The US Supreme Court Thread - Post Roe v. Wade reversal edition

My understanding is that he tried and failed that a number of times the past few years.

 

Exactly because now the extremists have the numbers. He is a figurehead now. A head Justice with no power. This is probably why he didn't go into politics, because he doesn't understand the smart political play. Acknowledge why people see the court as biased, acknowledge the decisions that made it so. So now the spotlight will be back on the people who got onto the bench in a questionable manner and they'll totally be under pressure as the court to not to look partisan.

 

It was amusingly depressing (there needs to be a word for that emotion) watching The WSJ Op-Ed pages in 2016 switch from brutally mocking Trump's candidacy during the primaries, portraying it as a con for the unwashed rubes, to arguing why a Trump victory in the general election would make America, well, great again. I'm not sure that they actually did fool themselves into thinking that they remained party leaders, rather than followers of something that had escaped them, but to give them credit, they faked their sincerity pretty well.

 

I started a thread in the German national team forum. If anyone has a word like that, it’s most likely the Germans.

https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/is-there-a-german-word-that-means-“amusingly-depressing-”.2122748/

Although…it wouldn’t shock me if the French had a word or short phrase for it.

 

I can think of a Walloon word/phrase that isn't too far off - it's usually accompanied by a rolling of the eyes and either puffing out the cheeks or shaking the head.

 

Spill, then, spill!

 

Walloon traditionally doesn't have a standardized written system. It's something like "o be' scusi" in my grandfather's dialect (with the "be' " pronounced like "bay" and "scusi" like "skoo - see or zee".
In my mind I translate it as "oh for crying out loud" when something makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time. My family was using it a lot during the Trump years. A good example was the drinking clorox to get rid of covid - it's amusing in its stupidity but also incredibly depressing that he would suggest something so stupid, so the response was "o be' scusi". Like I said, it's not exactly what JohnR was saying, but I don't think it's too far off.

 

[QUOTE="Sounders78, post: 40811615, member: 146521]It's something like "o be' scusi" in my grandfather's dialect (with the "be' " pronounced like "bay" and "scusi" like "skoo - see or zee".[/QUOTE]
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Nothing yet on 1/6 bomber or Dodd leaker.

 

@Belgian guy ain't this your language

 

I thought he was from the Flemish side of the country, that's why I didn't "summon" him. If he does speak Walloon, then I would immediately yield to him on the topic. My grandfather was fluent, my mom understands it, I've only picked up some phrases here and there.

 

They are all Belgian to me. Plus healthcare best friends and a bilingual country I would assume it would be mandatory for people to grow up online both languages.

 

I was watching the documentary on Abercrombie & Fitch and I didn't even realize it that they were part of the hijab case. And of course the girl won the right to wear her job ate one but what didn't surprise me of course was the one vote is none other than Uncle Ruckus.

He never fails to show you who he is.

 

Most of the French speakers in Wallonia don't speak Walloon anymore, I'd be shocked if someone who grew up in Flanders or Brussels spoke Walloon.

 

Hmmm. Learn something new everyday. Is Wallon latin based, Gaul or Teutonic?

 

I'm not familiar with the term myself. It might be a regional expression, where was he from exactly?

 

If you draw a square with Charleroi, Namur, Dinant and Philippeville as the corners, he was from almost the exact centre of that square (a very small village near Mettet). I have spent quite a bit of time there as I still have cousins who live there.

 

Could it be like the Dutch expression: "Doe me een lol"?

 

It also could be a saying derived from Italian immigrants who worked in the mines there.