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I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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Post by ta1243 »

lenerdenator wrote: post #150
ta1243 wrote: post #84

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Well done for all the anti-israel-arming people. I hope they're happy with the outcome they wanted.

To be fair, they're okay with what they got so long as they're not the ones getting it . Hamas is a hardline theocratic political party based on a very conservative interpretation of a religion. That means they're anti-free speech/press/religion/assembly, anti-LGBTQ rights, anti-free enterprise, anti-secular jurisprudence, and anti-representative government. Neither of the Palestinian Territories have had meaningful…

I don't know. I do know when I've worked in Gaza I've had to deal with Hamas because they are the defacto civil service.

It's the same story we're seeing in the west though, from Hungary to America to Turkey to the UK. Strongman comes along and correctly says "your life sucks", then says "it sucks because of this group of people"

Run with that message for generations, throw in members of "this group of people" actually killing your friends and family, and it's easy to see how that message works.

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Post by bloopernova »

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #251
blindriver wrote: post #21

Yes. This is the reality of how it is. It’s unfair that this woman was caught in this but CBP have ultimate power crossing the border can be scary. My friend got her visa stripped and given a 10 year ban under Obama because of jokes in her text messages about a GC marriage. She didn’t get thrown in jail but she was refused entry back into the US and had to get someone to sell all her stuff while she flew back to her…

>because of jokes in her text messages about a [Green Card] marriage Let this be a lesson to all those who think it's fine to unlock their phone and hand it to cops.

I'm not sure what customs and border patrol would do if you refused to unlock your phone for them. I doubt they would just let you go.

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Post by adamc »

ethbr1 wrote: post #277
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I think I will just skip HN in the future. The number of relevant post to tech and business in the US now that are getting flagged is becoming ridiculous.

I know it supposedly doesn't work, but @dang : brigade flagging (and user-based unflagging/vouching of submissions) really needs to be looked at, in light of the current political reality. There's a substantive article here, and a substantive discussion, and it's user shadow-banned off HN because someone didn't like the political tilt. HN is going to start shedding exactly the sort of quality users that make it great…

Yes. Maybe PG doesn't care.

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Post by ta1243 »

mandmandam wrote: post #167
ta1243 wrote: post #84

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Well done for all the anti-israel-arming people. I hope they're happy with the outcome they wanted.

No, sorry, you don't get to declare moral superiority because people refused to vote for a candidate who promised to keep arming genocide. "The lesser genocide" is an incredibly weak campaign pitch, and that was proven. Everything Trump has done, from rearming Netanyahu, to allowing more bombing during a ceasefire, to making efforts for ethnic cleansing was initially proposed/endorsed by Biden; and Harris had promise…

I'm not declaring anything, I'm just observing outcomes.

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Post by gadders »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #122
gadders wrote: post #93

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Exactly how have trans people affected your life, directly?

I have worked with (born male) non-binary people who alternate between wearing male and female clothes. I have seen them enter the female toilets, and win awards for women.

But tbh, this is a daft question. It's like saying you can't have a policy position on gun control unless someone has shot at you.

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Post by ta1243 »

pjc50 wrote: post #117
ta1243 wrote: post #72

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Was due to go to meet our new local hires post April. Standard ESTA. No way I'm going now.

Sensible - meeting new hires counts as "work", which is strictly not included under just the ESTA, so you'd have to decide whether to lie to the border guards about it or risk this treatment.

Hell just answering a phonecall from HQ would be a risk.

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Post by gadders »

pjc50 wrote: post #111
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>>science-denying Citation needed. >>Look at the protests in Hungary, look at Serbia—that’s how you stand up to a fascist That's how you get EU and USAID funding to standup to a president outside of the WEF overton window, certainly.

Not even worth talking to you about this. But we can have the correct answer for the audience via my Serbian colleague: local construction corruption got sufficiently bad that people got killed, and then it escalated into general complaints about not listening to the public and complicit media. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Sad_railway_station_canop...

I'll take it for Serbia, possibly. Less so for Hungary, Romania etc.

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Post by 5ahrgf »

01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote: post #198
kcplate wrote: post #104

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She had only one really important job to do as vice president—become president if the president was incapable of doing the job. She, like many administration (and media), put her political party’s optics over the good of the country and tried to hide Joe Biden’s mental decline from the population. She was literally derelict in her most important duty as vice president. How could she be trusted as president? I’m an in…

I remember in 2016 I had the luxury to vote third-party. Now my life is on the line, though, so I always vote. It'd be super nifty if you voted too so I don't die before my time

I'm confused. If you can vote, you must be a U.S. citizen. How is your life threatened?

How would Pelosi help you? She might have been happy about the TSLA rally after the Trump election, like many other Democrat share holders.

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Post by gadders »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #112
gadders wrote: post #83

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>>science-denying Citation needed. >>Look at the protests in Hungary, look at Serbia—that’s how you stand up to a fascist That's how you get EU and USAID funding to standup to a president outside of the WEF overton window, certainly.

> Citation needed. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mzk2y41zvo https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-junk-science-of-... https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/rfk-jr-and-h...

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Post by otikik »

sebstefan wrote: post #288
otikik wrote: post #212

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> Keep your god out of work! That is very easy to type from the comfort of your home on your mobile phone. After several days of deprivations and hardships, including sleeping in a fully-lighted cold cell without even a blanket, you will get any help and support that you can get.

The entire country of France manages to have government workers that don't talk to you about their god just fine

And they make great baguettes. But you didn't get my point.

I am an atheist. I do think that what the nurse did is wrong and unprofessional.

My point is: I would still have absolutely clinged to it, if I was in the same situation as this woman. I would have talked with this nurse, and would have told her that yes, maybe God had something to do with it. And you would have too, probably.

If you are drowning in the ocean, you don't discard a piece of floating wood because it has growing fungi. Claiming virtue is very easy ... until you experience real hardship.

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