Is this guy dumb or secretly anti-billionaire? Gathering a bunch of billionaires in a small area, walking slowly in public streets, specifically to rally in favor of billionaire in this political climate. I would be more surprised if a shooter DIDNT take the opportunity.
We’re not forcing Flock on anyone.
Mate. Maybe a politician paid you to put in your spy equipment up everywhere, but the people did not. There is no opt out here. No one in the general public was asked for their consent to be tracked and monitored at all times in public. The average American is probably mostly or completely unaware of just how much they are being watched, tracked and remembered by your systems, and almost nobody would intentionally consent to such a thing. And for the people that are sharing information on what you are doing, how to avoid your surveillance network, and are rallying against it, you are calling them terroristic. So fuck off with your smug ass bullshit. You are a spy network working for the worst authoritarian interests of the state and capitalists against the American people. Your company should be dissolved and your cameras should be scrapped for parts.
Richard Pinheiro was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of fabricating evidence in 2018 and received a three-year suspended sentence and two years of supervised probation, according to the Baltimore Sun.
How in the hell is malicious fraud that results in destroying someone’s livelihood, reputation, and freedom with years of jailtime only a misdemeanor with a suspended sentence and probation. This kind of egregious action is waaaaay more damaging to the public welfare and safety than an individual possessing drugs for personal use, and yet the former gets you a “shame a on you”, and the latter rips you from your family, your job, your life. This is some backwards shit.
There is nothing to celebrate here, and I’m not suggesting there is. This legal blatant gerrymandering bullshit is a net loss for this country and our democracy. I will always advocate against the practice. However, that is not on California, and I don’t think they’re wrong to do it in response to Texas and other states. It is a necessary evil, one that they were forced to make by fascists. The alternative is to cede even more power to the fascists until it goes too far to take it back.
I don’t want to kill a person and I certainly would never celebrate doing so. But if there were a gun to my head, or my daughter’s, if they were to try to take away my family, our freedom… I wouldn’t hesitate, and I would be right for it. I don’t think California has anything to apologize for, even if it is a sad outcome overall.
They aren’t worried about their own exposure, they’re worried about everyone else’s exposure normalizing something they hate. They want everyone to hate them so that they’re afraid to be themselves again
That’s why I always carry around my pocket globe and compass to scale and compare distances accurately.
Have the US Marshals ever arrested government officials? Yes. Notably, they arrested a sitting Representative, and Newark, NJ’s mayor among others for supposed violations of law at an immigration detention center for which a warrant was issued and the US Marshals executed. Have they arrested other law enforcement officers? Absolutely. They arrested the sheriff of St. Louis in October for bond revocation while he was being federally charged for witness tampering and intimidation. Have they arrested high ranking officials of the executive branch? Not that I am aware of.
Well that is a bad, hopefully disingenuous take. The goal in California was not to move the needle with corruption and perversion of democracy. It was to prevent the needle from moving with corruption and perversion of democracy (by the Trump Administration and other corrupt GOP governors and legislatures), which, unfortunately required the same perversion to accomplish. It never should have been necessary or allowed for EITHER party to do this to ANY state. It’s fucked up that it is or ever was allowed, and needs to be fixed as soon as humanly possible. But under those circumstances to not respond to your corrupt counterpart pulling the needle their way by pulling it back yourself is to allow the corruption to overwhelm everyone and everything. It’s self-defense. The moral highground that results in boots on your neck is not a path forward.
Yes and no. The US Marshals are law enforcement for he Federal Courts. However they are not a part of the judicial branch. They are still part of the executive branch and answer to the DOJ.
So… literally the “where does power lie” question from Game of Thrones. When you are meant to enforce the Court’s orders but you’re also meant to follow the DOJ’s orders, which orders do you follow when they conflict?
Until they start sending out US Marshals and other judicial officers to arrest offenders and charging them for contempt… it kind of is just advisory.
That one feels the most relatable as one who works in tech. Everything is an acronym, man, and most have no idea what the acronym stands for.
I kept getting mixed up with Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds, and got really excited then disappointed when I heard about Outer Worlds 2, thinking that Outer Wilds was getting a sequel. So it was always a bummer to me even without actually playing the game.
His definition of the anti-christ is literally anyone that opposes his personal politics and business interests. AI-skeptics (which he describes as “luddites”), advocates for measures to fight climate change, and globalists/anti-nationalists/international cooperatives.
“Everybody knows […]” means my parent(s) had some weird or strict rules and life lessons that I had hounded into me which I internalized into my very being and never questioned, and now I have unspoken and often unrealistic expectations of people and the world that no one has absolutely any reason to know about.
I know they’re not. That was my point. The guy before me was disagreeing with me that the 2A thumpers werent doing fuck all. I’m saying they are.
Because… People are using their arms against the tyrannical government? I’ve seen a few Black Panthers doing it right. That’s about it. And it’s sure as shit not been them that have argued that the law is there for them to be able to do that. They understand that their effectiveness is in deterence, at the moment, not constitutionally protected insurrection, which is what a lot of 2A thumpers seem to think it allows them to do. In no way will use of firearms against the sitting government or its law enforcement or military ever be officially condoned by any level of that government, no matter what the constitution says/means/implies, I promise you.
Been calling them on their bullshit for years with hypothetical situations. Now we have the real thing and I was fucking right.
Mmhmm, yep, uh uh… I know some of those people!
Hey dude. You know what can buy happiness? Compassion, generosity, being of service, creativity, a healthy lifestyle, and staying far away from toxic people like your Trumps, Epsteins, etc. Your conquests and financial success are empty. You see that. Divest. You will live comfortably for the rest of your life now, or pursue endeavors purely for the love of it, or the creative outlet. And you can use that time and money making amends, bettering the lives of everyone around you. Feed the hungry, house the poor, pay for the education and betterment of others, use your influence to benefits those without influence. Empower others to be comfortable too. I promise you that you will feel 10000 times better about yourself, and the people around you will love you for it.