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Suppose that an executive branch administrator pens a letter of intent, that says they interpret the law a certain way.

Now this isn't actually _binding_, but it's a strong indicator of how you'll be treated.

Maybe you can get the courts to reverse it.

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Suppose that Congress doesn't like the interpretation.

They can pass another law clarifying how the first law should be interpreted.

This happens all the time.

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Suppose Congress passes a law, and it's not 100% clear.

Then the courts will interpret it.

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Correcting the law, the "law", the """law""", and culture.

A rambling thread.

My kid has a cough and sore throat.

It's not covid, it's just a cold.

We know that because my other kid had a covid exposure, and the first kid was so worried I got him a test.

So, he's just sick.

The other kid is also fine.

Frequently bought with _How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives_

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In which we put as much pressure as possible on the weakest link in the series and see if it breaks.

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Had an error on my Freenet node. Luckily, I have backups.

... what do you mean my backups quit working a month ago?!

*slog slog slog*

A D&D campaign where you can hire mercenaries on either a fixed bid contract (so they argue with you that they agreed to fight Goblins, not Orcs, and this requires more money) or a time & materials contract, so they constantly chug healing potions that you have to pay for.

The log4shell vulnerability is a good opportunity to discover which discord servers I haven't muted global messages on yet.

I don't understand how a booster shot for the ancestral virus is supposed to help against the Omicron variant.

PSA: If you are using an Android phone, and you have Microsoft Teams installed, and you're not logged into Microsoft Teams on that phone: please uninstall it, or you won't be able to call 911!

No, I am not making this up: androidpolice.com/google-final

Looks like they're making a sequel to _The Matrix_.

I wonder what took them so long.

When Twitter bans someone you follow, they have decided to unilaterally _cancel your friendship_.

The biggest threat of social media censorship is the ability to take away your relationships.

Any Catholics in my feed, please pray for my sister's mother-in-law, who is dying of COPD and has been told it's time for hospice care.

Documentation:

Save(values, options)

Saves the values.

values: Object the values to save
options: Object the options to use when saving

_Zero_ information about what options are available or what they do!

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