marcusel.bsky.social
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I suspect Trump will settle on Powell as scapegoat when things go south. “If only I hadn’t been stuck with low IQ Powell, we would be so rich we wouldnt know what to do with all the money.”
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That would be a bad day for stocks, really bad.
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Any intelligent creatures that evolved on a planet that size but have a very hard time getting into orbit to explore space.
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Doing that definitely got my dog off the couch.
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I was today years old when I learned that.
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Transmen athletes aren’t competing and winning in men’s sports for some reason. I can’t imagine why. Plus the overwhelming majority of trans people are trans women
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This phenomenon, a very successful people who turned out to be very stupid is something that needs to be studied.
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Beat me too it
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My favorite is imitation American cheese or “pasteurized processed cheese food substitute”
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Brilliant interview! You’re a great, clear explainer
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…and we would look weak to back down now” Paul Wolfowitz used that very same argument, in the run up to Iraq war.
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I’m detecting a bit of sarcasm here.
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Can’t Musk just fire everyone in the Inspector General’s office?
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Well, if Trump sees all of Central America along with Panama, the US could become a net coffee exporter
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And the both claim, "national security"
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Then you would be engaging in an obvious fallacy in your reasoning.
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Keep in mind that in many languages like Spanish, the same word ‘propaganda’ simply means advertising. So what does propaganda in English mean? Doesn’t it imply lying to stir up hatred,? If so this ad is just advertising.
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I’m currently reading a great book called the Admirals about Leahy, King, Halsey and Nimitz. Damn it’s depressing to compare them to the kind of men that have the presidents ear today.
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The definition of performative masculinity: muscles on the chest but none between the ears. I fear that if he ends up with an Iraq-level war to fight, he’ll make Rumsfeld look good.
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It's more like Skynyrd opening with Free Bird because it's the only song they every wrote.
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Not firing people when they screw up has been a problem for all recent administrations. Did Obama fire anybody after the ACA roll out fiasco?. Did Biden fire anybody over the Afghan debacle? I don't get it.
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Of course he was. A typical frat house has more discipline and maturity than the people on that call.
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Can't we just build a plane that goes straight to 11?
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The other thing about your video is that you describe DEI as basically a mindset a very good mindset, but nevertheless, how do you specifically define diversity equity inclusion in a way that can be practically actualized among employees in a workplace?
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The first time I ever saw a Tesla truck I thought it was cool and gave the guy a big thumbs up next time I see one It’s a big thumbs down.
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Not talking about quotas or hiring of unqualified people (why would one? )Talking about race and gender conscious hiring which can have absolutely legit objectives in fields like healthcare. Or can simply be done to meet diversity objectives handed down from above. A real thing in my field.
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Very nice video. You explain the concept of DEI nicely . It would be nice if all DEI programs and initiatives worked like that.
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All true and contradicts nothing I’ve said.
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I’m all for that!
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That sounds like total projection on your part. All I said was personality and you imagined the rest.
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Probably come down to some aspect of personality.
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I’m sure he’ll support Elon slashing the defense department’s workforce and budget.
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If I were hiring and I had two equally qualified candidates, one black and one white, one that would help advance my company’s DEI objectives and one that would not. I’d black probably hire the black guy. Would I be wrong?
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Oh right I’m a racist because I pointed there are organizations that do in fact take race into consideration when hiring. I don’t even think that’s necessarily bad given the purely subjective considerations that often come into play when deciding between qualified people. You sound very naive.
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Seriously? You don’t think DEI efforts have often involved hiring decisions (or admissions)where race was a major factor?
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I said IF it discriminates. A DEI program wouldn’t necessarily do that but there are plenty of examples of those that have.
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Well it IS racist if it discriminates based on race. That’s what the word racism actually means. Did you not know that? “ The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination” I X Kendi.
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At least in some countries a paraguas is always black and a sombria is any other color though both for rain. No doubt from a time when women carried colorful sombrias for protection against the sun.
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So you’re saying there’s a chance!
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There could be big advantages: Imagine being able to fly direct from Toronto to the Trump Gaza Riviera Hotel and Casino for a nice vacation without bothering with a passport?
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How about a compromise and Canada just becomes a US territory like Guam or the Marshal Islands?
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They’ll be setting fires and overturning cars in the City of Brotherly Love tonight!
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Not a great halftime show.
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Same here. I just wish he would write something to explain his movement toward the center. It can’t just be dislike of Trump.
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What exactly is”equity”? The definition seems vague to me?
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Wish I could be there!
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i’m probably letting my experience with battery powered radio controlled airplanes and quad copters influence me.
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Exactly
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“He just wants to shake things up” seems to be a universal view among the Trump people I know.
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Can you imagine flying in one powered by a battery with an AI program as the pilot? A drone taxi? Yeah right!