Inigo Montoya: You are sure nobody's followed us?
Vizzini: As I told you, it would be absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable. No one in Guilder knows what we've done, and no one in Florin could have gotten here so fast. Out of curiosity, why do you ask?
Inigo Montoya: No reason. It's only... I just happened to look behind us and something is there.
-the princess bride

:D

yeah, the knicks blew it bigtime.

That shot that sent it to overtime... inconceivable.

if there's a silver lining, it's that it was only game 1. Lots of series left to exorcise the demons.

Yes... but the Knicks cannot (best not) give up two on their home court straight out the gate; ask the Celtics how that worked out for them. :)

There we are! Thanks for that.

You're certainly welcome. Thank you for your great posts, and don't be a stranger.

I meant to include Judge Laplante's ruling in the Leavitt's Country Bakery issue, which is one of the most colorful I have ever seen:

Leavitt's Country Bakery Ruling

yeah, the knicks blew it bigtime. if there's a silver lining, it's that it was only game 1. Lots of series left to exorcise the demons.

JL

But, I say now... Let's give it a fair shake..

The Republican Party emerged in the 1850s primarily in opposition to the expansion of slavery into new US territories.

At the time of the Civil War, a very very VERY small percentage of slaves were owned by Republicans.. I'll be generous and call it 1%...

So, this means that, factually speaking, 99% of the slaves were owned by Democrats..

So, I say... BRING ON REPARATIONS!!!

Republicans will pay 1% of the Reparations and Democrats will pay 99% of the Reparations..

THAT is the most fair way of addressing the Reparations bullshit... :D

^^^^^ THIS....

THIS is *EXACTLY* why PRESIDENT Trump deserves to be POTUS..

THIS is *EXACTLY* why I voted for PRESIDENT Trump...

THIS is *EXACTLY* why every PATRIOTIC American voted for PRESIDENT Trump...

There is good news and bad news..

The BAD news is, Bravo Shift was able to cover the staffing so I WON'T be going in for OT... So I'll be able to spend the day with my fellow Weigantians.. :D

The GOOD news is, that means I have time for a lot of the chores I need to do, so I won't be around as much as ya'all might dread... :D

This is the way things are in the here and now.. These are the facts.. This is the objective reality...

And while ya'all are at it...

Can ya'all see if you can get rid of all the Semitic hate and bigotry and intolerance that permeate the souls of woke progressive Democrats???

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It's sad... This beautiful couple struck down and killed by a bigoted Democrat full of hate... :(

It simply breaks your heart...

Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old from Chicago, fatally shot two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

The couple, planning to marry, was leaving an American Jewish Committee event when Rodriguez, pacing nearby, opened fire with a handgun.

He entered the museum, chanted “Free Palestine,” and was detained.

The FBI is investigating the heinous act as antisemitic terrorism.

Woke progressive Democrats’ soft stance on crime emboldens such acts, betraying public safety.

How ANYONE who is jewish can support the Democrat Party is simply mind-boggling...

Until such time as Democrats do an HONEST and FACTUAL assessment of their loss and apologize to the American people for their lies and their BS and their backroom deals etc, etc etc....

Democrats will NEVER return from the political Black Forest...

This is the way things are in the here and now.. These are the facts.. This is the objective reality...

It's the way of politics..

Change or die...

The House’s passage of PRESIDENT Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” on May 22, 2025, by a 215-214 vote, is ANOTHER monumental victory for PRESIDENT Trump and the American people..

This sweeping tax and spending package extends the 2017 tax cuts, saving families $2,000 yearly, and funds border security with 701 miles of wall {CITE: NY Times, May 2025}.

Despite woke progressive Democrat obstruction, Speaker Johnson unified Republicans, delivering PRESIDENT Trump’s AMERICA FIRST agend.

X posts from @MarioNawfal (May 22, 2025) celebrate the win.

PRESIDENT Trump’s vision for prosperity shines, leaving woke progressive Democrats fuming at their 29% favorability {CITE: NBC, March 2025}

Like I said.. Ya'all know how these things work...

And THIS is how they work..

It's also amazing that the HOUSE GOP got this done with PLENTY OF TIME to spare..

So much for the woke progressive Democrat claim that the GOP has such a razor-thin majority that they'll never get anything done, eh? :D

Looks like the GOP is having NO PROBLEM getting things done.. :D

You pushing and pushing for cites to help you rebut my arguments have made my comments the most formidable they have ever been..

It's no wonder that JL, Victoria and you et al don't even bother to TRY and refute the facts and the objective reality.. :D

You have made me a MUCH more intimidating commenter, Bash..

Thank you SO much..

If you would like a pro quo for your quid, I'll be happy to oblige..

Within reason, of course.. :D

Just let me know.. :D

This is what the courts have determined..

