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

  1. I hereby sentence you to one solid kick in the gonads. As to policy, it goes unchecked, axle checks go unchecked, On every abundance in existence. Perpetually on every mandated run.. I'm a dick to work for, but easy to work with. I was an NCO in the military. Got a problem with god-cops, got a problem even more with abuse of office. Got a bigger problem with offices creating a problem via abuse of office. Immediate problem being dealing with such mismanagement. It all boils down to leadership or, well, misleadership.
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  2. BTW, how many centuries will CPS now be humping her leg? Kid will be 43 and they're still harassing mom over the non-issue... Hey, if one cannot trust the judgement of a local government in that one area, how can you trust them in any other?
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  3.  @jeromethiel4323  yeah, it's greedy and utterly unreasonable to expect one's own government not to dump hundreds of pounds of debris through one's home, since we routinely do that to foreigners or something. That type of thinking resulted in France adopting their National Razor for quite a few years.
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  4. And a test, as someone testing is quite literally extorting money that they're really not owned, as they're not the one being injured. Meanwhile, I go to a small business and walk with a cane, having some issues at times navigating and am reasonable enough to realize a mom and pop operation can't afford to install ramps out of the blue, save if they're getting work done on the entry.
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  5.  @jaysonlima7196  yep, the more things to sign, the worse the penmanship grows.
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  6. There, there, Chatbot. Have a sip of water and calm down...
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  7.  @pablohammerly448  I didn't name the company, I merely said that I'd do business with Century 22. ;) Take a wild guess what company is guilty.
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  8. The United States of America does indeed have the absolute best government that money can buy. Or at least affordably rent, if one has deep enough pockets to pay the dockets.
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  9. Bucks County, PA, around 30 years ago or so, a farm and some homes were eminent domained by the county for a shopping mall. Litigation ensued, the land was taken, the homeowners and farmer SOL. So, not exactly a novel practice. This simply made it to the SCOTUS, who found that a man's castle belongs to whoever the municipality, county or state damned well fells like giving it to to turn a buck. One remaining farm was under threat and matters went slightly different, as residents of multiple counties finally became outraged. It seems, that the general public consensus was that the courts were worthless, but a few remarked how inexpensive lead was and the farm remains there to this day. It would seem that the officers who made the decision to apply eminent domain to benefit private real estate developers decided to not potentially share Louis XVI's fate. Or maybe it was the ghost of Christmas Future... Never underestimate the folks around Philly. To my knowledge, we're the only US city to have artillery used by the populace against other members of the populace and also got away with killing members of the militia sent in to restore order during the Philadelphia Nativist Riots. Although, the Bronx has the distinction of having US Army artillery used against it during Bowery rioting over the Civil War conscription (wealthy bought their way out of conscription, which triggered the rioting). Although, I do wonder about how much of a part whisky played in starting the whiskey rebellion, which took no less than George Washington riding out of the capitol to meet the responding militia from other states to suppress. History is a rather interesting thing! It can be entertaining or downright horrifying.
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  10. I know quite a few cops that'd then go super gung-ho in admiring the snake and complimenting you on it.
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  11.  @mikewurlitzer5217  maybe you should consider saving that money by not starting wars in the wrong country "because he tried to kill my dad". Just an idea. Or ignoring a fucking pandemic "because the numbers make me look bad". Or that whole buying a bunch of ships that, on their first deployment, have cracks that resulted in them being condemned. Or even learning that states charge registration fees, not the federal government.
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  12. No, but the stockholders might be a wee bit interested in why a half million dollars in attorney fees and court fees were spent to save $500 and worse from both PR value and investment dollar perspective, lost massively. That's like buying a city block of dilapidated houses that are condemned, detonating a tactical nuke to demolish the structures and crowing about the massive profits that'll be had when they can build new housing there in a few centuries.
