Posted in: Do you think the art of conversation has been lost in the digital age? See in context
if half the people spoke in face-to-face conversation the same way, with the same i’ll-informed nonsense as on social media, you’d never want to talk to anyone again.
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Posted in: AP reporter denied access to White House over 'Gulf of Mexico' naming issue See in context
this week in stupid - todays edition
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Posted in: Trump steel, aluminum tariffs likely to drive up car costs, industry leaders say See in context
many small and medium size businesses using aluminum and steel to fabricate products other than cars will be forced to raise prices.
a tariff war is stupid.
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Posted in: Emergency dispatches by Tokyo Fire Department in 2024 exceeded 930,000 See in context
i had the pleasure of an ambulance ride in yokohama about 2002. emergency room, mri and ambulance was about 25,000 yen after insurance.
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Posted in: Trump says there will be no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for U.S. 'ownership' See in context
just because you voted for someone doesn't mean you have agree with everything they say or do.
that's what desperate people do when talking to someone they want to sleep with.
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Posted in: Trump announces 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, risking inflation on promise of more jobs See in context
“Howard Lutnick, Trump's pick to be commerce secretary, said that the strengthened tariffs would bring 120,000 jobs back to the United States. It wasn't clear how he reached that number.”
oh, non-maga people know where he pulled that number out of.
the guy was holding back laughter when he said he supported a u.s. sovereign wealth fund.
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Posted in: Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state See in context
the last time the u.s. and canada had a war, the white house was on fire.
and the most recent fire in the white house is now with trump burning down america.
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Posted in: Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state See in context
my apologies.
i meant to say that the gulf of mexico was named 400 years ago, which is 150 years before the u.s. was founded.
and the coastline was all mexico.
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Posted in: Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state See in context
obviously chattrump ai is having hallucinations. do all droppings from his mouth have to be reported on? the gulf of mexico was named 400 years before the u.s. existed. as dr. kelly, professor at wharton school said, “trump was the dumbest godamn student i taught in 30 years.”
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Posted in: Ishiba proposes Nippon Steel invest in U.S. Steel rather than acquire it See in context
i commented on the previous stories where maga was heralding trump as a deal maker, that it was unclear in the reporting who initiated the investment vs. acquisition idea. it was obviously voted down by the maga mafia,
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Posted in: Trump revokes security clearances for Blinken, Sullivan See in context
i don’t trust anybody anymore. even myself.
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Posted in: What do you think of U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Nippon Steel invest in U.S. Steel rather than buy it? See in context
and just how do you know that this wasn’t isihiba’s idea and not trumps idea?
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Posted in: We comprehensively judged store locations and their business conditions as factors. See in context
the two largest coffee producing countries, brazil and vietnam, have lower yields from drought, disease, soil mismanagement and climate change. it’s not going to get better.
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Posted in: Silencing science: How Trump is reshaping U.S. health See in context
utter nonsense. it's restricting access to data necessary to track highly transmissible viruses. it’s trying to cover up the spread of avian virus strains that are a significant threat to the food supply and health. utter nonsense.
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Posted in: Trump says U.S. Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it See in context
kurisupisu Today 08:28 am JST “President Trump is being successful at making the USA richer…”
when your debt is more than your yearly earnings, you’re not rich.
you’re only in debt up to your eyeballs.
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Posted in: Trump says U.S. Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it See in context
there are no secrets in advanced steelmaking. only swallowing profits without investing in them.
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Posted in: Trump says U.S. Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it See in context
the article doesn’t say who first said investment vs.buyout.
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Posted in: Baseball star Ohtani’s ex-interpreter sentenced to nearly 5 years in sports betting case See in context
if he was a banker or wall street trader, he’d be a white house advisor now after being pardoned.
his sentence was really 2 years, with 3 years added for the haircut.
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Posted in: On eve of summit with Japan PM, Trump reportedly meets U.S. Steel CEO See in context
i think it’s trump created more havoc, chaos and calamity in his first 100 hours than a foreigner eating a cheeseburger and fries on the yamanote.
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Posted in: Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back' See in context
this is why discussing religion or politics is banned in the officers mess on ships.
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Posted in: Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back' See in context
this is where purposive interpretation is important - what was the purpose or remedy of the text?
the remedy was to keep goverment out of religion. and that includes the executive branch.
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Posted in: Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back' See in context
and by the way, the constitution says this:
“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
the founding fathers were not theists. the word god does not appear in the constitution.
one of the major reasons for independence was the british requiring everyone to be members of a religion, the church of england.
here is where pup
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Posted in: Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back' See in context
Yrral Today 08:04 am JST Trump has not one ounce of mortality
or morality, but i understood.
jt changed the coding so i can’t see any modifications to text, like quotes, italic, etc. not that anyone used an ipad…
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Posted in: What do you think about all the various products to combat the effects of hay fever? What do you recommend? See in context
i recommend moving.
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Posted in: Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back' See in context
what the hell is he talking about?
the correlation between religion and maga is interesting. both are based on belief without any shred of evidence, which is what belief is. belief in tall tales of virgin births, stories of magic, omniscient gods and angels, etc. all are the same in only their religion is right.
maga is like that — believers in tall tales, no matter what.
there are believers and there are thinkers.
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Posted in: Trump and Musk's dismantling of government is shaking foundations of US democracy See in context
the slipshod use of the word democracy is a problem. ain’t no democracy.
the decline of the separation of powers is what’s occurring now. that and a transformation to an oligarchy no different than russia, and an unchecked authoritarian government.
there’s an old saying that you become what you hate. it’s happening before your eyes.
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Posted in: Ishiba to pledge more LNG imports from U.S. in talks with Trump See in context
the lng thing is minor. the direct question he needs to ask trump is this: what are you going to do when china seizes taiwan?
trump won’t answer him directly. he’ll ramble something without commitment.
if trump gets mixed up in gaza, tries something militarily with panama, china will continue its started goal of taking taiwan in 2027.
and trump won’t care. if anything, he’ll have the u.s. military take out the advanced chip factories, since they’ll be up and operating in the u.s.
that’s it. all the money, both u.s. and japanese, having u.s. military presence in japan will have been wasted. it’s not a deterrence at all.
japan could say that if you don’t defend taiwan and chinese encroachment, you can pull your troops out of japan. japan has the capability and capacity to build a nuclear deterrence. that’s why they haven’t signed the non proliferation agreements.
ishiba needs to make “japan first” his new slogan.
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Posted in: Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: U.S. data See in context
the nsidc is not a government organization, but complies data with nasa and noaa, which are. they already had this data before trump began scrubbing all government sites of all climate related information.
scientists working in u.s. government positions, who “believe” climate change is occurring, are being culled.
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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context
trump does have a weird fixation about mass deportations.
maybe send the palestinians to guantanamo? or build a fence around wyoming and send them there. and make mexico pay for it.
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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context
more evidence that we’re living in a simulation. some 15-year old in his room is punking us with trump.
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Posted in: Trump's tariff tactics may reshape global trade: analysts