" “We have determined this device originated in one of our jurisdictions. The jurisdiction has now reported the device to law enforcement as stolen.” Has NOW reported it stolen? Were they not going to bring it up if nobody noticed that it was missing?
Thank goodness it was bought by just the right person.
I think a reasonable explanation is that they checked all their machines in, then someone got into the storage space and nabbed one (or more). Notified that “we seem to have one of your voting machines”, they did a count and said “shit”. It’s not something that you would check every week to make sure you hadn’t lost one.
So f*cking what? Just like I don’t want anyone deciding what I do with my money, regardless of how I acquired it, I extend the same courtesy to others.
The “So f*cking what,” really depends on what the giver wants to do. If I see a man who is hungry and I wish to give him some food so he can eat, that is what I want to do.
If I see a homeless person who does not appear to have managed things enough to get himself fed, or, at least, a reliable means of support, I know that if I give him food, he will have food. While I can’t force him to eat it, I will know that if the man is hungry, it isn’t because he has no food.
If I see a homeless person who does not appear to have managed things enough to get himself fed, or, at least, a reliable means of support, and I give him money, he might not buy food, but, rather, make the decision to spend the money on something else. Regardless of what I, or anyone else, may think of that decision, the man could still be hungry because he has no food.
If they just want to score some meth, I’m am hesitant to give them money. That’s what.
If the sign says ‘Hungry’ at the entrance to a McD’s I will buy them and their dog a couple of burgers as I go through the drive through and hand the bag to them as I leave.
Back in the 90s, I passed a homeless guy in SF with a sign:
Need Money For Basic Needs
(But if you give me $5, I’m buying weed with it)
He got money from me for humor and honesty.
As Freewheelin’ Franklin said:
“Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope”
I always liked the version that went:
“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.”
– which is beginning to look kind of unnervingly prescient, except that some of us may wind up with neither.
In Seattle there was a guy who didn’t have a sign but he came up to myself and a few coworkers as we were going to lunch, asking for money. He specifically said it was for alcohol. We commended him for his honesty, but he didn’t get anything.
My first Mardi Gras there were a couple of wacky guys with a sign that said ‘Money for booze’. I gave them some money.
Well damn, it’s Mardi Gras, of course! 
Did you get upset when they didn’t give you booze?
Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) County Administrator arrested for murdering the reporter whose reporting cost him re-election.
A right wing Italian politician videoed himself walking up to a random Roma person on the street and telling the camera that if the voters vote for his party, you’ll never see Roma people on the streets again.
I guess it’s ok because it’s not gay. /s
Josh Harder, who is an incumbent Democratic Congressman in our area, is running against county supervisor and Republican Tom Patti. Patti is Mike Tyson’s former manager. Harder, the Democrat, is running on a campaign of fighting Patti wanting to raise taxes. We are in upside down world.
Well, this is not the story I expected to read after the headline! This one’s about a NON-Trump supporting loon.
Both sides of the political aisle have their nutjobs.
The difference is that on the right, those nutjobs are running things.
s i g h . . .
I miss the good ol’ days where both side’s nutjobs were funny instead of scary.