McLellan himself doesn’t handle the deposits—that’s his niece’s responsibility—and a bank teller had previously advised her to make deposits of less than that amount. If cash deposits totaled more than $10,000, the bank had to file additional paperwork, the teller said.
I saw this happened to another business and they'd been depositing less than $10k at a time because their insurance only covered up to that if they were robbed.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
Convenient how they only catch it after he did it a couple dozen times.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
They're giving him the money back and dropped the lawsuit.
But...
Though the government will return all of the money it seized from McLellan, it dismissed the case without covering the store owner’s legal fees and expenses, as well as interest on the money.
In 2000, Congress passed a law that entitles McLellan to those fees and expenses, which total more than $20,000.
Additionally, government policies require the $107,702 seized is kept in an interest-bearing account. Though McLellan will receive the money, the government wants to keep the interest earned.
I mean, that surpasses James Bond villain level evilness. Dr. Evil would approve.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Members feel "that on the salary that they make, they're going to be unable to send their children to college," he added.
Yeah, I can understand that pain. It must be unbearable.
Members of Congress are paid $174,000 annually, and haven't enjoyed a pay raise since 2009.
In contrast, an American household's median net worth was estimated at $56,355 in a 2014 study.
Hastings himself is the second-poorest member of Congress, per CRP, with an estimated net worth of negative $2.23 million. But the personal story he used to illustrate his pitch is unlikely to win many Americans over. He described his experience renting a $2,100 apartment in a modern condo building in Northeast D.C. that eventually became too expensive for him.
This is why I don't vote. Because it doesn't matter who I support, some cunt twat like this wins every seat.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The FBI has been leading the charge against what Comey calls the “going dark” problem.
As companies like Apple and Google encrypt their devices and products so that not even they can access the data, law enforcement officials claim they are being thwarted from obtaining data during investigations, even when armed with a warrant.
Choke on a cock, you cum guzzling loser. Oh, wait, he's also a world class computer scientist and mathematician.
Security experts unanimously argue that any guaranteed access to encryption will create a vulnerability likely to be exploited by nefarious actors.
Comey brushed aside the concern.
“Technical people say it’s too hard,” he said. “My reaction to that is, really? Really too hard? Too hard for the people we have in his country to figure something out? I’m not that pessimistic.”
It doesn't matter how blindingly stupid and unwavering your misplaced nationalism is, it doesn't change concrete computational laws. If you can't wrap your brain around that fact, you're too mentally incompetent to be employed by any security organization.
Go fuck off find other ways to get your info without fatally crippling digital privacy. Or is that too hard? Do you suck so much ass at your job that we will be effectively forced to leave a back door unlocked for you at all times?
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yeah, that's like insisting that every bank vault should have additional access through a simple screen door, but it's okay because you'll put a sign on it that says "FBI only" so no one will walk in and take everything.
Far too stupid to be worth his paycheck.
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"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Federal resources totaling $1.4 billion support education and outreach programs that are intended to discourage the use of controlled substances, while encouraging community outreach efforts focused on getting those who have begun to use illicit drugs to cease their use. This represents a 5 percent increase ($69.6 million) over the FY 2012 level
Department of Homeland Security, total 2014 budget: ~$60 BILLION dollars. So, in short, fuck the military and their families. We have shoes to check at the airport and stoners to jail.
The VA has said it needs another $830 million to finish the project as designed and wanted to siphon the money from a fund Congress set up to resolve another scandal, long wait times for veterans to get health care.
Republicans and Democrats have balked, saying the VA needs to come up with a different funding plan and fire those responsible for the massive overruns.
Funny how they don't level those accusations at the DHS or DEA. Just to reiterate, Congress cares less about disabled vets than they do about making sure you don't take toothpaste onto an airplane.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TPRJones wrote:Yeah, that's like insisting that every bank vault should have additional access through a simple screen door, but it's okay because you'll put a sign on it that says "FBI only" so no one will walk in and take everything.
Far too stupid to be worth his paycheck.
Gee, I wonder why the FBI wants encryption toned down.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The Obama administration has decided not to ask a secret court for a 90-day extension of Section 215 in the Patriot Act...
Transparency.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
They always have the loophole to allow the U.K. to spy on America's shit, and vice versa, and then share the data. We'll never be truly secure in our privacy in this country again.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Once or twice a year I will be exposed to some conversation here or there full of people who are lying, or were just too young to remember, the run-up to the second Gulf War. When the "bush lied" tropes are thrown out, I copy and paste this post:
With all the quotes from every democrat in DC. It usually shuts people up, and I like planting those, "Could I be mistaken about all of this?" seeds in peoples' brains.
I like to think my post may have gotten to Woodward.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
"We have 30,000 troops or more in South Korea still, 65 years or so after the war," Woodward said. "When you’re a superpower, you have to buy these insurance policies, and he didn’t in this case. I don’t think you can say everything is because of that decision — but clearly a factor."
Fuck that noise. We're not leaving a few tens of thousands of troops for the next couple centuries in every fucking place we go to.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
All you had to do was get the names of the uninsured and shop them to insurance companies and buy the lowest plan quoted.
That's it. End of fucking story.
Instead you incompetent boobs created a massive, convoluted, steaming pile of shit called The Affordable Care Act that actually punishes people with jobs and/or their own insurance.
Fuck you.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Leisher wrote:Instead you incompetent boobs created a massive, convoluted, steaming pile of shit called The Affordable Care Act that actually punishes people with jobs and/or their own insurance.
Fuck you.
That is exactly what was intended. The people able to afford their own insurance are now required to help someone else pay for their insurance, as well. When people opposed to Obamacare pointed this out, that there was no way in hell this was going to make insurance more affordable, they were called racists.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Obama: trust us, we swear we'll get warrants this time.
Under that plan, phone companies would store their customers' metadata and the NSA would need to obtain a specific, targeted warrant to get a customer's data.
Fucking liar.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
