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John Burns

@zakatak

It is a punishment to have one and to also be a traveler within the mile range of their enforcement...

I don't use biometrics at all. For home use - I turn off password... but when I'm in public - it is back on.

The wipe and reload is definitely a hassle.

If only cloud was available 100% - then using only data in cloud would be solution... nothing on phone. But they aren't set up that way... and dead spots do occur.

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WIST Quotations

A quotation from The Bible

Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.
 
[Καὶ μὴ κρίνετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ κριθῆτε· καὶ μὴ καταδικάζετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταδικασθῆτε. ἀπολύετε, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε· δίδοτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· μέτρον καλὸν πεπιεσμένον σεσαλευμένον ὑπερεκχυννόμενον δώσουσιν εἰς τὸν κόλπον ὑμῶν· ᾧ γὰρ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Luke 6:37-38 (Jesus) [NJB (1985)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/bible-nt/4397/

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A quotation from Thoreau

I wish my countrymen to consider, that whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can ever commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual, without having to pay the penalty for it. A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length even become the laughing-stock of the world.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

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Nonilex

“He got away with it. So he expects, reasonably, that he can do it again.”

#Trump & his allies are using their drive to slash the size of the federal work force to break the bonds of #restraint. To do so, they are deploying a strategy of #intimidation, #punishment & #coercion. They have silenced #watchdog agencies, discharged prosecutors, forced resignations & dismissed government officials whose job it was to maintain #ethical standards.

#felon47#law#DOJ
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Men and women have been burned for thinking there is but one God; that there was none; that the Holy Ghost is younger than God; that God was somewhat older than his son; for insisting that good works will save a man without faith; that faith will do without good works; for declaring that a sweet babe will not be burned eternally, because its parents failed to have its head wet by a priest; for speaking of God as though he had a nose; for denying that Christ was his own father; for contending that three persons, rightly added together, make more than one; for believing in purgatory; for denying the reality of hell; for pretending that priests can forgive sins; for preaching that God is an essence; for denying that witches rode through the air on sticks; for doubting the total depravity of the human heart; for laughing at irresistible grace, predestination and particular redemption; for denying that good bread could be made of the body of a dead man; for pretending that the pope was not managing this world for God, and in the place of God; for disputing the efficacy of a vicarious atonement; for thinking the Virgin Mary was born like other people; for thinking that a man’s rib was hardly sufficient to make a good-sized woman; for denying that God used his finger for a pen; for asserting that prayers are not answered, that diseases are not sent to punish unbelief; for denying the authority of the Bible; for having a Bible in their possession; for attending mass, and for refusing to attend; for wearing a surplice; for carrying a cross, and for refusing; for being a Catholic, and for being a Protestant; for being an Episcopalian, a Presbyterian, a Baptist, and for being a Quaker. In short, every virtue has been a crime, and every crime a virtue. The church has burned honesty and rewarded hypocrisy. And all this, because it was commanded by a book.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

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WIST Quotations · Lecture (1874-05-03), "Heretics and Heresies," Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago - Ingersoll, Robert Green | WIST QuotationsMen and women have been burned for thinking there is but one God; that there was none; that the Holy Ghost is younger than God; that God was somewhat older than his son; for insisting that good works will save a man without faith; that faith will do without good…
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A quotation from Ellis Peters

He was about to urge her to let well alone and trust heaven to do justice, but then he had a sudden vision of heaven’s justice as the Church sometimes applied it, in good but dreadful faith, with all the virtuous narrowness and pitilessness of minds blind and deaf to the infinite variety of humankind, its failings, and aspirations, and needs, and forgetful of all the Gospel reminders concerning publicans and sinners.

Ellis Peters (1913-1995) English writer, translator [pseud. of Edith Mary Pargeter, who also wrote under the names John Redfern, Jolyon Carr, Peter Benedict]
The Holy Thief, ch. 11 (1992)

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WIST Quotations · The Holy Thief, ch. 11 (1992) - Peters, Ellis | WIST QuotationsHe was about to urge her to let well alone and trust heaven to do justice, but then he had a sudden vision of heaven's justice as the Church sometimes applied it, in good but dreadful faith, with all the virtuous narrowness and pitilessness of minds blind and deaf to…
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RaymondPierreL3

@camwilson
Polies wouldn’t be airing those crazy policies if the electorate was against those proposals. Political parties use ‘#crime & #punishment’ as a #election platform because they know there are votes in them.

