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Platystemon posted:Trump should seize Musk’s assets and use them for vanity projects. Would this have good or bad results? Who knows! AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Jan 1, 2025 |
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Good to know the investigation was not accidental. Seems like a stretch to call it a terror attack though.
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Leave posted:The one she lost? I wonder, dipshit. And lost convincingly to an egregiously terrible opponent. Harris should feel humiliated about making it official, but presumably she’ll be back in politics posing as an expert before long.
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Jan 6, 2025 23:45
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My Spirit Otter posted:i was including all the stuff inside the house in the $10mm figure. household goods and effects add up pretty quickly. Are you a dragon? Most people don't really keep valuables in their homes, other than furniture or vehicles which aren't going to come anywhere near that amount. Maybe in some cases high-end collectibles or jewelry, but those would be separately documented and insured.
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Jan 9, 2025 22:06
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Zamujasa posted:where do most people keep their valuables, if not at home? In a bank database replicated across cloud datacenters, like most working people? Kaiser Schnitzel posted:'Most people' also don't live in some of the wealthiest areas of one of the wealthiest cities on earth. There are people in the nicer parts of LA who have shoe collections worth more than most people's houses and some people have individual artworks worth as much as the nicest house in a random mid/small-sized city of your choosing. It's absolutely not uncommon in high-end new construction houses for people to spend as much on the interiors as the construction cost, and that doesn't even count personal effects like clothes or jewelry or cars. For most people their house is probably worth alot more than their stuff, but at the high end of the market it can often be the other way around. Fair enough, I guess that stuff can start to add up. It still seems like a stretch if you exclude separately insured collectibles like artwork or classic cars, but even if it’s not part of the home insurance problem those can be even harder to replace.
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crazyivan45 posted:Question: in the probable event (since he’s said it on the campaign trail repeatedly) that trumpy bear decides to withhold federal aid from California, what can California actually do in response? They can appeal through the totally non-partisan federal courts.
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Jan 12, 2025 18:28
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hobbesmaster posted:In the 90s wasn’t NAFTA leading to a North American currency union under something called the Amero a big conspiracy theory? I remember this vaguely, why was it a scary thing for the conspiracy loons? An Amero in that scenario would be still be weighted like 80-90% to US currency, so it would behave like a rebranded USD except Canada and Mexico are now tied to it. This could be concerning to someone from Canada or Mexico, but it seems like a good thing if you're in the US?
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Jan 15, 2025 05:17
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My Spirit Otter posted:plus, unlike the taliban and vietcong, the cartels have equipment and training to rival modern militaries lol And whatever they don’t have will be flooded in by Russia and friends, all while pointing at aid to Ukraine for cover. Defenestrategy posted:They also have the ability to reach out and take swings at US Politicians far more readily than the Taliban did. Hope Donnie loves literally living in the white house and never leaving if he tried any such aggressive action. Infrastructure, not just politicians. Being a drone flight away from a country we invaded probably means Gulf Coast refineries and such blow up on a regular basis. AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Jan 15, 2025 |
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Jan 15, 2025 18:05
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GD_American posted:GODDAMMNITTTTTT can Dems stop sucking for five loving seconds It's the democrats so I'm sure they're seriously considering it, but as reported it's just "discussed". Everything should be discussed, that's not a problem on its own.
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Jan 17, 2025 02:17
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That Works posted:Chinese government harvesting your data bad. American monopoly corps doing it, good. And let's not forget that the American monopoly corps are feeding the same data to the American government.
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Jan 17, 2025 19:32
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Grip it and rip it posted:All and all I think Biden did a pretty good job, with the notable exception of Palestine. The country is certainly in a far better position than how he received it, and I would imagine we're going to take quite a tumble from here. Reading about a bunch of the proposed Trump tax-cuts and things are going to get a lot harder for a lot of poor people who relied on any kind of government grant or assistance. This needs to be underscored more. The US pulled out of the COVID economic ditch better than pretty much every other developed country, including on inflation. The last 4 years saw the first increases in real wages across all income levels in a couple of generations. There was no new direct involvement in major international conflicts. Federal agencies were generally decently managed. There was no significant corruption. What are people looking for exactly?
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Jan 18, 2025 02:35
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A.o.D. posted:In other news, the MAGA flag will literally be flying alongside the US flag at the state capitol on inauguration day. My state is not the only one that will be doing this. quote:Governor Reeves today directed that all flags of the United States of America and the State of Mississippi be flown at full-staff on all buildings and grounds of the State of Mississippi and all areas under its jurisdiction beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset on Monday, January 20, 2025, in recognition of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the nation’s 47th President. just unbelievably stupid stuff, but what do you expect when you elect a governor named after a potato that looks like this? 
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Jan 18, 2025 04:31
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Platystemon posted:https://x.com/SenTomCotton/status/1881038993875140640 This sort of regulatory clarity is good for attracting business, right?
