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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
The UK's referendum was also non-binding, in theory.
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Judge Strikes Down $100k Fee for Skilled Foreign Worker Visas(nytimes.com)
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
That was the UK's thinking, too. "We won't have a hard Brexit! Of course they'll negotiate a plan!"
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Read the rest of the post.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Sure, and I didn't shoot you, I just sent a bullet in your direction.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Yes, I'm aware of the current state of things. This is a proposal to change that state to something far stricter in this regard.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
There are significant differences in terrain that make that comparison a bit tougher.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Divorce is harder than a wedding.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Schengen covers border controls (i.e. immigration/visits), not customs ones (the stuff you bring with).
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1972 > The United Kingdom consulted its citizens directly only after joining the European Communities: following the British general election of October 1974, the La
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
As with Brexit, leaving is likely to result in a much stricter regime than the status quo from before the establishment of the system.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Imagine how crazy it is to think "Switzerland out of Schengen" isn't. It's a small, landlocked country, surrounded on all sides by Schengen nations, that until recently delegated air defense to the EU outside of their ai
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
A change of this magnitude probably should've been like an American constitutional amendment; a stricter requirement than 50%+1 vote.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
You know they're just gonna click yes, right? That prompt is just there so they can say "your fault!"
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
This one leads to some very odd lawsuits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/24/corner-cros...
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
There are plenty of deeply skilled, experienced people (in all fields, not just ours) who struggle to explain that knowledge to others. Being a practitioner and being a teacher aren't the same skill.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
> When you look to make a statement, you should always fully understand the cost and how it could play out. These were not children and they are responsible for their actions. Huh. A while back on here ( https://news.ycombinato
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
The reason for the support matters. A lot of them think support for Israel leads to the apocalypse and Jesus’s return. It doesn’t end well for the Jews in that story.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
No one’s putting a public traffic cam in the regime’s secret detention sites.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
> Trump doesn't let Bibi bomb Lebanon Sure he does. They did it today! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0g8jymg92o
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
There's written legislation saying the CIA/NSA/etc. can't spy on Americans. Guess what happens anyways?
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Dirt on anyone proposing that we stop openly providing such assistance?
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Quite recently, he was the chair of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Commission_o... Pretending he's some AI nobody is a bit goofy.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
A more apt comparison than you realize. Most of the carbon we spew into the atmosphere came from the air. Ancient plants took it in via respiration.
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Go on. With what?
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
Brine doesn't necessarily behave the way you imagine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brine_pool
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
> The analogy would be if you "un-enrich" it. But you're doing that with the same water you're trying to make in the first place!
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
> The brine came from the ocean. Sure, and enriched uranium comes from the ground, but that doesn't mean it's safe to dump it back in after the enrichment process! > So just dilute it back to close to ambient salinity using
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by ceejayoz 5mo ago
> Brine is very easy to dispose of: you just pump it back to where it came from. Easy, but not necessarily good for the spot you're pumping concentrated salt back into.

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