@mona@Terry Not a lie by the writer here, Reuters constantly uses only tangentially related images when posting articles, it's a style thing. Like you'll see a story about a recent Trump speech and the photo is from a 2016 speech. They title the images properly and don't outright lie in articles (except when one of their employees are jailed). The text of the article even mentions that Reuters couldn't verify the photos were real. https://www.reuters.com/world/nato-ministers-shown-horrific-video-hamas-attack-2023-10-12/
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@Humpleupagus@gav@Xenophon@RealRaul 18 U.S. Code § 922 - Unlawful acts. I actually screenshotted the wrong section that applied to the seller, included is the part for buyer. It's one of those gun issues that are still working their way through the different federal court jurisdictions and hasn't made it to Supreme Court yet. There's one case that allowed someone under indictment to buy a gun, but it's such a subjective ruling that there isn't going to be straightforward precedent everywhere from that. When one federal jurisdiction does something the others just take it as a suggestion.
@Xenophon@RealRaul It's because he's facing federal charges. Innocent until proven guilty effectively hasn't existed in decades in various ways that become worse by the day.
@Moon Aides probably verified he served and didn't look into the full hierarchy due to being a last minute idea. Of the ones clapping only the guy who introduced him knew it was going to happen.
@Moon Like a lot of folk knowledge there seems to be a grain of truth in it behind the bullshit. There may be a resurgence eventually since AI has been able to determine political affiliation and personality traits through physical features alone at a rate better than chance by looking at headshots.
@freemo@Moon@lonelyowl It's an artifact of Roe v Wade, which was justified by an implied right to privacy from the government for pregnant women seeking an abortion (and no other scenario). It kind of seeped into every argument about abortion and warped into an emotional appeal because people didn't really understand the legal gymnastics involved in the case.