If a federal court can't make federal agents play by the Constitutional rules, who can?
This seems to me to be a separation of powers issue. Courts are ill-equipped to direct law enforcement in the face of a riot. Courts can sort out the aftermath. But the folks giving instructions to the officers are in the executive branch.
So to answer the question: the voters will get to make the decision, not the courts.
How was your Wednesday? I spent 5 and a half hours of mine watching the most inane and stupid hearing
I appreciate you watching it and telling us about it. Although I wouldn't ever have the time to watch it, I'm sure that if I did try to find the time to watch stuff like this, then I would probably get queasy viewing it. Thanks for suffering so that we don't have to.
Exactly, it's Crony Capitalism. Instead of competing based on the best products that meet consumer demand, it's all about who is the most politically connected.
Faster releases to home viewing have been too long in the making, thanks to the anti-competitive deals that have been cut over the years. Hopefully now, the Spaceballs Instant Cassette is right around the corner.
A disappointing comment. I reckon that I agree with about 80% of the articles written here. Am I not welcome here unless I meet some minimum threshold? 90% 95%? Or do you not tolerate anyone who doesn't agree with you completely?
I seem to remember reports from a few years back in which people would deliberately wear makeup or other head coverings which severely lowered the accuracy of facial recognition systems. It's good to see that not much has changed, and that they can still often be fooled. But now that people have a deliberate excuse to wear a mask, I can't wait to see masks and deliberately confusing features combined.
Picture a mask with an image of someone else's face on it.
Years ago, I remember watching professional wrestling on TV. It was some smaller wrestling association that lacked the production value of what we typically view as standard today. The event looked like it was in some small auditorium, with folding chair seats, bad lighting, and a small crowd that left the venue half-empty. It screamed "cheap" and "low-budget".
But the wrestlers weren't doing anything different from what they do nowadays. With some better camera work, better lighting rigs, and a few thousand screaming fans packed into that auditorium, it could have looked awesome. Over the years things improved. I expect that other sports will similarly upgrade the realism and production value that goes into simulating spectators. It attracts more viewers and makes it more exciting to watch. Give it time.
Wilkinson's argument is this: to properly police areas where crime is common, the government must be allowed to "overstep its proper role." And this side of the "two Americas" should just be willing to exchange part of their rights for greater law enforcement efficiency.
I read the argument much differently. Judges sometimes hamstring law enforcement with bad decisions. When they do, it increases crime. People with money move out of the high population areas and avoid paying the price. The people who pay the price for the mistakes of judges are the poor, and minorities.
This is why the other judges had to attack him so hard. While I'm unsure of Wilkinson's reasoning, he did hit the other judges where it hurts: right in the consequences.
Perhaps the Governor needs to deploy the National Guard to stand between the protestors and the federal agents, to protect the protestors from the federal government.
In similar situations with right vs left protesters being separated by a police force, recent episodes have often devolved into the leftists battling with the police force. I forsee National Guard standing between protesters and federal agents having a similar result: federal property is protected, and the mob battling the National Guard. It would be a serious backfire for the Governor.
And I find that there is sufficient evidence that the harassment that plaintiff's counsel has received is induced or inspired by the postings of Mr. Montgomery.
If this judge's reasoning here were to become an actual legal principle, then nearly all controversial speech would have grounds for censorship.
I've always viewed this as excellent satire. If some people can't figure out if it's real or not, then it's perfect. It must straddle the line between believability and the outlandish. Well done.
I guess that's why it would make such a stink, and also why there were constant interoperability wars back then. The IM servers couldn't stop a 3rd party client from logging into the servers without requiring an update to their own client program, but the 3rd party clients couldn't stop the service from constantly updating the client for a new form of validation.
And all of that turned out to be a massive financial mistake, as eventually Facebook reached critical mass. The IM market could have earned billions had they worked together.
Such app blocking might also risk generating an antitrust inquiry.
Exactly. If the major content producers with tons of followers had such an app, the abandonment problem that Parler experienced would go away. Also, just like the Trillian days, I expect twitter to make a big stink about it. Monopolies hate interoperability.
Large online communities beget larger online communities. I figured that there was a good chance that something like this would happen to Parler, where you can't reach critical mass enough to attract a huge audience.
One of the key problems it seems for the content producers who support alternative platforms is that they have to duplicate their work. If Parler, or any other alternative social network wants to make a dent in the current near-monopoly situation, then what they should do is create a client app that can login and post across multiple platforms simultaneously. As an added benefit, it would REALLY ruffle some feathers for another dose of publicity.
