I think it's an official act if it involves the use of powers designated by the Constitution as Presidential. As I understand the SCOTUS ruling, the motivation for that use is not relevant. That's one of the things that's so terrible about the immunity decision. Seal Team 6 and all that.
-- Russ On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 11:17 AM glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's pretty hard for me to see how that would stand up in court. If > assassination of citizens, much less a fully cleared and daily int-briefed > President-elect, is ultimately ruled an "official" action, we've already > lost the Republic and committing the actual deed would be futile. No need > to worry about losing the Republic if the Republic is already lost. > > On 7/16/24 10:47, Russ Abbott wrote: > > Why has no one pointed out the possibility that if Trump wins, Biden > could take advantage of his newly declared immunity and have him > assassinated? > > > > -- Russ > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 6:24 AM glen <geprope...@gmail.com <mailto: > geprope...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Yeah. It's one thing to wish it or want it. It's another to think > more in Marcus' terms and come up with a more complex strategy not > involving stupid 20 year olds and no violence at all. I still hold out hope > for my own personal conspiracy theory. Biden becomes the nominee. After the > convention fades, the Admnistration announces Biden has gone to the > hospital for bone spur surgery. Kamala takes over temporarily and campaigns > furiously for Biden-Harris. Biden is re-elected. Biden recovers and gets > through the Oath (fingers crossed). Then he goes back to the hospital with > some minor thing like a dizzy spell. Kamala takes over again. Biden's > condition worsens. First Female President. Biden recovers and becomes > America's Grandpa. > > > > Come on Deep State. Make it happen. 8^D > > > > On 7/15/24 17:30, Russ Abbott wrote: > > > I wonder what Scott's response would have been to those of us > who, in response to the shooting, thought: better luck next time. > > > On 7/15/24 17:28, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > >> It ignores the option of doing things quietly and indirectly. > > >> On 7/15/24 16:46, glen wrote: > > >>> [Scott's] Prayer > > >>> https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8117 < > https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8117> > > >>> > > >>> I'm currently surrounded by people who believe intolerance is > properly not tolerated. Scott's message, here, seems extraordinary > Christian, to me. (Real Christian, not the Christianism displayed in things > like megachurches and whatnot cf > https://raymondsmullyan.com/books/who-knows/ < > https://raymondsmullyan.com/books/who-knows/>). This faith that "going > high" will, in the long run, win out, seems naive to me. The temptation to > "hoist the black flag and start slitting throats" isn't merely a > thresholded reaction, it's an intuitive grasp of the iterated prisoner's > dilemma, tit-for-tat style strategies, and Ashby's LoRV. But I'm open to > changing my mind on that. Maybe I'm just too low-brow? > > >>> > > -- > ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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