That play is where the term originates.  Main character.  Jewish money lender.  
His name is Shylock.  Very good story,

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> On Dec 14, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I cant read anything with the word shylock in it, thats an offensive term
> 
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:53 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I would agree, it would have perhaps shut some up, satisfied a few others.  
>> The outcome would have been the same so why go through the motions. 
>>  
>> Kinda like forcing a team to run a play rather than take a knee. 
>>  
>> Steve I would recommend a reading of the merchant of Venice...  Then answer 
>> whether or not Shylock got justice. 
>>  
>> From: Adam Moffett
>> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 2:48 PM
>> To: Chuck McCown via AF
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>  
>> If I'm following Steve's train of thought: he's saying giving the issue a 
>> day in court might convince some people that justice was done more 
>> effectively than simply dismissing the case.  An independent judiciary 
>> shouldn't have to consider political angles like that.  The cases are being 
>> dismissed because they lack standing and/or lack merit.  If that doesn't 
>> convince people, then neither would taking the case to court and losing it.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On 12/14/2020 4:38 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>>> Texas cannot say how they are being damaged by Pennsylvania. 
>>>  
>>> If you cannot identify how your neighbor is harming you, you have no 
>>> standing. 
>>> Irrespective of jurisdiction. 
>>>  
>>> From: Steve Jones
>>> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 2:33 PM
>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>>  
>>> merit would be decided in court
>>>  
>>> " In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of 
>>> complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction."
>>>  
>>> https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/150orig_3e04.pdf (alitos 
>>> reference dissent)
>>>  
>>>   155, ORIG. TEXAS V. PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL. The State of Texas’s motion for 
>>> leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under 
>>> Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially 
>>> cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its 
>>> elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Statement of 
>>> Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have 
>>> discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls 
>>> within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ 
>>> (Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the 
>>> motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and 
>>> I express no view on any other issue.
>>>  
>>>  
>>> This isnt one state saying i dont like the color of your statehouse. Like 
>>> it or not, the consequences will be suffered for not closing it down when 
>>> the opportunity presented.
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:23 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I disagree with that. The case had no merit and they said so. SCOTUS 
>>>> refuses to hear cases all the time, especially if they think the plaintiff 
>>>> has no standing. They said so, and that's it.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> bp
>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>> On 12/14/2020 1:17 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>>>>> 2 thought that, and 3 have a violent media to contend with... cowardice
>>>>>  
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:09 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> To get a case before SCOTUS you have to file a writ of certiorari.
>>>>>> Then if you can get 4 justices to agree to hear the case they “grant 
>>>>>> cert”. 
>>>>>> I hear it is 5 if it is a dispute between the states. 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> They can decide if it is a waste of their time or not.  Sounds like all 
>>>>>> of them thought this would be a waste of their time and cert was not 
>>>>>> granted. 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Two of them thought that the primary jurisdiction issue should have 
>>>>>> allowed the states to get heard but even those two thought it was a 
>>>>>> waste of time. 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> So why hear the case at all if it was going to be a unanimous decision 
>>>>>> against Texas?
>>>>>> The other cases joined more to try to make the case that any state v 
>>>>>> state case should get automatically heard.  I guess that test failed 
>>>>>> from their perspective. 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> I actually asked from a writ of cert once.  Don’t fully recall the case. 
>>>>>>  Had to do with telephone rates and the circuit court would not grant us 
>>>>>> an en banc hearing so we appealed. 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> From: Bill Prince
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 9:05 AM
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> That's the way I read it too. The bottom line is that all the states 
>>>>>> have sovereignty relative to each other, and no state is above another 
>>>>>> (or below). The only time there is an issue is when there is some 
>>>>>> boundary-related issue that requires a higher authority (and Texas 
>>>>>> doesn't border any of the defendant states). So the "ruling" (not sure 
>>>>>> if that's the correct term is that Texas has no standing in this case. 
>>>>>> AKA pound sand.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> bp
>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>>>> On 12/14/2020 5:23 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>>>>>>> There's a school of thought that since their jurisdiction is exclusive, 
>>>>>>> the Supreme Court has an obligation to hear any case a state brings no 
>>>>>>> matter how flawed it might be.  Their feeling is that since there's no 
>>>>>>> higher power to appeal to, that they have to hear the case so that it 
>>>>>>> gets heard.  Thomas and Alito are in that school of thought, and that's 
>>>>>>> why they expressed the opinion they did.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My reading of it is that the only disagreement was whether to tell 
>>>>>>> Texas to go away before or after they're allowed to file their 
>>>>>>> complaints.  Either way, the court unanimously told Texas to pound 
>>>>>>> sand.  The only way this is unclear is if someone willfully interprets 
>>>>>>> it that way.  If someone is inclined it interpret it that way, then 
>>>>>>> they would have been unhappy with any outcome.  There was absolutely 
>>>>>>> zero chance that the Supreme Court of the US would overturn one state's 
>>>>>>> election at the behest of another.  Especially based on the argument 
>>>>>>> that "their election processes hurt us."  If they did that, then 
>>>>>>> similar suits would happen every 4 years henceforth.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 12/12/2020 10:31 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>>>>>>>> We need to have scotus do their damn job and get case law. If they 
>>>>>>>> keep punting for politics it will get stupid. This team when one snaps 
>>>>>>>> out you dont get some cross dresser popping through a crowd to bike 
>>>>>>>> lock someone and scurrying off, you get Oklahoma city. They need to 
>>>>>>>> shut the shit down or pay the cost of the product they purchased.
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 6:24 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Deep within this troll, the force runs.   
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> bp
>>>>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/2020 4:10 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, thank you.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I don’t know what was more bizarre, that music video, or Chuck being 
>>>>>>>>>> the one who sent it.  Who knew.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> From: AF mailto:[email protected] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 5:55 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> bp
>>>>>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/2020 2:55 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Is there a mind blown emoji?
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>> From: AF mailto:[email protected] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown 
>>>>>>>>>> via AF
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 4:30 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Chuck McCown mailto:[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> https://youtu.be/yModCU1OVHY
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>> From: Bill Prince
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 3:28 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> First place I heard it was from Molly Wood on Make Me Smart:
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/mollywood/status/1169705055194247168?lang=en
>>>>>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/mollywood/status/1169705055194247168?lang=en>
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> bp
>>>>>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/2020 12:03 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I was not familiar with the term banana-pants.  A Google search 
>>>>>>>>>> yields 
>>>>>>>>>> lots of results, mostly photos of banana pants, as well as some 
>>>>>>>>>> songs, 
>>>>>>>>>> none of which shed much light on the subject for me.  I assume it 
>>>>>>>>>> means cra-cra?
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>> From: AF mailto:[email protected] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 1:42 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Not all Texans are idiots
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> This was similar to how the south leaders hauled all the regular 
>>>>>>>>>> people into the civil war.  Yes they did a good job stirring things 
>>>>>>>>>> up 
>>>>>>>>>> before.
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/12/2020 11:19 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> The people who should really be looking at this are the citizens in 
>>>>>>>>>> the states who think it's appropriate for their AG to sue another 
>>>>>>>>>> state's election results.
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> The suit was what I would call banana-pants.
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> bp
>>>>>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/11/2020 4:19 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> All these craven lackeys got a big fuck you from the SCOTUS...
>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>  
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