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  • Certain parties excluded, not everyone in this administration is a moron. I know, I know, not the right forum to say that but it doesn’t change the fact.

    Tariffs can be an effective weapon. But it’s a scalpel, not a machete. For example, we can and should tariff Chinese electric imports for not meeting NHTSA safety standards. Or even better, where they’ve stolen American IP.

    However, when used as a machete, everyone is going to lose.

    Apparently 80s Trump was too knee deep in coke to learn from Ferris Bueller.

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  • Agreed, if AI can pass the bar AND the defendant’s right to a public attorney is unavailable due to resource and time constraints, then this is a whole lot better than the plea deals that some defendants are being coerced to sign without a public defender.

    And let’s not kid ourselves. Most of the existing public defenders are probably using AI to support their case nowadays anyway.

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  • It certainly goes against the spirit of it, but yea, the amendment says no person shall be elected more than twice.

    It’s something entirely different to be elected the highest office in the land and be such a sycophant as to give it away to a madman.

  • Well this is certainly applying the M&A playbook to geopolitics. Eat the meek when they’re down. It’s just good business.

    Reminds me of his “we must take the oil” strategy to Iraq a few years back.

    Problem is that countries aren’t businesses, they’re people, and alliances aren't just built on finance - they’re built on trust, stability and shared cultural values.

    And optics matter, even in business, you can get a reputation as a cannibal and people will no longer work for or with you. Relationships are like oxygen for business. If you don’t have them, it’s you next on the chopping block.

  • I am reminded of Winston Churchill saying that Americans will do the right thing after they have exhausted all other options.

    I just didn’t quite realize how far “all other options“ could really go.

    • Get some catfish and some cornflour and an egg. Cut the catfish into nuggets. Dip in the egg wash. Roll lightly in the cornflour and salt/pepper mixture. Fill a pan with oil. Deep fry. Yum!
    • Get some mahi mahi. Place on some tin foil. Add a pat of butter on top of each. Grill it up until flaky but not dried out. Salt to taste. mahi is so mild, like no fish flavor. Delish!
    • Get a tuna steak. Soak it in a bit of ponzu sauce. Get an iron skillet nice and hot with a little splash of oil. Toast some sesame seeds on it. Put those to the side. Then get your tuna and sear it on all sides. Add a dash of salt (if you want, the ponzu may be salty enough) and the seeds. Enjoy.
    • if you like spicy, get a good blackened seasoning, it can help mask the fish flavor
    • also, try sushi, but like from a good place. Rolls will hide the taste much better than sashimi, which is meant to showcase the fish. Fresh sushi (yellowtail, salmon, tuna, mackerel) has almost no fish taste. Eel has a steak like taste, but can be a bit fishy. Do not go for urchin, it’s like a straight up fish umami bomb.
  • I’m not South Korean. Why was this a bad thing? The court ruled 7-1 due to the methods of impeachment not aligning with the constitution. I think rule of law is important. If you want to impeach, then either follow the law or amend the constitution - or else try to circumvent it and set a precedent to your own eventual peril.

  • Doug: “Hey Vince you really know how to put the “D” in R&D”

    Vince “Thisfugginguy, you used that joke last year ya dunce”

    Doug: “And did it get a RISE outta ya then?”

    Vince: “The balls on this guy! Go back to sellin boner pills, it’s whatcha good at.”

    Donnie: “Alright, alright, adjourn?

    Rest: “Adjurn”

    Donnie: stumbles “Motherfuckers! Who tied my shoelaces to the swivel chair! Ya all fired!”

  • I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here. It may be in our best interest to nominate a milquetoast candidate for the presidency in 2028 and for the republicans to win it.

    That way when 2030 comes around, the house is packed with progressives, as the party in charge usually fares poorly in the midterms.

    Why all of that? Well, because the congress in 2030 gets to draw the election district maps after the 2030 census, and for the next decade, progressives could then be represented accurately.

    Now, a solid counter argument is what about the courts? And that’s valid, we likely can’t get both in the short to medium term. The best we could maybe hope for is a blue 2026 in the Senate, which could then accept judges that both the president and the senate agree upon. I think there is a case for some liberalesque populist judges to get through.