[–] 1 point 9 hours ago

I know nothing about this case except a few random headlines, but I'm betting it's 2 or 3 jurors that have decided to ignore law and facts to just say no for some visceral reason.

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  • [–] 22 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

    Not really, there were a lot of people that suspected and rumored, but the press generally didn't say much about it until Bush was president. The media was more concerned with the economy and Iran-Contra type issues, and didn't talk about his health a lot. Late night hosts and comedians made jokes about his chin flaps, hair that never moved, and called him an animatronic or puppet. Not a lot about his mental state, other than disdain for his choices, not really health related. After it was publicly acknowledged there was of course a ton of 'As we all long suspected' type noises.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    The automatic estimates are crap. Just assume you burn 10 cal per pound per day, then add calories for strenuous exercise if you want to lose weight. Up it to 12 or 13 to maintain weight.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 day ago

    Because it's always accompanied by human trafficking and rape. Even in countries where it's legal, the laws are shaped around an idea of allowing it, while preventing the worst aspects of it. The efficacy of various systems is still under review, as none of them are as effective as anyone would like.

    It's a similar issue with polygamy. No one really cares what a group of consenting adults gets up to, but it always ends up devolving into some ones twelve year old daughter being married off to an old geezer, or a cult leader, or both. So it ends up getting banned.

    They're both non problems that cause problems. And yes, a hundred ways to control the real problems have been tried. No one has really been happy with the results so far, there have just been various levels that local societies have decided to accept.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    Pretty sure the arab community didn't like Trump, or the GoP, they just hated the bullshit they were hearing from Biden and Kamala. Turns out, they were serious about not liking the genocide in Palestine, and it's not like Trump or the GoP has done a damn thing to help.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 days ago

    There's a combination of physics models and statistics. And they're constantly updated with current measurements. They should get more accurate as the physics are modeled and measurements get more detailed. Of course we fired a lot of the people that do the modeling and shut down a bunch things doing the measurements.

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    About to be in the market for a new circular saw, just looking for the typical 7.25 blade saw. One thing that has constantly bothered me though is the depth adjustment. Every saw I've ever had used a flip lever on a nut in the back, and that's always been the point of failure. They slip, break, seize or otherwise fail first before anything else on the saw. And it's literally the only setting on a saw that i ever touch beyond changing blades.

    So what brand has a reliable depth adjustment?

     

    Saw a post mentioning an old Scottish gentleman that had saved a bottle of whiskey to drink the day Margaret Thatcher died. And I'm quite sure he enjoyed the drink.

    So my question to the community, what's the best drink for the day any major politician finally kicks the bucket? Should it be your own favorite spirit, or something to denote the character, and vitriol, of the deceased? Something sweet to enjoy the day, or harsh to remember the bitterness of their character?

    I'm trying to plan a shelf for my dining room. Each bottle labeled for who they're waiting for.

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