xmunk @ xmunk @sh.itjust.works

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... AND cutoff the Starlink contract.

I look forward to the response to his upcoming visit to Alberta.

He's nurt muh presudent.

Neither I, nor any other Americans, voted for him. I hope this bullshit is referenced in the lawsuit alleging Musk is overstepping the authority of a mere presidential advisor - I know the courts move slow as shit and the Supreme Court is a bunch of asshats but it'd be good to see more of a show of the judiciary trying to push back.

Hey Melania - the bullying is coming from inside the house.

I hope to fuck. People like this fuel the less stupid reasons that people use to vote for GOP candidates... and this fuck would likely be an asshole centrist like Manchin/Sinema when it came to passing meaningful reform.

Tariffs are a tool for economic subsidies and protectionism they never fucking work as an income stream because they actively discouarge the activity they tax - they're similar in action to sin taxes. Sin taxes discourage an activity and necessarily destroy their own revenue - they should never be seen as a tool for income outside of to minimize the harm of the activity they tax.

Either Trump is an idiot, the voters are idiots, or everyone is an idiot. This may be a good time to plug

!buycanadian@lemmy.ca

Hey America, get fucked. Your bald eagles come to Squamish for mating and we're offering them all Canadian citizenship.

Also, please note that individual Americans who oppose Trump are always appreciated...

But yea, my household has dramatically severed ties with US companies and switched to consuming goods produced domestically or in Europe.

What you're describing is a common or free kindness - it's a social kindness that costs nearly nothing and delivers many times its value. The problem is more with economic kindness and selfishness and in that regard your coworker is (mostly, unless you unionize) irrelevant... the question is whether your boss, if looking at a 20 million dollar payout for a company of a dozen people will take half that and make you all rich or take it all and tell you plebs to get fucked.

The story of recent history is that plebs are getting fucked pretty much without exception. Social norms have shifted to the point where fucking over your employees is "cool" and there's not much we can do about it except slowly try and turn back the social compass and, of course, fucking unionize.

Right now in society grifting is the sole way to make a comfortable living. I refuse that path because I believe that this is a reflection of a deeply broken society and work to support those people around me that I can.

This isn't a case of "if more people act selfishly it'll become the norm" because it is the norm - the time for that thinking was in the 80s, 90s and maybe the 00s - but I will still stubbornly reject it and be economically kind when I have the option.

Vance clearly walked in with an agenda to blow it up - his comments were tactless and incendiary while Vance has many times shown a willingness to hold his nose or backtrack former statements fir political gains. Vance, from the comments on wearing a suite (has he ever criticized Elon for his shitheel dress code) to saying "You should be thanking us" - there is no more universal thing you can say to an adult to instantly shutdown communication.

Even then - I doubt it.

But it's probably still worth testing that experiment... for science

Trump is clearly sliding into senility.

You'd think so but then there were these two blue wizards that went off into the east and got so fucking blazed they missed all the novels.

Education is a constant effort and we're fighting monied interests.

I like... gold.

For whatever fucking lunatic reason he seems to view Starmier as a good buddy and he's still enamored with Macron.

UK, European leaders and... UK, European leaders and...

... and Canada. We had no default reason to be included in the talks so thank you kindly for being welcoming to us!

It's buying crypto to gamble... on debt. Don't forget that all this shit needs to not only break even but outpace the increased interest payments to bond holders that will need to be done to fund it.

There is no way a crypto investment will out pace debt growth.