Andy
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Andy
@GamblinEngineer
Structural Engineer/Poker Player
Katılım Eylül 2008
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The paid grifters, partisan hacks, and bots are out in force—misleading people about the Constitution and the law—to defend Trump’s unconstitutional war.
Here’s an important Iran war PSA:
Contrary to what you may have heard about the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. §§ 1541–1550), it does not allow the president to take military action for any reason for 60–90 days without congressional approval so long as the president notifies Congress within 48 hours.
Section 1541(c) of the War Powers Resolution states clearly:
“The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.”
Of the three cited authorities, not one indicates a presidential power to take unilateral (without Congress’s approval) offensive military action.
The first two authorities allow the president to take offensive military action but only with Congress’s express approval (Article I of the Constitution grants Congress the exclusive power to declare war).
The third authority allows the president to take defensive military action without Congress’s approval in the event of a specific type of national emergency, a sudden unforeseen attack on the United States (happening too quickly for Congress to meet) necessitating immediate action to protect Americans.
It’s for this last situation (or for situations in which the president introduces forces into hostilities unlawfully) that the War Powers Resolution provides for the oft-mentioned 48-hour report to Congress (§ 1543) and 60-day (up to 90-day) timeline (§ 1544). If there’s an attack in progress on the United States (i.e., currently happening), we expect the president to respond swiftly to neutralize the attack and protect Americans—and then we will hold the president to account.
The Framers of the Constitution agreed at the debates in the federal convention of 1787 that the president should have the “power to repel sudden attacks” but not the power to otherwise introduce forces into hostilities without congressional approval.
The War Powers Resolution does not confer any new authority on the president to take offensive military action without congressional approval—nor could it under our Constitution. It instead checks the president when, as the Framers contemplated, the president introduces our Armed Forces into hostilities to repel a sudden attack.
The fact that previous presidents have violated both the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution does not—and cannot—change the law or make any present military action lawful.
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@BSlambeer Hopefully it ends with Jelly Roll’s dad crying and 3-digit stitches.
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@ninelivescatt He is right to be cautious. I don’t know specifically about Zelle or Apple Pay but on some money transfer sevices you can cancel well after the fact and keep the cash. I would only do such a transaction with a very close friend. The poker world is full of scammers.
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@justinamash That cumulative debt. Not the presidents debt
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@WhirlpoolCorp Not sorry enough to start putting ice makers that last more than 2 years into your refrigerators, though, I’m guessing.
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@WhirlpoolCorp I bought a brand new refrigerator made by you in 2019. The piece of crap ice maker in it died in 2024. I had a new one installed for $450. Guess what? That piece of crap has now died. You are running a scam. Please stop scamming your customers.
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If you enjoy being a complete asshole to people and would like to be paid for it…
jobs.tsa.gov/careers-at-tsa
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The PA announcer for the SEC championship game announced Devin McGlockton from “Cummins, Georgia” instead of the real city name, “Cumming.” Hahaha. Can’t say I blame him. @GaryParrishCBS
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The ice makers they put in @whirlpoolusa refrigerators are designed to work about two years. Complete scam. Don’t buy a whirlpool refrigerator.
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@ninelivescatt If you’re sure he has AA it’s probably a fold, but do you really know that surely? Does he not raise JT98 or QQJJ?
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Poker question: 🧠♣️
You’re the shortest stack with 6BB in the big blind. MP raises to 4BB and it folds to you. You’re holding KK89o in PLO.
But you’re almost certain he has AA.
Do you still call?
I folded and said “nice hand”, he showed AA. Another time I folded QQ and he had KK.
Even though the reads were right, I’m wondering if I’m still supposed to take those spots with that stack depth.
Lmk what you guys think 🫶
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@coodledoodledo @wsbtv It’s even worse. If Buc-ee’s paid them, they’d delete the fake complaints.
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