@DavidSalo #salestax

Federal legislation would fail because it would violate the 10th Amendment (state's rights).

It's not going to happen as an amendment to the constitution because no state would agree to it. There have to be enough states to agree to a constitutional amendment for it to become part of the constitution.

Yes, it's a regressive tax.

@th3j35t3r how many do we have? I seem to remember there is a way to find out, but I can’t figure it out. 😉

@pkatlga23 @LivEGirl #politics #nationalsecurity There is also the issue of copies. As we all know, most people have to go to secure areas to read these materials. The thing is that people like the President and VP can't always run out and do that.

However, it's like accidentally walking out the store with something, saying, "Oops," and going back in to pay for it or return it vs. realizing you have something you shouldn't and then stuffing it in a pocket and running like hell.

@Kimmycott I posted a new link (maybe one you're not interested in since it's about law) and was very careful about the cut and paste to make sure it is a free article. How annoying the prior one didn't work for you. (sigh)

@WestofMars Thanks so much for the opportunity. I swear, the next book is: EVERYTHING I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT SELF-PUBLISHING. (LOL)

@tgraph52 #politics #economics

IMO this current issue is an attempt of the radical right wing (aka "Freedom Caucus") to destroy the American government at any cost.

They don't give a rat's ass about anyone other than themselves. While they don't meet the legal definition of traitors, I pretty much view them as such.

And they will glory in all the negative attention because it will get them votes, even if their constituents suffer from these actions.

This is one of those free links from NYT that I have the opportunity to share. I know one person had a problem where it didn't work for them before, so I hope this works for anyone who wants to look at it.

This is a discussion a case at SCOTUS regarding responsibility of websites for posted content.

As someone who once practiced law I follow things like this. As, as always seems to happen, I am of two minds about it.

What are your thoughts?
#SCOTUS #law

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/technology/supreme-court-online-free-speech-social-media.html

@kel you know what I found out it is good for? I have to do a lot of research for my writing and so I will ask her to make me a list of every town on the west coast of wales or something like that and use amazing what research can do for me really fast so that I can narrow down. I’ve gotten it to compare, and contrast the Irish, all father in the norse all, father, and other things

To me it’s just a research tool. I’ve tried it for a couple of other things and it’s hopeless.

@WestofMars since I don’t have a sales link as it’s not launching until the end of the month I will have to get back to you on it but I’m really happy that you made the offer and I appreciate it

@pkatlga23 @LivEGirl yes, way too much is considered classified. In fact, in one state, for I worked in state government, what was considered highly confidential, and never should be exposed to public view, was considered public material in a different state.

There’s a lot of stuff in federal service that is considered classified that really isn’t. Using a public copying machine could be a reason for termination. Because the material could be retrieved if somebody knew it was there.

@Kimmycott I did use the link provided me.

@WestofMars thanks, when I surface after the marketing seminar today I will check this out. 😃

@pkatlga23 @LivEGirl When I worked with a state government and we were digitizing sensitive files they were being shredded. Right until we found out that the database was dumping them off the other end because it didn't have enough room.

Shit really does happen. I have no idea if they ever managed to put the mountain of shredded paper back together to re-create those files.

@LivEGirl I can. Truly, shit happens. I remember when the governor left highly sensitive material in our office because he was making the head of the region be his bitch because she was a woman. He forgot it.

@Kimmycott The link wasn't free? I subscribe and it was supposed to be one of my free links! Ugh!

@LivEGirl @pkatlga23 It depends. My late husband had a security clearance. And while nothing came home because it was all on mainframes that were isolated from external contact, weird shit happens.

One will get you two that this has happened many times. It was simply that until TFG went nuts and refused to return things that it became a huge issue.

#WritingCommunity #books #booktrailer

So the UF I've been working on is launching the end of the month. I swear if I could just write instead of dealing with all the marketing... Yeah, dream on, right?

I finally have a book trailer up on YouTube. Maybe tomorrow I can figure out how to make it give me functioning links to the website. Or not.

https://youtu.be/wViX-fpCyHU

@MindfulWilliam MLK was a human being. Like all of us, he had feet of clay in some regards. We have to evaluate his life fully to determine his legacy. He plagiarized (not enough citations) and he catted around (pretty common then and now) and still his legacy is amazing.

@LivEGirl In reality, it is possible to take home material that should not be removed. There's a great deal of upheaval at the end of an administration.

The thing is, that as soon as it was located by Biden's lawyers (by accident) they immediately turned it over to DOJ.

It may well not have been Biden who removed it. It is very possible that it was packed by mistake by low-level staff members.

#mentalhealth #psychoactives

A great benefit of Harry bringing mental health to the forefront of his discussions about life is that it's getting more attention. Which it needs.

Free article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/well/psychedelics-grief-mental-health.html