Chandemonium

Rand Paul introduces bill banning no knock warrants I don’t see how the officers in the Breonna Taylor case could be reasonably charged with or convicted of a crime. From my understanding of the case, they had a legally obtained warrant and were at the correct address. The failure here was the policy which allowed them to serve that warrant by breaking in in plain clothes unannounced in the middle of the night. Ms. Taylor’s boyfriend, believing the home was being broken into by violent criminals acted the same way any of us who own firearms for personal protection would and shot at the intruders, and the police, who were there on legitimate police business with a valid warrant acted the same way they would in any other situation where they are taking fire from a suspect and shot back, resulting in Ms. Taylor’s death. It’s a tragic situation, but to me the actions of both Ms. Taylor’s boyfriend and the officers who returned fire appear justified based on their own perspectives and knowledge of the situation in the moment. Hopefully Mr. Paul’s legislation is able to gain enough bipartisan support to prevent these situations in the future.

While this meme intends to portray the conservatives as dumb poor folk who vote against their self interest trope, if as a culture we were more concerned with being rich than looking rich, we’d have a lot of debt free millionaires living like this.

No, that’s what yield means. Stop means stop.

In all seriousness, this scares me. We have an armed insurrection denouncing the US, claiming US territory as their own, and patrolling the border with armed troops. At what point does this escalate to the point of military intervention? It seems it would have to at some point, but as soon as that happens I don’t see how a full on nationwide shooting war isn’t far behind.

Then they should come out and say that, instead of beating around the bush and being unable to answer simple questions about who will respond to home invasions or active shooter situations.

I could buy the argument that the definition does not say to withdraw all funding from, if defund and disband weren’t being used interchangeably by the proponents of these ideas.

Who’s going to point out to him that under the left’s universal background checks they want to enact, that would be considered an illegal firearm transfer?

He clearly reaches out with his right hand at approximately waist height. I’m not saying he was making a play for the gun, in fact it seems like he probably wasn’t since he still had the phone, I’m just saying the cops can’t afford to have that same line of thinking and be wrong in a situation like that. My point is that it’s pretty clear that he no longer presents a threat when the guy is laying there in the fencing position literally bleeding out his ears. If you can’t see that we’ll have to agree to disagree I guess.

I do not. I have a background in recognizing and assessing risk behaviors so my analysis is from that perspective, but I’m a layperson when it comes to the law enforcement world.

They knew he was unconscious by the time they had a chance to cuff him. The first time I watched it I was more concerned that no one stopped to render aid than that they didn’t slap a pair of flex cuffs on a guy who was out cold. However, it’s been said that the medical response was better than it appeared in the video, and those guys have access to mechanical restraint devices as well if needed. I’m certainly not suggesting the guy had any ill intent, but he was nevertheless exhibiting certain behavioral cues that cops can’t ignore, for their own safety. I will say that I watched it again and I did not see the object (phone?) in the hand that he reached out with the first time I saw it. That certainly makes it seem less likely he was making a play for the officer’s gun, but even still in the moment that’s not a risk the officers can take.

As far as if it was justified, what I saw was the guy making a beeline for an advancing line of police in crowd control mode, which shows questionable judgement and is sure to put the officers even more on edge in an already tense situation, but the officers don’t put hands on him until he reaches out toward the belt/holster area on one of them. If you make a move like that, officers don’t have the luxury of thinking “he’s probably not going for my gun” and not acting because being wrong can be deadly, no matter the age or physical condition of the person in question. They push him away and he’s unable to keep his balance. The result is sickening to watch, but If he stayed on his feet or even fell differently, there would be no conversation about if the level of force used here was justified. I don’t understand your point about neutralizing him after he fell. Threats don’t get much more neutralized than being unconscious.

How exactly does one “actively pass out?”

Telegram ?

From the excerpt of the WaPo article referenced in the link: But even a technically sound program is useless without widespread consent. And obtaining such consent “would require a major reduction in our liberties and a prolonged period of increased surveillance,” as journalist Stephen Bush points out. Will Americans accept those reductions willingly and quickly enough to implement an effective testing regimen? It’s hard to imagine. In countries with successful testing programs, the relationship of citizens to the government differs from that of the United States in important respects. According to a 2018 Gallup poll, Germans are almost twice as likely as Americans (59 percent vs. 31 percent) to have confidence in government. This may help explain Germans’ greater willingness to comply with testing regimens and mask-wearing guidelines two things jump out here: 1) consent that requires surveillance and reduction in liberties is not consent at all. 2) history shows that German confidence in government and willingness to comply is not something to be lauded.

It’s possible that a van operated by a senior center or the like has different regulations than the mass transit system used by the general public.

No one is forced to get a drivers license, and having one is not a requirement to go out in public. So yes, optional exactly like drivers licenses are.

This is why I have automatic updates turned off.

A chicken wholesaler near me has started doing direct to customer sales to offset some of their lost business from restaurants. They announce a location, you drive up to the reefer truck, and they load it in your car. It’s dirt cheap compared to the grocery store, but the catch is you have to buy it in 40 lb case quantities. I have a chest freezer so I went this morning and stocked up just in case the supply chain takes continued hits from plant closures.

Let’s say you’re an average Joe who converted home heat from heating oil to natural gas a few years ago, but you still have a couple 500 gallon oil tanks in your basement. With oil prices at negative $38, is there any way you can call up the oil company and tell them to come drop off 1000 gallons of crude and $900?

An edged weapon can be a ranged weapon with some practice, although I’m guessing a 9 inch Bowie would make an awkward thrower.

Landline phones, and I think there’s still a couple companies making old school flip phones that just have talk and text. They probably still have GPS tracking software though.

I never said I blamed or didn’t blame anyone, I just don’t follow the logic of the tweet.

If the Virus in the first case to hit the area with the most severe outbreak in the US came from a strain that had already traveled from China to Europe and mutated, wouldn’t that be evidence that the China travel ban was effective, and his “victory lap” is justified? Otherwise the first case would be the Chinese strain.

It’s like if Ricky from Trailer Park Boys was running for president, only not funny.

I haven’t been out much the past few weeks as I’ve been working from home and buying 2 weeks worth of supplies at a time when I do go out. I work for the public school system and school closures were announced for my county the afternoon of March 13 right before dismissal time. By the end of that weekend it was extended to the entire state. Restaurants went take out only around the same time, state parks and some non-essential businesses were closed shortly thereafter, and the list of nonessential businesses ordered closed has been growing since. We’ve been under many of the same restrictions and sometimes more than other states with so called stay at home or shelter in place orders, our governor has just been reluctant to call it that until today.