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That makes a lot of sense, particularly the part about the banks. Going after Clinton is just reflex, but going after the banking institutions seems like a tell.
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John Fetterman - saving America with sweatshirts and Umbros
Tuco replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
Off topic: I think one of those "what do you believe" questions is whether you believe in an immutable and immortal soul. As an agnostic bordering on atheist, personally I think it is unlikely, but if there is, it would have to be something separate than your personality. We have observable, undeniable evidence that your personality can change drastically with a simple change in your brain chemistry or how your neurons fire. We are all a little brain damage away from becoming Republican. So it just seems impossible that you have a personality that is independent of your living flesh. I like the Buddhist version of reincarnation more than the Hindu version. The Hindu version imagines your person carries over, but the Buddhist version is imagined more like the flame of one candle lighting another. Although I don't really believe in either. -
Not to be pedantic, but.. If I understand it correctly, with the damage to the refiners, Russia needs to export oil to anyone who will still take it, and then import fuel. Hitting the ports seriously fucks that up. People halfway joke about the vodka production, but honestly they may end up having to use higher proof alcohol (ethanol) for their cars and generators eventually. Of course that isn't a replacement for diesel.
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Thanks. I hadn't caught that. And, anyone else find this quote kinda funny in retrospect:
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It's the same email you posted man. Not having "Virginia" is a pretty critical redaction if the question is whether Virginia knew about it.
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It was redacted. I thought NBC had confirmation it was Giuffre, but that may have just been related to another redacted email.
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Y'all need to slow down and read what he wrote. Republicans are using Giuffre's statements to prove that Trump did nothing wrong. Lamar is saying that the emails state that Trump spent many hours with Giuffre, with the implication that he had sex with her. For that implication to be correct, Giuffre would have to be lying. I think it's possible Trump didn't have sex with her, but had sex with other victims. I think it's possible she is lying (or suppressing memories) and Trump did have sex with her. Not trusting her statements does not mean I lack sympathy for her. (Maybe that's where Lamar and I differ.) Either way, she was a child who was raped on a regular basis for the profit and entertainment of rich and powerful men.
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Probably because it's part of the evidence in a mystery people are trying to figure out.
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And the question is specifically on how he is managing the government, on the heels of the longest government shutdown in history, which he did nothing to address. For forty days he either ignored it or typed shit, while the government literally doing nothing, and a third of adults still approve of his management of government.
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I saw his book of poetry in the bookstore. Good for him for trying.
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That might also go in the face-eating-leopards thread. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-11-11/us-catholic-bishops-select-conservative-culture-warrior-to-lead-them-during-trumps-second-term
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I think Megyn Kelly's comments are technically correct, from a psychology classification stand point. But the fact she feels the need to make the point now makes me wonder if there is a homeroom teacher Megyn still remembers fondly.
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It might explain why Trump didn't get an invite to Chelsea's wedding.
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John Fetterman - saving America with sweatshirts and Umbros
Tuco replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
Nebraska's Chuck Hagel is the last one I can remember who openly bucked the Republican leadership, and that was due to the Iraq War. I think he eventually went Indy after deciding to not run for re-election, and then served in Obama's administration. -
Sorry, meant grey market. Got my colors confused. The grey market is just the resale market of new equipment. If/When the AI bubble pops, it will result in many construction projects being canceled in both data centers and power plants. Both types of facilities require high voltage electrical equipment. Delivery of some of this equipment is what is driving the schedules, so it needs to be ordered early. It is very much a sellers market, so the equipment vendors are requiring large upfront payments. So, it is likely once projects are canceled - projects that are not completed - there will be equipment that is mostly or completely purchased that the owner doesn't need. They will sell it to resellers for quick cash, who in turn sell it to maybe a new widget factory that is being developed. Of course, if the whole economy tanks, there won't be many new buyers in the market, so the price will drop even further. (Unfortunately, I don't know of a good way to make money in all that.)
