I'm guessing that the DA would choose not to try cases that involved such stiff fines for texting while driving... Mainly because the average person would be loathed to convict a soccer mom with three young kids to 5 years on confinement for sending a "Get Milk on your way home" text, and you can bet that if this went to trial it would be in front of a jury.
Why would they have a problem?
They'd have no problem if she was drinking and driving....and I believe studies have shown that phone usage impairs your ability to drive on the same levels as drunk driving.
Same type danger...so, why not convict on one and not the other?
Drinking and driving is not illegal because drinking itself is an "evil" activity....it is illegal because it impairs your ability to drive to the point of putting others in danger.
Texting while driving does the same thing.
There are no 5-year prison sentences for drinking and driving, not anywhere in the US. The highest is 180 days in county for a FORTH offense.
But causing an accident and injuries or death can bring other charges, but those apply regardless of the concomitant circumstances, such as alcohol/drug impairment, reckless driving, etc. So you don't need another law for punishing people for using their cell phones. You hold someone accountable when they cause a problem for someone else.
That's the true definition of a crime, that we seem to have lost sight of. No victim, no crime. This bullshit of roving, uniformed state representatives interfering with free citizens and imposing fines for not wearing a seat belt or using their phone (responsibly, even) is nothing but an unconscionable revenue collection scam. It's tyranny imposed with exactly the same rationale as sterilizing mental health patients, prohibition on mixed-race marriages, and marijuana prohibition.
Yeah, no. This is a transparently stupid "solution" by people who don't want to admit that gun control is, in general, a good thing.
Yes, of course it is. Anyone that doesn't have good control over their weapon at all times should either practice more, get instruction, or not carry a gun at all.
This. My organization has policies all up and down the chain that mandates A/V software be installed and enabled on EVERY endpoint, servers, laptops, workstations, Linux and Mac, etc. Everywhere.
Unemployment is calculated based on the number of people eligible for unemployment insurance. Just because someone exhausted their UI benefits or simply gave up looking for a job it will lower the government "unemployment" rate. They're not employed, they just are no longer counted.
Investments are done with the sole goal of earning the investor a profit. Economic activity is not a requirement for investing. This is why fatcats have like no other time in history been fueling one speculative bubble after another. Here's a quick recap of the past 20 years: the Dotcom bubble, oil bubble (remember when gas was almost 4 bucks a gallon), the housing bubble, the gold bubble. We are in a stock market bubble right now.
Exactly this. It's a pain if you're invested in all of Apple's cloud / sync / lock-in formats to try to convert all of that to Android or whatever. This guy hates everything about the idea of the iPhone X, but is still considering buying one because he doesn't want to migrate all his stuff.
I'm not sure where you get your info from but you should find a new source. Funding for gun related research at the CDC absolutely was removed. Federal research dollars cannot study the topic anymore. That leaves private research groups to do it, they always have an agenda one way or another so their data is much more suspect than the CDC which never advocated any agenda about guns.
When you look at statistics and conclude someone is advocating one way or another you are blinding yourself. They are just statistics, the CDC has never played politics. They do real serious work.
I disagree with you about the CDC, but I don't want to get into that argument here. I will, however, provide this link just for your edification.
As for my "sources" of information, it's not some organization with an agenda, I just read the bill. Here is the relevant text:
“None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.”
I fail to see how that "silences" the CDC, other than telling them they cannot advocate for or against gun control. If they want to do a study and simply report facts, they are completely free to do so. But that's not what they want to do.
You fucking gun rights assholes are clearly winning. 20 schoolchildren murdered by the son of an unstable "prepper" aaaaaaaannnd...nothing. Do you even remember when/where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting between now and then? Whats your endgame? We all have to be strapped to go outside (and armored because a gun won't stop a bulled fired at my back...or front)? To me that's not a happy existence but hell, what do I know. Whatever you do, don't study any data. Just use these events to shoot your preconceptions from the hip.
If you really study all the data on mass shootings in the US, you'd be advocating for banning SSRIs, not guns./p.
Silencers were invented so that farmers can shoot rats in the barn while not scaring the livestock.
Then the inventors failed, because unless you're shooting a silenced.22 rifle (long barrel) with.22 shorts or a very low-energy.22LR round, the livestock are going to get scared. Cartridge with a more power? Gonna be noisy. Shorter barrel (e.g. handgun)? Gonna be noisy. Suppressors lower the volume to a point where it won't damage your hearing, but it's still loud.
