Selectively enforcing laws is unjust and discriminatory. It’s why it took so long to get gay marriage on the books. Pigs and prosecutors would only target poorer people and those who couldn’t defend themselves and cherry pick cases unlikely to win on appeal.
This is being used so Alabama shitheels like Steve Marshall can persecute through prosecution all the people he doesn’t like while letting his buddies off. All laws should apply to all people equally.
Donald Trump’s lawyer pushed an outrageous line of thinking on Thursday during oral arguments at the Supreme Court over whether the former president has immunity for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election: that a U.S. president could order a military coup d’état with almost no chance of repercussions....
Biden should just have Trump arrested and sent to gitmo. If the president really does have all this unilateral power only able to be stopped by impeachment there’s no real way to prevent a dictator. Just arrest anyone in Congress who’d vote to impeach you.
It’d absolutely be the end of this country but we’re already staring that in the face as Trump tells the SCOTUS what he plans to do.
The new “Recall” feature really does look good on paper, but the taking in mind that it catalogues almost everything you do on your computer, it could turn out to be a privacy nightmare. “logging things you do in apps, tracking communications in live meetings, remembering all websites you’ve visited for research, and...
The mission was so under wraps that Ely said he had to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
So that was probably just the SF 312. The NDA anyone who gets a US military clearance signs saying they won’t reveal classified info. There are other NDAs US military sign sometimes but they usually have to deal with proprietary commercial info. This line seems weird because signing an NDA as a military member is pretty much required for most duties.
From the article is sounds like toxic chemicals and radiation. And since it was in the 80s the chemicals probably aren’t still classified.
Other government employees who were stationed in the same area, mainly from the Department of Energy, have been aided by $25.7 billion in federal assistance, according to publicly available statistics from the Department of Labor. But those benefits don’t apply to Air Force veterans like Ely and Crete.
Definitely if the DoE (responsible for the US’s nuclear arsenal and power plants) is providing treatment. So this sounds like the VA is just not wanting to treat people which is fucking dumb. They don’t need to acknowledge the location of the cause of the injury, just identify and treat the injuries and illnesses.
Every state needs to have a rigorous and regular car inspection policy. Coal rolling (and all other exhaust modifications) need to be illegal at the federal level, or mandated to be illegal at the state level. They don’t even purport to have an effect on efficiency or performance like some other exhaust modifications. They are objectively worse in every single metric beside looks, which is subjective besides. They are an attack on the environment, other motorists, cyclists, pedestrians, and people who live in the surrounding areas.
I’ve been behind a shit-stacker in a car and they blinded me when they chugged from a traffic light. I can’t imagine how impossible and awful being around one on a bicycle would be.
Two Waller police officers arrived at the scene and, after taking some pictures, moved the broken bikes to the side of the road. When the cops told everyone that they could go home, Ferrell was aghast, “I was like, ‘Go home? These people need to go to jail.’” He told the cops he’d been coal rolled by the teenage driver, and it appeared the boy was attempting to coal roll the group of bike riders when he slammed into them.
Ferrell knew what professional police work looked like. His brother was a cop in Houston for 25 years and his dad worked at the prison unit in Sugarland. “Neither one of these cops were professionals at all,” he says.
Not to change the subject, but yeeeah that’s about standard for cops. Asking them to do their jobs is too much.
Donald Trump was supposed to have to post a $464 million bond by Monday or else the state of New York could begin collecting on the massive civil fraud judgment leveled against him earlier this year. An appeals court bailed him out, blocking collection of the judgment and giving the former president 10 days to post a drastically...
That’s bullshit. Just more laws that don’t apply to this traitor.
Trump undervalued his properties to the IRS and overvalued them to investors. And now the courts are allowing him to undervalue them so he doesn’t have to face the consequences of his fraud.
So best case for someone like this: don’t drive. Get other people to drive you, use public transportation, get a bike, etc. But this is probably America and that is 100% not possible everywhere. Or even most places.
There is another option: State-Owned High-Risk Auto Insurance. These are insurance plans owned by individual states. Because US states all require auto insurance to drive a car and because driving a car is goddamn necessary in a lot of America, this exists.
It’s VERY expensive. Like when I was looking at getting good coverage for 2 newish cars I was staring down $500/6mo. Our state’s high-risk was $2,000+. But it exists for people like in the post who are just too expensive for ordinary insurance companies to want to insure.
Golf carts suck. They are rarely fast enough to not be a hazard on non-residential roads and they dont’ have any of the required safety features cars must have. They don’t require helmets like motorcycles do, either. It’s just a loop hole, or unenforced law to cater to rich(er) people who would complain to high heavens if they couldn’t drive their little carts around suburbia.
This might sound good for people who own their home already but all it does is lock them in. You can’t move, trade up/down if no one else can afford to buy.
And when prices are inflated they tend to reach a price cap. This means the variance between a small and large house shrinks. This means selling a big house to buy a smaller one nets you very little profit which encourages people not to sell. Which decreases the market of affordable homes.
But corporations with the goal of owning all property to rent seek don’t care. They’ll overpay to hold houses a while until they can corner the rent market and charge through the nose.
Did sites like VRBO for vacation and large house rentals exist for AirBnb? I didn’t really book those at that point. While I agree airbnb should probably be replaced by hotels (like in the past) was there a way to rent a large living space for a group pre-airbnb?
Yeah no shit. The way you do this is you release it, no notice. Open source or at least release the files so others can repackage if needed. Then if you get a C&D, it’s out there and you can take yours down but others can upload dozens of other copies. But they all want to build up their fame first with teasers.
Makes me think it wasn’t real when they keep making the same mistakes.
