Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border 'right now' if Congress sends him a deal
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Flight tracking sites confirmed that flight AM672 to Guatemala City was delayed for 4 hours and 56 minutes Thursday.
The flight to Mexico city from Guatemala city, is a 3 hour trip. Those people had been waiting for nearly 5 hours just to take off.
because of a maintenance alert on the plane, the captain had to return to the gate for the required maintenance.”
Inconceivable that a safety check was requested after the people were on board and the money-for-services was exchanged.
A video apparently recorded aboard the flight showed passengers fanning themselves and asking a flight attendant for water.
Yea no, I thought we all agreed this was stupid penny pinching tactics.
Everyone is kind of following the same trend now. It doesn't matter if it is the right or wrong decision. Companies aren't as creative as they used to be, so now they are just cannibalizing themselves in order to protect their wealth
Though it looks like the video game industry is about to go upside down. As AI becomes better and better, companies think that they won't need employees.
In fact it is the reverse.
Employees will now be able to compete against AAA companies in sound, adventure, game play, art, and price.
As a gaming company that created palworld only had 4 people on their team and could make millions at selling a game for $30
Unlike AAA companies that now have to have $70 price tags, battle passes, expansions, cosmetic stores. And at the end of the day can't even put out a decent working product.
Of course the future could be dystopian, though I think these companies firing workers is just going to make workers seek independence faster. And find it in AI.
I don't think there is a single legal expert that doesn't agree Biden has full authority to shut Abott down, especially since even the supreme court agrees with Biden.
Like what is even the problem here? Abott is killing international asylum seekers by placing razor wire in contested zones.
If Canada placed razor wire on their border and started shooting and deporting Americans, we'd be talking about the ethics of using nukes.
That is a scary thought, that wolves are adapting to warfare conditions and are learning the battlefield.
If wolves in the region start seeing humans as a food source, I doubt they would take on a whole battalion, but Injuries on the battlefield will be that much more dangerous.
As hunter packs see any weakness as an exploit for food.
“The IDF has taken action and will continue acting to identify misconduct and behavior that does not align with the expected morals and values of IDF soldiers,” it said in a statement sent to CNN.
The problem is, this kind of behavior aligns perfectly with:
In one video, a soldier is seen going through a woman’s wardrobe, including her underwear, making derogatory, sexist remarks about Arab women.
A photo shared online shows a soldier standing next to a Hebrew sign spraypainted on a wall in Gaza that says: “Instead of erasing graffiti, let us erase Gaza.”
The Israeli soldier looks directly into the camera, then turns around and sets a pile of food supplies on fire. “We turn on the light against this dark place and burn it until there is no trace of this whole place,” he says as another soldier fuels the flame.
I couldn't be more disgusted with where my tax dollars are going.
Spends months talking about how trump is incompetent, then endorses trump
Blitz tactics could work, but I don't think deploying paratroopers is going to turn the tide once Ukraine realizes what is happening.
As the same anti drone defensive measures that are used in Ukraine, could also be used against paratroopers.
Paratroopers would have to take insane risks for a advantage (creating a flanking position). That Ukraine would have advanced knowledge on.
I want to stand by democrats and with their one intern that built this.
Though compared to republican efforts of basically filling the supreme court, writing laws in states to block progress, arresting women that have miscarriages.
A website that tells people that republicans are doing this feels woefully inadequate. People need democrats to be just as ruthless as republicans right now. Not a reminder that republicans are this ruthless.
If you are wondering who is the commission, the United Nations has a good overview on their past and accomplishments.
They all don't have a history of Anti-semitism, as claimed, but more along the lines such as:
- Human rights in Gambia vs. Myanmar
- Human rights on housing
- Inquiry into Detention in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
These guys are no joke, they have done this before. But more importantly, the comment that got them suspended?
“We are very disheartened by the social media that is controlled largely by, whether it is the Jewish lobby or it is specific NGOs, a lot of money is being thrown into trying to discredit us,” he said in the interview.
But above all that, the excuse that Israel is using is:
When asked by The Times of Israel what these claims were based on, Haiat said, “The commission of inquiry is there to investigate Israel without any time limits, unlike any other commission of inquiry from the UN system.
Keep in mind, not even the investigation team knows how long it will take, so of course there won't be a time frame. And they work for the UN, why do they need one?
I'd call it a wishful thinking, but I think that if things do go their way, they will absolutely try it.
- Russia calls up 200,000 more troops
On top of the 200,000 he just did in Nov? Or the 500,000 he did in April? Or was it the 450,000? I don't think it is going to make a difference unless Russia deploys something new.
- It launches a spring offensive against Ukraine.
Note: Also have to win the spring offensive, which Russia is still not able to break through. That might change if Ukraine doesn't get it's funding.
- Cyberattacks against Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and stiring up Russian nationals who live in those nations
Note: This was the Ukrainian attack plan too.
- Using those Russia nationals as a pretense for saying the (Baltic?) are rightfully theirs a military exercise called Zapad 2024 is launched with 50,000 Soldiers moving into Belarus.
When they say Russian nationals, they mean, using the local population in further meat wave tactics. Whether they want to or not. Either way, if Russia has gotten to this point, then 50,000 is still a very low number. It is going to take a lot more.
- Taking advantage of the transition period after the US election Russia claims "Border conflicts" forces it to take control of the (Suwalki Gap?)
