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    2 days ago

    On one hand, I sincerely do not want our level of political discourse to follow this example. On the other, if anyone deserves it, it’s ICE.

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          Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing

          Amazing. They actually integrated the hyphen into the acronym. But alas…

          The CAN-SPAM Act is occasionally referred to by critics as the “You-Can-Spam” Act because the bill fails to prohibit many types of e-mail spam and preempts some state laws that would otherwise have provided victims with practical means of redress.

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            Exactly where the arguable triple entendre comes in!

            • “Can spam” as in “put spam in the garbage can”.
            • “Can Spam” as in the literal canned meat product Spam that Internet spam derives its name from.
            • And now the third: “can spam” as in “you’re allowed to spam because this law sucks”.
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              OK, now I get it. My brain was too lazy to even try to decipher “triple entendre”.

              I’m still amazed by the hyphen. Is there a profession of literal wordsmith that comes up with such things? Probably got fired by DOGE.

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        Let’s not forget the No Child Left Behind act which was a massive corporate property tax cut which elemininated funding for public schools which caused many across USA to shut down… Including ones in my own district, who went in a $27mil debt within like 2 years of that passing, and our school treasury complelty disappearing in shame.