People raise good points about the federal system.
Let's say a governor did hire a hitman and murder is a state crime. All of a sudden we now have a conspiracy and ideally the federal government would take jurisdiction of what is now a federal crime. At that point, the governor would need to bribe or threaten the president to pardon these federal crimes....
Similarly, if it was the president orchestrating some sort of conspiracy, he might be able to delay or pardon federal offences, but as we are seeing with the 2016/2020 election crimes of Trump, a patchwork of state and federal cases are made all being handled (or delayed) via different powers.
Federalism is sort of good in that power is relatively diffuse. But it breaks down when 50% of courts and other officials just decide their friends can do as they will.
But I dream of a game that kind of looks and feels like a Pokémon game. But you are a witch or herbalist going round the different biomes in a fantasy setting making remedies and potions like a morrowind game.
So obviously there's be your dying grandma or mentor and some sort of evil overtaking the land. You set out of the city with your knife, shovel and glassware. There'd be a pokedex of plant and animal parts to find and fill out. Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, then maybe also monster parts. There'd probably be a crafting tree like I'm Minecraft. Different biomes, seasons, or biome locations would inevitably have to be gated by tools or potions.
Eventually you'd discover the recipe to make the thing to defeat the BBEG and he'd probably show up to stop you from getting the last and rarest ingredient in the potion. Etc.
Would definitely need to ride the knifes edge of challenging a players knowledge and intuition about botany, as well as tropes in witchcraft and fantasy. Without being too hard, too requiring of memory and notes...
A challenge to making the game? Would need probably 5x the art in an old Zelda or Pokémon game. Talking 200+ unique foraged items, 6+ biomes with sub biome/habitats. Monsters. Townsfolk. Etc. Oh and I'd like have to learn how to code and make art. So yeah. Someone. Please make this game for me. Or tell me it exists.
If Joe doesn't get that he and his family may be in prison in 12 months... Trump has telegraphed that he will lock up or execute anyone who stands in his way. I hope voters get what's at stake here.
I guess what I mean is, if you have indication that frequently baristas are serving food without following hand washing protocol, maybe something bigger is going on that if OP has a smell sensitivity or not. The stores should be informed they are not operating correctly.
I bought my Honda Civic about 9 years ago for, let's just say 20k including interest on the loan. I could look more into it, but let's say $500 a year on average for service and $1000 a year on insurance. Gas has been pretty constantly $3/gal and mileage at 30 miles per gallon so that's ten cents a mile. Driven 110,000 miles so that's $11,000 in gasoline.
So all and all ownership has been about 20k+4.5k+9k+11k or $45,000 divided by 110,000 miles.
That's about 40 cents a mile. Woooo! I'm probably under estimating the service costs as they have really escalated recently. The IRS says it costs 55 cents a mile to service a car. So yeah. You shouldn't think of any short trip as free. It probably costs 50 cents to drive every mile.
It's not like the US says you HAVE to execute someone convicted of treason, right? Even in death penalty states people get the lesser sentence of life with no chance for parole.
I can see why this is maybe the one crime some people ambivalent about the death penalty would want to keep it as an option for: to make sure the traitors supports don't yank them out of prison and try again.
But if Russia or whomever breaks into a supermax prison to get some spy or politician out, I think the country has worse problems than a traitor on the lose.
I think house arrest and/or parole makes the most sense here. Politically and in reality. Somehow, he's a first offender. Make him pay to check into a dirty office in NYC once a week, pee in a cup, promise he hasn't spoken to any other known felons since his last parole check in...
Denies him the martyrdom of a few months in jail, as well as the inane drama he would inevitably force out of it.
As much as I would love to see him in jail, as much as he deserves it.... Drug tests and maybe an ankle bracelet would be more realistic.
The bad Ai dj. The car thing they rolled back. The new logo that's the same as the old one, but now border. The cache that causes you to hear the same ten songs multiple times in a week.
Whoa. Side Walk Slam. I heard their EP in middle school and then haven't thought about the since.