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Every national park, every area of conservational interest, and a vast amount of DNR/USGS/USFW/BLM offices have teams whose sole purpose is the mass genocide of feral and outdoor cats. Shooting cats, poisoning cats, trapping cats, gassing cats. Just a lot of dead cats. It's kept very hush hush because it upsets the normies and cat people are particularly crazy, but they're so destructive it has to be done to even slightly control the population and keep them from collapsing the ecosystem.

If you're ever in a park and see some dreary looking sheds tucked away behind the main office or visitor center and notice one has some vents or pipes out the roof that's the building with the gas chamber and incenerary for all the dead fucking cats.
 
The only good cat is a hat.
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All of the major tech infrastructure in the US is subcontracts all the way down, and almost all of it ends up in India. All the big tech companies, banks, etc. all outsource their infrastructure maintenance either by paying consultants on work visas or contracting it to another company that itself has a long daisy chain of subcontracting. The contracts, especially ones for finance and government, may expressly forbid this. Everyone knows this is happening, and nobody enforces any of the no-subcontracting clauses. Big organizations protect themselves with liability clauses that flow down the supply chain that hold vendors responsible for problems. Those vendors in turn hold their suppliers responsible, and so on.

A lot of these contracting IT service companies have American-sounding names and have stock art of smiling white people on their website. They'll have offices in Virginia or New Jersey or Delaware that look real nice in photos. Don't be fooled. The same people that run them are also running the code sweatshops in India where the actual work takes place, and they skim off most of the money as profit. The workflow is routed through chains of shell companies in order to obfuscate what's actually happening. When there is a breach, the person responsible can simply close that shell company and move business operations over to another one. It's common for one person to own multiple companies.

The only possible way to avoid this is to do everything in-house. Companies don't want to do this because paying Americans who know their shit is expensive. Doing the work in-house also exposes a company to liability when something goes wrong. Big tech companies actively lobby against greater oversight or immigration restrictions so they can have their cake and eat it, too. All of that talk about how there's no qualified Americans is a big crock of shit. Facebook, Google, et. al. hate Trump so much because he's tightened the restrictions on work visas.

No IT services or consulting company is immune to this. They may have these processes documented on paper as company policy. Enforcement of them is largely up to the team that you end up working with. A lot of recruiters at these big companies will just fudge paperwork. There's supposed to be security and process audits; everyone lies on them. There is no password hygiene and no security oversight of any kind.

There's a ton of problems in the entire industry related to shitty Indian subcontracting, but you can't talk about it anywhere because you get unpersoned as a racist. The censorship of critical discussion about it has let these illegal, unethical processes continue without any kind of check or oversight. Most people simply aren't aware. Everyone wonders why computers are so shitty. This is a huge contributing factor.

I actually feel really bad for the people who want to come here, work hard, and just want a better life for their families because the extreme corruption in the industry hurts them as well. Indians who have the "wrong name" from a different ethnic group or caste won't get hired even if their skills are solid. Almost all the Indian tech workers in the US are from just a couple of ethnic groups and castes due to discrimination. The amount of nepotism is staggering.

tl;dr everything you do everywhere is visible to some pajeet. Turn off your computer, throw your cell phone into the sea, and go outside.
 
Spunt said:
Also, "Penalty Fares" on trains are completely unenforceable. If you refuse to pay and say you would prefer to go to court, they will drop the case because they will lose. A penalty fare has NEVER gone to court. Ever. It's just bluster and hot air and they will try to intimidate you into paying. The press has a complete blackout on this fact.
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Is that just on railways or does that include underground/metro lines? Because I got stopped for not having a ticket on the metro in Newcastle about 10yrs ago and I'm sure I ended up having to pay a court fine. But I'm guessing that might be different regulations or something?
 
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lightswitchdoll said:
Is that just on railways or does that include underground/metro lines? Because I got stopped for not having a ticket on the metro in Newcastle about 10yrs ago and I'm sure I ended up having to pay a court fine. But I'm guessing that might be different regulations or something?
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As far as my knowledge goes it only applies to the National rail network, I don't know for sure about anywhere else. But did you actually physically get found guilty in an actual courtroom, or did you just cough up money in response to a threatening letter with court mentioned on it? It could be that your fare was converted to a civil debt rather than a criminal "penalty fare" (which are not really legally a thing, fare-dodging is not a criminal offence, at least not on National Rail) and you ended up with a county court or small claims judgment against you, just as if you hadn't paid your gas bill or whatever, it's not the criminal prosecution the warning signs talk about. But all you would owe in that case would be the fare, interest on the debt, and court fees. Your credit rating would be hit, but you wouldn't have a criminal record.
 
