The courts have their procedures. That it seems alien to you is simply because you aren't familiar with its workings.
Today was decisive. All that's left is merely the formalities.
I wouldn't be surprised if the case remains on the 6th's docket in some form all the way up through the election; the case won't die as long as the Administration is willing to blow money roleplaying Don Quixote. But after today the ultimate outcome is no longer in doubt.
It's literally just a stay on it. It's going back to the Sixth Circuit for a ruling where we might have to go through all this again
In the language of court decisions, the wording of the ruling was basically marching orders directly to the 6th on how the court expects them to rule.
This is the best SNL sketch I ever seen
You really have never seen Belushi do his samurai skits?
Or Norm Macdonald's Bob Dole?
4chan isn't free
Arrakis ain't free. The dunes of Sibaya Ridge gotta be drenched in the blood of the Harkonnen. Shaddam Husseino Corrino is not my Emperor, he is a water-fat offworlder with no sons. Sietch and Ichwan Bedwine, not Sardaukar and Landsraad ok :DDDDDDDDDD Bless the Maker and His water.
It's also not inappropriate because the gun was being transferred to Dominick as a trustee.
even if the exact legal verbiage was never used
A gun trust between two non-related people had better be on paper if it's going to hold up in court.
I think the reason nobody complains about it is that the genre basically died after Garrett P.I. took it, added in high fantasy and still managed to be better than average; and everything made since then has been Oh Mr Darcy grade garbage.
a handful of companies are going to own the future
Exactly. People are dubious about the country, the economy, and the dollar, but the smart money knows that the companies, for the most part, will be fine. Ownership is power, and the companies own a lot. Whatever may happen to the dollar, owning a share of those companies will give you a cut in whatever is to come.
We're not anywhere close to a communist revolution that would put the companies in jeopardy. Rather, we're close to a conflict between social statists and libertarians, and the companies can live with either of those outcomes.
breakdown
It was more of a drawn out joke.
I've been working conventions since about '04, so I've got opinions on most of them.
Everyone calls Dashcon the worst convention ever, but my favorite train wreck of a con is still Reactor. Filing bankruptcy on your hotel and disappearing, only to change your name and re-book with the same hotel, AND THEY TAKE YOU BACK is a feat that will never be topped any time soon. You need a pretty fukkin desperate venue to pull that off, and that was definitely Purple Hotel.
Every convention has its specific culture.
Worldcon attracts cliquey literary types.
San Diego Comic-Con markets directly to Josh Whedon fans and cosplay whores.
Anime Detour is for potheads, PAX (both of them) is for SJWs who think they're edgy and cool, and any con run by R.K. attracts sex pests because it's run by several.
In the case of Dragon Con, it's an 80k person convention where the average attendee is just there to buy some shit, get a photo with the 801st (assuming they aren't IN the 801st), and then get blackout drunk.
There was never a world where Dragon Con could make a literary award and make it have the weight of the Hugo, because of the character of the convention.
that never really materialized
Because awards are about trying to please the masses
No, the Hugos are not about the masses at all.
The only people who get a vote are Worldcon attendees.
The mistake is thinking the Hugos OR Worldcon matter. They don't. A better solution would be to start a new convention to compete with Worldcon.
Dan Crenshaw DOES look like a hitman in a porno.