I prefer the 18th century Carl Von Clausewitz’s definition of war:

War Is politics by other means

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Clausewitz

An LLC is a business. There’s no other way around it. The IRS will revoke your LLC if you are not running it as a business or under protected non-profit clauses.

Don’t take my word for it. Please consult with someone who has owned LLCs or even sole proprietorships for more than 5 years before charging ahead.

I’ve been running either an LLC or a sole proprietorship for 7 years, but I’m just random random internet person.

Also 1/3 of tax law are the actual words of any given law. The other 2/3 of tax law is executive interpretation/enforcement and case law from around the country.

There are some really interesting cases, even where tax lawyer firms get it wrong. In one instance a law firm tried to deduct their daily lunches as business meetings, and the tax court said no, even though it clearly states in the text of law that this is permissable. The judge basically said you can’t declare a daily lunch as a business meeting.

Other court documents can be found here:

https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/court-documents

You may want to read through this as well as some case law on the subject before jumping to conclusions.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/heres-how-to-tell-the-difference-between-a-hobby-and-a-business-for-tax-purposes

Not necessarily. You just need to demonstrate that you are running it like a for-profit company would, and with profit seeking motive.

Instead of a for-profit LLC, consider filing the business as a 501c charity.

I was really confused at first because this isn’t a satire community.

The B23 has 60 minutes of endurance plus 10 minutes reserve. For each minute of flight it needs a minute to charge. Recommended flight time is about 40 minutes, which make sense to keep the battery at a healthy state of charge. However I’m confused by how they can market a 10 minute reserve time when the FAA requires 30 minutes reserve fuel for visual flight rules and 45 minutes reserve fuel for instrument conditions.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.151

It says cruise speed is 110 knots (120mph or 200km/h). Cruise is achieved at 80kW with 48kWh of energy available, so it can fly for 36 minutes total at “cruise” speed. If we subtract mandatory reserves, one could fly for 6 minutes.

For reference, most small airplanes have at least 4 hours of endurance. My airplane has 6 hours.

This “cross country” flight will take months as shown by their schedule. It’s neat, but it’s very much a prototype.

https://h55.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Flyer_B23_Energic_EU.pdf

Jury members are typically highly capable of reasoning and understanding as they are carefully chosen from a large pool of candidates. They tend to be highly educated professionals (for many reasons, not just because lawyers choose them) who just also happen to not closely follow news, politics, or be chronically online. They likely know about some guy killed a healthcare CEO a few months ago, but there knowledge of the situation is only surface level and not influenced by media biases. This makes them best able to form rational conclusions as a result of the trial.

I did not know that. Thank you!

But apparently it is only after they are found guilty. So the death penalty is like a second trial.

https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/sentencing

Unfortunately, punishments (except the death penalty) may not be considered when determining guilt in trials by jury.

While it will be tough to find people who don’t know anything about this, the courts will be able to find an impartial jury, and one that likely doesn’t follow the news or know of the potential punishment.

It will never be stated to the jury, and technically no jury member is allowed to mention it if they do know it.

The terrorism charges on the other hand will be extremely difficult to prove. And that might be what frees him.

Edit: This comment has been corrected by the person below. The death penalty decision comes as a secondary trial after a defendant has been found guilty. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/sentencing

Absolutely air traffic in the sky should be identified. There is no problem with that, but it’s the idea that it is too easy to find out everything about an aircraft owner by simply seeing the number on their tail.

The rich guys obfuscate that info with shell corps to own the aircraft.

Shouldn’t everyone have the right to the same level of privacy regardless of how much money they have?

No you cannot. You cannot easily find someone’s address from looking at their plate. You need more information, or to do some advanced searching. It is simply not the same.

It is different because you typically need to know the municipality I live in first.

Also the registration allows anyone to track me anytime I fly.

How would you feel if you had a public gps transponder on your car publicly showing who you, where you are, and where you live? Also what if you are required to plaster that registration number on the side of your vehicle in large letters that can be seen from a block away?

It’s a massive invasion of personal privacy.

Shitposters ride for free

This is actually most helpful to the little guys that own $20,000 airplanes.

I have a small airplane and it’s always bothered me that my name and address are publicly accessible through the FAA registry.

Most pilots I know are careful about photos they publish online showing their tail number printed in large bold letters on either side of the aircraft. This registration number can be entered into websites like flightaware.com and someone is literally two clicks from seeing my full name and home address.

Definitely, but I was more referring to this recent bout.

This is simply false.

The Houthis are not a state. There are a rebel faction in a civil war in Yemen.

Even if it were the Yemen government banning ships from it’s waters it’s can’t do that by international law. They don’t own the whole strait.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb

Lastly, a UN resolution passed that outlaws this behavior.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2722

The US and international allies have been frequently attacking Houthi rebels since January 2024.

There were even memes about it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis

I never said the attack itself was justified. I only answered the question.

A more targeted strike was possible, and it’s reprehensible that one was not chosen.

The target himself was a legal target even by the most strict interpretation of armed conflict international law.

A targeted strike was absolutely possible. So many innocents did not need to die.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedle6je601o.amp

Unfortunately it’s always been the case for as long as humans have had war that the civilian casualty ratio is around 50% to 90%.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio

Edit: Apparently the 90% figure is a myth. According to the wiki it’s much more likely to be 50% to 60%.