Dragomus @ Dragomus @lemmy.world

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Hmm what am I missing here...

Spotify is raising prices because it wants to sell product "B" next to "A" that it already had. But now the management of Product A is claiming that the extra money from raised prices belongs to them because spotify was selling A first?

That is quite ballsy ... granted I expected nothing less from the greedy music industry, but this is quite on a new level.

I'll add to that, they also got free "education" to learn skills needed for their "job" and how to adress their "superiors".

Yes, please, pretty please, with a cherry on top, lift my gag order so I can lay out "wishes" that should happen to the mean unfair people that got me convicted.

But then when something happens I get to loudly say "I don't believe my people did this!"

There was a time once where people with such delusions would be taken to a mental institution, especially when they are a threat to public safety.

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Well I think the judge usually considers the defendant's job. And that is where he'll not get house arrest or community service... his lawyers will correctly argue that Trump is campaigning for his job as president, so is expected to be in different states almost daily and or travelling a lot for at least 6 more months. Thus it would be an unfair sentencing if it limited him to earn a buck.

Same will be argued for prison time but ofcourse that is a whole different ballgame and a judge could finalize that sentence but put it on a delay for like 2025.

But what if Trump's henchmen refuse to certify the election results where he lost, and refuse to swear in the new guy? Does the new guy get sworn in by a splinter group thereby locking the country with 2 non functional presidents? (Giving Trump even more opportunity to spout more lies that the election was a fraud and the opposing president is trying to take over the country, declaring martial law "for the sake of the country")

Ofcourse Trump is not going to leave, it will always be a severe downgrade for him if he leaves, he'll lose so much status, power and opportunity to do what he wants, and gains a chance he loses his freedom/money if he did not get to give himself a get out of jail free card somehow...

He'll die in the saddle, or make sure someone within his family will take the throne so Trump can stay shielded 'till he dies.

...Take his barely veiled threats seriously...

Trump's internal dialogue still has a market mentality:

I do everything for my ma...friend Putin, so he'll do for me what I ask in return.

Why he thinks his possible re-election is needed in the equation is unclear to me, I mean he can ask for the fellow's release right now?

Or is there perhaps some enticing cookie he can offer friend Putin in secret once Trump is president? Hmm? Without access to the White House he can't deliver? Hmmm.

It's not a question of being allowed, he's broken so many laws in the past alone and got away with it heck is still doing those same things. Already he is denying legality of any law or prosecution that is currently blocking him and steps past...

It's a matter of who will dare to stop him once he is at that point: He has judges in his pocket. Part of the armed forces apparently are pro maga. Who or which branch will actually physically stop him once he declares his reign to continue? Ofcourse it will be under a lame excuse that it's good for the country, it is in unrest or at war right now so elections are bad hmmkay? So generally it'll be swallowed and shrugged off.

Any PERSON trying, or even complaining, risks being shot by henchmen or at the very least gets their and their family's lives destroyed.

Here and there there might be committees making a declaration what he's doing is illegal, but if Trump's team ignores it all or makes them go away, there is no oversight to stop him because no one single individual dares to stand in front.

As long as he has part of the judiciary system and a good chunk of armed folks to his defense one can sue and complain and he might show up in court to make a circus out of it but meanwhile will sit it all out on his throne.

He's already King of Trump Tower, and ofcourse "the bestest American", so by rights he IS king of America and will lead "his" people accordingly. "King Trumps President in power" and all that, so he now just needs to cement his family line in the role.

I'd find it immensely funny if he now already declared one of his family members as a running mate for VP position 😅

Already can hear the lame excuse: "it is needed now because they are the only ones to be trusted to do their job, for the better of the country" (Ofcourse it's convenient in the case ol' Donald is incapacitated for some reason, the one next in line cements the legacy for the century to come...)

I read this as he can see the violence coming and feels it's wiser to step off the stage.

Trump is then Hitler's farce ... Stalin was of a whole different caliber, I am not sure who would be his farce, I'd almost say Putin but he's definitely not a farce as per the term.

But all in all, I keep saying Trump's every declaration should be taken very seriously. He will not shun frothing up his followers into a violent frenzy. He also is very set on destroying the constitution and law book...

These days public-/cargo transportation is far more available and more efficient than it was in 1940 ...

Besides that, Trump has a huge, well armed, following ("militia") that will start frothing at the mouth if they see a "designated deportee" walking in their area.... (For a fun comparison I say go watch the Alabama Top Gear episode from series 9 on YouTube)

And that same following feels it has a Carte Blanche to do whatever as long as they think it supports the orange overlord.

Years ago I happily used some Razer mice and keyboards, even a headset, so in the not too far past I told people around me that Razer was fairly good, quality wise, but alas, I think each and every one I recommended Razer products to had them break and or die well within warranty, and they always had to start a stupid discussion to get the warranty/RMA accepted, a few times even replacements denied outright by Razer.

For me this stands in sharp contrast with Logitech whom has never denied me a warranty, even for products a few weeks beyond the date, and they generally just send out a new item. That is, for me it is rare for a Logitech product to actually require replacement to begin with, I have a few mice, keyboards and headsets far older than 5 years and they work fine plus are still supported in the drivers.

