Daily review 04/07/2024

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1. SPC 1

   4 July 2024 at 8:07 pm

   Project 2025 is a coup against the constitutional republic of the United States of America.

   It was launched by Mitch McConnell when he blocked the appointment of Garland to SCOTUS.

   He did this because he saw that Ruth Bader-Ginsburg had decided to be replaced by a POTUS Clinton in 2017 (she believed the polls). And saw a chance of a GOP majority.

   So what would have been a 6-5 Democratic Party nominated majority is now 3-6.

   His action in 2016 was unprecedented.

   POTUS Biden should have called the GOP out on it and appointed 2 people to SCOTUS (to make it 5-6) or otherwise remove Gorsuch and appoint Garland and have it 4-5, as it should have been.

   To do this he needs a majority in the Senate backing this.

   SCOTUS has determined that a payoff after a deed is not corrupt bribery. It has said acts by a POTUS as POTUS cannot be reviewed in a court.

   Biden should wake up and act and protect the Republic and he should do it on this day and say why.
2. tWig 2

   4 July 2024 at 9:12 pm

   For those who want background on Project 2025, a Republican movement to politicize the US public service.
3. adam 3

   4 July 2024 at 9:34 pm

   Memo:

   Look all you working class shitfuckers, we really don't like to have a situation where you might do OK. So will stomp on it now before you get any more expectations.

   Long live the Renter Class.

   p.s. God save me from literalists, or at the very least – from the heretics at destiny Church.
4. tWig 4

   4 July 2024 at 10:32 pm

   Auckland Council had voted against govt changes to speed restrictions. If you petsonally want to make a submission on govt changes, you have until 11 July. My view is these proposed changes are driven by the trucking lobby. Remember that fuel consumption over 80 kmh increases exponentially.
5. tWig 5

   4 July 2024 at 11:30 pm

   You need to start the Draft road speed limits submission process before you get some simple language info about the proposed laws. It seems to give the Minister power to override any slowdown to speeds proposed by local councils, who now have to make a full economic case for slow downs.

   "Under the draft Rule, speed limit reductions introduced since 1 January 2020 on local streets will be reversed. These will be replaced with variable 30 km/h speed limits outside school gates during drop-off and pick-up times to slow down traffic as children enter or leave school. Speed limit reductions made since that date on arterial roads will be reversed. Speed limit reductions on rural State highways since that date will also be reversed, unless there is demonstrated public support to keep the lower speed. Reversing certain types of reduced speed limits may result in higher average operating speeds."

   In other words, you have to be aware of, and advocate for retaining local reductions to speed limits since 2020, Otherwise bye, bye, and hard work to get it re-introduced. So if you want local speed limits retained, advocate for them to government here and now.

   I have made submissions to government before – this process seems more opaque and less upfront about what is changing. Either you have to wade through the draft Act, or start the submissions process. Making government less accessible to electors, good stuff, Coalition. Reduces your workload, while increasing ours.

   Also, AI may be used in screening the submissions. Again, because lumping stuff together without human screening could not possibly let anyone's submission slip through the 'aggregated' AI crack.
6. tWig 6

   5 July 2024 at 12:38 am

   Could have saved myself the bother by reading the Greens summary for making submissions.And the reasons why. Glad to see I read between the draft legislation lines similarly to them. Took a bit of eye-crossing though.

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