Speaking to IGN, Toasted Shoes said he still plans to publish the full video showcasing the mod, but will comply with any further copyright notices from Nintendo. “We would love to complete the mod pack and release it for free to the public, however for now we are playing it by ear as we don’t want any legal troubles,” Toasted Shoes said.
It’s not even complete yet. I’m betting this is the last we’ll hear of it.
Do what Paizo did and make all rules free. Charge for books that contain art and adventures. Hire or contract with good writers for high quality adventures. Playtest the hell out of everything and have a robust QA department. Keep or hire diversity consultants to prevent other scandals.
Invest in the other classic settings more and revisit esoteric FR locations.
Actually balance the game for high levels and magic items. Standardize magic and item descriptions while keeping the effects and flavor.
Integrate dndbeyond with other vtts and sell content on them. Sell PDFs. Call Over D&D 6e or 5.5e ffs.
Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don’t store much at the time, it’s just if I grind a little too much and what not. I’m assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a...
Any suggestions there? I’ve looked in the past from recommended review sites but some of the ones I saw suggested online as quality started at like $80. Also does it take a long time to grind say 6-8 tablespoons of ground coffee?
The US primaries and the general election are two different things. Voting uncommitted in the primary expresses support for the Palestinian plight and does not give Republicans any ground....
Enough people doing that would have the predictable result of getting Trump elected,
I agree with this and it’s what I’m afraid of. I totally support voting in the primary as you wish, even just to send a message (I support voting how you wish in all cases). But in this case using primary voting to send a dissatisfied message about the Democratic candidate has me worried it will instead send a wider message (or mass media will push this message) that the US populace feels Biden is unpopular compared to Trump.
Which is absolutely not the case with the vast majority of people voting against Biden in the primary. But that kind of message (accidental or intentional) can do real harm to prevent a literal fascist takeover in November. This is the totality of my concern and if we weren’t facing down the potential end of democracy in the US, I’d give a lot less shits about potentially torpedoing Biden’s chances. And I feel a lot of the hate against Biden has galvanized right around the time the primary season started which seems convenient for Trump.
I’m not going to say most Democrats aren’t capitalists and in corporations’ pockets. But one party got ACA passed and tried to get some student loan forgiveness passed. Along with a whole number of different laws passed for worker protections and similar over the last few years.
On the other hand, Republicans have Trump who tried to pass Schedule F for government workers which would have taken us back to the spoils system where Presidents hand out government appointments, jobs and ambassadorships as rewards for loyalty. FYI we got rid of this system after it directly caused President Garfield’s assassination.That’s just one of many anti-worker, anti-poor, and anti-people reforms the last Republican president tried to accomplish. We don’t even need to touch the entire Republican party’s fascination with stripped rights away from women and trans people.
Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions of rape and incest to abortion ban (apnews.com)
'Overdue But Welcome': Biden Reportedly Holds Back Bombs for Israel (www.commondreams.org)
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‘Meet Baby Olivia’: anti-abortion groups target US sex-ed classes (www.theguardian.com)
Video of fetus in disembodied womb required viewing for students in two states, as classroom becomes latest front in post-Roe abortion wars...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says he won't prosecute IVF families, providers (abcnews.go.com)
Trump Lawyer Makes Disturbing Immunity Claim Before Supreme Court: Apparently, John Sauer thinks staging a coup should be considered a presidential act (newrepublic.com)
Donald Trump’s lawyer pushed an outrageous line of thinking on Thursday during oral arguments at the Supreme Court over whether the former president has immunity for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election: that a U.S. president could order a military coup d’état with almost no chance of repercussions....
New “Recall” feature in Windows 11 is a privacy nightmare (www.theverge.com)
The new “Recall” feature really does look good on paper, but the taking in mind that it catalogues almost everything you do on your computer, it could turn out to be a privacy nightmare. “logging things you do in apps, tracking communications in live meetings, remembering all websites you’ve visited for research, and...
Veterans who served at secret base say it made them sick, but they can't get aid because the government won't acknowledge they were there (www.cbsnews.com)
Coal Rolling Is a Menacing Crime—And It's on the Rise (www.bicycling.com)
Paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/3tLtL...
Funny, those guys don't usually agree on that much (lemm.ee)
Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?
Appeals Court Bails Trump Out of Having to Post Massive Fraud Bond (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump was supposed to have to post a $464 million bond by Monday or else the state of New York could begin collecting on the massive civil fraud judgment leveled against him earlier this year. An appeals court bailed him out, blocking collection of the judgment and giving the former president 10 days to post a drastically...
car insurance (sopuli.xyz)
David Pecker testimony at Trump trial reveals the seedy underbelly of his tabloid journalism (www.nbcnews.com)
The former National Enquirer’s secret agreement with Donald Trump is shocking, even by the sensational standards of his former publication....
Rhode Island's Authoritarian Government Has Banned All 30 Kei Trucks In The State (golf carts are OK to drive on the street though) (jalopnik.com)
15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected (www.oregonlive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14943650
US home prices have soared 47% so far this decade, outpacing all of the growth seen in the 1990s and 2010s (www.businessinsider.com)
US home prices have soared 47% so far this decade....
Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Journalist of Being Hamas Operative (www.nysun.com)
Archive (including paywall bypass): archive.is/KeCzT...
Time to solve the housing crisis... (lemmy.world)
Modder Who Put Pokémon Into Palword Says 'Nintendo Has Come for Me' (sea.ign.com)
How would you save D&D if you were the new CEO?
The question is discussed in this podcast episode....
How do you store your grounded coffee? (slrpnk.net)
Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don’t store much at the time, it’s just if I grind a little too much and what not. I’m assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a...
Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
196 stands with palestine (lemmy.cafe)
The US primaries and the general election are two different things. Voting uncommitted in the primary expresses support for the Palestinian plight and does not give Republicans any ground....
Two Options, Same Rule (ani.social)