Evidence of what exactly? Was a crime previously committed? Was it the officer’s “instincts” that told them so? This is the fun part of authoritarianism, there may have been zero evidence deleted (we don’t know), but now the act of wiping it creates a crime they can charge someone with. Bake him away, toys!

My conspiracy thoughts tell me he is there to drive people away from the democrat party.

Shoot, you’re right. I am relaxed again!

Check the next sentence referring to disruption of thyroid, liver and immune function. Back on the worry wagon!

There’s no way. Two tons of flapjacks would need an aircraft flying at an altitude where the pancakes would disperse wide enough that I’d receive a significant pelting, but would not die. You’ve absolutely lost your mind! 😬

There is no sarcasm here. You are right. They’d love that.

Hey, I am also a fan of rotating my shoes. They do seem to last longer that way and are more useful over a longer period of time. I still have Pumas from years ago. They start as my indoor workout shoes, then they are the outdoor casuals, then outdoor workers. I move them to dirtier duty over time. My oldest pair (~15yrs) are on dog-poop duty and now never come inside, but they are about to retire permanently. The hole in the side is now letting in too much moisture so my sock gets soaked. They’ve been good pooper troopers!

How does Puma rate in comparison?

Especially when the old war against fascism rages on!

Download Fedora Media Writer

I’ve been using Balena Etcher, but now I have an alternative, thanks!

Good to know and thanks for mentioning it, but it is odd that this happens if nothing is done to the host’s hardware. Did you ever discover the why of it?

find and copy your keys

A good piece of advice regardless of what one is doing. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard that keys weren’t found in someone’s account.

Edit to add: It appears bitlocker has hooks in the TPM/bios settings as well. Disable bitlocker prior to attempting a live boot.

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9145

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=430251

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/bitlocker-and-tpm-blocks-the-hard-disk-after-booting-from-usb-and-pressing-try-ubuntu/57833/17

Birds of a feather.

Fucking gross.

One could try a Live version for the distros that have that feature. For those unaware, the Live version is merely the bootable cd image (or USB image). Does no harm to the underlying OS. If you like it you can then install it.

Edit to add: If you use bitlocker (copy your keys), it can have hooks in the TPM/bios settings as well. Disable bitlocker prior to attempting a live boot.

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9145

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=430251

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/bitlocker-and-tpm-blocks-the-hard-disk-after-booting-from-usb-and-pressing-try-ubuntu/57833/17

https://distrowatch.com/

I use a variety of distros depending on my situation, but I’d easily recommend Mint to anyone wanting to dip their toes in.

Sorry friend, it is Eternal.

Red states are excelling in this regard. Vaulting unqualified and downright damaged/damaging right-wingers into teaching positions so they can further pollute our young. There was even a recent scandal (Texas) about having other people take their yearly assessment/qualification exams for them. And even now Texas is wholly de-funding public education in favor of private indoctrination schools. Yay. :-|

The episode where Spade’s character tries to arrange a threesome is etched in my memory. Quite funny.

But the DOJ has an open investigation into all those dems involved and this will stop the release. Oopsidoodles!

The US could’ve supported Greece instead of China. China did so for the advantages that a Mediterranean port gives them. I doubt they’d give it up easily at all. This is a simpleton’s stance that Guilfoyle has and the US has lost any advantages they had on the world’s stage. Maybe they could try and pay off their debt to China. But then, having Greece screw over China is more apropo for trumps regime.

Aw shucks…thank you! When I replied I had an inkling that I might be missing an inside joke or a meme or something, but I got spun up on how cool the Borg cubes were in Sins. I had no idea wombats created cubes irl so yes I did learn something and appreciated that. My self-inflicted aspersions were more in a good natured way, but I appreciate your comment. This is all light stuff in the scheme of things and I have made far more severe mistakes in life with decidedly more significant consequences. Some of those were very tough to rise above. They still humble me.

Thanks again, I do appreciate you and your reaching out!