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boxcarbarney
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re: Starfleet Academy Academy Season 1 Discussion Thread. *Spoilers OK*
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/16/26 at 12:53 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Apparently it does, considering the Cheron were all killed off in their civil war in the original series
re: Any one know a Mande Milkshake?
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/16/26 at 11:31 am to Ingeniero
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All these marching/dance groups for adults are embarrassing
I have no issue with them, other than the last Metairie parade I went to there were more of these marching groups than bands. And half of the people either didn't practice the choreography, or were too tired mid-parade to act like they knew the choreography.
At least the 610 Stompers take the dancing seriously.
re: Deadline: Exit Interview with Kathleen Kennedy
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/16/26 at 11:17 am to RLDSC FAN
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The lows are that you’ve got a very, very small percentage of the fan base that has enormous expectations and basically they want to continue to see pretty much the same thing. And if you’re not going to do that, then you know going in that you’re going to disappoint them. I’m not sure there’s anything you can do about that, because you can’t please everybody. All you can do is try to tell good stories and try to stick to the essence of what George created.
When Disney bought Star Wars, they had a rich universe to pull stories from. But they decided to ignore and delete the Extended Universe from canon.
Fans didn't want to see the "same thing" in every new Star Wars property. But we did want to see films that felt like Star Wars, not somebody's fan fiction of Star Wars.
Andor was good
Rogue One was good
Mandalorian, for a time, was good
Solo was good, even though people kind of shite on it.
These movies and shows were good because they felt like Star Wars, and didn't shite all over the established canon, and didn't insult the fan base.
How about making more space adventures and less lesbian witch shows?
The suitcases full of cash moving through St. Paul Airport fit the profile of a Hawala
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/16/26 at 9:00 am
This thread on X worth reading through. Basically Somalis using Hawala money brokers has been well known for years. Back during Covid, Somalis were complaining that they weren't able to move as much money because the airports were shut down.
Your taxes are funding this.
I'll quote the thread below for those that don't have access to X:
Data Republican on X posted some screenshots from the article linked in the above quote:
Your taxes are funding this.
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The suitcases full of cash moving through Minneapolis St. Paul Airport fit the profile of a Hawala money broker settling balances in cash. What is Hawala?
Hawala is a network of money brokers that function like an unregulated Western Union of the Middle East and North Africa. Brokers keep large amounts of cash and communicate outside of the regulated banking system. When you wish to send money to someone in, say, Somalia, where there is little to no presence of banking institutions, a Hawaladar broker may be your only option.
Say a Hawaladar in Minneapolis has a client who requests to send $1,000 USD to Puntland, Somalia. The Hawaladar accept the cash and takes a cut (say, 3%) and contacts a Hawaladar in Puntland. They agree on an authorization method (a challenge-response phrase , authentication token, or ID pair) and provide that method to the sender. The sender provides the authorization method to the recipient, and the recipient picks up their cash from the Hawaladar in Puntland, less the service fee that both Hawaladars collect.
However, in the case of Minneapolis and Puntland, the cash balances that Hawaldars hold require constant and rapid resettlement, because the transfers are only flowing one direction (no one in Somalia is sending $1k to their cousin in Minneapolis). Therefor, cash is constantly being sent via courier to Somalia.
That is exactly what is described in this article from 2020, when COVID-19 shut down airports and Hawaldars could no longer settle their balances via courier, and therefor Somalians in Minnesota could no longer send remittances to Somalia.
In fact, the picture they use in the article is of a money transfer service next door to "Safari Transportation" that @nickshirleyy visited, which housed an "Amal Express" hawala money transfer service. Two Hawala brokers next door to each other.
Sahan Journal
Amal Express is headquartered in Dubai and clearly services remittances from the diaspora of Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Djibouti, and other Middle East and North African countries. This is why it probably will not matter that @SecScottBessent has lowered the SAR reporting requirement $3k USD for remittances "wired" out of the country. These remittances are not "wired". They appear to be settled outside of the western banking system.
Then there is the question of scale. Amal Express appears to take electronic payment. They likely accept cash at affiliated locations as well (which Afrik Grocery aka Safari Transportation at 613 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis appears to be, though it is advertised nowhere on the internet, only on their storefront sign).
The question is: how are they getting this much cash out of the US Banking system? It's not trivial to put together $1 million dollars in cash per day. This requires a relationship and understanding with cash-in-transit companies or banks.
Finally, is any of this illegal? I don't know. Even though I'm convinced that there is an extensive Somalian organized crime network committing medicare fraud in Minneapolis, it's also true that if you have a cousin in Somalia who you want to assist financially, Hawala networks may be your only recourse.
