I’m not sure why any of this is surprising. The US was perfectly fine letting China manufacture all the things. That manufacturing know-how leads to design know-how. The desire by US corporations to keep wages low or eliminate US labor entirely to use outsourced manufacturing leads to this.

It isn’t just military hardware: it is products across entire industries. China is producing good ones, and even when they aren’t, they’re producing them at volumes the US could not dream of touching.

A visit to the Titanic wreck, perhaps?

…silly me. Musk has been on the Titanic for months.

What a great way to improve enrollment! Make it so half the population can’t hit the standard.

massively upset people in the synagogue

Nazi collaborator wearing swastika armband: “what? It’s my synagogue too.”

Weak-minded man is weak minded. More at 11.

Priapisms

“Tesla Saboteurs”… you mean Elon Musk?

budget neutral

What the actual fuck. If you trade gold for bitcoin, you no longer have the gold. Budget neutral my ass.

There is literally no way to define this anti-DEI craze except saying “anyone who wasn’t white and male never helped with anything”. There isn’t even a veneer on it. It’s pure racism, sexism… probably many other isms.

All that freedom!! What will they do with it?

I would suggest that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the most reliable, most cost-efficient, and easiest-to-use writing utinsil in the history of humanity.*

Each other option has more points of potential failure and additional complexities over the Ticonderoga. While more complicated tools may net you some improvement in writing style or sharpness, they are massive trade-offs in more basic areas.

This would be much the same question if it were “what car would you drive for the rest of your life” between fancy ones like Ferraris and Lambos to cheaper, more reliable ones like Corollas and Civics. Everyone likes the look of the Ferrari – but the only car for the rest of your life? It’s got to be reliable, or you’re going nowhere. You want to be able to keep driving.

The Ticonderoga guarantees you can keep writing.

*intentionally overselling it for humor. But it is a nice, simple, good-quality pencil.

I can’t imagine a better result.

Whew, that’s gonna open up a lot or capital so these companies can finally pay other employees fair wages. Right?.. Right?!

Many modern devices can “float” between 110-220v as well as 50 and 60Hz.

In practice, it means you don’t need older style, larger adapters which actually change the voltage and frequency for you. You can just use the cheaper adapters which only change the plug.

To be sure, just read the little print by the power area on whatever device(s) you’re bringing. The ranges will be listed.

Done it many times.

She sounds pretty dumb. Maybe someone smarter will take over the farm.

• It only flies to Greenland.
• Gold interior with marble gauges.
• The flight computer rambles on about someone trying to get inside when no one is around.

“Illegal”… hm… now that’s a word I haven’t heard for a long time.

I know people will quickly balk at this because people tend to balk at new taxes, tax changes, and anything happening in California.

But it’s a good idea. Driving electric should not get you out of paying for roads.

The only way out of paying for roads should be not using them. And that bumps up demand for better public transit, which does substantially more to combat climate change than everyone driving electric cars.

Don’t want bad press? Don’t do fucked up shit.

It’s not rocket science.

The Dems need to do a lot of things. I don’t really believe it’s possible.

For one, if they continue to be owned by corporations, then no change will happen.

If We The People don’t actually have a say in party nominees, no change will happen.

If they keep bending over to “cross the aisle”, no change will happen. Stop trying to be the “good guy” and fucking fight for the party platform.

And that platform needs to shift away from the wants of rich liberals. Progressives need a voice.