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Actually, they should have nothing to do with each other. Assault is a crime whether it occurs during a protest or in a bar. Protesting is generally legal, and a right (reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions can apply). Declaring a protest "illegal" is troubling, and should require a...

I'm not sure I'd call it "assault with a deadly weapon," but it's certainly assault with a weapon. That's a felony ride in U.S. states. He should do time. And not in his room.

Um. . . because revolution isn't the desired goal of demonstrations? Just a thought.

Meh, inflation happens. Smart governments do what they can to keep it in check. Interestingly, the U.S. Federal Reserve's inflation "target" is 2% per year. Remarkably sensible to not be barking about zero inflation. One of the rare instances of the government not promising the moon and the...

My bad. Wrong thread.

I can honestly say it never occurred to us to put an old English person on our money. . . Another dumb thing about the U.S. The one-dollar note (we also have two-dollar notes, but they're rare and no longer printed). The Treasury stated 20 years ago that replacing the one-dollar note with a...

Ya get the strangest things in American law. We had a case where a guy was caught smuggling U.S. currency into the U.S. The prosecutor tried to hem him up, but the judge pointed out that there's no law against bringing U.S. currency into the U.S. The prosecutor actually advanced the theory...

I consider the one-colour, one-size money the dumbest thing the U.S. does. Well, one of the dumbest. One can hardly imagine a way one could set up the system more conveniently for error and fraud.

in the U.S. in April was down to 4.9% from a high of 9.1%. Nice to see the old tricks still work.

Correct. It is entirely possible to guess correctly. To state as fact that which one does not reasonably know is fact, however, is poor journalism. Don't worry about it.

To you? Yes, I suppose so.

This particular Reuters reporter and the idiot editor who passed it certainly are.

Frederick Co. man accused of sexual solicitation of a minor Abigail Constantino May 10, 2023 A Frederick County, Maryland, man is accused of inappropriately chatting with who he thought was a child and requesting to meet in person. Maryland State Police arrested Michael Vance Culpepper, 55, of...

The significant part is that the jurors were just regular, responsible, reasonable adults examined pretty thoroughly for bias. They listened to all the facts and all the arguments for several days, talked it over at length, and all agreed he did it. That's actually how it's supposed to work...

Certainly an appropriate response for conduct that is frowned upon.

Jury in civil trial finds Trump sexually abused, defamed E. Jean Carroll Jurors award $5 million to E. Jean Carroll, who accused Donald Trump of raping her at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s By Shayna Jacobs, Kim Bellware, and Mark Berman Published May 9, 2023 NEW YORK — A civil jury in New...

I didn't know former Fox News producers could do that! Oh, right. . . they can't.

Mace has a pretty foul odor.

Wow, that's one HARSH. . . slap on the wrist. As George Carlin said about being a kid sent to his room. . . "My room? That's where all my STUFF is!"

Who, the girls? So you're telling me there's hope?