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Forum: Trials and Errors 28th February 2023, 12:43 PM
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Posted By Newtons Bit
:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th February 2023, 12:53 PM
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Views: 126,020
Posted By Newtons Bit
I suppose Baldwin could claim a completely...

I suppose Baldwin could claim a completely different set of facts than what happened...

But regardless, if you handle a real gun for pretend purposes it must be done in a safe manner. That means...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th February 2023, 12:06 PM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,020
Posted By Newtons Bit
Myriad made the claim that it was "pretty...

Myriad made the claim that it was "pretty conclusive in exonerating Baldwin", which is what I was responding to.





The prosecutors will need to prove:
a) The safety rules regarding firearms...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th February 2023, 10:22 AM
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Posted By Newtons Bit
The OSHA investigators are not seeking to...

The OSHA investigators are not seeking to inculpate or exculpate anyone for criminal manslaughter. It's looking for violations of OSHA laws/regulations. It is true that Alec Baldwin did not violate...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2022, 04:28 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Georgia law does not permit this. And I'm not...

Georgia law does not permit this. And I'm not aware of a single person in Georgia who was shot for trying to vote in 2018.



Absurdly long wait times... of which 1 hour was the longest anyone in...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2022, 04:06 PM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Oh I'm outraged at Abrams and the Democratic...

Oh I'm outraged at Abrams and the Democratic Party for covering for her. But that people will dive so far as to claim that a 15 minute wait time justifies the claim that the state of Georgia's...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2022, 03:12 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
I'm still kinda chuckling at the idea that 15...

I'm still kinda chuckling at the idea that 15 minute wait is so long that it constitutes voter suppression. Every state in the union commits voter suppression by that logic.
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2022, 02:19 PM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Here we go now. If you wait 15 minutes in line...

Here we go now. If you wait 15 minutes in line without voting, it's not just the same as being lynched. It's worse than that. It's Jim Crow on Steroids. Congratulations. You've won the internet!...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2022, 01:42 PM
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Posted By Newtons Bit
That article regurgitates Stacey Abrams case....

That article regurgitates Stacey Abrams case. It's not referencing the judges findings or the actual facts that the witnesses presented. You're going to have to go to the source...
Forum: USA Politics 17th November 2022, 07:57 AM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Four years and $20 million dollars and Abrams...

Four years and $20 million dollars and Abrams couldn't find a single person who wanted to vote and couldn't vote as a result of Georgia's policies. Zero. Not a few. Zero.

A policy that is even...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 07:36 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Okay, I may be wishcasting that Trump is in the...

Okay, I may be wishcasting that Trump is in the rear-view mirror.

Please be in the rear-view mirror, please be in the rear-view mirror, please be in the rear-view mirror, please be in the...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 07:13 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Which election was he running for in 2022? ...

Which election was he running for in 2022?

Also: I didn't vote for him in 2016 or 2022. I've never been associated with him, much to my father's dismay.
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 06:56 PM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Abrams launched a federal lawsuit against the...

Abrams launched a federal lawsuit against the state of Georgia and failed to find a single person who couldn't vote as a result of Georgia's policies. NOT A SINGLE PERSON. She had an opportunity to...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 06:33 PM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
I had CNN on not long ago and they called the...

I had CNN on not long ago and they called the House for the Republicans. I... don't understand how that means they lost.
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 05:38 PM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Gleeful, evil and destructive.

Gleeful, evil and destructive.
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 05:12 PM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
I'm not playing that game. I believe that the...

I'm not playing that game. I believe that the attack on the US Capitol is far worse than anything the Dems have done from a political violence point of view. It's even worse than everything I lay at...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 04:42 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Uhhh? Jim Crow 2.0 was coined by Joe Biden.

Uhhh? Jim Crow 2.0 was coined by Joe Biden.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th November 2022, 03:59 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,146
Posted By Newtons Bit
My wife has a similar thoughts. She was...

My wife has a similar thoughts. She was sympathetic to the goals trans activists a couple of years ago. Now she's pretty sure that if she was born two decades later to a progressive family she would...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 03:48 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Dems claim that the election will be stolen...

Dems claim that the election will be stolen before the vote happens. Reps claim that the election will be stolen after people vote. Lying about voter suppression is almost as bad as lying about the...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 03:13 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Sometimes yes. Depends on the place. Sometimes I...

Sometimes yes. Depends on the place. Sometimes I see the left wing versions between posts about Golden Showers and Jim Crow 2.0.
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 02:36 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Weird. Every once in a while I'll poke into NR's...

Weird. Every once in a while I'll poke into NR's comment section or right-wing twitter and I see comments like this all the time:
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 12:47 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
I suppose the least surprising thing about the...

I suppose the least surprising thing about the outcome of the out-of-touch party vs. the out-of-their-minds party is that the out-of-touch party still thinks they're not out-of-touch afterwards....
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 11:17 AM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
Quoting Chris Stirewalt...

Quoting Chris Stirewalt (https://thedispatch.com/article/the-wave-against-weirdness/):



The Dems need to realize that it's not their policies that people like. They're just normies compared to...
Forum: USA Politics 16th November 2022, 10:00 AM
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Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
The union hates both Harold Medina and Tim...

The union hates both Harold Medina and Tim Keller, which is not exactly surprising given the unions political leanings. Medina's tweet looks like it was aimed at his own officers (or more...
Forum: USA Politics 15th November 2022, 06:09 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
The APD Chief of Police is part of the Democratic...

