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Are the people voting third party in the US election going to suddenly stop commenting on Nov 6th when their candidate obviously loses?
  • I'll answer for them. Anyone pushing the view points on the matters you desire. A vote for third party is better than not voting at all, as people will just lump you in with people who can't be bothered to vote otherwise.

    That said what matters most is the down ballot. Look up the candidate that most align with your views and vote for them.

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    “Every Choice Is Loss”: Voters on Their Decision Amid Genocide in Gaza
  • In the US, a representative democracy, people typically want to vote for a representative (here the Pres.) who shares their views on issues. The US isn't going to have a national referendum on Gaza where the people can directly vote.

    What ever your view point(s) your time to vote on your issue(s) is during a presidential or midterm election.

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    What are some valid criticisms of Lemmy do you hear from people who tried out the platform?
  • I see both. Even moderate conservative view point tend to get straw manned as being MAGA. Heck I see left leaning people who just didn't like that Biden was running get bashed for suggesting the Democrats run a different candidate. Now I see the same on anything less the pro Kamala.

    If Harris anonymously posted a self criticism on here I wouldn't be surprised if people called her MAGA. That's not to say everyone here acts that way but a vocal percentage does.

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    What is your favorite color and why
  • Teal, it has the best qualities of both blue and green

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    TIL not everyone tells jokes on beggar's night
  • Never heard of beggars night. People seem to find Halloween a satisfactory name where I've been.

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    Men: I requested underwear recommendations and it was wholesome. Here is my limited feedback:
  • Late to the party, but if you're in Europe I'd check out these they're from a Finnish outdoors company and I've found them comfortable. They're pretty complimentary on an average or fit build and the material feels good against the skin. (I can not unfortunately comment on if the underwear is gay or not).

    https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-viscose-boxers-4-pack/77810

    https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-merino-boxers/58889

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    US soldier with a 'Pederson Device' to convert his bolt-action rifle into a semiautomatic, developed for WW1, 1918?
  • I wonder if someone will make a modern version, someday, for a common cheaper rifle like a Ruger American or Savage 110.

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    TIL not everyone tells jokes on beggar's night
  • Where I'm from Halloween you go around and ask for candy, the historical implication being you'd vandalize the property of or otherwise harass in costume anyone who refused. Which followed Cabbage Night, where you would TP people's houses under the cover of darkness.

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    Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation
  • Shit take that the judges must be bribed because politicians have enacted unpopular laws. The problem is the legislature here.

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    One of the most infuriating things
  • Reasons are explanations for actions. Eg. "The reason I was late turning in my homework is that I had to got to the hospital".

    Excuses are explanations for actions (aka reasons) that are not socially justifiable. Eg. "The reason I was late turning in my homework is that my friends invited me out for drinks".

    The hard part is that jackasses will view even valid reasons as excuses, because to them any factors negatively impacting you are not more important than the end result being achieved.

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    First openly transgender lawyer to argue at Supreme Court
  • I would encourage you to learn more about those 9 before you cast judgements.

    Assuming you see that 6-3 being:

    Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Roberts, v. Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan

    I'll remind you of the Bostock v. Clayton County case from 2020 where the Gorsuch majority (6-3) ruled it was unlawful to fire someone based on their sexuality or gender identity.

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    Do you think another civil war can happen in the US?
  • The friend of certainty is time. One day perhaps then we won't even call ourselves Americans. I doubt the 1860s will happen again anytime soon. Maybe something closer in scale to Blair Mountain.

    Look to history. We've had two. Look at the words explaining the necessity of independence in the declaration of independence. Those were not hollow words but detailed a long series of abuses. Then look to the causes of the Civil War. A perfidious institution anathematic to the very core ideal of the nation, that all men are created equal.

    Our times doubtless have our problems but the do not meet nearly the standard set in the past.

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    What does your country/government do well?
  • Yea, didn't see it going this way either.

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    Non-Americans of Lemmy, what does your country do to protect the rights of criminal defendants?
  • Great question. In theory/practice you can just shut up from square one. But asserting your rights by doing so in clear unambiguous terms for is advisable. Judges understand someone saying "I wish to invoke my right against self incrimination as protected in the 5th amendment" better than the do pure silence.

