And the world was shocked because he is someone the law protects but does not bind.
Trump is currently being protected by Supreme Court justices who are literally deciding whether he's bound by any law. You can bet that same conservative majority would make sure he's protected by all of them.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. - Francis M. Wilhoit
Yet another reason to avoid the deep south.
A couple of retired women I spoke to prior to the 2016 election voted for the shitgibbon because Hillary had been "running a pedophile ring" and had "ordered hundreds of murders". Russian / GQP propaganda was very effective.
Trump lost out twice in one day in appellate court on two issues central to his public criticisms of the hush-money case: the trial venue and the trial judge.
Who are you talking to? Nobody has the power to do that
How embarrassing for you. If he is a member of a Bar association, he can be disbarred.
Not asking seriously. I was amazed that's directly from the commondreams.org website. People rely entirely too much on spell check as a proof reader.
What's a "retail wine magnet"?
Next up: Birth control.
If you're selling a product that you can't produce by paying employees a lousy wage, you have to pay what's needed to produce a salable product. This is the way business works everywhere and is true for both skilled and unskilled labor.
These companies have radically increased their prices while allowing the products produced to go to shit, and their customers are doing what customers always do when faced with crappy products and high prices. We're going elsewhere.
Not only have the prices become absurd, the quality control has gone to crap.
For years we've taken regular road trips and use to stop at fast food places every single time. In the past 3 years we've repeatedly been served triple salted food, awful sub sandwiches, "cheese" burgers missing the cheese and condiments, and cold burger patties so old and dry they couldn't be choked down. When you factor in the amount of waste due to the lousy food, the actual prices are way higher than what's shown on the menu.
The ridiculous prices and regular bad experiences pushed us to a tipping point and we now find a grocery store along the way for deli sandwiches. It usually only adds about 5 minutes to the trip. Not only are the prices about 30% less but the food is consistently edible which makes the real price probably 1/2 of fast food places.
This is something we wouldn't have taken he time to do a few years ago, so for us there's been a big upside to the absurd prices and lousy food. We're permanently changed our habits and cut fast food out of our diet completely. We are now spending less and getting consistently better quality, healthier food.
Maybe we should send "thank you" notes to the various fast food corporate headquarters.
Servers are paid below minimum wage because they receive tips.
Not true everywhere. For instance Washington requires servers be paid the full minimum wage of $16.28/hr before tips.
I was using Z2M and found it had some weird, unresolvable device control quirks with a dimmer I'm using. Switched to ZHA and have had no problems at all.
Intuit has been paying off our elected officials for decades to prevent the IRS from creating an online filing system. They have directly cost the American public probably hundreds of millions of dollars, and if there was any justice they'd be forced into bankruptcy.
A tomshardware.com article about how to bypass the account requirement from February of this year:
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account
It requires numerous steps to bypass the account requirement or the creation of special installation media. I ran into the Internet and account requirements when installing W11 on a VM in January.
Perhaps the screenshots you posted were accurate at some point or in some situations, but you need to do better research before accusing others of spreading misinformation, and it is you who needs to stop spreading misinformation.
Regular users are absolutely forced to use a Microsoft account, no matter how tired you are. People shouldn't have to be techies to keep their information private.
Windows 11? Let's see here...
Spyware/malware since that infamous Windows 7 update sending everything (including passwords) to Microsoft. Ads spread across the UI in W11. Simple features hidden or disabled. Bing Internet search results in the Start Menu that can't be disabled unless you edit the registry. Search engine in the Start Menu cannot be changed. Numerous other previously simple settings changes that now require registry edits. Menu items gone, and others that still exist but inexplicably have been removed from the Start Menu search. Edge browser forced down your throat no matter what you set as the default browser. Upgrades that you can't do at your convenience and forced restarts that happen even if you have open files that you're editing. Long (sometimes really long) upgrade restart times. Forced Microsoft account use to install and use the OS & Internet access required to even install the OS. Absurdly inflexible hardware requirements that make no sense for most people. A taskbar that can't be moved. Numerous programs and garbage spread through the OS that cannot be removed or disabled.
Besides that, what's not to like?
Where do you think you are? The E.U.?
Linux is actually becoming easier to deal with than Windows in many cases. Microsoft has removed so many settings from the GUI that editing of the Registry has become required even for simple things. That's much less user friendly IMO than backing up and editing a text .conf file.
A sentencing hearing broke down this week over a disagreement about a sentencing enhancement for a self-employed handyman from Texas who admitted to using a metal whip and unloading a can of bear spray on officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Taake had been on pretrial release for a pending child-solicitation case in Texas when he went to the Capitol ready for violence, armed with bear spray and a metal whip, prosecutors said.
Only the best people.
A sentencing hearing broke down this week for a self-employed handyman from Texas who used a metal whip and unloaded a can of bear spray on officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots.
Trump's lawyers repeated requests from another subpoena issued to NBCUniversal in early March – which the court subsequently quashed as "the very definition of a fishing expedition."
I'm sure that corporate profits are "creeping higher" too, despite already being at 70 year highs.
Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark could lose his law license after a DC Bar panel found that he violated ethics rules in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
> In the sanctions portion of the proceeding, disciplinary counsel Hamilton Fox III pointed to the seriousness of aggravating factors in Clark's violations.
>"Because of the stakes, because of the effect on the fundamental fabric of the democracy, which Mr. Clark had to know about, you throw out those cases and look at the effect of what he did," Fox said.
>The counsel pointed to Clark's own character witness, who said he was an excellent lawyer, "who had to know what he was doing, who had to know the effect of what he was doing on our country, who had to know that he was participating in an existential threat to our constitutional democracy, and no lawyer who engages in such misconduct, whatever his motives may be, no lawyer ought to be permitted to hold a license to practice law in the District of Columbia."
