What alternatives are there to Booking.com for travel in Europe and Asia? Is it better to use the site,.locate a hotel you want to use, and then try to contact the hotel directly through their own website (if they have one)? I've heard of Agoda (IIRC) for travel in Asia but Booking.com is the one I've heard recommended for Europe, especially for short term home rentals. ETA: Thanks for the tips!
first use a map and plan before, plan where you go next and then look up the places to sleep and have some food, see all the prices, even google it on google maps you can see hotels and accommodation before , short term rentals its better in pages of local short stay
Well that’s called cognitive dissonance. You can believe it. It happened. It only seems unbelievable because you don’t really know what the law is.
If you did, you’d know why the person was arrested, prosecuted, and why the case made it all the way to a jury without being dismissed along the way such as at a probable cause hearing or on a motion for directed verdict.
It’s complicated but I would say no. Pretty much all crops require some amount of water so it’s more a question of how it’s allocated. Pistachios are popular to grow because they are high value. So it depends on how you measure. If the goal is maximizing revenue based on limited water supply, pistachios could be a good choice.
My only liberal dream is a world without conservatives. The world may not be anywhere close to perfect, but it’s made significantly worse by conservatives.
Ten percent by year is still pretty rough. People’s wages aren’t expected to go up ten percent every year, why can a landlords?
But the added protections are common sense reforms. It’s vile what the property owners have been able to get away with in California, to think of the number of lives they’ve harmed…
Yes the 10% is fucking bullshit. My senior dad had his rent raised 10% three years in a row. That’s a 33% increase. Very easy to chase a low-wage renter out in a few years with this weak law.
When he testified, Colie recalled how Cook and his friend approached him from behind and put the phone about 6 inches away from his face. He described feeling confused by the phrase Cook was playing. Colie told the jury the two looked “really cold and angry.”
What was the phrase? That’s kinda important. “Have a nice day” and “I’m going to skullfuck you” are not equally threatening.
It was Google translate reading out “Hey dipshit, stop thinking about my twinkle" in English then again in Spanish. It’s mostly harmless and just confusing, but Cook following after Colie’s definitely what forced the situation to escalate, as he held the phone uncomfortably close to Colie’s ear.
People keep saying that’s phrase is harmless. To me that sounds like the type of confused and stupid thing Maga people would yell while committing a hate crime. That combined with two people not taking no for an answer while advancing on you? It sounds like a threat.
When I was living in Virginia I was in a pretty rural area so my view of Virginia might be colored. I found it to be a really red state ( at leadt the part I wan in, not sure about the part this took place in) and yelling at someone there for thinking about your twinkle sounds like a prelude to bigoted violence to me.
I agree. this is exactly the kind of behavior I got before getting the shit beaten out of me in school in the 80s/90s for not covering up my sexuality well enough (bi), nearly lost a thumb in one incident, nearly lost consciousness from being choked in another.
Took me 20 years to work out my trauma and internalized homophobia — and still can’t watch TV shows that feature high school bullying.
This would trigger me (no pun intended) pretty hard.
100% this whole thing screams hate crime, and on top of that delivery drivers are statistically one of the more dangerous jobs out there (delivery drivers are much more likely to be shot than cops).
Cook testified in court Wednesday, saying he was playing a Google Translate prank on Colie where he would play "goofy woods." Colie's defense lawyer later said Cook was playing the phrase "hey dipsh**, stop thinking about my sparkle."
Colie said despite backing away, yelling “stop” several times, threatening to call police and pushing the phone back, Cook refused to answer him and kept moving forward.
“In my mind, I registered that he was a threat to me, and he was going to harm me,” Colie told the jury. “I saw his left hand down in his left pocket. I didn’t know if he was concealing a weapon. For the sake of my safety, I took out the gun from my right pocket and I shot him in the stomach. At that time, I was fearful that my life was in danger.”
Thanks for the links. If what he says is true, it seems like Colie handled himself responsibly, and didn’t use the situation as an excuse for excessive force. There are cops who could learn from his example.
Yes, let’s listen to you, someone who most likely has no professional experience in the field of psychology, instead of a bunch of people who did study for it.
I hate to break up the circle jerk, but the dude is going to a group home. It’s not a he can live alone situation, just going from a prison facility to a regular mental health one. At most, he will probably get some supervised outings. Seems fair to me if he is stable and consistent with his meds.
You guys are acting like he's free to teach preschool or something. The dude's going to be spending his life under supervision from people who know more about him and his problems than you do.
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