Sure he did. This is clear second degree murder. He had options. He did not need to shoot this person but he chose to pull his weapon with the intent to kill. Manslaughter is when you oopsy do something stupid and someone dies but you weren’t trying to kill anyone. This guy decided to, then tried to, kill, and was…

Yeah but he’s white. They charged him with something they could make stick. Murder 2 is what he did but they probably didn’t think they’d get a conviction. Also the sentencing judge can still fuck this up and give him a light or suspended sentence.

Because Bernie Sanders makes sense and people start realizing that we need radical change, and Biden isn’t going to bring that, if he can even beat Trump. I think it has less to do with what comes out of Biden’s mouth as it does people watching the current presidential shitshow and realizing that if we don’t do…

I thought it was pretty obvious, but the investigations take that long because they are investigating ways AROUND accountability. What actually happened was clear, they need the time to be able to spin it. I mean, if you want to see it as progress, the scrutiny of cops these days makes just a little bit harder to get…

Cats or gum.

You (and the other incredulous commenters complaining about how backing in takes longer) realize that backing out takes the same length of time as backing in? Also that there’s no traffic to contend with backing INTO a space, whereas there are frequently other vehicles behind you while backing out. I back in because…

Seriously, how many “Trump tweets bizarre lies” articles do you guys expect me to read every day? It’s not really newsworthy or interesting any more but every White House tweet you guys all rush to your keyboards and pound out the same witless word salad take: BIZARRE, WEIRD, UNHINGED, OMG OMG OMG!!!!

Tasers exist precisely because putting hands on people, especially older people, is dangerous. Injuries and deaths during arrests plummeted after the introduction of the Taser. For that reason, it’s policy in most departments to use that first.

“Black Leopard, Red Wolf is a dense, difficult book that slips in and out of focus from one passage to the next.”

Language evolves, usage evolves. Nice used to mean stupid, then fine (and still does in phrases like “a nice distinction”.) Over and under are common usage, and that is what defines language. If it communicates the concept effectively then language can and will change in that direction. Language evolves, indifferent…

I’m not sure what people think is the mechanism that would be used to “report the student to police” having not committed a crime, or “require a mental health evaluation” based on anecdotal reports from associates, or “some list that flags a potential gun purchase”...which list is simply that person’s criminal record,…

Here in Utah they have to be able to scan your ID to let you into the bar. Has nothing to do with what you look like. I have a long gray beard, but when my license expired, I wasn’t getting in anywhere. Why is this? Because the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control are draconian bastards and have established…

Way back in the first Diablo multi-player, then in Ultima Online, we discovered an eternal truth about gaming: about 50% of online players can only have fun when they’re deliberately taking away someone else’s fun. As in Ultima Online, when you make griefing consensual, the regular players flock to the safe zones and t…

You don’t understand Utah, and you don’t understand Utah outside the SLC metro area. The cops were called on him for the word beer on his sign. That is enough. Everyone in town knows the kid is not selling beer. They called the cops on his joke because they were offended by the mere mention of alcohol and that’s how…

I’ve asked several people to promise that when I ask them to they will drive me to a trailhead and drop me off and drive away and forget about me. My plan is to poke a bear.

My gramma did the same thing, and so did two of my dogs. I’ve heard many anecdotal stories of it happening. I don’t accept any supernatural explanation so it must be some function of the incredible mammal brain. It also suggests that you might have the ability to choose, if even subconsciously, the time of your…

The old people thank you.

A recording, like an MP3, has a different licensing structure, just like a CD or tape or LP does. The BMI license is a performance license. Recordings are licensed with what’s called a compulsory license.

No, they still have to pay no matter how they broadcast the music. They always have. Nothing has changed but your awareness of it. Significant changes to royalty laws were made when the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was passed concerning how artists (but mostly the big industry fat cats) get compensated for online…

There’s historically been three, ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. There’s a christian one that no one cares about. The fees are typically based on projected attendance at the venue. Each company uses a different way to calculate how many spins a track is getting. So yeah, paying all three in a busy bar can get expensive but…