Also, removing clear-cut conflicts of interest on the governmental side (civil asset forfeiture, for-profit incarceration, re-election). If we want to throw people in prison, fine, but it's on society to pay for it, so maybe we should think about how many of our tax dollars we want going towards keeping each class of offender incarcerated.
Something else that might be worth considering is requiring a jury trial, and disallowing plea-bargains (with an actual, funded guarantee of competent defense). Possibly throw in outright dismissal of charges with financial reparations to the defendant for certain classes of crime if the trial cannot be completed in X amount of time if the delays are on the State side.
There are lots of things that could change, but none of them are workable in an era where an "honest politician" can be most readily defined as "one that stays bought".
Revised Code of Washington (RCW) The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. It is a collection of Session Laws (enacted by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor, or enacted via the initiative process), arranged by topic, with amendments added and repealed laws removed. It does not include temporary laws such as appropriations acts. The official version of the RCW is published by the Statute Law Committee and the Code Reviser.
The RCW Index document - just the index - as of December 2016, is a 748 page PDF. It is single-spaced, uses a small (10 point)? font, and runs 3 columns per page. There are no blank pages that I noticed flipping through it.
Those are just the state laws. Now, add in all of the County, City, and Tribal laws that a typical local LEO is expected to enforce, and you've built a system where officers can legitimately assume that anyone they're interacting with is breaking _some_ law.
ICE Agent: "Thank you sir, now please log in and authorize the USG terror-detector app to access your account, Ok, we're good to go. Thank you, and have a nice day."
I don't lock my luggage anymore, for US domestic travel at least.
"Sorry officer, no idea what that might be. I didn't put it in there, and I didn't leave it alone until I handed it to the airline agent. How many people did you say handled my bag before you found it?"
I also don't check anything of any value, but then, I never have.
Time to Implement a "Read Only" duress password, that will allow the required access _but not_ allow posting, binding of applications and services, etc to the account.
Think of it as a Valet Key for your social media account.
CongressCritters saw first hand the importance of email in the last campaign, and none of them are _really_ sure about what the FBI will do next time around.
The "Email Privacy Act of 2017" is going to be the new "Video Privacy Protection Act" of 1988. The politicians have too much to lose from _not_ protecting email at this point, and they know it.
"The amount of headache CA creates for the rest of the country is not worth any net gain. There is a reason very few are trying to prevent CA from seceding. I dont live there and would gladly donate to their cause. Happy to see them go."
Yup. Because all those shipping ports with direct access to the Pacific, including being a major shipping lane for good to and from Asia, are just a tremendous drag on the US Economy.
Nothing bad at all would happen to the US economy if the US were to lose direct access to those ports.
"It takes foreskin to prevent this kind of attack on American core values. You can't let the bad people win. Just ask the Native Americans how immigration worked out for them."
You do realize most men in America are circumcised, yes?
Given that circumcision is an integral part of Judeo-Christian religious dogma, where do you propose we find sufficient quantities of uncircumcised men to protect us?
Not being involved with either the US, Russian or Chinese governments, I can only speculate, but enhanced economic and military dominance jump to mind as obvious candidates. Enhanced long-term control over natural resources, globally speaking, is another candidate.
All 3 of which become easier for them to accomplish if the US role in world affairs is diminished.
Again, this is all speculative and opinion, and therefore easily shredded.
Yeah, and this is why the US is going to get our asses handed to us in the next 20-50 years: As a society we're functionally incapable of looking more than a couple years out, strategically speaking.
China and Russia are playing long games with the US, and the US hasn't figured that out.
Tactically, having a "friendly" US president is moderately useful.
Strategically speaking, the US beginning taking action to withdraw from the international community and begin the voluntary process of alienating its Allies and Neighbors is absolutely priceless to Russia and China.
And you're welcome to feel that way. I won't say that you're wrong to be upset about those things, but it's important to understand that fear & anger are tightly coupled emotions in the human brain, and it's pretty common for anger to be a direct response to fear.
I'm a sucker for quotes, so I'll channel Yoda on this one: “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
There's a lot more wisdom in that than most people realize.
