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  1. Apple getting called out on their bullshit. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/apple-sued-doj-antitrust-monopoly-biden-rcna144424 The U.S. Department of Justice filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market. The civil suit, joined by 17 state and district attorneys general, charges Apple with restricting its smartphone operating system in a way that drives up costs for consumers and prevents developers from successfully releasing products on other smartphone systems. “Consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies violate the antitrust laws,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a news release. Among the suit's allegations: Apple prevents the successful deployment of what the DOJ calls "super apps" that would make it easier for consumers to switch between smartphone platforms. Apple blocks the development of cloud-streaming apps that would allow for high-quality video-game play without having to pay for extra hardware. Apple inhibits the development of cross-platform messaging apps so that customers must keep buying iPhones.
  2. Finally doing something about paper tags license plates. DPS and APD should pull over every non-new car with paper tag. Chances are high the ahole driving is wanted for something. They didn't name the business in the article. https://www.kxan.com/investigations/organized-criminal-enterprise-busted-in-austin-tied-to-fraudulent-paper-tags-inspections/ AUSTIN (KXAN) — An “organized criminal enterprise” accused of cranking out fraudulent vehicle inspections and paper license plates in Austin was recently busted, according to authorities — just as the state prepares to put the brakes on this years-long problem. Fraudulent temporary tags are often used to mask criminal activity — from avoiding tolls to turning vehicles into “ghost cars,” allowing criminals to avoid detection and hide in plain sight.
  3. Christofacism is the American way, Praise fake Jesus. Just don't tell these fake christians that they are the opposite side of the same coin as the Islamist fascist/Sharia dipshits.
  4. Here's a weird example of how fucked it is. The cost to rent a space for a wedding starts at $45k. 25 years ago, those same spaces were just $2-3k. The older fuckhead generations will say, well, downsize, get a shittier, less expensive place. This is their, our response to everything. Buy cheaper, sacrifice and deal with it. Why the fuck should they have to sacrifice when the previous 2 generations lived mostly stress free about their financial futures. Fuck the older generation, including ours.
  5. How many of the people here have children in their 20s and 30s? If you do and talk regularly to them, you will understand their apprehension towards the future. History will refer to them as The No Lube generation cause they are getting fucked, no lube.
  6. He and his buddies thought of an original idea to sneak onto a plane. They were just too stupid to realize that it was never going to work. I guess he didn't make it home. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unticketed-passenger-removed-delta-flight-salt-lake-city/ It says Fleurizard told police he was in Utah on snowboarding trip to Park City but had to get home to see family members who'd flown in from Florida. He said a friend gave him a free "buddy pass" for Southwest Airlines and that was the ticket he used to get through security, but the flight he intended to get on was full so he went to the Delta gate. The complaint says he was seen on security camera video using his phone to take pictures of other people's boarding passes without their knowledge and it appears he used one of those pictures to board the Delta plane, where he tried to stow away in first the front and then the rear lavatory. But when he left that lavatory, there were no seats left and, as the plane was taxiing, flight attendants realized there was an issue and the plane returned to the gate. According to the complaint, Fleurizard "admitted he had made a mistake and was only trying get home." Police say the suspect is being held on a federal detainer at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail. Records indicate he remains behind bars.
  7. He was at the head of the line for Determination and Conviction while they were handing out Intelligence.
  8. I think the Troll is cool. Now the what-the-fuck-whalebones-thing sprouting from under I35 over 6th St is bullshit, but the Troll is tangible and will attract a shitton of people to see it and experience it. The one in Breck is a very popular tourist spot. Art is important to communities. There's a ton of shit to bitch about Austin, a $300k statue mostly privately funded is probably the last thing to worry about.
  9. The troll is completed in Pease Park. How long until some deranged, repeat offender, homeless dude burns it down? I give it a year.
