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The DeSantis gambit

Original Trump and New Trump: neither of them knows when to shut the hell up or can stop shooting himself in the foot.
 
dudalb said:
Man, talk about giving your enemies ammo........https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/desantis-copying-disney-font-to-sell-merchandise-could-end-in-trademark-violations-report/ar-AA1aKuRV

Copyright/Patent violations are what the Disney Lawyers do best.....
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It's neither copyright not patent. It's trademark. Yes, that's a nitpick, but the distinction is legally quite important. Copyrights expire, but trademarks can last forever.

And I don't see any indication that DeSantis is actually behind this, rather than some third party trying to make buck off the fight. Among other things, he hasn't even officially declared he's running.

Lastly, a small tip: you can remove everything from the URL from the question mark back (see my adjustment to your link) to shorten links. Web sites use what comes after the question mark for tracking purposes, but it's completely unnecessary to access the page.
 
dudalb said:
Man, talk about giving your enemies ammo........
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Speaking of providing ammunition.

The Florida legislature has just passed a bill mandating state inspection of "any governmentally or privately owned fixed-guideway transportation systems operating in this state which are located within an independent special district created by a local act which have boundaries within two contiguous counties."
In other words, just the Disney monorail.
 
Armitage72 said:
Speaking of providing ammunition.

The Florida legislature has just passed a bill mandating state inspection of "any governmentally or privately owned fixed-guideway transportation systems operating in this state which are located within an independent special district created by a local act which have boundaries within two contiguous counties."
In other words, just the Disney monorail.
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Don't be surprised if the inspection of Disney's monorail just happens to fail.
 
Stacyhs said:
Don't be surprised if the inspection of Disney's monorail just happens to fail.
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Problem is DIsney is going to be damn usre the monorail is up to code, and if the inspectors fail it, Disney is going to raide hell and sue.
 
Someone died almost 15 years ago, so there's an obvious need for stricter inspections. It just took them a while to get around to it.
 
Armitage72 said:
Someone died almost 15 years ago, so there's an obvious need for stricter inspections. It just took them a while to get around to it.
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2009...and it wasn't mechanical but the shop panel operator's fault . From Wiki:

On July 5, 2009, during a failed track switchover from the Epcot line onto the Magic Kingdom express line, Monorail Pink backed into Monorail Purple at the Transportation & Ticket Center station, killing Monorail Purple’s pilot, 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg.[23] One employee and six guests who were also on the trains were treated at the scene and released.[24] OSHA and park officials inspected the monorail line and the monorail reopened on July 6, 2009, after new sensors and operating procedures were put in place.[25][26] An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) showed no mechanical problems with the trains or track, but did find that the track used in the switchover was not in its proper place for the track transition. The NTSB also noted that Purple's pilot attempted to reverse his train when he saw that there was going to be a collision. Disney placed three monorail employees on paid administrative leave as a result of the incident.[27] On October 31, 2011, the NTSB issued its findings on this incident, citing the probable cause as the shop panel operator's failure to properly align the switch beam before the monorail train was directed to reverse through it. As a result of this incident, cab riding for guests was discontinued.[28] OSHA proposed a total of $44,000 fines against Disney for safety violations, but that amount was later reduced to $35,200.[29]
 
Now we can add ex post facto to the list of things DeSantis and the Florida legislature don't understand.

DeSantis just signed a bill that retroactively applies additional conditions that would invalidate the agreement between Disney and the outgoing board.
(The linked article is from before he signed it on Friday.)

An independent special district is precluded from complying with the terms of any development agreement, or any other agreement for which the development agreement serves in whole or part as consideration, which is executed within 3 months preceding the effective date of a law modifying the manner of selecting members of the governing body of the independent special district from election to appointment or from appointment to election. The newly elected or appointed governing body of the independent special district shall review within 4 months of taking office any development agreement or any other agreement for which the development agreement serves in whole or part as consideration and shall, after such review, vote on whether to seek readoption of such agreement. This subsection shall apply to any development agreement that is in effect on, or is executed after, the effective date of this subsection [i.e., July 1, 2023].
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A summary from Law360's pay site that someone quoted on another site:
The law DeSantis signed Friday allows an "independent special district" not to comply with development agreements that were created within three months of the enactment of a law that changed the district's leaders. It also requires the district's leaders to review development agreements within four months of taking office and must vote on whether to readopt those agreements.
 
Surely as a Southern politician who is super proud of the Confederate heritage, he must know what a "grandfather clause" is.
 
The DeSantis thing is a pretty interesting phenomenon.

By all objective measure DeSantis is actually a far more reliable fascist executive than Trump ever was. he actually seems to care about all this crap and is staying laser focused on making it a living hell to be any of the right's many enemies in Florida. Uppity teachers and librarians, queer kids and families, insufficiently loyal public office holders, etc are all feeling the boot heel.

Meanwhile Trump seemed to not really care enough half the time and was easily influenced by whoever was hovering around his court on any given day.

If Trump wasn't part of the picture I'd think the right would be absolutely in love with DeSantis, and many were prior to this potential Turmp-DeSantis presidential conflict. But DeSantis committed the grave sin of not deferring completely to the god-emperor. For better or worse Trump is the right's guy until he gives up the ghost I suspect.
 
There's a good chance that it was the Orange Weakling who put Meatball Ron over the top in the Florida primary, though. Without Trump, where is DeSantis today?
 
Donal said:
There's a good chance that it was the Orange Weakling who put Meatball Ron over the top in the Florida primary, though. Without Trump, where is DeSantis today?
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Sure, Trump benefits from being first and mainstreaming this kind of politics. Ron definitely riding coat tails here, even if he's actually was a more disciplined far right leader.
 
TurkeysGhost said:
The DeSantis thing is a pretty interesting phenomenon.

By all objective measure DeSantis is actually a far more reliable fascist executive than Trump ever was. he actually seems to care about all this crap and is staying laser focused on making it a living hell to be any of the right's many enemies in Florida. Uppity teachers and librarians, queer kids and families, insufficiently loyal public office holders, etc are all feeling the boot heel.

Meanwhile Trump seemed to not really care enough half the time and was easily influenced by whoever was hovering around his court on any given day.

If Trump wasn't part of the picture I'd think the right would be absolutely in love with DeSantis, and many were prior to this potential Turmp-DeSantis presidential conflict. But DeSantis committed the grave sin of not deferring completely to the god-emperor. For better or worse Trump is the right's guy until he gives up the ghost I suspect.
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I agree. DeSantis was a day a late and a dollar short to become the Republican choice for the position of authoritarian Dear Leader. If not for Trump already filling that position, the GOP would be kissing DeSantis' ring instead.
 
Just wait until villians bearing a resembelance to Meatball Ron start showing up in Disney films.
 
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