@enviroaggie.bsky.social
Progressive. Loves cats. Christian. Policy wonk.
I'm not saying more people shouldn't be in jail, but your argument seemed to be that if this had really happened there would be people in jail, and I'm just pointing out that it did happen and there are people in jail.
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I'm not saying more people shouldn't be in jail, but your argument seemed to be that if this had really happened there would be people in jail, and I'm just pointing out that it did happen and there are people in jail.
There were prosecutions. Demonizing an entire population is gross, but there is a bit of truth in there that some of the people convicted of fraud were Somali immigrants. Not that they needed an excuse to go after people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2022/0...
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Feds: 48 charged in 'brazen' $250M COVID spending fraud centered in Minnesota
Federal authorities on Tuesday laid out what they described as the nation’s largest COVID-19 funding scam, alleging that dozens of people used an elaborate operation centered on the group Feeding Our ...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There were prosecutions. Demonizing an entire population is gross, but there is a bit of truth in there that some of the people convicted of fraud were Somali immigrants. Not that they needed an excuse to go after people.
www.mprnews.org/story/2022/0...
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Christian nationalists are some of the loudest "Christians", but they aren't the only American Christians.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Christian nationalists are some of the loudest "Christians", but they aren't the only American Christians.
That's kind of impressive that it went from an idea in his head to checks being cut in only 30 min. Our finance dept couldn't cut one check in that amount of time, much less one for the entire military.
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
That's kind of impressive that it went from an idea in his head to checks being cut in only 30 min. Our finance dept couldn't cut one check in that amount of time, much less one for the entire military.
I'm impressed at the 3 way tie in 2016.
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I'm impressed at the 3 way tie in 2016.
No idea about the land, but speculation is he means that when they nationalized the oil in the 1970s they stole it from us? Not sure but I haven't heard a better theory yet.
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
No idea about the land, but speculation is he means that when they nationalized the oil in the 1970s they stole it from us? Not sure but I haven't heard a better theory yet.
Brings new meaning to "revenge is a dish best served cold"
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Brings new meaning to "revenge is a dish best served cold"
Time to find a new browser, I guess. And I had just gotten back in to using Firefox, too.
December 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Time to find a new browser, I guess. And I had just gotten back in to using Firefox, too.
On the other hand, auto insurance companies are limited in the profits they can make. Think he wants the same to apply to health insurance companies?
Also, the good ones aren't the ones advertising everywhere. Their money is going back into their customers, not marketing.
Also, the good ones aren't the ones advertising everywhere. Their money is going back into their customers, not marketing.
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On the other hand, auto insurance companies are limited in the profits they can make. Think he wants the same to apply to health insurance companies?
Also, the good ones aren't the ones advertising everywhere. Their money is going back into their customers, not marketing.
Also, the good ones aren't the ones advertising everywhere. Their money is going back into their customers, not marketing.
I'm in the US, but I agree it isn't routine for everyone. It has at least seemed to move past the political and no one gets harassed for masking. I'm a coastal elite, though, so ymmv.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm in the US, but I agree it isn't routine for everyone. It has at least seemed to move past the political and no one gets harassed for masking. I'm a coastal elite, though, so ymmv.
That might be location specific - a lot of people I know have embraced doing that, and a few still mask all the time.
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
That might be location specific - a lot of people I know have embraced doing that, and a few still mask all the time.
Good to know - thanks!
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Good to know - thanks!
Can't you just uninstall Copilot, or does that not actually work?
December 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Can't you just uninstall Copilot, or does that not actually work?
But I saw TV cops use it!
QED - it's a completely valid method to find a bad guy.
QED - it's a completely valid method to find a bad guy.
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
But I saw TV cops use it!
QED - it's a completely valid method to find a bad guy.
QED - it's a completely valid method to find a bad guy.
Yep. What's worse it's that it used to be "get out, hide out, take out" and they figured out how to make it shorter.
December 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yep. What's worse it's that it used to be "get out, hide out, take out" and they figured out how to make it shorter.
But they don't know that they are victims. It could just as easily have been the shooter behind the door, or the shooter could be in there with hostages. I think they reacted as well as they could have.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
But they don't know that they are victims. It could just as easily have been the shooter behind the door, or the shooter could be in there with hostages. I think they reacted as well as they could have.
It's in the training videos. Run, hide, fight, and when the police find you hiding show them your hands because they don't know who the shooter is.
December 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's in the training videos. Run, hide, fight, and when the police find you hiding show them your hands because they don't know who the shooter is.
It wasn't an arrest, it was just detaining for 3 days without charges. That's totally normal and fine, apparently.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It wasn't an arrest, it was just detaining for 3 days without charges. That's totally normal and fine, apparently.
Maritime law does have precedent for this, so while a lot of the stuff he does is bad, everything the administration does isn't automatically illegal. Just because we don't need to talk about maritime law much, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Maritime law does have precedent for this, so while a lot of the stuff he does is bad, everything the administration does isn't automatically illegal. Just because we don't need to talk about maritime law much, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
That's fine that you demand more evidence, but it only happened today, it will take a little while for all of the evidence is made public.
I get that this administration does bad things and Trump reported it in a weird way, but I think we can chalk that up to his incompetence as much as anything.
I get that this administration does bad things and Trump reported it in a weird way, but I think we can chalk that up to his incompetence as much as anything.
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
That's fine that you demand more evidence, but it only happened today, it will take a little while for all of the evidence is made public.
I get that this administration does bad things and Trump reported it in a weird way, but I think we can chalk that up to his incompetence as much as anything.
I get that this administration does bad things and Trump reported it in a weird way, but I think we can chalk that up to his incompetence as much as anything.
You can - you just have no protection if someone tries to board you because you're not in anyone's territory.
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You can - you just have no protection if someone tries to board you because you're not in anyone's territory.
No. Buckingham Palace is in sovereign territory. A ship flying a false flag is by definition stateless and can be boarded under international law. And is usually breaking other laws otherwise they'd just fly a legal flag.
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
No. Buckingham Palace is in sovereign territory. A ship flying a false flag is by definition stateless and can be boarded under international law. And is usually breaking other laws otherwise they'd just fly a legal flag.
Are you sure that it didn't? It's more likely that they just didn't talk about it as much, because going after ships flying false flags has been the practice for awhile.
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Are you sure that it didn't? It's more likely that they just didn't talk about it as much, because going after ships flying false flags has been the practice for awhile.