Communism is incompatible with private property or classes which is why no matter how many states write “communism” on the tin, what they actually put in it is just fascist enforced state capitalism.
China is not more communist or even socialist than the USA. A strong ruling class loves fascism and hates socialism. They are actively hostile to communism.
China is state capitalism anyway. There isn’t much Communist about them. The “party” is their 1% permanent ruling class.
That just goes with a territory of having an iPhone. When you bought that device you signed on to a culture of consumption that is enforced by the developer of that device.
The developer can’t force Apple to let the developer give it to you for free. Apple doesn’t tolerate free very well and anything that is free on Apple is likely either a privacy nightmare or is paid for by some subscription you have with Apple.
This isn’t a problem with the app It’s a problem with the Apple.
I think it’s short for negligently discharged but it’s kind of stupid to shorten that. I can’t imagine what reason there is to not just write " negligently discharged".
Frankly I think calling it a “negligent discharge” is giving the officer too much credit. The gun shouldn’t even have been unholstered. Guns are used to shoot not threaten. If he was pulling the gun out then he intended to fire it and if he pulled the gun out without intending to fire it then it wasn’t a negligent discharge it was an incompetent booger hooking by a pants shitting coward.
I’m curious where you are that a business line doesn’t cost more than a residential one because in my area it’s three times as much. I am fortunate enough that I get symmetrical gigabit for $90 a month and although they don’t promise static IP my IP has not changed in a while.
If I wanted to get a real static IP I would have to upgrade to a business line It would cost $280 a month.
How dare they fight back. That’s such an antagonistic thing to do. Don’t they know they’re not allowed to defend themselves.
It reminds me of my own father knocking down the bathroom door and then saying, “Put your hands down. I consider that threatening.”
If you can, get pictures of the dog running unleashed and try to make sure the picturea don’t come from an angle that makes it obvious it was taken from your yard.
Taking photos from the street will give you some enhanced credibility and anonymity while also making the authorities think this is more than a neighborly dispute.
The luddites were a labor movement. They fought for the rights of skilled workers to make a living.
Somehow you have fallen for the myth that machines make art.
I put it on a lot of things sweet and savory alike. It goes with the rosemary, pepper, salt and coriander when I roast potatoes. It also goes into snickerdoodles or a half dozen different kinds of cake. It also makes a really good additive to soap if you make your own soap.
It’s such an underappreciated spice, at least in the US where nobody seems to know what’s going on despite enjoying the food.
The only time people don’t question what the flavor is, is when I make Indian food.
It turns out unemployment is low if you don’t count most of the people that are unemployed!
Some of the largest protests the world and specifically America had ever seen took place during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars drawing incredible numbers of people all across the country to protest. Our government got violent putting down a lot of those protests and The News largely just didn’t report it.
It’s just harder to hide shit now, but a lot of people seem to discount how much power the TV had over what people thought was going on outside.
I wonder if they have a choir, The Hawaii Mormon school music project would be an interesting alternative to the haunting Langley School music Project
I also like what I call the boomer addendum to hanlons razor, “never excuse to incompetence what results in profit” or put another way, “profit is never an accident”.
I don’t believe that the state has the right to make examples out of people, unless those people took an oath to the state and used that power to abuse people. Then, the state is obligated to do it.
Example making is a confession of impotence. It’s a way of highlighting the fact that you have up until now failed to do what you are supposed to be doing and would like to draw attention to a specific incident where you actually follow through on your responsibilities.
To put it another way, I think you must make examples out of people who abuse power you give them because it’s your fault and theirs that this happened. So they have earned being made into an example and you are obligated to make one. You must confess your impotence if you are in power.
Anything less than that is cowardice and corruption.
If you have a problem with the way that police are treated in prison then you have a problem with the way that prisons let people get treated. Under no circumstances should a police officer get special treatment at any step along the way unless that’s to make it harsher and more punitive.
Yeah they look like the default character model of a really cheap game with slightly different hair configurations.
We used to get the kind of snow that let you build snow forts and go sledding for months, now the one day we get snow is just a soggy mess and the freeze isn’t even long enough to allow for a break in the mosquitoes.
Too late, the damage is done.
We’re funding Israels pogrom and pretending that everything they said about UNRWA is true.
I totally appreciate the point, And I agree with you for what it’s worth.
Imagine if we stop giving aid to Israel just because they tortured and murdered a whole bunch of people? I mean at least that would make sense, right, since it was directed from the top levels of government through the entire official military.
Meanwhile we defund an aid organization because 12 people were suspected (through evidence gained by torture) of some wrongdoing at some point in the past.
The lack of standards for Israel is damning. If ever there was a country that we should have invaded well there it is.
Adobe basically invented the SaaS model. It’s not really practical to bootleg most Adobe products anymore either so most people break down and just pay the million dollar a year subscription fee so they can keep using it.