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  • It's a minimum security Federal Prison Camp where inmates can escape by simply waking away. Even when convicted, these traitors don't do hard time.

    I cannot find confirmation on this, but I suspect the reason for the visit is that in-person visits are less likely to be monitored and "safer" for discussing illegal or incriminating topics. Can't imagine any other reason for Donnie Jr to go there in person.

  • Today, under 5,000 women and 8,000 children are now officially listed by the UN as casualties.

    Is that supposed to be the good news?

  • Sadly, no. I think most people are apathetic about anything that does not immediately and directly impact themselves. Evil doesn't need much more than that to thrive. Meanwhile, good requires active participation, selflessness, and continual vigilance to thrive.

    Judging by the number of people who cannot literally lift a finger to make roads a safer place through the use of turn signals, I don't hold much hope for humankind, as a whole, to put in the continual effort to quash "evil".

  • I hope that is the case and that I am just confused with how things were worded.

    I still don't know who the "largest demographic of legal adults" is that they referenced, but some mysteries are destined to remain unanswered.

  • Wait, so you are saying that there are more 18-22 year olds than everybody else aged 23 and older? That also does not sound correct.

  • I'm confused. Are you saying college students represent the largest demographic of legal adults? Because I don't think that is correct.

  • One side is fearful while the other is merely worried. Does that feel like loaded language to anybody else or am I being paranoid about subconscious manipulation by the media?

  • Pretty sure this will end up like the similar Alabama case in 2022. "Sure it illegally disenfranchises voters, but it would be unfair to fix it so close to an election. Go ahead and rig this election, but promise to change (not fix, just change) it after the election."

  • For those, like me, who had never heard of BRICS before this article.

    BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. Originally identified to highlight investment opportunities,[1] the grouping evolved into a cohesive geopolitical bloc, with their governments meeting annually at formal summits and coordinating multilateral policies since 2009.

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

  • In 2022 when Kavanaugh ruled to preserve Alabama'S racially gerrymandered voting districts deemed illegal because it would be "unfair"? Can't Tennessee just claim that it wouldn't be fair to fix things this close to an election?

    “When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled,” Kavanaugh elaborates. “Late judicial tinkering with election laws can lead to disruption and to unanticipated and unfair consequences for candidates, political parties, and voters, among others. It is one thing for a State on its own to toy with its election laws close to a State’s elections. But it is quite another thing for a federal court to swoop in and re-do a State’s election laws in the period close to an election.”

    https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/justices-kavanaugh-and-alito-unite-against-worn-out-rhetoric-about-shadow-docket-as-scotus-allows-alabama-gop-maps-that-a-court-found-were-a-racial-gerrymander-for-midterm-elections/

    At the time, that sounded to me like "it's cool to do illegal shit surrounding elections, so long as you fix it after the election when the illegal shit has done its job and no longer matters". Can somebody explain to me why Tennessee wouldn't keep fighting to disenfranchise voters and what, if any, consequences they would face if they didn't just ignore the court until after the election?

  • How is banning TikTok "limiting technological advancements"?

    Would you agree that I was able to provide examples of "China doing the same" which you stated that you "did not see"?

  • Are you kidding? China has some of the strongest censorship laws in the world which includes filtering internet content and blocking access to apps. North Korea is the only country that has more repressed access to free information.

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

    The Chinese government has banned, among others, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, BBC, Wikipedia and ... are you ready for this ... TIKTOK. The Chinese government agrees that TikTok should be banned (though for different reasons).

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

  • In 2020, so-called "AI agents" defeated human pilots in simulations in all five of their match-ups - but the technology needed to be run for real in the air.

    It did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

    I'm gonna guess the AI won.

  • A simplified summary: The donor is accused of fraud and of using the proceeds of a scam (stolen money) to make a $100,000 donation Giuliani's legal defense funds. The lawsuit is trying to claw back that donation to help pay restitution to the victims of the donors alleged scam.

  • From the article:

    At first, it appeared the bread exemption applied to Panera Bread restaurants. Bloomberg News reported the change would benefit Greg Flynn, a wealthy campaign donor to Newsom. But the Newsom administration said the wage increase law does apply to Panera Bread because the restaurant does not make dough on-site. Also, Flynn has announced he would pay his workers at least $20 per hour.

  • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman sold 500,000 shares on Monday at an average $32.30

    On Monday the 25th, Reddit shares were trading between ~$49 and ~$59. The stock has not yet dropped below the initial price of $34.

    Can somebody explain why these shares may have been sold below market value?

  • The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited,

    So just bring a camera to film it and say the express purpose is to make art, educational videos, documentaries, study dispersal patterns, etc.

    It's totally cool to affect the environment accidentally or as a biproduct of another activity.

  • The difference is the US government believes that TikTok is beholden to the Chinese government. When a corporation acts this way it is an invasion of privacy. When a foreign government acts this way it is espionage.

    If TikTok is sold to an entity the US government thinks is sufficiently independent from a foreign government, then they can continue spying on users.

    Alternatively, they may be able to registers under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. I don't know how that would impact TikTok's ability to operate though.

  • They look like Firethorn berries.