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Sneak_King 4 points ago +4 / -0

Nice to see some reasoning to back up the gut reaction a lot of these tariff whinging blog posts produce. They tend to fall into two categories, from what I've seen. Either they offer no numbers or the numbers don't entirely make sense. Bonus if someone is in the comments with a reminder of skeevy or illegal practices the company has engaged in previously.

I think it was Catalyst that had a breakdown along the lines of: Chinese paperboard and plastic costs a few bucks per unit, the overwhelming majority of the cost goes to paying for IP and R&D in America/Europe, with a decent chunk of costs going to shipping and logistics. So you see, the cost of plastic is tripling, so we have to triple what we charge. Completely glossing over the fact that the majority of costs have not changed.

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Sneak_King 23 points ago +23 / -0

Covid really highlighted how global trade was a flow and not discrete at all. Remember the "supply chain crisis"?

Long term goals aside, I hope Trump's moves are enough to really throw a wrench in global trade. Ultimately, I want American production back. But for the moment, I'll settle for collapse of some fake and gay industries.

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Sneak_King 6 points ago +6 / -0

I think McVeigh is the hardest element to get a clear read on. The nature of truck bombs is what sells me on feds. His design results in most of the force going up, not out. Even with 10x the volume, a fertilizer bomb is unlikely to do significant damage to a concrete column adjacent to it, let alone a dozen, hundreds of feet away, through walls. And most importantly: supposedly, the severed columns were not equidistant from the truck.

If the truck didn't do the job, OKC was demo-ed. How McVeigh fits into all this becomes trivia at that point.

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Sneak_King 13 points ago +13 / -0

Absolutely. The actions at Ruby Ridge were so evil, it forfeits the lives of all federal employees at any level and their families. And if you think that's hyperbole, you don't grasp just how evil RR was.

That said, better than even odds OKC was also a fed op. You got that it was an archive of evidence against the Clinton administration, McVeigh's shady connections in government, and that Air Force investigator concluding that truck bombs can barely break windows, let alone sever concrete columns. It's a choose your own adventure of government nonsense.

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Sneak_King 9 points ago +9 / -0

Mr. Metcalf is obviously out of line. Now, if he had refused to leave and then stabbed the lawyer to death, that would be a different story.

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Sneak_King 9 points ago +9 / -0

To paraphrase one of our own luminaries:

"It’s becoming so impossible to deny the truth about blacks that I’m starting to suspect an unknown invisible group is tricking me."

https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/16aA4VJax2/x/c/4Tq1NcgUYIX

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Sneak_King 10 points ago +10 / -0

mRNA shots that make your body produce candy!

mRNA shots that print money!

mRNA shots that beam Disney+ directly into your brain, for free!

Think of all the Science™️ you're throwing away!

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Sneak_King 25 points ago +25 / -0

Feminine AI. Can't wait until someone invents a male AI. Imagine the productivity!

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Sneak_King 1 point ago +1 / -0

I never read those past the first. If there are audiobooks, I might have to look into them.

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Sneak_King 2 points ago +2 / -0

The Thrawn trilogy by Zahn has audiobooks with production values that verge on radio plays. I'd look into pirating them, though. The price is a joke.

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Sneak_King 3 points ago +3 / -0

Oh, that. I thought you meant something more. I just took that to mean the artist-types had found video games. It didn't rise to the level of hate for me. Just contempt.

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Sneak_King 3 points ago +3 / -0

It is. "Bird flu" isn't transmitted by eggs to humans. Besides, you know what happens to a sick hen if you leave her alone? She either dies or gets better. In either case, she's immune to that strain of the flu.

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Sneak_King 4 points ago +4 / -0

We're culling the healthcare workers.

Really? How can I help?

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Sneak_King 3 points ago +3 / -0

You mean the 1860s?

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Sneak_King 1 point ago +1 / -0

"At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic novel Don't Create the Torment Nexus."

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Sneak_King 6 points ago +6 / -0

Why are children dying of a disease with a near zero fatality rate, Mr. Secretary?

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