bhmnscmm @ bhmnscmm @lemmy.world

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At some point, maybe. But not in the next year. If he were going to sell, I think he would have done it by now.

He was essentially singlehandedly bankrolling the whole team until Moneygram showed up. If he didn't sell when he was the sole sponsor, why would he now that he's just started sharing the cost? Apparently he even passed up an Andretti offer at the time.

Never say never, but there's virtually no chance of that happening.

I mean, who are the likely suspects? All the teams now have large corporate backing. Haas and Alpine are the only two even remotely close to being in the realm of possibility (IMO). And I very much doubt either would leave at this point.

A little ironic considering France's recently approved plans for mass surveillance.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/18/french-courts-approval-of-olympics-ai-surveillance-plan-fuels-privacy-concerns

You're over estimating the arms manufacturing capacity of Israel. Belgium has an arms industry too, but they're not capable of suppling themselves in a prolonged conflict. Israel is in the same boat.

Regardless, we can agree to disagree that using US arms as leverage would work. Maybe leveraging US arms would induce change, maybe not. But why not at least try?

We both agree that shoveling more arms into the status quo should stop. So why not at least try to induce some change? Even if it doesn't work, where's the harm?

The fact that Biden won't do that, or at least stop the sale of arms, is a major issue. Is he responsible for Israel? No. Is he complicit? Yes.

You tell me.

How do you think Israel would respond if American arms were contingent on deescalation? Or at least a change in status quo.

Israel relies on American arms. That gives the US a lot of leverage to influence Israeli policy.

Clockwise or counterclockwise? Clockwise looks a little better to me.

That sector around the "tunnel" is going to be a dog to drive.

How many dollars of military sales to Israel has Biden approved?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-biden-administration-once-again-bypasses-congress-on-an-emergency-weapons-sale-to-israel

You're delusional if you think the US doesn't have any influence on the behavior of Israel.

I'm with you. It's absolutely crazy to me how many people blow this off as a non-issue.

It shouldn't even be a partisan thing. What kind of mindset must one have to say giving 2000 guns to cartels for absolutely no benefit isn't a failure?

Maybe we sold them to the cartels.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal

Pretty sure you're remembering "Life After People" from the History channel.

“We have the people we need. We have the training that we need. We have the equipment that we need to fight and win," Lt Colonel Omar Minott, who is among the 1,500 to be deployed, said.

Oh, so it's completely different this time around. They've got it figured out now, everyone.

That's exactly my point.

This whole issue is being astroturfed by greedy American pharmaceutical companies that want to keep lining their pockets with rediciulous prices, and greedy American politicians that want to get their cut in the importation business.

End result is that nothing meaningful will change for people who are supposed to be helped by this. What a shame.

Up the RA!

It's not the exact same way, but it's still essentially the same outcome. Your pitching machine example doesn't make sense because AI doesn't do anything with pinpoint control.

This objection is similar to saying photography isn't an art form; all you do is point and press a button. In reality there is a lot more to it than that.

CEO of the powerful trade group PhRMA—Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America—said in a statement that the group is "deeply concerned with the FDA’s reckless decision to approve Florida’s state importation plan" and claimed importation "poses a serious danger to public health."

Yeah right. These Canadian drugs will definitely pose a health risk to Americans. Suuuuure. They're definitely not worried they'll have less money to line their pockets with.

Exactly right.

John Pelissero, a former interim college president who now works for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, said instances of plagiarism deserve to be evaluated individually and that it’s not always so cut and dried.

“You’re looking for whether there was intentionality to mislead or inappropriately borrow other people’s ideas in your work,” Pelissero said. “Or was there an honest mistake?”

Good luck using this excuse as an undergrad after making the same "mistake" dozens of times.

You're being obtuse and misleading. OP is clearly referring to alleged Iraqi WMDs in the lead up, and justification for, the 2003 invasion.

Stockpiles of WMDs were never found in Iraq after the 2003 invasion.

The ISG has not found evidence that Saddam possessed WMD stocks in 2003, but [there is] the possibility that some weapons existed in Iraq, although not of a militarily significant capability."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3718150.stm