@#5 ... " Bellringer has long held the documents case was the clearest and worst of Trump's crimes."

I still hold that view. ...

... and the hush-money case was supposed to be the weakest of the three cases.

But 34 felony convictions later, even the weakest case was a win for Justice.

... The Governance Failures That Fed the Los Angeles Wildfires ...

Yeah, the failure of the GOP to do anything about climate change.

@#57 ... And I also predicted the $750 checks ... ...

Got a link?

@#55 ... It's almost like I predicted this several days ago. ...

Got a link?

So, Don, Jr's visit was little more than an orchestrated political event?

If so, why would it be done like that?

Does Pres-elect Trump think he can control the residents of Greenland in the same manner as he seems to try to control his MAGA cult, i.e., via media?

... Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a series of major baths in the Maha Kumbh festival, the largest religious congregation on Earth. ...

Great to see such a peaceful gathering.

So...

Connecting our nervous system and thoughts to a machine?

Who programs that machine?

Is this the start of AI taking over humanity?

@#17 ... we need inflation to come down below traditional numbers so that wages can catch up to price increases. ...

As I have posted on another thread, wage increases have surpassed inflation since 2023.

Here's the link I posted ...

... The SEC filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday, alleging the billionaire committed securities fraud in 2022 by failing to disclose he had amassed an active stake in Twitter, ...

Not a real surprise.

Mr Musk seems to think that his money can buy him justice for his endeavors.

Do the workers of this Country have that same apparent legal pass?

@#9 ... Keep this in mind when crowd size numbers come in. ...

Another thing to keep in mind ...

The nominee for leading the Department of Defense avoided answering the simple question of whether he would use the US military upon civilians who were protesting.

It was a simple question, and he seemed to refuse to answer it.

... Starbucks is scrapping a policy that had let anyone hang out at its cafes or use the restrooms without making a purchase. T ...

OK, that begs a question of me.

The good drivers of FedEx, UPS, et al, when they have to ~go,~ where do they go to ~go?~

Do those companies have agreements to allow their drivers to ~go~ when needed.

Or, do those drivers, once they enter the delivery truck at the beginning of the day, have to ~hold it~ until the end of their shift?

@#9 ... When implemented, tariffs are a tax on the consumer. ...

Yup.

So, why does Pres-elect Trump continue to try to assert that it is the foreign countries who will suffer from the tariffs imposed by Pres-elect Trump?

@#58 ... I think I speak for everyone ...

Yet another alias that thinks its opinion is representative of "everyone."

More from the article ...

... "Each of these companies has consistently engaged in anticompetitive practices that aim to monopolize the market, stifle any form of competition, create higher pricing for subscribers, and cheat consumers from deserved choice," Fubo CEO David Gandler said last year.

In August Fubo won an injunction, but that was then and this is now.

This week, Disney settled the allegations in the most American of ways: additional corporate consolidation. The company has announced it's taken a 70% ownership stake in Fubo, which immediately proceeded to drop its antitrust lawsuit. When Ars reached out to Fubo TV, the company's logic had taken a mysterious 180 thanks to the giant bag of money received from Disney:

"The definitive agreement that Fubo signed with Disney today will actually bring more choice to the market. As part of the deal, Fubo extended carriage agreements with Disney and also Fox, enabling Fubo to create a new Sports and Broadcast service and other genre-based content packages."

So Fubo execs got a big bag of money, and they'll be fine over the short term. Until the consolidated power of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros Discovery uses their consolidated leverage to ultimately drive them out of the market in a few years, precisely as Fubo originally predicted. At which point these executives will have moved on to something else anyway.

@#4 ... Justice no longer exists. Do crimes! ...

That seems to be what SCOTUS has told Pres-elect Trump.

Chief Justice Roberts should be ashamed of the SCOTUS he will go down in history as presiding over.

I'd proffer that he had differing aspirations when he accepted the Chief Justice assignment.

@#54 ... It's not climate change, climate change is a liberal hoax. ...

In my opinion, it is about climate change.

Not just what is currently happening in California, but what has also happened regarding the hurricanes' assault upon the good people of Florida.

imo, what it is about is climate change, and how that wreaks havoc upon the Country.

Climate change is an enemy attacking the Country.

What will the GOP do about that enemy?

@#5

One thing I'll note on this thread, my friend in Germany told me that the German ~parents~ have an issue with the rock musicians their kids listen to, because of the English that is sometimes spoken in the German versions of the songs.

As this song shows.

OK, digging back a ways ...

OK, here's one from out of left field ...

OK, that Police tune in Spanish ...

More from the article ...

... Allstate and Arity, a "mobility data and analytics" firm founded by Allstate in 2016, collected "trillions of miles worth of location data" from more than 45 million people, then used that data to adjust rates, according to Texas' lawsuit. This violates Texas' Data Privacy and Security Act, which requires "clear notice and informed consent" on how collected data can be used. A statement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the suit is the first-ever state action targeting comprehensive data privacy violations.

"Our investigation revealed that Allstate and Arity paid mobile apps millions of dollars to install Allstate's tracking software," Paxton said in a statement. "The personal data of millions of Americans was sold to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent in violation of the law. Texans deserve better, and we will hold all these companies accountable."
Latitude, longitude, and future rates

According to Texas' complaint (PDF), the data collected included "a phone's geolocation data, accelerometer data, magnetometer data, and gyroscopic data, which monitors details such as the phone's altitude, longitude, latitude, bearing, GPS time, speed, and accuracy."

With that data -- plus, in some cases, data from connected vehicles -- Allstate could see when, how far, and for how long someone was driving, along with "hard braking events" and "whether a consumer picked up or opened their phone while traveling at certain speeds," according to the complaint. ...