Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "Steve Lehto" channel.

  1. A wise, elderly police sergeant once told some academy graduates, upon handing them their certifications, "Here is your badge. When you screw up, you dip your badge and mine in shit. I don't like shit on my badge, please don't dip ours into shit". Would, were he still alive today, he be in command of all LEO's nationwide!
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  2. If we started citing people for driving while stupid, over half of the drivers on the road would get citations.
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  3. Public domain has been under attack for years. Laws can indeed cross borders, most frequently via international agreements and ratified treaties. It'd be interesting to see what the EU courts would find on this, as this is within their purview and the EU still is a bit cordial in policy toward public domain. Still, one wonders, George Washington made bricks that sold throughout the colonies. Those certainly are cultural artifacts, so by extension, all bricks should be. Perhaps Italy brickmakers are infringing upon US cultural artifacts...
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  4.  @jesspeinado480  erm, seller fi? Ironic, to put it mildly, largely due to its accuracy. The United States of America has the absolute best government that money can buy. Semper Fidelis, Steve! De oppresso liber!
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  5. Most people don't realize, ambassadors aren't selected on merit or education, but are appointees and are far too frequently awarded as a favor by our executive branch to "friends".
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  6. It's even uglier than that. I was denied rental of a home, their reason was that there's a court record in my name for a property crime. Specifically, my father hoarded tools and construction supplies and I inherited it, the township then promptly took me to court over it and the case was dismissed with prejudice. The realtor had a private company check some private database, which only shows the case and no resolution. Suffice it to say, that national firm is blacklisted for my family. We'll deal with century 22 instead.
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  7. Well, c'est merde is the name of their thought processes.
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  8. He also loved the "take me wife, please". The saddest thing I ever read was when he said, "don't take my wife, please", when she died. Little known is, comedians tend to actually have lives of suffering, so they try to relieve that suffering in others.
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  9. I've heard of beer goggles, but never of deer glasses. I'm with the prosecutor, I've heard better lies out of a five year old. I'm also more than willing to consider if he were driving while impaired by ethanol. I am curious, with the conviction, if there was a motion to remove the disability, is a simple majority required or a 2/3 vote in that state?
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  10.  @Alex-vr4wu  it's also lead to tar and feathering in the past. People rightfully loathe antidemocratic nonsense like this.
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  11. Well, a settlement should be that the funds come out of the police department's budget. Otherwise, it comes out of the county coffers and the police continue to offend without a real penalty.
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  12.  @MichaelMantion  I can just see the ADA cases as well. The first time a cop cites a disabled person, who stopped due to a spasm or other difficulty, millions of dollars will flow out of the local government coffers. Then, they'll want litigation reform, to try to neuter federal laws...
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  13. I've tossed illegible tickets, looked them up and responded as needed. No need to use force, the courts have their own force, their first escalation being by mail, the next, a constable. Only met one officially once, apparently, the ticket blew away or otherwise wasn't under my wiper, an apology and quick response halted anything untoward, as it was a valid complaint and fine. Oddly, no pepper spray, tasers, firearms or thermonuclear weapons needed to be involved.
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  14.  @TheBooban  original creative art vs a photographic reproduction, the original creative work is able to be copyrighted, the photographic reproduction isn't a creative work without some transformative process making it a creative work. Otherwise, Xerox would own damned near every written and printed word.
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  15. There's a video about on social media that tells people how to boost Kia and Hyundai cars, due to their phenomenally weak (addressed in this class action) ignition locks. A neighbor's looking at around $4k in damage from someone ineptly trying to follow that guidance - twice, damaging the column, trim and harness. Oh well, criminals aren't the brightest on average. When a bright one is found, we put them into politics, where we can keep an eye on them. ;)
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  16.  @wallychambe1587  had two Samsung phones that had batteries swell up enough to force the rear cover from the phones and with one, also cracked the display. Hell is gonna look like Antarctica before I get something from Samsung again. Made me want to deliver it back to their factory - from 50000 feet...
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  17. Which we continued with coal miners via the mandatory company store system. Well, that and Pinkerton assassins killing off anyone supporting labor and having the Colorado National Guard machine gun striking workers.
