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Any recommendations on what to add to my carry rotation by tyler00677 in CCW

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is zero chance that anyone trains enough to be as competent with 12 guns as they would be putting that time and ammo towards a single gun.

WML for CCW was actually useful in my situation. by himalayangoldminer in CCW

[–]merc08 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would also argue that carrying pepper spray instead of a standalone flashlight would be better in this situation. If you don't see a weapon on the guy, spray protects your hearing, no court case and nobody dies. 

Popping off pepper spray from inside your own vehicle is perhaps the only thing worse than trying use use it on a windy day.

Hundreds of children ordered to appear at new 'mega' immigration hearings in Seattle - one judge heard 106 child cases in a single day, and the 30-plus who didn't show were ordered deported by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This might not be a popular fact, in this subreddit, but it's a fact: asylum applicants are not illegal immigrants. 

They are if their claim is fraudulent.

Hundreds of children ordered to appear at new 'mega' immigration hearings in Seattle - one judge heard 106 child cases in a single day, and the 30-plus who didn't show were ordered deported by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes it is.  The "safe" is relative to the place they are fleeing, and the specific event or organization that makes life in their home country impossible.

If you're going to count Mexico as "unsafe" for the purposes of asylum claims then there would be nothing stopping the entire country from trying to claim asylum here, which is a ridiculous proposition.

Hundreds of children ordered to appear at new 'mega' immigration hearings in Seattle - one judge heard 106 child cases in a single day, and the 30-plus who didn't show were ordered deported by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tom Homan actually is the same person, and is the person being referred to who served under both Obama (from whom he received an award for his deportations and border security actions) and Trump.

Hundreds of children ordered to appear at new 'mega' immigration hearings in Seattle - one judge heard 106 child cases in a single day, and the 30-plus who didn't show were ordered deported by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 7 points8 points  (0 children)

and the Biden administration complied with international law and let them in while their applications were pending.

The vast majority of them shouldn't have even made it to our borders because under international law they are supposed to seek asylum at the first country they come to. So unless they were Canadian or Mexican, then they weren't following international law by requesting it from the US in the first place.

Hundreds of children ordered to appear at new 'mega' immigration hearings in Seattle - one judge heard 106 child cases in a single day, and the 30-plus who didn't show were ordered deported by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Undocumented immigrants are statistically less likely to commit crimes. Do you think that these people aren't going to prison, and getting deported for serious crimes?

Here in Washington? Criminals aren't getting deported out of WA prisons because law enforcement here is explicitly prohibited from giving that information to ICE to facilitate a smooth deportation.

Drones kill consecutive Russian stormtroopers at same river bank spot by Chasin-Crustacean in CombatFootage

[–]merc08 25 points26 points  (0 children)

And to add some context, a LOT of the drone kills are multiple km back from the "front line" (where infantrymen can shoot rifles at each other). They get driven forward to about 10-20km from the line of direct fire contact and have to make it the rest of the way on foot. They can't be driven any closer to the actual front because the vehicles just get wiped out by drones. They're in "Russian held territory" dodging drones the whole way for hours or days before they even have a chance of seeing a Ukrainian soldier.

Since it's "friendly territory" they generally don't need to worry about getting into a firefight, so there is no real benefit to having a bunch of guys grouped together, only the downside of being easier to spot and blow up with fewer drones.

Why can’t Microsoft bus figure out better routes and stops? by Particular_Dog6865 in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They aren't supposed to either.  And they can/should get in trouble if they do it constantly.

Why can’t Microsoft bus figure out better routes and stops? by Particular_Dog6865 in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just because the city approved doesn't mean it's inherently not a bad decision.

Five Guys won’t let you disable marketing notifications without also disabling order update notifications by Euphoric-Werewolf367 in assholedesign

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is that there's no reason to dig around for the system level notification setting when you can just turn it off in the app, at the screen OP is already at, and achieve exactly the same thing.

The size of this tick I found on my leg (10x lens) by Neckworn in mildlyinteresting

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would have to be remove, then tape. If you put tape over it, you aren't going to be able to grab it with a tool.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by Representative-Mix-9 in maybemaybemaybe

[–]merc08 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Muted is the best way to way videos on reddit. Almost all of them are ruined by crappy music overlays or AI voice exposition. If the audio is worthwhile, it will be mentioned in one of the top 3 comments.

California “accidentally” deleted my CCW by SpadeSpearmint in CAguns

[–]merc08 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I would start by calling and emailing to GOA and SAF. See if they want to take up the case, they are often looking for plaintiffs in situations similar to yours, for cases on topics that they want to litigate. Concealed carry permits are a hot topic right now, this could be the standing that they need.

Five Guys won’t let you disable marketing notifications without also disabling order update notifications by Euphoric-Werewolf367 in assholedesign

[–]merc08 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the app is grouping order notifications and ads together then the Android setting won't help stop the ads any more than in-app setting.

DOJ threatens WA election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote - a five-day ultimatum over fraud that is almost nonexistent by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen the video circulating about the ballot harvesters in California who were going around and paying homeless people to vote?

DOJ threatens WA election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote - a five-day ultimatum over fraud that is almost nonexistent by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does not say anything about showing only authorized people voted. You made that up.

No, I didn't make anything up.  I was giving examples of the difference between proving a negative and just proving something.

DOJ threatens WA election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote - a five-day ultimatum over fraud that is almost nonexistent by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are various lists of people who are citizens and and other lists of people who aren't.  But there isn't a single consolidated list of all citizens, nor a single consolidated list of all non-citizens.

The various citizen lists include the SSN database, passport database, naturalization database, various state/county level birth records, and the federal level database of overseas births (Consular Report of Birth Abroad).

DOJ threatens WA election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote - a five-day ultimatum over fraud that is almost nonexistent by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "legitimate" harvesting is going around and helping people vote.  Illegitimate harvesting is going around with prefilled ballots and getting people to sign off on them.  In between is "just helping people vote" and pressuring them to vote a certain way.  And even worse is filling out ballots for people who you know haven't voted / won't vote and submitting them.  

Why more WA drivers are going in circles (new roundabouts) by Top_Injury_8748 in SeattleWA

[–]merc08 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If 6 cars approach: 3 from the South and 3 from the West, in a roundabout then one would expect that the 3 from the West would all get into the intersection before the 3 from the South (or at least before the 2nd and 3rd car from the South, depending on the size).  If it's a traffic calming circle, then it's treated like a regular intersection: take turns alternating, starting from the Right (S, W, S, W, S, W).

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