Or maybe ...

@#4 ... Doesn't this usually mean that the economy is tanking? ...

Wish I knew.

But, if it does, I'd say that it is more of a lagging indicator, than anything representing future or current conditions.

And then there is this ...

Oh, this is not A good Thing.

More from the article ...

... Tech support scammers have devised a method to inject their fake phone numbers into webpages when a target's web browser visits official sites for Apple, PayPal, Netflix, and other companies.

The ruse, outlined in a post on Wednesday from security firm Malwarebytes, threatens to trick users into calling the malicious numbers even when they think they're taking measures to prevent falling for such scams. One of the more common pieces of security advice is to carefully scrutinize the address bar of a browser to ensure it's pointing to an organization's official website. The ongoing scam is able to bypass such checks. ...

Not the Apple page you're looking for

"If I showed the [webpage] to my parents, I don't think they would be able to tell that this is fake," Jrme Segura, lead malware intelligence analyst at Malwarebytes, said in an interview. "As the user, if you click on those links, you think, Oh I'm actually on the Apple website and Apple is recommending that I call this number.'"

The unknown actors behind the scam begin by buying Google ads that appear at the top of search results for Microsoft, Apple, HP, PayPal, Netflix, and other sites. While Google displays only the scheme and host name of the site the ad links to (for instance,

... DHS informs: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen a roughly 830% increase in seizures of Chinese-made signal jammers since 2021. ...

Is this a new issue, or just an issue because the Chinese now seem to be providing cheap jammers?

I ask, because back in the 1980's I used to listen to radio communications. My equipment had the ability to receive radio communications from 0.03MHZ up through 2GHz. Yeah, so little time, so much to listen to.

OK, back then, I used to listen to submarine communications. But, just when things would get interesting in those communications, one of the communicators would say something along the line of ~let's go green.~ After that, the comm I was listening to became unintelligible. (imo, I viewed that as A Good Thing).

OK, that background story aside, also back in the day I noticed jammers.

So, jammers are nothing new to me, but maybe cheap Chinese jammers are a new thing.

@#7 ... Just an interesting factual case. In order for her to be acquitted, the jurors had to believe that the testimony of numerous police officers who were at the party that night was not credible beyond a reasonable doubt. ...

And, unlike the Rodney King case or the seven minute choking death by cop case in MN some years back, the jurors did not have a video of the incident to reassure themselves the police officers were not fully credible. This does not happen very often.

Jurors pretty much always side with the cops, especially when there are a lot of them pointing the finger at the same person. As EtAl said, there were many demonstrable evidentiary inconsistencies coming from law enforcement during the trial that an intellectually honest juror could not simply ignore. ...

Bodacious gratitude to you and Et_Al for the comments.

I learned things on this thread.

thx.

More from the article ...

... The 27-year-old Army veteran, wearing sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, thought he had spare time to grab some paperwork from the Department of Veterans Affairs. While listening to music on his headphones, he took a shortcut around the Wilshire Federal Building by brushing past some police tape.

Shortly after crossing through the federal building complex, he saw a service member yelling at him to get back on the other side of the tape, and he quickly complied.

After presenting his identification card at the front walkway to the VA building, he continued on his way. Then, as the song "Someday" by Flipsyde floated in his ears, he saw a Marine shouting at him to get on the ground.

Soon, his wrists were being zip-tied, and he was held by the Marines for what he estimated was nearly two hours before being handed off to LA police.

"I was like, 'This is ridiculous,'" Leao recounted to Military.com on Wednesday. "Now, there's a miscommunication, a big miscommunication."

Leao's detention by Marines on Friday marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the U.S. military from performing domestic law enforcement. While the Pentagon claims the detention was legal, others -- including several experts who spoke with Military.com -- have cast doubt on the incident. ...

So, if a foreign student might have criticized Pres Trump in a social media post then ... no ability to apply to a US college?

More from the article ...

... Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has announced. Those who fail to do so will be suspected of hiding that activity from US officials.

The new guidance, unveiled by the state department on Wednesday, directs US diplomats to conduct an online presence review to look for "any indications of hostility toward the citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles of the United States".

A cable separately obtained by Politico also instructs diplomats to flag any "advocacy for, aid or support for foreign terrorists and other threats to US national security" and "support for unlawful antisemitic harassment or violence". ...

@#3 ... These guys won't have that and unless they are otherwise wealthy people.....this lawsuit might generate an award......but it won't get paid out. These guys will be defending themselves on their own dime. ...

So, an inability to pay for the ramifications of an allegedly committed crime is a reason not to be held responsible to that alleged crime?

@#10 ... A poll shows 60% of Americans do not want war with Iran. This makes sense as we are tired of the "Forever Wars" ...

Wars that seem to be caused more by Republican presidents than Democrat presidents.

That aside ...

When has Pres Trump acted in accordance with the will of a majority of Americans?

And, as a follow-up, maybe that is the President's job in a situation such as the Iran situation?

So, a beef that Pres Trump seems to have with FoxNews polling is that even it said he lost the 2020 election?

More on the topic of this thread ...

@#15 ... If you are still using Google for search, you are either a Boomer or a tech idiot. ...

I have found the person your current trolling alias is responding to, to be quite good in it's replies, and I have said so.

Your current trolling alias, on the other hand, well, it seems to be self-evident with the ad hominem attack in the opening sentence of its comment.

What else it got?

There's this ...

@#21 ... I have yet to see ANY evidence of them going after the bad guys they said they would pursue. You know MS-13 and the like...

I've seen one or two here and there.

But so many seem to be outside that goal.

For example ...

7nbsp

@#20 ... No longer necessary as the federal government is finally doing their duty ...

... and how was the Federal government not doing its legal (emphasis upon legal) duty previously?

... Texas Quietly Defunds Its Border Wall Program ...

Why so quiet about it?

@#29 ... Personally, I'm not a fan of the courts determining medical care at any level. ...

I agree.

Especially when, as it seems to be in this instance, the court overriding the will of parents.

Will this set a new precedent that the state can override the will of parents?

If so, what might be the ramifications of that?

Getting back on topic ...

@#2 ... Is dementia taking over Pres Trump?

Does MAGA hate Fox News? If so, aren't Fox News anchors a part of Fox News? ...

Is Pres Trump losing it?

@#7 ... Only the groups of Americans with a 50% rate of having a professionally diagnosed mental disorder. ...

Got any evidence, or it that assertion the usual ---- pore excretions of your current trolling alias?

@#8 ... I'm left to conclude he's nothing more than a useless Russian troll. ...

Looks that way.

@#4

That heat dome is due to be here in the CT area early next week.

Temps 15-20 degrees above the norm for two or three days.

@#5

Thanks for the follow-up.

But, at this point, I still do not see the significance in this case.

Yeah, law enforcement may have over-reached.

And a re-trial fixed that error.

Great!

But, why the brouhaha?