Spunt said:
As far as my knowledge goes it only applies to the National rail network, I don't know for sure about anywhere else. But did you actually physically get found guilty in an actual courtroom, or did you just cough up money in response to a threatening letter with court mentioned on it? It could be that your fare was converted to a civil debt rather than a criminal "penalty fare" (which are not really legally a thing, fare-dodging is not a criminal offence, at least not on National Rail) and you ended up with a county court or small claims judgment against you, just as if you hadn't paid your gas bill or whatever, it's not the criminal prosecution the warning signs talk about. But all you would owe in that case would be the fare, interest on the debt, and court fees. Your credit rating would be hit, but you wouldn't have a criminal record.
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Ahhh, I see. I honestly can't remember the details because it was so long ago - all I really remember is that I had a payment card with HM Courts written on it that I had to use to pay the fine which I thought was quite funny. But I was never arrested or anything like that, I just paid the fine and forgot about it.

I just remembered that back then I think they used to name and shame the people who got caught without a ticket by listing their name and partial address on big posters at the metro stations. So I got fined AND doxed. Fuckers.

I'll stop derailing now but thank you.

edit: it was one of these cards
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Spunt said:
As far as my knowledge goes it only applies to the National rail network, I don't know for sure about anywhere else. But did you actually physically get found guilty in an actual courtroom, or did you just cough up money in response to a threatening letter with court mentioned on it? It could be that your fare was converted to a civil debt rather than a criminal "penalty fare" (which are not really legally a thing, fare-dodging is not a criminal offence, at least not on National Rail) and you ended up with a county court or small claims judgment against you, just as if you hadn't paid your gas bill or whatever, it's not the criminal prosecution the warning signs talk about. But all you would owe in that case would be the fare, interest on the debt, and court fees. Your credit rating would be hit, but you wouldn't have a criminal record.
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There are similar things in the States. For instance, there are light rail systems where they operate on an "honor system" where you buy a ticket and then, before boarding, get it canceled by some machine which stamps it with whatever they need to know it's valid for that ride, but nobody checks it.

Sometimes, rarely, they send someone through to check tickets. They do this rarely enough a lot of people won't have a stamped ticket (or any ticket at all) because people often cheese this. Then they fine everyone. And the law abiding types who only cheat a little pay that, while most of the rest just ignore it and nothing happens.
 
The silly: The California Achievement Test is not meant to show if you are being taught right in public schools, but to know who will be a potential threat to the elite later down in line. Watch out for anybody at an early age who suddenly gets 12.0+ on skills when they are still in grammar school. If they have the personality that would lead them to be a leader, yeah that person will be quietly isolated and stomped out into nothingness.

Some hospitals are corrupt. I know for a fact one where a relative of mine worked, (this relative was horrendously evil,) had incidents where a person would come into the emergency room and they refused to treat that person. They died waiting for help. My relative openly admitted they walked right by the person and DID NOTHING, and was terrified the hospital would get nailed for it, and they as well. They covered for each other. The story made it onto the news, but ya know how stories like that go. No one wants to investigate past a certain point, ya know? I wish I was kidding.
 
As a former military jet pilot, the step child of another former military pilot and in a family with literally more than a dozen military pilots produced over the last 3 generations I think I know how to 100% game the selection system

Play sports in high school/college. You don't have to be good, you don't have to be on the first string and t doesn't even need to be a team sport. My oldest 2 nephews were trying to go Air Force and Navy respectively and asked me why they weren't getting many serious discussions about it from their officer recruiters. That was the answer. You NEED to be demonstrably physically active to make anyone care and it's been that way for awhile. I know a ton of guys who were 3.0 students with joke degrees like communications, poli-sci and education that managed to get themselves in to flight slots and dudes who had 4.0 aero-sci and engineering degrees that got ignored. The main reason is the guys who could run a few miles without huffing and could work in a physical team always got top seeding

My nephew who wanted to fly Navy started running track and got on the school's BOWLING team and now he's got himself an appointment to a Naval Academy Jr college after his GPA went from a 3.9 to a 3.3.

My AF nephew started wrestling at a low weight class, got 2nd in a state 3A tourney and now he's got a fullride ROTC scholarship to a really good school and his GPA was 3.5ish.

Their friend who had a 4.0 and an Eagle Scout award is currently struggling to get selected for the Army's rotorwing training and he had his associates before he was 18. But since he never played sports, he's having an incredibly hard time getting noticed or "proving himself as a leader".

Shit, I came in to the Marines with over 500 hours of flight time and a chunk of that being as an instructor my senior year of college with a 3.8 GPA from the top school in it's field and they didn't give a fuck about that in any of my interviews, they just wanted to ask about my time running cross country in high school, playing baseball and attempting to learn rugby while drunk through 2 years of college. The colonel I did my final interview with before getting guaranteed a fixed wing turbine slot just bullshitted with me for 2 hours about how to hit an inside slider in to the gap and how awful doing sprints after a loss was.