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So if some Chinese people were doing it, say, Hong Kong would be a great example currently, but anywhere in China, how would you feel about that?
I can't say that I followed the Hong Kong protests much, but if they were destroying property, engaging in violence, or advocating for anarchy, then I would denounce those things.
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Yeah, that's right. The original CHOP was in Seattle. I glanced at a headline earlier today that reported that they are trying to form a CHOP in Portland. That's why the Portland CHOP stood out for me. My bad.
But my point still stands. A CHOP in any city is an abomination. When the local politicians refuse to send in the police and restore order, they become accomplices to anarchy.
You should stop getting your news from sources that spew propaganda. Portland and Chicago are both perfectly fine cities. They haven't "become" whatever you think they've become.
I guess now CBS and NBC are "spewing propaganda", because after this weekend's 65 shot/13 dead, last night a funeral for one of last week's victims was shot up. Another 15 shooting victims.
But you don't have to take my word for it. Take the city residents themselves. Chicago's population has been in decline while the rest of the nation's population has been significantly growing in recent years. Very poorly run.
that impression was entirely autogenous - i.e. generated by you and you alone.
That impression was independently generated by millions of Americans as they witnessed the Portland CHOP. Anarchy Zone indeed!
And it should be noted that the call is for the local authorities to protect their citizenry from illegal federal activities. Or put another way, their jobs.
If you scrap the police, and hire a bunch of social workers is their place, then I'm confident no such citizen protection from federal activity shall occur. It's quite a conundrum. Can't live with them, can't live without them.
If our local governments fail to defend the populace against a national tyranny, it's time for the citizenry to refresh the roots of the tree of liberty."
Last week, I was under the impression that local governments were going to defund the police and encourage anarchy. Now you want them back to defend the citizenry? What a turnaround!
Which is what, exactly? I live near Portland and it has always been a very peaceful, generally happy city even in down times.
Better do an internet search on "Portland statue riots" that have been emerging in the past couple days. Those videos have been viewed millions of times now.
Meanwhile, over in Chicago, it's a warzone. Dozens shot, many killed. Just in the past few days.
I suppose we can disagree about the narrative, and the causes of various problem. That's fine. But what I'm saying is that the image that is emerging from certain areas around the country is reprehensible to most people, and that Trump is positioning himself as the solution.
There is no problem to solve that requires the intervention of military personnel. Sending them to Portland, et....
You sound so angry! I'm conjuring up images of the Kevin Bacon riot scene from the movie Animal House. "ALL IS WELL!!!!!"
But it actually sounds like you do get it. Trump is sending a message to American voters. You just can't have it both ways, that Trump doesn't know what he's doing, yet he's doing it deliberately.
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This seems to me to be a separation of powers issue. Courts are ill-equipped to direct law enforcement in the face of a riot. Courts can sort out the aftermath. But the folks giving instructions to the officers are in the executive branch.
So to answer the question: the voters will get to make the decision, not the courts.
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Sacrifice
I appreciate you watching it and telling us about it. Although I wouldn't ever have the time to watch it, I'm sure that if I did try to find the time to watch stuff like this, then I would probably get queasy viewing it. Thanks for suffering so that we don't have to.
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Exactly, it's Crony Capitalism. Instead of competing based on the best products that meet consumer demand, it's all about who is the most politically connected.
Faster releases to home viewing have been too long in the making, thanks to the anti-competitive deals that have been cut over the years. Hopefully now, the Spaceballs Instant Cassette is right around the corner.
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A disappointing comment. I reckon that I agree with about 80% of the articles written here. Am I not welcome here unless I meet some minimum threshold? 90% 95%? Or do you not tolerate anyone who doesn't agree with you completely?
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Remembering
I seem to remember reports from a few years back in which people would deliberately wear makeup or other head coverings which severely lowered the accuracy of facial recognition systems. It's good to see that not much has changed, and that they can still often be fooled. But now that people have a deliberate excuse to wear a mask, I can't wait to see masks and deliberately confusing features combined.
Picture a mask with an image of someone else's face on it.
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Supporters
I always thought that it was the modern supporters of 230 who claimed not enough speech was being removed, not the critics.
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Production Value
Years ago, I remember watching professional wrestling on TV. It was some smaller wrestling association that lacked the production value of what we typically view as standard today. The event looked like it was in some small auditorium, with folding chair seats, bad lighting, and a small crowd that left the venue half-empty. It screamed "cheap" and "low-budget".
