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• On the post: McDonald’s Sued For Thwarting Third Party’s Solution To Its Broken Ice Cream Machine Problem

  

  Ed ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2022 @ 07:18am

  Follow the money

  Somebody at McDs is getting a kickback from Taylor.

• On the post: California Sheriff, US DOJ Sued For Seizures Of Cash Generated By Legal Pot Businesses

  

  Ed ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2022 @ 09:47am

  Criminal gangs

  LEOs are nothing but criminal gangs and terrorist organizations. And should be treated as such.

• On the post: Court Grants Qualified Immunity To Officer Who Told Couple To Take Down Facebook Post About Off-Duty Cop Who Shot Their Dog

  

  Ed ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2022 @ 07:52am

  Re: fair is fair

  NOTE: I have no intention of shooting anyone or anything. I don't own any weapons of any kind and loathe them. This is simply a hypothetical question expounding upon the seemingly common trope that 2nd amendment advocates posit about being able to defend themselves from any and all threats with impunity.

• On the post: Court Grants Qualified Immunity To Officer Who Told Couple To Take Down Facebook Post About Off-Duty Cop Who Shot Their Dog

  

  Ed ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2022 @ 07:44am

  fair is fair

  So since LEOs are a provable and documented threat to the safety of everyone and everything, should it then be reasonable that the general public can shoot them on sight? Just asking for some clarification.

• On the post: Australian Prime Minister, After Registering For A WeChat Account Using Unnamed Chinese Citizen, Finds His Account Sold To Someone Else

  

  Ed ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2022 @ 06:45am

  Huh?

  I have a WeChat account that I use to keep in touch with many of my Chinese friends. I'm not a Chinese citizen, I'm a very white American. I did not need to use some other person to open my WeChat account. I even have a Weibo account, which linked to my WeChat account. Now, I can't do monetary transactions in WeChat because that does require having a Chinese ID card and bank account, which I, of course, don't have. But, the app and account itself are not restricted otherwise. There is something with this Australian story that doesn't make much sense.

• On the post: Musk's Starlink Continues To Struggle With Very Basic Customer Service

  

  Ed ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2022 @ 06:59am

  Overpromised...

  like everything else from Musk. Musk is nothing but a master propagandist/conman who hires some talented people to come out with some nice, interesting tech. But, the conman in him always turns it to sh because Musk just can't be bothered to not be an ahole.

• On the post: Court Says That Travel Company Can't Tell Others How Much Southwest Flights Cost

  

  Ed ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2022 @ 07:43am

  Sucks to be Southwest

  I look for all of my flights on Google Flights. Southwest doesn't show up on there, so I never fly Southwest. I'm not going to waste my time hunting down their fares when I can view everyone else's fares in one spot. Besides, I don't fly cattle class.

• On the post: Appeals Court Denies Immunity To Bored Cop Who Decided To Turn A Natural Death Into A Murder

  

  Ed ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2022 @ 09:09am

  ACAB

  Gibson and Keller should hang for this, they've lied, cheated, and stolen the life of an innocent man. So typical for "police".

• On the post: Minneapolis Man Acquitted Of Charges After Mistakenly Shooting At Cops Sues Officers For Violating His Rights

  

  Ed ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2021 @ 12:16pm

  Re:

  And they'd be completely justified, IMO. Whether that action is thusly deemed "legal" may be at question, but justified, nonetheless.

• On the post: Minneapolis Man Acquitted Of Charges After Mistakenly Shooting At Cops Sues Officers For Violating His Rights

  

  Ed ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2021 @ 12:18pm

  ACAB

  As usual. There is no such thing as a "good cop". None.

• On the post: Trump Given 30 Days To Have His Social Media Site Comply With Open Source License

  

  Ed ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2021 @ 08:00am

  Re: Re: What will happen in 30 days?

  Are you purposely obtuse or just accidental?

• On the post: Media Spends Years Insisting Facebook Makes Society Worse; Then Trumpets A Poll Saying People Think Facebook Makes Society Worse

  

  Ed ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2021 @ 07:58am

  Re: Facebook is just a really large room of people ultimately

  Social media amplifies the people, millions upon millions of times in some cases. This is the problem. Yes, there have always been assholes, but they didn't have audiences of millions of people all over the world at their disposal.

• On the post: Media Spends Years Insisting Facebook Makes Society Worse; Then Trumpets A Poll Saying People Think Facebook Makes Society Worse

  

  Ed ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2021 @ 07:56am

  Re: Re: Not just Facebook...

  Again, you're simply pointing out one positive benefit that the cancer has provided. The cancer is still going to kill the patient, eventually, but at least he won't be obese, right?

• On the post: Yes, Even If You Think Project Veritas Are A Bunch Of Malicious Grifters, FBI Raid Is Concerning

  

  Ed ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2021 @ 07:49am

  Stop with the virtue signaling BS

  O'Keefe and Project Veritas most likely ARE involved in the theft of the diaries. This is what they do. There is no likely reason to think otherwise because they have proven themselves to be criminals every single time. There is no such thing as "journalistic ethics" or morals in them. None. So stop with the bullshit about their "rights as journalists". You're just playing into their propaganda.

• On the post: Data Shows LA Sheriff's Department Is Stopping Tons Of Latino Bicyclists, Rarely Finding Anything Illegal

  

  Ed ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2021 @ 07:45am

  ACAB

  There's no other reason.

• On the post: Media Spends Years Insisting Facebook Makes Society Worse; Then Trumpets A Poll Saying People Think Facebook Makes Society Worse

  

  Ed ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2021 @ 07:11am

  Not just Facebook...

  ...but all social media makes life on Earth worse. Facebook is one of the larger problems, but all of it, Instagram, Twitter, etc. are an insidious and metastasizing cancer on all of humanity. The very few positive aspects are far outweighed by the negatives (like saying a cancerous tumor helps you lose weight, so it isn't all bad).

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Tells NSO Group It Isn't A Government, Has No Immunity From WhatApp's Lawsuit

  

  Ed ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2021 @ 07:39am

  Could it be?

  Perhaps NSO doesn't want it finally revealed plainly that they really ARE a part of the Israeli government, operating out of the Mossad?

• On the post: Federal Government Announces Legal Defense Fund For Journalists Facing Bogus Defamation Lawsuits From Government Officials

  

  Ed ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2021 @ 08:31am

  What about Nunes?

  Why aren't they going to support all the journalists targeted by Nunes and other US reich-wing a**holes?

• On the post: Fifth Circuit Awards Immunity To Cop Who Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Jump On A Moving Car And Kill The Driver

  

  Ed ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2021 @ 08:28am

  ACAB

  It never changes.

• On the post: Trump Given 30 Days To Have His Social Media Site Comply With Open Source License

  

  Ed ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2021 @ 08:53am

  What will happen in 30 days?

  Nothing. Trump will ignore the law. Trump will fundraise on the "threats from libs!" The "law" won't do anything and Trump will continue to raise money and spew lies and propaganda all while the "libs!" wring their hands and moan about how unfair they're being treated and the Democrats in Congress argue about which verb or noun is more appropriate and continue to get absolutely nothing done.

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