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jschubart t1_j2ctgia wrote
Reply to comment by carlosos in Chevron sending two oil tankers to Venezuela under U.S. approval by Octavus
They have had fraudulent elections for the past two decades. Let's not be naive and think fraudulent elections are something we care much about, especially not Trump.
Also, Guaido made himself president. There was no election for the presidency. Guaido was elected president of parliament by the national assembly and then declared Maduro's election illegitimate and assumed the position of acting president. Not exactly democracy there either and was little more than a coup. The dude offered amnesty to all military personnel that helped him unseat Maduro. We immediately recognized Guaido as president despite that being far from clear. We very likely were helping fund some of his efforts.
It is basically a stalemate and there is essentially a truce for the last couple years.
No, the real reason we have bad relations with them is because they have been hostile to oil companies and have cozied up to governments hostile to ours.
The Venezuelan government is garbage and has been since Chávez. But let's not kid ourselves and try to portray our sanctions are coherent considering some of our relations with other shit regimes.
jschubart t1_j2cro24 wrote
Reply to comment by atomic1fire in Chevron sending two oil tankers to Venezuela under U.S. approval by Octavus
So like damn near every oil country...
jschubart t1_j1rc58s wrote
Reply to comment by Publius82 in Conservatives in Western Canada Pass Law Rejecting Federal Sovereignty by Halvinz
Closer to Texas. Lots of oil money.
jschubart t1_j16k66l wrote
Reply to comment by Ringlovo in Court ruling: High earners can't prevent media accessing their tax data. by FINCoffeeDaddy
I doubt many would be scrutinizing my standard deduction...
That scrutiny did not seem to be an issue at all in other countries. Why the fuck would it be an issue here?
jschubart t1_j15op67 wrote
Reply to comment by Ringlovo in Court ruling: High earners can't prevent media accessing their tax data. by FINCoffeeDaddy
The government...which is a public institution. How you spend your money can be private but it is a little ridiculous to say that what you give to the government should remain private.
jschubart t1_j15og3k wrote
Reply to comment by Ringlovo in Court ruling: High earners can't prevent media accessing their tax data. by FINCoffeeDaddy
Why the fuck not?
jschubart t1_j15ocwk wrote
Reply to comment by lowertownn in Court ruling: High earners can't prevent media accessing their tax data. by FINCoffeeDaddy
Many countries have their tax data available to the public.
jschubart t1_j0n6krh wrote
Reply to comment by dogsent in Erdogan says courts will fix any mistakes after Istanbul mayor's sentencing by No_Arachnid6406
>The Turkish lira is in a devaluation slide due to inflation being 85.51% or higher. Independent analyst ENAG estimated that the annual CPI inflation was in fact 176.0%.
Clearly the central bank set the interest rates too high. /s
jschubart t1_j0hv695 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Power cuts in seven states as deadly winter storm and tornadoes hit US by GroundbreakingGur930
What are you taking about? They absolutely can and do enforce that in many places.
jschubart t1_iz9hqbk wrote
Reply to comment by macross1984 in Amid federal probe, slaughterhouse cleaner agrees not to hire child labor by raider1v11
>PSSI does not have to pay fines as part of the settlement, but the Labor Department retains its right to complete its investigation, which could result in civil penalties.
This will not be costing them shit.
jschubart t1_iz9ho5w wrote
Reply to comment by ConstantGeographer in Amid federal probe, slaughterhouse cleaner agrees not to hire child labor by raider1v11
>PSSI does not have to pay fines as part of the settlement, but the Labor Department retains its right to complete its investigation, which could result in civil penalties.
No fines at all.
jschubart t1_iymkk73 wrote
Reply to comment by No_Mathematician764 in Pharmacy owner in deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak gets 1 year in prison by 404user
3.65 days for each person they killed through negligence.
jschubart t1_iyd8w0x wrote
Reply to comment by charlotte-ent in Twitter tells High Court it has restored Dublin-based senior executive to her position by ThatGuy98_
Elon quintouple dips. Why shouldn't his employees?
jschubart t1_iycohwo wrote
Reply to comment by lilaprilshowers in Thai monks fail drug tests leaving temple empty by vetrivel033
From another reply, the cousin is dead.
jschubart t1_iybroc9 wrote
Reply to comment by Rikey_Doodle in Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S. by ThisIsNotCorn
The commenter implied that how many countries they went through first should have a bearing on whether they should be granted asylum. Many people are under the impression that if an asylum seeker travels through another safe country first, their asylum will be rejected. Looking at their comment history, they appear to be from the EU where that is the case but it is not in the US. My comment was to correct that thought. You are correct that they are going through the standard process which is no different than other asylum seekers.
jschubart t1_iyalehj wrote
Reply to comment by Affectionate_Roof361 in Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S. by ThisIsNotCorn
How many countries they went through has zero bearing on their eligibility to enter. Same as anyone else trying to enter the US.
jschubart t1_iy7cbq6 wrote
Great guy. Here he is helping out Ukrainian refugees back in March:
jschubart t1_iy7aqvq wrote
Reply to comment by DistortoiseLP in Twitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers | CNN Business by irkli
The Arab Spring did not turn out so great. A couple failed states and a few that went to democracy only to end with authoritarian rule.
jschubart t1_ixfg3k0 wrote
Reply to Republicans ask Georgia high court to halt Saturday voting in US Senate runoff | CNN Politics by irkli
Runoff elections are not included in the portion of the law they are arguing over. It specifically mentions primaries and general elections. This lawsuit is not going anywhere.
jschubart t1_iww1p4u wrote
Reply to comment by VaIeth in As measles outbreak sickens dozens of children in Ohio, local health officials seek help from CDC | CNN by Surly_Cynic
No. People fought against the small pox vaccine too.
jschubart t1_iwlbz1k wrote
Reply to WSJ News Exclusive | Yale Law School Abandons U.S. News Rankings, Citing Flawed Methodology by fransisco_flores
Their methodology is whoever pays them more gets higher ranked.
jschubart t1_iw8vrj3 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Trump sues Jan. 6 committee over subpoena compelling him to testify and provide documents by Puzzleheaded-Debt716
He sucked up the life force of the millions of people he helped kill.
jschubart t1_iuwlrzv wrote
Reply to DeSantis used taxpayer money to fly migrants to Florida, then fly them out by earl-j-waggedorn
Taxpayer money that was not supposed to be used for legal migrants or for Venezuelan migrants. DeSantis went out of his way to break the law and waste taxpayer money.
jschubart t1_iutwmii wrote
Reply to comment by zerobeat in Europe’s climate warming at twice rate of global average, says report by hugglenugget
Can't move to the Mississippi River since that is drying up. Time to repopulate Detroit.
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Reply to comment by Orlando1701 in Parents Seek Answers After Gun Found in Waxahachie, TX School Bathroom by cdbaca
>where an adminstrator’s gun was reportedly left in a bathroom and found by a student.
Looks like this falls into that 90%. Time to rescind this 'responsible' gun owners right to concealed carry.
But who am I kidding? This is Texas. They will just say more gun education is needed (without forcing any) and then suggest more guns in schools to fix everything.