2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[Barrister]

So Trump is really burnishing his anti-woke credentials, what with all the napping he is doing in court...

Heh.

[Jacob]

I was geeked when I heard about the napping on NPR but there's no video, so didn't happen.

No video is allowed in the court room. Does that mean that nothing happens there?

[Barrister]

If I'm not, you know, lawyering, but have to just sit in a courtroom for some reason (say I'm waiting for my case to be called, or I'm just observing) somedays it can be hard to fight nodding off.  It can be pretty boring if you're not directly doing something.

[grumbler]

I've long decided that trolls and idiots should be treated the same way, ignored.  Neither one will ever admit that they were trolling/wrong, so it really doesn't matter to me which it is.  It saves a lot of mental effort.

But it is so much fun egging them on to see how stupid they can sound.  It doesn't matter for entertainment purposes whether they actually are stupid or just pretend to be stupid.

[Admiral Yi]

No video is allowed in the court room. Does that mean that nothing happens there?

Plenty of video is allowed in the court room.

[Jacob]

No video is allowed in the court room. Does that mean that nothing happens there?

Plenty of video is allowed in the court room.

Oh, I guess I was mistaken. I thought I read somewhere that recording was not allowed in this court room.

I'm surprised none of the many reporters recorded this when it happened.

[Admiral Yi]

Oh, I guess I was mistaken. I thought I read somewhere that recording was not allowed in this court room.

I'm surprised none of the many reporters recorded this when it happened.

I thought you meant all court rooms.

If this particular court does not allow video, then yes, by the rule of pics or it didn't happen, nothing happens in this court.  My thesis is that video recording has an impact on people that reports of journalists or chalk drawings does not.

[Jacob]

I think your thesis is correct, that video has a larger impact this day and age. It'll be interesting to see how the upcoming deluge of fake video will impact this.

[Sheilbh]

I think your thesis is correct, that video has a larger impact this day and age. It'll be interesting to see how the upcoming deluge of fake video will impact this.

Yeah was listening to something about this. Maybe we're moving out of an age of implicit trust and faith in the image and primacy of the image over the word since photography (not that we ever should have trusted it but...)

[viper37]

Oh, I guess I was mistaken. I thought I read somewhere that recording was not allowed in this court room.

Canada does not allow recording in court rooms.  But the US does.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I think your thesis is correct, that video has a larger impact this day and age. It'll be interesting to see how the upcoming deluge of fake video will impact this.

The proverb 'one image says more than a 1000 words' will either be amended to take all the fakery in mind, or it'll lose all meaning.
Alternatively: maybe AI will be equally impressive at determining what is and is not fake but I'm not sure to hat extent we'll be able to trust that too since AI is still programmed, programming can be biased (the Google image AI debacle was quite something) and AI might have it's own reasons to lie once it reaches that level of smart.

[Savonarola]

Greatest Election Ever!

Joe Biden: CANIBALS ATE MY UNCLE!

But I do ask you, Mr. and Mrs. America, given the state of the world, the likelihood of thermonuclear holocaust and the inevitable hordes of mutant zombie cannibals that will follow; who would you rather have as president?  A man who has already known the heartbreak of losing a close family member to cannibals, or one who hasn't even had an acquaintance devoured by cannibals.  I think the choice is clear.

[The Minsky Moment]

Tough choice, Trump is really meaty with lots of succulent fat, but dangerously high levels of toxins. Biden is stringy, gamey, a bit past its sale date.

[The Brain]

the Australian island of New Guinea

Is this a common use of the term?

[Oexmelin]

April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to be sued by a Louisiana police officer injured during a protest, opens new tab in 2016 in a case that could make it riskier to engage in public demonstrations, a hallmark of American democracy.


https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-rejects-black-lives-matter-activists-appeal-over-protest-2024-04-15/

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-supreme-court-decision-to-decline-to-hear-case-on-protestors-rights