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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #50 on: May 06, 2010, 09:44:37 AM »
...wait. You can get an H1B visa as a CLERK?
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #51 on: May 06, 2010, 10:12:54 AM »
only if your "brown". :angel:
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #52 on: May 06, 2010, 10:56:50 AM »
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Am I the only one who thinks it's a dumb political move for Napalitano and the others to brag about how successful they were in thwarting the attacker and catching the perp?

This guy was as fail as they come, and he very nearly got away.  Shouldn't that reflect poorly on Napalitano?

Besides a pathetic display of bureaucratic self-congratulation, the news conference appeared to be a dissemination of information that would be helpful to our enemies.  Why we were told about "secret VIN numbers" that aid in forensics?  That is something the public has a need to know?  All of it stinks.
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #53 on: May 06, 2010, 11:01:16 AM »
Quote from: longeyes on May 06, 2010, 10:56:50 AM
Besides a pathetic display of bureaucratic self-congratulation, the news conference appeared to be a dissemination of information that would be helpful to our enemies.  Why we were told about "secret VIN numbers" that aid in forensics?  That is something the public has a need to know?  All of it stinks.

When they said that the VIN (not a VIN number, as it is a Vehicle Identification Number) was removed, I immediately wondered if they had removed the secondary VIN as well.

I'm not even a car guy and I know about the secondary VIN. Unfortunately, we seem to want to aid our enemies ignorance as much as we can.

Telling us that they picked him up through his cell phone was a REALLY bad idea, though. Next time they will know to have a new phone to use that hasn't been used before.  :facepalm:
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #54 on: May 06, 2010, 11:27:14 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on May 06, 2010, 09:44:37 AM
...wait. You can get an H1B visa as a CLERK?

MB:

We have a baker's dozen "temporary work visa" categories for everything from nukular physicists to ditch diggers.

Institutions like the one mentioned in the article make their money off of providing school visas to mediocrities with well-off parents all over the globe...and help getting a work visa afterwards.  Getting an immigration marriage of convenience after that is up to you.

See, if you were interested in getting a shiitty education and just going through the motions, instead of being all focused on quality education leading to teaching credentials, you could have been here YEARS ago.

I'm not making this up.
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #55 on: May 06, 2010, 11:29:39 AM »
just got back from changing the batteries in my radiation detector >:D
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2010, 11:31:19 AM »
I thought H1B visas existed for qualified people like programmers, or at least tech support people?
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #57 on: May 06, 2010, 11:35:27 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on May 06, 2010, 11:31:19 AM
I thought H1B visas existed for qualified people like programmers, or at least tech support people?

You are correct. The intent of the H1B was to help people in "specialty occupations" make it into the states.  However, many companies stretch that definition and get away with it.   
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #58 on: May 06, 2010, 12:56:42 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on May 06, 2010, 11:31:19 AM
I thought H1B visas existed for qualified people like programmers, or at least tech support people?
Just tell them ( in your best middle eastern accent ) you want to drive a cab, even though you don't know your way around and you would never be able to pass a drivers test. They'll let you in right away.  :mad:
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #59 on: May 06, 2010, 03:58:35 PM »
I don't get it  ???

Wouldn't a bomb in NYC kill a lot of cab drivers?  =|
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Re: Times Square bomber picked up trying to leave country
« Reply #60 on: May 06, 2010, 04:12:08 PM »
martyrs. =|


and arn't vin numbers stamped all over cars now? i could have sworn i had seen at least 4 times in my car. [tinfoil] (plate on the dash, frame under the finder, under the back seat, and next to the spare tire. if i'm remembering right. [popcorn])
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