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  13.  @leo29hornsfan  wrong. Had a property trash accumulation charge from inherited property. When trying to rent a home in a state that I moved to, I was denied rental "because you're a criminal, you have a record". Something shocking to me, given my security clearance being active. Suffice it to say, that real estate office has since folded, as no referrals from our local military base housing were allowed again and the home owner, who insisted on such a travesty gets regular inspections of the property, out of an abundance of caution over the safety of the tenants. Don't get mad, don't get even, get ahead and take the shoulders with it.
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  14.  @terrybronning3532  try again. Remember that supremacy clause in the federal Constitution? REAL ID is a federal Act of Congress. What some states haven't done is require REAL ID for residents and specifically, foreign residents who are legally here and hence, don't have to prove citizenship. Meanwhile, I can pull his name up in JPAS and still likely find his TS clearance from when he was a sonarman. They don't give out TS clearances to illegals.
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  15. There was a recent report of the feds visiting (oddly, in some cases reported in the media as a raid, which they weren't) retail establishments, including Walmart, to inspect their card scanners. Recovered were many illicit card scanners that were glued to the store's card reader.
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  16. Additionally, your Honor, the aircraft itself was a separate legal entity, so our airline cannot be held liable for any of our passengers that boarded and died aboard it, regardless of who holds the title for said aircraft.
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  17. "Of course he's off his rocker, he always was, he's a lawyer after all".
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  18. OK, so those scars I've had for 40 years will go away any day now. First, this targets mastectomy patients, so one cannot get a nipple tattooed on. Sounds like an ADA violation to me, good job Kentucky! Add in, scars or moles, that outlawed tattoos for the majority of the human population of this planet, everyone has moles and scars all over the place. So, it's a law essentially outlawing tattoos, save for very, very few, resulting in a law that'll be ignored by the populace, as prohibition was.
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  19.  @wolfrig2000  I note a dearth of janitors having anything to do with said fridge. As Dad used to say, "Leave the dog alone!".
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  20. Boy, am I glad that I lost my storage unit, as I had three cats in it that I just didn't get around to recycling. Now, I'd be accused of stealing my own catalytic converters! If I replace the one that broke and failed on this minivan, I'll happily dump it into the river and avoid potential charges. As for antitheft, the damned things are welded to the exhaust pipes and get hotter than a cathouse on payday, can't think of anything that wouldn't set the vehicle afire to further protect them. Well, other than perhaps tripwires and high explosives. Sounds a bit extreme to me, although after having my entire house cleaned out while I was deployed, somewhat tempting. A little bit of Mad Max action and all. ;)
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  21. I can imagine that every case he's been involved with for decades is now being reexamined. It's beyond a serious breach of trust, when an attorney, an officer of the court, commits such breaches of trust, as it entirely undermines trust in our courts.
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  22. There are some things an inquiring mind does not want to know. ;)
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  23. No, the first amendment and the entire Bill of Rights are privileges, as every court has ruled.
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  24. I'm surprised that they didn't arrest the victim again, charging him with stealing his family's DNA.
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  25.  @sunbeam8866  yeah, it'd be like a room full of Furby dolls with fresh batteries.
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  26. Well, at least the client wouldn't give him any shit...
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  27. An additional question, when will they require registration and insurance on wheelchairs, motorized or not, then crutches and it's time to pick up my rifle when they tax and register my cane.
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  28. Most automobile insurance policies that I've had (yeah, I actually read them before I'd sign for them) insure against events that occur in relation to injuries or illness that arise from the proper usage of the insured motor vehicle. I honestly could not consider screwing part of the normal operation of a motor vehicle. If I'm sitting in a car and have a heart attack, that isn't covered, given sitting isn't operation of the vehicle or under other covered circumstances. Otherwise, it opens up even no fault insurance to become basic health insurance! Kid gets strep throat, just show a study that bacteria exist in cars and it's covered? If she became pregnant, does prenatal care, labor, delivery, child support and college for the car fall to the automobile insurer? If a jealous spouse caught their spouse in flagrante in the car and shoots the lover, does the spouse's automobile insurance have to cover that too?