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    Non-Americans of Lemmy, what does your country do to protect the rights of criminal defendants?
  • 7th amendment applies to civil suits. Judges may when common law doesn't govern. But that's limited. And criminal defendants must consent to bench trial by not contesting any of the facts.

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    Non-Americans of Lemmy, what does your country do to protect the rights of criminal defendants?
  • Movies are works of fiction not law. In America if you choose to temporarily waive your right to silence and speak to police you may at any point reassert that right.

    I couldn't blame cinematographers for attempting to tell a story. But they are artists not lawyers.

    You may talk to police that way in America but any good lawyer will tell you not to because the strength of the fact that your silence can't be used against you often will offend out weigh any defense you might argue.

    When guilt must be proven absence of evidence is the defendant's friend.

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    Non-Americans of Lemmy, what does your country do to protect the rights of criminal defendants?
  • As an American this is an interesting comment.

    Traditional American understandings agree with the notion of innocent until proven guilty and that rights exist regardless of accusations. But here it is not a judge but a jury of your peers who decides the facts based on evidence shown to them. Here judges decide matters of law not fact.

    (Unless you choose to have a judge rule on the facts (likely because you are probably unpopular in your community because of the nature of the accusations and you feel it'd be more fair for a judge to decide the fact in your eyes))..

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  • American law outlines a series of protections for those accused of crimes but not yet convicted. (Like the 4th-6th amendments)

    Does your country have any unique/novel protections of the rights of potentially innocent people accused but yet to be convicted?

    If not are there any protections you think should be in place?

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    How come Georgism (land value tax) never caught on?
  • I'm not sure what an exception could look like that wouldn't swallow the rule. Maybe a requirement for a minimum of a certain sq footage of undeveloped land. But that might not work in areas where many lots have a small amount of habitat land that together forms a larger habitat.

    I think it might have merit on a municipal level in very urban areas but not on a state or national basis because of this.

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    I Think He Lied To You Guys
  • https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/timeline-of-trumps-covid-19-comments/

    Also snopes on the bleach thing:

    During an April 2020 media briefing, Trump did ask members of the government's coronavirus task force to look into whether disinfectants could be injected inside people to treat COVID-19. But when a reporter asked in a follow-up question whether cleaning products like bleach and isopropyl alcohol would be injected into a person, the then-president said those products would be used for sterilizing an area, not for injections.

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    I Think He Lied To You Guys
  • Did you seriously ask if the truth matters? Of course it does critiquing Trump for random fake BS only devalues meritorious critiques.

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  • [US] National Constitution Day / Citizenship Day (Sept 17th)

    www.whitehouse.gov A Proclamation on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2024 | The White House

    It has been said that, when he was leaving the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked whether the Founding Fathers had

    >To honor the timeless principles enshrined in our Constitution, the Congress has, by joint resolution of February 29, 1952 (36 U.S.C. 106), designated September 17 as “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” and authorized the President to issue a proclamation calling on United States officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day. By joint resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 U.S.C. 108), the Congress further requested that the President proclaim the week beginning September 17 and ending September 23 of each year as “Constitution Week.” >NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 17, 2024, as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and September 17 through September 23 as Constitution Week. On this day and during this week, we celebrate our Constitution and the rights of citizenship that we enjoy together as the proud people of this Nation.

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    www.abc.net.au Police fear stolen museum guns could be made operational

    Police are investigating the alleged theft of dozens of historical handguns from a weapons museum in the NSW Central West. Despite their age, the weapons could be made operational.

    >... Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum on August 25 after three people wearing balaclavas allegedly stole 27 handguns worth an estimated $200,000.

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    https:// www.reuters.com /legal/government/massachusetts-high-court-strikes-down-switchblade-ban-2024-08-27/

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19239048

    > >The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held, opens new tab that a 1957 law barring people from possessing spring-release pocketknives commonly known as "switchblades" violated the right to keep and bear arms enshrined in the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment. > > >The court reached that conclusion while dismissing a charge filed against David Canjura for unlawfully possessing a switchblade, which Boston police found when responding to a report of an altercation between Canjura and his girlfriend.

