"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Trump knows exactly what he's doing. He is waiting on his rabid fan base to kill Fauci.
You must explicitly, without any ambiguity, invoke your right to remain silent.
You can't just remain silent.
I'm basing it on history.
The Republican party of today is not the Republican party of Lincoln. Back then, the Republicans were the center left party. The Republicans of today would have been Dixiecrats or mild Democrats.
So these assholes would gladly jump to another party (tea party anyone?) if it meant they could be more racist.
What I'm saying is that the Alt-right only love Republicans because the Republicans hate brown people. They are not Republicans because they hate brown people. Their hatred of brown people is higher than their love for the party.
It's a subtle but important difference.
I remember when unlimited minutes plans for cell phones meant 300 minutes.
Or when Comcast had unlimited downloads which was capped at 2 TB.
These shitty companies know exactly what they are doing.
Do not confuse hatred of immigrants and the lower half of Peter's color chart with love of Republicans.
If a new party came along (let's call them Nazi) and spouted hatred of immigrants, hatred of gays, love of money, love of power, that party would wipe out the Republican base.
MAGA hats will complain that immigrants stole their jobs, not that wages are low.
Companies will complain that immigrants want too much money and insist on H1 visas.
Reminds me of this image:
Iirc the return address has to be within a certain radius. So if the return address in the same vicinity of the post office, they'll return it usually. But bare in mind this is technically a federal offense if you do this knowingly. I don't think they'd investigate a one-time thing but if you make it a habit, they could.
This one doesn't work anymore. I did this accidentally because I had misaddressed an envelope very badly and decided to use a new envelope. I peeled the stamp off it (one of the sticker ones) and used glue to put it back on the envelope.
The post office returned it to me with a note saying that the stamp could not be used as the ultra violet mark they use to validate stamps couldn't be seen through the glue.
This is exactly it. The OPs analogy of his wife cheating needs a bit of a tweak because the assumption his wife is predicated on the fact that she was unfaithful at some point.
A lighter example might be trust your wife started the dishwasher. You verify that she did by checking the dish detergent door.
This is talking about a lot more serious situations that don't have a one-size-fits-all answer to them.
Just take the fucking L man. You're trying to justify to people that it's okay to talk to the police and there is literally no fucking reason to talk to them.
It is not your job to solve their crimes
It's not your job to make their job easier
It's not your job to make sure they have the right person
Your statements, however innocent you think they are, can and will be used against you. Doesn't matter if you're a witness, an innocent bystander, or criminal.
They are not your friend.
All cops are bastards. Full stop.
Most states actually have FEMA like departments.
But let's not kid ourselves here. Trump's goal is to not give states that didn't elect him any federal assistance while giving even more to the states that did.
This isn't about efficiency. It's about fascism.