The APD Chief of Police is part of the Democratic Party's establishment. You can scroll down on his twitter feed and see him retweeting another APD organization snarking at property owners...
Forum: USA Politics 15th November 2022, 04:50 PM
Replies: 676
Views: 19,665
Posted By Newtons Bit
We had 51 murders in 2018, 112 murders last year...

We had 51 murders in 2018, 112 murders last year and 109 already this year. 2018 was already abnormally high.

Just because the police aren't reporting crimes into the FBI statistics system doesn't...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th November 2021, 03:23 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 8,397
Posted By Newtons Bit
Thinking that you know what the right answer is -...

Thinking that you know what the right answer is - without actually running the numbers - is a bad habit. Even very experienced engineers mess up on occasion doing that.

Given that you haven't set...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th November 2021, 10:40 AM
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Views: 8,397
Posted By Newtons Bit
Have you run through a calculation to determine...

Have you run through a calculation to determine the shear at the bolted connections or the capacity of those connections?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th November 2021, 08:54 AM
Replies: 3,175
Views: 194,575
Posted By Newtons Bit
WTF happened to this forum?

WTF happened to this forum?
Forum: Trials and Errors 4th November 2021, 11:45 AM
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Views: 126,020
Posted By Newtons Bit
I'm specifically referring to financial/civil...

I'm specifically referring to financial/civil liability, but I get your point. Unless every state has similar rules on liability, the productions would likely go elsewhere to film.

If Disney is an...
Forum: Trials and Errors 4th November 2021, 10:07 AM
Replies: 2,774
Views: 126,020
Posted By Newtons Bit
Wrongful deaths can pierce the corporate veil and...

Wrongful deaths can pierce the corporate veil and result in the productions' owners facing direct liability. I'm not sure if this case would qualify for that or not.

Rather than licensing - which...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th October 2021, 04:37 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 44,420
Posted By Newtons Bit
I don't have any records that go back that far...

I don't have any records that go back that far regarding this topic, sorry. If memory serves, I had difficulty finding his email address from the local org but I don't recall as to why.

If you...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 02:12 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
********. ponderingturtle has already done this...

********. ponderingturtle has already done this multiple times in this thread. He wants to play the bickering game. I choose not to.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 01:56 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
It's the one where you try to read things for...

It's the one where you try to read things for comprehension and not try to form straw men.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 01:18 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
That's not what I was asking.

That's not what I was asking.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 01:16 PM
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Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
Still not seeing any confirmation about whether...

Still not seeing any confirmation about whether this was for an already produced item or a custom item. Looking at photos of his shop, however, he has very few already made items for sale. There...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 11:52 AM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
I haven't read that. However, I have read that...

I haven't read that. However, I have read that he would have offered any of his standard cakes, just not a custom cake, through his attorneys. Take that with however many grains of salt you feel...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 08:47 AM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
If it's in a catalog of options then it's not art...

If it's in a catalog of options then it's not art and the baker should lose the case.



The state has already made a successful case on why it can force businesses that sell food to sell it to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th July 2017, 08:36 AM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
I don't think it will be that hard. All they...

I don't think it will be that hard. All they will do is state that a custom crafted cake is a piece of art, and as such, the standard rules / case law on public accommodations. They'll likely...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th July 2017, 02:44 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
I think there's a lot of people here who want to...

I think there's a lot of people here who want to avoid the uncomfortable reasoning on why kicking someone out who is wearing a KKK outfit, or even a Confederate Flag shirt might be okay, but denying...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th July 2017, 02:39 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
Congratulations, you finally found a link that at...

Congratulations, you finally found a link that at least makes a claim that Gorsuch might be to the right of Scalia! I emphasize might because they're not actually making an analysis based on...
Forum: USA Politics 11th July 2017, 09:39 AM
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Views: 440,150
Posted By Newtons Bit
:popcorn1

:popcorn1
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th July 2017, 07:11 AM
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Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
The NYTimes article does not make a claim that...

The NYTimes article does not make a claim that Gorsuch will be to the right of Scalia. If you're going to link articles, and state that they support your fantastical claims, do us all a favor and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 02:36 PM
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Views: 247,124
Posted By Newtons Bit
I work in an industry where it's assumed that...

I work in an industry where it's assumed that everyone can pick up a fire extinguisher, read the clearly printed instructions on the side and manage to follow those instructions with relative ease.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 02:18 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
The status quo, in everything but public...

The status quo, in everything but public accommodations, has been that a business may discriminate on who it does business with. And that's usually a good thing.

As an engineer, I don't have to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 01:50 PM
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Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
The NYTimes != ThinkProgress. One of these...

The NYTimes != ThinkProgress. One of these things is not like the other.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 01:07 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
This is the first time I've seen someone...

This is the first time I've seen someone unironically link thinkprogress and refer to Scalia as "moderate", even as comparison to someone else.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 09:46 AM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
This does not support your claim that he is...

This does not support your claim that he is further to the right than Scalia.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 09:23 AM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
I recognize these words, but I don't see how they...

I recognize these words, but I don't see how they fit together to form a coherent thought.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2017, 09:13 AM
Replies: 441
Views: 52,642
Posted By Newtons Bit
I think you may have mistaken Scalia for......

I think you may have mistaken Scalia for... literally anyone else on the planet.
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