How would people here feel about a tax that increases in rate per-property owned? People and organizations can still own as many properties as they want, but at some point they’re going to be taxed so much it’ll be impossible to profit off of them.

Thanks I hate it.

It’s true, when you’re a compulsive liar and you can’t help yourself from spewing hatred and inciting violence, not testifying in a court of law is definitely the right move.

It’s kinda wild to see things moving in the right direction for once…

Time to learn Linux!

Easy solution; don’t use Amazon.

Winter is Coming - Light has been my main VS Code theme for years. Alas, no senior title yet…

Yes that, but also the increasing Tesla QA issues over the recent years inspire little confidence

Very pro bike but only bike. Pretty much any other modality device is banned from public bike paths.

The two party system isn’t the rule as much as it is a symptom of our winner-takes-all voting system. In the event that the Republican party loses significant support from voters, the Democratic party would surely split into two polar factions.

Over the last several years I’ve come to despise the police and consider them more of a menace to the general public than any criminal organization at this point. That’s really all I’ve got to say here, I feel like there’s not much more I can do other than vote for non-existent police reform policy.

They thought she was going to endorse Biden at the end of the Super Bowl and that the White House had rigged the game for the Chiefs to win in order to maximize the spectacle and coverage.

All that money could have gone to something useful that would have benefited everybody and instead it went into investors pockets

I briefly skimmed over that page you linked so apologies if I missed something, but I didn’t see anything in there that implied you are under any obligation to answer questions from an officer. The officer has the right to detain you and in most cases you must comply with an officer’s orders, for example to step out of the vehicle, submit to a search, etc.

However, the 5th amendment of the US Constitution protects citizens from being compelled to offer self-incriminating information. In other words, the officer cannot order you to answer a question.

Again, IANAL and this is not legal advice.

IANAL and it’s best to know and understand the laws of the state that you’re in. But in general you’re under no obligation to answer any questions a cop has for you and you’re not being rude or difficult by simply saying nothing at all. If a cop actually wants to help you they can do so by promptly giving you a citation and letting you go on about your day, not by trying to pry on your personal opinions or activities.

+5 to your social credit for willfully accepting the CCP.

-25 for engaging with an unsanctioned online community.

Considering at 62 he’s still 15 years younger than the next youngest living president (GWB) current or otherwise, I’d have to agree with you.

I avoid self checkouts unless the lines at the cashier checkouts are unreasonable.

Half the time I go through one of those I get hit with an error that I’ve then gotta wait on the attendant to fix. The other half I get bogged down by the stupid process like how you’ve got to put the item down on the bagging area before you can scan another one or how you can interact with the card reader to pay but the transaction will not complete until you select a payment type on the main screen. Lately, I’ve noticed some trying to trick me into signing up for rewards or some bullshit.

Much easier to just dump my stuff on the conveyor belt and have the cashier handle everything else.

Before they also said the driver got 100% but behind the scenes they were essentially subtracting that amount from what they were going to pay the driver originally. Thus they could claim the driver got 100% of the tip while still pocketing the value of it.

Hopefully we’ve learned our lesson… But I wouldn’t bet on it.