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As someone with experience in mission critical and power generation, that future is uncertain and way the fuck out there. I think big techs are just using it as a distraction from the near-term shit show that will absolutely happen, assuming the bubble doesn't pop first. And any thermal power plant, particularly nuke, will need to be tied into the grid. You can't cycle them to match a data center load. These have way more inertia than a diesel gen bank, so stand alone is impractical IMO. You also need to consider the siting issues onsite nukes would have. Show of hands - who would feel comfortable with Facebook installing a nuclear facility within 2 miles of their house? 10 miles? When folks use the term "small modular reactor", they imagine a miniature power plant. But the overall load of an AI data center will be consistent with a traditional nuke plant. SMRs have some advantages, but lose economies of scale if you are packing dozens of them on site. I am not confident they will win out against more traditional designs. I am intrigued by Terra Power's approach, which doesn't swap out fuel. But, again, way the fuck out there and uncertain. Keep in mind that AI is not the only thing driving the power demand increase. Two other big factors are crypto and electrification (mainly electrical vehicles, but also industrial and heat pumps.) I think when the bubble bursts, you will see a contraction on the power side, but not as desperate. And I think you will see the independent power providers to retire old assets while holding onto the more efficient (energy and cost) newer assets. That may be the silver lining in all this - the new plants being built are just better, environmentally, than the old stuff that will get mothballed once the market contracts. So, yeah, you could swoop up a bunch of 50-year old shit that still has some life in it. The real value buys will be in equipment ordered, but not operating. Electrical gear will be pennies on the dollar on the brown market. Some of it could be used in other industries or in replacements, although much of it is custom.
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That was always the case. The right wing focus on pedophilia and sex trafficking was always the replacement for calling their opponents faggots. As gay marriage became more accepted by society as a whole, pedophilia accusations is what they started attacking liberals with, despite there being zero evidence liberals are more likely to be pedophiles. They had to maintain this fantasy they were morally superior to the perverted liberals. And then they push into it into any kind of discussion of gay rights. I'm curious if the House can release whatever information they possess. I get they would need a law to compel the Executive Branch to release everything, but I wouldn't think the Executive Branch could restrain the House from releasing what they have. It wouldn't be a law, just a decision on how the House operates.
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Keep in mind, Trump is so pathologically narcissistic that he will mark up a hurricane map rather than admit that he was wrong. He's never going to concede anything that makes him look bad.
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
I would have liked to see another week, but just so Trump could continue to try to cut off SNAP benefits at the detriment of many Republican and non-voters. All philosophical arguments for or against the filibuster aside, I would really rather have Trump not have a filibusterless Senate for the next 3+ years. The short term sucks right now and that would make it worse. I have no idea what is going to happen in 2028, but I want the Senate Republicans to have an excuse for not passing whatever crazy shit Trump reads on Twitter. Granted, in order for it to matter, Democrats need to use it, which will piss off Trump, and thus endangers it. So it's a game of chicken. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
I think you vastly underestimate how much the Republicans hate the ACA. They would have eliminated the filibuster well before funding the ACA. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
Compromising definitely cost the Democrats support and opened up their left flank. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
Yes. I think the Dems would have done roughly the same in the non-Federal elections during a Federal shutdown. I think the results demonstrate an intensifying trend: Democrats now do better in off-cycle elections. Trump is able to bring out the voters when he is on the ballots, but much of MAGA doesn't care about anything but Trump. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
And the next CR, in January, will be the first month they are actually paying for the premiums. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
And Trump is still trying to starve families. It also gives Democrats a path to fight again in three months, when SNAP isn't in jeopardy. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Tuco replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
I'm not overly pissed off over this. What does irritate me is the timing. The Trump administration was in the middle of deciding not to feed poor American families. That wasn't some inevitable outcome of the shutdown, it was a choice he was fighting at the highest level for. If the Democrats can't message that, then I just don't fucking know what they can win on. Did anyone see any Republican Senator asked about that: "The government currently has the funds and the legal obligation to feed American families below the poverty level: do you agree with the President's decision to not feed them as a way of pressuring the Democrats?" Give it another week for that play out. But, while this is a fight that the Democrats needed to fight, it was obvious the Republicans were not going to give up the ACA firebombing. So what did the Dems get? To me, the big thing was a short timetable until the next fight. Come January 30th, we come to another decision point. But during that fight, SNAP will be fully funded. And while I think Democrats win on Trump defunding SNAP, I also get that Democrats don't want poor kids going hungry. The biggest problem with the Democrats here is that they would rather govern than battle. They need to get ready to battle, because it's either fight or capitulate.
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