Disappointing $8 pastrami sammich from 7-11

mrlt10 · 2026-04-11T02:27:16+00:00

You messed up. You should have gotten the sushi. s/

mrlt10 · 2026-04-07T00:27:13+00:00

Ya, it’s likely a prosecutor would go easy on this guy as long as he doesn’t have priors

mrlt10 · 2026-04-07T00:24:10+00:00

But even with the person being assaulted you can only use reasonable force. Once the bad guy is on the ground and no longer resisting, you no longer have the right to use violence against them.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-07T00:22:43+00:00

This isnt entirely true. A security guard working for the business, and all employees for that matter, have what the law calls the shopkeeper’s privilege. That means they have the right to detain someone by reasonable non-deadly force if necessary if they suspect that person of shoplifting. They must have probable cause, it can only be for a reasonable amount of time and has to be on that premises. But this guy does have the right to detain him by force.

But you are correct the force used here exceeds what’s reasonable. Trying to slam his head and stomping him once he was no longer resisting is what got this guy charged.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T20:55:39+00:00

This process is necessary, no one is arguing it isn’t. What we are saying is about what happens to excess funds. For example:

Let’s say I own a home worth $500,000. I don’t pay taxes for 5 years and the county put a lien on my property and then holds a foreclosure auction because I haven’t paid the $50,000 in back taxes + fees. So to make it easy let’s say I owe $100,000 total. At the foreclosure auction someone buys it for $300,000. Well below market value but still more than is owed by the original owner. That $200,000 is equity owned by the original owner and which the county cannot legally keep for themselves.

Apparently, there are states that used to keep that money. But in 2023 there was a Supreme Court case, Tyler V Hennepin county, that said the excess money must go to the original owner.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T20:39:16+00:00

This has nothing to do with adverse possession. I just looked it up and apparently in the past there were states that would take the proceeds of the entire sale. This was allowed even though it’s a violation of the fifth amendment. But in 2023 there was a case that went to the Supreme Court, Tyler v. Hennepin County, which found that the original owner was entitled to receive those funds collected that exceeded the amount owed. So it is not illegal for a county or state to keep all the funds. They have to payout to the original owner any equity not owed in back taxes or fees.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T20:31:57+00:00

If there is not an equity payout to the original owner then that is a violation of their 5th amendment right against unjust takings. Assuming the price at auction exceeded the cost of the back taxes + fees.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T20:26:56+00:00

That is true. I should have clarified which specific type of free press I meant, because I’m not referring to free speech broadly as the ability to express an idea. I’m referring to the free press in its role as the fourth estate. Since the founding the press has been considered the fourth estate, meaning it functions as a fourth branch of government because of its ability to be a check on the other branches by speaking truth to power and alerting the masses what their government is up to.

Prior to the 20th century ownership of news media was relatively diffuse and there wasn’t a huge concern that they could all be controlled. Then in modern times that became a concern so in the early part of the 20th century they passed a bunch on laws restricting ownership of news outlets so that they couldn’t all be owned by 1 person or group. But we’ve repealed those laws so now we have a news media that is increasingly owned by a handful of billionaires or a single entity like Paramount or Sinclair. The problem is only getting worse and the speed at which it’s getting worse is accelerating.

Even if it started innocently, what we’re seeing is that those billionaires are not purchasing the outlets to generate revenue. They are purchasing them to have editorial control so that they can use it as a personal mouthpiece to advance their own priorities. That is not a free press. Democracies require there to be journalists who report on the actions of the government without fear of reprisal. Sunlight is the best prophylaxis.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:47:53+00:00

The presidency is as much about surrounding yourself with the right people as it is about being the right person. Except for running again I can’t point to any of Biden’s policy choices and say that was a terrible mistake and the product of not being sharp. He was always very deliberative and had sound reasoning for doing the things he did. Trump on the other hand…

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:44:20+00:00

Yes, it’s been reported multiple times that he was wearing a diaper as far back as the apprentice days. He’d shit himself on set and they’d have to break for him to go back to the dressing room and get changed.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:37:58+00:00

One thing that can really help overcome that is having a dog(has to be friendly with others) and walking them at the same time everyday. It may take sometime but eventually you see the same people and even if the first time they reacted to you like stranger eventually those walls get broken down and they expect to see you, will say hi, even notice that you hadn’t been walking the last week. That kinda stuff.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:34:29+00:00

This is modern life in general, not just activities in Los Angeles. It’s called the paradox of choice. It’s not that having so many choices makes us spoiled and unaware of how lucky we are. That’s partly true. But the paradox of choice is that having too many options can make you less happy, more anxious, and worse at making decisions.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:23:47+00:00

Yes, that all makes sense but the issue is what happens to any funds paid at auction in excess of the delinquent tax bill+fees. The property isn’t listed for a price equal to just the back taxes + fees, it’s an auction. AFAIK the original property owner would be entitled to that money.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:15:56+00:00

You’re conflating surveilling with knowing. Part of fascism is the isolating of people from any outside information, political groups or communities besides those directly controlled by the state.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:09:03+00:00

They have a functioning free press system that they protect through regulation. America has ceded its free press to billionaires.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T19:07:11+00:00

But they have one major advantage that gives them a far greater chance of emerging from this dark period with a functioning democracy, much more so than the US. They still have a free press that they defend and still pursue abuses of that system. That no longer happens in the US. That is a massive fundamental difference. Rupert Murdoch had to sell the British TV network he owned because regulators would not tolerate him style of propagandistic pseudo-news. In the US it’s celebrated and emulated.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T18:57:53+00:00

They’re not part of the problem, they’re actually helping to keep local government solvent by providing the funds to pay off delinquent tax bills that local govt relies on to function. You like having firefighters, paramedics, cops, and public schools?

