What exactly is your point? Operation Warpspeed worked. Now days most MAGATs claim the Covid vaccine is poison. Do you get your boosters?
Now the U.S. is not doing any mRNA research even though there were wildly promising trials for pancreatic cancer with the promise of many more breakthroughs. All kinds of cancer research was halted & basically tossed.
President Asshole & his asshole minions are either stupid or hate our citizens.
I've followed some leftist media in the past. NPR is no where close to leftist. They bend over backwards trying to please the right wing.
When I am traveling in a rural area, far from the big markets, I like to explore the dial & listen to the crazy ass shit that gets spewed out into the airways. I learned the Jan 6 was perpetrated by Antifa! They have the video evidence proving it! But they can't share it because "The Deep State" keeps removing it from the Internet. Another time they were playing old recordings of Alex Jones. Long ago learned that the Smurfs are demonic & are teaching our children to accept demons when the time comes.
All that & more. From what I could tell, when you get out there in the sticks, there are wildly batshit crazy right wing radio stations & it's challenging to find any honest news. There is no way these stations are making money btw, they are getting funding from somewhere.
Many of these area actually covered by NPR. It's quite obvious why President Asshole & the rest of the assholes want do get rid of public media. They do not want these people to hear any accurate news.
There it is, you make the claim, now you provide the proof.
In various studies, NPR regularly falls in the middle, maybe slightly left. Google it yourself. Maybe you will find a study that agrees with you!
It would take a 1000 word essay for me to describe my trials & tribulations with Comcrap. Here is a good one:
My sister calls me because her Internet is down. I go there with a new cable modem (yes I keep a spare) & go through all the motions & am able to prove that it's the cable, something outside the home causing the problem. So we call Comcrap CS & I pose as my brother-in-law so they will talk to me.
After the usual extended menu insanity & extended hold time I get though to a rep. I explain the problem in detail being as polite as I possibly can. They automatically claim that it's the cable modem as my sister does not rent the comcrap one. I tell them clearly that I am using a new, just out of the box cable modem. They say it doesn't matter, it's still the cable modem. Even if I went & bought a dozen cable modems & none of them worked, she told be it wouldn't matter, it's still the cable modem.
So I escalate the call. The "supervisor" claims the same thing, it's the cable modem. They will not schedule a service call. I start to get agitated. Then they claim some sort of hundreds of dollars if we were to get a service call. I tell them not to threaten me with these charges as I am sure the problem is outside the home. 10 mins or so of my bitching, getting more & more agitated, basically begging for to schedule service, YELLING at the end, she finally schedules a service call. After the call my sister says that they would never been able to get through all that.
The problem? The drop cable from the pole was 30 years old, corroded, & had to be replaced. Problem solved. Even better, two months later, fiber from a different provider became available my sister's residence. Of course she cancelled comcrap, got terabyte speeds for half the cost. Why would they ever stay even after comcrap offered to match the deal?
One place I lived I had a choice between 3 providers & prices were $70 less a month. Services better? meh
At my current residence all we have is Comcrap & they know it. There is a cable 30-40 yards away that carries both AT&T & Verizon fiber but we can get neither here.
The day will come when I can call & cancel Comcrap. I plan to throw a party that day to celebrate!
We can wave goodbye to all consumer protection. That & environmental protections, worker's protections... the list is long.
It seems that sightly more than half the voting population of the U.S. believes in more polluted air & water, fuck worker's rights, & let multinational corporations fuck the consumer as much as the can.
Morons.
No special deals, just the same price as anyone else using a phone. As for inmates paying for being in prison, it's already being done all over the country.
It's stupid as hell & is adding to the punishment given by their sentencing. So they get out of prison heavily in debt, debt that they are unlikely to be able to pay. For what, to ruin their credit?
What is the goal here? Is it to make things worse? Serious question... you know most won't be able to pay, what is it you really want? This will not help avoid recidivism if that's what you think. Which means it will not reduce crime. So this makes it bad for all of us.