Basically he expects there to be discord during the elections no matter who wins or loses. Hypothetical at best.
- War with nato. In 2025
And all of this is supposed to happen in less then a year. Outside of China and India joining the conflict, or Russia Pulling out a new super weapon, it's a plan, but it takes into account so many layers and "what ifs" that by the end you are left with a sliver of predictability at best.
I'd bet on winning the lottery over Russia's wishful thinking.
Over two days of talks in Brussels, NATO’s top officers are expected to detail plans for what are set to be the biggest military exercises in Europe since the Cold War later this year.
While I understand the importance of showing might, this was a bit underwhelming compared to the tile of "NATO top officers schedule war game."
These things happen a lot more then people realize.
I worked off advantage this year, and yea it is a scam.
While clients are awestruck at the $0 premiums, and no primary care visit costs. No one understands that the big payday for these insurance plans happen when you go to the hospital. As one hospital visit is enough to make all their money back off twenty people.
Sure, you CAN be ethical about how you sell health insurance, but that is not how the insurance agent gets to keep the job. As most are in a competition to keep their job.
Because that person that isn't being ethical is making 10 plans a day, whereas your ethical ass, reviewing contract details, making sure the language of the contract reflects things like dental implants, because ,All the time, companies won't pay for those unless it is in the contract language. is only making 2-5 a day.
Then fired two weeks before Christmas.
There are ways you can help people in the health care industry, but next time, I think I am going to try on my own, because I want to keep my ethics and I see there is a way to do it the right way and make a living. Too bad I couldn't convince my employer.
The findings, based on interviews with 4,702 company chiefs spread across 105 countries, point to the far-reaching impacts that AI models are expected to have on economies and societies, a topic that will feature prominently at the annual meetings.
Once you start digging into the article it is quite hysterical what executives think a predictive chat model are going to replace. It reads more like a wish list then anything else.
But they expect AI to replace transportation, Tesla and General Motors are not having any success with this.... yet. There appears to be a bandwidth issue that isn't going to be solved until the US upgrades to fiber.
Boston dynamics are having a lot of success with their robots of late. Everyone else is stuck still getting robots to stack boxes. Which is also having it's problems with bandwidth. And apparently logic issues.
They also expect things like Energy and power/utilities to be replaced by AI. And that is just dumb. Automation has already swept through the power sector, and AI is not going to help with much else, unless it is going to start repairing power lines, transformers, or the regular substation.
Above all, this is not taking into account the new jobs this also creates. People will need to repair and troubleshoot equipment at multiple layers.
What is also absent from the article is the executive jobs AI will also replace. Once AI can view things at multiple levels. True, you don't need the average worker anymore. But you don't need someone that is just collecting a paycheck, do you? If AI will be programed to replace redundancies, then it won't only find those at lower levels.
Ukraine has been having a lot of success recently, due to a new weapon on the field, it is taking out most of Russia's remaining air power.
That according to the Russian Air Force General, was already reduced to less then 1/3rd effectiveness.
And Biden is letting Israel commit terrible atrocities. How do I defend this? When my choices are Authoritarianism vs Genocide
You spend months defending Biden from Trump, and the only ammo they give you is that trump could be worse and now your tax dollars are going to kill babies.
No minimum wage increase, no student loan forgiveness, no maternity leave, hell democrats are reneging on positions of progressiveness. And instead of ALL THAT, we are ruining our national image bombing kids in Gaza.
So yes, there is a bit of evil logic that is going about and wondering if you should be the one to stand between a lawful evil vs. chaotic evil fight.
I feel like there is this small prevailing logic that is circling about that uses Trump as a hammer against the current system.
AKA Anarchy.
If you can't fix the system, can't outvote the system, and companies keep lobbying to break the system in their favor. Why not use trump like a battering ram against that system?
I fear this kind of logic circling about, but it is already a logic that has already won out in many Republican circles
The more time that Biden delays things that he promised, and continues to use American bombs against civilians, the more that logic is going to catch on with Democrats too.
I'd say that big pharma has too bit of a stranglehold on American politics that it is almost impossible to fight American drug companies using the status quo.
The drug industry’s major lobbying group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, previously sued to stop Azar’s importation decision. It’s expected to file suit to block Florida’s program as well.
Also, I do not believe there will be a supply shortage, I imagine Canada's prices might go up as there becomes more of a reliance. But a supply shortage is a huge leap. If they have the medicine to sell, let them. Free market and shit.
Drugmakers argue the policy puts patients at risk of consuming counterfeit medicines.
If this was a huge deal, they would have gone after Amazon and supplementals years ago.
There is a lot of context that is missing from this story.
On one end, the board could be in the right, if you only have a township of a couple dozen, you don't exactly need a police force of 10 people if you are only getting one or two calls, maybe, a day.
That being said, there is a concern here that this will effect response time for emergencies. Which is a valid concern, for emergency services. How much a concern for police is just where more context is needed
Of course this is all happening with the shadow of doubt to this story that makes it seem like there were prior agreements before one of the board members passed away.
There's only insurrection that can get your banned
Could you please elaborate on this? I have no idea what you are trying to say here.
This is incorrect
The supreme court, the one that just overturned Roe v. Wade? That one. Told Texas, that they could not have the razor wire in the water.
What compromise do Republicans want? I say a 50% cut in immigration and giving agents more tools is an improvement to our old system.