Everything posted by TwiceHorn
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Air Fryers
Yep. Same with about any frozen fried food.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Noriega is the only precedent, not one of many. And whether it is domestically "legal" doesn't answer the question of its legality under international law.
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Air Fryers
No. They're fucking great for pre-fried mostly junk food. Slightly healthier than actual deep frying (cuz the shit's already been deep fried). Less so for attempting fried food from scratch. You can achieve browning on things that have their own fat (chicken skin), but otherwise need to apply oil, and that can be hit or miss.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Well, like I said, the first one is also a superseding indictment. So something came before it. The docket number indicates it might go back as far as 2011. And indeed it appears to. https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/10470024/USA_v_CarvajalBarrios The lead defendant there, however, was a Chavista general that later became an enemy of Maduro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%ADver_Alcal%C3%A1_Cordones Maduro was also a defendant.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Here is a DOJ press release with a link to the 2020 indictment https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/nicol-s-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism Itself is a superseding indictment. https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1261806/dl?inline The current indictment is here. https://apnews.com/the-indictment-against-nicolas-maduro
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Things not going well in Venezuela
No one is questioning whether Maduro is a bad guy that Venezuela and the world would be better off without. So was Sadaam Hussein. So was Bashar Al-Assad. We are questioning this regime's judgment in deposing him and its ability to produce a net good for Venezuela or anyone else in the aftermath. I think those concerns are quite valid.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
And, I suppose it's worth noting that Russia is an internationally sanctioned pariah state for invading Ukraine. We lost a good bit of whatever moral authority we had on that one. And against China.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
This is also the most naked and open regime change we've pulled off in probably a century. At least Iraq had some other cover, thin as it proved to be. But the point that regime change never works out well remains through it all.
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Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
It's been a shitshow forever, just like a lot of their streams. I get a lot of video errors on Hulu also. Disney seems to need to feed their hamsters better or lube the wheels.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
I just want some cigars and to see the donkey show with Johnny Ola.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
I know for sure that I live to piss off China. Especially in a way that may embolden their territorial ambitions.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Yknow what, life was a shitshow in Iraq and Afghanistan, too. We sure fixed them right the fuck up. Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras, too.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Oh, very likely true. But I suspect there are enough foreign influences active in Venezuela to undermine US efforts there in a way that will tempt further intervention.
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
The original indictment apparently dates back to Trump I and the Barr DOJ. Would be interesting to see it, as they tended to be more competent. Nonetheless, this is a fairly standard "El Chapo" type indictment.
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
Hey, at least we can dispense with "exporting democracy" and go straight to the right-wing dictatorship!
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Things not going well in Venezuela
A shit show, that's what's coming. An expensive humanitarian shit show. We'll get some oil and a lot of Chevron and Conoco workers are gonna get dead. And then we're gonna have boots on the ground.
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Well, I had this same question. There are some laws that make a drug conspiracy that ships into the US but is otherwise extraterritorial, a US crime. We knew this. It's how we got El Chapo and los chapitos, etc. 18 USC 924 makes it an enhancement to an offense to possess (or brandish, more of an enhancement, or fire, even more of an enhancement) a firearm during commission of a drug offense. So, as long as the crime is "chargeable" in the US, the gun actitivy doesn't have to take place here, apparently. It's a pretty standard international drug conspiracy charging tactic. So, I had wondered if this was more Trumpian incompetence, but it seems not. Not sure about the conspiracy to possess a machine gun, though. That looks like it has to be done on US soil.
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NIL Recruiting News Megathread
Just kind of of passing interest. Here is what an NIL lawsuit looks like, in the general context. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.1000315/gov.uscourts.cacd.1000315.1.0.pdf Note that the causes of action (grounds), are the federal Trademark Act (Section 43(a) false destination of origin/unfair competition) a California state law claim, and a "common law" non-statutory claim. California being one of a handful of states with specific NIL laws outside of college sports.
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
They probably will, but this seems like a tough one for them to actually have to prosecute. I'm really interested how they prosecute a gun possession crime that occurred outside the United States.
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TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
One post, quite obviously tongue-in-cheek and contexted by the rampant fraud the fraudster in chief is pardoning.
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TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
No one said otherwise, dipshit. This is nothing special. Just another example of fraud. It's only special because bleks, immigrants, and Minnesota. Get mad about this one instead. $15B in Houston. https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_20d61ee7-12d6-4a7b-b9df-3a1444152e52.html Talk about Abbott and Paxton letting fraud run rampant.
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TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
First off, fraud is pretty rampant, everywhere. Every state in the union, including a healthy dose right here in Texas. Feeding our Future was apparently a bit of a special case. Made possible by the privatization of social services and stripping of funding of governmental oversight, as well as the predilections of Somali immigrants in Minnesota. The ONLY reason this is a big story is, number one, darkie immigrants, and number two, Minnesota is librul and its governor challenged the authority of dear leader. Chris Rufo is behind this and he is a known fabulist and propagandist. https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/right-wing-reporting-on-somali-money-going-to-al-shabaab-is-sloppy/
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Much better presidents and administrations (I.e. all of them), have failed at these endeavors before. Also, how you you charge weapons offenses that occur outside the US. I'm sure Bondi's DOJ has this sewed up.
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TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
He's extremely conservative when it comes to law enforcement issues, both immigration and criminal.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
And you would know, after all.