Bunsbert Montcroff

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Without a warrant, and without him being able to reach into the bag for a weapon, what legal right did LEO have to search the bag at that point?

They should have just gotten a warrant.

LEO think Terry means they can lie and create any situation involving any random threat and violate out 4A rights.

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I have zero knowledge of the law, but I'm interested in the process - if the gun was later inventoried at police HQ as a result of a more thorough search of the backpack, how can that evidence be introduced at trial?

Especially if the arrest was based on what the police initially found in the backpack? Or did they base the arrest on some other factor, and that allows them to search the backpack more extensively at HQ?

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Manufacturers use the pedals to avoid DOT registration requirements, like mopeds used to.

They’re also supposed to max out under 25mph, consequently most offer a factory override to allow people to push many of them up to 50mph+.

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Yep, I don't have a problem with people on e-bikes, especially Class 1.

It's the kids on e-motos like Surrons that ride the walking/running paths, sidewalks, and tear up the trails. The law here says they need to be licensed, registered, and insured but I've never seen the police stop these kids.

the greenbelt is lovely especally along julia davis park, and that's right across the river from boise state. the zoo is right there as well.

if you're into history at all, the idaho state museum is in the same area and honestly pretty good! you can see everything in a few hours so it isn't an all day thing.

there's a lot of good stuff along the greenbelt besides the above - the mk nature center is right on the river tucked into armstrong park, the bethine church nature trail section of the greenbelt is great for bird watching (literally across the river from armstrong park) and there's the whitewater park - go surfing if you like - on the river in garden city, which is close to cafes and a lot of wineries.

the float season usually starts in mid or late june depending on river flows, that would be an option (floating the boise river) if you're into that. there is fly fishing for trout right in town, if float season has started just get out early in the morning before the "bikini hatch".

if you're into hiking, the trails at the military reserve are close to downtown and you can make them as long or as short as you like.

the drive up to bogus basin (you'll go from high desert to pine forests) is nice and depending on when you go in june, the scenic chairlift rides may be running. will be about 10-15 degrees cooler up there too. there are also pullouts along the road to access hikes.

hyde park in the north end has a ton of cafes, restaurants, and bars and has a unique kind of feel. good options for coffee and pastries downtown are flying m, for lunch in hyde park certified has awesome sandwiches (but bluffside on bogus basin road is good too). for a fancy dinner, the avery downtown is always a great meal. if you don't want to plan, just walk up and down 8th street (no cars are allowed, it's pedestrian only) and it's lined with restaurants and bars with pretty views of the state capital.

and if you've got time, the 2-hour drive to mccall along 55 (payette river scenic byway) is totally worth it for the views of the north fork of the river and then payette lake.

or the 3-hour drive to stanley up 21 (ponderosa pine scenic byway) for views of the south fork of the payette and sawtooths is really good. you can come back the way you came, or head down 75 through sun valley and back to boise on 20.

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There's nothing in Lake Woodlands that isn't in any other body of water. I've done one Tri. It was at Bridgeland in NW Houston. The open water swim was in the lake there. Let me tell you, open water swims in Tris are mayhem. Imagine swimming in a frantic group of 50+ people who all go in the water in a random conglomeration group. So fast guys are behind slower guys. People slam into you, kick you in the face, swim over you, it's a brawl. I worked my way to the fringe and probably swam an extra several hundred yards just trying to keep from getting aquatrampled. I bet I swallowed a gallon of lake water. It was bananas. I can see how even pros could get kicked or hit and knocked out and drown. It's crazy.

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You’re describing a mass start, IM Texas was a rolling start or in waves. Not saying that eliminates contact, but it’s not the “washing machine” of the old days. Also, nothing embodies FAFO like a slow swimmer lining up at the front of a mass start swim/triathlon.

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Seriously, try banking as an illegal resident in any other country. See how that goes.

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i lived in germany for a dissertation fellowship and was on a student visa. i had to register my presence and address with the local government and could't open a checking account without registering.

it's amazing how easy it is in america to enter the country illegally, and once here, remain and floursh without any kind of difficulty compared to the rest of the world.

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Tigers0918 you are a idiot! My grandfather, great grandfather and great grandmother were born on American soil but we're not allowed to be U S citizens because they were American Indians living off of a reservation. Explain why? They were here legally and both men were working in the workforce but we're not allowed until 1924. All Native Americans born in the United States were granted US citizenship on June 2, 1924, through the Indian Citizenship Act (also known as the Snyder Act).

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because even living off the reservation they were considered members of a separate, sovereign tribal nation. to be sure, some native americans were given citizenship as a result of the dawes act if they left the reservations and assimilated. that's the explanation, though.

indeed, that also explains why even today some native american tribes enjoy rights that other american citizens do not. for example, there are rivers here in the PNW that native americans are allowed to fish that non-natives are not allowed to fish.

natives' membership in tribal nations and the agreements/treaties that the federal government made with those nations is why they have that right.

i know you said scottsdale, but people sleep on paradise valley just because it's not scottsdae proper...a few recs in pv:

it's worth checking out the phoenician, which would check all your boxes. the sanctuary doesn't have a course on site, but is a lovey property built right into the side of camelback mountain and courses nearby. mountain shadows is a newer resort with an 18 hole short course. lots of courses in pv, also close to the biltmore, and then the courses in south scottsdale (the stuff in north scottsdale like troon or cave creek like the boulders would be a longer drive).

i like pv because because it has its own character and charm, but is still super close to downtown scottsdale for bars, clubs, and restaurants.

and yes, it will be hot!

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Why would one notion of this really be seen as more wacky than another?

If "aliens" do exist somehow amongst us, they certainly would have to do so outside our current understanding of physical science?

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the people who take this stuff seriously fall into two main camps: people who think aliens and UFOs are just technologically advanced beings that live in the same universe as humans, but who just have much cooler shite (technology). so they're outside our current understanding or grasp like you said, but still very much inhabiting the same universe, subject to the same laws of physics, just way more advanced.

the other camp thinks aliens and UFOs are fallen angels and demons mentioned in ancient jewish writings. somebody already mentioned the book of enoch - the source for this - which never made it into the canonical scriptures or the apocrypha.

honestly both sound wacky to me (as a firm adherent of the fermi paradox) but it seems like vance is kind of just playing to the religious/metaphysical wackies rather than the scientific/positivist wackies.

no surprise that a politician is pandering, but didn't have on my bingo card aliens and UFOs becoming a battleground in the culture wars :lol:

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The state owns every liquor store in Utah. In fact, it’s so controlled, even Trader Joe’s only sells beer. No wine.

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Only low ABV beer. Have to got to a DABS store for full-strength beers.

Dynastar M-Free?

I demoed a pair of those last season on a day it was dumping snow and had so much fun

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tBarroness

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Destro tore that up