spaghettiwestern

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We are where we are today because Garland failed spectacularly to act swiftly to hold Trump accountable for his illegal efforts to stay in power four years ago for inciting the violent Capitol insurrection that resulted in deaths, injuries, destruction of property and devastation to our democracy. By turning a blind eye to those crimes for as long as he could, Garland paved the way for the election of a disgraced felon who should not have been on the 2024 ballot. Thanks to Garland, Trump is storming back to the White House vowing revenge.

[–] spaghettiwestern 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The same idiots upset about the inflation that was largely caused by record corporate profits voted for a felon who has promised to jack prices up by $3,000+ per year for the average family by slapping tariffs on everything. Women questioned about their Trump vote said they voted for him because he'd preserve their right to choose. Others were asking Google whether Biden dropped out the day before the election.

Abject idiocy is absolutely accurate.

[–] spaghettiwestern 6 points 2 weeks ago

~~King~~ Dictator

[–] spaghettiwestern 11 points 3 weeks ago

Harder - lol. He'll have to settle for two 180 foot yachts instead of three.

[–] spaghettiwestern 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That is correct.

[–] spaghettiwestern 64 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Trump, speaking about Nancy Pelosi asked a crowd of supporters, “How’s her husband doing by the way?” and saying a “wall around her house” didn’t do a “good job” of protecting her 82-year-old husband from an intruder who fractured his skull with a hammer during a break-in last year—prompting laughter from the crowd.

 

The man who was convicted in the 2022 attack on the husband of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday following his state trial.

DePape's early morning break-in at the Pelosi home almost exactly two years ago on October 28, 2022 -- just days before the 2022 midterm elections -- sent shockwaves through the United States and was attributed to the predictable effects of increasingly demonizing political rhetoric.

The attack on then-82-year-old Paul Pelosi was captured on police bodycam video after officers responded to his 911 call and found him struggling with DePape, who then bludgeoned Pelosi with a hammer.

The life sentence on state charges is on top of the 30-year sentence DePape received for his federal conviction.

[–] spaghettiwestern 2 points 3 weeks ago

Bannon will be tried for fraud in New York on state, not federal charges. If he's convicted he cannot be pardoned by the president.

[–] spaghettiwestern 75 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

There need to be extraordinary penalties for threatening election workers, intimidating voters, or destroying ballots. How about a minimum 20 year sentence to start?

[–] spaghettiwestern 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In CA, Proposition 13 limits increases and you would think it would prevent drastic overall property tax increases and the tax revenue would be fairly stable. In reality the run up in prices after 2020 has been an absolute windfall for cities and has cost property owners big time. For example, LA's budgeted property tax revenue went up 14.6% from 2022 to 2024, an absurd increase far exceeding the general inflation level but something cities and counties have come to expect.

While I think property taxes (or some replacement) are absolutely necessary in a functioning society, in my experience they way they are implemented is ridiculous and the reason for this kind of initiative.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by spaghettiwestern to c/palm_springs
 

"Now that I'm inside your house, I own your house right now," the deputy says in the video.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2024/09/07/riverside-sheriff-investigating-incident-depicted-in-viral-video/75122042007/

 

Since people seem to have missed this one, unsealed in the Smith filing:

-Trump used a burner phone, routed through a foreign country to contact Michigan house speaker.

-He tried to pressure the speaker in this off book call.

-Speaker McCarthy knew about the burner phone line.

-The phone showed up as “Spam Risk Egypt” on caller ID.

 

Cuba’s government has spent the last days attempting to get the island’s national grid functioning after repeated island-wide blackouts. Without power, sleep becomes difficult in the heat, food spoils and the water supply fails.

Parts of Cuba’s communist system still function: the municipality sent Maria food. “We are three families here,” she said. “I live alone, the lady who lives next to me [does] also, and there are two children, the children’s mother, her aunt and an elderly man.”

A week after the blackout, the island has returned to the status quo ante with regular power cuts of up to 20 hours a day. But the crisis has left a deep, melancholy dread about the future.

 

Should Donald Trump fail a second time to be re-elected he faces the very real possibility of jail time and massive financial penalties due to the sheer volume of criminal cases and civil lawsuits that are on hold until after the election.

That is the opinion of Syracuse University law professor Greg Germain who explained in an interview with Newsweek that the former president's only path to get out from under the federal cases he now faces is to beat Vice President Kamala Harris in less than two weeks and then push the Department of Justice to drop the cases filed against him.

As Germain stated, the multiple federal cases Trump is facing are solid and his only path to victory may be having them shut down.

Newsweek source: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-legal-cases-georgia-washington-florida-new-york-stormy-daniels-chutkan-cannon-1974406

[–] spaghettiwestern 5 points 3 weeks ago

I wonder how safe Musk feels standing next to a hotel room window.

 

A former Florida sheriff who moved to Russia amid an FBI investigation is a Kremlin-backed propagandist responsible for viral deepfake videos and misinformation targeting Kamala Harris’s campaign, according to European intelligence documents reviewed by the Washington Post.

The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, gave funding to John Mark Dougan, the operator of several fake news websites. According to documents reviewed by the Post, Dugan was responsible for several websites that seemingly published fake local news, including DC Weekly, Chicago Chronicle, and Atlanta Observer.

[–] spaghettiwestern 19 points 3 weeks ago

Not so unusual these days and way more than a few. We've got most of a political party that is perfectly willing to line up behind a fascist and cheer him on.

[–] spaghettiwestern 58 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The Republicans are all for states rights as long as those states do exactly as they say.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by spaghettiwestern to c/[email protected]
 

Dell Outlet on Ebay has the Latitude 3140 laptop, an excellent Home Assistant platform on sale for $176. A Raspberry Pi 5 or NUC with the hardware needed for these features would cost far more. The same machine is nearly 2x more on the regular Dell Outlet site.

Debian 12 supported out of box - no additional drivers needed
Fast N200 Intel processor - ~60% faster than a Raspberry Pi 5
256gb SSD
8GB ram
Advanced BIOS options
OpenVino support for Frigate
BIOS battery management.  Can limit charge to 75% for years of battery life
6 hour indicated battery life at 75% charge
Very low power usage - ~6 watts when running Home Assistant with several USB devices
Fanless and completely silent
Built like a tank

Negatives:

Built like a tank. Chunky for a small laptop
No integrated Ethernet port
Mediocre screen

I bought one of these last year when it was on sale from another vendor and have been really happy with it, especially for the cost.

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