OR, and hear me out, you could just not be a total asshole? Maybe have a baseline of tolerance and respect for the people who made you a billionaire? No? Then fuck right off and accept the consequences of your hatred.
Same here. I’ve got one of their dressers and night tables, and I love them! Thinking about getting a bed frame next. Their prices are awesome, and the quality is way better than it has any right to be.
There always needs to be a human making the calls. I never want the robots to make life and death decisions, and sentencing is just that. It definitely seems like they got this one wrong, but AI is not the answer.
The criminal justice system is completely fucked right now. There are multiple tiers of justice, and it is by no means blind. But large language models (we don’t have anything remotely like an AI that could do consistently what you want) are a warped and biased reflection of humanity, and would only intensify and perpetuate the systemic injustice.
For those not familiar with the geography of the area, the West Bank is significantly larger than the Gaza Strip, and it is not a contiguous region. It is made up of Palestinian villages and cities separated by illegal Israeli settlements that were purposely placed in and between the Palestinian land to minimize the ability of Palestinians to control themselves and their security.
A large-scale attack in the West Bank at the level of the genocide in Gaza would be absolutely catastrophic for every single person living in the region. It would be devastating and unforgivable. Which I’m sure is the point.
Yeah I’ve always thought about it that way. Even if it’s not a guarantee that you’ll be sexually assaulted, the chances are high enough and it has become “acceptable” enough in mainstream American culture that it’s apparently okay to joke about it.
“Don’t drop the soap” jokes genuinely fill me with rage, and always have. Our criminal justice system is far from perfect, and plenty of innocent people end up in prison. But I don’t care if you’re guilty or innocent. Were you sentenced to be raped? No. Sexual assault is a heinous crime, so joking about it being an expectation or feature of the penal system is despicable and normalizes the behavior.
Our prison system is completely broken, so yes, I would confidently argue that nearly every sentence that includes prison time has a strong possibility of also including sexual assault. And that’s not okay.
Correct. Christianity is the only religion in America that “counts.” At least in the eyes of the judiciary.
This article is a fascinating discussion about American courts refusal to treat Jews’ religious freedom (in the context of abortion) the same way as Christian religious freedom.
If the courts aren’t okay with Jews exercising our religion freely, then they’re definitely not going to be okay with indigenous religions.
True, by all accounts he was a corrupt asshole doing the bidding of some very bad people. That being said, he was held responsible by the courts, served time in prison, and since then he appears to be making all possible attempts to do the right thing and make amends for the shit he pulled.
We need to be a little more willing to recognize when people have changed their ways, especially considering all the other people in his orbit who have clearly not changed. When people make a good-faith effort to be better, we should give them a chance. He has admitted the things he did and has worked pretty damn hard to show the public what actually happened. I deeply respect that, while also not forgetting the crimes he committed and the damage he did.
Look, this has probably been rehashed over and over, but I hate that Psaki is an MSNBC host now. She’s a smart lady with a successful career in politics, but she was the Press Secretary for the current sitting president ffs. It’s a bad look. Being Press Secretary doesn’t necessarily prepare you to do the same job as your antagonists. She’s not particularly good at being a news anchor, she’s not a skilled interviewer, and her punditry is vanilla and uninteresting at best.
MSNBC has made some terrible decisions lately. Chris Hayes is the only one left that I respect over there.
He’d get around the same state restriction somehow, because those kinds of rules don’t apply to him apparently.
And frankly this is probably his best option, Rubio has absolutely no spine. He’d happily abide if Trump woke up one day and decided he supported nationwide unrestricted abortion access, and told Rubio to be the face of the policy. This guy would stoop to any low, and toe whatever line Trump throws his lunch at.
There’s also the constant threat of death for whoever he lands on. He did try to have his previous VP killed after all.
Edit: there’s no same state restriction for president and vp
Yeah! It’s one of my favorite things about Judaism. You’ll notice a ton of qualifiers in front of my statements though, because we for sure have our fair share of crazy extremists. But comparatively I think our ratio of normal to crazy is maybe a little more reasonable.
Jews have every right to hate Israel, just like anyone else. I personally don’t hate Israel per se, but I think it’s currently a murderous, racist, and fascist regime that doesn’t reflect any of my values. And I hate those things.
Israel, frankly, has nothing to do with my religion. Yes I’m Jewish, yes Israel is currently a Jewish state, but that has nothing to do with me, so my disgust for what Israel currently stands for has nothing to do with my religion or the religion of Israel. Basic stuff.
Judaism has a rich tradition of questioning everything. It is not considered heresy to question beliefs or authority, in fact it’s usually encouraged. You’ll find many many many Jews who openly identify as atheists (myself included), and yet most still absolutely consider themselves Jewish. This usually doesn’t bother anyone, Rabbis included. Atheists even hold a place of honor in some Jewish communities, because atheists get their morality from within themselves or other people, not from a fear of god.
All of that is to say that Trump doesn’t get to say what Jews love or hate. He clearly doesn’t understand the intricacies of an often contradictory and complex belief-system, and that’s fine, many of the Democrats he’s talking about have the same problems on the issue that he does.
I have an idea, let’s all just stop using religion for political purposes.
I’m really glad that the most powerful governments in the world believe that property is more important than people and the planet. Great priorities, makes sense.
I LOVE this. I’m pretty sure I’ve tried every single media/pc remote available, and they all suck for one reason or another. Been thinking about building my own, and this is totally the direction I would go. Thanks for the inspiration!!
OR, and hear me out, you could just not be a total asshole? Maybe have a baseline of tolerance and respect for the people who made you a billionaire? No? Then fuck right off and accept the consequences of your hatred.