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Plebbitimmigrant 6 points ago +6 / -0

Technically the FBI took over command of the incident. After the ATF fucked up initially. The FBI were also the ones who gave the order to launch the assault that ended with the compound in flames.

The ATF fucked up as is their SOP. The FBI showed up. Fucked up again and made the entire situation worse. Then somehow passed most of the blame for their Fuck Up onto the ATF.

Which seems to be a running theme with the FBI. They fuck up and or make a situation worse. And somehow other Agency’s. Whether Federal, State or local get most of the blame for the FBI fucking up.

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

There’s people whose sole Job is to come up with cool acronyms. And somehow they ended up with FART.

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

The internet is simultaneously both one of the best and worst inventions.

Bright side though is he took himself out of the Gene pool

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Plebbitimmigrant 1 point ago +3 / -2

There’s been rumors, theories, and alleged whistleblowers for years.

What’s actually up there varies on the story.

Research Bases exploring structures and remains both on and under the surface that predate Human exploration.

Military Facilities. The Fleet Command for “Solar Warden”. Nazi Moonbases. Trade Ports and Diplomatic facilities for interstellar trade and relations. The list goes on and on. Varying by account and story.

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +2 / -0

Poor parenting, by definition, is not criminal

Last I checked willfully smothering your child was a criminal act. Not “Poor Parenting”. Irregardless of the presence of narcotics or not in the suspect’s system.

There’s a time and place for leniency. Acquitting a Meth addict who admitted her guilt to the what she was being charged with. Isn’t the place. I detest bleeding heart’s relentlessly sopping up ever sob story.

God take the soul of the little one into his arms. And I hope the Meth addict can use this unexpected, and personally undeserved I think, act of mercy to get her life in order and amount to something.

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

A part of the population certainly is stupid to varying degrees. But I think mostly the large part of the population have enough of their own issues and things to deal with. They’re content to let people who supposedly are supposed to have their best interests at heart do the bulk of the leading. So long as those leaders don’t needlessly make their daily lives harder or interfere with the brief amounts of time they have to devote to hobbies and family activities.

To change that you’d by necessity need to change how our society is structured. To reduce the amount of daily problems demanding the bulk of the population’s attention. Allowing more attention to be devoted to things like developing informed opinions on Governance and getting involved politically.

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Plebbitimmigrant 4 points ago +4 / -0

Probably more along the lines of. It’s getting harder for the Prosecution to sneak unrepentant leftists into the Jury. Because they are handpicking the jurors.

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Plebbitimmigrant 9 points ago +11 / -2

https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/scranton-police-put-department-motto-on-patrol-cars-in-five-languages-to-recognize-diverse-population/article_083b018a-3dad-54b6-8508-1943732c7838.html

The Hebrew is there because of a large Orthodox Jew Population. There’s also supposedly cars with logos in Spanish, Swahili, and Hindi

Supposed to translate to the Police Department Logo “Honor, integrity, courage“

Officially it’s a public outreach thing. Though I’d imagine there’s going to be theories and speculation otherwise regardless of whatever the real purpose/intention behind it was.

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +2 / -0

No. But it looks like one of the Presidential Limos is on the left there. And it looks like the other cars are actually in a protective escort around the limo. Rather then the art project on wheels.

Probably a fake video

Also shitty AI voice. Absolutely no other context given. Deliberate attention grabbing name. Throwing out random ass price tags with no basis in reality. 10 Trillion my ass. Video smells of clickbait.

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

So it’s to persuade people to shop at local Brick and Mortars.

And it really doesn’t do much to address the things that made online shopping attractive in the first place. Such as the lack of selection in local stores. Why spend potentially several weeks hunting through local stores on top of your other responsibilities and obligations to find an ultra specific item. When you can have it delivered to your door sometimes within a day or two of purchase.

They’d probably have been better off taking steps to make it easier for local businesses to compete product selection wise. Rather than just tacking on another tax on the consumer.

