Comments on: Open thread 5/30/23 https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 31 May 2023 20:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Richard Aubrey https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681976 Wed, 31 May 2023 20:59:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681976 Saw a recorded presentation on quantum theory and string theory a couple of years ago.
In the latter case, one of the boffins said it might be real or it might simply be convenient numbers.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681888 Wed, 31 May 2023 09:35:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681888 Yikes, miguel, that guy sounds like incredibly bad news—great for lawyers, though, no doubt—and getting involved with him, or anything he touches, the height of bad judgment…
Would appear that Paxton will soon be having to find a new job.
Maybe he can manage one of Nate Paul’s real-estate grifts?

]]> By: Jon baker https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681863 Wed, 31 May 2023 00:07:55 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681863 Former US Congressman Louie Ghomert challenged Paxton in the last election, but lost. Some of you may remember Louie showing up on Fox News occasionally and The Sean Hannity radio show. Seems he even guest hosted for Sean or Rush one time.

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681850 Tue, 30 May 2023 23:02:40 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681850 this is presumably the gravamen of the case,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2019/08/16/the-fbi-raid-of-texas-real-estate-investor-nate-paul/?sh=796492ea7b64

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681849 Tue, 30 May 2023 22:57:54 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681849 An interesting angle, W. Tx, and maybe lawyers can make something of that.

]]> By: West TX Intermediate Crude https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681835 Tue, 30 May 2023 21:50:13 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681835 One of the technical details about TX AG Paxton is that the TX constitution allows impeachment only for offenses that have occurred during the term of office.
One of Paxton’s defenses is that none of the alleged misdeeds have occurred during the current term- he’s been re-elected a couple of times. Apparently there is no case law on this, so it may come down to which state judge it’s assigned to.

Note: I’m not a lawyer, and I’m not an expert on anything remotely related to this matter. I read this on the internet, so it has to be valid.

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681834 Tue, 30 May 2023 21:47:31 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681834 Oh and by the way, this is great,

…the kind of people who say physics is captured by “dogmas” are almost always either a) crackpots, b) hucksters, or c) an interested party to one side of a debate

I’ve had the good fortune to engage with many professional astronomers and physicists, in deep conversations, and have never encountered any who were dogmatic in the least.

One of my favorite moments of my amateur astronomy “career”, was to to be a fly on the wall when Fred Hoyle came up among three 70-something retired astronomers after several drinks. They absolutely revered the man, and all were entirely convinced of the Big Bang theory.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681823 Tue, 30 May 2023 20:59:49 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681823 I guess we’ll see when the Texas Senate has the impeachment trial. In DeLay’s case, the evidence was not sufficient.

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681822 Tue, 30 May 2023 20:58:19 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681822 A more positive take on string theory, or at least the idea that it could lead to useful places:

https://youtu.be/UCaLNkNjllM

Worth posting simply because everyone should know who Ed Witten is.

]]> By: miguel cervantes https://thenewneo.com/2023/05/30/open-thread-5-30-23/#comment-2681820 Tue, 30 May 2023 20:42:13 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=126211#comment-2681820 what is the point of voting republican in texas, then, if you can be run on a rail by a corrupt apparat as the bureau has proven to be, I know thats a rhetorical question,

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