#third amendment

[necarion]

Came across this story on twitter, about how Russian soldiers stationed in Belgorod (Russia) were reportedly looting the private homes they were stationed in. And a lot of the commentators are saying “stuff like this is why the Third Amendment exists.”

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Now, the “manner prescribed by law” (probably Congressional, although there could be some really interesting cases there if the President’s war powers are enough) is definitely more restrictive than “the military can just order it whenever”, but I think people forget the last part, which does remain a pretty huge exception.

Actually, legitimate question: this amendment is pretty absolute in its phrasing.  Does it actually say that US soldiers cannot be quartered in any home, anywhere in the world?

#third amendment #us law

[as-de-spadas]

Something about Scar giving Grian the monopoly on cactus.

Something about Grian giving some away and lying to Scar about it.

Something about Grian struggling to give it back.

Something about Grian saving his heart for someone special (not Scar)

Something about Scar taking random people on camel rides.

Something about desperately trying to move on.

#secret life smp #mcyt #secret life #trafficblr #trafficshipping #traffic series #third life gtws #gtws #goodtimewithscar #grian #third life grian #third lifr #life series #scarian #desert duo #anyway I think desert duo right now are like those couples that have been suffering alone long enough to know that they need to make amends #first but instead they just keep hatefucking and making snarly comments at each other

[tomorrowusa]

Never mind the 22nd amendment. Some Trumpsters are already talking about a THIRD Trump term.

The American Conservative magazine published an article last week in which the author, Peter Tonguette, argued that Trump should be able to run for a third term in office in 2028. This drew some attention in non-Trump circles as a potential trial balloon by Project 2025, the authoritarian policy agenda that is guiding Trumpworld right now. Tonguette argued that Trump’s victory in the GOP primary contest this year shows that voters still support him—and that they should be allowed to do so indefinitely. “As the primary season has shown us, the Republicans have not moved on from Trump—yet the Twenty-second Amendment works to constrain their enthusiasm by prohibiting them from rewarding Trump with re-election four years from now,” he wrote, perhaps getting ahead of himself a bit. I do not doubt that Trump would run for a third term if he could. He has addressed the possibility before, suggesting in 2020 that he should get to run for one “because they spied on my campaign,” referring to his political opponents. And at a closed-door fundraiser in 2018, Trump also favorably referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping for eliminating the two-term limit in that country. “He’s now president for life, president for life, and he’s great,” he reportedly told his supporters. “And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday.”

Maybe Trump's campaign slogan for 2028 should be: Make America Belarus. The dictator of Belarus, a Putin satellite, has been using rigged elections to remain in power since 1994.

Never mind the US Constitution. Trump's trained seals on the US Supreme Court will gladly find some loophole allowing him to be president in perpetuity.

If somebody says he wants to be a dictator, believe him – especially if he's already a big fanboy of despots like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, and Xi Jinping.

It's almost always easier to prevent a dictator from taking power than it is to get rid of one who is already in power.

#donald trump #republicans #us constitution #dictatorship #the 22nd amendment #dictator on day one #trump's third term #project 2024 #peter tonguette #democrats = democracy republicans = dictatorship #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who

[ablazenqueen]

Chains of Heart: EP 1 | EP 2 | EP 3

I’m sensing a theme here 🤔

#literally 3/3 #save ken’s neck 2k23 #hope he doesn’t have a choking kink because it’s probably a pretty big turnoff now after the THIRD murder attempt #fun fact #everytime ken reacts violently to non-violent touch #(deedee and the chief) #he tries to choke them #correlation mayhaps? #chains of heart #chains of heart the series #asian lgbt dramas #asian dramas #thai dramas #asian bl #thai bl #bl dramas #*my stuff #if you see this post and haven’t watched chains of heart please let this be your sign to amend that

[princesssarcastia]

okay listen. airing a u.s. political pet peeve here.

setting aside the issue of to-vote-for-biden-or-to-not-vote-for-biden in 2024 and the arguments for and against,

please don't lie to people and tell them voting for a third party presidential candidate is a good idea. please....please don't do that. it won't work. it won't help you. if you want to vote for a third party candidate as a "fuck you" to the republicans or the democrats or both, okay. go for it. but don't tell people that will help, don't expect it will help, it will do exactly nothing.

vote third party in your village, town, school district, city, county, state elections! vote for third-party candidates in your u.s. house races! in those kinds of races a third-party or nonpartisan candidate can have a decent chance of winning, depending. but it 100% won't work for president, and outside some very specific circumstances, probably also won't work in the u.s. senate.

the "third-party" presidential candidates running with most actual established political parties (green party, libertarian party) are not your friends any more than trump or biden are.

