I have no idea what you’re trying to say.

But it’s sad to see someone act like this on a mod account. You’re setting a horrible example for other users.

Gee…

I wonder why starving victims of an ongoing genocide who gets a fraction of the aid they need to feed everyone is panicking…

I can’t imagine the complete lack of empathy required to write a headline where you call those poor souls “looters”.

Like, I get why the favor the wealthy, the largest shareholder of the Times is the world’s second richest person.

But I don’t know why they have such a vested interest in using loaded language to always make people view Palestinians negatively and ignore Israel has caused the vast majority of international incidents in the Middle East since England created it.

One of the ways US fossil fuel use is down but production is record breaking is it’s US coal being burnt in India.

This particulate pollution from small scale coal use is obviously horrible locally, but it doesn’t just stay there

I remember an article a while ago that said a lot of the particulate is landing on icebergs all the way at the poles. Because soot is dark, it warms up even faster than the iceberg and increases the speed it melts. So even when it’s out of the atmosphere, it’s still causing damage.

I wish we could do something about it, but regardless of party, every incoming admin keeps breaking the prior admin’s fossil fuel production limits.

Yep.

It’s been a busy couple years, but the Panama Papers never really led to anything.

We know “they” are doing this, it’s not even an ambiguous “they” because of that story, we have names and evidence of the wealthy breaking laws to dodge taxes. But we just didn’t do anything because those people also tend to give a shit ton of money to both parties.

A single unimportant person got four years in the US and two lawyers got four months in Brazil.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/panama-papers.asp

But none of the wealthy dodging taxes was held accountable. Hell, the leaks named dozens of former and current world leaders… Why would they hold themselves accountable?

As much as I care about politics, we need to start coming to the hard realization that it’s just a distraction so the wealthy can stall till they can just buy robots instead of paying people.

That’s the clock for taxing the wealthy. The need for human soldiers and manufacturing.

If we don’t beat that clock, then humanity as we know it is fucked.

Everytime we talk about taxing them, we hear “they’ll leave if we tax them!”

But they fucking won’t, and even if they do, it’s as simple as a “tax dodger law” when the wealthy enter the country.

There’s not many billionaires. If first world countries said if you have a billion in net worth, it now costs 100k/day in taxes to be in their country…

It’s not like the billionaires will really live in isolation. Hell, they won’t even really go thru with moving legal residence out of the country that made them a billionaire.

Either they move the permanent residence where they’ll actually spend their time, or they can pay the 100k/day to be there and not pay the taxes they should be.

Edit:

For America specifically, we have the “exit tax” already…

https://1040abroad.com/blog/exit-tax-explained-a-us-expats-guide-to-expatriation-tax/

It’s not the best, and it doesn’t stop millionaires from leaving, but it’s a big reason US Billionaires never renounce US citizenship, even tho we’re like the only country who taxes income from foreign countries.

They’re surrounded by nations who are calling for their extermination

They’re surrounded by countries they constantly attack and stir shit with…

And by “stir shit” I mean commit war crimes, human rights abuses, and outright genocide.

Yet you’re surprised the neighbors don’t like them?

The word has lost its meaning now for a lot of people.

Decades of genocides can make genocide feel normal

Your comment is a perfect example.

Nah, if they didn’t have nukes and US backing (which is likely how they have nukes)…

Then they wouldn’t act like they’re untouchable and wouldn’t commit so many genocides against neighboring countries…

Like, what you’re doing is saying the schoolyard bully has to be a bully because no one likes them. Ignoring the fact that the reason no one likes them is they keep beating up smaller kids.

They can stop being a bully anytime and the situation would improve. Getting mad at the bullied kids because they don’t like the bully makes no logical sense.

Like, you expect people to just ignore when a different country attacks yours and kills your children?

That’s just water under the bridge and they should get over it?

It’s their fault for responding to violence with violence instead of meekly allowing themselves to be exterminated?

Do you even read what you type?

Or do you legitimately just not understand what’s happening?

Can’t blame this on trump…

This is 100% on the people Biden appointed to his admin just not having it in them to fight.

Not everyone has it, that’s fine, human variation is normal.

But we can’t afford to keep putting cowards in position of power. We need someone that will actually try to enforce the law.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to vote on a censure resolution against Iran for its lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.