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    thereload.com Fifth Circuit Tosses Gun Charges Against Another Marijuana User

    Another panel on the federal circuit that oversees Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana decided the Second Amendment protects the gun rights of those who smoke marijuana this week.

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    This 5 shot 7.62 caliber double action revolver is actually suppressed by its unique cartridge design.

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    When fired expanding gases from the gunpowder pushed a plug forward which inturn pushed the liquid solution (60% alcohol 40% glycerol). This incompressible solution pushed on the bullet to launch it out of the revolver's barrel. The gases were contained in the cartridge preventing the typical sound report of a gunshot. And the liquid would follow the subsonic bullet out of the barrel as well.

    https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/Gurevich_silent_revolver

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    This Chinese production C96 Broomhandle pistol is found in the collection of the UK's Royal Armouries. Curator Jonathan Ferguson showed it off recently in this video briefly.

    It notably the word pistol engraved on the side where it should say Mauser. Just in case you couldn't tell I suppose.

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    https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/benelli-introduce-new-rifle-as-solution-against-uav-during-battle

    While it seems to lack any really novel new features it definitely is interesting seeing major manufacturers pivoting with FPV drones taking over the modern battlefield.

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    >The first repeating rifle used in combat by a military force was a flintlock system developed by the Kalthoff brothers. It was adopted in the 1640s by the Danish Royal Guard, who purchased a bit more than 100 of the guns, and used them successfully in the Siege of Copenhagen in 1659. The Kalthoff is a .54 caliber flintlock rifle with a magazine of 30 balls under the barrel and a powder storage compartment in the buttstock. A lever under the action is rotated forward 180 degrees and then back to completely reload the rifle – this action loads a ball into the chamber, seats it fully in place, loads powder behind it, primes the pan, cocks the hammer, and closes the frizzen. This was an amazing amount of firepower in the mid-1600s, and the mechanism in the gun is brilliant.

    >The Kalthoff brothers (Peter, Mathias, Caspar, Henrik, and William) spread out across Europe working for many royal courts although it was in Denmark where their gun saw the most substantial military use. The system would lead to other repeating flintlock designs like the Lorenzoni, but these did not really meet the quality of the original Kalthoffs (in my opinion). However, the system was very expensive to make and rather fragile to use. By 1696 the Danes had taken them out of service in favor of simpler and more durable designs.

    https://youtu.be/ghKrbNpqQoY

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    jalopnik.com National Park Service Will Cite Drivers Of AWD Cars For Driving On 4WD-Only Trails

    A Reddit user shared the citation they received for driving a Subaru Crosstrek on a 4WD-only road

    >As one Subaru Crosstrek owner recently learned the hard way, it bears repeating that all-wheel drive is not the same as four-wheel drive. A Subie owner posted a warning letter they received a month after driving on Colorado River Overlook Road in Canyonlands National Park to the r/NationalPark subreddit. The letter notes that this particular road is restricted to 4WD vehicles only, and the Crosstrek is equipped with AWD, not 4WD. It also warns that they may face serious consequences if they’re caught taking an AWD car on a 4WD-only trail again.

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    ohiocapitaljournal.com Lawmaker takes action after Ohio Supreme Court rules 'boneless' chicken wings can have bones • Ohio Capital Journal

    The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a man who nearly died after choking on a bone in his "boneless wings" should have expected bones to be in them. A state legislator is so outraged that he plans to change state law.

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    School-House Rock ignored it too

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    >The UG-02 can move in two-axis. Side to side and up and down. The remote-controlled head has clamps to securely lock down a standard AR. Aiming for the turret is accomplished by live-streaming video from a camera mounted behind the optic of the firearm. To remotely fire the weapon mounted to the UG-02, there is a pin on a solenoid that is pulled into the trigger when activated. To power the whole turret a 12V power source is needed. I used a 10Ah battery for just a couple hours without issue. Article on the device: https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/remote-controlled-gun-turrets-meet-the-morpower-ug-02/

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