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Comment · 5 years ago
Not unlike the CCP.
Comment · 5 years ago
The acting police chief of Seattle (acting because the black female chief resigned rather face a punitive pay decrease among other things) said today that they will start arresting rioters who destroy property or assault people.

He said the SPD has the support of the city attorney. The Seattle city attorney, Pete Holmes, is mostly famous for not prosecuting anyone.

The chief said it had nothing to do with who occupies the whitehouse.

Comment · 5 years ago
It is not part of the problem, it is part of the plan.

How else are we going to get bi-partisan support for the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021

Comment · 5 years ago
Conflating the facts is very useful to ones who are trying to establish or control a narrative.
Comment · 5 years ago
Many of these people are cheering for the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021.

Turning your phone off or leaving it at home is already used to identify suspects.

Comment · 5 years ago
And if you make a mistake on a date or location, you are open to be charged with a making false statements -- a felony if you do it a federal agent.
Comment · 5 years ago
Are any of those innovations?

It seems to me they are all boring, obvious, copied, or purchased products that complement their ad selling business.

Comment · 5 years ago
Credit is due for taking advantage of the west's naivete and greed.

Most-favored-nation (MFN) trade status renewal came with conditions. Few if any were met by CCP China and yet American administrations continually renewed MFN for CCP China. Ultimately President Bush (#43) made it permanent.

They opened the door that enabled CCP China to drink the West's milkshake.

Comment · 5 years ago
CCP China is thriving because of liberal capitalism -- the flood of hard currency that otherwise was unobtainable made all the difference.

CCP China should build monuments to President Bush (#41) and President Clinton. Otherwise they would have went the way of the USSR.

edit: and President Bush (#43) for making most-favored-nation trading status with CCP China permanent.

Comment · 5 years ago
All 2-way walkie-talkie type radios are covered by the FCC.
Comment · 5 years ago
Similar to the ATF reminding folks that firearms should not be used to commit crimes.
Comment · 5 years ago
The warning applies to GMRS walkie-talkies too. I doubt folks were using HAM bands.
Comment · 5 years ago
They are still active, just not violent.
Comment · 5 years ago
I took a technical writing course in engineering school and much later a legal writing course in law school.

After LS when I started writing stuff that mattered, I studied Bryan Garner's Lawprose work. At one law firm they invited him in to give a class. I really learned a lot from his books.

One thing I hold on to closely is to respect the time of your reader. (Especially busy people like judges.)

Comment · 5 years ago
Sounds like a good way to blow your cover. Much better to play it cool and get hired into the target agencies/offices directly.

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