In anticipation of ya'all's ridiculous counter-argument of “It's always been this way”, I put forth the following facts and facts-supported opinions...

The tired excuse that “it’s always been this way” holds no water when defending the notion that anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen under the 14th Amendment.

This argument ignores the amendment’s text and intent, which requires both birth in the U.S. and being “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” {CITE: U.S. Const., amend. XIV, § 1}.

Historical practice doesn’t dictate legal factuality and correctness.

Consider Dred Scott (1857) where the Supreme Court ruled Black people were not citizens, only “three-fifths” persons under the Constitution’s census clause {CITE: 60 U.S. 393}.

That was “always the way” until the 14th Amendment (1868) and later rulings overturned it, proving precedent can be wrong {CITE: Foner, Reconstruction, 1988}.

The 14th Amendment aimed to secure citizenship for freed slaves, not grant universal birthright citizenship.

United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) extended it to children of permanent residents, but its broad application to illegal immigrants or temporary visitors, like diplomats’ children, misreads “jurisdiction” {CITE: 169 U.S. 649}.

Siavash Sobhani’s 2023 citizenship revocation, due to his diplomat father’s immunity, shows even long-standing grants can be corrected {CITE: Washington Post, 2023}.

Elk v. Wilkins (1884) denied citizenship to Native Americans not fully under U.S. law, reinforcing jurisdictional limits {CITE: 112 U.S. 94}.

Clinging to “tradition” ignores these nuances and the amendment’s roots in the 1866 Civil Rights Act, which excluded those with foreign allegiance (Senate Records, 1866).

“It’s always been this way” is nothing but a lazy dodge. SCOTUS can and should revisit birthright citizenship to align with actual and factual constitutional intent.

Just like the SCOTUS revisted Dred Scott (1857) that paved the way for the 14th Amendment..

Just like the SCOTUS revisted Roe v Wade and discarded it onto the trash heap of history where it belongs..

SILENCE GIVES ASSENT
-Democrats

There we are! Thanks for that.

So which one are you?

The one in uniform... :D

Reposted for clarity...

@JMCT

Or, just as easily conclude that the 14th amendment means exactly what it says: anyone born in the U.S., unless the child of an accredited foreign diplomat, is automatically a United States citizen by birthright. No exceptions.

Except that is NOT what the 14th Amendment says..

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS are NOT subject to the jurisdiction thereof the UNITED STATES..

Therefore their offspring are NOT US citizens.. Even if they are born in the US..

END TRANS...

This is what the courts have determined..

And no amount of woke progressive Democrat support of scumbag rapists, murderers, druggies, terrorists, gangbangers or wife beaters will change this fact..

Will change this objective reality...

You really need to prepare for the fact that ya'all are going to LOSE...

JUST like I told ya'all that you need to prepare that ya'all were going to LOSE and LOSE BIG in the 2024 election..

I was factually dead on ballz accurate back then...

I'll be factually dead on ballz accurate with this...

Or, just as easily conclude that the 14th amendment means exactly what it says: anyone born in the U.S., unless the child of an accredited foreign diplomat, is automatically a United States citizen by birthright. No exceptions.

Except that is NOT what the 14th Amendment says..

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

I'll be factually dead on ballz accurate with this...

pie always wins

WTH with the Knicks!? Deliver pie to MSG (not to be confused with monosodium glutamate). :)

Or, just as easily conclude that the 14th amendment means exactly what it says: anyone born in the U.S., unless the child of an accredited foreign diplomat, is automatically a United States citizen by birthright. No exceptions.

Interesting you should say that, John (not to be confused with the other John) because Judge Joseph Laplante who decided this Leavitt's Country Bakery sign issue was actually the third judge in the nation to block Trump's executive order regarding birthright citizenship:

Preliminary Injunction Regarding Birthright Citizenship, Judge Joseph Laplante, New Hampshire

Fun fact. :)

So which one are you?

Asking for a friend.

One can only hope that certain, um ... OTHER Federal courts will just as easily conclude that the U.S. is not at war nor suffering invasion, and so the right of habeas corpus continues for every individual in the country, regardless of their citizenship status.

Or, just as easily conclude that the 14th amendment means exactly what it says: anyone born in the U.S., unless the child of an accredited foreign diplomat, is automatically a United States citizen by birthright. No exceptions.

As with our hero judge here, we hope that, um ... OTHER courts recognize immediately that arguments to the contrary of the above conclusions "would not pass any level of scrutiny."

See ya'all in the AM...

I got called into work for part of the day, so ya'all will get a semi-break from me.. :D

As long as others can stop showing how much of their headspace I reside in... :D

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Ya'all see the 2025 black KIA that's behind me??

That's mine now... :D

Well, awww right!!! I really REALLY like where this is going!!! :D

Yer right, CW...

That's a helluva good-feel, feel-good Americana story!!!

Kudos....

Much appreciated.... :D