It’s not that simple. Deterrence can be useful to minimize certain types of crime being normalized. But it’s not going to stop someone who thinks they’re going to be arrested no matter what they do, nor the person who truly believes they’ll never get caught, nor the person who commits the crime out of ignorance, nor crimes committed in the moment without considering the consequences.

So… these guys are rejecting Jesus’ teachings to follow pharasitical law?

Or do they really plan to follow:

• Love the Lord your god with all your heart, mind, soul and strength
• Love your neighbor as yourself
• Let he who is without sin cast the first stone

Because the stuff in the Old Testament is the stuff that failed to accomplish its goal, which is the entire reason it’s included at all.

Or are they planning a global literalist interpretation of Paul’s instructions to various people? So, take a little wine, don’t let women speak or be uncovered in public, nobody wears jewelry or makeup or perfume, no same-sex sex, no familial sex of any kind, no behaving in a way that may cause another believer to sin, donate regularly to the Christians in Jerusalem?

There’s also the well-established history of projection to consider with the GOP. While I doubt anything at scale was actually pulled off, an investigation is still fair and reasonable.

Wouldn’t THAT be an interesting turn of events… Trump gets into power and the first thing he does is revoke the charitable status of all churches that don’t give him a 10% cut….

Criminal!

But how can you tell they aren’t a criminal criminal criminal defense defense lawyer? Do you have to be a criminal criminal defense defense lawyer lawyer yourself?

Is that “criminal defense” lawyer, criminal “defense lawyer” or both?

Maybe they watch it as a comedy or an instructional video?

So… you’re telling him not to communicate? Are you the embodiment of critical theory?

And if he needs an actual example of this… remember when Trump said that Oregon was one big riot and police were getting killed.

When the Feds rolled in, the local police very much stated that they weren’t involved in this and weren’t going to attack peaceful protesters. So when the investigation started, the illegal detainments were all on the feds.

So… internment camps and deportations to keep foreigners off US soil, and tariffs to keep foreigners from working remotely.

Have fun having to do ALL the jobs….

As someone who pre-dates the public Internet and spent a lot of time dialling in to BBSes when most people thought personal computers were for nerds…

The Internet will fracture, but not break down. What would happen is balkanization of the Internet, with physical areas running their own networks, and a bunch of poor “dark” areas. Some of those networks would likely have low bandwidth interconnections, such that digest data could still spread, much like the early days of usenet and fidonet.

Local culture and tribalism would increase, and information would skyrocket in value. The rich would still have access to, and control, the information. The poor would be left out completely.

I think she’s finally realized that almost all the compromise has been one-way.

I hope she’s your younger sister….

You’re only incorrect on one point: he’s not taking us into the past. There has never been a time in the past that was comparable to the future he’s dumping us into.

The problem is that he’s spread such a large volume of misinformation that people select bits of it that THEY want to believe and accept those lies as truth while dismissing the rest.

One of the lies is that he’s returning America to how it was in some mythical golden age. That’s not where he’s taking it at all. That lie just gets buried under the others.

Wouldn’t they have an uncertain future no matter who was in charge?

With Trump, the future is uncertain for everyone.

Yeah; he’ll stay in power long enough for that.

But he’s 78 years old. When he’s supposed to step down in 2029, he’ll be almost 83.

The average life expectancy of men in the US is currently 73.

Based on historical data for people Trump’s age and health in the US, he’s likely to die of natural causes before he’s 86.

So the longest he could likely hang on for is one more term than he’s supposed to.

Agreed; after using various running and other gloves, I settled on a set of work gloves that are thin nylon weave on the back and dipped in nitrile on the front, similar to gardening gloves.

They let the steam out while keeping my hands from getting too cold in -10 weather, AND I can use my phone with them on (although I don’t recommend doing that below freezing).

I do 3 hour trail runs through the winter and they’ve worked better than my running gloves or my merino wool cutoffs. And they’re $3 a pair.

Bingo!

But what’s been lost can always be found.

Wait… why would the leader of the face eating leopard party appoint a LEOPARD to the post of Facial Analysis?