from Asset Forfeiture
Policy Manual 2021


I. Guidelines for Planning for Seizure and Restraint
A. Background
The Department of Justice (Department) Asset Forfeiture Program (Program) encompasses the
seizure and forfeiture of assets that represent the proceeds of, or were used to facilitate, federal
crimes. The Program has four primary goals:
(1) Punish and deter criminal activity by depriving criminals of property used in or acquired
through illegal activities.
(2) Promote and enhance cooperation among federal, state, local, tribal, and foreign law
enforcement agencies.
(3) Recover assets that may be used to compensate victims when authorized under federal law.
(4) Ensure that the Program is administered professionally, lawfully, and in a manner consistent
with sound public policy

II. Payment of Attorneys’ Fees in Criminal Forfeiture Cases
A. Defendant’s attorneys’ fees
The defendant in a criminal forfeiture action may file for an award of attorneys’ fees only under
the Hyde Amendment.4 A motion for fees and costs filed in a civil forfeiture case under 28 U.S.C.
§ 2465(b) cannot include fees and costs incurred in even a directly related criminal proceeding.5
To prevail on a Hyde Amendment claim, the defendant must prove that: (1) the defendant was the
prevailing party in the underlying action; (2) the government’s position was vexatious, frivolous, or in
bad faith; and (3) there are no special circumstances that would make the award unjust.6
This burden
is heavier than the one the government must meet under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA

My local TV news was all talking about this trailer as Toronto is prominently featured as the background location in the movie. It's refreshing to see a Hollywood/Disney movie featured places outside of the USA and most other cliche tourist destinations like London/Paris/Rome/Hong Kong/Toyko, etc...

Toxic capitalism is a choice for the likes of the Purdue drug family empire. Thinking oneself standing on moral highground while not giving a shit about (let alone having emotional empathy nor actionable compassion to) addicted people's background and how they got addicted is also a choice. These delusional far-right souls have a choice to be good, decent people, but they chose not to.

Just watched this on YT and was going to submit it here, but my effort was futile. Which was great, after a fashion.

This video is a fascinating bit of entirely useless background on a different video, and it leads nowhere. Loved it, so *promote !

But you CAN say they are reusing parts.

From YouTube description..
" CDI’s crew felled the 90 Units in two (2) mobilizations to the site, permitting the Wind Farm Owner to complete salvage of blades and drive-train elements from some of the wind turbines to provide replacement parts for similar Units they operate at other wind farm locations."

@1:47 you can see some of the turbines in the background without blades.

(edit) random comment i found regarding this... "The wind farm was built in 2006 and had a total output of 90MW. The 90 units will be replaced with 86 General Electric Units with a total capacity 0f 235MW."

Haha. The detection for "are you here" or "did you leave" needs work! When you leave your browser running while it's in the background, it throws it off.

Also, it does look like the email notifications aren't coming through, so more investigation and work will be needed!

Lock #1: https://youtu.be/_7vPNcnYWQ4
Lock #2: https://youtu.be/2A2NY29iQdI

(the #2 video has some background on making the mini door)

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Wait.. this is silly.
Quantum sociology is silly.

Nice word soup and pictures but really just background radiation.

"Demand for change" is not a program. Freedoms for all species is silly. I dont want amoebas to be free in drinking water to eat my brain, yet that is what both they and apparently Bill Gates want to do.

Thanks, hadn't heard of her before this video.

After seeing that background video, I'm way more impressed by what she's accomplished. Unlike most other youtubers or social-media-influencers, she deserves to get rich for using her game-dev knowledge/skills in a creative new way.

Ironic that she's on the brink of perma-ban on Twitch. If they (or their Amazon overlords) were smart, they would fully embrace her style before she has to move to onlyfans or some such site.

To me that has a lovely Joe Satriani vibe to it.

OK, now I have no option but to spend my afternoon with him on in the background. There are advantages to working from home.

I think that's intentional. If we saw the full unedited video, i think it would be more clear he's describing Trump and the unpopular policies he instituted despite their unpopularity and lack of support.

Edit: Based on the background it looks like his interview with Stossel last year, but the shirt collar looks a bit different.

Had buddy who was a chemical engineer with a petroleum background---After the British Petroleum blow out in the Gulf, he told me that he knew it was going to happen; that it was always going to happen--because BP had always underspent on maintenance. He explained it like owning a boat. If you aren't spending 10% of the cost of the boat on maintaining it every year, you're doing it wrong. That includes maintenance, downtime, and prevention/OSHA/Worker safety.

I like how the people in the background are like "oh, it's just Matt doing his stuff again..." Nothing to see here, move along, move along.