Wherever I wander I wonder whether I’ll ever find a place to call home…
This is the next logical iteration of “if you aren’t doing anything wrong then you have no reason to be concerned with people filming you without your knowledge/consent!”
It was never a good argument, but too many people seemed to believe it and now we’re here…
Only an absolute tool would wear that crap.
While conveniently forgetting that Rome plagiarized their laws and customs and indeed their entire culture from the Greeks…
The graph clearly isn’t including deaths of muslims.
Come to think of it, it doesn’t even label who it counts under “battle deaths”…
“Within the country’s federal system” means, yes, the state governments are federated under one government: the federal government, which is a separate institution.
“Alongside the federal government,” i.e. “exercising functions… alongside the federal government.” Meaning they are separate institutions that operate parallel to each other.
The idea that state governments, or county governments, aren’t aspects of the US government is pretty absurd. They aren’t part of the federal system, sure, but they are part of the government of the united states.
You have that backwards. Read your own wikipedia quote again. State governments are part of the federal system, but not part of the federal government (which is the government of the United States).
USG stands for “US Government” and is an official term often used in international relations and diplomacy to refer specifically to the federal government of the United States. The “United States” as an entity refers to the federation of states, each of which has its own state government. The terms and conditions of dual sovereignty are defined in the US Constitution, and each state government is chartered by its own constitution which defines how matters of state governance run.
Yes, I’m american, and I’ve worked for the federal government in the past. Federal and state governments are separate organizations. Very little coordination or communication happens between them, even trying to do so would be difficult and only happens rarely, except for highly specified cases where there are typically established liaison staff (such as distributing funding from federal departments to state counterparts, or state and federal personnel cooperating on disaster relief efforts). But for the most part, they don’t even work in the same buildings.
Also, this should be the most telling sign, but federal and state taxes are handled completely separately. Two separate filings for two separate taxes to two separate governments. Because federal and state governments are separate institutions with different functions albeit with overlapping jurisdictions.
It’s not everyday you get an opportunity to have your name put on a wikipedia page with people from the 1st century…
Look, I don’t trust the US or Israeli governments either, but I really feel for the Iranian protesters and many of them are already mourning. The faster this regime falls, the better.
When was the last time somebody was excommunicated? Did they deserve it as much as he does?
I honestly don’t get the reference, but it sounds like something they would do…
It’s alright, it happens. At least you picked up on it…
The Iranian government is already shooting live ammunition at its people, just like they did during the last round of major protests. They’ve already killed hundreds on the past couple days, under the fog of an internet blackout. Protestors are asking for international help.
The sooner the Iranian people topple their government, the better.
State governments are not aspects of the US government. The US government refers specifically to the federal government. It’s called dual sovereignty or something to that effect. States governments are separate institutions with their own constitutions, and are for the most part independent (or at least were intended to be), although still subject to federal law.
The closest comparison would be like the parliaments of Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man. Technically their own countries (‘states’), but subject to the agreements of the larger union (the federation or kingdom, depending on which nation).
Local councils in the UK have an equivalent in the US as well. States are generally divided into counties with their own governments, and most cities as well as some towns have their own metropolitan or municipal governments.
Granted, not even most americans, being ignorant, fully understand that there are multiple levels of government with different jurisdictions that they’re subject to. That’s why you see idiots fucking up state or local infrastructure when they’re really mad at the federal government.
They should bring back excommunication just for him.
You mean to say one cannot simply throw away the SIM like in super-sleuth films?
Vindictive. Minnesota’s really been having it rough lately…
Side note: when the “third reich” happens for the second time in history, it’s called the “fourth reich.”
That’s kind of derailing. Nobody is downplaying that (except the racists who are are perpetuating the problem, but they’re okay with this too). Most people here have probably also been speaking out against all the violence against POC.
If someone commented on a post about a POC being murdered by cops/ICE, and said “but what about the white people they killed,” you would call that derailing. And that’s exactly what you’re doing here.
You’re downplaying the tragedy that is the implicit topic of this current post, which is the woman who was recently murdered by ICE in Minneapolis. You apparently don’t care about this event, because the victim was white, and you’re arguing that we should ignore it simply because she wasn’t a POC.
we need to stand against this behavior now more than ever.
Yes, exactly, so why are you taking issue with people doing just that?
The above commenter was simply trying to say that anyone who uses the term “purity test” has failed their purity test…
People used to call me a creep whenever I raised concerns about mass surveillance. Like, obviously if I wasn’t okay with that then I must have been planning something nasty, right?
Well this is precisely the scenario I was trying to warn about, and it’s far nastier than anything I could have possibly done, even if that were my intention…