The Great Recession was awesome in some ways - mass incarceration in the US started to fall and states started to end marijuana policy. Hitting the swine in the pockets made them realize that keeping almost 1% of the population in the jail was too damn expensive.

Good - if they stopped being proactive and only reacted to serious crimes involving people actually being harmed, the US would likely be a more pleasant place to live. Quality of life pigging lessens quality of life for everyone.

Yep - something like a civilian complaint review board. Also, plenty of people would be happy to take the job of pissing pigs off, considering how utterly vile most American cops are.

Finding someone not guilty by reason of insanity doesn't mean they walk free: it means that they end up in a secure psychiatric facility for years to decades.

I never did.

Germans, Swiss, and Austrians have it right - clinging to cash like a Pashtu tribesman clings to his weaponry.

Why not an HDMI cord from server to TV?

Let me connect an external hard drive full of music and movie files - that's all the smart I need. Otherwise, HDMI input and ATSC.

This is why more people should start paying for as much as possible with cash. Re-normalize it. If they ask why - many stores and restaurants here in NYC charge you 4% or so extra for the privilege of using a card (due to processing fees). Think of it as getting 4% cash back on many purchases.

The problem is venue shopping - they could find a judge that's either a fascist at heart, subject to kompromat, or on the take in some manner.

Or you made an informed choice to value human freedom over mere years of life. Quality vs quantity.

I think Trump thinks about the children far too often, unfortunately.

#4 in economy. Thats pretty good.

CA is also:
#1 in homelessness AND #1 in per capita homeless spending!
#1 in poverty.
#1 in highest taxes (excluding property tax the only tax stat they are middle-of-the-road)
#1 in lowest in adult literacy rates

But hey! California's overall high school graduation rate grown over the last 20 years to north of 87%! Something we can be PROUD OF! Too bad only ~37% can perform math at the expected levels. But we are AWSOME with reading skills! Just under 50% can read at expected levels!

I live in CA. We hide failed education programs by elevating grades such less than a whopping 25% of high school grads are ready for college. Third to last! Thank god for West Virginia and New Mexico!

Damn shame we don't fix our problems with that "boast" of a California economy.

"They also to an incident (and not almost) didn't smear shit on the walls or kill cops. Your false equivalence here is obvious support for the same child raping president you claim to not support. No one is stupid enough to buy your bullshit here."

What cop was killed on J6? The one who got pepper-sprayed? The one listed as "natural causes" on his DC? What's a reasonable penalty for that, assuming you got the guy who sprayed him?

With the Floyd riots, 2000 injured police officers, with injuries ranging from gunshot wounds, to severe head trauma, to broken bones, deep lacerations, etc... and virtually no jail or or prison time for rioters.

Facts are, in fact "stubborn things" and bias is hard to overcome for many regardless of facts.

"Bullshit"? You're the one with "Poo" in your name, Poo.

"What is the point of posting references to documents you clearly have never even read?"

What's the point of posting to a thread if you don't READ the thread.

Poo: "Trump pardoned all the J6 terrorists via autopen."
Me: "No he didn't. There was a mix of pardon's and commutations"

"Hundreds of police officers were attacked, 140 of whom received injuries at the hands of the insurrectionist mob. Officers have lost eyes,"

And most of the folks prosecuted were beyond over prosecuted for it. One officer lost an eye, yes (ONE! Singular) -- but over 1500 people were arrested and over prosecuted. Things like calling "bear spray" and discharging fire extinguishers "lethal weapons" And yes, one ex firefighter actually threw a fire extinguisher.

Compare that to the over 2000 officers that suffered injuries (including gunshot wounds, broken bones and severe head trauma from thrown bricks) , during the George Floyd riots defending Federal take over and take over attempts as well as state building take overs and take over attempts. The vast majority of those arrested were charged with misdemeanors that were mostly dropped later on and most of those that were charged with felonies were allowed to plea down to misdemeanors with no or virtually no jail time.

"You just demonstrated it by attempting to excuse away the blatantly indefensible with a load of factually incorrect gibberish."

You just demonstrated you suffer from TDS by your in ability to think straight.

And no, I do *NOT* believe J6 was an insurrection but a protest gone riot -- much like the George Floyd riots. They went to protest what they believed to be severe election irregularities. It's their right -- even if they are wrong. it's not their right to riot. Trump TOLD people at the near by "rally" to walk over to the capital building: "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."

Yes, he used the same language earlier on in the rally that BOTH sides use with in their various rallies and calling "fight" for their $_Cause.

"The appellate process not vigilantism is the proper forum for those who believe they have been mistreated in some way by the justice system. "

I don't disagree with this -- but the power of the President and Governors to pardon and commute is also there to quickly resolve an injustice or over use of the justice system as a "fail safe" -- it's part of that system and you are deliberately being blind not to admit that.

Do I believe the pardons were overly broad? Yes. There are some folks who should have served (and some did) more than a year in jail or prison, but for the majority, it was the right decision.

virtually all of them. They were almost to an incident, never prosecuted.