TragicNotCute @ TragicNotCute @lemmy.world

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Here’s what the prosecutor had to say:

Wice said he had been “besieged by a torrent of phone calls” from people who have “expressed their monumental displeasure with the fact that these cases are being resolved with a pretrial intervention.” Touting the restitution Paxton now owes to his alleged victims, Wice said it was more important to secure justice for them than to pursue prison time for Paxton, which he said should only be a priority if the defendant poses a threat to public safety.

“I appreciate your concern,” Wice said of those criticizing the outcome. “With all due respect, your truth is not the truth. You know one half of 1 percent of what fellow prosecutor] Mr. Jed] Silverman and I know about the facts of these cases. And the fact that all of these people have registered their monumental displeasure with what happened in these cases, I submit, probably should have been directed at the ballot box.”

I’m not sure I understand his angle here. Is 271k of restitution more important than holding Texas’ top law enforcement official responsible for crimes he’s charged with?

Yeah, it’s pretty badass. I sure wouldn’t name my kid that, but in abstract, it’s dope.

Found Raddix Zephyr

They evidently called Mayday before colliding. But if I was asleep at the wheel and woke up to see a bridge coming at me, I’d probably let yell Mayday too.

For me, it’s imagining how such a soft and squishy body might behave on a hard and flat surface. There looks to be minimal deformation on the underside of the creature. Additionally, it looks slimy, but you can’t see any liquid on the creature or the surface.

I love Don asking about his intensity. Musk said he was “born with it” and then follows up “I had a tough childhood”.

Uh huh. Parents didn’t mine diamonds? Tough break.

Basically tied.

The Economist is tracking the contest. Here you can find the latest polls, though it should be noted that pre-election polls have limited predictive power for the final result until the end of the summer in an election year.

Geneva Convention Article 39:

2. It is prohibited to make use of the flags or military emblems, insignia or uniforms of adverse Parties while engaging in attacks or to shield, favour, protect or impede military operations

This one weird trick defeats your enemy in seconds and makes you a war criminal.

The real answer is, it’s complicated. I thought this quote was interesting and telling though.

Dale’s daughter Kelley recalled an incident that occurred in her childhood, when her father placed a bumper sticker reading “American By Birth / Southern By The Grace Of God” on the rear of his truck. The family’s black housekeeper mentioned that the sticker, which featured the Confederate flag, made her uncomfortable. Dale immediately took a pen knife and slashed the flag off his truck, leaving the expression of Southern pride while divorcing it from the region’s sour history

https://theoutline.com/post/7328/dale-earnhardt-sr-very-intriguing-person

From a link in that article:

After the IRA was signed into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen directed IRS leadership not to increase audit rates on people making less than $400,000 a year annually.

Gives you an idea who they are actually targeting.

While they might not have found the previous commenter’s mother, you will certainly find yourself in a land of delicious flavor with our new seasonal cocktails.

And he loves you

This entire thread sucks and is breaking the rule about being respectful. Please stop.

Implying that those who disagree with you are subhuman is right out of the fascism playbook and it's definitely not being respectful of others. You can hold that opinion and you can even broadcast it widely on the internet. The rules in this community says to be respectful of others and that by it's very definition is not. I'm not interested in arguing further, and I'm definitely not interesting in talking geopolitics with you. I want you to be respectful of others and if you can't, I'll remove the content and ban you from the community. If others are not being respectful, report them and I'll review that too.

I don’t care about the content of what you are talking about. The community rules say to be respectful of others. And you aren’t. I asked you to stop but you want to argue.

I’m glad Lemmy doesn’t have gold, but I wish I had something more to give for this.

I think saying that any group of humans “aren’t people” isn’t being respectful of others. Please stop.

I thought we wanted young adults interested in STEM. 🤔

Cannabis.

Hell of a shot though. Looks like a Starling of some type. Maybe Eurasian? Maybe just common.