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Native Californian retired in Maryland.

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10.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Palantir makes burgers now?

09.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally Orwell's doublethink:
"...to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them"

09.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

09.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 4677 πŸ” 1393 πŸ’¬ 329 πŸ“Œ 120

Load-bearing corruption.

09.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's "strait" of Hormuz, not "straits".
That is all.

09.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dirty Harry holding a pistol.

Dirty Harry holding a pistol.

...punk.

09.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UCSC isn't for the closed-minded.

08.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are we not men?

08.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Was it windy? He probably didn't want any embarrassing photos taken with his hair blowing around. That's all he cares about.

07.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You are making it sound like her message was "I don't care if you vote or not, but if you do, you should vote for me." I just don't think that's fair or accurate.

07.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't take it too literally. The point is that ineffective leaders choose people who won't compete with them instead of people who are good at the job.

07.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every single person Trump has chosen is proof of the saying
"First class people hire first class people. Second class people hire third class people."

07.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Proton didn't directly help the FBI but the point is that they aren't a magical privacy machine.

07.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The FBI would not have the information without Proton's cooperation with Swiss authorities. Spin works both ways.

07.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How did they know what information to ask the processor for?

07.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was legal in Switzerland where it happened.

07.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The war also is benefiting Iran rival and Trump friend Saudi Arabia.

07.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a Backpfeifengesicht.

06.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US customs agency says it cannot comply with tariff refund order The ​U.S. Customs and β€ŒBorder Protection agency is ​unable to ​comply with a court ⁠order ​directing it to ​refund tariffs that the Supreme Court has ​ruled ​illegal, the agency said in a β€Œcourt ⁠fili...

Did you even look?
www.reuters.com/business/us-...

06.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, they should get started right away then.

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it has a terrible pain in all the diodes down its left side.

06.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was referring to citizens, not temporary workers.

06.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you considered a sundial?

06.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thou art out of thine element, Donnye.

06.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That doesn't mean they don't benefit from it.

06.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bari the hatchet.

05.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The resolution was to remove armed forces from Iran.

05.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He does consistently stand by his misguided principles.

05.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0