Meanwhile, American users are flocking to RedNote because authorities have worked themselves into a lather over privacy concerns about TikTok, while U.S. tech giants harvest user data with industrial efficiency. The difference? American data collection is done for profit, and Chinese data collection is done for control. Pick your poison.

Hard to argue Zuck and Elon don’t want control either…

Under President Biden, Zeller said the White House asked him to lay out a timeline for how a nicotine rule could be finalized by the end of 2024. Zeller said he delivered the plan in one of his last acts before retiring, and was not sure why the Biden administration failed to finalize the rule.

“I would not be forwarding this timeline to you, if I didn’t believe in good conscience that it could be met, as long as clearance times could be sped up,” Zeller recalled telling White House officials.

Didn’t stop people from giving Biden credit for accomplishing something just a few days ago…

This is the danger of giving credit before anything is done, they get the credit and quit.

Nah, just what I think of everytime

I have no interest in a slap fight, have a nice life.

You people

What do you mean “you people”?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p5ZfDg3zdo&t=22s

it’s not even praising the police, just stating its purpose

Maybe in that universe…

In ours “serve and protect” was never what the police were for, it was just a PR slogan they put in cruisers

That’s what I’m talking about, our universe is not the same, although you seem to not be sure about how our universe works…

If not youd see why the quote isn’t applicable.

Ah, so it’s not relevant at all because it’s literally not even based on our own universe…

Thanks!

If that guy truly believes cops “serves and protects the people”…

Then we shouldn’t be listening to anything they have to say.

“There was real sensitivity about keeping federal troops away from the front lines,” said Ollivant, who was ordered in by President George H.W. Bush as rioters in central-south LA set fire to buildings, assaulted police and bystanders, pelted cars with rocks and smashed store windows in the aftermath of the videotaped police beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist. “They tried to keep us in support roles, backing up the police.”

Important to note the real reason they kept military and cops “from the front lines” is they kettled Black protestors into Koreatown and then just let the two groups of minorities to fight it out while cops, ambulances, and firefighters were forming a barrier to protect the white neighborhoods.

I stopped reading the article as soon as the author showed they didn’t understand that. It’s been over 30 years, if the author didn’t know by now it’s because they didn’t bother to research what they’re writing about.

This would only lead to people smoking more cigs for the same amount of nicotine…

Nicotine isn’t great for you, but the big problem is the smoke.

So this will make health consequences even fucking worse.

This is some ginned up bullshit.

The “you’re next” after referencing a high profile murder is what actually did it.

Like, that’s a credible threat. 15 years is fucking insane, and context is going to matter a lot. Did she just get denied cancer treatment for her 2 year old? Or told it’s not insurance’s fault doctors won’t prescribe opioids? Or any of a million things in between.

That’s why we have trials, to find out all that stuff. And if it’s a jury trial I feel juries would be sympathetic.

The 100k is the real bullshit, but not owning guns doesn’t mean much. It’s insanely easy to buy a gun without a background check thru private seller loopholes.

But our bond system is insane, because the it causes judges to inflate the amount 10x. If you can afford to put it up, you get it all back later. A bondsman you pay 10%, they put up 90%, and they get the whole 100% back. Your 10% is their profit. If a bondsman thinks that’s a good risk, why does the court consistently over estimate the risk?