The kind of thing that could be mentioned in every single story, or not, depending on the demands of objectivity.
Monday, April 15, 2024
No Nuance
It is always acceptable to say we aren't killing the baddies hard enough, but otherwise.
I regularly write and delete posts about Ukraine because the simple point - lefties argued Western interests would be less than pure and any genuine commitment would inevitably wane because it always does - makes people mad.Any time anyone criticises the foreign policy consensus, no matter how badly they have fucked it, the response is just "you just love The Baddies you do". Are we not tired of this? Have we not had enough of this childishness?
— Tom Hatfield (@WordMercenary) April 14, 2024
Thoughts and Prayers
For Thomas.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was not present at the court for oral arguments on Monday, with the court giving no reason for his absence.
Oh No Elmo
Could the Tesla doom spiral finally be here?!?!
Tesla announced to Gigafactory Texas employees that it will shorten Cybertruck production shift amid rumors that it is preparing a round of layoffs.Tesla exists as a real company that makes things but also as a meme stock that is 10X overvalued at a miminum.
We received several reports today from Tesla employees hearing rumors of an important round of layoffs happening this week at the company.
What's It All About Then
Not really criticizing here, but there's something about this formulation which makes it sound somehow trivial.
The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, has charged Mr. Trump with 34 felonies, accusing him of falsifying documents to conceal a sex scandal involving a porn star.Further down, the article says, more clarifyingly:
Mr. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and, if convicted, could face up to four years in prison.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Will It Happen?
Actually having to show up to be a criminal defendant in a trial seems to be the biggest consequence our guy has ever faced. Still expect some sort of Supreme Intervention.
But What If Trump Violates His Gag Order
Similar question.
President Biden told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call on Saturday that the U.S. won't support any Israeli counterattack against Iran, a senior White House official told Axios.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Don't See How...
Always does seem to wriggle out of whatever it is, but having to appear at a criminal trial (if indeed he does!) is something!
Former President Donald Trump’s appearance in a New York courthouse Monday for jury selection in his criminal hush money trial will kick off a weekslong juggling act between the courtroom and the campaign trail during a crucial period for his general election bid.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is required to be present in court the entire time – every weekday, except Wednesday – with the schedule set by the court. Trump’s team is working around the limitations to keep him interacting with voters and donors.
Odd Fantasies
When Uber came along it was a neato new technology and you can see how it "disrupted" existing taxi markets, many of which were poorly regulated and provided less than ideal service in their areas. Still it's quite amazing that people believed that there was any possible way to get the cost-per-mile down low enough - even with robotaxis (an Uber fantasy for awhile) - to make it live up to the growth/valuation hype.
Low margin business + an app does not equal EVERYONE GETS RICH but somehow...
Low margin business + an app does not equal EVERYONE GETS RICH but somehow...
Same with delivery services. No matter how much you can lower costs, there's still a limit to how much people are going to pay for it.
Also funny that we still call so many of these things "tech" companies.
The Silence of the Free Speech Warriors
Still amazing that they think college students behaving badly (granting for the sake of discussion that occasionally they do - the point being, so what even if they do?) is more important than this type of thing.
I mean, I get it, they think people who own the microphones should be allowed to speak and everyone else should shut the fuck up - that's Free Speech, Baby! - but after years of this they still expect everyone to pretend there is some higher principle involved.
I mean, I get it, they think people who own the microphones should be allowed to speak and everyone else should shut the fuck up - that's Free Speech, Baby! - but after years of this they still expect everyone to pretend there is some higher principle involved.
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