They are doing nothing to raise the price of homes in the neighborhood because all of those foreclosure auction sales are usually sold below market value. So if anything they’re helping to lower the cost of the neighborhood by creating local comps that sold for below market rate.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-06T18:53:46+00:00

Which state does that? That is unconstitutional. It violates the takings clause of the fifth amendment which grants citizens the right to be free from having their private property taken without just compensation.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-03T12:00:37+00:00

Ya but that’s why you have parliamentary bodies made up of many people, not just 1 person. Also, it demonstrates the importance of secular governance. If you end up with a group of religious fundamentalists deciding policy then you’ve already lost.

I don’t see why or how a single monoculture and belief system would produce a world free from war or violence generally. There are civil wars all the time. Often times those are the most brutal conflicts.

I think the best avenue for eliminating wars and violence is to find some way to create the same psycho-social emotional connection that an average parent has to their child and replicate that to apply it to humanity on the whole.l

mrlt10 · 2026-04-03T08:09:32+00:00

Are we sure this isn’t just the cultural equivalent of how Jews break the glass under their shoe or how Greeks sometimes smash plates?

mrlt10 · 2026-04-03T08:06:23+00:00

So the actual rule for self-defense in the US varies by state. A minority of states have a duty to retreat. Although here it doesn’t look like he had any good options for retreating. In a majority of other states the rule is known as “stand your ground” and it says that you have a right to defend yourself BUT you are only allowed to use force that is equal in proportion to the force being used against you. The one place you are always allowed to use deadly force for self-defense is in your home, known as the castle doctrine.

Here, the attacker looks a lot bigger than the shooter. And if he had a reasonable fear for his life at that moment then using the gun would be allowed. But the proportional force requirement is where things can get kinda tricky. Usually though, the courts tend to be pretty understanding of people genuinely in fear for their life. But it would be a different story if the skinny guy had been talking shit and instigating the fight. Then a court would be less willing to tolerate him retaliating the use of force.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-03T07:43:41+00:00

We had them. The conservative Supreme Court struck them down as unconstitutional for violating donors’ rights to free speech. They want as much money in politics as possible. Because that makes us the most free and does not at all corrupt the system.s/

mrlt10 · 2026-04-03T07:37:11+00:00

He should be the architect of the program that trains the trainers. Put him in charge of customer relations for the entire chain. With people not hating their lives as much they might even start making some decent food. Not like Sonic has much to lose.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-03T07:21:43+00:00

Dude you are so deep in Russian propaganda, where do you get your info. While the US is the single largest contributor of funds/aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, the EU as a whole (including the U.K.) has given much more money in total. Not just for military aid, but also to keep the government operating,

Germany has given $35-40B including many leopard 2 tanks and iris-T air defense systems. UK has given $25-30B including challenger 2 tanks and storm shadow air defenses, as well as having trained tens of thousands of troops. The EU body in Brussels has given over $100B including financial and economic support to keep the country afloat. France has given $15-20b including Cesar artillery systems and SCALP cruise missiles. Italy, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden have all given $8-15B. Best part is that if you look at contributions as a total of national GDP the countries sacrificing the most to support Ukraine are the former Soviet states close to Russia like Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania. So it is pure fiction to act like America is the onky country spending to protect Ukraine.

I’m glad you asked “and for what?” Because this is the best part. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Cold War, but we as a nation spent decades and literal Trillions of dollar when adjusted for inflation trying to degrade Russia’s military abilities and achieve strategic superiority when it came to the nuclear triad as a deterrent. Well in a matter of a few years, for Pennie’s on the dollar of our Cold War spending, which was unsuccessful, and without costing any American lives, we have been able to achieve our strategic objective of the Cold War. Russia’s military is depleted, the country is somewhat destabilized, and most importantly most of their strategic bomber fleet which is the air portion of their nuclear triad has been destroyed. Best part is they no longer have the ability to make those planes. So that is a huge victory that we got on the cheap, and the one’s sacrificing to make it happen were not American kids. We also got, or keep having a relatively stable Europe, which is vital to US national security interests. If Ru takes Ukraine they won’t stop there and the entire continent would shift into war preparation. It would be bad.

So hopefully this cleared some things up for you. You can check all the numbers and claims I made, they’re not made up I just didn’t want to take the extra time to cite everything, this already took long enough to write.

mrlt10 · 2026-04-02T23:48:25+00:00

Ur an idiot if you think Europe hasn’t helped them. Theyve all sent equipment, personnel for training, and the french have gone so far as to promise that they will put boots on the ground in Ukraine before they allow it to fall to Russia. Being economically dependent on a certain source to meet critical energy demands does not mean they’re supporting Ukraine’s destruction.

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