Correct me if I’m wrong…

But aren’t Israel’s nukes “open secrets” because they’re not legally allowed to have nuclear weapons either?

Everyone knows they have them, we just pretend they don’t

As a hypothetical sure…

But we broke fossil fuel production records under trump, we broke them under Biden, and there’s no reason to think trump won’t break them again.

For fucks sake, they had both of the only two options be pro-fracking this time…

Billion dollar fossil fuel corporations don’t have to worry, they already bought both parties. And have been lobbying trump to leave Biden’s “signature climate change legislation” intact, because it makes them a bunch of money and comes with zero negatives.

So as a hypothetical you’re example would fit.

Except no one is doing this but currently:

the government is spending time and money on regulating (fossil fuels)

In this scenario malicious compliance is doing your job properly and efficiently.

That still covered the very top of departments, not entire agency workforces

If you want to see what resigning out of protest or fear from far right extremists leads to…

Look up the KKK’s role in ending reconstruction, and what happened to the American South when anyone who wasn’t racist was afraid to vote let alone hold position in government.

Giving up is rarely the right move, and federal employees have one of the strongest unions in America and it’s comically hard to be fired unless you’re a political appointee.

And that is entirely intentional and for this exact scenario.

Resigning just makes it easier for them for no reason. It concentrates the shitty employees who will go along with anything, and it shrinks the federal government when they don’t try to restaff

Lots of people will never buy a Tesla, but when you order an Uber and that shitshow appears, you can only cancel so many times before the app gets mad at you for it.

Human drivers was always a temporary thing for those apps, they’ll keep squeezing human drivers so they don’t have to pay maintenance on vehicles, but the second Muskmobiles becomes popular, there goes the closest thing to a job that’s been keeping a lot of people afloat.

There’s going to be a real negative effect when those disappear, even tho they’re barely jobs to begin with.

It’s profit margin

7.5k on a 30k EV is huge, and would lead to lots of sales.

No one stupid enough to pay 110k for a cyber shit will car about a 7.5k tax credit.

So Tesla might take a little hit, but it’s a huge disadvantage for affordable EVs

Not always.

Like, all the deportations, that would “break” our society, but to even attempt it would take huge amounts of money, planning, and competent people. Even to do it poorly.

Hell, even his threat to get rid of Department of Education, he can’t just say “you’re fired” and then everyone goes home. I mean, he could say that, he could order their pay stopped, he could even lock the doors and shut off all the networked IT.

But there would be a metric shitton of legal proceeding and resulting settlements for years.

It’s just crazy to me that everyone thinks turning (at least the remnants of) a democracy into a dictatorship is just fucking declaring it like Michal Scott declares bankruptcy.

He’s 100% going to try, I just don’t know why people suddenly expect trump and his sycophants magically became competent in the last four years.

It’s disappointing so many aren’t getting this…

It’s the same as “unpaid internships” being advantage to rich kids who can afford to work without pay.

Like, there is an inordinate amount of rich assholes that would love to spend 80 hours a week finding way to cut taxes, regulations, and the social safety net.

If you’re rich enough to begin with, this could pay a hell of a lot better than anything else you would spend your time on. Couple hundred million in the bank or stock market, and it would be more profitable than any actual job.

And let’s be honest, Musk and Trump aren’t judging IQ by the freaking Wechsler exam, when rich idiots talk about IQ, they mean zeros in a bank account.

Appointed by President-elect Donald Trump, the panel is tasked with recommending spending cuts, regulatory rollbacks, and agency restructuring by July 4, 2026.

I don’t know why all the people who defended Biden wasting two years of the House/Senate are so worried about trump having 2 years of the House/Senate.

According to them no one can get anything accomplished in 2 years, and historically trump won’t hold onto both the House and Senate for midterms.

The big difference seems to be Trump’s incoming admin isn’t waiting till 1/6 to start thinking about stuff, so they’ve got a big headstart on Biden’s admin.

It’s going to be real fucking embarrassing for moderates if trump pulls off something they just spent four years claiming was impossible.

Planet Fitness is a relatively large national chain…

Some lawyer is taking the case for a cut of it. They might not win, but they’ll sue and likely take a settlement.