FireTower

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

10 minute mail

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I'll answer for them. Anyone pushing the view points on the matters you desire. A vote for third party is better than not voting at all, as people will just lump you in with people who can't be bothered to vote otherwise.

That said what matters most is the down ballot. Look up the candidate that most align with your views and vote for them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I see both. Even moderate conservative view point tend to get straw manned as being MAGA. Heck I see left leaning people who just didn't like that Biden was running get bashed for suggesting the Democrats run a different candidate. Now I see the same on anything less the pro Kamala.

If Harris anonymously posted a self criticism on here I wouldn't be surprised if people called her MAGA. That's not to say everyone here acts that way but a vocal percentage does.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Teal, it has the best qualities of both blue and green

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Never heard of beggars night. People seem to find Halloween a satisfactory name where I've been.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Late to the party, but if you're in Europe I'd check out these they're from a Finnish outdoors company and I've found them comfortable. They're pretty complimentary on an average or fit build and the material feels good against the skin. (I can not unfortunately comment on if the underwear is gay or not).

https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-viscose-boxers-4-pack/77810

https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-merino-boxers/58889

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Where I'm from Halloween you go around and ask for candy, the historical implication being you'd vandalize the property of or otherwise harass in costume anyone who refused. Which followed Cabbage Night, where you would TP people's houses under the cover of darkness.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yea, didn't see it going this way either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Great question. In theory/practice you can just shut up from square one. But asserting your rights by doing so in clear unambiguous terms for is advisable. Judges understand someone saying "I wish to invoke my right against self incrimination as protected in the 5th amendment" better than the do pure silence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

7th amendment applies to civil suits. Judges may when common law doesn't govern. But that's limited. And criminal defendants must consent to bench trial by not contesting any of the facts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Movies are works of fiction not law. In America if you choose to temporarily waive your right to silence and speak to police you may at any point reassert that right.

I couldn't blame cinematographers for attempting to tell a story. But they are artists not lawyers.

You may talk to police that way in America but any good lawyer will tell you not to because the strength of the fact that your silence can't be used against you often will offend out weigh any defense you might argue.

When guilt must be proven absence of evidence is the defendant's friend.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (22 children)

As an American this is an interesting comment.

Traditional American understandings agree with the notion of innocent until proven guilty and that rights exist regardless of accusations. But here it is not a judge but a jury of your peers who decides the facts based on evidence shown to them. Here judges decide matters of law not fact.

(Unless you choose to have a judge rule on the facts (likely because you are probably unpopular in your community because of the nature of the accusations and you feel it'd be more fair for a judge to decide the fact in your eyes))..

 

American law outlines a series of protections for those accused of crimes but not yet convicted. (Like the 4th-6th amendments)

Does your country have any unique/novel protections of the rights of potentially innocent people accused but yet to be convicted?

If not are there any protections you think should be in place?

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I realize this is a broad question, but I'd be interested in personal anecdotes. Are they even common? (Obviously varies by county and region)

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I first heard about it as being used to mark gauges on a 1770s submersible so the operator could read them in the dark.

Unfortunately the wiki isn't built out much.

 

The first flag was 54-by-28-inch vs the second being 96-by-56–inch.

The news of this wish did not sit well with 2nd Battalion Commander Chandler Johnson, whose temperament was every bit as fiery as Howlin Mad's. "To hell with that!" the colonel spat when the message reached him. The flag belonged to the battalion, as far as Johnson was concerned. He decided to secure it as soon as possible, and dispatched his assistant operations officer, Lieutenant Ted Tuttle, to the beach to obtain a replacement flag. As an afterthought, Johnson called after Tuttle: "And make it a bigger one." — James Bradley, Flags of Our Fathers

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

 

I just had one and was incredibly disappointed it just tasted like a kiwi without any flavor.

 

Any recent victories or challenges?

 

Bonus points for man-made disaster preparedness tips.

 

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