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Tuco

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  1. The good news is that most car companies still want to sell their cars in California. Unless the Trump administration is successful in preventing the state EPAs from having more restrictive requirements, they are still going to design to gas mileage standards.
  2. Being a British paper, I am sure most of the readers just think "yeah, they're hiring Americans?"
  3. One of the challenges that Trump is going to face is enough of his supporters are stupid enough to believe he will, or even should, reverse inflation - that things will go back to what they cost in 2019. I heard it plenty of times with Biden : "He keeps saying that inflation is under control, but prices are still so high." The goal shouldn't be deflation; it should be having wage growth higher than inflation.
  4. The phrase "all politics is local" is officially retired.
  5. Bradley's resume is full of SEAL positions. As I mentioned upthread, I think those missions have much more grey area on the rules of engagement. But fuck him if he can't distinguish sending small crews into enemy territory from stopping a completely outgunned boat in waters you control He deserves to go to prison. I stumbled across this article the US Naval Institute that I found interesting that discusses the previous approach. Excerpt below.
  6. A couple of recent articles on Holsey: 1. From December 1st, the military announced when he will actually hand over his command- Dec 12th. He announced his retirement in October, but the timing wasn't announced. I think they accelerated his departure after the news of the second strike broke. 2. The Wall Street Journal just ran an article saying that Holsey was pushed into retirement, after "a culmination of months of discord." That absolutely sounds like damage control. Not only does it reduce the speculation that Holsey retired due to the strikes, it establishes a motive for why he might lie. (I don't have a WSJ sub to share the article or read much past the headline. Fuck Murdoch.)
  7. Anyone with first-hand knowledge can't say that publicly without going to prison because I'm sure it's all classified. I'm betting there are a few people waiting for a subpoena. Admiral Holsey is probably checking his mailbox 3 times a day.
  8. 43% of respondents don't like him because he is too much of a Nazi. 10% don't like him because he's not Nazi enough.
  9. Maybe. But that doesn't change the vote nor Trump's predictable response to it.
  10. Except for the Epstein files. Johnson tried to block it, but he couldn't control the entire caucus. That's what Stafanik means about not being effective.
  11. I'd say the Republicans have underperformed in every election since 2016 in which Trump wasn't on the ballot. Even the 2022 "red wave" was pretty anemic. Which may present some challenges for them going forward. But, they still have the red state gerrymandering advantage in the House, the small state advantage in the Senate and electoral college, and of course SCOTUS.
  12. No, they know we don't. That's why they are pushing for it - to suppress the vote. See also poll taxes, tests, closing of voting locations, ID requirements, purging registration rolls, etc..
  13. Well, and the ADA would absolutely require some access other than going up the Manitou Incline. Which is fine, except when the whole point is to have some sort of glorious entrance for the powerful. It's hard to recreate that running squads of elderly dignitaries up elevators. Evacuation procedures would also get interesting.
  14. If this thing ever gets built, I propose that Senators are required to take their oath in the ballroom. Those stairs should help reduce the average age by a couple of decades.
  15. One of the funny aspects of the big tech world is how baseball caps, ironic shirts, and beards became the new costume for wealth. If you show up to Google in a suit, people are going to ask what you're selling. My firm actually got negative feedback because one of our project managers wore a tie. It's just another stupid, arbitrary dress code.
  16. Inflation, by it's nature, is a rate. There is no inflation for "today". There always has to be a delta t. And, yes, prices are higher in blue states. That's because it's where people want to live. That's how the free market works: price is a reflection of the perceived worth amongst the consumers. I am paying considerably more to live in Washington than I did in Nebraska. For me politics is part of the value I get for living in Washington, but I recognize for others there are usually other factors like career opportunities, big city appeal, and natural beauty.
  17. If you check their net worth, it all makes more sense. That is the only measure of worth. Doesn't matter if you are drug trafficker, a Muslim, a Communist, an immigrant, or a pedophile. If you have money, Trump wants to hang with you. If you are poor, you are worthless.
  18. Y'all need to quit with the kink shaming.
  19. Do you think if they put on a suit they would suddenly understand how an airport works?
  20. Do they need to be dry-cleaned like suits?
  21. There is a difference between not using headphones and not following an arbitrary dress code.
  22. Have you read "AI Snake Oil" by Kapoor and Narayanan? I think programming is one area where AI is very useful. You have a ton of data to learn from and an easy way to track result vs input.
  23. I. Don't. Give. A. Shit. It's none of my fucking business what people wear on a plane. It's not of anyone else's business what I wear.
  24. I’m not sure if the Dems win on this. End of the day, there are a lot of Americans who would cheer a President murdering drug runners. Duterte got pretty popular in the Philippines following that path, at least for a while. I think Hegseth is more hiding behind Bradley than throwing him under the bus. Bradley was promoted to this role during Trump’s time; he may be a MAGA believer. If Bradley stands behind the order, then the Dems need to attack Bradley to get to Trump or Hegseth. For the ignorant electorate, it’s easy for MAGA to message that as the left wing radicals attacking the patriotic military in defense of those narcoterrorist drug runners. But, as with many battles, it needs to be fought even if you might get hurt.
  25. I always figured it's because of the cheesy Paul Revere and the Raiders song. So proud to live; so proud to die.
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