Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney on Tuesday brought word that the Trump Department of Justice stumbled badly in trying to justify freezing funds for the United States Agency for International Development.During a hearing in front of United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge ...
  • @[email protected]
    10•2 days ago

    “In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it,’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me—who lives and who dies?”

    It sadly all comes down to who the police (and somewhere down the line the military) believe is right.

    • @Snowclone
      3•1 day ago

      So the money in almost every case then.

      • @[email protected]
        4•1 day ago

        It’s not mine, it’s a quote from the book “A Clash of Kings” and subsequently the Game of Thrones TV show.

        Anyway the answer is just what I wrote. Power resides where men believe it resides. In the riddle, it’s entirely up to the sellsword which kind of power they value most.