Morons come up with these idiotic ideas, then nod their heads like they are shmart or something.
The Michigan Supreme Court is elected to 8 year terms. Not nominated & confirmed for a lifetime appointment. At least at this time, we have a court that actually leans more towards what most of the people actually want.
Imagine that. By the people, for the people. Crazy talk.
My Netgear Nighthawk cable modem/router is now 4 years old. I've paid for it over & over by not paying Comcrap.
That link for me:
"The product you’re interested in isn’t available for purchase at this time."
NBD as I am on a contract with the reduced rate for the nest 19 months or so.
As I remember, they had one package that was unlimited & it was more PLUS I had to rent there box so it was another $15 every month. Nope.
The day will come when I can disconnect Comcrap. I plan to host a party & celebrate it properly.
Neither my brother or sister, both cord cutters, could watch the Rosebowl. Had I known, I would have invited them over. However, this is not a deal breaker for me to cut the cord.
Due to Comcrap caps, I am leery of cord cutting. I come close every month & gone over a couple times but weaseled out of paying. Plus I just got the bill lowered again & it's still very high but just enough to keep me.
What kills me is I can look to my right, out the window, & see the lines that have both AT&T & Verizon fiber on it. But we can't get either. Verizon offered a great deal but couldn't deliver. But I threated Compcrap with going to Verizon & it helped lower the bill again.
I've spent the past 24 years fighting for a lower bill. Mostly with success but having to fight every year is getting old.
I just texted my brother, he got a 7 day trial of some service so he can watch the championship game tonight.
Nope, no I.D. theft protection service offered. I mean it's not that big of a deal, those services aren't so great anyhow. However, they is very little loss for Comcrap, so why would they invest on more security?
If it is so dangerous to law enforcement, don't do any raids. It's truly is dangerous to everyone involved. Just don't do them. Maybe in in extreme circumstances, where the possible loss of life is worth the risk.
No more raids. Imagine if David Koresh got arrested coming out of the 7/11. No knock or not, none, just stop doing them.
The availability of drugs, booze, cell phones, & other contraband in prisons is nothing new. Anecdotally I've heard first hand accounts that in every prison these things are available to the prisoner who has money. The majority comes from correction officers.
Not just Rikers, every prison. Drugs are close to street prices. It's been this way forever. The larger concern is abuse & neglect by staff IMO.
They got my address right. At least the advertised speeds. Funny thing about those little green dots is the dot next to me has AT&T Fiber available & the pole that it comes from is closer to my home than theirs. But the lines for mine come from the other direction so, as the map shows, all AT&T can offer me is 25/5.
The only real broadband I can get comes from Comcrap. Comcrap knows this & it's priced that way.
20 years ago I had a family member in prison. She needed support from the outside (of course) as she was working on education/rehabilitation. Every call she made to us cost $50 from a California prison. The education wasn't free either but we paid it (& I never believed it would amount to anything).
She got out, used her education to land a decent job in the field she was trained in. She excelled & moved up & now is the superintendent of the facility she works at.
Her success in reentering society was directly caused by her support on the outside, from her loved ones. Lucky she had family that could afford $50 15 minute phone calls twice a month.
These expensive phone calls punish the family of the inmates who did not break any laws. Inmates who's outside support can't afford these calls equates to a higher recidivism rate. That's not good for any of us.
Suspected of breaking the law? Caught being in a high crime neighborhood asking directions on the street? They take your car. No conviction needed. You gotta buy it back from them. Or get threatened with 90 days for a misdemeanor (explain that to your boss). No arrest, no charges, but your car is gone unless you got thousands of dollars to buy it back.
What exactly is your point? Operation Warpspeed worked. Now days most MAGATs claim the Covid vaccine is poison. Do you get your boosters? Now the U.S. is not doing any mRNA research even though there were wildly promising trials for pancreatic cancer with the promise of many more breakthroughs. All kinds of cancer research was halted & basically tossed. President Asshole & his asshole minions are either stupid or hate our citizens.
