jhughs.bsky.social
Just an ordinary, average guy.
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They may sit on separate sides of the aisle, but at the end of the day they Minnesotans above all else.
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A couple months ago I said that in 20 years we’ll be 80 years behind the rest of the world. Clearly I undershot.
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That would hurt LA and California.
So maybe that’s part of the plan.
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Depends on your definition of God.
If you’re a pantheist, then nothing exists outside of God.
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For $400K a year I can make the result whatever you want.
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Yup.
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People are people. When a lie is repeated over and over again, they believe it.
I don’t claim to know the solution but perhaps some courageous journalists or a School of Rock PSA might open some eyes.
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Maybe we could “build” bananas in America. But if we did they would be phenomenally expensive.
And that’s the point: putting tariffs on products to drive tariff-free American versions does NOT mean those products will come at a lower price.
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“Give us the the tools, and we will finish the job.” -Churchill
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Also, cancelling Moderna’s H5N1 vaccine work opens the USA to a bio-attack veiled as a natural event.
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I was only trying to point out that there’s a simpler answer that simultaneously indicates that the SSA had matters under control.
When someone claims the new admin eliminated fraud by toggling dead bools of people 120 YO and older, the fact is they just wasted time because SSA’s cutoff is 115.
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You’re overthinking it.
SSA has a failsafe benefits cutoff at 115 years old.
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By “interfere”, I’m referring to propaganda and social media bots. Russian propaganda has been around for decades, think Cold War.
When you say “involvement”, that implies something more hands-on, which could be an act of war, but is beyond what I was referring to.
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Russia has interfered in US elections for decades. Their goal has always been to turn us against each other.
(To be fair, we’ve probably interfered with their elections too.)
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This makes us vulnerable to a bio-attack veiled as a natural event. DoD should get on top of this.
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People liked to make fun of George W Bush, but he anticipated the COVID pandemic, because it seems like every 100 years there’s a pandemic, and initiated a preparedness strategy.
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Could be, but I’ll still pray he has an epiphany and starts applying his vast resources for good and try to rectify the damage he’s done.
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Many will want to dance on my head, but some part of me feels that Musk sincerely thought he was helping make govt. more efficient, only to be betrayed by politicians planning to raise the debt ceiling.
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This makes us vulnerable to a successful bio-attack.
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That’s how it worked in Russia to make quota at the Commisariat. Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.
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Wow, I actually glimpsed into the future. That might go to my head.
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“Congratulations SpaceX engineers. For the next flight, one of you will be chosen at random to experience the wonders of space travel.”
That should fix it.
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Magicians use misdirection to mask their deceptions.
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As a society, it’s inefficient.
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Maybe it’s because I’m old, but we were always told that an Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Although, my first employer taught us that too; that catching an error early is exponential less expensive than finding it after a product is released.
Anticipation beats reaction.
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That’s right! And he should teach Putin a lesson by giving Ukraine everything they need to drive Russia out!
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This is what you’re up against. It was surprising to see this one resurrected. I call it a GullibilityTest, used to identify people susceptible to simplistic propaganda.
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On the other hand:
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So the plan is to help foreign manufacturers undercut Apple?
Or are we going to add an extra tariff to Google phones too?
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Does *anyone* make smartphones in the US?
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Some of my favorite childhood memories are from my father’s darkroom, in the red light, shining an images on pieces of paper and then watching them slowly appear in a chemical tray.
Photography is magical.
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At the beginning of the Gulag Archipelago we learn that the bureaucrats had quotas to meet, which drove them from finding criminals to arresting people who were close enough.
Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.
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Just like they did with the big tax cuts that expire this year assuming Trump would have finished his second term already.
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A palace in the sky!
Fit for a king!
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At this point I pay for my own dental insurance, but your point is well taken.
It might be a different world if every dentist had a poster in their examining room like mine had showing how oral infections can spread to other organs including the brain. The brain! It’s right there by the mouth!
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“Mmmm. Not even close. Would you like to phone a friend?”
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Good health begins with healthy teeth.
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My wife often told our kids that “Nothing good ever happens after midnight.”
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Yup. Price controls. Imagine that.
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Ans why would a capitalist government tell an unregulated corporation what their prices should be?