#just saw a post telling people to vote third party in the presidential race and i just... #can't stand it. can't let it go. sorry. #you want to be able to meaningfully vote for a third party presidential candidate? #cool! me too! #you're gonna need hundreds of millions of dollars #and a massive media and influence campaign #to successfully amend the u.s. constitution and eliminate first-past-the-post voting. and also the electoral college #it will probably take you 30 years if you start now (please genuinely start now!) #but in the meantime you get TWO choices for president #and you can pick one or the other or neither! but that's all that's meaningfully on the table #like you can put a third-party candidate on your ballot but it's the same as voting for nothing #....except for the rancid political discourse that will follow after the election results come in #which depending on which party wins will blame everyone who voted third party #for the outcome of the election

[antimony-ore]

Ask @staff why this is the third time this has happened to me. This is ILLEGAL #freepalestine

#free palestine #I am being censored differently than other accounts #this is unconstitutional #this violates my right protected by the first amendment #this is illegal #this is the THIRD time this has happened on post about palestine and I have recorded every instance #I’m about to go to the local news with this tbh

[essektheylyss]

Underrated American things: when Ishir said they needed patrons, I was like, "There are so many foreigners in this city, how do you not have patrons?" and then he mentioned quartering and I was like, "EXCUSE ME, MAKE THE MERCS PAY JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE!"

#vasselheim's got money! come on #y'all are on a different fucking continent idgaf what the moon's doing #third amendment rights babey #cr spoilers

[mqfx]

ok I was looking for this post bc I thought I had to recant some stuff but it turns out past me is still correct, amendment 1 ("I concede") is basically the point I'm making rn

amendment 2: it would be really fucking funny if all this was true up until like 2 minutes before xie lian ascended a third time. you know damn well that as soon as that bell was cut in half, they probably entirely forgot about heavenly discord DMs these gidiots ran straight to each other's palaces and missed each other hijinks-style until suddenly the static in mq's ear is ringing and before fx can even get a word in edgewise mq's like "shut up" "i haven't said shit!" "sparring tree. Now" "already here" or something. it's like tacit understanding (hostile)

#hewwo #mqfx #sorry i can't shut up about the two dudes who barely had 3 words combined this episode IVE MISSED THEM #oh these are the perfect conditions to start writing again. captive audience...... plenty of material...... a relatively free schedule..... #anyway i think i have a pretty solid timeline of events regarding their relationship but im keeping my cards close to my chest #at this time #tgcf #third amendment is it takes them 50 more years to finally actually be in a relationship if they do. like cmon

[columboscreens]

#columbo #season 3 #swan song #third amendment stipulates that while you are not beholden to quartering soldiers #most people dont know the fine print that outlines the legal requirement of quartering Columbo

[firsttraintovictoriaville]

You just know someone offered Supreme Court, Third Amendment, and All Of The Judges so much money for a Keeping Up With The Kardashians meet any law drama ever crossover esque reality show

#look me in the eyes and tell me supreme court isnt kris jenner all of the judges isnt kim kardashian and third amendment #isnt kendall jenner. im right and i will say it #and yes judges and third are supreme court's son. i was at the baby shower #welcome to the table #wttt

[magnetictapedatastorage]

funny that it goes without saying: you can legally defend yourself against home invasion, and no soldier can sleep in your bed.

funny that it goes without saying: your body can be commandeered by force, and it is illegal to resist.

#the third amendment is empty

[todayisafridaynight]

#i genuinely do think he's naturally one of the cutest dudes on earth he just has a face like that yk#was very funny watching kinpika and seeing him play this serious character and He Did An EPIC Job Dont Get It Twisted but still...#what are you doing here... you should be off somewhere being silly...

FUNNIEST POSSIBLE TAGS BECAUSE AT THE TIME I WAS STARTING THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE TRAVEL NURSE. AND. PLEASE WITNESS MY JOURNEY

I've redacted things so as to not spoil ENTIRELY just in case but. Literally Arakawa Nurse AU TO ME I'm SORRY it's how you start off thinking he's just gonna be this cute silly old man but As It Turns Out he's kind of a sicko [affectionate] with an incredibly strong morals... not TOO much of a sicko just enough to be chilling... and no one gets what the fuck he's trying to do up until he explains it and then it's like Oh Okay You're Insane... But It Worked Out So I Guess It's All Good... And also tell me this is not an Arakawa And Ichiban Type Interaction...

Perfect role for Nakai I sweaaar 'cause he gets to be cute And serious And a weirdo And--

Also just fun because I've mentioned how Tsutsumi would want to be a lumberjack if he could switch jobs on a whim like in Y:LAD, but Nakai said he'd want to be a doctor so he could help people more tangibly than he can as an actor... it's like that bit in The Deer King when Van chops wood yk it just makes me smile...