Leftist media
I've followed some leftist media in the past. NPR is no where close to leftist. They bend over backwards trying to please the right wing. When I am traveling in a rural area, far from the big markets, I like to explore the dial & listen to the crazy ass shit that gets spewed out into the airways. I learned the Jan 6 was perpetrated by Antifa! They have the video evidence proving it! But they can't share it because "The Deep State" keeps removing it from the Internet. Another time they were playing old recordings of Alex Jones. Long ago learned that the Smurfs are demonic & are teaching our children to accept demons when the time comes. All that & more. From what I could tell, when you get out there in the sticks, there are wildly batshit crazy right wing radio stations & it's challenging to find any honest news. There is no way these stations are making money btw, they are getting funding from somewhere. Many of these area actually covered by NPR. It's quite obvious why President Asshole & the rest of the assholes want do get rid of public media. They do not want these people to hear any accurate news.
There it is, you make the claim, now you provide the proof. In various studies, NPR regularly falls in the middle, maybe slightly left. Google it yourself. Maybe you will find a study that agrees with you!
Comcrap
It would take a 1000 word essay for me to describe my trials & tribulations with Comcrap. Here is a good one: My sister calls me because her Internet is down. I go there with a new cable modem (yes I keep a spare) & go through all the motions & am able to prove that it's the cable, something outside the home causing the problem. So we call Comcrap CS & I pose as my brother-in-law so they will talk to me. After the usual extended menu insanity & extended hold time I get though to a rep. I explain the problem in detail being as polite as I possibly can. They automatically claim that it's the cable modem as my sister does not rent the comcrap one. I tell them clearly that I am using a new, just out of the box cable modem. They say it doesn't matter, it's still the cable modem. Even if I went & bought a dozen cable modems & none of them worked, she told be it wouldn't matter, it's still the cable modem. So I escalate the call. The "supervisor" claims the same thing, it's the cable modem. They will not schedule a service call. I start to get agitated. Then they claim some sort of hundreds of dollars if we were to get a service call. I tell them not to threaten me with these charges as I am sure the problem is outside the home. 10 mins or so of my bitching, getting more & more agitated, basically begging for to schedule service, YELLING at the end, she finally schedules a service call. After the call my sister says that they would never been able to get through all that. The problem? The drop cable from the pole was 30 years old, corroded, & had to be replaced. Problem solved. Even better, two months later, fiber from a different provider became available my sister's residence. Of course she cancelled comcrap, got terabyte speeds for half the cost. Why would they ever stay even after comcrap offered to match the deal? One place I lived I had a choice between 3 providers & prices were $70 less a month. Services better? meh At my current residence all we have is Comcrap & they know it. There is a cable 30-40 yards away that carries both AT&T & Verizon fiber but we can get neither here. The day will come when I can call & cancel Comcrap. I plan to throw a party that day to celebrate!
Not just Broadband Consumer Protection
We can wave goodbye to all consumer protection. That & environmental protections, worker's protections... the list is long. It seems that sightly more than half the voting population of the U.S. believes in more polluted air & water, fuck worker's rights, & let multinational corporations fuck the consumer as much as the can. Morons.
No special deals
No special deals, just the same price as anyone else using a phone. As for inmates paying for being in prison, it's already being done all over the country. It's stupid as hell & is adding to the punishment given by their sentencing. So they get out of prison heavily in debt, debt that they are unlikely to be able to pay. For what, to ruin their credit? What is the goal here? Is it to make things worse? Serious question... you know most won't be able to pay, what is it you really want? This will not help avoid recidivism if that's what you think. Which means it will not reduce crime. So this makes it bad for all of us. Morons come up with these idiotic ideas, then nod their heads like they are shmart or something.
The Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is elected to 8 year terms. Not nominated & confirmed for a lifetime appointment. At least at this time, we have a court that actually leans more towards what most of the people actually want. Imagine that. By the people, for the people. Crazy talk.
