This just in: The United States is a wholly owned vassal state of Russia.
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I've seen this movie before.
It is, as we have noted, all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis, but it may present an opportunity as well. We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
You stupid motherfucker, you and your kind caused this. Sit there and act like the Executive are a bunch of civil-minded policy wonks instead of a bunch of deadly jackbooted criminals empowered by YOUR GODDAMN RULINGS. What a load of horseshit.
They're not defying Trump, they own Trump ffs. There is no useful mainstream media.
If I'm in a generous mood, I think I can sort of explain it, but none of it comes from Trump, he's just not smart enough to give much of a shit. This is more the Project 2025 types.
It seems to me that Republicans have decided that a series of decisions that were made in the 90s (largely authored by big business and therefore, Republicans) that... for lack of a better term - liberalized global trade - were a mistake, and they are intent on reversing them at all costs.
Decisions like NAFTA, PNTR/WTO for China, etc. These things led to cheap goods which kept inflation low and profits high for US corporations. But they also largely wiped out domestic manufacturing and led to reliance on China for a lot of really important shit. It's hard to understate that by 2020, China controlled 80% of rare earth supplies and 90% of global electronics manufacturing.
They want to bring us back to the way things were in the 1910s for social policy (eliminate both abortion and a woman's right to vote) and they want us back in the 80s when it comes to like domestic trade policy and manufacturing.
The problem, of course, is a) Republicans created the problem in the first place (granted with Democrats' help) and b) "at all costs" means "without regard to whether or not it fucks the average US citizen" which it most certainly will. So we all get to suffer yet again so that the billionaire class has its cake and eats it too.
Yep. Oh it will open down bigly. But I expect the day to end up sideways or marginal. If Cramer ends up being right about anything, then I'm certain I've switched timelines.
Christel Schaldemose, a Danish politician who is a center-left member of the European Parliament, said the way the U.S. has been talking about the E.U. in general lately is “not helping.”
“Could we start talking to each other as allies and not enemies?” she said.
No, Christel, because we are fully a Russian vassal state now. Our corrupt, craven politicians were so consumed by their own uniquely Christian lust, greed and fear that Putin was able to fully and completely own them all.
I never understand it when this argument is made. It assumes that there aren't entities out there making $0 on the common cold that would refuse to take the absolute fucking windfall that would be generated if such an immunization were to be brought to the market.
Like "oh, you know, we'd like to make this immunization and make billions of dollars ourselves but these OTHER guys are already making billions of dollars and we sure wouldn't want to step on their toes."
Their attention is your lifeblood, and you’re actively giving them reasons to look elsewhere.
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My attention is all the currency YouTube will ever get from me - and it should be enough. If I post videos to YouTube (for nothing in return) and I talk to people about videos I saw on YouTube or link them to videos - then I am a net gain for Google and they should treat me as such. If anything, they should be working (nicely) to try to get me to want to pay (or view ads) and just be thankful I'm there if I don't pay (or view ads). Instead they've chosen to work at ensuring everyone is so goddamn pissed off at their bullshit that they'd rather make it their full-time job to never give them another dime. Good job, Google! Smart!
Edit: Oh look, half a dozen lectures about how Google has to make money somehow. Hi there YouTube shills, I thought I would see you here.
Tbh this is what AI used to sound like prior to GPT-2.
AI is turning us into the stupider version of itself.