Well if you're shooting rats in a barn, why would you use anything but a.22 rifle with.22 shorts?
Yes we do. 64 years old, lived in Mesquite, no currently known political affiliation despite what some AC trolls on here are saying. Over 400 sent to hospitals, roughly 10 firearms found in his hotel room, apparently killed himself before police arrived.
Except in this case, the automatic weapon the shooter used was already illegal. So what laws would have prevented this shooting? Existing gun laws were broken. The NRA even supports the restrictions on automatic weapons, and they are not advocating for having them loosened.
because the NRA has effectively blocked federal funding into any gun research.
This is also false. The restriction you're referring to is an advocating restriction. All it says is that federal funding cannot be used to advocate for any political position, including gun rights / restrictions. I think that's a good rule. It also means that the Department of Energy cannot use tax dollars to advocate for more oil wells or gas fracking.
Who asked for the original Macintosh or iPhone either? People often don't know what they've been missing out on until you show it to them. This person obviously doesn't understand Apple's history and the way they operate.
He says he's been using Apple products since he was 4 years old, so you're wrong on that count.
All cis-privileged men are evil and always to blame
The way I read it, it means men are 4 times as responsible for the evolution of the species. You need to spread around a lot of genetic mutation to make evolution work, after all.
Kind of, at least after they were bought by a nefarious corporation intent on monetizing it any way they could.
The original was a really nice application, from an independent developer tired of all the crap on his computer, including the stuff pre-loaded by the vendors. The "C" in CCleaner stands for "crap" - the original name was "Crap Cleaner."
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Why would they have a problem?
They'd have no problem if she was drinking and driving....and I believe studies have shown that phone usage impairs your ability to drive on the same levels as drunk driving.
Same type danger...so, why not convict on one and not the other?
Drinking and driving is not illegal because drinking itself is an "evil" activity....it is illegal because it impairs your ability to drive to the point of putting others in danger.
Texting while driving does the same thing.
There are no 5-year prison sentences for drinking and driving, not anywhere in the US. The highest is 180 days in county for a FORTH offense.
But causing an accident and injuries or death can bring other charges, but those apply regardless of the concomitant circumstances, such as alcohol/drug impairment, reckless driving, etc. So you don't need another law for punishing people for using their cell phones. You hold someone accountable when they cause a problem for someone else.
That's the true definition of a crime, that we seem to have lost sight of. No victim, no crime. This bullshit of roving, uniformed state representatives interfering with free citizens and imposing fines for not wearing a seat belt or using their phone (responsibly, even) is nothing but an unconscionable revenue collection scam. It's tyranny imposed with exactly the same rationale as sterilizing mental health patients, prohibition on mixed-race marriages, and marijuana prohibition.
When a car pulls out in front of you from a side road a more powerful machine does not help you. Where you gonna go?
You hit the power band, pull back into a wheelie, and jump over it! Duh! Can't believe you asked such an ignorant question.
Yeah, no. This is a transparently stupid "solution" by people who don't want to admit that gun control is, in general, a good thing.
Yes, of course it is. Anyone that doesn't have good control over their weapon at all times should either practice more, get instruction, or not carry a gun at all.
You realize that USB-C is in no way proprietary crap, right?
You mean like Office Open XML?
She could have, you know, maybe visited the state? Maybe just once? Like, maybe do some campaigning there?
Hillary was running a popularity contest, and she won.
Unfortunately for her, that's not what wins a Presidential contest. You have to win the most states, not the most votes on the coasts...
This. My organization has policies all up and down the chain that mandates A/V software be installed and enabled on EVERY endpoint, servers, laptops, workstations, Linux and Mac, etc. Everywhere.
Even when its true and well documented?
I know, right?!! They even used Pokemon Go! to influence the election! Those dastardly Russians!
How dare Train0987 call it nonsense!!
He's not your guy, pal.
did you just "other" me?
not really
Unemployment is calculated based on the number of people eligible for unemployment insurance. Just because someone exhausted their UI benefits or simply gave up looking for a job it will lower the government "unemployment" rate. They're not employed, they just are no longer counted.
There sure are a lot of weasel words in that IPCC quote.
