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  1. 7-11 doesn't hire felons. At least not to work in stores.
  2. Well, past governments have been somewhat uptight about IP. But these tech oligarchs started as some form of libertarian and were all "too good" for IP. They have been dangerous on that front for 20 years. The proprietors of luxe "IP" could have shut down Canal Street many times over, and probably have. But it's one of those things that's going to crop back up again, anyway. I think those IP owners have decided to focus on more systematic larger-scale counterfeiters/infringers that do more damage than the motley group of Canal Street vendors.
  3. That Tim Burchett twat retweeted this. He's neck and neck with Tuberville for dumbest motherfucker in Congress.
  4. The most notable thing about tire plants is the ubiquitousness of carbon black. If you're not familiar, its very fine black dust like powdered charcoal. It's an essential ingredient in tire manufacturing and gets EVERYWHERE, like beach sand, but worse.
  5. Pretty sure that's jizz. Also, glad it wasn't actually a flashbang or the victim would be dead.
  6. Something GoLL said hit home. Trump has provoked an underclass revolt. And managed to target absolutely the wrong people.
  7. Brisket got his ass chewed by Edith? Niiiice. I'm fairly in awe.
  8. Well, he's right in the sense that they are able to use relatively minor "public disorder" as a proxy for actually dangerously high crime and maintain the illusion that crime is actually high when it's actually falling. Same with unrestrained immigration. The only real danger of truly open borders/unrestrained immigration is that we have no idea who's coming, or going. But that's an illusory problem, because most actually dangerous people that want to slide in here to do crimes or terrorism are going to be able to do so, regardless. Just like drug importation and illegal immigration are virtually unrelated. But the averages schmuck is easily wound up over these things with little understanding. I think a lot of Trump voters that were wound up about immigration truly thought they'd be able to deport a million illegals straight from criminal courts or caught in the act and not have to resort to these tactics. The truly depraved ones -- and there are a lot -- truly wanted this. But I think there are a fair number that were worked up about immigration that bought into the lies and thought this would actually be a different and good thing.
  9. I mean, I'm an IP guy and I don't really have a big problem with the counterfeit market on Canal Street, which has been there for decades, through tough on crime administrations and not so tough. But if some asshole was to make a big ass issue out of if during his campaign and generate a bunch of faux outrage over it, especially the "colorful" vendors in the market, well, we might have a different scenario. And it was a huge benefit to ratchet Jersey Shore chicks that want swap meet Louis. And their boyfriends and big gaudy Faulexes.
  10. Qualified immunity comes up most often in the context of civil suits for money damages (as opposed to injunctive relief). But it would also provide a defense to criminal charges against a federal official acting in his/her official capacity. There are a range of immunity defenses that might be available to a federal official ranging from absolute to "qualified." And, while "qualified immunity" has come to refer most often to the defense to constitutional torts (those officials are mostly absolutely immune under state law to state law torts and federal law to federal and state torts without a constitutional dimension), qualified just means not absolute. More than you wanted to know, but an accessible and contemporary law review article. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2006&context=wmborj
  11. Oh and then there will be a lot of fun with guerillas attacking platforms out in the lake. And boots on the ground to protect American oil interests. Where have we seen this before?
  12. Point of order, criminal lawyers rarely bill by the hour except at the highest, biglaw, ultra-wealthy white collar level. One of the problems with bail is that it's really an afterthought for everyone but the defendant. It had become kind of a cookie-cutter thing for everyone involved, with the cookie cutter being highly in favor of pretrial detention with sizable bail.
  13. TwiceHorn

    Burgers

    I lived at Castilian freshman year and walked by it in 1984-5 frequently en route to West Campus and buildings on 24th like Welch, Painter, and RLM. Thereafter, I lived closer to 26th and went that way to ETC and the engineering complex and it fell out of mind.
  14. Yeah, their earlier headline about adding 33% to the cost and demo'ing the whole East Wing instead of just the facade was "Changing Course." Fuck these Kollabos.
  15. That 1000/sqft usually also includes the dirt, not just the construction cost, and in most cases, the dirt is half of that. Schutze is right more often than he's wrong.
  16. Now do corporations.
  17. And claiming that it's "Supreme Court interference" while denying Russian interference with elections going back 10 years at least.
  18. It seems you don't know how qualified immunity works in this country. It's pretty clear you can't shoot an unarmed mentally handicapped person from 20 feet away, that that is an unconstitutional deprivation of life and liberty and use of excessive force. But 99/100, that's immune.
  19. That bizarre criminal removal statute that we saw Trump and Meadows and others try to use is evidence that state criminal charges against federal officials are contemplated, because it gives them a federal forum to raise their immunity defenses. But, on an individual basis, federal officers are immune unless they know, pursuant to a clear Constitutional precedent, that their actions are unlawful. Acting pursuant to an unconstitutional directive is not enough. The directive can give rise to litigation and an injunction against the agency responsible and its individual head.
  20. Some of this is true. Your average engineer tends to think along conventional lines, but not all of them. And pure science dudes are often too untethered to reality to actually come up with anything feasible, even with the assistance of more mortal engineers, but sometimes that thinking actually leads to something. I wouldn't say anything about either scientists or engineers with certainty.
  21. To cap this off, yeah, a Beeman R7/Weihrauch HW30 would be an excellent pesting solution. So would a DIana 34, though there are reports that Diana quality has fallen off in the last few years.
  22. Yeah don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of spring piston airguns broadly. I shoot a Weihrauch HW97 in field target competition. Just not the ones at big box stores. And due to their idiosyncracies, may prove unsatisfactory for the average Joe. Any any spring piston gun that's put 500-1000 rounds down the tube, if the spring doesn't fatigue and crack, is highly likely to become a pretty sweet shooter. There's not a lot of tuning that can be done that's as good as just having the thing wear in. Also, pro tip for those attempting to shoot a spring piston accurately. A light and loose grip is key, careful with that "cheek weld," and sure, firmly seat it against your shoulder, but after that loose as a goose. Also, avoid trying to shoot off a rest.
  23. 700fps gives something like a 7" drop at 50 yards, I have no idea what 100 is and wind effects at ranges over 25 yards are extremely non-negligible.
  24. Well yeah, a Beeman R7 is a sweet little rifle. It's actually a Weihrauch HW30 at about 700fps. And a far cry from most of the junk sold in big box stores these days. Goes for about $450 these days. To be completely fair, though, those big box guns are often Chinese copies of Weihrauch and RWS/Diana designs that can be made quite decent, but need some polishing and tuning.
  25. Oh, airguns are supremely accurate. But spring-piston airguns have slow lock times and unusual recoil (forward, lateral, and rotational components in addition to the rearward), making them difficult to shoot accurately without some adaptation to those facts. And the cheaper, higher velocity ones are that much worse. And they will destroy scopes that aren't built for it. 750fps is a good sweet spot for a spring piston gun and is lethal to most varmint types at backyard ranges. I wouldn't take many 100 yard shots at a living target with most airguns other than some PCPs.
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