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Apparently not really. It already happened with Sheriff Joe Arpaio. This country is fucked lmao.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Joe_Arpaio#%3A%7E%3Atext=On+August+25%2C+2017%2C+President%2Cbeing+in+the+U.S.+illegally%22.

I mean, a congress member seems to be saying he can. If he "can't" he'll do it anyways, it'll go to the supreme court and they'll say it's fine.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10186

Edit: apparently that's actually part of what Joe Arpaio was pardoned for.

Sure, but the president can (and will) pardon any of them.

Wasn't Trump literally trying to bring it back last time?

https://whyy.org/articles/trump-wants-to-make-asbestos-great-again/

Diesel subs are also different kinds of beasts. They're terrible for international conflict, but for short range operations, they're silent. You can turn off a diesel engine, but not a nuclear reactor.

And remember, the courts can't consider motive, so as long as tariffs are defendable as an official act (which they are) he's 100% immune. I mean, they found him immune in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, and that was related to campaign finance as a candidate.

The patient doesn't seem to find it so unpleasant. 😏

For anyone looking for a traditional news publication.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/palestinian-teenager-walid-ahmad-dies-in-israeli-detention-in-west-bank

The worst part is that if you're selfish, you'd think Biden would be better. I miss that 30% increase in my stock portfolio vs the 25% decrease for no reason.

Supposedly traditional ISP's have tons and tons of lawyers and filed every single step of the way to stop Google from intruding on their local monopolies.

True true, but if there is genuinely quantum randomness, then the reactions those atoms go through aren't predetermined, so the initial conditions could be on an individual basis, but not the long term.

I never meant to imply it was. I was simply stating that with a hyper advanced understanding of chemistry it's possible that everything in the universe could have been predicted up to this point by an infinitely well programmed/powerful computer or whatever. Because in my head, that's theoretically possible, it's also possible everything is predetermined, not by some grand scheme or designs, but just predetermined by random chance.

Apologies if I'm using the incorrect phrasing.

God having a plan vs. everything being calculable to us is practically the same thing, no? Either way, it's still best to act within your moral framework, religious or atheist because it's just better to be a good person. I think me calling it a dilemma for either side is a stretch.

Yeah. It's a fair take, and this is generally what I was getting at.

I think you can have this same dilemma as an atheist as well. I'm personally agnostic as I don't have the knowledge to make a decision.

If we are all just atoms moving/reacting, surely everything we'd ever do would be predetermined by the initial reactions/vectors/forces at the big bang. I know there's quantum randomness and stuff, but it's possible that's all calculable and we simply don't have the means to calculate it. If that's the case, IMO we still have freewill because we can't predict the future, and it's still worthwhile to move forward doing our best to be good people.

I don't think it's the CIA doing it to us. We are just dumb as bricks and voted for this because eggs were expensive and trans people bad or something. But I don't disagree with anything else.

I sure wish someone else could CIA us for a change.

I'm confused then. What doesn't make sense to you? In my head it seems straightforward? ELI5 maybe, because I'm pretty tired today?

Problem: We should stop dictators from invading other countries.

Solution: The UK is offering to further step up to do that as a reaction to the US deciding to step down.

Because as many nations as feasible should take on the burden of stopping petty dictators from invading other countries.

Yeah, but congress would then have to impeach him, the courts can't touch him.