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[–] [email protected] 28 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

As opposed to the discs movies are sold on.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

Apparently "recordable media" here means the kind you can record on at home, e.g. CD-R, DVD-R.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think he'd at least need to be clear on which part is a lie; did the killings not actually happen or are they not his fault?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

With any tech that allows the same quality with less data, there will always be someone pushing to cut quality to save even more data.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Why are "addictive feeds" OK for adults?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Scrutiny!? Whatever will she do? (Tell Fox News she's being persecuted, probably)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

"There are so many other loopholes, we should focus on the ones poor people use"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nick Fury was Black in the (first) Ultimate universe

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't forget that the $25k wouldn't all be gains in the first place. If the investment had increased in value by 25%, it would be 20k base and only 5k gains; if it had increased by 100% it would be an even split. We're talking about taxing a part of a part of the sale value.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Here's the article; the link in the OP points to a discussion thread.

The chair ought to be questioning whether the company should continue to employ someone who needs that much "motivation", not urging shareholders to give it to him.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

The standard fine for violating the STOCK Act is $200, but frequently the House Committee on Ethics and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics waive the fee.

Craig Holman, a Capitol Hill lobbyist on ethics and campaign finance rules for nonprofit Public Citizen, said the fee is one of two reasons why the STOCK Act is frequently violated.

“The penalty is so minimal that these millionaire members of Congress really don't care about it," Holman told Raw Story. “The second provision is the ethics committees are not really enforcing it or taking it seriously.”

So basically this "law" is just a suggestion.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago

Meanwhile, his classified documents case being handled by a judge he appointed to the court is somehow not a conflict.

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