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elfenix

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  1. 40 minutes ago, swraith said:

    based on the SP500 this morning, the market doesn't seem to care about the new auto tariffs.  I don't understand anything anymore.

    it's like when kai ryssdal reports that something beat expectations but shares were down "because capitalism"

  2. 3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Nobody is in charge.  A band of malevolent LITERAL internet trolls simply periodically has one or more of said trolls act as if he was the president, and nobody questions it.  That's it.  That is our actual executive branch, as it actually functions.

    A: Who is your President?

    GOP: We don't have a President!

    A: What?

    GOP: I told you, we're living in a Oligarcho-Incel Commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of Chief Internet Troll for the week,...

    A: Yes.

    GOP: ...but all the decisions of that Chief have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting of the Incels...

    A: Yes, I see.

    GOP: ...by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs,...

    A: Be quiet!

    GOP: ...but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more major--

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  3. 4 hours ago, immamac said:

    There are less than 430 US Billionaires. 

    Name them every time. 

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    Billionaires themselves are also wealthier, with two-thirds adding to their worth. The top 20 on the list gained the most, adding $700 billion to their combined worth since 2023. And the U.S. has a record 813 billionaires — the most of any country.

     

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/forbes-list-of-the-worlds-billionaires-2024-more-than-ever-before-wealthier-arnault-elon-musk-jeff-bezos/

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  4. 4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Elon talks about saving “human civilization” and not humans or the place we live. His is a grim dystopian techno-futurism where most of humanity dies off or ekes out an existence on a choking earth while a small “elite” serve as indentured servants to an even tinier techno-aristocracy off planet.  He’s not even subtle about believing this. 

    The off-planet bit will never really happen but everything he does is aimed at making the first part come true. He’s making it happen.  The dude is an absolute clown but also probably one of the three most important people alive right now.  

    sooooo ... elysium

    (directed by south african canuck neill bloomkamp, maybe he was trying to warn us what his fellow countrymen were up to)

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  5. considering half the country doesn't vote and those odds generally trend lower the younger you get, i have a hard time ascribing any particular political affiliations to any random person, especially under the age of 30.

     

    but it's cool that you randomly bump this thread to bothsides shit, @Modessit

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