>"And I would submit to you that in the context of what he did, the only sanction is disbarment," he concluded.
>The disciplinary panel said it would decide on Clark's sanctions later.
Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee to have...
From Cannon's "ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT TRUMP’S MOTION TO DISMISS SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT BASED ON PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT"
>Separately, to the extent the Special Counsel demands an anticipatory finalization of jury instructions prior to trial, prior to a charge conference, and prior to the presentation of trial defenses and evidence, the Court declines that demand as unprecedented and unjust [see ECF No. 428]. The Court’s Order soliciting preliminary draft instructions on certain counts should not be misconstrued as declaring a final definition on any essential element or asserted defense in this case. Nor should it be interpreted as anything other than what it was: a genuine attempt, in the context of the upcoming trial, to better understand the parties’ competing positions and the questions to be submitted to the jury in this complex case of first impression. As always, any party remains free to avail itself of whatever appellate options it sees fit to invoke, as permitted by law.
The day after the race was called for Joe Biden, Kenneth Chesebro was already formulating the 'fake electors' plot to keep Donald Trump in office.
I'm not sure this is allowed here. Apologies and please delete if it is not.
I was looking for decent, inexpensive hardware for a semi-dedicated Home Assistant supervised server and found something that is working better than expected.
What I wanted:
- Debian 12 supported hardware.
- Fast processor.
- SSD.
- 8GB ram.
- Integrated battery - no UPS needed.
- Built in display and keyboard if possible to make management easier so a laptop is fine.
- Advanced BIOS options.
I took a risk on a Dell 3140 small laptop from Woot. I just finished moving my HA installation to it and am pleased enough to post here. It's $170 (refurbished) right now and the one I received looks brand new. While this is just an OK laptop, for a HA server it's terrific.
Positives:
- Debian 12 supports the hardware without any additional drivers. Everything just works after install.
- The N200 processor is more than 2x faster than a Raspberry Pi 5's CPU.
- Built in BIOS battery management. A charge limit can be set to preserve the battery since it will be plugged in all the time. 6+ hours indicated battery life with a limited 75% charge.
- Low power usage. Powertop says it's drawing about 6 watts with several USB devices plugged in.
- BIOS Option to automatically power on upon power restoration.
- 128GB SSD is more than big enough to support Debian 12, HA plus some additional apps. My installation uses less than 25GB leaving plenty to spare for Timeshift and some file sharing. Replacement 2230 NVMe SSDs are cheap.
- Fanless & completely silent.
- Built like a tank.
Negatives:
- Built like a tank. Chunky for a small laptop.
- No integrated Ethernet port.
- Mediocre screen.
This is commercial grade product that will hopefully last a long time and might be worth considering if you're looking for Home Assistant hardware.
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Rite Aid has agreed to a five-year ban from using facial recognition technology after the Federal Trade Commission found that the chain falsely accused customers of crimes and unfairly targeted people of color.
Colorado's federal trial court on Thursday disbarred an attorney who spoke favorably about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, called for former Vice President Mike Pence to be subjected to firing squads and claimed he had evidence of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Washington Post: Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the actions of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday in a long-awaited decision that could clear the way for lawsuits seeking financial damages from the former president.
The robotic arm reportedly failed to distinguish between the man and the boxes it was handling.
The incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot.
The robotic arm, confusing the man for a box of vegetables, grabbed him and pushed his body against the conveyer belt, crushing his face and chest, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.
He was sent to hospital but later died.
The publisher of Mark Meadow’s book is suing the former White House chief of staff, arguing in court filings Friday morning that he violated an agreement with All Seasons Press by including false s…
Three people have been arrested in New York City and charged with sending about 10 million dollars’ worth of electronics with military applications to Russia, said the U.S. Justice Department. Some of these components were later found in Russian military equipment used in the war in Ukraine, such as...
Three people have been arrested in New York City and charged with sending about 10 million dollars’ worth of electronics with military applications to Russia, said the U.S. Justice Department. Some of these components were later found in Russian military equipment used in the war in Ukraine, such as...
Former President Donald Trump promised to invent the country he led as president for four years, stating, "It's gonna be called, the United States of America."
It's looking more and more like full blown dementia.
The influential National Association of Realtors and several brokerages were ordered to pay damages to home sellers who said they were forced to pay excessive fees to real estate agents.
>A federal jury ruled on Tuesday that the powerful National Association of Realtors and several large brokerages had conspired to artificially inflate the commissions paid to real estate agents, a decision that could radically alter the home-buying process in the United States.
>The realtors’ group and brokerages were ordered to pay damages of nearly $1.8 billion. The verdict allows the court to issue treble damages, which means they could swell to more than $5 billion.
Will update with non-paywalled link when one becomes available.
Update: According to Lane County Jail records, the counter-protester who was arrested has been identified as Jonathan James Wisbey. Wisbey, age 51, was charged with 1st Degree Menacing, 2nd Degree …
President George W. Bush and Republicans (and a handful of on-the-take Democrats) in Congress created the Medicare Advantage scam in 2003 as a way of routing hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of for-profit insurance companies. Those companies, and their executives, then recyc...
If you hit a paywall, try this link: https://archive.ph/UGwzY
Fulton County prosecutors are floating plea deals to a number of lower-profile defendants in the election interference case involving former President Donald Trump.
Testimony during Google’s antitrust case revealed that the company may be altering billions of queries a day to generate results that will get you to buy more stuff.
Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query that just happens to generate more money for the company, and will generate results you weren’t searching for at all. It’s not possible for you to opt out of the substitution. If you don’t get the results you want, and you try to refine your query, you are wasting your time. This is a twisted shopping mall you can’t escape.