Hell, for all we know, Bill might have used his ties with Epstein to “force” leaders to accept the Good Friday Accords. Or Epstein might have used his knowledge of Bill’s proclivities to force Bill into a situation that helped one of his other powerful ties.
So what would happen to all of those bank accounts of people on work visas?
This man is out there trying to murder his living family.
The process at the airport is theater for the most part. They routinely miss dangerous items. The process for TSA Pre is a background check that is probably only as rigorous as a police background check, but it at least screens out some criminals. Global Entry is more rigorous and looks a bit deeper, but it isn’t as deep as a real security clearance.
My only issue with relaxing the process at the airport for everyone is that everyone on planes these days is stressed and angry, at least in the US. I don’t want it to be easier to bring a gun or knife onto a plane with people as angry and irritated as they are now. I’m not afraid of terrorists. I’m afraid of Florida Man with his MAGA hat getting into a fight with a person and stabbing them.
I don’t understand these numbers. 59 + 39 != 100. Did 2% vote for a 3rd party?
Yes. I know a few conservative voters in my home state who hate Trump but refused to vote for either Clinton or Harris.
I respect self-awareness.
Good question.
I’m no longer against it now that I understand it better, which is how most things work in the world. It’s tough, because I struggle with wealthy people having access to opportunities that normal people don’t have, even with stuff as small as fast passes at amusement parks. But TSA Pre is a security screening process ahead of time, so it’s more like making a reservation at a restaurant instead of showing up and putting your name on the wait-list. It also isn’t expensive or out of reach of anyone who can afford a plane ticket to fly just about anywhere.
“Then you probably have looked at the facts of the situation and came to a logical conclusion while also having empathy towards people who don’t look like you.”
Nah, it probably says something offensive.
“certain people”
You do realize TSA Pre isn’t like a super expensive thing that only rich people have, right? I get it free with at least two credit cards and also get it free with my airline status. My airline status comes from flying for work so much. Either way, it’s only $70 per year. We’re not talking millionaire-level exclusivity here.
give those people a small reminder of reality for the rest of us.
Most of those “certain people” going through TSA Pre and Global Entry fly far more often than you. They are fully aware of the reality of flying and how much it sucks. Business travelers have gone through the shit you go through on your once a year vacation. Some of them have it paid for by their company as a perk. Some of them get it through airline status (which means they flew a lot before they got this perk). Some of them get it through a credit card perk (which will be used during business travel where the company will reimburse costs).
All of them gave the government a bunch of sensitive personal information to get pre-screened before going to the airport so that they didn’t have to stand in line with people who haven’t been pre-screened.
You have to deal with an hour of bad annoyance once or twice a year… and you are mad that people who have to fly 12 or more times per year are able to avoid some of that annoyance after being vetted through another annoying process?? How evil are you?
It’s not just a “pay for less abusive treatment.” In order to get approved for TSA Pre and Global Entry, you have to go through a screening process where you volunteer your personal and professional information. You have to actively give them MORE invasive information to avoid the more physical invasions at the airport. It isn’t just like buying a Fast Pass at Disney. There is a second layer of security screening ahead of the line, so it makes sense that they can spend less time with you at the airport.
As a frequent business traveler who has a security clearance (so they already know every tiny detail about me anyway), it was a no-brainer. I used to be against it, too… until I had to go through security at DEN.
So either Trump is correct that Obama revealed classified information, which: Awesome! Aliens are real, man!
Or Trump is a lying piece of shit who believes that revealing classified information is a crime, which: Awesome! Prosecute yourself, asshole!
Person says while moving the lubricated joints in his hands to type.
Holy shit, that website can kiss my ass. I hate when sites hijack the back button.
Also, this story shows he is either negligently stupid, intentionally covering up an accident that he thought might implicate him, or intentionally malicious. Some of the mistakes are pretty damning for someone who had made this climb 14 or 15 times. The timeline is suspicious, too. I have no idea if he did anything intentionally, but he certainly made many very bad mistakes that could together constitute criminal negligence in my head.
That is only if this is called a war. It can be called a million other things that Republicans say are not the same thing as war. They’ve done it before, and the Dems know they will do it again. This will be a series of targeted strikes that are not retaliated against by Iran in any way that actually hurts Congress-people. Vietnam War wasn’t even actually a war. Congress approved troop deployments one time, but that’s about it.
Additionally, Republicans have the majority in both houses. The only reason the shutdowns have occurred is because they needed more than a simple majority to get the budget passed. Declaration of War does not have any documented rules for whether it is simple majority or 2/3 vote or whatever. In the past, a simple majority was assumed since the votes were never close enough for it to matter.
“It turns out Waymo has about one remote assistance operator for every 40 vehicles.”
https://www.t3.com/auto/teslas-first-robotaxis-are-actually-manned-by-humans
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-robotaxis-crash-higher-humans/
“Making the numbers look even worse for Tesla, “virtually every single one of these miles was driven with a trained safety monitor in the vehicle who could intervene at any moment, which means they likely prevented more crashes that Tesla’s system wouldn’t have avoided.””
Keep going. I’m almost there.
Sure, it took public release of documents they’ve known about for a decade to do anything about it. But at least THEY are doing something to someone in power.
I can’t imagine saying anything so wildly ignorant in my professional career. He should be fired for publicly saying something that makes Microsoft sound like they have no idea what is going on in the real world.
Waymo has a capability for remote control of their cars in niche situations. They don’t do it all the time like Tesla has been doing. It is for when they get boxed in to a street by moving trucks and the only way to move past is to break a driving rule like passing in a no passing zone. They have one remote driver for every 40 cars. Tesla has one remote driver for every one car.
No, this is poorly framed information. They don’t “require” on average 300% more fuel to run. The drivers choose to charge their cars 300% less often than manufactures suggest. This is skewed by rental and fleet cars whose users never charge the car, and by owners who treat their car as a normal hybrid instead of charging it. I was once given a plug-in hybrid van as a rental car but never told it was a PHEV. I didn’t figure it out until the next morning when I was walking up to it and saw the charging cover. My hotel didn’t have a charger, so I couldn’t really do anything about it; but if I were a normal person and not someone who has owned multiple EVs then I wouldn’t have even thought to charge it.
Also, the Porsche one makes total sense. The car is going to burn through battery charge and then hit the gas engine faster when, as expected, Porsche drivers drive them like a Porsche.
The average dog is responsible for a carbon footprint of 770kg of CO2 per year, which is 11,500kg for an average 15 year life span of a dog (many don’t live that old, but it’s a round number). https://www.zerosmart.co.uk/post/the-average-carbon-footprint-of-a-pet
The average gas car has a carbon footprint of 76,000kg over its lifetime. https://www.hotcars.com/the-truth-about-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-new-car-that-no-ones-talking-about/
Even if you were correct, one extends your life and the other kills people around you.