My Netgear Nighthawk cable modem/router is now 4 years old. I've paid for it over & over by not paying Comcrap. That link for me: "The product you’re interested in isn’t available for purchase at this time." NBD as I am on a contract with the reduced rate for the nest 19 months or so.
As I remember, they had one package that was unlimited & it was more PLUS I had to rent there box so it was another $15 every month. Nope. The day will come when I can disconnect Comcrap. I plan to host a party & celebrate it properly.
Thanks. Yeah my son stream (or downloads) everything one way or another. Personally I am under contract with Comcrap so I got no problem.
Fubo. That's the service he is using. He took a long time to respond to my text.
Sports can be a problem
Neither my brother or sister, both cord cutters, could watch the Rosebowl. Had I known, I would have invited them over. However, this is not a deal breaker for me to cut the cord. Due to Comcrap caps, I am leery of cord cutting. I come close every month & gone over a couple times but weaseled out of paying. Plus I just got the bill lowered again & it's still very high but just enough to keep me. What kills me is I can look to my right, out the window, & see the lines that have both AT&T & Verizon fiber on it. But we can't get either. Verizon offered a great deal but couldn't deliver. But I threated Compcrap with going to Verizon & it helped lower the bill again. I've spent the past 24 years fighting for a lower bill. Mostly with success but having to fight every year is getting old. I just texted my brother, he got a 7 day trial of some service so he can watch the championship game tonight.
No ID theft protection?
Nope, no I.D. theft protection service offered. I mean it's not that big of a deal, those services aren't so great anyhow. However, they is very little loss for Comcrap, so why would they invest on more security?
Count me in if...
.... I am able to obtain a Rebecca Fergusonbot.
Taco Tuesday!
Yesterday (Tuesday) I stopped & got to street tacos at a local joint who has a sign: Taco Tuesday! They were quite good. & what a value!
If it is so dangerous to law enforcement...
If it is so dangerous to law enforcement, don't do any raids. It's truly is dangerous to everyone involved. Just don't do them. Maybe in in extreme circumstances, where the possible loss of life is worth the risk. No more raids. Imagine if David Koresh got arrested coming out of the 7/11. No knock or not, none, just stop doing them.
Nothing new
The availability of drugs, booze, cell phones, & other contraband in prisons is nothing new. Anecdotally I've heard first hand accounts that in every prison these things are available to the prisoner who has money. The majority comes from correction officers. Not just Rikers, every prison. Drugs are close to street prices. It's been this way forever. The larger concern is abuse & neglect by staff IMO.
They got mine right
They got my address right. At least the advertised speeds. Funny thing about those little green dots is the dot next to me has AT&T Fiber available & the pole that it comes from is closer to my home than theirs. But the lines for mine come from the other direction so, as the map shows, all AT&T can offer me is 25/5. The only real broadband I can get comes from Comcrap. Comcrap knows this & it's priced that way.
About time!
20 years ago I had a family member in prison. She needed support from the outside (of course) as she was working on education/rehabilitation. Every call she made to us cost $50 from a California prison. The education wasn't free either but we paid it (& I never believed it would amount to anything). She got out, used her education to land a decent job in the field she was trained in. She excelled & moved up & now is the superintendent of the facility she works at. Her success in reentering society was directly caused by her support on the outside, from her loved ones. Lucky she had family that could afford $50 15 minute phone calls twice a month. These expensive phone calls punish the family of the inmates who did not break any laws. Inmates who's outside support can't afford these calls equates to a higher recidivism rate. That's not good for any of us.
Take the car!
Suspected of breaking the law? Caught being in a high crime neighborhood asking directions on the street? They take your car. No conviction needed. You gotta buy it back from them. Or get threatened with 90 days for a misdemeanor (explain that to your boss). No arrest, no charges, but your car is gone unless you got thousands of dollars to buy it back.