The obvious distraction about the dictator for life building up his gestapo, building camps, silencing speech, and crashing the economy harder than we’ve seen in history?

He could abuse a child on national television, and while there would be outcry and he’d lose a few people, he’d have more than enough support to die in office of old age without ever being removed. That’s how powerful the cult is, and that’s how absolute the his power as president.

He is the state, he is the government, he is the sole arbiter of violence. There is no legal recourse, and there won’t be until the tyrant is gone.

I love how we have a way to save your dog from a disease with 100% lethality rate once there are symptoms, and brainwashed assholes still don’t trust it. If you don’t vaccinate your dog, it should be taken away. If an unvaccinated dog gets rabies, that person should never own a pet again.

Up to the low 90s? Is this a joke, or is there something I’m missing?

The real danger is fire. Slightly elevated heat and high winds are a recipe for disaster.

a fate truly worse than death 😔

secondary water usage, ie, what water is being used in the generation of electricity for their data centers. A process that I expect isn’t even really under their control in most cases, electricity is bought from the grid.

Good things large companies aren’t looking into their own power generation.

Oh wait…

Also, the government is corrupt and companies have an outsized influence on where power plants appear and how much they generate. Even in a less corrupt system industry would have a large impact.

And even if you were 100% correct, that water use still matters in how it affects the environment and available water supply. All water use is part of the calculation of whether or not lakes dry up and communities are destroyed.

It being a scam was a given

Trump wants a war, but he prefers those who can’t well fight back. It being so one sided probably means it’ll cost a ton more Venezuelan lives. It’s not just about Maduro, but terrorizing Latin America by brutalizing countries that don’t let American companies take their oil wealth. Venezuela is the perfect target for Trump in so many ways, and he’ll be sure to make an example of them.

This response makes such little sense and is such sophist bullshit that it basically sounds like AI being stretched too far. Either that or it’s a motivated troll trying to muddy the waters, but then again, said trolls would be the ones using AI.

This war will probably be more one sided than a war against most other countries. They can probably wipe out most Venezuela’s military equipment fairly quickly, while Maduro is hated enough by various militias that the US might not need to risk too many ground troops. It’s probably the easiest war the US could wage right now. Killing Maduro is the only part that could be difficult, but it could also not be.

I swear, someone needs to make another adaptation of 120 Days of Sodom set in this era, just so we never forget how fucked up things are when the elite are this powerful.

The clear consensus of the corporate world during this era is to suppress anything that could cause instability or anger. Even people who know things are fucked keep trudging on like business is normal because the truth is too hard to face.

It seems they’re willing to take the hit in exchange for some other deals.

When you even have Newsmax and Fox walking out, you know the rules must be absurd from a business standpoint.

That’s like the Democratic establishment’s worst nightmare. I’m not saying it isn’t the best idea we could have, but I don’t see them allowing competition to their crap.

It might just be more definitive confirmation. From the article, it isn’t a guarantee for double quakes, more like 8/10 times.

Probably shouldn’t use instances hosted in America if someone plans that. Also shouldn’t use accounts that could be tied back to them.

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

Cruelty has always been the point.

My guess is Californian nationalism. A lot of people seem to have pride in California as “not like those other fascist states” and I think Newsom is playing into that. I have full confidence that most liberals who fall for it won’t wise up, while it will only really fail if Trump or people who oppose him stop it. I’m not sure if Newsom will be able to actually capitalize on this nationalism, but I do think it’ll provide a backbone for future civil war and breakup of America should the military weaken enough.

The key part is that his authoritarian ambitions aren’t left wing in the slightest, merely right wing in a way that opposes Trump as an external enemy. Like many in the corporate aligned world, liberalism is truly dead to him, so for maintaining power he doesn’t really need to consider it seriously. As long as he has a fascist enemy, he can position himself as a bastion of liberalism. Looking at ideology on any political axis is a mistake, it’s all about power. He’s an opportunist through and through.

The economy stupid! The economy was bad and Democrats lost to the right and left as a result. Rule friggin one of electoral politics cannot be ignored.