  10. Rahm's Masters dinner menu.
  11. What I find surprising is with the big business of privatizing jails, I thought an enterprising jail building and running business owner would've donated copious amounts of money to our elected officials to build more jails for jail based competency restoration programs. That alone should grease the wheels for some sort of reform.
  12. Bozo is right. The system is fucked and citizens are the most fucked. Bend over and take it, no lube. Crazies have free reign to do whatever the fuck they want. What I want is more Jail Based Competency Restoration, or just more whatever facility to get these fuckheads off the streets. Here's a long law review on Incompetent to Stand Trial. https://texastechlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/TTLR-Vol.-55-Book-1.Mitchell-Snead.PUBLISHED.pdf Here's an article which summarizes the issue. It's about Montana but I imagine it's the same for Texas. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/mental-illness-dropped-charges-competency-care/
  13. Why did you stab that person and maim him for life? Because I'm crazy. When do I get out of jail? Thanks, Garza.
  14. Revolving door for criminals, if you are crazy, which basically is our homeless population. The city/county attorneys are fine with letting them back on the street, repeatedly. Fuck both Garzas. City/county services can't address the matter appropriately. So it's the fucking citizens and business owners who get fucked, repeatedly, in all of it. The asshole committed a crime. He needs to do the time. I don't give a shit if he's crazy or not. There are thousands of reasons why fuckheads commit crime. I don't give a fuck what the reason is. Why should crazy be the magic get out of jail card. If you repeatedly commit crimes, you belong in prison. Put his ass in prison until a bed in the loony bin opens up. Fuck both Garzas! https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/gap-in-the-system-addressing-crime-suspects-mental-health-in-travis-county/ AUSTIN (KXAN) — Craig Staley, the owner of Royal Blue Grocery, a local downtown grocery chain, said a man who has been in and out of jail has put him out about $20,000 in window repairs. Staley said the man has repeatedly broken into his store, even after getting arrested for the alleged crime multiple times. The courts have found this suspect perpetually incompetent to stand trial. We are not identifying the man because of the mental health component involved. Police told KXAN the man is experiencing homelessness. According to court records, the charges keep getting dismissed. The Travis County District Attorney’s Office said people found incompetent and unlikely to restore cannot be prosecuted for a crime. “It’s terribly frustrating, and to know that it’s going to happen again,” Staley said. Smith said there’s a mental health screening for everyone who comes into the jail. From there, staff will refer people they have competency concerns about to the courts. If a person is deemed incompetent to stand trial, they’ll be put on a waitlist to go to the state hospital. Travis County’s director of inmate mental health programs addresses what he calls a gap in the system. (KXAN photo/Brianna Hollis) “That process is quite lengthy, it could take up to two years to get to a bed,” Smith said. District Attorney Jose Garza’s office explained that this is different if the case involves someone who’s unlikely to restore their competence. “Individuals found to be incompetent and unlikely to regain competence certainly need treatment and other services, but they cannot be expected to receive this support through the criminal justice process. Therefore, it is crucial for government and non-profit organizations to collaborate and enhance mental health services in our community,” Garza’s office said in a statement. MOST READ: When, how to plant bluebonnets in your Texas yard Smith said the challenges his staff face on this front are due in part to what he called a lack of community resources. He said he also can’t force someone to get treatment who the courts haven’t required to do so. “Unless that person is a danger to self or others though they can decline those services and walk away and that’s often the case,” he said. Smith added that it also be difficult to intercept inmates with mental health needs to make that initial contact before the inmates get released, contributing to the revolving door aspect. “It’s a challenge with people coming in and out very quickly. Often, times people will come into booking overnight, then we interview first thing in the morning, and then within hours we’re getting a list that they’re being released, so providing services for them is very challenging, especially if you’re dealing with things like homelessness,” Smith said.
  15. They need to catch this piece of shit, castrate him, and feed him his balls. Stabbed twin females, killed one of them, because one of them rejected his advances. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/one-dead-one-seriously-injured-twin-sisters-stabbed-new-york-deli-rcna143822
  16. One disappeared in a very popular city for tourists around the country. The other disappeared in Corpus Christi, a somewhat popular city for Texas tourists.
