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2 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:

Is there any country that isn't going to turn to hard-right fascism?

It's inevitable when a country continuously elects leftists for decades.  Honestly, why should the people of Argentina vote for another 4 years of Peronism? 

10 minutes ago, stepee said:

Is the VP a 6 year old child?

It's one of Milei's five cloned dogs actually.  It's a guessing game for which one it is though!

Argentina Elects Javier Milei in Victory for Far Right - The New York Times

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Argentina’s next president is a libertarian economist whose brash style and embrace of conspiracy theories has parallels with Donald J. Trump.

Several videos on my youtube feed have popped up recently which detailed how much of Argentina's potential has been effectively squandered over the last century.  After being controlled by mostly Peronists or those who closely aligned with that ideology for 70 years, it will be interesting to see if Milei will have any success turning the country around.

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10 minutes ago, UpvoteShittyTakesOnly said:

reading what many people are willing to write openly on twitter about the situation these people all do hate each other lol

 

openai could have been a trillion dollar company with the head star they got by shooting chatgpt and subsequent updates out like a firehose and now they are risking tons of enterprise value for not much in the way of good reasoning 

Geocities will buy the rotting corpse of OpenAI for $33.27 next year.

Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ - The New York Times

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The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the population must be controlled to protect the country’s ecosystem.

Colombia should sell hunting licenses to big game hunters to go and wipe these out.  They are an invasive species that pose a serious risk for not only the habitat, but also the people who live there.  The proceeds can be used to help build or maintain schools or infrastructure.  Unlike other invasive species, like the Cane Toad in Australia, humans could actually eradicate hippos in Colombia because they don't reproduce rapidly or have hundreds of offspring, and they are gigantic, so they are fairly easy to find and neutralize. 

Boring!

I think we all secretly wanted the reason for Altman to be fired because of some kink fetish or because the company has already reached AGI and Altman "accidentally" released it into the wild. 

4 minutes ago, stepee said:

 

The insinuation being made is that Sam is the one who sent that text

Is Sam Altman a chud? 

26 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

pretty sure she's gay

Yep.  She still does a good job of marketing herself to thirsty bois though. 

20 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

I fucking love that guy. I'll watch him chop wood all damn day.

There is a female counterpart on YouTube!

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Meanwhile remember that Cannon is squatting the March 2024 date so she can punt it at the last minute once it's too late for anyone else to go in March. 

I don't see why Willis couldn't schedule hers at the same time.  If the Florida trial actually gets started at the scheduled date, then Willis can postpone hers until later in the year.  This isn't rocket science, and as far as I understand it, there is no law ore regulation that prevents having a state trial happen before a federal trial.  It sounds like it's more of a matter of professional discretion to yield for federal trials.

I think it would be interesting to see the development of anti-drone laser systems.  Most of the FPV drones being used in the war are visible on radar and infrared I would imagine.  A device that constantly scans the sky above a formation of troops should be able to target non-friendly drones with a sufficiently powerful laser to either destroy it outright or blind its sensors to the point where it would be unable to complete its mission.  This device probably wouldn't be useful against ballistic missiles or lancet drones, however. 

12 minutes ago, stepee said:

“Nikki Haley and Tim Scott would be a very compelling ticket” - Elon Musk, probably 

Also, unconstitutional!

NYC and Chicago seem to have a constant stream of douches become mayor.  Why is that? 

3 hours ago, TUFKAK said:

This.

 

Evangelicals need Israel for Jesus to return, it’s that simple to those dipshits. 

Jews wouldn't even be considered allies to these types of Christians.  Jews are simply the vehicle into which the end of times occurs.  Since the Jews are all non-believers, they either are left here on earth after the rapture, or are killed an go to hell, along with everyone else who didn't make the cut into heaven with the true believers.

8 minutes ago, UpvoteShittyTakesOnly said:

i dont envy the decision makers who have to choose how to respond to 1500 of their people being murdered in a terrorist attack by a group like hamas

 

there is seemingly no way to strike back without substantial civilian death tolls

 

doing nothing is also impossible for any nation and potentially more so for israel because of the specifics of the region

Bombing Gaza city, at least to the level Israel is doing, I think was the wrong choice.  The only way to really fight this war was (and is) to send boots on the ground in to the area.  Israel is probably going to end up losing thousands of their soldiers in the prolonged ground assault, but it will probably be the most effective and moral method of neutralizing Hamas. 

7 minutes ago, UpvoteShittyTakesOnly said:

why does it need to be regulated

Regulations help in several ways - it mitigates the potential for sex trafficking and cuts down on the transmission of STDs.  It also keeps the women (and men) who are sex workers safe(r) from physical violence.  

Cool.  But sex work should be legal and regulated.  

I have a subscription to nytimes.com through the college I'm attending.

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Is that what Nasrallah indicated in his widely-anticipated speech today?

That's the analysis I'm reading on X 

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BREAKING: Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah said the Oct 7 attack was led by Hamas, and the decision was 100% Palestinian, and was done in complete secrecy, contrary to what some 'trouble makers' are claiming.

 

Exact quote:

 

"Absolute secrecy is what ensured the brilliant success of the October 7 operation through the factor of surprise

Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” was decided 100% Palestinian, its implementation was 100% Palestinian, and its owners hid it from everyone."

 

This is major, Hezbollah just distanced themselves from the attack!

It sounds like Hezbollah and Iran are distancing themselves from Hamas.  

30 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

I didn't see anything but I also didn't watch the whole thing 

Is anyone shocked that people who come from traditionally conservative cultures would eventually turn away from the progressive politics?    At the same time, the Republicans can't see the forest for the trees and reject minorities because they aren't American enough for them.

I think more people are going to blame Biden for a KFC family meal costing them $61 (don't forget taxes and a tip for the cashier) than they are going to blame him for this crisis in the middle east.  

18 minutes ago, LazyPiranha said:

Musk saw the Delorean take an arrow and strand Marty in the old west and thought “No.  Never again.”

Will the Cybertruck be as unreliable as the Delorean?