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  18.  @Gangsta1168  the only time I carry a gun or guns is going to the gunsmith or range, although occasionally I'll lug one around the woods in deer season (typically, not chambering a round, as the deer seem to outwit me). I am known to teach about what's in the bible, reciting entire chapter and verse, as I can and have done with the Quran, largely to correct misquotes and misconceptions. In that, I do tend to judge the speaker by the standards that they profess to abide by, as documented within their favored texts. Jesus, I like, I don't like those who profess to follow him, while profaning his teachings all that much.
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  19. It's even uglier, beside the PR black eye, they spent likely at least $150k on attorney and court fees to try to save a few thousand dollars and while they succeeded in paying a much lower amount per bag, the expenses far, far, far outstripped any money saved.
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  20. One would really hate me. I'm badly allergic to pot, so if you smell it around me, I'll likely need an ambulance. Or, you're lying.
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  21. Ah, but engineer vs engineer can be downright entertaining.
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  22. Yeah, totally don't work, the smog that used to plague my youth disappeared because of the efforts of Peter Pan and the fairies.
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  23. The action was not only morally repugnant, it was democratically repugnant in the extreme! What would be next? Monitoring votes, punishing exposed "wrong" votes for reprisal, thereby destroying the very heart of democratic governance?
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  24.  @backwoodstherapy  true, once properly evaluated by doctor that it's a blockage and not a hemorrhagic stroke. The inappropriate speech and ataxia should've been more than sufficient to go to immediate EMS response and transport. And going lights out, no EMS summoned, just by cruiser when the nurse refused to accept the patient in the jail, that's just malfeasance.
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  25.  @sarowie  well, for one example, how many samples of smallpox should be stored, since only one freezer isn't good enough? Rather than having a spare freezer on hand and simply move the samples into it when the primary fails. Which is what the CDC does with their sample.
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  26. Downside is, one only has rights if one can afford to pay a lawyer to buy them.
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  27. The setback being an easement for access.
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  28.  @me8042  I really don't hold with taking a pension for honorable service away, it disincentivizes honorable service overall. Take the cop's property, take the PD operating budget, even their assets in compensation and punitive awards. And therein lies the secret sauce, punitive has a very specific meaning and a wrist slap is not really punitive, it's saying "naughty, naughty" to theft and murder.
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  29.  @davidvincent1093  well, if something like this happens, due diligence was not performed and they're liable at the end of the day. But, we both know how well a diligent lawyer documents everything that they do, accounting for documents, document revisions, time spent on a client's behalf, etc. A diligent lawyer can bury anyone claiming a lack of due diligence in so much documentation as to make their attorney surrender and a jurist laugh. Learned that setting up their time/documentation tracking software and migrating old records over to the new system.
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  30.  @WlmaAlexender-zl6nx  what actual injury was sustained? He didn't say that he paid the bill, only that he received the bill and I suspect that the surgery did not proceed on the ashes as scheduled. Ashes are a real pain in the ash to suture. Referral to the local DA and medical board should suffice, so that doctor can explain what precise surgical techniques are utilized on performing a surgical procedure on ashes and what benefit that the cremains enjoyed from said surgery.
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  31.  @119Agent  well, that's two former employees fired, alas, without using actual fire. I'd honestly have asked that attorney, were he representing me in that manner, if he ever heard of the fine Russian practice of defenestration... At a very real risk of receiving a demonstration of defenestration. To say that it would have a major deleterious impact on the business is like saying that Genghis Khan wasn't well liked.
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  32.  @Gangsta1168  love one another as one loves oneself, which is actually Old Testament in Leviticus 9:18. Forgive repeatedly. I never said that I follow that either, now did I? Or do you think that I'm a Christian-Muslim-Gnostic? I said that I judge others by their actions and words, as justified by what isn't written to support those within the texts that they utilize to justify themselves. Then, I correct them and move on.
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  33. The regulations are posted and approved, so they're not vague. The pollutants are listed and not complex. They're not contradictory or they'd not get approved. And your closing nonsense is just that, as those vehicles are also tested before being allowed into the country, as has been repeatedly reported in the news. So, how much are you being paid to lie?
