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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#57276: Jun 28th 2013 at 6:54:33 PM

CIA Memo Asking People To Stop Leaking To The Press Gets Leaked To The Press

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#57278: Jun 28th 2013 at 7:17:13 PM

[up][up][up]Well screw you too GOP. Even if they suddenly reversed on most of their issues I still wouldn't vote for them because of that. If they truly cared about helping people become prosperous they would go with Warren's plan.

edited 28th Jun '13 7:17:21 PM by Kostya

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#57280: Jun 28th 2013 at 7:51:02 PM

[up] And that's just dumb. You know, it's not going to make the state look any better when they actively bar the 1st amendment.

EDIT: Wait, it cost the bank 6,000 dollars to clean up the chalk? You run a hose over it. What were they doing?

edited 28th Jun '13 7:53:46 PM by Zendervai

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#57281: Jun 28th 2013 at 7:59:11 PM

[up]They probably hired a contractor and gave him something extra as a favor.

edit: It's water soluble so they definitely didn't need some kind of expensive chemical to take it off.

edit 2: Okay, the no First Amendment is a giant red flag. Someone needs to investigate that judge right now.

edited 28th Jun '13 8:01:00 PM by Kostya

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#57282: Jun 28th 2013 at 8:00:17 PM

[up] Not entirely too sure about why they paid $6k, but you have to remember that it does rack up water bills and they have to hire someone, either one of their employees or a company to do it.

It isn't free to clean up something, even if it's something as easy to clean up as chalk.

A Senate Committee accuses the EPA of inaction after the blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas in April. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) specifically criticized the EPA's lack of regulatory initiative leading up to the blast.

edited 28th Jun '13 8:07:48 PM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#57283: Jun 28th 2013 at 8:01:48 PM

[up]I doubt that would total 1000, let alone 6. Don't they have janitorial staff? Just have one of them spray water on it for about five minutes. Done.

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#57284: Jun 28th 2013 at 8:24:56 PM

This is America. Shit that shouldn't be regulated has regulators forcibly penetrating you. Things that should... Well ..

midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#57286: Jun 28th 2013 at 9:16:43 PM

[up]

Translation: dear president of chick-fil-a. shut up. you arent helping us. -signed, the shareholders

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#57287: Jun 28th 2013 at 9:28:12 PM

I wonder why Chick Fil-A doesn't just embrace its reputation and officially set itself up as a morally-conservative hangout for the Aryan Nation?

They'd get plenty of business for their chosen customers, and can ignore anyone else's opinion.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#57288: Jun 28th 2013 at 9:34:09 PM

Because that's a stupid idea and they wouldn't be able to survive the financial fallout.

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#57289: Jun 28th 2013 at 9:58:05 PM

Why the hell is the guy facing thirteen counts of vandalism? What, did they charge him with one for each word of the message?

EDIT: Oh okay, he actually did it on several different occasions. That...makes it one degree less batshit insane.

edited 28th Jun '13 10:00:52 PM by Pykrete

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#57290: Jun 28th 2013 at 11:39:05 PM

Shit that shouldn't be regulated has regulators forcibly penetrating you.

You haven't seen Britain — every industry over five years old has one Regulator or more. If it hasn't got a Regulator, there are plans for one.

Keep Rolling On
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#57291: Jun 29th 2013 at 12:05:39 AM

The pertinent question is, are they doing their job to keep a leash on the big guys without strangling the smaller ones? Because chances are you're doing it better than we are — by default.

edited 29th Jun '13 12:06:02 AM by Pykrete

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#57292: Jun 29th 2013 at 1:40:14 AM

Lawmaker who voted to impeach Bush: Obama could be next

NFL declines to promote Obamacare

House panel says IRS official waived 5th Amendment right

edited 29th Jun '13 2:06:20 AM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#57293: Jun 29th 2013 at 2:14:45 AM

[up][up]

Well, Private Eye called the Financial Services Authority the "Fundamentally Supine Authority" for decades...and, in 2007-8, all the banks went tits-up and we had to nationalize them, at great cost to the taxpayer. Draw your own conclusions.

Schild und Schwert der Partei
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#57294: Jun 29th 2013 at 2:23:04 AM

[up]

Ah yes, "Regulatory Capture". Here's a Chapter on what happened.

Of course, the amount depends on the Industry involved and how it is regulated. An industry that is covered by different regulators for different parts of its businessnote  is a lot more difficult to Capture.

Keep Rolling On
joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
Happy New Year!
#57295: Jun 29th 2013 at 2:29:57 AM

Umm...tlrd

hashtagsarestupid
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#57296: Jun 29th 2013 at 2:45:54 AM

@Greenmantle: That comment sounded awfully Turian of you. Don't dismiss the claim too quickly. evil grin

But, um, British Politics Thread exists.

edited 29th Jun '13 2:46:11 AM by Ramidel

midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#57297: Jun 29th 2013 at 5:38:45 AM

The NFL doing absolutely nothing to aid the health of their players?

Thats nothing new or surprising.

They practically run on the insane notion that anyone who complains about their health is a whiny sissy man.

edited 29th Jun '13 5:40:17 AM by midgetsnowman

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#57298: Jun 29th 2013 at 5:43:02 AM

... Wait, the Government loans money to students for university and charges six-point-eight percent interest?

midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#57299: Jun 29th 2013 at 5:44:05 AM

[up]

if you follow republican logic, its "an investment in your future"

which will mostly consist of paying back 6.8% interest on 40,000 dollars of loans.

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#57300: Jun 29th 2013 at 5:48:15 AM

Okay, so let me have this straight. If you go to a university (does it matter what kind? Are the Ivy League covered? Is a State University covered) and you can't afford it, you take out a Student Loan from the Government. The Government guarantee your loan for your time as an undergraduate, and then make you pay back that loan plus 6.8% interest?

Do the repayments start at a certain salary level, do they stop after a certain time period/death/unemployment?


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