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Should be a wild four years.

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Useful_Mistake said:
That's actually a lie that Trump admin keeps using against Biden. For whatever it's worth, Biden had made it his foreign policy to attempt to stop that war with more effort than he used on the Hamas war. He even got the Europeans on board. Ultimately it didn't amount to much. See, for example:

I might be missing more (I am ignoring the various summits where Western powers went into circle jerk sessions, as those had no actual value)

So, the newfound anger at the peacetalks is even stranger from that perspective.
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Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Catch The Rainbow said:
Tucker Carlson is now shilling for Iran and Qatar:


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>claims Iran has killed no Americans on American soil
>ignores the hundreds of Americans killed through Iran sponsored proxies like Hamas/Hezbollah in Lebanon/Israel.

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It means Iran funds, trains, and supports terrorist groups all throughout the Middle East. Tucker is really disappointing me with his stupid takes lately.
 
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Catch The Rainbow said:
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They've been making it rain for a lot of internet political influencers/personalities as of lately (ex. the entirety of Breadtube - especially any Breadtuber on Nebula, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, that blond libertarian guy with glasses whose name I forgot, etc.)
 
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Tucker Carlson is now shilling for Iran and Qatar:


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>claims Iran has killed no Americans on American soil
>ignores the hundreds of Americans killed through Iran sponsored proxies like Hamas/Hezbollah in Lebanon/Israel.

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Guess Qatar decided to make it rain for Tucker
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If you dont want to die because of a middle east shithole regime, maybe you shouldnt live/visit a middle east shithole country.
 
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Clobber3 said:
PSA: REFUSE TO be a useful idiot for the Islamic "Republic" of Iran, the Qataris, or the CCP. The internet's got enough of those monkeys flying around rn I think.


Why would Apple not pass the tariff onto consumers in the form of price increases? And how about any firms trying to compete with Apple? Potentially even operating at a loss currently?
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They love America and Donald Trump and want to MAGA all day all night
 
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Clobber3 said:
Why would Apple not pass the tariff onto consumers in the form of price increases?
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The iPhone is priced differently in different countries with different profit margins.

The cost of the physical device doesn't dictate the price they charge. They make calculations on how many customers are willing to pay certain prices. How many customers do they lose if they charge $1200 instead of $1100? Which price point makes them more money?

For example: Apple makes 49% operating profit margins in Japan, but only 38% in Europe. The Japanese are being gouged more than the Europeans.
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And how about any firms trying to compete with Apple? Potentially even operating at a loss currently?
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Are you going to ask me to analyze the entire stock market next?

This discussion chain started with my post explaining there are multiple ways tariffs might not be passed on to consumers based on Trump2.0 economic logic.

Maybe the other firms use one of the other solutions I posted. Maybe tight margins knocks out a bunch of "budget" firms and some firm consolidates and becomes a "budget king" and keeps prices low with massive volume and non-tariffed "upsales". Maybe somebody quickly figures out a solution for doing final assembly in the US.

There are many ways tariffs can result in no increase in prices for consumers. Whether they do that is "political".
 
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Hey Johnny Bravo said:
Tucker is really disappointing me with his stupid takes lately
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He's being funded by Iranian American Omeed Malik, a former Democrat who just happened to be switching to Republican.


Details: The money comes from 1789 Capital, which was founded by banker Omeed Malik to invest in "anti-ESG" companies.

  • 1789 Capital's investment is structured as a SAFE (simple agreement for future equity), which will allow Carlson to convert it into equity when he later raises money at a set valuation.
  • Malik and Carlson have a long history, as the former banker once backed The Daily Caller, which Carlson co-founded in 2010. Malik also led a blank check company that acquired PublicSq, an "anti-woke" online marketplace that recently struck an ad deal with Carlson worth more than $1 million.
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He does an about turn at this time and starts promoting Holocaust revisionism as well as countries such as Syria/Russia/Qatar.

Eventide said:
They've been making it rain for a lot of internet political influencers/personalities as of lately (ex. the entirety of Breadtube - especially any Breadtuber on Nebula, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, that blond libertarian guy with glasses whose name I forgot, etc.)
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Qatar has been tied to Jake Shields/Dan Bilzerian. They've also funded the Ivy League to the tune of 4.7 billion dollars in illegal contributions.


In July 2019 at the Department of Justice (DOJ), in Washington, D.C., Dr. Charles Asher Small, the ISGAP Director, presented the findings of an ISGAP research project started in 2012, entitled “Follow the Money”. The ongoing research project examines illicit funding of United States universities by foreign governments, foundations and corporations that adhere to and promote anti-democratic and antisemitic ideologies, with connections to terrorism and terror financing.

The project revealed, for the first time, the existence of substantial Middle Eastern funding (primarily from Qatar) to US universities that had not been reported to the Department of Education (DoED), as required by law. In fact, ISGAP’s research uncovered billions of dollars of unreported funds, which, in turn, led to the launch of a federal government investigation in 2019.

