sloppychops @ sloppychops @lemmy.ca

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If everyone can 'train' themselves on copyrighted works, then I say "fair game.''

Otherwise, get fucked.

One of the complaints from the 'Make america Healthy Again' crowd is that the FDA needs to be doing what Canada and the EU are doing in terms of food safety and consumer protection.

Trump's regime sure is a contradictory blob of nuts and weirdos.

My theory is that we're in an 'emperor has no clothes' situation, where a cult of sycophants has nourished itself on a leader with a genuine case of cognitive decline, and who are too afraid, because of the sunk cost or a fear of banishment or retribution, to point out this flaw or contradict their madman.

You see them parrot his insane talking point with such glee because the madness and fervour are contagions. Within the cult, the insanity is self perpetuating, and the longer you're in, the crazier you become. 15 or 20 years ago, these same people probably had fairly typical views and opinions and, if confronted by their past self, would now only see a stranger or a traitor. Their past self might look at what they've become and wonder, "What did I do to deserve that?!"

What I'm saying is I think Trump might be Cthulu.

We saw the same fervour in the UK with the Brexit vote. Family members and people I personally know, who were vociferously in favour at the time, claim now to have always believed it a bad idea.

There's the idiom that goes something like "those who stand for nothing will believe in anything." It always amazes me when people fall for obvious nonsense. Especially otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people.

I've always thought it was shitty lettuce.

It feels like we get so many recalls of US produce in Ontario due to salmonella. Typically, it's the salad greens like lettuce and whatnot, but it seems very frequent.

Huh. TIL. Never heard of it before.

There's no time like the present!

Believe it or not: straight to jail.

If they keep feeding garbage data to 'train' AI were going to end up living in a future ruled by an absolutely deranged train wreck of an intellect.

No changes for the US.

God. A return to the mean for US foreign policy. What will this be? The 10th US invasion of Panama?

I guess we better start taking the Greenland and Canada shit more seriously.

I think most people just don't pay attention. Perhaps when the shitnami hits the fan, people will start to react.

Is Common Dreams reliable? It sounds like something you'd name your high school blog. Any reporting if this elsewhere?

They really should install a McDonalds PlayPlace at the white house. Keep him distracted with nuggies and Melania in a Grimace costume doing the YMCA dance.

That's what they call 'stealing' or 'piracy' when the serfs do it.

And then in 10 years everyone gets to pretend that they were 'against it the whole time' like they did with the Iraq War.

They meant a candidate for 'piece.' A piece of this country, a piece of that country.

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I read somewhere that the US president can only impose tariffs of up to 25% unilaterally and that anything higher requires congressional approval.

Could be that when it's considered 'retaliation' that changes the rules.

I'm expecting something along these lines.