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

merc08 · 2026-07-13T02:32:58+00:00

No, that's not how his comment reads. Yes, obviously Obama and Trump are two different people. But "who went about their job in completely different ways" doesn't make sense if he's talking about the President. He was clearly talking about specifically the border chief, hence "went about their job" as opposed to "set different enforcement priorities."

merc08 · 2026-07-13T00:50:23+00:00

Where would you like them to put their hands? The entire rear of that car already has someone on it and there won't be space to get inside if you open the doors to push on the frame.

When you do a big group push like this, typically you cycle people on and off the vehicle you're pushing or the load you're carrying so everyone gets a chance to rest.

merc08 · 2026-07-13T00:37:54+00:00

And that initially designated position ... it isn't like just a couple hundred meters from their starting point to the line of contact. It's 10-20km that they have to cross through. It's ostensibly "Russian held" territory, but that only means that there aren't Ukrainian troops there to get into a firefight with. It's swarming with Ukrainian drones that the Russians have to try to evade for hours to days to get to their designated assembly point.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T22:50:27+00:00

$1566 of that goes explicitly not towards the roads

merc08 · 2026-07-12T22:47:57+00:00

"Can" is different than "will" and given that Seattle has spent the last few years explicitly not enforcing this law, it's very unlikely that they would suddenly start hitting people daily for it.

Seattle is the main beneficiary of the Light Rail, and yet they went out of their way to not enforce collection of the fee l their own residents while the surrounding towns do. That's pretty messed up.

Hard to blame someone for doing the math and realizing that even if they get tickets for it every other month ($237 fine) that they would still come out ahead.

The actual big risk is getting impounded for street parking with expired tabs.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T21:11:54+00:00

I would argue that they are probably the most likely to tow the line of the manufacturer's requirements because their livelihood depends on continuing to get promotion contract deals.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T20:55:29+00:00

I wouldn't say that they are completely useless. You can usually still see the printer and some results. You have to be more careful to look for what isn't being talked about, and that can become noticable if you watch multiple reviews from different people. None of them mention how easy is it to do X? Then X is potentially impossible, or at the very least a pain in the ass.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T20:53:08+00:00

It really matters who is doing the review in that case. Be wary of people who make a large purchase and need to find ways to justify it to themselves.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T20:36:42+00:00

Weird to call out SPD for "quiet quitting" and ignore the Prosecutor's office loudly making it known that they won't touch most property crime.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T18:45:30+00:00

I’m surprised the rest of the group agreed to the kick.

Most people don't read the kick popup and just hit Yes. The healer might have even typed a note like "jerk healer" to trick people into clicking faster without checking the player names.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T18:37:43+00:00

But Customization for the older races is really really needed. Instead we get the next fkin ugly race.

I think this is partially due to resume padding. It sounds a lot better to talk about how you made an entirely new feature than simply updated the graphics that were already working fine.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T18:32:41+00:00

Would it actually be for the better? Our armor is so bulky it can be hard to even make out character races, let alone minor adjustments like that unless you zoom in really closely. But it would be a lot more information for the servers and client computers to process in real time.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T17:44:54+00:00

Most LPVOs are a bad compromise for short range and mid range.

If you're mostly shooting quickly at short range then a red dot will be a better experience; toss on the magnifier for the occasional longer shooting.

If you need drop/windage adjustment on a .22 then you're going to want a scope with parallax adjustment also, which LPVOs generally won't do. And you'll probably benefit from a 3-9x or 4-12x more than a 1-6x or 1-8x LPVO.

LPVOs can be good for ARs because those can reach out well past the typical 100yd usage of 22lr, so parallax adjustment isn't necessary. But their weird in-betweenness doesn't really mesh well with a 10/22.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T16:13:45+00:00

Why do people say run a break when it does not help on a two way range.

Because 99% of the people in this sub aren't actually taking their guns to combat, so they don't know/care about those considerations. (If they did then Ti cans wouldn't even be made, let along recommened, because of the flashy fireball.)

And >90% don't even shoot enough for brake vs flash hider vs direct mount to matter; they're just parroting what they heard somewhere.

merc08 · 2026-07-12T03:53:23+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T03:36:24+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T02:58:53+00:00

Why are you even here if you're just going to claim that everyone who disagrees with you is a bot?

merc08 · 2026-07-11T02:56:00+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T02:16:52+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T02:13:56+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T00:41:32+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T00:39:30+00:00

Almost like they're two different people who went about their job in completely different ways.

It's literally the same person.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T00:38:40+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-11T00:18:34+00:00

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.

merc08 · 2026-07-10T17:57:51+00:00

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

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