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Palehorse

December 28, 2016, 12:35:19 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on June 12, 2012, 11:26:38 AM
The residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts, have had enough of this *#%@&!

And on Monday night they voted to make those who curse put their money where their potty mouths are - to the sum of $20, that is.

Police in the town of 22,000 will be writing tickets bearing fines in that amount to those who foul its public places with profanity after residents voted 183-50 Monday night that they were mad as *#%@& and weren't going to take it anymore.. . .

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12/massachusetts-town-puts-20-fine-on-profanity/?hpt=hp_t3

Years ago I warned that municipalities, states, and our federal government would be getting "creative" surrounding ways to supplement their revenue streams in order to replace the revenue lost with the flight of manufacturing from this nation. The above was just one of a plethora of examples, and here is another one:

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KCRA-TV) - During a summer afternoon in August 2015 after a long day on the job, Joseph Schwab, 36, was heading home in the San Francisco suburb of Fairfield when he was pulled over.
The officer described seeing him "weaving in and out of traffic almost causing several collisions." More seriously, the officer also believed he was under the influence of a drug.

"I was 100 percent confident that I was not under the influence of anything," Schwab said.

Inside the car, the officer said she found a number of workout supplements, including powders. All of them were legal.

She conducted several field sobriety tests and found Schwab's pupils were dilated.

"The driver seemed very amped up, very agitated, very combative, and she thought he was under the influence of something," Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams said.

The officer arrested Schwab and took him to jail, where he agreed to a blood test. The results came back negative for cocaine, THC, opiates, methamphetamine, oxycodone and several other drugs.

However, there was one positive hit, caffeine. . .



http://www.wthr.com/article/california-man-facing-dui-charge-after-blood-tests-come-back-positive-for-caffeine

Yup. DUI for caffeine in his system.  :mad:

Indiana, being the sheep state that it is, is sure to follow suit and begin charging those of us leaving Starbucks, IHOP, Cracker Barrel, and Steak N Shake in the early morning hours with DUI due to the pot  of coffee consumed while inside.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Next, it will be yet another substance they will test for before you can receive social security benefits. . .  :rolleyes: :mad:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Purplelady1040

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December 28, 2016, 04:12:41 PM
PH, what do you think of the courts in  Arkansas, I believe wanting that's amazon Echo because it recorded a murder and Amazon is refusing to turn it over. The comment they are using what happens in the home is private but when it become a murder is it private?

Locutus

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December 28, 2016, 04:16:38 PM
I'll bet Amazon will cough that information up if they're served a subpoena for it.  :yes:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Purplelady1040

#3
December 28, 2016, 04:31:04 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 28, 2016, 04:16:38 PM
I'll bet Amazon will cough that information up if they're served a subpoena for it.  :yes:
I believe not sure they were but still didn't want to give the information up. I will have to check into that and see but I just think if a person has committed murder that one would be willing to work with the authorities.

Okay, just read that Amazon were issued a warrant to release the information from the Echo and they are refusing.

Locutus

#4
December 28, 2016, 04:39:56 PM
Without knowing the specifics of what triggers that thing, I'm not sure there's going to be anything useful stored on Amazon's servers anyway. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Purplelady1040

#5
December 28, 2016, 04:56:32 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 28, 2016, 04:39:56 PM
Without knowing the specifics of what triggers that thing, I'm not sure there's going to be anything useful stored on Amazon's servers anyway.
Supposedly and I don't know because I have never seen one or know what they can do but supposedly it can record and save data and conversations.

Locutus

#6
December 28, 2016, 05:06:07 PM
Quote from: Purplelady1040 on December 28, 2016, 04:56:32 PM
Supposedly and I don't know because I have never seen one or know what they can do but supposedly it can record and save data and conversations.

I was just reading a bit about it.  Apparently, the words "Alexa" or "Amazon" will trigger the recording mechanism.  So unless either the perpetrator or victim was screaming "Amazon" or "Alexa" during the course of the murder, then it wouldn't have recorded anything. 

:rifle: :knife: :chair:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Locutus

#7
December 28, 2016, 05:13:54 PM
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Purplelady1040

#8
December 28, 2016, 05:21:54 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 28, 2016, 05:06:07 PM
I was just reading a bit about it.  Apparently, the words "Alexa" or "Amazon" will trigger the recording mechanism.  So unless either the perpetrator or victim was screaming "Amazon" or "Alexa" during the course of the murder, then it wouldn't have recorded anything. 

:rifle: :knife: :chair:
Okay, thanks. Like I said I didn't know how it worked.

AbbyTC

#9
December 28, 2016, 06:34:01 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 28, 2016, 05:06:07 PM
I was just reading a bit about it.  Apparently, the words "Alexa" or "Amazon" will trigger the recording mechanism.  So unless either the perpetrator or victim was screaming "Amazon" or "Alexa" during the course of the murder, then it wouldn't have recorded anything. 

:rifle: :knife: :chair:

Is the moral of the story if you are getting murdered is to yell "Alexa!  I'm being murdered by Bubba!  He's using a knife on me!"?   :biggrin:
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Locutus

#10
December 28, 2016, 06:37:40 PM
Quote from: AbbyTC on December 28, 2016, 06:34:01 PM
Is the moral of the story if you are getting murdered is to yell "Alexa!  I'm being murdered by Bubba!  He's using a knife on me!"?   :biggrin:

What if you were having rough sex with a woman named Alexa?  :spooked:

;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

AbbyTC

#11
December 28, 2016, 06:41:08 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 28, 2016, 06:37:40 PM
What if you were having rough sex with a woman named Alexa?  :spooked:

;D

:rotfl:
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Purplelady1040

#12
December 28, 2016, 07:15:52 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 28, 2016, 06:37:40 PM
What if you were having rough sex with a woman named Alexa?  :spooked:

;D
Hahahahaha. Damn, that's funny!

Palehorse

#13
December 28, 2016, 07:56:52 PM
Swell. . . I just got an Amazon Fire tablet for Xmas and it has Alexa on it.  :spooked:

That being said, they'll cough it up after their lawyers have a chance to review things. They need to formulate a game-plan surrounding how to protect the company once they do so. . .  :yes:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Purplelady1040

#14
December 28, 2016, 08:20:17 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on December 28, 2016, 07:56:52 PM
Swell. . . I just got an Amazon Fire tablet for Xmas and it has Alexa on it.  :spooked:

That being said, they'll cough it up after their lawyers have a chance to review things. They need to formulate a game-plan surrounding how to protect the company once they do so. . .  :yes:
Just remember what Locutus said about Alexa!
Hahahahah. 🤣
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