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Comment Re:Someone Ought to Stop It (Score 1) 172

Unless you can provide a better example of speech offenses that we should be worried about (you know, since the majority of the government criminal system is explicitly open after the case is resolved)... It seems like the UK is okay, of which most of them were not officially charged (only about 3 incidences per day) and more importantly, politicians / people in power were ALSO charged: From Gemini, here's a list of cases: Racist Abuse: A man was jailed for eight months for making monkey gestures and shouting racial slurs during a demonstration. Other cases involved racist comments on social media directed at Black football players after a match. Insulting Comments About Deceased Individuals: A man was convicted for a crude tweet about the late fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore, saying, "the only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella buuuuurn". Insulting Comments About Soldiers: A man was given a community order for a Facebook post following the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan that stated, "All soldiers should DIE & go to HELL!". Threats and Incitement to Violence: A woman was jailed for a tweet calling for mass deportation and for the hotels housing migrants to be set on fire. A suspended councillor was charged after reportedly telling a crowd that members of a far-right group should have their throats cut. A woman was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail for sending direct tweets to a public figure, including threats like "kill yourself before I do; rape is the last of your worries". Offensive Memes: An army veteran was arrested for sharing an image online that depicted pride flags arranged as a swastika, which police said "caused anxiety". The charges were dropped in this case. Homophobic Remarks: A man was convicted of a public order offence for repeatedly using homophobic remarks and derogatory comments to harass a shop manager. Naming a Sexual Offence Victim: Several people were arrested and fined for naming a rape victim on social media, which is against the law in the UK. Alleged Threats to an Airport (Joke): A man was arrested and initially convicted for a tweet saying he would "blow the airport sky high!!" if it didn't open after snow closures. His conviction was later quashed on appeal, with the High Court ruling it was clearly a joke and not "menacing".

Comment Re: Economic terrorism (Score 1) 172

https://chatgpt.com/share/6939... Looks like on a macroscopic level (and not just a single person's view), the examples you gave can be summarized into: 1) bigger routes / places often get a slight cost benefit, but smaller less dense routes / places have price increases due to lack of competition. 2) most are neutral at best in the short term. These mergers are hurting more Republicans (especially in the lesser populated states) than Democrats.

Comment Re:Economic terrorism (Score 1) 172

One of these is legal, the many others have been laughed out of court -- which I might add is majority Republican. It's not just legislative for this administration, it's a heavily conservative judicial system that's coming down on a republican president. You know shits gone bad when party lines are cracking this hard -- it's one thing for one or two votes out of 100s in the Senate. It's huge when it's one or two justices that are suppose to be favorable to your position.

Comment Re: Really??!! (Score 1) 173

All I'm reading is that the car dealerships didn't sell them a battery warmer or you just buy a couple cheap space heaters for your garage. Or just leave the vehicle's heater on (slows charge, but hey it's plugged in now). Trucks and other larger vehicles also have a cold engine problem to the point where it won't start at all.

Comment Re:No, just no (Score 2) 32

You think you're avoiding google? That's cute. 2 billion into being a search engine default? Ya no, there's 100% some backroom dealings. The service formerly known as i Ads which still exist, just doesn't have a public facing name? Even if you believe the 2b is JUST for the default search engine, what's the difference? Apple's still selling your info through their own ad service (unless you're fulling admitting that they're abusing their power because nobody in their right mind would use more expensive ads that target even less). So now you're just paying a premium on their ecosystem and getting your privacy invaded.

Comment Re:registered-only list. (Score 2) 51

If they accidentally forget to put a tower in, they're gimping themselves -- not to mention some companies do cross-sharing agreements which would need to sync. Most people won't be affected by Stingray like devices or fake towers. I bet even after this, most people won't even notice a difference.

Comment Re:Tab silos (Score 1) 20

It's only on there because of people like you (who don't think of existing tech), and companies like Apple. Tor has existed since 2002, and on Android since 2018. All free of charge, and isn't restricted to a small pool of IP addresses. Surprise! The truly privacy enabling browser ... it's not allowed on i devices!

Comment Re: Herbie the Love Bug? (Score 2) 33

The Towle test prongs: "The character must generally have physical as well as conceptual qualities. The character must be sufficiently delineated to be recognizable as the same character whenever it appears. It must display consistent, identifiable character traits and attributes, although the character need not have a consistent appearance. The character must be especially distinctive and contain some unique elements of expression. It cannot be a stock character like a magician in standard magician garb." Herbie might fail the 2nd and 3rd. He looks like a standard racecar at the time.Cars/Lightning McQueen might get away with it since they added eyes

Comment Re: Just like every retailer ever! (Score 1) 31

Lmfao, you think the government over-regulated companies abusing the shit out of customers by outright lying in advertising? Have you ever had food advertised by a restaurant look like what you actually get -- and remember, this is AFTER a bit of regulation. At least with these laws on the books, there's a chance of the average person having a chance at winning their case or realizing that the claim is a borderline scam even with "fine-print"ism. "You could win $1,000,000...", oh wait, there was a precondition that you had to be able to fly by flapping your arms?

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