That’s what happens when the public is subjected to piss poor #journalism and don’t bother digging deeper. Wake up Australia and piss #corporatemedia out the door. Subscribe to independent #news media and take a look at what’s really going on.

/i said, getting off my soapbox.

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Nonilex

That civil action, known as an Article 78 proceeding, will essentially serve as an early #appeal. In the coming weeks, a NY appeals court will begin to consider the proceeding.

In remarks Thursday evening at his Mar-a-Lago estate, #Trump attacked the case & vowed to formally appeal, even though he was expected to avoid #jail or any other substantive #punishment.

“We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” he said.

#criminal#law#PresidentScumbag
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"Forgiveness is deeply complex. Should those who want it ask for it? Should those who forgive be celebrated over those who don’t?" —John J. Lennon reviews "Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy" by Alex Mar for the New York Review of Books

nybooks.com/articles/2024/12/1

The New York Review of BooksTangled Justice | John J. LennonA new book examines the complex relationship between forgiveness and justice through the story of Paula Cooper, who was sentenced to death at the age of sixteen.
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Chuck Darwin

Government bureaucracies need occasional overhaul and rejuvenation.

Trump’s motivation is more about #punishment and #retribution.

His Cabinet choices point to that.

At the Justice Department, he is prepared to fire the team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith on two indictments of the president-elect.

More broadly, he looks to dismantle what he regards as an unresponsive and oppositional administrative state.

Experts say what Trump, Musk and Ramaswamy are talking about
— both in terms of money saved and workforce reductions
— is unrealistic and that they will soon bump into political and economic realities that will leave them far short of what they claim.

That doesn’t mean, however, that at the outset the president-elect should not be taken seriously about how #disruptive he will try to be in his efforts.

Musk has claimed he can cut the budget by roughly $2 trillion,
but analysts say that would require drastic (and unpopular) cuts in entitlements programs, defense or other vital services.

#Elaine #Kamarck of the Brookings Institution, who oversaw Gore’s reinventing government initiative, offered counsel to the incoming administration in a piece on the Brookings website entitled,
“Cut the government with a scalpel, not an axe.”

That was the approach taken during the Clinton administration, which resulted in the elimination of 640,000 pages of internal agency rules
and a reduction in the federal workforce of 426,000 employees.

Kamarck, however, questioned whether the federal bureaucracy is truly bloated,
as Ramaswamy and the Trump team claim.

There are, she noted about 19,000 Border Patrol agents.

How many of those would Trump cut while still making good on his promise to secure the border and deport millions?

There are about 1,800 air traffic controllers, she said. Would Trump’s team cut that workforce significantly, causing potential flight cancellations and disruption?

“It will take about a week and Congress will say, ‘Hey, you can’t do this,’” she said.

And how deeply would he try to cut the workforce at the Social Security Administration,
at the risk of checks not being sent out promptly or other breakdowns in a program that he has otherwise vowed not to touch?

Kamarck offered other examples of where the Trump team could produce only symbolic victories.

Trump has targeted the Department of Education for elimination.

Kamarck said the department could be eliminated but two key programs likely would remain
— the student loan program and Title 1,
which adds to state and local governments for low-achieving students in areas of higher poverty.

The student loan program could be shifted to the Treasury Department
and Title 1 to the Department of Health and Human Services, she said,
which means a portion of its budget would be shifted rather than cut.

Its workforce is the smallest of any Cabinet agency.

Kamarck’s point is that after programs are shifted, the money saved might not be significant and the number of workers eliminated would be tiny.
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

Washington Post · Analysis | Trump is coming for the executive branch. Does he know what he’s doing?The president-elect has signaled he will be destructive, but he seems motivated by retribution rather than saving money.
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