* Posts by Open5G

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US government internet and spectrum overseer resigns, along with legislative director

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Re: Trump is burning the White House down

Trump has been classified as a Narcissistic Sociopath by a group of psychologists. Obviously, the man did not submit to an evaluation. However, his words/tweets and actions have been a matter of public record for most of his adult life, probably a larger body of an observation than a typical person undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.

What matters to Trump? That people like him. That unfillable void causes the Narcissistic Sociopath to seek those who agree with him. An easy way to achieve that is to seek out those with strong opinions, Fox News, Putin, conspiracy theorists, etc. and build that around a cult of false achievement.

What is somewhat unique about Trump is the use of lawyers and lawsuits to bully his way to forward. In his path is a history of literally thousands of lawsuits over the years, those Trump initiated and those he fought against, that have a common purpose, intimidation of opponents. ( Donald Trump and his businesses have been involved in over 3,500 legal cases in U.S. federal courts and state court and many others in local courts). Trump entered business life as the son of a billionaire. Those familiar with his career deeper than the TV persona have understood that his claims of success were a modus operandi for rolling from one failure to another, with success being the building of an iconic brand name that could be sold more profitably than any other product or service. However, few major publications found it benefitial to take the man on because it would rain down the rath of Trump's legal team and because the US brain-dead public had grown convinced of his glamorous portrayal.

What a meth: Woman held for 3 months after cops mistake candy floss for hard drugs

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Who keeps legal things under the floor mat of a car? Lots of messy people who do quick 'clean-ups'. I can easily imagine a situation in which one of two had been scoffing down the cotton candy then vanished it under the floor mat or carpet so that their significant other would not see it. Or the auto simply got cluttered and the cotton candy was shoved out of the way with other things. While that may be the act of someone who is overly rushed or a slob, it is not unusual to find things that have somehow found their way under the carpet or mat. I find popcorn kernels, change, pens, USB cables... somehow they get into out of the way places.

There is a basic right to a speedy trial in the US. That should have meant that the city/state had to provide the testing or release the accused on a reasonable bail after a short number of days.

We live in an age that sped up from 'Internet Time' to the now current 'Mobile communications time' and age of rapid chemical testing. The tests for methamphetamine, one of the most commonly tested drugs on the planet, has no reason to take more than three business days. The US Food and Drug Administration says that field test results can be impacted by chemical contamination, false readings and should always be followed up with lab testing to confirm positive results. Local law enforcement and the courts should, therefore, not rely on field tests as a rationale for jailing US citizens (or anyone else) for longer than needed to have the samples sent to one of the many certified labs that are available. This type of test is so common that there is no reason to allow bogged down government facilities to justify jailing for extended periods of time.

Innocent people do not expect to be found guilty. Guilty people often know they have the right to refuse a search without a warrant or if the officers have observed criminal activity. This and similar cases warn us what minorities tend to know from a young age: we live in a police state egged on by fear in which much of the protection of civil liberties guaranteed under the constitution are 'situationally compromised'. In this case, the situation was a bag of fluffed sugar, perhaps a minor offense to intelligence, that had been shuffled under the floor mat/carpet. I shudder to think what the police might find after a holiday to the beach!