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gravescd t1_j80yro6 wrote
Reply to comment by zuzg in FBI conducting search of former Vice President Mike Pence's home by Picture-unrelated
Trump's wasn't a raid. It was a normal search. They didn't break down doors and run in with guns pointed
gravescd t1_j65g10d wrote
Reply to comment by almosttape in BBC News: Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant by chrisdab
There was a guy down the hall from me my freshman year of college who would huff Axe to get high, in addition to smoking weed. I was in his room one time and saw a blackened little oblong thing in his weed pipe. He had tried to smoke a Tylenol.
gravescd t1_j3t6vgg wrote
Reply to comment by hungaryhasnodignity in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
I'm talking specifically about the ones that were turned in to media frenzies. The ones at Martha's Vineyard and Kamala Harris's house. Those people were not assisted by social workers, they were lied to by political staff, and they were not sent to where they wanted to go.
If a program provides voluntary assistance to where someone is actually trying to go, then it's legal and a good thing. Helping people make transportation arrangements is normal work in social services.
gravescd t1_j3t3xmp wrote
Reply to comment by hungaryhasnodignity in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
Voluntary assistance to a destination of their choice isn't trafficking.
If your flight gets canceled during a layover and someone pays for your ticket on another carrier, are you being trafficked?
The trafficking from TX involved lying to people about jobs and legal assistance in specific places, and then sending them to completely different locations.
gravescd t1_j3t3fni wrote
Reply to comment by Unconfidence in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
Migrant: I'm heading to New York
Mayor of NYC: This is Colorado's fault
gravescd t1_j3sxksa wrote
Reply to comment by hungaryhasnodignity in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
Colorado didn't "pay people to leave", they bought tickets for migrants who got stranded in the state en route to somewhere else.
gravescd t1_j3srxim wrote
Reply to comment by hungaryhasnodignity in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
Colorado did coerce people with false information about jobs and legal assistance, and then send them someplace completely difference.
Colorado helped people get to where they were already trying to go when their transportation got cancelled in the middle of winter.
gravescd t1_j3srlt3 wrote
Reply to comment by CobraCommander in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
The state of CO's statement has been posted multiple times already - it clearly says that it provided voluntary travel assistance to people's destination of choice.
Believe it or not, NYC and Chicago are major destinations for immigrants.
gravescd t1_j3sqz39 wrote
For those unfamiliar with Denver/CO's recent situation: This is a major travel hub, and most of the migrants who arrived here in December were on their way somewhere else. During the travel clusterfuck of December '22, the state provided financial assistance for people who were basically stranded mid-journey.
>About 70% of the migrants arriving in Denver don't have Colorado as a final destination and due to weather and workforce shortage, they have been experiencing transportation cancellations.
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>To help solve this challenge, the State is partnering with Denver and nonprofits to provide intake, processing, and transportation coordination to help migrants safely reach their desired final destination. Our priority is ensuring that this is done in a culturally competent manner, in the most humane possible way, and in coordination with the receiving community.
In order to facilitate the safe and voluntary transit of people, the state is working with culturally competent navigators to ensure that each individual is voluntarily making their decision.
gravescd t1_j3sqsne wrote
Reply to comment by Sateloco in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
Then they stay.
gravescd t1_j3sqq4a wrote
Reply to comment by Xx_Khepri_xX in Colorado to stop busing migrants after pleas from NYC and Chicago mayors by callingforduty
You're asking why migrants looking for work, housing, and legal assistance would want to go the New York, largest city and metro area on the continent?
gravescd t1_j2bi8gf wrote
Reply to comment by USFederalReserve in Bahamian regulator says it seized $3.5 billion of FTX crypto assets for ‘safekeeping’ by cloud_coder
I understand how this works, but you're missing the point here that is specific to crypto: that its value is too volatile (and in the wrong direction) to be effective as collateral. It's like trying to get a HELOC while your house is on fire.
gravescd t1_j2b3xga wrote
Reply to comment by USFederalReserve in Bahamian regulator says it seized $3.5 billion of FTX crypto assets for ‘safekeeping’ by cloud_coder
Collateral IS the risk premium. It defeats the purpose of asking for collateral if the collateral is itself so risky it has to be offset with higher interest or can only reliably back a tiny percentage of its nominal value.
We literally just witnessed one of the most spectacular financial implosions since Lehman Bros because of this magical thinking that Crypto is stable enough to back real financial assets.
gravescd t1_j2akrpw wrote
Reply to comment by USFederalReserve in Bahamian regulator says it seized $3.5 billion of FTX crypto assets for ‘safekeeping’ by cloud_coder
But IS it $3.5 billion? Was that the value today or when it was seized? Will that be its value tomorrow? Collateral is collateral because it has definable value. If the value is uncertain, then its value as collateral would be the likely minimum liquidated dollar value. When it comes to crypto, that minimum is getting closer to $0 by the day.
It just doesn't make sense to borrow against something that's losing value continuously, that's a recipe for a margin call.
gravescd t1_j2aby9w wrote
Reply to comment by USFederalReserve in Bahamian regulator says it seized $3.5 billion of FTX crypto assets for ‘safekeeping’ by cloud_coder
But it's not collateral if nobody wants to conduct transactions in it.
gravescd t1_iu5i5q2 wrote
Reply to comment by Cerberusz in Russian ambassador warns Ireland over clearing of Ukrainian mines by boomership
Ironic to think that countries might not have cared to expand NATO had they known how pathetic Russia's army actually was.
gravescd t1_itirli6 wrote
Reply to comment by Beard_o_Bees in Russia's defense chief warns of 'dirty bomb' provocation by letschangethename
Makes you wonder if it's possible that the complete shitshow of Russian politics right now is itself a deterrent against coups. Like, who would actually want to take this hot turd out of Putin's hands? It would be an act of either saintly altruism or megalomaniacal delusion.
That said, who knows if Putin is actually the trigger man in such an operation. If he really wants it happen, the order could be given well in advance and require no more input from him or anyone else in a sensitive position. For all we know, Putin's death could be the contingency that greenlights a nuclear attack. And I'm very doubtful that the entire chain of command will just stop caring about Ukraine. As much as we like to think Putin is pulling everyone's strings, wars just do not happen without enthusiastic obedience all the way down.
gravescd t1_itiq7ph wrote
Reply to comment by ichii3d in Russia's defense chief warns of 'dirty bomb' provocation by letschangethename
Based on what we've seen from the Russian army so far, I expect such a weapon will absolutely be packed in with other stuff that looks similar, discovered by some luckless soldier from a backwater without working toilets, then sold on the black market in Belarus for a carton of cigarettes and a poorly forged EU-nation passport.
gravescd t1_j9uvxa3 wrote
Reply to comment by overlyambitiousgoat in Alaska lawmaker censured for asking if fatal child abuse saved taxpayer money by notunek
I would 100% believe that a Republican lawmaker came out as pro-child murder. It's really not a stretch anymore.