That wasn’t the issue here. The issue here was inconsistency in the way the trustee handled the auction. An auction the trustee was given complete control over how to run by the court.

Even though there were no complaints at the time of the auction, from either party when the process was explained and processed. Only after the auction was over did the losing party (Jones’ puppet bidder) complain about it.

They usually do, it’s pennies to the government. Notice however, it’s information leading to the arrest AND conviction. They’re not getting paid anytime soon, if at all.

I literally just gave the example of them never switching parties and just voting opposite of their party all the time.

We already know that half of the electorate doesn’t look past the letter next to a candidate’s name. And a lot of elections have no challenger at all against the incumbent, even in areas where people complain about their representatives a lot.

That doesn’t actually solve a single issue, it’s just a lazy simple answer you think is some sort of gotcha, because you want a quick fix. That’s why we have shit like vague abortion bans and doctors that don’t know what is legal instead of specific guidelines they can follow, even if those guidelines are dogshit. Simple fixes are rarely good fixes, they’re just feel good fixes that actually make the issue worse when the complexity of the real world goes against it.

Agreed, however how do you word it to actually be effective? If you just make changing parties within X days/months of an election then they would just then not change parties. They’d stay registered as a Dem and vote with the GOP on everything. And what prevents them from just staying that way as a spoiler candidate in the future?

The only real effective prevention for this is an educated electorate. An educated electorate is what our system was designed for. It was not truly democratic or fair for all citizens, but everyone that could vote were expected to be educated on these matters just as part of society. Not quickly trying to learn about things right before an election, but educated about politics constantly because that’s what their position in society already required. As voting rights have expanded, the systems have not been updated and voter education has dramatically fallen.

Well yeah, they obviously plan to Epstein him. The public response around this hasn’t been going their way, they want to sweep it under the rug as quickly as possible.

The plan is to make it so ineffective it can justifiably be privatized entirely and their friends make millions by jacking up rates on a product that by design and necessity has no direct competitors.

Having all the incriminating evidence on him seems… Extremely unlikely considering the rest of what we know about the situation.

That’s the type of shit you’d expect from desperate police planting evidence. Planting a random suppressor, a supposedly “phantom” 3d printed gun, and a manifesto isn’t exactly hard. Only the gun could possibly be directly traced to the bullets fired, and that’s not something they can test in the field.

Not saying that’s necessarily the case here, but this would not be the first time law enforcement, including the FBI, planted evidence because of outside pressures.

We have a real use for the OceanGate sub design!

App Pinning DOES NOT lockdown the device, even if you have it set to require a PIN to unpin, biometrics still work to unlock the device.

It also gives you a warning that personal data may still be accessible and the pinned app can open other apps. It specifically says “Only use app pinning with people you trust”… which is the exact opposite of the use case here. And app pinning is turned off by default, you have go go searching in the settings to enable the ability.

This is the biggest issue I have with them. The only way this will work in modern society where the police can’t be trusted, is if the ID is accessible while the rest of the device is locked down.

And that’s really only possible if Apple and Google integrate that directly into the OS.

This will vary fairly widely based on electricity pricing in your area, and ambient temperatures. Batteries are less efficient in cold weather, and have to maintain minimum temperatures.

Here in AZ for instance, we pay about 13 cents, and temperatures are usually warmer than in OP’s use case. If you’re in an area that tends to have higher gas prices or prices that swing up and down a lot that will also have a fairly large effect on the comparison for you.

Pricing should be more stable than gas overall though either way since electricity pricing is usually pretty stable for the consumer, outside of Texas that is.

Why didn’t they bring it out more often?

Of course. And you’re lucky if a human even glanced at it before it gets posted so they can be the first to “break” a story or new info.

Pretty sure the 48 hours was about missing people. Generally because it’s hard to keep a person restrained and alive for an extended period, it’s easier to just dispose of them and try to take any ransom demanded anyway.

I’d argue his company’s dramatic increase in denial rates to double the industry average is objective proof that is wrong.

Theoretically. The structure is setup for one, it’s the individuals that fuck it up. As usual.

It’s not the right measure for progress. It’s the right measure for viability. If yield is terrible, the end product may cost too much to market.

Well of course. Toyota still foolishly thinks Hydrogen is going to be the replacement for gasoline. Their EV options are only there to meet bare minimum availability.

Hey, Star Trek just uses macguffin particles. The technological evolution steps still make logical sense.

Avatar’s path is just weird.

This. It’s the easiest way to find intolerant individuals. Those individuals are very rarely just anti-LGBTQ from my experience. They’re most often intolerant of everyone not like them.