But the wrestlers weren't doing anything different from what they do nowadays. With some better camera work, better lighting rigs, and a few thousand screaming fans packed into that auditorium, it could have looked awesome. Over the years things improved. I expect that other sports will similarly upgrade the realism and production value that goes into simulating spectators. It attracts more viewers and makes it more exciting to watch. Give it time.
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I read the argument much differently. Judges sometimes hamstring law enforcement with bad decisions. When they do, it increases crime. People with money move out of the high population areas and avoid paying the price. The people who pay the price for the mistakes of judges are the poor, and minorities.
This is why the other judges had to attack him so hard. While I'm unsure of Wilkinson's reasoning, he did hit the other judges where it hurts: right in the consequences.
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In similar situations with right vs left protesters being separated by a police force, recent episodes have often devolved into the leftists battling with the police force. I forsee National Guard standing between protesters and federal agents having a similar result: federal property is protected, and the mob battling the National Guard. It would be a serious backfire for the Governor.
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If this judge's reasoning here were to become an actual legal principle, then nearly all controversial speech would have grounds for censorship.
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I've always viewed this as excellent satire. If some people can't figure out if it's real or not, then it's perfect. It must straddle the line between believability and the outlandish. Well done.
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I guess that's why it would make such a stink, and also why there were constant interoperability wars back then. The IM servers couldn't stop a 3rd party client from logging into the servers without requiring an update to their own client program, but the 3rd party clients couldn't stop the service from constantly updating the client for a new form of validation.
And all of that turned out to be a massive financial mistake, as eventually Facebook reached critical mass. The IM market could have earned billions had they worked together.
Such app blocking might also risk generating an antitrust inquiry.
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Exactly. If the major content producers with tons of followers had such an app, the abandonment problem that Parler experienced would go away. Also, just like the Trillian days, I expect twitter to make a big stink about it. Monopolies hate interoperability.
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Killer App
Large online communities beget larger online communities. I figured that there was a good chance that something like this would happen to Parler, where you can't reach critical mass enough to attract a huge audience.
One of the key problems it seems for the content producers who support alternative platforms is that they have to duplicate their work. If Parler, or any other alternative social network wants to make a dent in the current near-monopoly situation, then what they should do is create a client app that can login and post across multiple platforms simultaneously. As an added benefit, it would REALLY ruffle some feathers for another dose of publicity.
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I can't say that I followed the Hong Kong protests much, but if they were destroying property, engaging in violence, or advocating for anarchy, then I would denounce those things.
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Yeah, that's right. The original CHOP was in Seattle. I glanced at a headline earlier today that reported that they are trying to form a CHOP in Portland. That's why the Portland CHOP stood out for me. My bad.
But my point still stands. A CHOP in any city is an abomination. When the local politicians refuse to send in the police and restore order, they become accomplices to anarchy.
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I guess now CBS and NBC are "spewing propaganda", because after this weekend's 65 shot/13 dead, last night a funeral for one of last week's victims was shot up. Another 15 shooting victims.
But you don't have to take my word for it. Take the city residents themselves. Chicago's population has been in decline while the rest of the nation's population has been significantly growing in recent years. Very poorly run.
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That impression was independently generated by millions of Americans as they witnessed the Portland CHOP. Anarchy Zone indeed!
If you scrap the police, and hire a bunch of social workers is their place, then I'm confident no such citizen protection from federal activity shall occur. It's quite a conundrum. Can't live with them, can't live without them.
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Last week, I was under the impression that local governments were going to defund the police and encourage anarchy. Now you want them back to defend the citizenry? What a turnaround!
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Better do an internet search on "Portland statue riots" that have been emerging in the past couple days. Those videos have been viewed millions of times now.
Meanwhile, over in Chicago, it's a warzone. Dozens shot, many killed. Just in the past few days.
I suppose we can disagree about the narrative, and the causes of various problem. That's fine. But what I'm saying is that the image that is emerging from certain areas around the country is reprehensible to most people, and that Trump is positioning himself as the solution.
You sound so angry! I'm conjuring up images of the Kevin Bacon riot scene from the movie Animal House. "ALL IS WELL!!!!!"
But it actually sounds like you do get it. Trump is sending a message to American voters. You just can't have it both ways, that Trump doesn't know what he's doing, yet he's doing it deliberately.
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