  17. An incredible story. Glad she didn't die but damn. Well worth the read. https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-attack-washington-state-cyclists An autopsy of the wild cat revealed it was between nine months to a year old. It was healthy, and its body showed no signs of physical distress. It did not have rabies. Why the wild cat attacked Bergere will remain unknown. The autopsy solved one mystery, however: Where Bergere's earring disappeared to. Sgt. Carlo Pace of Washington Fish & Wildlife Police asked Bergere if she was missing an earring. They had found one in the cougar's belly. Did she want it back? Sgt. Pace asked. “Absolutely,” she said. Bergere said she would hang it, as a souvenir of sorts, and a testament to her friends’ courage. “All these ladies came up with superhuman strength,” she said. “They’re teeny ladies, and I know that the Fish & Wildlife shot the final shot to kill it. But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands and no weapons. I’m eternally grateful to each one of them.”
  18. Cause dumb motherfuckers love strip malls and suburban hell.
  19. Good news keeps rolling for Boeing. https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-ed-pierson-whistleblower-recognized-model-plane-boarding-2024-3 A Boeing whistleblower said he was meant to take a domestic flight last year but ended up leaving the plane before takeoff because he refused to travel on a Boeing 737 Max. Ed Pierson, a former senior manager at Boeing, told CNN he was set to fly from Seattle to New Jersey with Alaska Airlines. He said he made sure to select a flight that didn't use a Boeing 737 Max. Pierson's flight was in 2023 — before the January Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout. "I walked onto the plane — I thought, it's kind of new," Pierson said. "Then I sat down, and on the emergency card it said it was a Max." He quickly got off the plane just as a flight attendant was closing the front door, he said. Pierson told CNN that he managed to book an Alaska red-eye flight leaving that evening that wasn't on a Max. He said he had to spend the day at the airport but it was worth it. Alaska Airlines didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the apparent last-minute change of aircraft. Boeing didn't immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Pierson's account. Pierson previously told the Los Angeles Times that he would "absolutely not" fly on a 737 Max because of safety concerns. Pierson worked at Boeing between 2008 and 2018. He has said that during his time working at Boeing's 737 factory in Renton, Washington, he witnessed overworked employees, parts shortages, and quality issues, which he said made the planes produced by the factory unsafe. He said he recommended to the company's leadership that it close down production at the factory but it ignored his requests. He testified to Congress in 2019 about production in the factory after two Max 8 crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 killed nearly 350 people — all the passengers and crew on board. Also: Is he now a "celebrity" since he's on the news? And can I add him to the celebrity death watch, suicide of course.
  20. I posted this article in the Failed State thread but it's apropos this thread too. https://www-dallasnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2024/03/14/defeated-republican-calls-texas-state-government-the-most-corrupt-ever/?outputType=amp&amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1 Q: When you say “corruption at the highest level,” what do you mean? Rogers: Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are the two most powerful men in state politics. And they’ve created a compliant Senate for the most part. And they’re seeking to have a compliant House. The election results go a long way to a compliant House. That should be very alarming to Texans. Having a few billionaires have that much control over state government is not the Texas way or the American way. They finally spent enough money and told enough lies to defeat me. You wrote that aside from privatizing public schools, the billionaires want to turn America into a theocracy. Rogers: Lord knows we need God today with all the problems we have. But we don’t need these radical Christian nationalists’ beliefs that are really dangerous to democracy and religious freedom.
  21. Reading some of these posts reminds me of reading texags threads about junction boys aggie and redasses lamenting about how the younger generation aglets aren't redass enough. Texas and aggie, they definitely are states of mind. But they I remember that this state is has firmly embedded its mindset with aggie mindset and it all makes sense.
  22. I have no desire to live in any of the places you listed. I was mainly thinking of the entire mid-west region: Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and the Dakotas.
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