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +2 / -0

She’d actually need to be convicted on felony charges. The typical way this story plays out if it’s a female teacher busted with a male student.

Charges are usually plead down or dropped by the prosecution altogether. It’s comparatively rare for the book to be thrown at the Teacher in such a situation. Especially if the Teacher is Hot.

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Plebbitimmigrant 4 points ago +4 / -0

Fun fact. The IRS specifically has forms for Organized Crime to report their income.

They also are under no legal obligation to inform local, state, or Federal law enforcement if someone actually fills out said form and reports income gained via illicit activities.

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +2 / -0

I’d imagine there’s obscure legalese at work. There usually is when it comes to things that don’t make immediate sense. Given our labyrinthine and tangled legal system. Allows Government to justify doing or not doing something.

I’d imagine any insurance companies involved are also pulling out their contracts and pointing out obscure fine print and loopholes to try to wriggle out of paying anything

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

Someone is getting fired. And knowing both the Government and Corporations. It’ll be someone who didn’t actually have anything to do with it.

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +3 / -1

Don’t recall Seattle having a significant population of Muslims for Seattle PD to be concerned about.

Just homeless, leftists and illegals

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +2 / -0

Presuming it’s one of those elevated highways common in urban areas. Then Throw the barrels over the side of the highway. It’s a win-win. The roads cleared. And the idiots get a free lesson in physics.

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Plebbitimmigrant 2 points ago +2 / -0

We do have veins of metals burdensome environmental regulations, not to mention slow moving bureaucracy prevent the exploitation of. Not to mention other potential veins that remain unfound. Due to the same regulations and bureaucracy discouraging exploration

We couldn’t reasonably ‘flood’ the market per say. But we could effectively drive down prices. Which would accomplish their stated strategic goal of said sanctions

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Plebbitimmigrant 8 points ago +8 / -0

Various political and social engineering techniques have been introduced to drive down birthrates in the West. Ala the warped misandry masquerading as Feminism in the West. Among other things.

Consistent economic hardship for the past half a century or more.

There’s the toxic shit in food, drink and Medicine. Though due to extreme European regulation. Ironically the Food and Drink is primarily an issue in the U.S versus Europe rather then there.

A successive series of wars and Rebellions in the late 19th and early-mid 20th century. Plus abusive foreign occupation. Killed a lot of men and Women who’d have otherwise had children.

Immigration from radically different societies damaging social cohesion. Along with either half completed or outright failed attempts at integration of these migrants.

The list goes on

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

No one seems to realize. When you have material people want. Sanctions don’t matter. You just add one or more Middlemen to the equation Nations and Companies who need those resources run to get around said sanctions.

The trick to hurting the financial and economic resources of a Natural Resource rich country like Russia. Would be to absolutely flood the market and drive down prices on the raw material.

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Plebbitimmigrant 4 points ago +4 / -0

I’m honestly shocked that they wouldn’t have just assumed you were running errands for your Wife or a female family member and let you through.

That’s generally the default assumption for stores in my local area. Occasionally They’ll call and confirm with whoever your picking up for. Or ask for further identification like your family member/spouse’s birthday or phone number. Usually that’s only if it’s a particularly high dollar item being picked up. Or a prescription.

But for the most part your left to do your business in peace. Without unnecessary hassle

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Plebbitimmigrant 3 points ago +3 / -0

Paranoia can be the difference between going home at night. Or a 1 way ticket to the Morgue and a 6ft hole.

I’d personally take it as a compliment. Yes I’m paranoid especially these days. Don’t know if someone is going to go religion of pieces while trying to find a snack bar. Or if the CIA decides to pull their shenanigans. Or if you’ll just be a victim of an attempted crime now they insist on dumping violent felons from prisons back on our streets and illegals from God knows where.

There’s a difference between paranoia born of caution. And paranoia born of being a schizo who thinks everyone is out to get them and jumping at every shadow

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