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• On the post: The Casual Cruelty Of Cops: Inventory Search Edition

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2023 @ 05:49pm

  Vast majority, no. Majority, no. But enough that the rest get plastered with the bad name. Bad apples spoiling the barrel, and all that.

• On the post: Not In Kansas Anymore? Police Chief Suspended Following Raid Of Small Town Newspaper

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2023 @ 05:35pm

  Because of course he did. The police chief should be punished monetarily, or maybe even jail time. Not a lateral move to another police department.

• On the post: Unity Fallout Continues: Dev Group Shuts Down While Developers Refuse To Come Back

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2023 @ 05:33pm

  Bu… but-but but… Money! If possible, they'd charge per CPU instruction executed, and make the customer glad about it.

• On the post: Court: Apparently Vindictive Detainment And Strip Search Are, Yep, Constitutional Violations

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2023 @ 08:55pm

  "The second great commandment…"

  Would you like to be stripped and have a cavity search if you couldn't make bail for whatever reason, but a friend came in to make bail, but the police wouldn't release you because they had a hair up their bum? Are you willing to follow through with that?

• On the post: The Group Claiming To Have Hacked Sony Is Using GDPR As A Weapon For Demanding Ransoms

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2023 @ 08:51pm

  Bluffing?

  I'm surprised, then, that no-one has called their bluff.

• On the post: Minnesota’s Top Court The Latest To Say The Smell Of (Legal) Marijuana Can’t Justify A Warrantless Search

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2023 @ 08:48pm

  Punishment

  Unless and until the officers who engage in this conduct are punished, "Smell of marijuana" will continue to be used to violate rights.

• On the post: Fifth Circuit Denies Immunity To Detective Who Arrested A Man For A Satirical Facebook Post

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2023 @ 05:10pm

  Of course cops aren't people. They're SUPER-people. It says so in the Constitution. /s for those not aware.

• On the post: HP Fails To Dodge Lawsuit Over Blocking Users From Using Their Printer Scanner If Ink Cartridges Aren’t Installed

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2023 @ 10:53am

  Printer has $150 of equipment, costs $50; ink has $5 of equipment, costs $25

  Nah, printers are a loss-leader for a lot of them. Stop buying their ink instead.

• On the post: After Canada Starts Taxing News Links, Canadians Are Upset That They Can’t Follow News Of Wildfires On Facebook

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2023 @ 01:05am

  Facebook gets fined, and you loose your account for violating the recently-updated TOS.

• On the post: Elon’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy On CSAM Apparently Does Not Apply To Conspiracy Theorist Accounts He Likes

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2023 @ 04:52pm

  Goat Fornicators

  Ah yes, Popehat's law of goat… er, fornication.

• On the post: Dish Lays Off Employees As Cord Cutting Chips Away At Dying Satellite TV Company’s 5G Pivot

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2023 @ 08:52pm

  Fraud

  Unless DISH thinks the money from shareholder fraud is worth more than being honest.

• On the post: Fox News Faces Headaches As Cord Cutting Kills Off Its Artificially Inflated Subscriber Totals

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2023 @ 02:28pm

  Soothe the conscious

  I'd use the old Bible term "soothsayers," but that's just me.

• On the post: Twitter Reveals That ‘X Holdings Corp.’ Has 95 Shareholders… That It Would Like To Keep Secret

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2023 @ 12:40pm

  Saudis?

  So Elon doesn't want the world to know that the Saudi government is one of the bigger shareholders?

• On the post: Fox Hit With Sanctions For Withholding Information In Dominion Libel Lawsuit

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2023 @ 10:44pm

  They're given every chance to change and become better. That way, when they're brought before the great judge, the excuse of "we weren't given time" will fall on deaf ears.

• On the post: Time Warner Discovery Execs Are Excited About Their Plan To Distance Themselves From The Popular HBO Brand And Further Dumb Down Their Streaming Service

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2023 @ 08:56am

  Stupidity

  The why is because an out-of-touch CEO thought it would be a good idea. They even had a focus group say so.

• On the post: Which Sucker Companies Are Going To Pay Elon Musk $1,000/Month To Get An Ugly Gold Badge?

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2023 @ 08:07pm

  Obvious Joke

  sees date of implementation "Is this out-of-season April Fool's joke?"

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 06:13pm

  Musk creates stuff? I thought he only "buys" stuff.

• On the post: Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 06:00pm

  If this was Twitter, you would be increasing the engagement by commenting, defeating the purpose of your whining. As it isn't, you're just feeding Google's search algorithm.

• On the post: Missouri Judge Says State’s Public Defender Waiting List Is Unconstitutional

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 03:43pm

  And some people are arrested due to bad luck. Arrested people aren't as guilty as you would like to believe. Also, should someone be held (not convicted, just held) for over a year for petty theft?

• On the post: In The End, Trump Will Screw Over Anyone: Including His ‘Own’ Social Media Company

  

  MaddTheSane ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2023 @ 04:35pm

  I was thinking of Trump when I wrote my comment, but Elon seems to have taken a page from Trump's book of not paying his bills.

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