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  1. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    DOJ is investigating the shit out of this and has the highest White House officials before grand juries even as we speak.

    What the actual fuck is there to investigate? Did trump steal government documents and imperil national security for his own personal gain?

    Idk, better check the tape! Hope we don't get a big 12 officiating crew!

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  2. 5 hours ago, Mole said:

    Since the topic of retaliation and responding to bad behavior has come, Jesus may have had an opinion, even for the fake world that is online. Also, the Christ-followers thread seems sorely lacking in Christ’s words.

    Matthew 5: 38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[h] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

    Love for Enemies

    43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[i] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?Are not even the tax collectors doing that?47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

    Lol I've been citing scripture left and right and all I seem to get is form responses ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

  3. 35 minutes ago, MeerkatBong said:

    NASA was Uncle Rico, peaking in 1969, and welcomed private money to spur innovation again. You can hate Elon Musk without also mindlessly defending everything the US government does (or doesn't). They aren't mutually exclusive.

    Maybe in terms of launch vehicles, but NASA is doing an incredible amount of science in space. DART, Webb, ISS, Curiosity, etc etc

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  4. 29 minutes ago, NoName said:

    i totally understand him siding with China because of the importance of it to his personal fortune and to TSLA.

    ...but siding with Russia? inserting himself in the UA/RU conflict? ON THE RU SIDE?! seriously...then coming out and demanding to get paid for starlink? then not understanding why Ukranians are telling you to fuck off? then being a petty child about it? (wait, this is literally the exact thing that has happened with the Thai soccer team, COVID, any politician he has supported, etc)

    the funny thing of all of it is if he hadn't said what he said about the UA?RU conflict, then asked to be paid i think it would be taken totally differently. also, he cratered any opinion he may have on Taiwan by inserting himself in a fight that means literally nothing to him or his bottom line.

    the guy can't help himself.

    So weird how business people seem to keep favoring fascism and using their business interests to influence national affairs.... Those pesky profit margins and pathological need for growth can really lead to some awful corporate behavior

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  5. 8 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Speaking of protests and governments trying to crack down on dissent.

     

    Member when a bunch of ergodans bodyguards/goons beat up a bunch of American journalists? I member. That regime has been literally targeting and attacking protesters and journalists for the better part of a decade. Idk if it's a crackdown, or just the screw continuing to turn 

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  6. 10 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    I've got to think many of the units they sent to Ukraine are the better maritime ones able to be moving and designed to be more rugged and faster service.  Service on those runs $5K/month retail.

    From what Ukrainian twitter is saying, it doesn't sound like it. Lots of residential units bought and paid for by individuals at the $60/mo tier on their personal CC

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  7. 2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:


    but I do agree that the matter would be better handled quietly. Space x sent a letter to the pentagon. Cnn got a hold of it and ran the story. Odds are the letter was leaked from musks side imo. He is butthead because the UKR diplomat told him to go fuck himself from the twatbox. 

    Yeah, same sort of thing is what got musk into buying twitter - he got onto the board, some other board members didn't like him and wanted to remove him, so musk just "bought the company". Definitely seeing a pattern, imo

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  8. 1 minute ago, Anastasis said:


    From the cnn article:
     

    So far roughly 20,000 Starlink satellite units have been donated to Ukraine, with Musk tweeting on Friday the "operation has cost SpaceX $80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year."

    Huh, TIL. Didn't realize so many had been shipped, mea culpa for not clicking through the article

    Edit: although I'm still not sure if I agree with calling donated hardware and services lost revenue. I'd you're expecting public market rates for it, it's not exactly a donation lol. 

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  9. 6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Yeah, the Senate sure seems like a mistake in a whole bunch of ways, along with the electoral college.

    But the founders didn't wholly trust this newfangled democracy thing, and for pretty good reasons, so they put some anti-democratic firewalls in place.

    The horrible irony of it is that the firewalls were supposed to prevent Trumps. 

    The founders also expected us to change the government and update it over time, which is in direct contradiction towards MAGA. And MAGA weaponizes those anti democratic mechanisms to further entrench their grip on power, and prevents their patching to protect against abuse. 

    It's not a horrible irony, it's a well executed plan of attack

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  10. 8 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

    Just down a full point from Pre-Covid.  NBD

    All things considered.... Yeah? Dude, COVID was one of the most impactful things many of us will encounter in our lives. It certainly was for me. The fact that we're only down a point for labor participation not even a year removed from "opening up" again is pretty remarkable. I'm not sure I agree with the basis of your criticism

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  11. 50 minutes ago, Blotto said:

    At the same time, the Biden is considering banning US fuel exports kind of fucking over European countries now buying record levels of US crude as they look to diversify away from Russia. "Hey guys, FU....figure it out"

    For what it's worth, Biden proposed a fuel export ban (ie: gasoline and diesel, finished products) not a crude export ban. So it wouldn't impact EU crude imports from us.

  12. 20 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

    This thread is the most depressing one ever to catch up on

    Well, ImmaculateGRUbeast is on a 2 week timeout from misbehaving in the Ukraine war thread so at least you'll get a bit of a reprieve from the local kremlin cheerleader

  13. 22 minutes ago, El Tri said:

    I'm still laughing over here at Johnny Sack's racist bitch ass thinking he's walking with Christ.

    Bro have you heard how much he donates to Haitian orphanages?? He's paid more than enough in indulgences for him to be as awful as he'd like - that's how it works, right?

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