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astanton1862 t1_jedef5p wrote
Reply to comment by LoveArguingPolitics in Miami Beach Restaurateurs Say Spring Break Is Killing Business by JAlbert653
> having your city be treated like a drive through for out of towners to pleasure and comfort themselves
This sounds more like ASU
astanton1862 t1_jaac2lx wrote
Reply to comment by nickb_21 in 'Citadel': Amazon’s Big Bet for a Global TV Franchise - Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas star in Amazon’s ambitious action spy series that will premiere on Amazon on April 28, with planned spin-offs around the world. by Neo2199
> they already had Amazon Prime anyway
Probably the later, but one of the reasons I keep prime around is because they release 4 or 5 good series a year.
astanton1862 t1_jaa4bss wrote
Reply to comment by thisnameisused in What flawed show you just can't leave because it's really that good in certain parts despite its wrongs? by eidbio
That's a bold choice Cotton.
astanton1862 t1_j9yjc6j wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in 700,000 without Power in Michigan by detroitdiesel
The Texas storm wasn't once in a blue moon. We had two previous freezes in the last 20 years that took down the power with state funded reports detailing the risk and what had to be done. The state did nothing because it would cost the gas companies a little money.
And then the freeze happens and half the natural gas wells froze and and those companies who failed us during the freeze lost so much money they went out of business made as much profit in one week as they normally do in two years.
So no, Reddit isn't just picking on Texas. My power went out for days and my home got down into the 40s. There is nothing quite like having to check each morning to see if my elderly parents were one of the 250 that died. And all this happened while we have been put on a payment plan to pay the profits to the companies that failed to do their job. The criticism is extremely well justified.
astanton1862 t1_j848rnl wrote
This isn't some small mountain town. It is a suburb of Los Angeles with 70,000 residents in the tenth most populous county in the country. Basically Agrestic from "Weeds". They are happy to go into the city and snarl traffic and earn money but aren't willing to return the favor.
astanton1862 t1_j5yg8db wrote
Reply to comment by Rippin_Lemmy in Netflix denies any Squid Game reality show contestants have suffered ‘serious injury’ by fungobat
Depends on the activity. If it is soccer, then yeah, you can play in the cold for a while, but just standing around and playing simple games like this, you go inside after an hour at most. It sounds like there was a lot of down time during the red light green light game, which means not much movement in freezing weather.
astanton1862 t1_j4fmo7s wrote
The thing that confuses me is that guns aren't easy to get in the UK, so why would you use one for a drive by on a bunch of women? I would think that if I went to the trouble of getting a gun in London, I would be a bit more judicious on how I do it.
astanton1862 t1_j1yw800 wrote
Reply to comment by Sweet-Sale-7303 in Supreme Court leaves in place Title 42 border policy for now by monstertruckbackflip
Just needed a military branch.
astanton1862 t1_j1wquds wrote
Reply to comment by snowcone_wars in Supreme Court leaves in place Title 42 border policy for now by monstertruckbackflip
Biden doesn't have a solution because the Executive Branch is not the problem. The fundamental problem is that are immigration laws are woefully outdated and completely incompatible with this current situation. The specific immediate problem is that the legal system put in place to lawfully manage this issue is so overburdened that a non eligible asylum seeker can stay in the country for years before their cases are adjudicated. That means that even if they are ultimately rejected, they can still work here to take money back home for months.
I actually do have a solution. The US should militarize the issue. Now, I'm not talking about troops or border walls. What we should do is draft all the lawyers into the Coast Guard and set up a special court system to process claims. Assign some as judges and advocates for each side and wind down the backlog. Of course this will never happen because wealthy and powerful people in our society will never be forced into service unlike the rest of us who they will happily push out in front of machine guns to die for our country.
Even if we don't go with the draft, the ultimate solution must come from Congress.
astanton1862 t1_j1es57q wrote
Reply to comment by TaischiCFM in 'Cousin Eddie' display in Kentucky leads to police response by vatred
Tell that to Elon.
astanton1862 t1_j1ddsk1 wrote
Reply to comment by Apprehensive-Ad8947 in Two dead after shooting in central Paris by iFoegot
The older I get, the more valuable life becomes to me. There is so little of it. Why would I want to take it away from someone else for bullshit?
astanton1862 t1_j1ayr6k wrote
Reply to comment by r3rg54 in DC Police Officers Found Guilty in Karon Hylton-Brown’s Death by foodude84
From my understanding, the unjustifiably high risk is something like I decided to speed the wrong way on the highway. Involuntary manslaughter is where it is possible but not likely like I would think is this case.
astanton1862 t1_j16y83q wrote
Reply to comment by malphonso in DC Police Officers Found Guilty in Karon Hylton-Brown’s Death by foodude84
To me, those are all crimes, but I don't see second degree murder. Seems like a textbook case of involuntary manslaughter.
astanton1862 t1_iy8297u wrote
If these are officially licensed by FIFA then we are the dumbest people to ever occupy this planet.
astanton1862 t1_ixo4oms wrote
Reply to Iran arrests British-Iranian citizen for ‘communicating’ with foreign news channels by 4inalfantasy
Iran loves to arrest dual nationals on fake charges and hold them in "prison" and torture them with beatings and mock executions. Then they get their families to sell their land and possessions to secure their release. And this is how they treat the females. The men get it even worse.
astanton1862 t1_ixke95m wrote
Reply to comment by ScaredMind in City of Mesa reaches $8 million settlement with widow of Daniel Shaver by Clem_Doore
The tax payers should pay because this is what they voted for. We hold the power to change this system and we should be responsible for paying the penalty until we do.
astanton1862 t1_ivi5hmd wrote
Reply to comment by PuellaBona in Christchurch attacker appealing convictions and sentence - ABC News by quitofilms
Angola, Louisiana
astanton1862 t1_itf32ws wrote
Reply to comment by paulfromatlanta in Criminal charges dropped against man left with paralysis in US police custody | US news by FreeChickenDinner
They very well may not have ruined his life initially. With a neck injury like this, you only attempt to move the patient once you have immobilized the neck and spine. They way they treated him after the injury was criminally negligent.
astanton1862 t1_is90678 wrote
Reply to Two Florida men charged with attempted murder after two children shot during road rage incident by DragonWriterDB
Ok Florida Man you win. I was just joking with all the Texas Man stuff. You absolutely have the craziest dumbest criminals in America. Please don't shoot anymore kids.
astanton1862 t1_jeeh0n6 wrote
Reply to comment by zsreport in HPD: Rapper shot, killed by suspects dressed in black near River Oaks area by zsreport
Papa Bush and Ted Cruz