Rapidcreek @ Rapidcreek @lemmy.world

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You nationalize any utility and it becomes a monopoly.

SS7 is a signaling protocol. It does specific things between exchanges. For example, you make a long distance call...before you input the last four numbers, SS7 has signaled the end office that a call is to be setup. As the last four numbers are dialed, the connection is interrogated and if free completes the connection, hello. But if it's busy, SS7 signals back to your office to activate its tone generator to produce a busy signal. Magic. Very little resources are used. Knew a guy who was very good in SS7 and he claimed he could do some shit.

They broke up the Bell Stystem in 1982 because it was monopoly. Cost to consumers went down the years following. Big national monopolies are a consumer cost

Is electricity nationalized? No.

Actually, the word is that there is a bipartisan bill moving though Congress to prohibit stock sales. Crazy, right? Anyway, this is just Biden saying he'll sign it.

It pertains to a New York law above. The legal charge is defined.I would hope a judge would not consider an argument about what it is outside the parameters of what is written in the law.

No. In this case they are arguing that the intent was to frighten people on the street. They spoke about it during the press conference. The insurance companies, health policy, etc will not play a part. In fact, the judge will probably prohibit its mention in a murder trial. That's a subject for you guys. Anyway, it has nothing to do with politics

Connelly is pretty well regarded in the caucus.

Raskin wanted Nadlers chair on Judiciary. Nadler ended up telling him he was going to retire anyway and go ahead.

Committee chairs aren't the be all and end all. Looks like some people around here are probably more upset than AOC herself.

Note the OR between coerceing the public and coerceing government. He coerced the public by murdering on the street. Doesn't have anything to do with the government.

New York Penal Law § 490.25, the crime of terrorism, is one of the most serious criminal offenses in New York State. The statute defines the crime of terrorism as any act that is committed with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion and that results in one or more of the following: (a) the commission of a specified offense, (b) the causing of a specified injury or death, (c) the causing of mass destruction or widespread contamination, or (d) the disruption of essential infrastructure.

She could get the chair in 2 years, and then it might be the ranking chair

The bald eagle is well protected as a species. Federal charges for killing one. Course that may change under Trump.

Kinda sorry to hear that, but won't go batshit crazy about it. AOC will be just fine. She's evolved into quite a Congress Critter, and is one of the top communicators in the House. Her time will surely come. She'll be around for a long time if that's what she wants to do. Dems have gone new blood on 5 committee chairs.

This guy was held for 18 years without a charge

Yup, seems like Johnson has all of his caucus angry at him.

Republicans are incredibly peeved that a whole host of Democratic provisions got added to the CR, while the package seems silent on GOP demands… The reality is that Johnson had to accede to a host of Democratic demands because he needs their votes

True, but this time they admitted it.

That's a good question. The war is being played out in Ukraine, not Russia. So here you have a surprise attack outside the battlefield for political reasons. Which fits the criteria of assassination.

Nonsense

There are technical reasons we can't keep WW3 sized stockpiles. The ammunition has a shelf life. Does no good to build up massive stockpiles only for a huge hunk of it to be bad by the time you can actually use it.

But, I guess the author missed that part in their zeal to create a right wing talking point.