So anyway... first show I'll be subbing myself since I'm very much hooked and the only option right now is to machine-translate subs to English...

ALL OF THAT ASIIIIIDE very very very excited for the Ikumi fic :]]]]]] WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, THAT OR MY NEXT ASK... SEE YOU THEN...

CRYINNGGGG HES PERFECT..... ALSO WEEPING AT THE DR KANZAKI BIT WHY IS HE LITERALLY JUST

ABSOLUTELY EXCITED to see this if you share the subs..... im making grabby hands........

#snap chats #THE TIMING OF /THIS/ ASK IS SO FUNNY TO ME TOO THO BECAUSE THIS MORNING #I WAS LITERALLLLY THINKING OF ARAKAWA TAKIN CARE OF A SICK JO.... #not the EXACT same tune here today but we are in the same ballpark..... lmao.. lol even.. #my god i was also gon make a post about arakawa and him being silly hold on. nakai being too silly in these roles <- this is a perfect thin #ALSO TRUUEE arakawa would have to help ichi get used to bowing to people 😭😭 punkass kid 😭😭 #Doctor With Morals had me thinking of ttm's role in Lone Scalpel but then Added Evil.. woAgh.. i wanna see... 👁️👁️ #he's SOOOOOOOO cute tho... i love him... why is he so cute it just aint fair !! #'because nurses have strong feminity'my god yore right hes SO girl #mr nakai thinks hed help people more as a doc and MAYBE TRUE however his roles give me reasons to not jump off a bridge #so ME THINKS he helps weirdos like me at least.... thats something... kinda #giggling and kicking my feet i cant even watch this show but one day .... #and like Fair Nuff queen shit its just funny... lol.. #i love how every doctor in japanese media is obsessed with nightingale like deadass this the third time i heard someone ref her #OH BUT SPEAKING OF FICS I SHOULD GO FINISH THAT LMAO im just brushing it up and making 90 amendments as per usu #ngl im not too big of a fan of it.. i mean some bits i like but it overall just feels very corny.. #OH WELL. it'd work better as a comic as i keep rereading it but OUGH thatd be a long comic #anyway.. bye LMAO

[unluckystreak]

Americans have done nothing but complain about traffic for DECADES but when you go “ok. what if we weren’t forced to do all that car-centric nonsense then?” suddenly everyone would rather die than have more than one way to get from A to B

#several things to add in the notes bc i dont want this to be a long post #one: traffic has been the butt of jokes in comedies since like the 50s #if you watch office space the 90s movie within the first 20 minutes theres a joke about #how awful traffic is #second: why people start talking about public transit or walkability #they act like theres a second amendment for cars #like no one is trying to take your car away #were just offering you MORE CHOICES #third: the argument that 'cars = freedom' and 'public transit = gov control' is bullshit #because who the fuck do you think decides where the roads go????? #the roads that ppl complain are garbage congested and poorly maintained anyways??? #D: traffic isnt the only problem #theres tolls there metered parking theres FINDING a parking space #theres the accidents the road rage the drunk driving #the pollution pollution noise pollution #dead animals in the road #also the fact that you cant even take a break when ur travelling #like you have to constantly be ON #theres no room in american (work) culture to turn your brain off #EVER #i started rambling about other stuff lol #also yes i did the one second fourth D thing on purpose #kind of a reference to that home alone joke cause im in a silly goofy mood #what am i even talking about anymore

[lyfeward]

I mean. I know everyone is upset about the "Venatori are still active in Tevinter" thing, but we've known that since Tevinter Nights. the Inquisition did a lot to hunt the Venatori . . . in southern Thedas. in Tevinter, the Lucerni are the ones trying to uproot them, but they are still very much an issue. the only quibble I would have is that Tevinter Nights gave me the impression the Venatori were out of favor and had gone to ground; no one was openly acknowledging being one. of course, that's not necessarily incongruent with what Hira is saying. we can't take everything characters say as objective fact. what she said might be true from her perspective or might have been true at the time her father was killed. after all, that seems to have happened when she was a child and thus would've been years before DA:I.

#OOC / HOLLY. #holly watches shows #absolution spoilers #I'm the first third of ep 5 so I might need to amend my stance as I continue watching #but for now what she's saying makes perfect sense to me and is in line with other canon material ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #contrary to popular belief the Inquisition's reach does not span all of Thedas #the games might be pc centric but not all of canon is #if anything I think we need to talk more about how long this means the Venatori have been around #they clearly didn't just pop up circa DA:I they've been around for a good while #in fact they probably existed before Corypheus was freed and he just scooped them up #it depends how old Hira is during Absolution and how old she was when her father was killed

[dduane]

Hello.

I've seen you posting detailed information about the WGA strike and wondered if you had any suggestions as to how those of us not directly involved can show our support for the Union?

