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16 false Trump electors face felony charges in Michigan
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Sadly, they'll all be found guilty but too old and white to actually go to prison for their crimes.
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16 false Trump electors face felony charges in Michigan
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Sadly, they'll all be found guilty but too old and white to actually go to prison for their crimes.
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Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police
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Cops are well aware standing in front of a car gives them a free pass killing someone who attempts to escape.
Not to mention, standing in front of a car driven by a POC who has every reason to expect the cops to shoot them anyway. That person is already frightened and likely panicked and not thinking clearly. Putting yourself in front of a car with a panicked driver who is justifiably in fear for their life is incredibly stupid.
Also, what is with cops just repeating the same command over and over again and refusing to otherwise interact with the person. Are they trying to make the situation worse? Why not try and de-escalate the situation. Oh, that's right, they want a reason to shoot people.
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A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
This is kind of like time travel in a way. If one were to go back in time, you would mainly need to worry about the diseases and parasites you bring back with you. You are descended from those who learned to survive the diseases of the past so you are likely to have some resistance to it. You wouldn't be perfectly safe of course, but not likely at more risk than if you stayed in your own time.
On the other hand, if you travel forward in time, like this nematode did, you are entering a realm that is full of virus, bacteria, and even fungus that have had decades to learn new tricks to survive that you would have no inherent resistance to.
The chance of there being some sleeping time bomb in the permafrost seems low to me since everything alive today is descended from those who survived that germ or parasite in the past.
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The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is a tough punisher of Capitol rioters
So, if Donnie is convicted of instigating the Jan-6 insurrection, could they they hit him with Felony Murder charges? People died as a direct result of the insurrection and D.C. has a Felony Murder rule.
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Technology Connections - The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers
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Yes, what we call the speed of light is really the speed of light in a vacuum. When light passes through a medium like water or glass it travels slower. That causes the light to be refracted which means that it changes direction slightly based on the energy of the light (color) and the refractory index the material. Glass will refract a red laser by a certain amount while water will refract it by a different amount.
Fun fact, because different colors refract differently, when you shine a white light through a specially shaped piece of glass called a prism, you will see a rainbow pattern.
https://www.science-sparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/shutterstock_1194072568-1024x606.jpg.webp
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Trump Fears His Unindicted Co-conspirators Will Turn On Him to Save Themselves: Report
I can't tell who are scorpions and who are frogs, but I'm looking forward to watching them all drowning in the river.
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Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police
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The car was moving very slowly. The cop had a choice. Get out of the way and arrest her later, or go straight to extra-judicial execution. He made the wrong choice.
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Some pig in Florida emptied his gun into a neighborhood...
No, its' better than that. He emptied it into his own squad car. And in a real tribute to his training, he never even hit the handcuffed suspect he had inside the squad car.
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'Trump isn't funding any of us': Co-defendants in Georgia case are struggling with mounting legal bills
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Probably too late. If the DA doesn't need anything they have, they are not going to offer them anything to flip. IANAL, but as I understand it, it's generally just the first one to flip that gets a deal. Everyone else is fucked unless they know something that the first guy to flip didn't.
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Corporations profits over you and your children's future.
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No they wouldn't. Upper management wouldn't know where or if you were buried. They wouldn't even notice you were gone except for the single line item in the accounting ledger showing where the dead-peasant policy payout was entered.
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A cruel irony
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When I go to bed I put my pill bottle in one place. When I take the pill in the morning, I put it in a different place. I've considered buying one of those timer bottle caps. They fit generic pill bottles and have timer built into the top. You can look at the timer and see how long it's been since you opened the bottle last.
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Candidate in high-stakes Virginia election performed sex acts with husband in live videos
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Nonsense. It's a job like any other. Stop projecting your morality on everyone else. She didn't do anything wrong at all. She didn't hurt anyone. You have no right to judge her.
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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it
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Same. Under the bail system, the judge can essentially say that the "accused" is a threat to society or a flight risk... but they have money so I'm gonna let them run free until trial. If they're poor though, fuck 'em.
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Apple's Wifi router database: Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems
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I'm sure they are also pretty effective for people with more nefarious uses for them.
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Missing Michigan toddler found in the woods asleep on family dog
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I don't think she was playing alone in the yard. The uncle was there and told her to go inside and she ignored him. As for coyotes, with a rottie and springer in the yard, no coyote would be an issue.
However, if you tell the kid to go inside by their mom, tell the mom that you did so. Uncle was a dumb shit. You can't count on a three year old to do as they're told.
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Biden to reinstate labor rule shelved by Reagan, giving construction workers a pay boost
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When they get this pay boost, their employer and whatever state they're working in will take credit. Democrats are terrible and messaging to it's almost certain that no one will ever tell them that Biden did it.
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Mitch McConnell escorted away from cameras after freezing during a news conference
There are too many politicians in DC who are too old to handle the most basic parts of their job without the assistance of aids. People need to stop voting for these dinosaurs.
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Give cheese
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Damn straight. If you go to Wisconsin and try to pass off any of that Kraft, individually-wrapped, processed cheese product as actual cheese, you may just get your ass kicked. It'd be like trying to pass off the piss they drink in Wisconsin as beer to a German.
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Speeding Seattle officer who struck and killed student will not face charges
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I have crossed a road at a run to beat an approaching car before, and had I been struck it definitely would've been my fault for not practicing proper safety.
I'm with you on this, however, the speed of the cop is an issue. At three times the speed limit, an approaching car would reach you much faster than you would expect it too. This girl may have glanced, seen the cop in the distance, and never realized how fast he was going. Frankly, if an emergency responder if taking an action this far outside the norm, they should also be taking great care because innocent bystanders cannot be expected to anticipate the responders actions.
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Are you there, Dad?
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I say he is and I should know, I've followed a few!