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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Maybe not for the users but lowtax apparently lied about secret service visits. Not entirely true. FOIA requests are an artform, and the request submitted was nowhere near as detailed as it should have been to get a result. They're just going to look for exactly what you send in. They aren't going to give you near matches or aliases unless you specifically ask for those variants. To do a truly exhaustive search, you're gonna have to spend money on it. Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Yea, a lot of companies are just saying "We ship worldwide, except for the UK" now. Apparently it's like 1k to file the paperwork to have the privilege to sell to the UK, and then you have a bunch of other forms to fill out and prepay before you can send stuff. It's batshit. LawfulWaffle posted:The article lays out the VAT issue fairly well. UK government decided that a high VAT tax and courier fees would help remove competition from UK businesses while also collecting fees from imports to get 300m to fund vital services. Only in practice imports are going way down so what you have is a UK locked into buying their own products and a much smaller amount of import fees being collected than expected. Coupled with border issues and an increasing weak platform to deal from England has effectively built its own Berlin Wall and is going to be frozen out until they fold and beg to go back to the EU. Sucks for the other parts of the UK that got roped into the decision, I’m sure Ireland is thrilled. For people that want some numbers, to make up for the 20% VAT, anyone exporting to the UK must raise prices by 25% from what they were previously. The registration paperwork is around a thousand pounds per year on top of additional costs when filing and paying taxes. A lot of retailers don't think it's worth the hassle because they'll lose a lot of sales because of the 25% increase in prices thus further driving down any profit that could be made.
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Rockman Reserve posted:an important thing people are missing in their explanations is that when you short sell a stock (i.e. expect it to go down) you have absolutely no cap on your losses To expand on this a bit, since your losses are unlimited, you'll be required to have a margin account. When your margin account dips below maintenance levels because your losses have started adding up, you're either required to top off your account OR you're forced to close your position. The hedge fund yesterday got forced to close their positions, which is done by buying shares on the market, which further drives up the price.
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Azhais posted:Obviously not Drawn Together really had it's moments of brilliance.
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xtal posted:You would think "don't be a psychopath" would be an easy rule to follow but some people seem to have a really hard time with this. There are lots of goons out there. In any large enough sample size of people, you're gonna have some real lovely ones. See permabanned poster randaconda for example.
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It's 7 years for 10 counts of possession, and yes, he is in state prison in Florida for his offenses. It was found out on accident by florida goons, and I confirmed it. The only thing publicly viewable is his sentence status and the arrest affidavit. The arrest affidavit describes the images he had open on his computer and the ones he uploaded to imgur (who reported him to local authorities). Many of the girls in the images are described as under 10 years old. It was not a pleasant read.
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Feb 12, 2021 16:53
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Lmao did he get caught in that giant chud human trafficking ring sting that went down last week? No. He was arrested the same day as his last post on the forums back in august 2020.
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Feb 12, 2021 16:54
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ZombieLenin posted:Is it me or does this guys arm come off? It's you. Both arms are clearly visible. His right arm does land awkwardly, but it's all there.
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Feb 23, 2021 15:14
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The Modern Leper posted:I used to see these stories and think "That cat just don't give a gently caress." That cat looks like it's loafing up there.
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Court hearings are typically public. Whenever courts are back open, if you want to watch, you can just go and sit in the pews all day and observe. They might ask why you're there. Just tell them you're a curious citizen who has never watched court. The staff will probably be friendly to you if you are friendly to them. Dress business casual and don't interrupt. Daily the duty judge(s) will hold morning first appearances for people arrested since the previous FA. These are usually routine, involve the state describing the probable cause for the arrest, the judge determining if PC exists, and setting bond/release conditions (if any). They'll fly through these pretty quickly. For routine work, judges will have a criminal or civil docket (that is public) that will detail their schedule. A good chunk of the criminal docket is either case management or pre-trial conferences. These are also extremely routine and a judge can knock out dozens or more in a hour. Prior to these beginning, there will be numerous lawyers hanging around to get their 2-3 minutes of facetime for their cases in front of that judge before they go to the next courtroom to see another. They usually will knock out special hearings after the case management dockets. Civil cases are usually only in front of a judge on a motion hearing and those will be stacked up just like the rest. Many are only a few minutes long. Some can take hours or days. Most of what happens in the court is pretty boring. You might find it interesting or be present on the day some crazy poo poo happens, though.
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Mar 9, 2021 15:18
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KoRMaK posted:I can't believe it's a recurring set of characters When courts open back up, go to your local courthouse and sit in on criminal hearing day. You'll see similar stuff to this all the time.
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Mar 13, 2021 23:36
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Megillah Gorilla posted:So that's what Ed Sheeran's doing with his time these days. I believe the guy was homeless because he looked like he had on rags tied around his feet instead of shoes.
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Lodin posted:https://twitter.com/JimmyTrillstein/status/1168963572233322501?s=20 James Bradley Jr. apparently has nothing but love for the Crazy Town guys. Here he is as a five year old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc41vSv8N3Q Here he is more recently playing a jazz solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq-G3fpuJ3I
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Mar 28, 2021 14:06
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Random Stranger posted:The same way you tie them to digital works in a meaningful way: you can't so you lie to people about it. In case anyone in the audience is wondering if Random Stranger is being hyperbolic, they are not. NFTs were a scam from the start.
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20 Blunts posted:It's pretty neat how easy it is to get bees to re-locate themselves. I'm sure plenty of wild honey bees have been lit on fire by the kind of utter dipshits you find in suburban America. There's an ancient goldmined thread from a goon that did such a thing to swarming bees on a swingset. In hindsight it was really tragic.
