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ETisME
12680 Posts
On December 08 2025 11:02 Manit0u wrote: It's like talking to a bot  Still waiting on you to quote me where I praised russians for gameifying the system etcetc. a bot that fact checked and proved you factually wrong on many points. Would you like me to reference the list again? As a bot would ask. | ||
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Jankisa
Croatia1119 Posts
In a curious development, this company who opened it's first manufacturing facility this year just secured a $ 630 loan from DoD, largest such loan in history. I wonder if the folks here who were extremely troubled by Hunter Biden getting a BS job on a board of a Ukrainian company will be upset by this. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17650 Posts
On December 08 2025 13:56 ETisME wrote: Still waiting on you to quote me where I praised russians for gameifying the system etcetc. a bot that fact checked and proved you factually wrong on many points. Would you like me to reference the list again? As a bot would ask. Why are you bringing up stuff from a different topic in here? Also, I've already told you I'm not going to engage in interactions with you because it's absolutely pointless. People keep telling you you're wrong, keep asking you to stop posting AI slop and yet you persist, spewing random garbage and talking points that quite often have nothing to do with the thing being currently discussed. | ||
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LightSpectra
United States2075 Posts
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LightSpectra
United States2075 Posts
"Well I don’t know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up where he was set up." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSDWRrwEdxZ/ | ||
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Hat Trick of Today
179 Posts
We’re talking about an economy (and stock market) that is single handedly being propped up by like three companies engaging in an investment circlejerk. One of those companies (OpenAI) is cashing cheques that it will never be able to cash and is on a public tour begging the US government to backstop its commitments because of “national security”. There is a reason why the Trump administration constantly bitches out of the trade war with regards to essentials like beef. There’s other factors like lower domestic beef production due to weather conditions/herd health/industry cartels but the end result is that US residents can’t afford goddamn beef whether that be ground beef or your top tier US prime grade steak. They’re not begging Argentina and Brazil to send all the ground beef into the US tariff free out of the goodness of their hearts, it’s because people who used to be able to afford ground beef are now forgoing ground beef because they can’t afford it anymore. People are noticing their quality of life is actually getting worse. Stuff like this, continued inflationary pressures on stuff essential to living in a modern world, increasing amounts of loan delinquencies, consumer spending being moribund amongst the lowest 90% of income earners, and the obvious horrid jobs market don’t suggest a good or even OK economy. Opinion polls confirm this because Trump is well underwater in every economic related polling topic. And we know the administration knows the economy is dogshit because this is the exact type of administration that would be telling everyone how good the economy is. But instead it’s just culture war garbage like mandating the use of Times New Roman because Calibri is woke or that we need to dress respectfully at airports. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8703 Posts
Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayoral race in Florida, the first time someone from her party has done so in nearly 30 years. A former county commissioner, Higgins won the runoff election by securing 59% of the votes, defeating her Republican competitor Emilio Gonzalez, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump and got nearly 41%, according to official results. Speaking to supporters at her election celebration party, Higgins said: "Miami chose a new direction... you chose competence over chaos." Higgins' victory continues a string of recent Democratic wins. it's not just opinion polls anymore. the political winds due to Trump's policies (going full Project2025/trade wars... ending imaginary wars while selling out allies in real ones...) are shifting dramatically from not even a year ago. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
9025 Posts
And to Hat Trick, no the economy isn't doing any better. You answered that question in the rest of your post. Everything is more expensive and wages are nowhere near keeping up with inflation. Shit is diabolical. Day to day necessities are almost out of reach for a lot of people. This is going to be a tight holiday season for a lot of people and some are gonna have to go without due to the fact that they simply can't afford much of anything. It's a shitshow but this is what the other half of the country voted for/accepted. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8703 Posts
it is remarkable however that Republicans are now shifting towards "saving" Obamacare. is their mandate not big enough, their trust in themselves and their competence so low that major reform is out of the question? a tragic, diabolical shit show indeed. I mean Democrats already suck/are not great but there is a sliver of hope (as of late) at least. what about Republicans then...? they haven't even lost the important elections yet, but somehow are losing to themselves harder than to the Democrats part of the resistance. | ||
KwarK
United States43545 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20140 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22083 Posts
On December 11 2025 02:11 decafchicken wrote: Not watched the whole thing so maybe it gets addressed but how even? Don't you have sticker prices? Isn't this just strait up fraud?Long watch, TL:DR - Proves that companies are using AI algorithms to manipulate grocery pricing and charge as much as possible based on who's purchasing it. | ||
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KwarK
United States43545 Posts
On December 11 2025 02:29 Gorsameth wrote: Not watched the whole thing so maybe it gets addressed but how even? Don't you have sticker prices? Isn't this just strait up fraud? Electronic tags and online shopping. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9768 Posts
On December 10 2025 22:31 Hat Trick of Today wrote: But instead it’s just culture war garbage like mandating the use of Times New Roman because Calibri is woke or that we need to dress respectfully at airports. I was reading about this earlier. I have no idea how anyone can possibly support this. Its pointless and vindictive. Actually trying to convince people that calibri is woke is so fucking insane you'd have to be severely mentally ill to go along with it. | ||
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oBlade
United States5866 Posts
On December 11 2025 02:58 Jockmcplop wrote: I was reading about this earlier. I have no idea how anyone can possibly support this. Its pointless and vindictive. Actually trying to convince people that calibri is woke is so fucking insane you'd have to be severely mentally ill to go along with it. Interesting reaction. The State Department under Blinken/Biden changed to Calibri with the explicit justification it had some kind of effect on visual accessibility for the impaired. This is not some kind of 250 year old constitutional norm Trump blew up. They used Times New Roman before and they're using it now. It's a font. That's all. | ||
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dyhb
United States103 Posts
lol missed previous response while composing | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22083 Posts
On December 11 2025 02:58 Jockmcplop wrote: And here comes Oblade to prove your point, rofl.I was reading about this earlier. I have no idea how anyone can possibly support this. Its pointless and vindictive. Actually trying to convince people that calibri is woke is so fucking insane you'd have to be severely mentally ill to go along with it. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9768 Posts
On December 11 2025 03:20 oBlade wrote: Interesting reaction. The State Department under Blinken/Biden changed to Calibri with the explicit justification it had some kind of effect on visual accessibility for the impaired. This is not some kind of 250 year old constitutional norm Trump blew up. They used Times New Roman before and they're using it now. It's a font. That's all. Yes, they changed it to a clearer font, in order that people can read it better. Is that what you would define as woke? Has anti-wokeness gone so far off the edge of our reality that they will make things less accessible even if there's zero benefit to be had from doing so, just to exclude people? | ||
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KwarK
United States43545 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11739 Posts
On December 11 2025 03:45 KwarK wrote: Oblade likes his fonts like he likes his salutes. Full of | ||
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