As part of its continued research, ISGAP has uncovered and established that the foreign donations from Qatar, especially, have had a substantial impact on fomenting growing levels of antisemitic discourse and campus politics at US universities, as well as growing support for anti-democratic values within these institutions of higher education. With the explosion of antisemitism at US universities in recent weeks, there are also security concerns that have potential domestic and global implications.
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ISGAP’s Follow The Money project previous reports have laid out the following:

  • Qatar is the largest foreign donor to U.S. universities
  • The Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamist ideology is intertwined with the State and furthermore the links that Qatar has with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian Chapter – Hamas
  • The fact that money coming from foreign states such as Qatar is having a direct effect on increasing antisemitism and anti-democratic vies/activity
This report lays out the way that Qatar is operating a war-chest with between $500 Billion – $1 Trillion USD of assets and growing, to affect soft power in the west – including the U.S.’ prestigious universities.

The report examines the main Qatari institutions, their investments, the amounts of money and how it is being funneled directly into U.S. universities by using Qatari state-owned NGO’s such as The Qatar Foundation as well as other methods of transferring funds without reporting to either to the Department of Education or the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
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Pretty much all of the elite institutions of higher learning in the USA are compromised by Qatar/The Muslim Brotherhood.

kickingstones said:
If you dont want to die because of a middle east shithole regime, maybe you shouldnt live/visit a middle east shithole country.
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So it's ok if a foreign state actor kills Americans as long as they don't do it in America?
 
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Clobber3 said:
PSA: REFUSE TO be a useful idiot for the Islamic "Republic" of Iran, the Qataris, or the CCP. The internet's got enough of those monkeys flying around rn I think.


Why would Apple not pass the tariff onto consumers in the form of price increases? And how about any firms trying to compete with Apple? Potentially even operating at a loss currently?
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apple could afford to just knock $55 off the phone. especially as theyre moving to get rid of qualcomm chips and associated royalties. that would probably be my approach if i were in mfg'ing and not happy about the tariffs.
 
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I don't know how to save a twitter video but I feel like we are only 1 or 2 moves away for horseshoe theorying these girls back into tradwives.

Activists scream, "heil Donald Trump, heil Vladimir Putin, heil Elon Musk..." while doing n*zi salute.


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Replace "x.com" with "xcancel.com". Save the video from xcancle like you would an image (right click, long press, etc)
 
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Useful_Mistake said:
That's actually a lie that Trump admin keeps using against Biden. For whatever it's worth, Biden had made it his foreign policy to attempt to stop that war with more effort than he used on the Hamas war. He even got the Europeans on board. Ultimately it didn't amount to much. See, for example:

I might be missing more (I am ignoring the various summits where Western powers went into circle jerk sessions, as those had no actual value)

So, the newfound anger at the peacetalks is even stranger from that perspective.
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I question if these were really in good faith because Biden was the most anti-Russian president we’ve had since well… ever! Biden rhetoric was fiery to Putin I mean it’s a big thing for a leader to equate another to Hitler which is what Biden did in the debate.

We really have to separate the propaganda from the actions. America’s involvement in Ukraine is very much due to opportunism. America made the EU suffer from this war and without a doubt blew up that Nordstream pipeline. And I’m happy they did Germany deserved it. Again American military industry prospered because of this war.

In the end no matter who is President they’re working in the USA’s interest. The difference is Biden really wanted to be loved by everyone which was his folly while Trump is happy to be polarizing.
 
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Catch The Rainbow said:
He's being funded by Iranian American Omeed Malik, a former Democrat who just happened to be switching to Republican.
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Let's go over how much Jewish money funds the entire news media apparatus, how many Jewish watchdog organizations exist, and other sources of Israeli influence, and compare Iranian to Israeli effects on sovereignty as compared to their effort and financial investments in our government policy shall we?

Oh, and before you start: Israeli right of return de facto leads to the conclusion every person of identifiably Jewish heritage 'counts' as an unrealized dual-citizen of Israel.

Edit: Whatever the reply to this is, as I refuse to interact with it or read it, I just want to make clear that if I'm supposed to follow your own logic established in this post, then I'm left with no conclusions that don't lead to following the money back to nations attached to people of certain characteristics.

"Iranian American" is not a different, separate, distinct class from any other "____"-American just because you're some stupid fucking heeb who thinks it slips past people that the only reason you faggots give a shit about Iran is because you give a shit about its positions towards Israel.
That you had the stones to reply to this at all is indicative of an egregious penury of trust you have towards the logical capacities of humans that aren't, well, you.
 
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Catch The Rainbow said:
Tucker Carlson is now shilling for Iran and Qatar:


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>claims Iran has killed no Americans on American soil
>ignores the hundreds of Americans killed through Iran sponsored proxies like Hamas/Hezbollah in Lebanon/Israel.

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It's a real shame. A genuinely smart guy just pretending to be dumb because it's what gets clicks. A damn shame.
 
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