JCM 3/25/2026 8:24:47 AM

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Supreme Court tosses $1B copyright verdict in record companies' battle over illegal internet downloads

"Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the opinion. "Accordingly, we reverse."

JCM 3/25/2026 8:43:04 AM

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Last two days....

Trump: We are talking to Iran.

Iran: No we aren't

Media: Trump's a liar liar pants on fire.

Iran: We're talking to Trump.

vxbush 3/25/2026 9:10:05 AM

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In #2 JCM said: Last two days.... Trump: We are talking to Iran. Iran: No we aren't Media: Trump's a liar liar pants on fire. Iran: We're talking to Trump.

Heh. Yes, Trump has an interesting "skill" of saying things, and sometimes you aren't sure whether he's right or whether he's blowing snow to hide where the administration is going. He seems to do both, depending on the needs of the moment. 

I would prefer he do the first (tell the truth when it plays into the US' hands) and NOT do the latter so often. I can understand there is a need to protect information and answer questions without looking like we're hiding stuff, but I think the back and forth makes it very hard to people to realize that he's not just changing his mind every five minutes. Maybe that's useful with our enemies, but for our allies (or purported allies) it's very disconcerting. 

vxbush 3/25/2026 9:12:57 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 3/25/2026 1:35:59 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:
This is what Trump is doing:

Donald Trump’s Psychological Smackdown of Iran — and What Will Happen Next

[Trump] is using ambiguity as a political and psychological weapon inside the Islamic Republic. By saying he has been talking to a very senior Iranian figure without naming that person, he is planting doubt and suspicion among what remains of the leadership.

Meetings are difficult, if not impossible. In that setting, a statement like this will be deeply unsettling. Each senior figure will now be asking: Who is talking to Washington? Who is looking for an off-ramp? What is being hidden from the others?

By naming no one, Trump makes everyone in Tehran wonder who is talking to Washington.

JCM 3/25/2026 1:39:01 PM

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Trump scores 'massive court victory' with appellate ruling on ICE detention

Illegal immigrants nabbed by ICE do not have to face bond hearings, a step that has become a potential legal impediment to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, a second federal court found Wednesday.

As we say in our industry... SHIP IT!

JCM 3/25/2026 1:41:37 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

Trump plays by his own book.