I wonder how bad it would blow their minds to learn there was a time when fandom was mostly comprised of people who were old enough to drive, book a room for a convention, or interested in participating regularly in pen-pal style snail-mail writing groups. Fandom being easily accessible to younger people is a development that came along with home computers becoming commonplace.
I think this is an EXCELLENT thing overall- for them, and for fandom, even given the stresses it has caused- but I wish more of them were aware of just how nescient their view of fandom is to assume the presence of the 25+ crowd is a shift in demographics, rather than their presence.
You’re building great things, younger-era fandom. But you’re building it on the foundations (both social and technological) that some individuals and groups here have spent literal *decades* creating and maintaining, and acting like we don’t deserve any of the fruits of that labor. That’s part of why so many of “older” fandom find the ageist attitude so upsetting.
Another big part is that for many of us- as perhaps many of you- fandom spaces were the first (and sometimes only) spaces that felt like they were ours. For some of us, they still are.
And you’re telling us we don’t belong here.
That is a pretty horrible feeling. And it’s why I will never turn that reasoning in the other direction and try to claim anybody under the age of whatever shouldn’t be in fandom.
No matter what your age, you belong here just as much as anyone else does. Ignore anyone (younger OR older) who ever tells you otherwise.
Breaking News:Country who voted to leave European Union outraged after EU suggests British Expats in EU countries will loose the right of freedom of movement currently enjoyed by EU citizens once the UK leaves.
TLDR: morons reminded they cannot have their cake and eat it.
Flint is a really good example of austerity killing people because it has such a simple chain of events. They had clean water, the state government suspended local democracy and imposed austerity, the “emergency manager” switched to a polluted river and and cut corners on water treatment, the town was poisoned. It overshadows though the hundreds of other towns and cities with unsafe tap water. And even in towns with good water there are so many old buildings with lead pipes, so many schools with toxic drinking fountains. This is a national issue that will need billions of dollars and the political will of the entire country to fix.
Some of President Trump’s lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing the president’s authority to grant pardons, according to people familiar with the effort.
Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people. A second person said Trump’s lawyers have been discussing the president’s pardoning powers among themselves.
Trump’s legal team declined to comment on the issue. But one adviser said the president has simply expressed a curiosity in understanding the reach of his pardoning authority, as well as the limits of Mueller’s investigation.
“This is not in the context of, ‘I can’t wait to pardon myself,’ ” a close adviser said.
With the Russia investigation continuing to widen, Trump’s lawyers are working to corral the probe and question the propriety of the special counsel’s work. They are actively compiling a list of Mueller’s alleged potential conflicts of interest, which they say could serve as a way to stymie his work, according to several of Trump’s legal advisers.
A conflict of interest is one of the possible grounds that can be cited by an attorney general to remove a special counsel from office under Justice Department regulations that set rules for the job.
The president is also irritated by the notion that Mueller’s probe could reach into his and his family’s finances, advisers said.
Trump has been fuming about the probe in recent weeks as he has been informed about the legal questions that he and his family could face. His primary frustration centers on why allegations that his campaign coordinated with Russia should spread into scrutinizing many years of Trump dealmaking. He has told aides he was especially disturbed after learning Mueller would be able to access several years of his tax returns.
Trump has repeatedly refused to make his tax returns public after first claiming he could not do so because he was under audit or after promising to release them after an IRS audit was completed. All presidents since Jimmy Carter have released their tax returns.
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Jay Sekulow, one of the president’s private lawyers, said in an interview Thursday that the president and his legal team are intent on making sure Mueller stays within the boundaries of his assignment as special counsel. He said they will complain directly to Mueller if necessary.
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Following Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James B. Comey — in part because of his displeasure with the FBI’s Russia investigation — Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in a written order. That order gave Mueller broad authority to investigate links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation” and any crimes committed in response to the investigation, such as perjury or obstruction of justice.
Mueller’s probe has already expanded to include an examination of whether Trump obstructed justice in his dealings with Comey, as well as the business activities of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.
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Traditionally, Justice Department leaders have sought to maintain a certain degree of autonomy from the White House as a means of ensuring prosecutorial independence.
But Sessions’s situation is more unusual, law enforcement officials said, because he has angered the president for apparently being too independent while also angering many at the FBI for his role in the president’s firing of Comey.
As a result, there is far less communication among those three key parts of the government than in years past, several officials said.
Currently, the discussions of pardoning authority by Trump’s legal team are purely theoretical, according to two people familiar with the ongoing conversations. But if Trump pardoned himself in the face of the ongoing Mueller investigation, it would set off a legal and political firestorm, first around the question of whether a president can use the constitutional pardon power in that way.
“This is a fiercely debated but unresolved legal question,” said Brian C. Kalt, a constitutional law expert at Michigan State University who has written extensively on the question.
The power to pardon is granted to the president in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, which gives the commander in chief the power to “grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” That means pardon authority extends to federal criminal prosecution but not to state level or impeachment inquiries.
No president has sought to pardon himself, so no courts have reviewed it. Although Kalt says the weight of the law argues against a president pardoning himself, he says the question is open and predicts such an action would move through the courts all the way to the Supreme Court.
hey guys im really sorry i keep posting about my financial struggles but i really need help getting by until im able to save up for a car(which is looking like it wont be soon cause i cant even make my bills and no one will teach me to drive and i dont have the money for lessons)… but i have no way to get a job rn(and my therapist said i was unable to work anyway).
my mom basically dropped me off at my uncles and went off with her abusive bf after my dad died suddenly from cancer of the lymph nodes, bone marrow and throat and now im stuck at my uncle’s with my service dog with no job and no way to get one. my uncle treats me like im stupid and a burden and i dont have any friends near me to stay with. the only way i make bills is by donations and i literally have none right now
any donations i get will be used for groceries, bills or medical expenses(i have schizophrenia, bpd, depression, anxiety and DIAGNOSED chronic migraines). im on klonopin, zoloft and abilify
please keep sharing this, it may have over 1000 notes but there havent actually been very many donations. im so thankful for everything ive gotten so far, but i still need help. please dont let this post die. thank you everyone for your help so far
it’s like a week until my birthday please help me if you can
So I found this app called Scan Halal where you scan the bar code of your food and it tells you if its halal or not. It’s a free app too. Pass this on so others can see and worry a little less about their food/snack choices
Yessss, it is very handy especially in non-muslim countries
If you reblog this for no other reason, do it because it’ll piss off Pauline Hanson. And pissing off Pauline Hanson is reason enough to do anything.
Pissing off Pauline Hanson is my favourite pass time
If you reblog this for no other reason, reblog it to make a Muslim feel safer, more accepted, and/or more informed about food.
Other people and their needs are not your game pieces to use to offend others or make yourself feel better.
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