Okay, bearing in mind that all this is entirely subjective at the moment (and so far lacking any more useful input from other sources): a few thoughts.

This will be my third WGA strike. (My first one was in 1988, just after I'd made my first live action sale—s1e6 of ST:TNG). And the thought keeps occurring to me at the moment that this time out, there's a potentially gamechanging player on the field that wasn't there before: truly pervasive social media.

(Adding a cut here, because this goes on a bit...)

In 2007, social media as we now understand it was still in its cradle. Now, though, those of us who're striking can make our voices much more widely heard. And so can those of us who're not, but just want to show solidarity. Last time, the AMPTP was able to do pretty much what it wanted without the public noticing or having even a medium-profile way to make their feelings known. But this time? Not so much.

So as an otherwise uninvolved person who wants to show solidarity, I'd start with something seemingly low-value. If I was on Twitter, I'd start routinely tweeting about the strike and my support for it—not obsessively, just persistently, a couple/few times a week—using the Twitter hashtags that are gaining ground even now, such as #DoTheWriteThing (and of course #WGAStrike). I would make sure I was following @WGAEast and @WGAWest, to keep an eye on what's going on.

Additionally: I would start politely, but repeatedly—again, maybe once or twice a week at least, and not stopping—tweeting the various major players in the AMPTP, especially the streamers: Amazon, Netflix, Hulu et al. I would start suggesting that their current attitude toward the WGA's contract negotiations is not only unrealistic but potentially (for the AMPTP) bad for business. (And self-destructive, too, as if this goes on much longer in this vein, they'll be seemingly eagerly casting themselves as The Baddies.) I would suggest that their bad behavior, if not amended by them coming to the table to bargain in good faith, might start affecting both my interest in their shows and my willingness to keep paying unreasonable people for access to them.

I should emphasize here that so far there've been no formal calls from anyone for boycotts or subscription cancellations. For the moment, this strikes me as wise. The point for WGA-friendly observers, right now, would be to keep what's happening to the writers visible: to keep bringing it up: to refuse to allow it to be swept under the rug. The "They only want two cents on the dollar!" angle seems potentially useful the more it's repeated. The point is to keep the repetition going: to make it plain, day after day, that the other side's being not just unreasonable, but greedy. Day after day, and week after week, and (if necessary: please Thoth may it not be...) month after month.

And tweeting is hardly all that can be done. Email is cheap and easy. But actual letters, written on actual paper and mailed, can still create a surprising amount of attention in a corporate office. (The saying in TV used to be that for every person who actually writes in about an issue, there are ten, or a hundred, who feel the same way but never got around to it.) Write letters to all the AMPTP members' CEOs, and make your feelings on the WGA's core demands politely plain. ...Especially when those CEOs collectively made almost three-quarters of a billion-with-a-B dollars in salaries last year, when many of the writers working on their shows can't afford rent.

After that: here's another thought, a little more physical. If by chance you're in an area where one or the other of the Guilds are picketing: turn out and support them! Honk when you pass: and if you're interested, show up and offer to walk the picket lines with them. These things get noticed. (In 2007 a bunch of us, both Guild members and non-, caused significant astonishment by turning out to picket AMPTP members' offices in Dublin.)

...Obviously not all that many people are going to be positioned, in terms of location or their own work and time commitments, to show up physically. But online? Find ways to keep this issue visible. The AMPTP wants this to go quiet, wants people to get bored with it, wants people to find reasons to blame the writers. They've tried spinning the story that way before. Don't let them pull that shit. Find ways to back those who're calling them on that, publicly. They do respond to this kind of thing (though they may strenuously deny it). If enough attention continues to be paid by the general public, they will blink—if sometimes excruciatingly slowly, as Disney began to blink over the dispute tagged #DisneyMustPay.

As viewers, and as viewers who pay for subscriptions to things, we far outnumber them. Help be a part of making the AMPTP understand that this quest for a truly fair deal is not going to go away. And the longer they try to act like the Guild's negotiation positions are beneath their notice, the more it's going to hurt them, and the stupider and greedier it's going to make them look.

...That's all I've got for the moment, as I need some lunch. :) ...But I hope this has helped. And thanks for your concern, and your desire to stand in solidarity with us! It's so welcome. :)

ETA: here's a link to the Guild's social media toolkit, for those who'd like to change PFPs or icons, etc., to show their support.

#Writers Guild strike #DoTheWriteThing #WGAStrong

[eluvion]

i love how antiquated the third amendment is. like there are like two scotus cases decided on its grounds?? and like yeah the right to privacy can be extrapolated from it but its such a colonial america era Thing and so of its time that it just sits there

#favorite amendment is ninth ofc #but third is v funny i like it a lot