refoundglory

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by refoundglory 8y ago
Martha Stewart was a billionaire when she went to jail for insider trading.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
A far more generous interpretation would be that Wikipedia and the English internet are very far from comprehensive reports on non-English speaking countries. With a little more effort you could have found many more wrongful convictions in
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by refoundglory 8y ago
People who are not incorporated.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
You could also void old convictions on these charges. Won't undo the damage but will help.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
Actually yes, the law being overturned said it was illegal to sleep in public places anywhere in the city. What kind of limitations on where people can sleep are you imagining?
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by refoundglory 8y ago
It's totally possible to learn to cook without ever ruining a meal. You start by working under supervision and doing prep tasks - a lot like the hierarchy in a professional kitchen.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
In WA at least all traffic offenses are public record. You can go search court databases by either name or license plate to get the full details of any tickets and charges in that system.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
If your goal for the sprint is "build widget" then your goal for the day should be "build part 3". You don't change priorities each day, you change how far along you are and where you expect to get to.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
No, that’s absolutely false. It may be common among the upper class, but it is also common among larger families, strongly religious communities and many immigrant cultures, all of which are definitely not upper class signifiers.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
Nonsense. It’s a complicated set of information that people try and reduce to a single number. If you want to actually discuss it you need to start by learning that there are multiple official unemployment rates.
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by refoundglory 8y ago
Why? Iceland Air offers some of the cheapest flights across the Atlantic - I've stopped there on my way to Paris several times. And you can take a few days as a stopover for nothing, which is a nice way to arrive at your final destinat
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by refoundglory 8y ago
I literally just explained to you why this is not a question of enforcing the law, it is a choice to behave in an immoral and repugnant fashion that the law does not require. Make an effort to at least pretend you are keeping up with the to
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by refoundglory 8y ago
Flores does not mandate that a) every arrival be prosecuted instead of just deported (or even any arrival) b) Trump end community detention programs for immigrant families, which were very successful and far cheaper than prison under Obama
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by refoundglory 8y ago
Incorrect in multiple points. - families presenting themselves at the border are being separated - the vast majority of families being separated under this policy are first time arrivals, because what Trump has done is order prosecution of
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by refoundglory 8y ago
(logged out, discovered last pass doesn't have the password for hn: new account to continue) I think you skipped over the comment that I was responding to, which said this: > They want to be named after a geographical region which i