More evidence that biden is doing what he can to make the lives of the common man less miserable.

#6 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-04-27 02:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yep, just give him 4 more years and he will have this airline mess all worked out.

I guess there is no point in waiting and actually READING the opinions the justices will write. Much more fun to overreact right now based on pundit analysis.

If it is close, it WILL get ugly again. I need to save some leave time
for around election time I can see, so I can be out of WV and the crazy
loons that will be itching to start trouble.

#10 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-04-26 09:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

Yep, because that is where all the trouble is gonna be. West Virginia.

Its about time. It should be double if the cancellation was not due to circumstances beyond their control. My son had a nightmare travel experience during Southwest's mess in 2022 holidays, multiple cancelled flights and missed connections, an overnight in an airport and several extra days away rom work. The worst part was that during that time I kept seeing Jet Blue direct flights leaving that would get him home if only he could be assured of a refund.

You broke the internet with that headline.

That's not how the trolley problem works.

There is absolutely no excuse for leaving a restrained person in a prone position. That was part of my training decades ago, before these officers were likely even BORN!

That being said, a very common cause of death in that type of crash is a transected aorta. If that was the cause of death, nothing they could have done would have saved him. There is still no excuse though.

I didn't realize your question was directed at me, but to answer "Can you be more specific?" My post was specific to #34, that your "trajectory" is unrealistic Is that specific enough?

I didn't even know that was a word ... ..

fantasist noun
/f ... nt'sst/
/f ... nt'sst/
(sometimes disapproving)
a person who likes to imagine that they are doing something they would like to do, or that something they would like to happen is happening, even though this is very unlikely

Yep, pretty much sums up #34. If the shoe fits ... . But maybe you are onto something, I did look it up.

"OK, that's the Big Picture. But what does the bill actually say?"

Isn't that my line?

The trajectory would be protest on bridge, more people research and discuss the issue and learn about the atrocities that Israel is CURRENTLY committing, those people contact their legislators to tell them to stop funding Israel or at a minimum condition aid to Israel. Israel seeing their last support abandoning them, does not invade Rafa, allows in aid, agrees to cease fire and starts to consider a two-state solution (instead of eliminating the Palestinian people).

See: MLK and the Civil Rights Act.

#34 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2024-04-23 09:17 PM | REPLY

You DO live in a fantasy world, don't you?

This old geezer was not in fear for his life, he thought he was Dirty Harry. He left the safety of his home and held her at gun point for awhile demanding she reveal who sent her and didn't shoot her until she tried to get away. He didn't call the police until after he shot her. He needs to do time. I don't care how old he is.

Question to all: what make is your car? Your spouse's? Where was it manufactured?

We can always count on Lamplighter for intellectually stimulating content. Thanks for taking the time to post this.

My sister was a very talented HS basketball player. She got several full ride scholarship offers, but not to her school of choice. She was immature and foolish to turn down those opportunities, but she looks back with no regrets. Friends who pursued careers as pro athletes were chewed up, spit out and destroyed, physically and emotionally, particularly the women. Hopefully Ms. Clark's experience is a sign of better things to come.

"President Biden has announced he will close the gun-show loophole"
Normally I read the articles and the comments and research the issue before commenting. In this case, it is entirely unnecessary, because my question (and presumably the answer) is so obvious. If Biden has the ability and authority co "close the gun show loophole" WHY THE ---- DID HE WAIT UNTIL THE FOURTH YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY TO DO SO? And I doubt there is a good answer to that question, 'cept election year politics.

Or you can do it the Florida way disenfranchise 1/3 of black men even though the state overwhelmingly voted to reinstate their voting rights. So, arrest them for petty crime, make it a felony, send them to jail for 6 months, charge them thousands of dollars to keep them incarcerated and not allow them to vote when their time is served cause they owe the state thousands in fees.

But republicans aren't racist --------.

