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  • I hate it, and it isn't right, but that's how The System always starts its negotiations. Amp up the charges to 11, throw in a bunch of "stretch goal" charges, and panic the defendant into taking a deal. From the defendant's side of things, why risk 20 years of your life in prison for something you mostly aren't guilty of, when they'll accept a plea that will allow them to look both tough and merciful (and clear their name of all wrong doing) and only cost the defendant 3 years of probation and time served?

  • Iirc, the design goes back a few hundred years or so, and they were intended as either lion claws or dragon claws, wrapped around an orb.

    Incidentally, you'll also find pineapples are commonly found carved in older furniture. Pineapples were considered a symbol of hospitality. Again, as I recall, because it's been a while since I learned about this stuff.

  • "One GAJILLION BAZILLIONTY percent. It's my most beautiful tariff. No one will ever beat it. They say it's the perfect amount to win our trade war with Jai-nuh. No one will ever build a better wall than that. A trade wall. To keep the rapists and terrible people out. Like when Robert E. Lee kept the Asians out of Virginia. He said, 'That wall, it will win this war for us, and Soviet Prussia will pay for it.' And you know what? He was right. He was right."

    Seriously, how high do the tariffs go before we just ban products from one another? Save everyone the headache, already. It's like the economic version of "I can name a number higher than you; you go first."

  • pics @lemmy.world
    ClanOfTheOcho @lemmy.world

    The Train and The Moon

    Considering this was a spur of the moment snap from the car, and with my phone, I'm happy how it turned out.