Speaking of drivers, Razer at one point also made the decision to have their drivers require an account login to function properly (multi-button mice would only have 2 functional buttons if not logged in etc). But after some flak from its users it slightly changed that to the login being optional, but profiles would still be hampered without a continuous online presence.

Coming back to Asus, for a few years now I hear of people having quality issues and grumpy asus service desks, but for me their videocards ways ran fine (even without coil whine, unlike some MSI cards). I am quite hesitant to buy an Asus monitor or motherboard though.

If this is true it will be devastating for Qualcomm ... they hyped the new chips big time, and some huge manufacturers happily announced products with the new chip. So if this falls flat, a few influential players will not be happy at all...

Not to mention the rest of the tech media... they will happily sell the pitchforks and torches.

Now consider that Trump is already speaking in interviews as if he has the guaranteed immunity in his pocket...

He already promised he'll take nasty revenge on his rivals, have people removed who are thwarting him now. Promises drilling drilling drilling (I assume for oil) from day one, regardless if there's a law or rules against that which would normally need to be overturned first...

Somehow he is riding on the done deal he can do whatever he wants the moment he is "elected" and there will be no one to stop him.

Well before this hearing I had the impression this SC is looking for ways to stack delay on delay without taking too much flak themselves. It showed in the weird narrow beam wording of their restrictions when they took on this case. It showed in the extra weeks they took to plan this hearing. And it is now showing in the questions they ask ...

I will not be surprised if they proclaim "a president has no total immunity, and only immunity in presidential matters, but the lower courts need to figure out if Trump's actions were (for) personal (gain) or presidential."

And with that the ball is dropped and it rolled in a sewage drain where it's hard to reach before the elections are in the rear view mirror.

It even includes another time loop for when it eventually does resurface back on the SC's lap for them to decide if his actions were presidential.

But by that time there will be a "Year one Dictator", proclaiming himself to be America's first great dictator, while ordering his rivals to be imprisoned, indicted and or shot.

And the people will loudly wonder, "Who is there to stop him? Where are the checks and balances?" But loudly will turn into a whimper then a whisper until it is a small voice in an empty room.

Move along, nothing to see here.

Hmm I think someone forced Ygor to say this... yes yes it's a cover up, the mothman cometh! :-p

"This is a very unusual situation. The stock's value is pretty much divorced from truth"

Had to fix the sentence to what he likely meant to say.

Why am I only mildly surprised?

The thing people forget, half of NY's "real estate moguls" probably commit the same fraud, perhaps to a lesser extent and Broke Don was just caught with his pants down. But those business folk are of course whispering everywhere that this ruling could bankrupt NYs real estate market...

I do find it rather strange how it is worded "an appeals court has decided" ... so is this ANOTHER appeals court that is meddling with the court case of the original court and the upcoming appeals court? Or are/will these be the same folks who will decide on the coming appeal case? If the latter I will start assuming they'll throw the judgement out on a technicality ("the business in question is now located in Florida so there is no jurisdiction in NY" Or something lame like that)

Also it is unclear to me what their decision is based on, if the law states that on appeal a bond for the full amount needs to be met, how can they lower it just like that? Especially since Broke Don claims to swim in Billions of dollars... I can see the REASONING of wanting to lower it but I would think the law does not give leeway on it.

I could only think of just allowing a seizure of the assets but blocking them from sale while the appeal goes up, that seems a lot fairer than what they did here.

Frankly I am stunned how more and more explicit the justice system is openly breaking the US laws just to keep Broke Don in the saddle... is there anyone who can really stop them doing that?

Meanwhile I will not be surprised if the appeal for this case, and others will just get delay stacked on delay until well beyond the elections, probably stuffing it all in 2025. This under the feared and silent assumption the dictator from day 1 will have his Golden Throne from which he will excrete his decrees of revenge under his claimed full authority, impunity and immunity.

The thing is, the common thought Trump will abide by bureaucratic processes is utterly wrong. He and his cronies even made abundantly clear they will replace any opposition starting day one, and declared they have 50.000 people chosen and lined up to fill the newly empty government positions. They have no intention wait out approvals or discussions about new laws or rules.

He'll sign an executive order making instant sacking of any bureaucrat possible, those that try to block or slow him down will be forcibly removed.

As I keep bringing up, Hitler did not come into full power over years, no it took mere months and a healthy week of literally murdering all of his then political opposition to do it. Then all that came from Hitler was a denial along "I do not believe my people did this" and the whole country's government and judicial system was too afraid to not crown him Supreme leader.

The Trump camp is following the exact same roadmap... including Trump declaring his current "Jan 6th hostages" to be innocent of all crimes.

So please do not underestimate his threats or think he'll need far more than 4 years to accomplish this, as soon as he able to claim the election in his favor (because hey, the republicans are going to refuse to certify any other outcomes, unlike previously in 2020) he will be beyond existing laws and judges. And apparently it will be all legal because it is the certification that matters, not the amount of votes.

And the very minute he gets an actual armed force to occupy the congress or white house, "as a defensive measure", well good luck getting him out and undoing whatever laws/decrees he started writing.