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Jan 20, 2025 07:40
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quote:President Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot
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Jan 21, 2025 14:19
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:But he usually lets his adherents swing in the winds, is my point. He lets his adherents swing in the winds if there's any cost (financial, political, whatever) or effort to him personally. Things that throw red meat to the base while (reasonably) riling up sane people, and don't require trump to do more than sign a piece of paper are right in his wheelhouse and we'll be seeing plenty more.
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Jan 21, 2025 15:09
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Mr. Nice! posted:He’s ending it by demanding Russia get everything they’ve asked for. His initial "deal" gives Russia everything it wants and would dismantle Ukraine, but it also has conditions (parts of Kursk oblast go to Ukraine) that Russia would never accept. Trump!
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Jan 21, 2025 23:08
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Milo and POTUS posted:I mean if it's just drugs I don't care that much. But considering it's dark web poo poo though I kinda figure their was much worse poo poo getting bounced around and if so I hope he gets suspended by the testicles It wasn't even drugs even though that's what most of the charges are on paper, that's just a convenient way to get a long sentence in the US. AFAIK (and the second circuit appeal does seem to confirm), he's not accused of selling or touching any drugs. He created a marketplace where he charged drug dealers and other criminals for selling their goods and services to other third parties. The Eyes Have It posted:There was also hits -- he paid cartel and hell's angels to literally murder people as a precaution against them possibly snitching on him(*) This is really the more egregious thing but attempted murder is harder to prove and sentenced less harshly than a pile of "drug" crimes.
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US Berder Patrol posted:ok, which one is the one where we were right GW1, Somalia (1993, not GWOT), Bosnia?
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Jan 22, 2025 08:04
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CBJSprague24 posted:Since linking to Twitter isn't appreciated understandably, Trump is on CNN talking about defunding/closing FEMA. That's actually surprising. FEMA seems like an easy way for him to send/withhold money to people based on their perceived loyalty. California wildfires? Figure it out, libs. Gulf of America hurricane? Rebuild the beach and every boomer retiree house every 3 years.
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Jan 24, 2025 18:04
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Mustang posted:Trump and is cult are going to destroy everything they can get their hands on, and in 4 years that's going to be drat near everything. Especially trump, but really every republican president for half a century. It's like a group of friends getting into a car and 3 out of 5 insist on giving the keys to the one that drives like an idiot, until they inevitably drive into a ditch. So they begrudgingly give the keys to the reasonable driver who gets the car going in the previous direction again (changing direction is not brought up, of course), except this new person never wants to stop for fireworks or liquor. The centrist that changed their mind - who apparently has the memory of a goldfish - again changes their mind and insist that the idiot gets the keys back (the other two never wavered, even in the ditch) and is briefly having a good time until ... yup, it's a ditch again. Tea party/MAGA is the idiot driver now being visibly drunk, and still getting the keys twice. It's the broad strokes of Nixon -> Carter -> Reagan/Bush -> Clinton -> Bush -> Obama -> Trump -> Biden -> Trump.
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citybeatnik posted:You'd think that one of the Big 4 firms like mine would be able to spot a stupid idea and not pour money into it but lulz. Other than chip manufacturers, has anyone pocketed as much off the AI bubble as the Big Four? "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" works well here. AreWeDrunkYet fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:right, but none of those things are internationally recognized, nor are they official. so, again, these guys can call it whatever the gently caress they want, but until it is internationally recognized, and officially named gulf of america for all international legal purposes, it aiiiiiiiiiiiiint Is this a thing? As far as I can tell there isn’t a single international arbiter of place names. The UN maintains a database of different countries’ standards rather than trying to reconcile them. Generally speaking, if a country wants to officially call something that’s the accepted standard. So Mt McKinley probably becomes the norm again (at least on maps and stuff, we will see about popular culture) since there’s no alternative authority to the US, but no idea what happens with the Gulf of Mexico/America.
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Jan 29, 2025 01:05
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Qtotonibudinibudet posted:air's a huge one that everyone takes for granted. i have the benefit of a very nice view, but it's very impressive being able to see the entirety of san francisco's skyline with near perfect clarity from the east bay hills that's nice, but have you considered that your pleasant views and healthy lungs might be cutting into corporate profits?
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facialimpediment posted:No VIPs on the Blackhawk (note: she is a good source, ignore the FNC): Can’t even get a glimmer of hope in the bad news these days. These next four years are shaping up to be rough.
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TCD posted:https://x.com/Andrew__Roth/status/1885496054738571286 Looks like USAID is gone. This sort of stuff is especially just plain dumb. Organizations like USAID project power for minimal investment. It's a way do develop foreign markets in alignment with US companies while leaving behind goodwill for our brand as a country. Republicans have gotten so high on their own farts that they can't look past the handouts to foreigners messaging to realize most foreign aid is self serving.
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