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Illegal alien and illegal immigrant are the politically correct, accepted, citizen-, government-, and media-sanctioned terms. Maybe not in your country, but certainly in the US which is the subject of this article.

There are plenty of slurs for illegal immigrants, but this is not one of them.

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“Back of the line” for an illegal immigrant means deportation. Who do you propose takes care of the child? The state?

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True, assuming they’re referring to an increase in the number of deaths rather than the incidence of deaths. It’s not clear from this article, and there’s no link to the original.

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Sunday Ticket Max? Because this deal offers that free for a year plus $10 off per month.

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You can’t outpace a rate. That’s what makes it a rate.

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Did anyone in this thread even read the article?

Did you actually read the comments? You only had to go four down to answer your question.

There isn’t a single shred of news here about Daft Punk’s new album.

…congratulations, you just learned about clickbait.

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Seriously. Next week on The Verge:

“Exclusive first look at the new Xbox to the beat of Daft Punk”

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I think that was a poor attempt at humor.

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Again, the complaint is that it’s misleading, not inaccurate. Walking away with something connotes (not denotes) something was ill-gotten. Especially when referring to a physical object (the glasses) rather than the rights to continue developing said glasses.

Not to mention the lede is buried all the way in the last paragraph.

1 day ago on How two Valve engineers walked away with the company's augmented reality glasses 1 reply 20 recommends

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Do you know the difference between misleading and lying?

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It is a good article. That doesn’t excuse the headline.

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I don’t interpret that quote to mean that Gaben thinks this is a winning idea. Rather, he was nice enough to let them continue working on what they loved.

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The folks who run Tumblr disagree.

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And calling something a conspiracy does not make it so.

You really should heed your own advice.

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To be fair it’s consistent with each administration’s actions since 9/11, for example the NSA warrantless wiretapping debacle that only surfaced in ’07.

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You are correct. Some writers think all you have to do to protect yourself is throw alleged somewhere in the sentence.

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Actually the methodology states that it’s normalized by twitter traffic, not population.

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Lobbying groups by definition use money to push their agenda.

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