So its almost certainly the case that legally earned and illicit funds are commingled in these suitcases that are passing through MSP airport. End of thread.
Data Republican on X posted some screenshots from the article linked in the above quote:
re: Starfleet Academy Academy Season 1 Discussion Thread. *Spoilers OK*
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/16/26 at 8:42 am to Oates Mustache
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which is very clear in that dialogue
The Red Letter Media guys talk about this. How the tone and dialogue in the new Trek shows seems off. Basically the dialogue is too contemporary compared to how TNG, DS9, and the TOS were written.
The lines were written to be timeless, so someone watching a Trek show 30 years later wouldn't get the feeling that the dialogue is dated. A perfect example is from the clip I posted above. The instructor using "Oscar Wilde. I love that dude."
Imagine a character in TNG shooting a Borg and saying "Cowabunga dude!"
Also, these new Trek shows have the same problem that the Marvel movies have, where everything has to be quirky and quippy instead of being serious and stoic with occasional levity.
Start at 5:00
re: HEB once again named America’s top grocer.
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/15/26 at 2:02 pm to S
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America’s top grocer.
It sure as Hell isn't Rouses.
re: This is whats wrong with corporations these days
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/15/26 at 1:50 pm to upgrayedd
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Worked for a Fortune 500. We had 500,000 man hours with no lost time accidents on a project. The big wigs came by, gave us a speech, a duffle bag, and a soggy sandwich then, on their way out, told us to take $15 off our per diem for the day because they provided us lunch.
When I worked for the bank, one quarter I was the top seller of CDs and HELOCS in the entire company. I was normally top 5 in the region. The DM made a huge deal out of it, and told me that she was going to make sure I got something special from the bank for all the hard work I put in.
2 weeks later I received a stack of company branded post it notes.
Then I got dinged on my quarterly review because I missed my insurance sales goal by something like $1000
I'm so glad I don't work in corporate America anymore.
Protesters bothering man because his vehicle is too ICE-like
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/15/26 at 1:09 pm
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These people are seriously retarded. Any other political group in the history of the world would crush them without a second thought.
re: This is whats wrong with corporations these days
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/15/26 at 11:22 am to Funky Tide 8
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I prefer waffle parties.
re: This is whats wrong with corporations these days
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/15/26 at 10:37 am to Kenna City Solja
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What’s wrong with you people?
You don’t like pizza parties?
A pizza party on casual Friday is a slice of heaven. But make sure you clock out every time you grab a slice of pizza. They're not paying you to stuff your face.
re: Starfleet Academy Academy Season 1 Discussion Thread. *Spoilers OK*
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/15/26 at 9:40 am to CU_Tigers4life
I'll wait to see what ya'll think about it before thinking about giving it a try. The advertising for this show makes it look terrible.
re: How bad is your energy drink/caffeine habit?
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/14/26 at 9:23 am to Homey the Clown
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cold brew coffee
Cold brew coffee is a slice of heaven. I really like the French Truck Coffee concentrate with chicory.
Its not cheap though.
We have the Toddy Cold Brew maker at home, which is much much cheaper in the long run. Just have to make sure you get high quality coffee for it.
re: Gym shorts--Lululemon/Vuori/Legends Alt?
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/14/26 at 8:56 am to TheSHU
Hanes shorts are $7 on Amazon, and they last years of abuse
re: Why can't you allow Photobucket for Avatar hosting?
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/13/26 at 4:08 pm to prplhze2000
Didn't they have an issue years back with people being doxxed because they posted pics from their Photobucket?
re: “Are You Dead?” app surges to number 1 in China - Sad world
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/13/26 at 4:03 pm to Shexter
The little ghost is a nice touch.
re: Japanese people aren't having sex. And nobody knows why
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/13/26 at 3:32 pm to Christopher Columbo
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I've seen some Japanese girls I'd give a white monster to
"Oh Yankee boy round eye. Me rove you rong time."
re: Japanese people aren't having sex. And nobody knows why
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/13/26 at 3:28 pm to winkchance
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More Japanese women should be allowed to immigrate to the USA.
If we only let in petite Asian women and big booty Latinas, liberal white women would form SS units overnight.
re: Coach Kiffin is a fan of Neck
Posted by boxcarbarney on 1/13/26 at 1:41 pm to TDsngumbo
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Is it real? I can’t find that on his instagram account.
Click on his profile picture to see the "stories" section. It may be gone now since those are temporary.
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