Investments are done with the sole goal of earning the investor a profit. Economic activity is not a requirement for investing. This is why fatcats have like no other time in history been fueling one speculative bubble after another. Here's a quick recap of the past 20 years: the Dotcom bubble, oil bubble (remember when gas was almost 4 bucks a gallon), the housing bubble, the gold bubble. We are in a stock market bubble right now.
I thought we were in a student load bubble...
The above comment was moderated as "Troll". Just sayin
Exactly this. It's a pain if you're invested in all of Apple's cloud / sync / lock-in formats to try to convert all of that to Android or whatever. This guy hates everything about the idea of the iPhone X, but is still considering buying one because he doesn't want to migrate all his stuff.
I'm not sure where you get your info from but you should find a new source. Funding for gun related research at the CDC absolutely was removed. Federal research dollars cannot study the topic anymore. That leaves private research groups to do it, they always have an agenda one way or another so their data is much more suspect than the CDC which never advocated any agenda about guns.
When you look at statistics and conclude someone is advocating one way or another you are blinding yourself. They are just statistics, the CDC has never played politics. They do real serious work.
I disagree with you about the CDC, but I don't want to get into that argument here. I will, however, provide this link just for your edification.
As for my "sources" of information, it's not some organization with an agenda, I just read the bill. Here is the relevant text:
I fail to see how that "silences" the CDC, other than telling them they cannot advocate for or against gun control. If they want to do a study and simply report facts, they are completely free to do so. But that's not what they want to do.
Let's not address the source of the problem,
And what pray tell would that be?
You fucking gun rights assholes are clearly winning. 20 schoolchildren murdered by the son of an unstable "prepper" aaaaaaaannnd...nothing. Do you even remember when/where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting between now and then? Whats your endgame? We all have to be strapped to go outside (and armored because a gun won't stop a bulled fired at my back...or front)? To me that's not a happy existence but hell, what do I know. Whatever you do, don't study any data. Just use these events to shoot your preconceptions from the hip.
If you really study all the data on mass shootings in the US, you'd be advocating for banning SSRIs, not guns./p.
Silencers were invented so that farmers can shoot rats in the barn while not scaring the livestock.
Then the inventors failed, because unless you're shooting a silenced .22 rifle (long barrel) with .22 shorts or a very low-energy .22LR round, the livestock are going to get scared. Cartridge with a more power? Gonna be noisy. Shorter barrel (e.g. handgun)? Gonna be noisy. Suppressors lower the volume to a point where it won't damage your hearing, but it's still loud.
Well if you're shooting rats in a barn, why would you use anything but a .22 rifle with .22 shorts?
The sole purpose of a gun is to kill and maim. It has no other purpose.
When a small woman is set upon by a large attacker, that gun is also an equalizer. Guns save more lives than they take.
We don't know yet.
Yes we do. 64 years old, lived in Mesquite, no currently known political affiliation despite what some AC trolls on here are saying. Over 400 sent to hospitals, roughly 10 firearms found in his hotel room, apparently killed himself before police arrived.
A converted Muslim, recruited by ISIS.
Except in this case, the automatic weapon the shooter used was already illegal. So what laws would have prevented this shooting? Existing gun laws were broken. The NRA even supports the restrictions on automatic weapons, and they are not advocating for having them loosened.
because the NRA has effectively blocked federal funding into any gun research.
This is also false. The restriction you're referring to is an advocating restriction. All it says is that federal funding cannot be used to advocate for any political position, including gun rights / restrictions. I think that's a good rule. It also means that the Department of Energy cannot use tax dollars to advocate for more oil wells or gas fracking.
Pointless rant is pointless.
Who asked for the original Macintosh or iPhone either? People often don't know what they've been missing out on until you show it to them. This person obviously doesn't understand Apple's history and the way they operate.
He says he's been using Apple products since he was 4 years old, so you're wrong on that count.
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All cis-privileged men are evil and always to blame
The way I read it, it means men are 4 times as responsible for the evolution of the species. You need to spread around a lot of genetic mutation to make evolution work, after all.
No, silly, it's a dessert topping AND a floor wax!
Kind of, at least after they were bought by a nefarious corporation intent on monetizing it any way they could.
The original was a really nice application, from an independent developer tired of all the crap on his computer, including the stuff pre-loaded by the vendors. The "C" in CCleaner stands for "crap" - the original name was "Crap Cleaner."