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  • On the post: MN Police Chief Intervenes To Free A US Citizen Arrested By Federal Officers

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2026 @ 04:41am

    bill of rights makes not much distinction at all

    What legal distinction should exist between and citizen and a noncitizen?
    The Bill of Rights does not make any such distinction on its face. There are mentions of the ``rights of the people'' which should be protected. It was understood at the time that people referred to white land-owning males, but that was not generally in the text. It has since been argued that the definion of ``people'' should be expanded to include women and persons who were not white or who did not own land. Citizenship has not historically been included implicitly as a barrier to personhood. US 1st Amendment provides prohibitions to congress and refers to the ``right of the people to peaceably assembly and to petition''. US 2nd Amendment provides for the ``right of the people'' to have weapons. US 3rd Amendment does require land ownership, in that the consent of the owner is required or else the government may not quarter soldiers in their houses. US 4th Amendment refers to the ``right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures''. Nothing in there distinguishes rented houses from owned houses. US 5th Amendment contains implicit ownership requirement in ``nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation'', though that is not a land ownership requirement in that personalty may also be taken for public use. None of the others have citizenship requirements, either. (yes, preview w/o javascript is still broken in the [not-so-]new BestNetTech platform)

  • On the post: Speak Its Name: Yes, This Is Naziism

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2026 @ 11:51am

    not yet closed

    They have not yet closed it. However, conditions there are reportedly not at all stiflingly hot. News reports say that night-time temperatures are below 40 degrees, but inmates are not furnished with warm clothing.

  • On the post: Speak Its Name: Yes, This Is Naziism

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2026 @ 11:43am

    details required

    America should have learned, and established clear-cut laws against hate speech. But we didn’t.
    Who gets to decide what is ``hate speech''? I am fairly sure I would not trust the present congress. I sure as taxes would not trust our state legislature. City-by-city and county-by-county regulation is impractical. Can you give me a clear definition of what should be banned? Because right now saying ``Thaw ICE'' would qualify as hate speech or domestic terrorism according to the present administration.

  • On the post: Speak Its Name: Yes, This Is Naziism

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2026 @ 06:46am

    be patient

    That we have not (yet) set up an Auschwitz-Birkenau, replete with crematoria
    How certain are we of that?
    Well, at least at ``alligator alcatraz'', they have not set up crematoria. Largely because there is no place to put them. On the other hand, it seems to be a grossly unsanitary concentration camp, and most likely they will eventually need to dispose of the victims' bodies, so it may be coming soon. Your milage may vary with the next airplane which needs to make an emergency landing in So Fla. The old name for the facility was the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

  • On the post: Prosecutors Flee DOJ After Being Told To Investigate The Murdered Woman, Not The Murderer

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2026 @ 05:43am

    new technology

    The agent had internal bleeding. Was very definitely hit.
    Yes, by an invisible vehicle that was able to get around Good's vehicle as it was turning away from the ICE goon. Those invisible vehicles are a great new technology for hitting people.
    And you’re blocking comments, MM.
    Worse, the ``blocking'' is failing miserably. Someone should file a bug report.

  • On the post: Prosecutors Flee DOJ After Being Told To Investigate The Murdered Woman, Not The Murderer

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2026 @ 05:39am

    federalism

    And [daycare fraud investigations] were ignored, MN politicians actively killed investigations
    Ahem, no. Minnesota pols do not get to kill Federal investigations.

  • On the post: Prosecutors Flee DOJ After Being Told To Investigate The Murdered Woman, Not The Murderer

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2026 @ 05:36am

    labor-saving device

    running off to likely crank out more disgusting CSAM garbage on ExTwitter
    Such effort is no longer necessary. There is a bot available through Twitter which can generate the material for you. I have read that some countries are taking exception. They are either regulating or contemplating regulation of Twitter or of the bot, but so far as I know it is still in service.

  • On the post: Prosecutors Flee DOJ After Being Told To Investigate The Murdered Woman, Not The Murderer

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2026 @ 05:31am

    new method of incurring injury

    He wasn’t just hit, he was hit hard
    And not just hit hard, but hit hard by an invisible vehicle that was able to get around the visible vehicle that avoided him entirely by steering in the opposite direction. Those invisible vehicles are the worst!

  • On the post: Following Murder Of Renee Good By ICE Officers, ICE Blocks Congressional Reps From Its Detention Facility

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 12:14am

    your milage may vary

    Landlords cannot do any “unannounced inspections”: they indeed are constrained to either being invited or giving due notice because of concrete reasons for any inspection
    This is not the law in every state, though it may be the law in the state of the earlier commenter (David). A person in doubt as to his rights in his state may wish to review his state's LL/Tenant act and/or consult an attorney who does that sort of thing.

  • On the post: Rep. Luna Threatens Journalist With Prison For Posting… Public University Bio

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2026 @ 04:59pm

    that is where their friends are

    Why would any non-NAZI pedophile continue to post there?
    Because it is a friendly and welcoming platform for pedophiles who are not nazis. I do not think that their generative AI limits itself, either, but should generate material for all sorts of pedophiles. Disclaimer: I am not on Twitter and have not interacted with their AI, so am basing comment on various reports here in BestNetTech.