#22 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-04-07 10:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yep, thats the way it works, its an election year. So in June, the Republicans throw a BBQ, invite all the cops, even the Black ones. And then they tell us, Hey Y'all, round up 1/3 of the Black men in town, arrest them for petty crimes and then charge them with felonies. And then the Prosecutors, many of whom are also Black, they say, Sure! Sounds like a great idea! Lets do it! And to the Judges, they say , "Your Honor, make sure to sentence them all to six months so they will be tied up in November and can't vote" and the Judge says Sure, sounds like a great idea, but what about the jury? And then the cops say, "We got this, and just bring lotsa donuts to keep the jurors happy. Then Voila, no Black voters come Novemner. Dang Truthhurts, you have it all figured out!

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Periodically I have to remind Snoofy that I don't respond to him. Most of the time I keep him killfiled, so I don't see his posts at all, until somebody quotes something that gives me a reason to unblock him and look. In this case, a racist remark directed at me. Snoofy persists in cowardly personal attacks, all the while knowing I won't respond to him. That is a sign of a weak, impotent, toxic manchild. It is a shame, because he is intelligent and makes some interesting points, but his propensity for nasty, racist, mysogynist personal attacks stops me from engaging with him. It takes a sick person to do that, day in, day out, and I pity him.....It struck me that Snoofy is exactly like the incels described in the other thread:

"most women who spend much time walking around in public have experience with men who berate them for paying attention to something other than the man who is now, often out of nowhere, spewing invectives. Whatever the excuse the angry man concocts, the impetus is always the same: The eyes of a woman are directed at someone or something that is not him, and he is indignant over it. So he will make sure she has no choice but to look at him, either by getting in her face or " in these alarming New York cases " punching her. If he cannot capture her adoring gaze, well, he will make her stare at him in fear.

The author does a great job of tearing into the toxic masculinity of MAGA. I'm good with that.

But WHY does she find the need to promote the idea that this epidemic of mostly Black, mostly schizophrenic men randomly sucker punching innocent strangers has anything to do with the Republican Party, or MAGA? Does she think advancing that false narrative helps young women protect themselves from street violence? It doesn't

#58 No, that bill failed, but it was a bit performative, because it sought to outlaw things Florida doesn't do anyway, forced labor and unpaid labor. California, on the other hand, HAS forced labor and pays inmates them even less than Florida does. They had a similar bill fail.

Thats the thing, it doesn't appear that there WAS a lien, or a court order demanding payment that I can find. It is more like a bill, the kind that pretty much never gets paid. It has no teeth without a court order. Nobody pays these, and the state really doesn't even try, keeping track of these expenses is more of a bookkeeping thing. This is a problem for Shelby, however, because she is asking the state to give her an "exemption for ineligibility" to allow her to work as a health care provider. And it appears DCF is denying the exemption because of this outstanding bill, and they are in the wrong to deny it.

"It is possible these laws have been changed in recent years under the Republican leadership in the state. That would be great. But I need more information on the topic. Do you have a link to an article saying that DeSantis signed such changes into state law?"

I'm not following why you think that would be great? What changes are you talking about? These (two) laws have been on the books since the 90's. They haven't been changed. But I am also unsure is there are other new laws I am unaware of. It would be helpful if the articles would cite sources for the information they are providing.

#50 and #51 Good points. A couple caveats: States that pay inmates pay them very little. Most states that don't pay them also don't have forced labor. There are only a few states left that have forced labor, and you might be surprised at which ones they are. Employment is optional in Florida, inmates are not forced to work.

The article also says this, so I think the legislation you cited may not have gotten the votes to become law?:

The Fines & Fees Justice Center said, this last session, it worked with state legislators on a bill that would have allowed judges to do an "ability to pay assessment" when imposing fines and fees. It failed.

#40 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-04-08 07:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

The law I cited was enacted in 1996 and is still active law. It already includes an "ability to pay assessment", but again there is still question about whether it applies to state vs county:

"The local detention facility shall determine the financial status of prisoners for the purpose of paying from their income and assets all or a fair portion of their daily subsistence costs. In determining the financial status of prisoners, any income exempt by state or federal law shall be excluded. Consideration shall be given to the prisoner's ability to pay, the liability or potential liability of the prisoner to the victim or guardian or the estate of the victim, and his or her dependents."

"incarceration costs are 'based upon the length of the sentence imposed by the court at the time of sentencing.'"

I would like to see the rest of the order, and particularly the statute he cites for this, because is isn't consistent with anything I am aware of.