That's how both Reagan, and Obama got elected.

That's okay, I don't respect Carl Sagan.

Since several posts have mentioned shutting down areas, I thought I'd bring this back up. Let's not let this shit happen again.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/...

As if everyone wouldn't immediately notice. Especially the media, who would have a feeding frenzy on it. Insightful?...my ass.

IANAL, but it would seem to me that all you would need is one instance of them wiping video evidence to make it's way through the courts, for that practice to be banned. ..."Yes, your honor, several of us took video of these officers beating down that poor defenseless grandmother. Then one of them got on the radio, and we noticed that all of our phones went dead."

That's simply the difference between a criminal case, and a civil suit. The burden of proof in a criminal case is "beyond a reasonable doubt". In a civil case, it's much lower, only requiring a "preponderance of the evidence". I'm sure this is what you were referring to, but people are frequently unaware that there's a big difference.

You'd need to have a much larger court system to handle the load. There would likely be thousands of new cases in Missouri right now.

How difficult would it be for someone to force you to stick your finger on the sensor?

I actually have mixed feelings there. The cities make tons of extra tax money simply because of the teams existence. But yeah, I'm not in favor of them funding new stadiums and such.

You can be convicted, as Scott Peterson was, based only on circumstantial evidence.

This, along with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc., etc., are nothing more than big business. When players are bought and sold, the "team" with the most money normally wins. I'm very much in favor of seeing elite competition, but all of the chest thumping by teams like this is meaningless.

What's the obsession with...[computer enclosure flavor of the month]?

There was a cartoon in some [Amiga-oriented, I think?] magazine about a quarter century ago. It was a guy showing off a computer in an unusual case, saying "We figured out what users want isn't more power or increased applications, but rather, really cool tail fins."

I don't think the Onion originated that. Though they may have co opted and slightly modified this from back in the mid 80s. But then, there may be predecessors to that as well.

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