anachronist

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[–] anachronist@midwest.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

After they censored all the republicans there was nothing new left...

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks Obama.

Seriously, the Obama administration loved this guy even though it was obvious to a lot of us that he was a total grifter. The Starship/Artemus plan made no sense but got selected anyway.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 42 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If people are wondering why Google is simping to Trump, they have been convicted of being a monopoly and the antitrust action is now in the penalty phase.

The action started under Trump I, was vigorously pursued by Biden's Lena Kahn and the conviction secured. Now all that's left is to decide the penalty, which could range from a strongly written letter to a breakup of the company.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

If it's any consolation, Bomarc was also cancelled.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Eh, the "savior" in that case would be JD Vance.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

I'm guessing that hyper-defensiveness is probably a survival tactic at Tesla.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago

FDIC wasn't on the hook for much of the SVB deposits because they were over the insurance limit, until they realized that wealthy people were going to lose money and retroactively decided to pony up.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Things actually broke through there during the Elon/Vivek h1 blowup over Christmas, but that all got cleaned up quickly.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

The swing if you look at consecutive yougov polls was 8 points. That's a lot in just two weeks!

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They spiked after the inauguration (as is common) but now they're crashing in more recent polls

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 35 points 1 month ago (5 children)

If you look at how Elon was recruiting for DOGE, if it wasn't a requirement they were definately selected for.

https://x.com/DOGE/status/1857076831104434289

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

background of money management

Jesus, will liberals never learn.

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