jayjaycali

Thanks for pointing that out—implying that officers have to 'manufacture' or create evidence would be a reach, which is precisely why I didn’t say it. I appreciate our pre-emptively diverting the discussion away from what could have been a sideways attack on my credibility. Perhaps a facial recognition 'ping' was enough. If so, it certainly proves that Restrained Discretion is not a straitjacket. The government can secure the border and act on leads without needing 'Broad Discretion' to dig through everyone else's private life on a whim. Secondly, under a 'Broad Discretion' system without a legal bar, getting through the border is more like a lottery. You're simply hoping you don't get picked because you 'look like' someone who might have a reason to be searched. This might surprise, but I actually want a strong system of law and order: an agreed-upon framework where the rules are known. I want to cross the border under well-established laws, not just cross my fingers and hope I don't trigger a personal hunch or a 'ping' from surveillance I'm not allowed to see. Thanks for all the disucssions it's been a very interesting thread and helped me clarify my thoughts. I think I need to bow out here, though—it’s taking me an hour to write these up! (If I can, I'm finding the discussion fascinating).

'zero' threshold means unchallenged power, while 'non-zero' means Accountability. Well, my perspective at least. For Milo though as he was unprepared, I can certainly believe this threshold was a minor speed bump for the officers. They were professionals who know how to use the interview to establish suspicion for the search after which the search would be conducted regardless

It is noble to want to empower the authorities. However I feel there's a different possible viewpoint on giving border officers broad discretion . Giving the government 'broad discretion' is like giving every cop a Skeleton Key to your front door. They say it’s so they can 'check if the stove is on' or 'make sure you're safe,' but at the end of the day, it’s still your door. I don't care how 'nice' the cop is; I don’t want a stranger walking through my living room whenever he has a 'hunch.' I’m not trying to put the cops in a "straitjacket." If they see smoke coming out of the window, they should absolutely kick the door down. That’s Evidence. But they shouldn't be allowed to use that Skeleton Key just because I seem like the type of person prone to house fires. And here's the thing: Having a lock on the door doesn't stop the cop from being a "good guy." If he comes in because the house is on fire and sees an expired tag on your car, he can still choose to ignore it. Restraining his power to enter doesn't take away his power to be merciful. An alternative to broad discretion does not have to be rigid application, it can be restrained discretion according to precise laws not vague hunches. Ironically in a Canadian Prescreen area travellers like Milo are protected by Canadian Charter Rights against unreasonable search and R v Canfield, whereas these protections don't exist to prevent similar phone searches in the USA.

I think escorts are an easy target because they elicit little sympathy from the public when they're caught. I think milo is a fairly harmless, naive person, excited about an awards show who was then subject to institutionalized and professional interrogation techniques by people who know the book in and out. I think a kinder system would have told him he needs to seek a business meetings visa for the show or similar, and issue a stern warning about doing any work, such as content creation without authorization, before re-trying an entry. I think treating him with this type of scrutiny with the purpose to elicit a confession to obtain a 10 year ban is cruel. I think it wasn't that long ago that the idea of a government agent scrolling through your private DMs, photos, and bank statements without a warrant was treated as a dystopian nightmare.

There's a threshold potentially, you might need to cross 0.5% of your income before deductions kick in, I think new for 2026, depending on how you file. Just in case good to check since, if applicable, donations below the floor don't have the same tax benefit.

Chess? Usually not too hard to find groups for that.

I'd attend too if there's some gathering

Actually that reminded me, Android now has something called Private Space where you can partition apps away and with a different Google login so it's treated like a separated account and can't share. At least i think that's what it does. Haven't tried it myself.

I find it's gets tricky with the address book / contacts list. On the same phone, one misclick on contacts permissions and your 'fun' contacts get shared to the rest of your apps and LinkedIn is recommending them as people you may know and probably vice versa. Burner app I think keeps its own contacts list, but others not sure (WhatsApp I think asks for contacts lists to work). Separate phone comes in handy.

I like Woodford Reserve and Four Roses

Looks Fricken nice if you ask me. Am I the first one to make that pun ever?

Etrade has a 4.00% high yield savings that you can instantly fund and instantly withdraw.

RSI for GLD? I guess it's on the high side?

So it's not unheard of for guys from the US to be working at Thermas? I've always been curious about that.

I love this "stripper index". I hope we get to see a "bullish spread" 😄 and consider taking a long position in the stripper's index. Maybe even put a collar on it.