In this case, they managed to delay the bill long enough that they now have a bunch of programs in place to actually profit from third-party repairs of their devices. This gives them an advantage over their competitors, so they are now in support of this bill.
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They had the choice of not doing business in California, which is what they had threatened to do with previous right-to-repair and other consumer protection laws. In this case, they found a way to make money off it if so they are supportive of this bill now since they have successfully delayed it long enough to have an advantage over their competitors.
Yes, its totally unreasonable for people to conclude that a person who self-identifies as "Chinese" is from China.
Also some speculation that the cats might have been stolen
Almost has to be the case. There is a reason no one farms cats as meat, they are obligate carnivores that will eat more meat than they ever produce. It isn't economical to produce cats for meat if you have to actually feed them. It only makes sense to "harvest" them wild on the streets or from kitten mills, shelters, vets, wherever you find spare cats in China.
Framing animals for meat only really makes sense if those animals eat lower on the food chain. Turning grass / grains into meat makes sense. Turning meat into meat doesn't, especially since the cats would pretty much have to be eating more desirable meat that they produce. Imagine feeding pork, fish, and chicken to cats in order to make cat meat.
I doubt they are farming the cats so much as collecting them from the streets and everywhere else.
Kind of amazing the sort of lifestyle these justices live, given that their actual PAY is in the senior-coder range (mid 200K).
Its almost like they have all manner of other sources of income.
Super weird that he just totally forgot to pay it and they totally forgot to collect it. Wonder why that never happens with any of my loans?
Gonna be hard when she is in a court room and actually has to tell the truth.
That doesn't make him any less stupid given that he flew to China with an illegal gun in the first place.
Yeah, but you probably aren't going to try to bring a gun to China.
Like many blue states, the red parts of Washington are probably more racist and fascist than even the deepest red states. Eastern Washington still has a massive presence of out-and-proud white supremecists, just like Northern California and Eastern Oregon.
How could it be fraud? She collected money for HER legal defense, not to support going to jail on behalf of Trump. If people thought that donating to her was paying for her to lie for Trump then they are fucking stupid. She undoubtedly has and/or will incur this much in legal costs over the course of this.