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Shiftless2 said:
"Don't know about El Salvador but I'm pretty sure ICE is being paid for: arrests, imprisonments, deportations (and making a serious profit in the process)" S2 #1,400
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That would be news to me. Alarming, horrifying news.
At some level federal operations are funded. But on basis of a bounty, per person? I hope that's not the case.

"If the spirit of Liberty dies in the hearts of men & women, no court will ever revive it."
Learned Hand - American jurist, during his career as a federal judge (1924-1951) his influence was so great he was sometimes called the "tenth man" of the US Supreme Court
 
Technically ICE itself is a sub of Homeland Security so it's non profit. However

For-profit immigrant detention facilities still hold the vast majority of individuals detained by ICE. As of January 2025, private companies managed all twenty of the top twenty private detention centers. All told, 86 percent of ICE detainees were held in facilities run by for-profit entities
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"Space is going to finally be glam. We are going to put the 'ass' in astronaut." ~ Katy Perry, before her Blue Origin flight

"Who would not get glam before the flight? We're going to have lash extensions flying in the capsule." ~ Lauren Sanchez, fellow passenger

"I skydived in Dubai with similar hair to make sure I would be good. I took it for a dry run." ~ Aisha Bowe, fellow passenger

"The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism." ~ The Guardian
 
Shiftless2 said:
"The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism." ~ The Guardian #1,403
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It is troglodytically ignorant to conflate evolution with death. Death is considered terminal. Femininity is not.
Not only is feminism not dead. There are more women alive today than ever before. It's called a "population explosion" for a reason.
The glass ceiling still thumps a skull or two. But it may soon be as much a pane to men as to women.

Excluding women reduces by >half our talent-pool.
 
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