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  • 'Millions of lethal doses' of heroin were actually 99.999% water in federal 'drug' bust

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  • Let's call that 1500 liters of water. Assuming that drinking 10 liters of water in a short timeframe will almost certainly kill you somehow or another, 150 doses?

  • Trump-appointed judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maryland federal judiciary over deportations - ABC News

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  • Hey! Don't be so narrow-minded. It could be one of the woke judges instead.

  • Itch.io are seeking out new payment processors who are more comfortable with adult material

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  • There are several companies that provide access to bank payments, but they all tend to have substantial limits, especially for US banking.

  • Web extension "Shinigami Eyes" is banned in Norway for GDPR violation

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  • Your meaning is unclear for me

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    We are at the "throw american citizens deemed lesser than into concentration camps" stage of fascism

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  • The sex crimes stuff is so they can detain LGBTQ youth and issue them whatever the yellow badge equivalent will be.

  • House Republicans block Democratic maneuver to force release of Epstein files

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  • None. All 4 Democrats on the committee voted in favor. It wasn't a floor vote, it was an amendment to a crypto bill in committee.

  • Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

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  • Meanwhile, health officials said seven children were killed after an Israeli air strike targeted a water distribution site in central Gaza. The Israeli military has claimed that the strike was a result of a "technical malfunction" that had caused the missile to fall "dozens of metres from the target".

    So in other words, they weren't trying to hit children with the missile, they were instead trying to hit the water source, which would've killed those children as well as many more people. That's much better.

  • Trump's effort to quell MAGA revolt over Epstein files seems to add fuel to the fire

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  • His main priority is establishing that the US elections are a sham being manipulated by the Left, so that his administration can step in and take appropriate measures to ensure the security of future elections as things go forward towards the midterms.

  • Maine Congressman Jared Golden introduces bill aimed at protecting U.S. judges and public safety officials

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  • It's entirely reasonable to both support EMTs or 911 dispatchers or firefighters, and to not support ICE. These aren't conflicting ideas, they just happen to be multiple separate things all lumped together in order to make you think they all go together.

    Similarly, you can believe that some police actions are acceptable, and others (arguably most, or at least far too many in our current system) are not. If a guy is stabbing his ex to death across the street, then there needs to be some intervention from some form of law enforcement. That's not really in question. Standing on a man's neck for 9 minutes is obviously an entirely different thing. That's also not in question by anyone reasonable.

  • Kristi Noem waited 3 days to deploy FEMA rescuers after Texas flood hit: report

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  • Well... as the article pretty explicitly mentions, they would normally have staged resources at a nearer location so that their response could be more rapid, but Noem's new rules hampered them by being overly burdensome. And Texan crews were already operating.

  • Florida lawmakers sound alarm over plans ‘to send pregnant women & children’ to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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  • Not the OP, but I think your comments are being interpreted as allegations of OP's positions on things that are based on assumptions you've made based on the original comment, but aren't necessarily based on the contents itself.

    Calling someone a spiteful, spineless, pathetic racist isn't exactly a fabulous way to begin a meaningful engagement. Instead, you're both talking past one another because you're not operating from any sort of common basis.

  • Microtransactions reach new level of hell once thought impossible with buy now, pay later options: "Interest-free biweekly payments or longer-term monthly installments"

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  • Credit card companies (Visa, Discover, MasterCard, AMEX) make their money through transaction fees. They make their money when you spend money using the card, regardless of any debts involved.

    The banks that issue cards are a different matter. They also make some money when you use the card (some of which goes towards those credit card rewards you get, which is how they can do stuff like offer % back) but mostly they make money by letting you spend just enough money so as to be perpetually in debt. Your bank wants you to carry a balance. They want you to be paying them tens of percentage points of interest each year. The credit limit they give you isn't the amount they want you to spend in one purchase, it's calculated to be the maximum amount you can afford the running payments on, which will do nothing to touch the principal.

    Sure, you can discharge the debt if you go bankrupt, but consider as well that your bank has a couple of other advantages. First, they get to see all your spending. They know how you're spending your money, where, when. They also usually get to see your other information. They know how much money comes into your balance accounts each month, they know how much your rent/mortgage costs, they know how much money is coming in from Venmo when you borrow from family to cover debts you can't pay, how much money you spend on food delivery apps, how much of an emergency fund you keep. They know how much money you're spending on things that you don't have to be, which is money you could be giving them instead, if it becomes a running balance. And at 25% interest, they only need this scheme to work for 4 years before they make as much money as they'd lose if you default on your entire balance. Plus, when you do have money in the bank, they get to use that money for other things while it's with them. If you have a $100,000 credit limit, odds are pretty good you have an account with them holding a few tens of thousands of dollars. They get to use most of that until you ask for it back.

  • Microtransactions reach new level of hell once thought impossible with buy now, pay later options: "Interest-free biweekly payments or longer-term monthly installments"

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  • For the free (no-interest) versions, it's a bullshit legal loophole in the US credit laws, or at least it was a few years ago. May have been more strongly codified since, though I bet almost nobody who could close it realizes the gap is there. The whole scheme is out of Australia, but I have no idea what their legal setup is.

    The US requirements are basically:

    • You can't charge fees to host the plan
    • You can't charge % late fees, only fixed
    • You can't have more than 4 installments, meaning no more than 5 payments if you include an optional down payment
    • You must not deny customers for means-based items, or using credit data. You can give them an effectively meaningless approval value though.

    You as a customer pay late fees if you miss a payment, but they make most of their money by charging the merchant a higher transaction fee. So, it's theoretically free for the customer, meaning it can fit into the loophole. Legally it isn't a credit product.

    The TL;DR is "because the law is full of holes and bullshit, and if it's making people money then it's not likely to change"

  • Microtransactions reach new level of hell once thought impossible with buy now, pay later options: "Interest-free biweekly payments or longer-term monthly installments"

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  • RFK Jr. is laundering Christian right views as MAHA

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  • Pretty sure it's Make America Horrible Again

  • Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users

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  • Let's not, the idiots running the show in the US will just rename it to the Gulf of Patriotism or some dumb bullshit.

  • Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban

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  • It's not saying "gender dysphoria is not a diagnosis that exists anywhere" it's saying "believing yourself to be transgender is a substantial enough mental illness and flaw in character so as to preclude military service."

    This claims that having gender dysphoria is some sort of deficiency, and not just a non-standard identifier. This invalidates the identity of trans people, and calls into question their legitimacy.

  • Republican Governor Candidate Proposes Female Undocumented Immigrants Can Stay If They Marry “Incels”

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  • Of course not, that would provide legitimate status, and would allow them to leave their husbands. Best to connect their presence here to the man so that their leaving is under threat of deportation.

  • Missed it by that much

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  • The top 10 states by voter participation are: Minnesota Colorado Oregon Washington Wisconsin Maine New Hampshire Michigan Iowa New Jersey

    Those above as well as Virginia, Montana, Massachusetts, Vermont, North Carolina, Florida, and Connecticut have participation rates above ~70%. While a few swing states are in there, it's certainly not overwhelming given that I've listed about 40% of the states.