Does Cuba have oil? Do they export illegal drugs? There really don’t seem to be any similarities
I’d buy Ukraine more as a prelude to regime change in Cuba. Russia may be falling apart but they still have nuclear weapons and historically defended Cuba. Drump needed to return to his master saying Ukraine agreed to cede territory in return for peace, so his master gives the go ahead to attack cuba
Sure, there’s that, and oil.
Also the economy sucks for non-billionaires, and oil
Sometimes. But sometimes you might consider it fact-checking or parody, especially based on whether you agree.
I think that’s arguable but the fundamental point here is what value is being added? I guess I posted partly in response to the point about small content creators where this is an all too common occurrence that probably does no real harm…. Or at least the main issue is NOT pirating content from someone who can’t afford to defund themselves
I find them annoying even when I agree with them because reaction videos with no actual commentary added are just wrong
What if it’s a political reaction by “the other side”? Where I’ve noticed it is political commentary where they’re holding someone up for ridicule, but they don’t add anything of value other than showing it to a different audience in a different context.
That small creator would never have been viewed by that audience and will not lose any of their core views by virtue of additional audience. They don’t get clicks but I suppose it increases name recognition
No, really not. While I haven’t had catastrophic leaks and it doesn’t leak every time, I’ve spent way more time than I like cleaning out the fridge from milk left on its side
The only reason they need to be refrigerated is the convenience of preventing them from separating. They do fine in the cupboard.
In the other hand I stopped getting Costco bulk sizes because it was frustrating to mix them back in effectively, and the normal sized jars get used quickly
That’s annoying - it’s the only place my milk fits. And my shelves aren’t adjustable enough to change that unless I remove a shelf
For example an event like chaotic policy means countries no longer use your currency as a global reserve currency - would mean a sudden drop in investor faith that could trigger this. Or even deliberate disrupting the economy to devalue your currency, depending on whether we believe they’re smart enough to have a strategy or just take their chaos at face value
I’d like to remind everyone the infrastructure act in 2022 set aside craploads to build out electrical transmission infrastructure. Not that they could have made a difference yet but that money allocated by Congress got pulled back by the executive branch.
Remember that next time your rates go up - we could at least be distributing power across larger areas to effectively increase supply, while also giving more opportunity for power generation to connect.
And since I live in New England, fuck taco Don Quixote in particular for his senseless war against wind turbines - these were like the only new power generation we had about to come online
Yeah but the examples I read about also used that strategy to get around state and local regulations for things like renewable energy portfolios.
Good for them if they’re building acres of solar and storage. Bad for us if they’re using diesel generators
What if my ex was 1/4 Canadian? Do I have to re-marry her?
Smart meters aren’t necessary for that. We already have different rates for different usage levels. I’d actually worry that this is the problem. I don’t know how rates work for industrial needs but in a lot of things the biggest users can negotiate a discount. As one of the biggest users, are they driving up rates by not only exceeding supply but also paying less? Are your utility regulators looking out for all their customers or just the big ones?
Smart meters are more useful to vary rates by time of day, to help adjust demand for the level of supply
Huh, I never thought about replacing them ….
Ridiculous pay for star athletes and celebrities is at least fair: they’re directly bringing in tons of money/profit, so why shouldn’t they be rewarded?
However they’re more a symptom than the actual problem. The real problem is the manipulative nature of sky high ticket prices, merchandising, ads, etc. how can these firms of entertainment command prices people can no longer afford, exploiting captive audiences, etc, to generate so much profit? The stars should get rewarded with a share of the profits they generate, but it’s ridiculous how much those activities generate.
In a sane world, I could afford to take my family to a game/concert/theme park, we can decide to bring in our own water, food and t-shirts only cost a little more than in the outside world, there are no ad timeouts, no region locking, no public funding, and the owners should be taxed at a higher rate than I am. But at every step, we’ve adopted anti-consumer policy, increased inequality, and it just adds up - society rewards exploitation, removes consumer protections and fairness. We’re no longer people, just products
profit generated by teachers is too indirect, too long term. Most people can’t even seem to conceptualize it, much less quantify it, plus who’s going to stay at a job 20+ years before they get a payoff
Plus it’s a comment on how performative republicans are with their appeal to “law and order order”, the constitution, states rights. So much drama and spectacle about things they don’t really care about
Excellent for you. I imagine the between years weren’t easy, and I know that turnaround can be a real challenge
Can’t beat the classic
The current one isn’t likely to face justice in his lifetime. It’s not worth trying to hold him accountable: let history be the judge.
However we have tens of thousands of criminals who have not put themselves above the law, are not at deaths door. All those people who denied human rights, issued illegal orders, violated government data protections, enriched themselves are within the reach of justice. Let’s start with the cabinet and the orange family, and work our way down to every ice agent, including effing billionaires buying votes and interfering with government