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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by TimorousBestie on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:44PM (#43685427)
It’s a good strategy. Even if Harvard had attempted to satisfy every bullet point, the govt could still retort that their demands were not satisfied.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by disqard on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:58PM (#43685618)
Hmmm, is this akin to what Russia means, when it says "we do not negotiate with terrorists"?
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by insane_dreamer on Monday April 14, 2025 @04:53PM (#43686204)
Typical mafia technique ensuring perpetual extorsion.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by amatecha on Monday April 14, 2025 @07:22PM (#43687367)
Like the whole initial excuse for the tariffs on imports from Canada "because of fentanyl" despite <1% of fentanyl coming into the US arriving via the Canadian border https://www.npr.org/2025/02/02/nx-s1-5283957/fentanyl-trump-...
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by throwaway48476 on Monday April 14, 2025 @07:44PM (#43687496)
If you don't measure you can just assume all valies are 0.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by saagarjha on Monday April 14, 2025 @10:02PM (#43688311)
But assuming it's a large number is not possible, of course.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by throwaway48476 on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @12:56AM (#43689101)
I assume it's a large number because the fentanyl superlative the Canadian police raided had literal tons of precursors.
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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by johnnyanmac on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @02:20AM (#43702091)
so you understand how much "tons" is with regards to a population of 330m Americans? Now consider that China probably has gigatons and is where all of NA gets most of its supply.
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