Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread

[Ben]

I'm in the, "They're doing the right thing for the wrong reasons" camp.

We need to figure out how to get people speedy trails, and we need to fix the court system to keep boomers who took selfies on 06JAN from sitting in jail for a year with no bail. I don't know how to do any of that.

[MechAg94]

Maybe we should rethink how many bullshit victimless crimes we clog the courts up with so that we can actually provide fair but speedy trials.

I think maybe a forced time limit (1 to 3 months maybe) where charges are automatically dropped if there was no trial.  The prosecutors have to justify the delay with some sort of high bar if a delay is allowed since it would violate the rights of the accused.  I am just thinking that might force prosecutors and courts also to focus on the crimes they can prove.  Force police to complete investigations more quickly.  Force public labs to get evidence processed more quickly. 

IMO, I don't think we need to figure out how it should be done, we just need to put our foot down and force the change.  IMO, it is an injustice not to.  I think it can be done myself. 

Another related idea would be to cap bail at a very reasonable amount and outlaw bail bonds.  Makes sure bail is returned when you show up rather than being confiscated to pay court fees, etc. 

Of course, my experience with the criminal justice system is all hearsay from news and articles.  Someone else might have better ideas.

[MechAg94]

Illinois Ends Cash Bail
Steve Lehto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX1fytoEveM

[JTHunter]

Illinois Ends Cash Bail
Steve Lehto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX1fytoEveM

Another reason to OC at all times.

[MechAg94]

Another reason to OC at all times.

I would simply say "pants on, gun on" regardless of how you wish to carry. 

That said, no-cash bail isn't the reason violent felons get let out immediately.  I bet there are provisions in the law to hold violent offenders, just the judges/prosecutors won't do it. 

[JTHunter]

I would simply say "pants on, gun on" regardless of how you wish to carry. 

That said, no-cash bail isn't the reason violent felons get let out immediately.  I bet there are provisions in the law to hold violent offenders, just the judges/prosecutors won't do it.

I'm not counting on them to "do their jobs" either.   

[WLJ]

Okay the man is a criminal who just tried to kill someone so screw him.
Why this posted here is the reaction of the women he landed next to. Just another day that ends in Y to them.

Video shows jaw-dropping moment alleged carjacker jumps off FDR Drive, landing next to unsuspecting women
https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/the-shocking-moment-alleged-carjacker-jumps-from-fdr-video/

[Ben]

^^^

The comments are all about how, "He had it coming", which he did. However the three women didn't know that. He could have been an innocent person who fell off the bridge, and those three fat pigs just stood there eating their ice cream. These types of clips really make me loathe big cities, especially NYC, where this is considered "normal" (all the way back to much of what Seinfeld was based on). And when someone does help, they get arrested. Bizarro world.

[WLJ]

However the three women didn't know that. He could have been an innocent person who fell off the bridge, and those three fat pigs just stood there eating their ice cream.

Yeah, I should have made that clear in my post that's what I was thinking viewing that.

[WLJ]

If he had landed on them how much do you want to bet they would be suing the police?

[JTHunter]

If he had landed on them how much do you want to bet they would be suing the police?

Why??
The police weren't even involved at that point. 

[WLJ]

Why??
The police weren't even involved at that point. 

You really think that matters?

[bedlamite]

Why??
The police weren't even involved at that point. 

Can't sue a scumbag with no money, sue the deep pockets.

That was an audible splat.

[WLJ]

Shoplifting to support their food habit

If you see the video you'll know what I mean

Burlington store in Sacramento is raided by trio of female shoplifters who make VERY slow getaway pushing shopping carts filled with stolen booty
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12336989/Burlington-store-Sacramento-raided-trio-female-shoplifters-make-slow-getaway-pushing-shopping-carts-loads-stolen-booty.html

[Pb]

Judicial corporal punishment... hold have it right outside the store, in the parking lot.

An idea that makes so much sense it just might work!

[Ben]

"Police are investigating". 

They've got video with a license plate. What's to investigate? As it's Calif, had they misgendered someone, they'd already be caught and in the pokey. As it is, they'll probably get a bigger punishment for parking in the handicapped zone than for the stealing.

[WLJ]

    A number of people are attempting to change their race by watching certain videos, hoping to manifest physical change.

    “They have convinced themselves it works because there’s other people who have convinced themselves, as well,” says a media professor. https://t.co/A6HqCCNlkc
    — NBC News (@NBCNews) July 30, 2023

Experts agree race is not genetic. But they contend that even though race is a cultural construct, it is impossible to change your race because of the systemic inequalities inherent to being born into a certain race.

NBC News: People think they can change their race - that's just crazy!
https://twitchy.com/gordon-kushner/2023/07/30/nbc-news-people-think-they-can-change-their-race-thats-just-crazy-n2385846

So people can't change a "cultural construct" but they can change their sex, a biological construct, by convincing themselves because reasons. Experts agree. Got it.

[Big Hairy Bee]

How about changing species?

https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/toco-the-human-border-collie-steps-out-for-first-ever-walk-in-public/

[dogmush]

How about changing species?

https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/toco-the-human-border-collie-steps-out-for-first-ever-walk-in-public/

Weird and a little creepy, but that's just a Furry in a fancy suit.  Compared to the surgical mutilation seen on folks commonly these days that's barely even a blip on the scope.

[WLJ]

Someone took it a bit too far.

Vegan raw food diet influencer Zhanna D’Art dies of starvation: report
https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/vegan-influencer-starved-to-death-friends/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

[BobR]

In keeping with the above theme which I will call "Stupidity Has Its Own Rewards"

Frenchman who likes to climb buildings and take pictures fell off of a tall building in Hong Kong while practicing his own brand of "hey, watch me!".

68 or so stories. He was found because he broke a gas pipe upon splatting and they were investigating the gas leak.

Probably a 7-9 second free fall to contemplate his choices in life.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/french-daredevil-falls-to-his-death-from-hong-kong-skyscraper

bob

[bedlamite]

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/why-everything-so-expensive-right-now-interest-rates-federal-reserve-rcna96885

gotta love the headline:

Why the Federal Reserve has made everything more expensive to make things less expensive

[RoadKingLarry]

Someone took it a bit too far.

Vegan raw food diet influencer Zhanna D’Art dies of starvation: report
https://nypost.com/2023/07/31/vegan-influencer-starved-to-death-friends/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

Darwin approves.

[WLJ]

This is just so whacked out it belongs here.

She's what, 500 plus lbs? And is being accused of fat shaming.

Lizzo sued by former backup dancers, accused of sexual harassment and ‘fat-phobic’ treatment
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lizzo-sued-by-former-backup-dancers-accused-sexual-harassment-fat-phobic-treatment

Body-positive pop star Lizzo's ex-dancers are suing her for fat-shaming and some very weird sexual stuff
https://twitchy.com/sarahd/2023/08/01/lizzo-n2385902

    Imagine getting fat shamed by Lizzo pic.twitter.com/fpcel8AXg3
    — Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 1, 2023

[WLJ]

Why the heck would they even do this?

Backlash has begun against the popular British coffee brand Costa after consumers spotted the company using a graphic of a transgender man bearing scars from a "top surgery."

Several online users and coffee drinkers were surprised to see a photo of a Costa Express Van showcasing a colorful image of a transgender person with scars from a double mastectomy.

Popular coffee brand outrages consumers with image of post-op trans man: 'Glorification of breast mutilation'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/popular-coffee-brand-outrages-consumers-image-post-op-trans-man-glorification-breast-mutilation