I wonder what he had to give up in the plea deal.

That’s the trouble with public service broadcasters, they are not immune from political interference.

Jeremy Corbyn got it right, rather than make the controller a political position make them accountable to a independent body. This should go some way to repairing the BBC’s bias problem.

It won’t happen though they are too good a propaganda outfit. Who for? The establishment. Whichever party is in power. So, you want to change the BBC? You need to change government.

And for those that advocate abolition, at least with the current system, you have one lever of power. Good luck in influencing Rupert Murdoch to sway his reporting.

The linked webpage isn’t coming up for me Here’s the web archive version

For personal things, computer, phones, etc. Big corpos cover this by a EULA. EULAs also covers forums controlled by the companies. For public places like websites, you can control search engines by using a robot.txt file.

I’m not so sure about that. That framing hazardously to the stereotype that the right are fiscally responsible as opposed to the spend crazy left.

I take your point. However, fascists are not the only movement that can co-opt. I didn’t say the DNC has to remain as it is currently.

The enemy wants you to throw your hands up and declare the DNC a lost cause. Not all of them are external.

Be a royal pain in the ass, shout down the adversary, do sit ins, gum up caucuses and for heaven’s sake, throw out “servility politics”.

The only disagreement I have is with the rather sweeping statement:

They keep you poor, and you can’t see through their bullshit.

As it makes it seem that the poor are ignorant, gullible rubes. Lack of money ≠ lack of wisdom, or insight.

it’s kind of ironic, Tories shopping at a store run on market socialist grounds: worker co-op.

I get the old adage: the older you get the more right you are. But, the richer?

We see the games they play and it appals us. Unfortunately it’s the only game in town. To change the game, you’re not only fighting the DNC and RNC, but network effect and inertia. And some of us don’t have the luxury to risk it. Even if it leads to a better world.

I don’t tend to rely as much on Valve’s compatibility rating as I do ProtonDB’s. Even though it takes extra steps.

The last one reminds me of the Paradox Of Tolarence

I think the difference be between Briana’s and George’s killing and why one got the limelight was two fold. One could have maybe explained away as an honest mistake or a bad situation. The other was pretty blatant malice. George being the latter. Outrage takes time to build and can dissipate quickly. It maybe the public had just reached a tipping point after months and years of unlawful killing by police of black people, mostly male, mostly young.

I think the offense people took with your reply is due to the historic “he was no Angel” excuse. As a way to justify the inexcusable, cold blooded murder.

I disagree. It’s an projection from positions in Project 2025, Trump’s own desire for presidential immunity, the No More Political Prosecutiins Act and his admitted wish to be a dictator (for a day).

I don’t find the two comments aren’t equally valid as critique. Trouble is, the other guy is at least equally subject to the same critique.

Or that there will be a next guy at all. He could cancel the elections. Make himself president for life.

I’m sceptical, the only difference between news sources is how your bias gets confirmed, or not. Even “impartial” sources use framing and subtle use of words to push an opinion. There’s a reason exceedingly rich people invest in news outlets. It’s a loss leader. They are purchasing a 20k watt sound system to drown out any opposing view.

Conservatives: “Hey want to hear a joke?” Transphobia

Followed by hur hur hur.

As Mr. Miyagi would say:

“Walk On Road, Hmmm? Walk Left Side, Safe. Walk Right Side, Safe. Walk Middle, Sooner Or Later… Get Squish Just Like Grape!”

Or, how about Yoda:

"Do or do not. There is no try”

What I’m saying either Linux rules the roost or Windows does. The “roost” in this example is your hard drive.

Probably the safest, most cost effective approach is to use WSL.