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• On the post: Court Says 'Possible' Just As Good As 'Probable;' Lets DEA Keep Evidence From Warrantless Search

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2017 @ 06:17am

  If talking about shopping for food at Costco were sufficient to justify a search, many of us would be searched by the police twice a week—thrice right before Thanksgiving.

  I'd have been sent up the river for 'possession of Doritos with intent to distribute' (based on amount, though it's really all for personal use) years ago.

• On the post: Cop Cleans Out Wallet Of Unlicensed Hot Dog Vendor Just Because He Can

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2017 @ 11:30am

  The UCPD says the money taken from the vendor has been booked into evidence.

  All of it?

  Also, is it common to collect evidence for a misdemeanor? I mean beyond the scope of harassment. Can the money be used to pay off the fine for not having a permit?

• On the post: Senators Blast The FCC For Weakening The Definition Of Broadband To Try And Hide The Industry's Lack Of Real Competition

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2017 @ 10:38am

  Re: Re: I'm ok with this...with one caveat

  they only read this part of your comment right?

  Mostly because that's all that uploaded before they got sick of waiting...

• On the post: Bill Introduced That Would Make Arrested Protesters Pay Police Overtime, Gov't Expenses

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2017 @ 12:56pm

  Why bother not protesting?

  If this passes I suspect the police in PA will just start arresting affluent-looking people who happen to be near protests, just to help foot the bill.
  
  The bill doesn't seem to address the issue of how much of the bill would be charged- if there are 500 people there, and 10 are charged (and of course found guilty) would each person found guilty of something be charged 1/500 or 1/10 of the costs? Or am I optimistic in thinking that they wouldn't each be charged 100% of the costs?

• On the post: Court: TSA Agents Can Be Shielded From Certain Civil Rights Lawsuits Because They're Too Important

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2017 @ 06:53am

  So, what they're saying is...

  Ultimately, the role of the TSA in securing public safety is so significant that we ought not create a damages remedy in this context.

  It seems like the Court is saying that actions such as harassing passengers, providing false information to police officers, and lying under oath in a court of law are all part of the job description of TSA agents? I fail to see how any of those actions help with 'securing public safety'. But what actions will be protected next? Will TSA agents be allowed to shoot passengers if their bag looks suspicious, or if the screening line gets too long? Maybe expensive jewelry or electronics will be deemed 'suspicious' and subject to forfeit. Possibly attractive passengers will be selected for 'special screening' in a back room? All OK with this court apparently, as the TSA agents job is just too important to hold them liable. Brilliant.

• On the post: Chateau Marmont, Hotel For Celebrity Humans, Sends Trademark C&D To Cateau Marmont, Hotel For Cats

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2017 @ 06:33am

  Re: More importantly

  There is a market for this. A day or two is ok, but when we go away for more than a few days we have to board our cats. Nothing fancy like the Cateau, though, don't want them to get spoiled.

• On the post: Louisiana's Criminal Defamation Law Abused Again, But This Time The Gov't Gets Away With It

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2017 @ 07:53am

  Next time one of these fraudulent arrest warrants is issued, instead of turning themselves in they should just slowly roll past the police station in a white Ford Bronco...
  
  Seems like the judge was using any flimsy excuse he could to save the police and town from civil liability. Hopefully an appeals court will be able to correct this. IANAL, but it seems like the method he was arrested is irrelevant, and that he would have some level of valid complaint stemming from the mere existence of the fraudulent arrest warrant.

• On the post: One Twitter Account's Mission To Make White Supremacists Very, Very Famous

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2017 @ 06:47am

  Re: More speech

  How about slot machines themed after Confederate General Stonewall Jackson?

• On the post: One Twitter Account's Mission To Make White Supremacists Very, Very Famous

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2017 @ 10:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: lol

  but since he was placed in a high pressure situation he cracked in a bad way.

  Yeah, he meant to go to a Nazi rally held in a spa.

• On the post: Fox News Host Files SLAPP Suit Against Reporter Who Exposed His Sexting

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2017 @ 10:32am

  Going for discovery?

  he had a fairly astounding 14 sources for his story.

  Maybe he just wants to find out who the 14 are. His possible motives:

  1: "I've only sent 12 pics, two of those sources didn't actually get one- yet."

  2: "I've sent out 15 pics, that means one of them liked it! I must find out who at any cost..."

• On the post: Federal Court Strips Immunity From Sheriff Who Tried To Silence A Critic By Having Him Arrested

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2017 @ 06:34am

  Re: Re:

  So any chance of Sheriff Larpenter or Detective Prestenbach facing charges for presenting false information to the court? Judges usually don't like it when they're lied to.

• On the post: Monkey Selfie Case May Settle: PETA Knows It'll Lose, And The Photographer Is Broke

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2017 @ 11:17am

  I guess it's too late now...

  He should have just given the monkey a banana and called the selfie a work for hire...

• On the post: Journalist Sues FCC For Hiding Details About Its Alleged, Phantom DDOS Attack

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2017 @ 09:12am

  Re:

  If you look at it from their point of view, they were indeed hit by a DDoS.

  Distraught Denizens overloading System? The only one trying to 'deny service' is the FCC.

• On the post: Asset Forfeiture: Killing Criminal Organizations With $16 Seizures

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2017 @ 12:19pm

  Re:

  Soon all that will mean is that you've already been stopped by the police.

• On the post: E And J Gallo Sends Cease And Desist Trademark Notice To E And B Beer

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2017 @ 07:59am

  Only 2, I can think of more...

  Now, E and J Gallo apparently offered Landa the rights to keep his name, but only if he limited his sales to 2 states.

  Are those the states of confusion and disbelief?

• On the post: Winnipeg Man Has Vanity Plate Referencing Star Trek Recalled Over Complaints Of How Racist It Is

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2017 @ 08:22am

  Re: Darleks.

  Darlek? Isn't that how Cybermen spell Dalek? -Oh no they're back again!

• On the post: Prosecutor Incredibly Unhappy He's Being Forced To Respect That Whole 'Speedy Trial' Thing

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2017 @ 07:31am

  notoriously jammed up district court calendar that caused overcrowding at the jail

  Is this one of those for-profit private jails? It would be interesting to see if anyone in the court system owns part of any local private jails. Nice how they don't have funding to prosecute them but they have funding to keep them in jail.

• On the post: Oversight Board Finds NYPD Officers Still Violating Citizens' Right To Film Police

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2017 @ 06:28am

  It's tough to prove a recording existed prior to an alleged deletion when recordings that survive officers' deletion attempts usually absolves them of attempted deletion allegations.

  Is this trying to say that just because the officer failed in their attempt to delete a video, or that video can be recovered, that they can't be charged with trying to delete the video? Isn't that like claiming that I can't be given a speeding ticket because now I'm stopped on the side of the road?

• On the post: From Sans Serif To Sans Sharif: #Fontgate Leads To Calls For Pakistan's Prime Minister To Resign

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2017 @ 09:59am

  Re: Re: Re: Typography jokes are the best jokes

  I don't know how I will Console myself...

• On the post: From Sans Serif To Sans Sharif: #Fontgate Leads To Calls For Pakistan's Prime Minister To Resign

  

  Oblate ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2017 @ 07:06am

  Re: Typography jokes are the best jokes

  I think that pun is definitive proof that typography jokes are the best of all possible jokes.

  It certainly seems their Times have come...

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