The US, as a society, has been hearing a constant refrain of "the world is an ugly, scary place, and anyone who isn't a true American wants to kill you in a horrific fashion. Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid" from mass media for at least a couple of decades now. Sometimes it's subtle, sometimes it's overt, but it's been pretty much continuous.
That a large number of people are legitimately terrified and feel a strong desire for someone, anyone, to protect them at any cost shouldn't be a surprise.
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Also, removing clear-cut conflicts of interest on the governmental side (civil asset forfeiture, for-profit incarceration, re-election). If we want to throw people in prison, fine, but it's on society to pay for it, so maybe we should think about how many of our tax dollars we want going towards keeping each class of offender incarcerated.
Something else that might be worth considering is requiring a jury trial, and disallowing plea-bargains (with an actual, funded guarantee of competent defense). Possibly throw in outright dismissal of charges with financial reparations to the defendant for certain classes of crime if the trial cannot be completed in X amount of time if the delays are on the State side.
There are lots of things that could change, but none of them are workable in an era where an "honest politician" can be most readily defined as "one that stays bought".
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Again, assuming it's even possible to fix at this point, it won't be easy, or quick.
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True. Citizens don't. Reality can suck at times. Society has to figure out how to deal with this, and it's not going to be easy.
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Better would be to set it up so that an MP3 of this being read is played every time the officer flips the switch to turn on the lights.
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Frankly? Because the law is too complex for any single person to understand.
from http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/ :
Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. It is a collection of Session Laws (enacted by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor, or enacted via the initiative process), arranged by topic, with amendments added and repealed laws removed. It does not include temporary laws such as appropriations acts. The official version of the RCW is published by the Statute Law Committee and the Code Reviser.
The RCW Index document - just the index - as of December 2016, is a 748 page PDF. It is single-spaced, uses a small (10 point)? font, and runs 3 columns per page. There are no blank pages that I noticed flipping through it.
Those are just the state laws. Now, add in all of the County, City, and Tribal laws that a typical local LEO is expected to enforce, and you've built a system where officers can legitimately assume that anyone they're interacting with is breaking _some_ law.
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Re: Two-factor authentication
ICE Agent: "Thank you sir, now please log in and authorize the USG terror-detector app to access your account, Ok, we're good to go. Thank you, and have a nice day."
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But they're going to. So now's a good time to start planning for it to happen.
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"Sorry officer, no idea what that might be. I didn't put it in there, and I didn't leave it alone until I handed it to the airline agent. How many people did you say handled my bag before you found it?"
I also don't check anything of any value, but then, I never have.
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Dear Social Media Platforms:
Think of it as a Valet Key for your social media account.
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The "Email Privacy Act of 2017" is going to be the new "Video Privacy Protection Act" of 1988. The politicians have too much to lose from _not_ protecting email at this point, and they know it.
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Yup. Because all those shipping ports with direct access to the Pacific, including being a major shipping lane for good to and from Asia, are just a tremendous drag on the US Economy.
Nothing bad at all would happen to the US economy if the US were to lose direct access to those ports.
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You do realize most men in America are circumcised, yes?
Given that circumcision is an integral part of Judeo-Christian religious dogma, where do you propose we find sufficient quantities of uncircumcised men to protect us?
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All 3 of which become easier for them to accomplish if the US role in world affairs is diminished.
Again, this is all speculative and opinion, and therefore easily shredded.
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Yeah, and this is why the US is going to get our asses handed to us in the next 20-50 years: As a society we're functionally incapable of looking more than a couple years out, strategically speaking.
China and Russia are playing long games with the US, and the US hasn't figured that out.
Tactically, having a "friendly" US president is moderately useful.
Strategically speaking, the US beginning taking action to withdraw from the international community and begin the voluntary process of alienating its Allies and Neighbors is absolutely priceless to Russia and China.
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I'm a sucker for quotes, so I'll channel Yoda on this one: “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
There's a lot more wisdom in that than most people realize.
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That a large number of people are legitimately terrified and feel a strong desire for someone, anyone, to protect them at any cost shouldn't be a surprise.
It's sad. But utterly predictable.
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