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  34. Given that they're speaking of enforcing copyright law, it is well within the authority of the court, but the SDNY does not have national, nor international authority.
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  35. He certainly makes Roy Bean look good!
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  36. Gotta wheedle in that televiewer screen into every room of every home somehow, Big Brother's viewing pleasure is far too sparse.
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  37. If only we had a foundational document that demanded that.
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  38. Maybe it's time to turn the RICO statutes against their racketeering. "You didn't try to shake down enough citizens" is racketeering in any other context. Or perhaps, a citizen's vigilance committee is needed, if the courts are disinterested.
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  39. Amazon Prime drivers frequently make deliveries for apartments and other large multi-tennant buildings in large fabric bin bags, which they'll typically drag into the building. One driver left the bin in our mailroom, which was left there for weeks, then relocated next to the main lobby door and well, everywhere Helen Keller could've found it. It wasn't removed until someone carped loudly to another Amazon Prime driver and he finally removed the damned thing, remarking of a similar case at a large business. If it slows them down even slightly, all caution is to the wind and I've literally had trouble getting to the wall of mailboxes for all of the packages, mostly Amazon, scattered all over the floor - despite our having delivery lockers and prominent signage insisting upon the usage of said lockers. On a typical day, I'll see at least 4 Amazon Prime trucks make deliveries here. UPS is nearly as bad, FedEx not quite as bad about scattering packages and USPS is good at using the lockers and mailboxes. Although, with USPS, I frequently see the postal workers out delivering until at least 7:00 PM, sometimes even later.
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  40. Well, he got half of the things to do on your first day right. Unfortunately, the cops showing up for the stolen car tends to ruin that first initial good impression.
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  41. The city has the duty of exercising due care and due diligence in ensuring notices are sent to the correct address before any deleterious action is performed. The only way this could've been worse is if they bulldozed the property while it was occupied.
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  42. See, that's where he went wrong. Go back and report in for work, they then send him back for the body cam. Milk it right, shift is over and he just goes home.
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  43. Ever see where the model Y's batteries are stored? From the front wheel well to the rear wheel well, three compartments under the floor - nothing but batteries. That's some major dissection and I've done cam shaft work and more, but this is next level and I've no clue how to recycle that much inflammable energy storage device junk! And I do believe in the right to repair. Just one should go in informed before one begins. Change out one smart phone battery, you'll get an inkling on the PIA that can be involved. Change a surface mount chip for more fun, used to do that for a living. Back when I didn't need glasses to read.
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  44. The problem being, the most powerful radio is the easiest radio to find, either by missile or a personal visit.
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  45.  @Mike-01234  seems a bit odd to have no provision for engine changes. If a brand new vehicle has an engine destroyed and hence, replaced, it no longer can be registered in the state and hence a brand new vehicle goes to the scrapyard unpaid for?
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  46. If the agreement isn't expiring and just not being renewed, which isn't what it sounds like from my seat, the state has announced the company in fundamental breach of contract. That's rather heavy medicine, but also fully recoverable. Yeah, the company is gonna be there with bells on, way too much to potentially lose! Still, digital is superior to everything! "Here's your new computer for your heart attack." "Oh, it administers drugs to stabilize my condition?" "No." "It shocks me if my heart stops?" "No." "What's it do then?" "It glows pretty colors to tell what your heart's doing." ... "Kids, our new word for today is defenestration and we have a wonderful example to provide for you to understand its meaning..."
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  47. Heh, got a few of those in my day. My usual response is, "Funny, you'd think that they would've mentioned the warrant when I was in the agency's building working". Nearly as bad, getting a call from someone with an Indian accent, "I am Microsoft". I keep a keyboard onhand, not connected to anything so I can be heard tapping away their suggested commands, "Nope, isn't working. Nope, command not found. Nope, syntax error. Are you sure these commands work on a Cray?" I really love to waste their time. No, I don't own a Cray supercomputer, couldn't afford that kind of electric bill. ;) But, everything here runs Linux, so I'd be quite impressed if any of their Windows commands worked on my systems!
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  48. "Oh, my condolences, as the gas van just pulled up for you".
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  49. And to do that for which others get charged with extortion with.
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  50. Warranty void if you make the mistake of actually trying to use our product as intended.
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