Comment Automatic jail time? (Score 2) 84
And a lifetime ban from professional sports.
And a lifetime ban from professional sports.
As of the most recent data from 2023 and early 2025, the Federal Reserve System employs approximately 23,900 to 24,000 people across its entire system.
- Perplexity
They regulate banks and the money supply. Do they really need 24k people to do that? Is the fed still needed and at this size?
BTW, their regulation of banks, specifically online bank security sucks. No US financial institution should still be using SMS or phone calls for 2FA.
Russia tells ITU that GPS/Galileo/GNSS nav commercial broadcast sats helping Ukraine militarily should expect interference. Same for EutelsatGroup, OneWeb, Starlink constellations, which Russia has said are 'legitimate targets to be destroyed.
There is more at the full article, but that is behind a subscription paywall.
Russia's announcement here is probably in response to Trump's more bellicose statements recently about Putin and Russia.
I suspect Russia will begin by trying to jam these constellations. Let us hope it does not go farther than that.
With a world-class network including approximately 90 geostationary (GEO), nearly 30 medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites, strategic access to low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, and an extensive ground network, SES can now deliver connectivity solutions utilising complementary spectrum bands including C-, Ku-, Ka-, Military Ka-, X-band, and Ultra High Frequency. The expanded capabilities of the combined company will enable it to deliver premium-quality services and tailored solutions to its customers. The company's assets and networks, once fully integrated, will put SES in a strong competitive position to better serve the evolving needs of its customers including governments, aviation, maritime, and media across the globe.
Both companies are long established, with Intelsat initially founded in the mid-1960s as a consortium of 23 nations aimed at launching the first geosynchronous communications satellites over the Atlantic and Pacific serving most of the Old World and linked to the New.
The merger is an attempt by both companies to compete with the new low-orbit constellations of SpaceX, Amazon, and from China.
Back in 2023, both Samsung Display and China's BOE were filing multiple suits against one another, each concerning alleged theft of technologies. As part of this, Samsung Display also filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and that regulator has now made a preliminary ruling.
According to ET News, the ITC has sided with Samsung over the allegation that BOE has violated trade secrets concerning the manufacture of OLED screens. Specifically, the ruling says that Samsung Display "has proven by a preponderance of evidence" that BOE has been making OLED panels through "misappropriation of trade secrets."
The ruling is preliminary, however reportedly the ITC rarely overturns its initial findings in its final judgement. That final judgement is currently expected to be issued in November 2025, when as US President, Trump will have two months to decide whether the exercise any recommended ban.
If the ITC follows its preliminary recommendations, and those are approved, then the ban would cover the import of products, such as certain iPhones, which use BOE OLED panels.
The lesson is an old one: Don't trust China; China is asshoe.
According to data from the Center for Immigration Studies (pro-immigrant), many immigrants work for extremely low wages, which are then subsidized by taxpayers through public assistance.
The argument that someone has to pick your lettuce is dead; there is no cheap labor only corporate subsidies at our taxpayer expense. It might even end up being cheaper for businesses holistically when they are forced to pay actual market wages rather than depending on roundabout benefits.
54% of immigrant-headed households use at least one major welfare program, compared to 39% of U.S.-born households.
Non-citizen households (e.g., green card holders and illegal immigrants) show the highest usage at 59%.
Compared to U.S.-born households, immigrant households show elevated usage in:
- Food assistance programs: 36% vs. 25%
- Medicaid: 37% vs. 25%
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): 16% vs. 12%
Illegal immigrants can receive benefits on behalf of their U.S.-born children, while children who are illegal immigrants themselves are eligible for school meals and WIC.
Several states provide Medicaid or SNAP to some illegal immigrants, and millions of undocumented immigrants with work permits (DACA, TPS, asylum applicants) qualify for EITC.
Removing low-cost programs like school meals and WIC from the analysis still shows 46% of immigrant households vs. 33% of U.S.-born households use at least one remaining major program.
Workforce participation is high: 83% of immigrant households and 94% of illegal immigrant households have at least one worker.
Workforce participation would be higher among citizens if citizens didnt have to compete with taxpayer-subsidized, below-market labor.
Criminal trespassers.
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