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As U.S. shutdown is days from record length, Trump weighs declaring emergency by magnora7 in politics

[–]infantile_ocelot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The problem with declaring it a national emergency is that all the opposition needs is a single land-owner to file suit in the 9th district court system, and then the wall is stalled/dead in the appeals court.

I don't understand why he doesn't just allocate money from the DoD budget and have it built that way.

The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates again. Is The Fed Actually Trying To Cause A Stock Market Crash? by magnora7 in finance

[–]infantile_ocelot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So if they expect the value of the USD to increase, then shouldn't they be lowering rates?

No. For the treasury, the USD is their "product." If people are becoming excited over your product and want it more than they did in the past, would you raise the cost of it, or lower it?

You would raise it, you'd make it more expensive to acquire. That's exactly what the fed is doing.

Twitter Suddenly Locks @WikiLeaks And Multiple WikiLeaks Staff Accounts by magnora7 in TechCompanies

[–]infantile_ocelot 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Looks like they're accessible again. Could have been the result of an attack or attempt to gain access to the accounts.

The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates again. Is The Fed Actually Trying To Cause A Stock Market Crash? by magnora7 in finance

[–]infantile_ocelot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I take it as a reaction to the US dollar doing well vs foreign currencies, thus its value increasing. The fed expects the USD to continue increasing in value in the future, so they are raising rates due to the fact that the USD, and American industry in general, is becoming more desired.

Voter ID becomes law in North Carolina as House overrides veto by useless_aether in politics

[–]infantile_ocelot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Where did I say anything about it being restrictive? Almost everyone that doesn't have a driver's license has some form of government-issued ID. You need one for just about anything these days.

Voter ID becomes law in North Carolina as House overrides veto by useless_aether in politics

[–]infantile_ocelot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We'll just get the same response as we have in TX.

Begin offering driving licenses regardless of citizenship.

VoterID passes.

DMV begins auto-registering people to vote when they get a driver's license, regardless of citizenship, citing it as an "error" if they are ever caught.

Non-citizens use their license as their ID to vote illegally.