How did declaring an emergency (per the Stafford Act) make it his responsibility to fix it? Last I checked, in a federal system it is the local authorities who are responsible for doing the work. The feds supply public funding and potentially manpower if FEMA gets involved.

The local authorities in fact caused the problem by trying to cheap-out on water treatment. Replacing huge quantities of buried pipes is not a short-term operation, even if they put all their attention on it. In fact, it was the city that had to be sued multiple times to get the job mostly done:

Well, we’ve had to go back to court now six times and constantly been tracking to see if the city was actually following through on this settlement agreement. Finally, the court actually held the city in contempt and the state took over most of the finishing up of this project.

So, what actions did he take to show he “didn’t give a fuck?” Maybe you’re referring to this drink of water someone put him on the spot to drink?

“This used a filter,” Obama said of the water. “The water around this table was Flint water and it just confirms what we know scientifically, which is, if you’re using a filter, if you’re installing it, then Flint water at this point is drinkable.”

Properly filtered water was safe, exactly as he said. It is the responsibility of the local governments to ensure they’re available to their residents - with federal help per emergency funding.

Here’s a full breakdown.

The matter of blame appeared to be settled conclusively in March 2016, however, when Snyder’s nonpartisan task force released its blistering final report. Primary responsibility for the crisis in Flint was placed on the state, and particularly on the MDEQ, and task force members called for a thorough review of the emergency manager system. The report also characterized the crisis as a clear-cut example of environmental injustice, as evidenced by the fact that Flint’s poor, largely African American population “did not enjoy the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards as that provided to other communities.”

Now, I am fairly sure you will completely discount any evidence of the reality I posted here. Truthfully, I mostly did this to inform anybody else who stumbles upon this so they can verify it for themselves.

I’ve been waiting for this for a year.

So… you either didn’t read the linked article, or you decided it was a lie because it differed from your “gut feelings”… or maybe you just didn’t understand what it was saying?

Nothing beats Waze, unfortunately, and we’d need a lot more invested users even if we did have the capability.

The closest thing I found was a Google traffic overlay, but it is not particularly accurate or visible.

One thing I’d like to see in OSMAnd is a decent business search by location, like GMaps has.

It’s the most convenient way to find restaurants. In fortunately, it would take much work to make it competitive as the POI are not simple and their data is nearly nonexistent.

I’ve added and updated several, but it is time consuming with data entry. We need a good map data source with detailed POI info.

I’m old enough to remember when network television didn’t cut important scenes from shows in order to show me commercials.

If these businesses are getting so much efficiency from laying off their employees, why do they need increasingly more advertising?

I doubt there are enough of us who block (when it is even possible) to seriously affect revenue.

Also, if they can break their contract with me to pay for a service with no commercials and force me to watch them anyway, I have no compunctions with denying them the extra profit.

He’s well programmed.

Wait…what? You took my statement as a support of dictatorship?? Wow. Take a look at my comment history.

Rule of law is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and it is the dictators who selectively enforce laws on their foes while letting their allies off the hook.

You know, like when all the Jan 6 insurrectionists were pardoned while all his political enemies are being indicted on the flimsiest of charges?

Unfortunately, they’ve been so successful, we won’t be able to get our kids to read this report.

This gave me a sudden flashback to the days when I had a program on VAX VMS that would spit out ASCII art to a chat console from a collection of dozens.

This was also huge on the old WWW III and other BBS Systems over various networks like FIDO. What a time.

That’s not how a society built on laws work, and the judge would be abdicating his duty if he let him off light.

Besides, he is MAGA, and I suspect that whole situation was set up as a PR boost for Trump. He’s the fall guy anyway.

In consistent authoritarian fashion, now that Bovino has caused a PR problem for them, under the bus he goes and all blame goes to him.

I’m confident he was doing exactly what was expected of him. Don’t fall for the fall guy playbook.

I’d love to hear the logistics of making that work well in the current world.

I’m conflicted about learning this. I find it informative, yet very very disturbing.

At first, I thought it was going to be about the start of WW I, given that Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a serb in what later became Yugoslavia. It seems these are cursed people.

Everything’s a dildo when you’re brave enough

Everything’s a dildo when you’re brave desperately horny enough

sssssuuuuurrrreeee you did. (yes, that was a joke, don’t be offended, plz)

Apparently didn’t have enough cash to buy a butt plug, got creative, and is now forever globally embarrassed (both figuratively, and literally).

TIL Sortition. Thanks. Your since you don’t believe in democracy, what form of governance do you feel is best?

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Oh, you were serious! Well, I think what they need is Democracy first, then unions. Communism theoretically eliminates the need for unions, but the reality is that it’s just a dictatorship. Unions in China would likely either be co-opted by the Communist party through subterfuge, or through “reeducating” the misguided leadership and defining the unions - thus landing them right where they are, with a new bureaucracy.

Unions represent the spirit of the checks and balances envisioned in the U.S. Constitution. It is only by being of near equal power to the company that employees can negotiate for fair compensation and treatment. Without that, they’re just resources. It’s an effort to use human nature to gain good outcomes.

Oh, I forgot to address the Dr. Strangelove reference. Did you know that was parody and sharp criticism of not just The United States, but of the power structures of the whole (first) world at the time? If that kind of criticism were made in the U.S.S.R. or China, Cuba, etc., of their leadership, the film would be banned and everyone involved would be imprisoned or disappeared. We’re allowed to criticize stupidity in leadership over here (for the moment). We believe it is a useful tool to try to make things better, or at least a bit more sane.