The military can teach you anything except for social skills, and they know being a "Chad" to use the current parlance can only be learned by sweating with your peers, pushing yourself and partying afterward.
 
TiggerNits said:
As a former military jet pilot, the step child of another former military pilot and in a family with literally more than a dozen military pilots produced over the last 3 generations I think I know how to 100% game the selection system

Play sports in high school/college. You don't have to be good, you don't have to be on the first string and t doesn't even need to be a team sport. My oldest 2 nephews were trying to go Air Force and Navy respectively and asked me why they weren't getting many serious discussions about it from their officer recruiters. That was the answer. You NEED to be demonstrably physically active to make anyone care and it's been that way for awhile. I know a ton of guys who were 3.0 students with joke degrees like communications, poli-sci and education that managed to get themselves in to flight slots and dudes who had 4.0 aero-sci and engineering degrees that got ignored. The main reason is the guys who could run a few miles without huffing and could work in a physical team always got top seeding

My nephew who wanted to fly Navy started running track and got on the school's BOWLING team and now he's got himself an appointment to a Naval Academy Jr college after his GPA went from a 3.9 to a 3.3.

My AF nephew started wrestling at a low weight class, got 2nd in a state 3A tourney and now he's got a fullride ROTC scholarship to a really good school and his GPA was 3.5ish.

Their friend who had a 4.0 and an Eagle Scout award is currently struggling to get selected for the Army's rotorwing training and he had his associates before he was 18. But since he never played sports, he's having an incredibly hard time getting noticed or "proving himself as a leader".

Shit, I came in to the Marines with over 500 hours of flight time and a chunk of that being as an instructor my senior year of college with a 3.8 GPA from the top school in it's field and they didn't give a fuck about that in any of my interviews, they just wanted to ask about my time running cross country in high school, playing baseball and attempting to learn rugby while drunk through 2 years of college. The colonel I did my final interview with before getting guaranteed a fixed wing turbine slot just bullshitted with me for 2 hours about how to hit an inside slider in to the gap and how awful doing sprints after a loss was.

The military can teach you anything except for social skills, and they know being a "Chad" to use the current parlance can only be learned by sweating with your peers, pushing yourself and partying afterward.
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Rugby is such a valuable sport to play. Aside from keeping you fit, learning to drink without pissing people off and the camaraderie, rugby players lift each other up. If you have rugby on your resume you will find yourself in interviews that focus solely on the game. When you are a rugger you can show up at the local rugby club of a new town and they will help you find a job, an apartment or whatever you need. You don't have to be good. You just have to show up every Saturday and leave it all on the pitch.

My kid hasn't played for 2 seasons because he switched to motor sports. We are about to make a big move. I told him he has to go back and play again because I am too old to go back. We need the social resources that come with club rugby. He agreed. He understands. I might start a kids program. This will give us an immediate community and a safe place to party.
 
Wraith said:
The silly: The California Achievement Test is not meant to show if you are being taught right in public schools, but to know who will be a potential threat to the elite later down in line. Watch out for anybody at an early age who suddenly gets 12.0+ on skills when they are still in grammar school. If they have the personality that would lead them to be a leader, yeah that person will be quietly isolated and stomped out into nothingness.

Some hospitals are corrupt. I know for a fact one where a relative of mine worked, (this relative was horrendously evil,) had incidents where a person would come into the emergency room and they refused to treat that person. They died waiting for help. My relative openly admitted they walked right by the person and DID NOTHING, and was terrified the hospital would get nailed for it, and they as well. They covered for each other. The story made it onto the news, but ya know how stories like that go. No one wants to investigate past a certain point, ya know? I wish I was kidding.
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Why do you think the CAT is a social engineering tool?

And tell us more about these incidents. What sorts of people were they refusing treatment to, and approximately where was this?
 
I never asked if they try to remove the worms and their eggs before making the fish oil, but I doubt it, it would be too tedious.
These are gills though, didn't find a gnarly enough image of a cod liver.
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Any kind of processed fish product will be tainted in some way, they try to cut out things like the tumors before processing but no one is perfect. And if they say or claim otherwise it is bullshit, the brazen lies of the people in the fishing industry would make a chinaman blush.

If you're buying wild salmon and the tail is noticeably frayed, it's farmed, don't believe anything else.

If you're buying wild cod and the head is cut off straight, sort of like this, it's farmed.
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The head of wild cod is cut at an angle to maximize the weight of each fish. In general, I can't say that's true everywhere but fishermen tend to be salty penny pinchers.

