Sadly: no attic. I need try making an attractive bat roost for them. I wonder how bats feel about cedar, since cedar is rot resistant?
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To be fair, Harris had a contentious relationship with cops, when--IIRC--she didn't pursue the death penalty for a cop killer.
Prosecutors have to work with police, but aren't police. Prosecutors want to win, because that's how they get elected. When cops do dumb, illegal shit, prosecutors get pissed because then they can't win a case. Cops usually blame prosecutors for not locking everyone up. Prosecutors get pissed at cops, because cops botch investigations and make stupid, illegal arrests.
Of the two, I have much more respect for prosecutors. Prosecutors are often very good attorneys (in their field).
To reiterate a point: district attorney are elected. The public expects them to win cases. When they don't, even if it's because cops are handing them steaming piles of garbage, they tend to lose their jobs. Shitty, but true. We may say ACAB, but when it comes down to it, a prosecutor that refuses to, for instance, prosecute certain low-level crimes will tend to get voted out of office because it pisses off the constituents.
Unless either candidate OVERWHELMINGLY wins, there's not going to be anything tonight, and probably not tomorrow. The last of the swing states won't close polls until 8p (Mountain time, I think). Trump is almost certainly going to declare that he is the winner "by a lot". Best case, we'll know tomorrow morning.
So take a couple alprazolam, drink a couple shots, and black out until tomorrow.
If I remember correctly, Republicans in Georgia have consolidated voting locations in Atlanta--which is heavily Democratic--despite there being long line and hours of waiting in 2020. Is it intentional? 100%. In the rural parts of Georgia--and I'm pretty rural--you're in and out in only slightly longer than it takes to read the ballot.
About 45 minutes, as I recall, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I think that was the year that marriage equality (e.g., gay marriage) was on the ballot in Michigan. (I just looked it up; it was a vote to amend the state constitution to ban civil unions and marriage equality.) That was in 2004. Since then, I don't remember ever having to wait more than 10 minutes when voting in person.
I love seeing the bats coming out at night in the summer; I can see them in the front clearing, swooping around after moths. I've got a bat house, but I think that it's been vacant for years; I need to find a better way to attract them to my home.
In the US, you would need to start off by determining that the care was below standard before you can sue for malpractice. In the case of the dentist, it sounds like the dentist did what he was capable of doing; unless there were oral surgeons that were on-call, what would you reasonable expect? In the US, that wouldn't be an emergency, because it's not going to kill you to wait--in pain, admittedly--for 12 hours for an oral surgeon. I suspect you'd have a hard time winning a malpractice claim under US law. (Malpractice usually has to be pretty egregious to win.)
Sure, you can sue. But my guess is that most attorneys are going to look at that, and charge you, rather than working on contingency. That means that you pay up-front, rather than them taking a percentage of winnings. That's what usually happens when they don't think they'll win.
The police also broke my rights and abused me, and the supreme court sided with me.
That would be quite rare in the US. The overwhelming majority of police abuse cases are decided in favor of the police, and when they aren't, someone is usually dead or permanently crippled. The financial payout is usually going to the survivors. Wrongful arrest? That's usually met with a shrug. People regularly die in police custody in the US, and the police investigate and find themselves innocent.
Is it bullshit? Of course. Police should be trustworthy. Doctors should be trying to offer the highest standard of care at all time. Wealth and power shouldn't play into any of that, and it's despicable that it usually does. Is what Finland has still better than what the US has, and is likely to have (esp. if Trump ends up winning)? Absolutely. Would I emigrate to Finland if I had a job that was in-demand and thought there was any possibility I could learn Suomi fluently, even if it meant conscription? Absolutely, without hesitation.
I'm very surprised that you haven't heard of Ghost of Tsushima; it has been a highly successful game.
But maybe I am mistaken? I would swear that I had to accept EA terms and conditions to play, but it's by Sony and Sucker Punch. I dunno.
Currently I recommend bupropion and atomoxetine, but once I get an appointment with a psychiatrist, I'll probably recommend lisdexamphetamine.
Modafanil is pretty great too.
It’s out of their hands.
Uh, yeah, it literally was. Unless you're saying that you want the president to be able to do whatever they want, even when a majority of congress and courts say no.
It's not lying under any conventional definition of lying though. Saying something is a lie usually indicates deceptive intent, along with a knowledge--or a reasonable belief--that something you're saying isn't accurate. If I believe that the earth is flat, and I say so, am I lying? Or am I just wrong?
Biden said that he would cancel student loans; he's done everything in his legal authority, and a few things that weren't, to try an cancel them out. Do you think that the fact that SCOTUS prevented him from doing so makes it a lie? Or was he unable to follow through due to factors that he couldn't directly control?
If Trump wins, expect it to be much, much worse. The ACA/Obamacare guarantees that certain things must be covered, that you can't be denied covered based on pre-existing conditions, and that you can't be charged more due to age, gender, etc. It also gives subsidies to people that are buying their own covered on the marketplace, which was set up by the federal gov't.
Under Trump, expect all of that to be tossed out. If Trump wins, it's highly likely that Republicans with flip the Senate, and retain control of the House, which means Republicans will have all three branches of the federal government captured, and there will be no brakes to repealing the ACA and going back to the old, much shittier system.
If Harris wins, don't expect to see many changes. If she wins, it's unlikely that Democrats would also have control of both the House and Senate. While it's true that she was in favor of a single-payer system five years ago, it's unlikely that she would be able to get that through the House and Senate unless they were both controlled by a Democratic majority. (In the case of the Senate, they would need to nuke the filibuster, which--IMO--is not a good idea in the long run).