  • On the post: Chuck Schumer’s Ridiculous Strategy For Trump’s Illegal War: Hope Republicans Come To Their Senses

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2026 @ 04:38pm

    low expectations

    Now, I can already predict some of the replies to this. “What do you expect Schumer to do? [...]"
    I expect very little. Unfortunately, backbone implants are not covered by the congressional health plan. And senate rules do not allow him to accept private donations for this purpose.

  • On the post: Abrego Garcia Asks For Sanctions As Gov’t Officials Continue To Publicly Attack Him Ahead Of His Trial

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 08 Jan, 2026 @ 03:13am

    not so sure about that

    Our courts cannot become so paralyzed by the fear of what Trump and his supporters might do that the courts stop upholding the rights of people like Kilmar Abregio Garcia.
    If not paralyzed, they are at least acting as though they were immersed in well-chilled molasses. If a non-govt atty did even a small part of what the govt has done in violation of court orders, I would expect to see him instructed to bring his toothbrush to court. That would not be unreasonable, either. This chilled molasses syndrome is pretty darn close to paralyzed by fear and unable to act.

  • On the post: Judge Catches DOJ Lying, Tells It To Turn Over More Documents To Kilmar Abrego Garcia

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2026 @ 05:04am

    not exactly a prestigious award

    FIFA should have given this man a peace prize rather than giving it to Trump
    Have you seen the prize? It look sokmewhat scary in the pictures. This may be appropriate given the levels of corruption all around. Also, a bank has been promoting the soccer world cup, and the pictures of the trophy make it look like a used butt plug. Not sure that a prize from FIFA is something to be proud of.

  • On the post: Bari Weiss’ Tiny Fake Austin College Sees Mass Staff, Advisor Exodus

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2026 @ 10:06am

    another example

    Look at all the failed attempts to create conservative counterparts to things like Twitter
    Well, Trump Social has not gone bankrupt yet, despite reportedly not having as much revenue as hoped for. Credit some people's interest in government pronouncements. Also, Trump Social chunks are smaller than those in the Federal Register.

  • On the post: When People Realize How Good The Latest Chinese Open Source Models Are (And Free), The GenAI Bubble Could Finally Pop

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2025 @ 05:30am

    one of the few actual uses

    I think that this is firmly in the “for worse” column. I can use Google Maps and a phone call or browsing a restaurant’s menu on a website to accomplish much the same thing
    If it takes a little bit of AI for the search engine to answer the question of what restaurants have empanadas, that seems like a good use of it. Phoning a bunch of restaurants not only chews up their employee time if anyone answers, but it also chews up more of my time. Yes, if the menus are on line in some sort of usable form, rather than as images, I could probably go through them. That still takes more time than having some sort of robot answer the question. I am not looking for creativity here. I am trying to find lunch. It seems that some sort of primitive AI might actually help in this endeavor. Compare cooking lunch, which I would prefer not to leave to the AI.

  • On the post: Nobody (Including Advertisers) Cared About Bari Weiss’ New CBS ‘Town Hall’

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2025 @ 05:15am

    there is an audience

    Larry and David Ellison are very obviously trying to buy up the dying remnants of U.S. corporate media (plus TikTok) in the hopes of creating yet another Fox-esque right wing propaganda mill. But again, there’s no real evidence there’s an actual audience here.
    I th8ink there is an audience there. Not only is Faux News still around, but it has company in the forms of all those entities willing to sign the Pentagon Power Pledge to be allowed in parts of the building. Stock buyers may want to look into Reynolds, because the tinfoil hat industry is sure to benefit from all this ``news'' reporting.

  • On the post: EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2025 @ 04:21am

    this may present a challenge

    "To that end, the data controller must consider in particular all technical measures available in the current state of technical knowledge that are apt to block the copying and reproduction of online content.”
    Consider, if you will, a web browser. Its job is to obtain a copy of the online content and reproduce it on your screen.

  • On the post: Trump, Brendan Carr Threaten To Censor Some More Comedians For The Crime Of Comedy

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2025 @ 04:41am

    backbones on sale in aisle six

    Democrats need to hammer this home in the coming elections. This is the most important thing to voters
    It would help if they replaced the people in charge. Right now the party is led by gutless wonders and the sort of crazy people who expect that, if do the same thing over again you will have different results. The electorate may be ready for change, but that is not what the Dems are currently selling. Indeed, they fight it. Look at how they came out in NY to oppose a democratic socialist candidate who actually won their primary.

  • On the post: Trump’s Own Judges Easily Reject His Bonkers Lawsuit Against CNN For Calling His Big Lie A ‘Big Lie’

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2025 @ 11:50pm

    fun fun fun until daddy takes the t-bird away

    wishes this suit had progressed
    Discovery would have been interesting. If someone who was sued by Trump were to answer instead of moving to dismiss, they could move on to discovery as to Trump business dealings and how they were affected by the claimed defamation. Do it in state court if possible, that way you might get a useful offer-of-judgment rule.

  • On the post: Ken Paxton’s Tylenol Lawsuit Is Off To A Terrible Start

    Tanner Andrews ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2025 @ 11:33pm

    a caution to the others

    I don’t see anything in the Constitution of Texas that requires the Attorney General to be an actual licensed attorney
    There may not be anything affecting his office holding. None the less, sanctions for filing bogus claims may be appropirate if only as a warning to other Texas attorneys that they should be more careful in the future.

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