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Trump again invokes claim he has the ‘right’ to run for third term as president

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Who's going to do the first step though? The police? The police that are bought and paid for by the people that should be arrested? The police that are actively murdering people in the streets instead of defending them?

I keep seeing this "arrest them" and "put them in jail for life" sentiment but nobody has a valid argument of how to do that in our current system without getting disappeared.

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Hello Out There-e-e!

That looks sick! I'll get a Composite input CRT someday, but I don't really have room for one right now. I saw a widescreen Trinitron on craigslist a while back, but it was too big to store and too heavy to transport on my own so I had to let it go. :(

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This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men

The same logic, however, apparently does not apply to left-wing influencer accounts, as Sam learned when he created a short-lived liberal counterpart for Emily on Instagram: “Democrats know that it’s AI slop, so they don’t engage as much.” (Sam’s explanation for why MAGA influencer accounts work is blunt: “The MAGA crowd is made up of dumb people—like, super dumb people. And they fall for it.”)

Pretty much sums up the whole political timeline we live in.

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Man Creates DIY Flock-Style Cameras That Only Scan Police Plates And For Some Reason The Cops Are Annoyed By This

Yet when Sistilli pointed out the double standard at play here, the officers still didn't get it. Their failure to see the connection between their fears, and the fears of every innocent person whose license plate ends up in an ALPR database somewhere, is a whole other problem.

That's because they don't see other people as actual humans with rights.

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What's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake?

Put your money where you spend your time. Don't spend money on something if you won't be using it.

You spend a lot of time sleeping, so get a nice, comfortable mattress. Spend a lot of time on your feet at work? Get durable, comfortable shoes/boots, and maybe some nice insoles so you don't limp back to your car from pain. Spend a lot of time playing a F2P video game? Go ahead and buy that DLC or cosmetic item to make it more fun, and support the devs to keep the game going.

The list can go on, but before any non-trivial purchase, I ask myself how much time I will spend using it.

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Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse in Japan

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The law stipulates four types of abuse: physical, sexual, neglect and psychological.

Inciting fear by telling children they will go to hell if they do not participate in religious activities, or preventing them from making decisions about their career path, is regarded as psychological abuse and neglect in the guidelines.

Other acts that will constitute neglect include not having the financial resources to provide adequate food or housing for children as a result of making large donations, or blocking their interaction with friends due to a difference in religious beliefs and thereby undermining their social skills.