Whatever you pay for fish, like fresh salmon, the fisherman was paid at best 1/20th of the final sales price in a store but sometimes only 1/100th of it. Especially if it is trash fish, the kind of fish with no fishing quota. That's where salmon, cod, halibut and other things ends up if the fishermen would exceed their quota by having it logged as what they actually are. 3 cents a pound is better than no cents per pound and if you have 10,000lbs stinking up the boat...
Strange how the fishing quotas doesn't seem to work as well as they should.

Norway putting a quota on Stalin's murder-crabs is beyond me, they are a migrating menace fucking up the ocean floor and needs to be dealt with. I'm willing to do my part and eat as many of those crabs as I can.
 
Spunt said:
You didn't go to the rugby club at my uni, clearly.
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Club Rugby is way better than Uni. In my opinion, to reap the full social benefits of the game you must play club. All University students are idiots. At the club level an effort is made to earn acceptance from the community through good works and charity so on the rare occasions that you fuck up the natural order of things the normies will be more forgiving. My club sponsors a tonne of shit like free skates, sports scholarships (so poor kids can play leagues too), beautification of common land. You know, like a service club.

When we would hit the bars for a pub crawl, a pack of 60 men and woman, fit, wearing kilts, attractive and flush, no one batted an eye. They watched with amusement as we played our silly games and sang our dirty songs. The minute someone complained we shut them up with free drinks. Essentially it is learning to balance life/sport/party and moderate your behaviour to still be socially acceptable.
 
Every large bridge you drive over is created via an insane balancing act of forces that, if by chance were tampered with even in a seemingly innocuous way, could totally fuck the bridge. Prime example being a bridge an acquaintance worked on got completely fucked 4 years down the line because one of the construction workers put a hole (With a diameter of less than 2 inches) in a wrong spot, sealed it up, then drilled the proper area. Whole bridge had to be shut down for a month when it was discovered that the area was buckling.
 
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Mazinkaiser said:
Every large bridge you drive over is created via an insane balancing act of forces that, if by chance were tampered with even in a seemingly innocuous way, could totally fuck the bridge. Prime example being a bridge an acquaintance worked on got completely fucked 4 years down the line because one of the construction workers put a hole (With a diameter of less than 2 inches) in a wrong spot, sealed it up, then drilled the proper area. Whole bridge had to be shut down for a month when it was discovered that an area was buckling.
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This makes how fucking hard they tried to destroy the Thanh Hoa bridge during the war that much crazier, tbh. Like, why bomb it, just hire a drunk farmer to take a drill and fuck around under some struts
 
Whatsup bud? said:
I work in public schools and can say that kids are getting stupider in reading comprehension, research, and note taking.
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Believe it 100 percent. I loved our one old school English teacher because she actually drilled us on vocab and forced us to do some writing in cursive.
It made a huge difference in being able to write quicker and easier
 
Cynically Insane said:
Rugby is such a valuable sport to play. Aside from keeping you fit, learning to drink without pissing people off and the camaraderie, rugby players lift each other up.
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When I was in college, I happened to have a class that the entire rugby team was also taking, and at one point or another in the semester, every single player showed up with a cast or sling. Crazy! I talked to them about this, and they treated these injuries as a feature of rugby, not a bug.
 
Ellesse_warrior said:
Data breaches happen more often than you think. We only ever hear of the big ones where there's fines or sanctions. Most organisations couldn't tell you what they do with your information, where it's stored, if it was sold to a third party. It's very much every individuals own responsibility to be aware of what information organisations collect about them and what happens to it, if a company can't tell you why they need certain information, they don't need it, don't give it to them because it's likely being sold on or used for profiling.
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I can relate, GDPR stirred up the shit-pot here real good. Most kinds of personal data breaches must be reported to the supervising (gov't) authority, and, since they carry a carry a hefty fine, we generally look the other way, and report only the most severe cases - say, someone leaking data to a newspaper. The Ashley Madison case would have been a fucking nightmare under GDPR, since these gov't fines are an addition to other kinds of financial liabilty.

GDPR also doesn't apply to any non-personal (meaning: non-identifying) data, and it doesn't cover data control done by private citizens. While GDPR itself does include natural persons in the definition of "data controller", its regulations don't always apply to them. Self-employed people, like hairdressers, plumbers, etc. don't have to give a fuck about it, only when they're employed by a company.

Best thing is: pretty much everything is allowed under GDPR, if you can provide a good explanation (why you store all kinds of medical data, why you transfer said data to China, and so on), or if the subject consents to it. The subject's consent is a blank check, and you can hide a lot of shit behind legalese mumbo-jumbo. Only shit-stirrers read all the goddamn privacy notices, who'd like to get some sweet lawsuit money whenever possible.
 
You'd amazed by how much of manufacturing is tribal knowledge. You would think that it's all written down somewhere but it's not.
 
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