thus don’t pay it (because doing so would cause us to go above the debt ceiling) then it doesn’t get paid and so we would be in default on that debt.
Which would be bad.
If we ‘question’ some debt and thus don’t pay it (because doing so would cause us to go above the debt ceiling) then it doesn’t get paid and so we would be in default on that debt.
Which would be bad.
One argument is that it violates the 14th, Section 4: “The validity of the public debt … shall not be questioned.”
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Unconstitutional Debt Ceilings
In 2011 and 2013, Republicans used the threat of sovereign default in attempts to extract policy concessions from Democrats. The nation’s debt ceiling enables s
papers.ssrn.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
One argument is that it violates the 14th, Section 4: “The validity of the public debt … shall not be questioned.”
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It was an ‘at large’ election, voters could choose any 3 candidates, he was the third most-chosen. A Dem dropping out wouldn’t have changed anything.
www.indystar.com/elections/re...
www.indystar.com/elections/re...
Live 2024 Hancock County election results, winners, vote totals
See who is winning in the November 5, 2024, local elections in Indiana with real-time results.
www.indystar.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:18 AM
It was an ‘at large’ election, voters could choose any 3 candidates, he was the third most-chosen. A Dem dropping out wouldn’t have changed anything.
www.indystar.com/elections/re...
www.indystar.com/elections/re...
TIL “Delaware has always had only one member of the United States House of Representatives, except for a single decade from 1813 to 1823, when the state had two at-large members.”
Rhode Island also had 1 rep in the first Congress. Still, feels weird.
Rhode Island also had 1 rep in the first Congress. Still, feels weird.
November 10, 2024 at 11:05 AM
TIL “Delaware has always had only one member of the United States House of Representatives, except for a single decade from 1813 to 1823, when the state had two at-large members.”
Rhode Island also had 1 rep in the first Congress. Still, feels weird.
Rhode Island also had 1 rep in the first Congress. Still, feels weird.
Grabbed the last ticket, excited to see WHM in Portland again!
November 8, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Grabbed the last ticket, excited to see WHM in Portland again!
Adam Schlesinger was a real gem, in particular. His music on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is worth checking out in its own right!
October 30, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Adam Schlesinger was a real gem, in particular. His music on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is worth checking out in its own right!
I assume user #69,420 wins some sort of financial reward?
September 16, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I assume user #69,420 wins some sort of financial reward?
This is the path.
But requiring 2/3s in both chambers (not just measly supermajorities) hasn’t been achieved since 1965/66, when we passed the VRA in the first place.
> The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".
But requiring 2/3s in both chambers (not just measly supermajorities) hasn’t been achieved since 1965/66, when we passed the VRA in the first place.
> The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".
August 26, 2024 at 7:25 PM
This is the path.
But requiring 2/3s in both chambers (not just measly supermajorities) hasn’t been achieved since 1965/66, when we passed the VRA in the first place.
> The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".
But requiring 2/3s in both chambers (not just measly supermajorities) hasn’t been achieved since 1965/66, when we passed the VRA in the first place.
> The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".
Are you maybe thinking of the “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010”, which was passed, separately, 3 months after the ACA?
August 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Are you maybe thinking of the “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010”, which was passed, separately, 3 months after the ACA?
The ACA was not passed using reconciliation.
August 21, 2024 at 5:52 AM
The ACA was not passed using reconciliation.
The ACA was only allowed to pass because of a deal with a Dem Senator that it (1) wouldn’t cover abortion and that (2) Obama would sign an EO that federal funds (still) wouldn’t pay for abortions.
With ~4 months of Dem supermajority that includes that Senator, the votes just didn’t exist.
With ~4 months of Dem supermajority that includes that Senator, the votes just didn’t exist.
August 21, 2024 at 5:49 AM
The ACA was only allowed to pass because of a deal with a Dem Senator that it (1) wouldn’t cover abortion and that (2) Obama would sign an EO that federal funds (still) wouldn’t pay for abortions.
With ~4 months of Dem supermajority that includes that Senator, the votes just didn’t exist.
With ~4 months of Dem supermajority that includes that Senator, the votes just didn’t exist.