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  29.  @KageShi  that's bleed that's partially rectified and amplified by the audio circuits. If he was using legal power, he'd not be interfering with anything. A quick call to the FCC typically cures them of their mischief. Or at least gets someone who knows what they're doing to properly tune their transmitter to the proper, authorized frequency and not splatter out slop at high power.
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  30. Nope. I'm like Roadrunner, never been caught. ;)
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  31.  @bvoyelr  well, it's obviously impossible for a county to perform a title search. That's just crazy talk. Which is the very first thing that is supposed to be done when transferring property, at least if done by a licensed realtor or attorney. So yeah, they bushwhacked through a forest of red flags, leaving the developer stuck with a yard full of rakes to run through.
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  32. When did SDNY gain authority over every other district in the land? Does that mean that all of the other districts can just shutter their courts and go home? There are 11 districts total, so this being a national blanket is decidedly odd! The SDNY is ordering businesses and individuals in DND to perform some action is far beyond their jurisdiction, as they're not the SCOTUS. Guess the SCOTUS can now go home too! For that matter, when did people become slaves to the court, to perform significant labor for no charge, merely by caveat of the whimsy of one district's court? Work performed by order without compensation is, by definition, slavery. We're talking 1589 top level domains, a fair number being foreign, plus any secondary redirects, guess we need to build the Great Firewall of China here now and block all foreign traffic for the godly judge. More like the story got blurred by that press outlet and honestly, it wouldn't be the first time that's happened. Technical journalists get jurisdiction and legal orders sideways often enough, as that's not what they normally cover. Case in point, I'm in the jurisdiction of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, which is under the 3rd circuit, SDNY is 2nd circuit. No jurisdiction, period. Given a choice of what's most likely, a district court judge lost his mind and thinks he's Napoleon or a reporter fouled up a story out of ignorance, well, never attribute malice to that with which could be more easily explained by incompetence.
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  33. "For answers to your questions on law, for correct answers, press 1, for incorrect answers, press 1, for random bullshit, press 1. Default all keys to redirect to 1... Call it a job well done, performed to specifications within the contract, as defined by 1.
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  34.  @Chris_at_Home  heh, my media server and file servers would likely bake you out of that home! For me, heating isn't an issue, cooling is. But then, the only folks that can compete with my computing power is the NSA and National Laboratories. :)
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  35. Yep, I royally fucked up serving in military defense of this failed nation for over 28 years of my life.
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  36. Well, I'm big on zero tolerance for abuse of any system. Period, end of story. And I'm largely zero tolerance on zero tolerance, typically. And was an EMT-P. The lights and siren are for a purpose, abuse that purpose, dilute the immediacy of response required by them, sort of dipping one's badge into shit, then wearing the shit encrusted badge. And all peers also now having to wear that shit encrusted badge. The lights and siren are a hugely visible badge of a Public Trust, a special place given by society to protect and guard said society. Abuse of that trust is an especially egregious offense. By the same token, if you're on lunch and I'm bleeding out, I'll wait for a response. While I have a necessity, you do as well. I'm an asshole, but I am an honest asshole and have plenty of blood. Seriously, enjoy your sandwich! Been there, done that, under rather austere conditions. Necessities of life are rights. You volunteer your rights when you choose to in support of others. And I've met only once a medic that wouldn't sacrifice a meal to save a life, that one didn't last long. By consensus. That said, any medic losing a meal on a call for me, your next three is on me, somehow. Preferred, bring the family and I'll cook.
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  37.  @BOFH_  estates are not perpetual. Once the estate is settled for the deceased, it's toast.
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  38.  @alanmcentee9457  I've heard both said south of the Mason-Dixon line. But, what is a tourbine? A turbine that suffered an uncontained failure.
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  39.  @jamesbarber5410  I've saw plenty of cases where the state told the court up front that it did not intend to appeal. So, that remains an honorable option.
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  40. As near as I can tell, I'll have free credit monitoring for the next 3 billion years. That counts from the OPM breach, where some comments were made that, if our IC clearance based career doesn't pan out, at least we can get a security clearance in China... The few class actions I did sign on to resulted in payouts ranging from $0.50 to $3.00, so frankly, I don't bother. Supposedly, I have $10k coming from one, but given the multiple delays, I'm not holding my breath.