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Apr 1, 2021 20:40
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This needs the audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXgnIP4rMoI
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Pope Corky the IX posted:So I haven't even thought of this game in decades and now I can't get the MIDI version of "Paranoid" out of my goddamn head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9lfq3KSISc
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Apr 15, 2021 13:28
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:A YouTube rabbit hole led me to this, a pitcher in Major League Baseball, who strategically throws slow: I never thought about it before, but everyone on that field is tweaking their asses off. Baseball player fidgeting is because they're all dosed as high as they can be on adderall.
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Apr 21, 2021 14:10
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Beato Believer posted:I have driven the exact interchange shown in the TxDOT video. I can answer your question for this specific interchange. You simply can't drive straight to get from A to B. You MUST turn left or right from the access road onto the cross road (in this case, University Blvd.), then find somewhere further down to turn the gently caress around, drive back to the interchange, and turn again onto the access road. Clearly what is needed is an overpass for the access roads.
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I would also like to know more.
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Cocaine Bear posted:The distinction comes from a migratory cycles between their home base and various points of interest along their controlled terrain. This is called the later/awhile taxonomical split. This is a good joke.
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May 17, 2021 15:13
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Serephina posted:Roundabouts are better done small, the bigger ones occasionally try to do dumb stuff like mandatory lane changing (via road markings) which is horrible. Sane roundabouts let you stay in your lane as long as you like, with sometimes the outside lane dividing off as an exit. The Vine Street figure 8 roundabout in Hays, KS is something loving else:  Street view doesn't reflect the current situation on the ground. That setup loving calms traffic. You cannot go more than 20 mph through it without feeling like you're gonna flip.
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May 27, 2021 15:31
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LifeSunDeath posted:the longevity of both these games is mindboggling. FFXIV originally came out in 2010, but that version of the game was awful and killed forever in August 2013 with the launch of 2.0. While there have been tweaks to the game since the 2.0 rewrite, it is still essentially the same game. WoW has been around since 2004, so it has 6-9 years on FFXIV depending on whether you want to count original launch or relaunch. I'm not sure if WoW has had such a dramatic overhaul as FFXIV did from 1.0-2.0.
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Powershift posted:I would bet that there is somebody out there who has played 50,000 hours of WoW Probably Wojtek: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3611265
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I remember when I saw that originally and it had a comment on it like "I was late to work today because a cat fell on my head and a dog with shoes on did me justice" or something similar.
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I didn't know about Clapton's racist poo poo, but I'm not surprised since all he did was steal black music for profit.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Huh mine does? From 2007, when did that happen? lots of cars today come with a "roadside assistance kit" which is nothing more than a pump to get some air into your runflats to get them to a shop. Lots of cars do not even have a donut in 2021.
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Jun 16, 2021 13:40
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Ror posted:the real lesson here is that there's nothing badass about riding a skateboard without a helmet
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Cacator posted:The exception would be Andre the Giant who could drink heroic amounts of alcohol. Think over 100 beers a night or 5 bottles of wine for dinner. Andre was something special when it came to drinking: https://drunkard.com/10_06_andre_giant/ His alcohol consumption actually led to some breakthroughs in anesthesia because of the amounts needed to put him out for back surgery. The doctor wanted to know if Andre drank and how much he needed to get a buzz. The Giant said a liter of vodka will make him feel warm. A liter of vodka to feel warm...
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Jun 23, 2021 15:04
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DreadUnknown posted:They call them things "road gators" in Florida, its usually an exploded tyre and you learn really fast to avoid them like a land mine. Chunks of blown out tire are called gators by truckers all over the nation not just in Florida because you hit one and it's gonna seem like a chunk of either your air hoses, electrical wiring, or tires were taken out by a gator.
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Jun 29, 2021 15:50
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That's a man with 'tegridy.
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Jul 9, 2021 19:34
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idgaf city name sports team was funny and I joined this dumb site for SAS.
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B-Rock452 posted:Looks like some Schad in progress for the kraken legal team Dude this has been magical. One of the best hearings of my life. We just watched a lawyer get metaphorically murdered by the judge before moving to closing arguments.
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Jul 12, 2021 18:45
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Lowtax really likes them and thinks they're funny.
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Jul 13, 2021 13:42
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The internet makes you stupid.
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Jul 21, 2021 14:32
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That's basically the same path my dad went. He's probably dead. If he does come out, he's gonna have some severe impacts. He's gonna be completely different. If he lives his life has completely changed in ways his family doesn't yet comprehend.
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Aug 2, 2021 15:14
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punishedkissinger posted:is that an impressive net worth? im poor as gently caress but i feel like a lot of middle class dual incomes easily hit that. It would have been an impressive net worth in 1980.
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Aug 3, 2021 21:08
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If ffxiv queues have you down, why aren’t you in one of the massive goon free companies and ask one of the dozens to hundreds of players on at any moment to lend a hand?
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Aug 12, 2021 13:02
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KoRMaK posted:huh? when did a discussion about consential sex work have human trafficking enter it? This isn't coming out of nowhere. The BBC recently did a deep dive into OF. They have basically no moderation, plenty of child porn, and other illegal poo poo on there. If OF had kept tight on moderation, this probably wouldn't be happening.
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PurpleXVI posted:"I DO NOT UNDERSTAND" is a pretty hilarious and appropriate battlecry for this idiot. You see, when you say you "understand" you are then conceding to the authority of the police because you are saying you stand under them.
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Platystemon posted:This is a statement that transcends the centuries. There should be another color for ancient Macedonia because they're the only winners on that front. It was such a pain in the rear end, though, that afterwards Alex's generals refused to go further and eventually killed him.
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