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  41. I've held a security clearance for longer than many readers here have been alive. One critical thing sought by a background investigator isn't what one does, it's what one hides and refuses to admit to. If you hide it, you can be blackmailed for it is the theory that, sadly has proved true far too often. Hence, the admit to everything defense. And well, people forgive that which one admits to far more readily than that which one fails eventually to conceal. Hence, I freely admit to my porno stash of seven gigs of pirate porn involving a one legged parrot. Somehow, I strongly suspect there will be a sudden Google search for one legged parrot porn...
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  42.  @larrywest42  the Rob Roy method is far more efficient.
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  43. Actually went through kind of something like that. The idiot then started to open a clearly placarded secure parcel, with "What is this?", ignoring my classified documents courier card, I casually said, "Your telephone ringing", as I'd already sent my duress code and location. Phone rang and the idiot then tried to salute me with both hands. Had he actually opened the parcel, he would've been arrested under federal law for tampering with classified government property and that's all part of their training. Trained to know better, doing whatever he wanted to do under a false sense of empowerment, to find the federal government looking and frowning mightily.
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  44.  @bindingcurve  something I'm used to, as that's typical at my age. Can you guess which companies I don't do business with professionally afterward?
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  45.  @Avendesora  no, thank you, I'll just take a coupon for a few gallons of gasoline...
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  46.  @Absaalookemensch  well, the airline was originally a state owned airline, but it was privatized in the 1980's. The problem is, the larger an organization is, the less ethical it is in its decision making, as each level of interaction is farther divorced from its final results.
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  47. At the heart there is a lack of due care and due diligence in ensuring the correct property was being serviced.
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  48. All he's doing is trying to confuse the issues with silly little things like facts. Won't someone think of the children?!
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  49. And some wonder why I let my EMT-P lapse. Honestly, when I've had to use an ambulance, now twice in as many years, I remain surprised. Firstmost in life in the USSA is God-Cops, last, support. Not in that chain, you're fish food. The fun begins with, my primary job was counterterrorism, so closely dealt with real terrorists. Find common ground is a mantra in that business. Not liking this trail at all. Not trusting those anointed to guide us out of this path at all, given both parties get paid by the same interests. Yeah, not a clue, anyone? Hopefully, before we start burning "defective" citizens, like another fascist nation did? One lead complained about my many mistakes in learning in a novel for me environment. The man he complained to was a senior instructor in actual federal course work on said subjects. The instructor gently advised him, "He makes mistakes, but doesn't repeat them and adjusts according to his mistakes". I'm a dummy, but Dad didn't raise no fool. In short, I play dumb, ain't any dumber than you, and I'm usually the smartest idiot in the room. Sorry about your drink.
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  50. No, it's within reason to enforce copyright law and issue a default judgement for refusal to appear before the court, assuming that the operators of the offending site were properly served. I suspect it got a journalist's wash, the journalist being a tech correspondent and hence, lousy at reporting legal cases. It's about as bad when legal correspondents write a story about tech stuff, it gets all muddled and mangy, when the actual orders of the court were fairly straightforward. The providers can report back, they do not control the .tv domain, which belongs to the sovereign nation of Tuvulu. Verisign owns the .com top level domain and they're out of Reston, Virginia. As I recall, even if not under the jurisdiction of a court, their TOS was to delete such an offending entry under their corporate policy, so that'll likely go away anyway. Likely, to reappear under a foreign top level domain like Tuvulu, just as what happened with Pirate Bay, which is still out there. It then turns into a whack a mole thing, which the ISP's would then complain to the court over the excessive costs involved in compliance... Being internet and international, the best the courts can do is to become a pain in the balls to the offender and have them keep switching domains to those outside of the court's jurisdiction. Given that there are 1589 top level domains and most are foreign, yeah. But, the court did what it could do, which is all anyone can ask of the court.
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