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They are purposefully obfuscating the issue by repeating the mantra "free speech." Even foreigners have constitutional rights when in US jurisdiction, but those rights are a lot more malleable when they intersect with other areas over which the executive has sovereignty. Like immigration, foreign affairs, and the military. The Supreme Court has been clear about this for a long, long time. Even in the most recent decision by the Court about the guy in El Salvador, if you actually read it, the Court says that the District Court has to treat the executive with great deference in this area.

The left is just ignoring that and screaming "free speech!" But any actual thought would tell you that's retarded. Does al-Qaeda get to send immigrant "refugees" to distribute pamphlets encouraging people to become terrorists? Did the Soviet Union get to send agents into America to advocate for the overthrow of capitalism? Does the DPRK get to send people to America to encourage joining the DPRK military and fighting the West? No, of course not. But by the left's current logic, all of that should be protected by the First Amendment.

If you're American and want to incite anti-American hate, then you can do that within the bounds of the law. But if you're a foreigner, you can't. That's both morally and legally correct.
It's ridiculous. Simply absurd. Because you're right. Soviets we're banned from many areas of the country during the cold war. They couldn't even visit there, much less protest. Why should we put up with a rabble rouser that isn't one of our own? Again I go back to the homeless bum. Sure he lives out of a cardboard box. But he's American and has lived on that street for 25 years. I think he has a better grasp of America than some guy from Bumfuckistan.
 
What do you people think about the US dollar dropping in value and yields on US treasuries rising?, it looks like foreigners are choosing to stop investing in this country after "Liberation Day"
That’s good for American exports.

Most of China’s “price advantage” is due to the yuan being weak, not because they have an inherently cheaper cost of production.
 
The F-35 can attack from over the horizon. Unless you cover every square inch of your country in cameras, you’ll be dead before your cameras see the jet. That’s not getting into how this technique fails if there are clouds.
The F-35 is a magnificent sight in person. Utah has them stationed here so I get to see them fly. Loud bastards. But with a air of grace. They have so many sensors strapped on, the pilot can literally see through the plane with his helmet mounted display- a masterwork of hardware and software. All of this is to say, the pilot can see you before you see him. Optically, and on thermals.
 
The F-35 can attack from over the horizon. Unless you cover every square inch of your country in cameras, you’ll be dead before your cameras see the jet. That’s not getting into how this technique fails if there are clouds.
I didn’t watch this video, but is it saying you can spot them, or get a target lock? Because low frequency radar can generally spot stealth planes, it just can’t get a usable target lock
 
What do you people think about the US dollar dropping in value and yields on US treasuries rising?, it looks like foreigners are choosing to stop investing in this country after "Liberation Day"
If you actually look at the Treasury data, they show that the yield rates on treasuries have been as bad or worse many times just this year, including before Trump was even president. Nobody was worried about the world ending back then. I'm unclear why it should occupy my mind now.

That took me under five minutes to find btw.
 
My professor had what I can only describe as a mask off moment. Basically claiming that news needs to be controlled as a necessary part of a democracy, controlling access to news that promotes "emotional manipulation" like Fox. Also said that CNN is actually a pretty centrist or even right leaning organization.
nd you just let him spout utter bullshit like that? Back in college I argued with my lost professors constantly. Hell, I did that back in high school. These people deserve zero respect and shouldn’t be allowed to spout their nonsense without any pushback
I'm close enough to graduating, and this is california.
In the past people such as @LiquidKid and others in that generation could attend college and take positions that disagreed with professors - and even be respected for taking that position if you could back up what you said. Now, disagreeing with a professor is akin to wrongthink and can lead to a failing grade or no degree. With cancel culture still being a thing, the best way to express disagreement is often to silently nod one's head and move on.

I fucking hate Accenture. This brings a smile on my face.
I could find anything, but I swear Accenture had some sort of scandal right before or after they split from Andersen Consulting. Regardless, it's not too surprising that the biggest corporations are going to have some degree of corruption.

I don't care if it's DST or Standard, I just hate switching.
I'd say move up half an hour from standard time and stay there to split the difference. 🤷‍♂️

I sure hope RFK bans red 40, I took some generic tylenol at lunch and it had a bright red 40 coating. Now I'm all drunk feeling this shit is the worst lol
Red 40 and Yellow 5 are definitely not good substances; ever since I made more of an effort to avoid them or limit my intake, I've noticed a positive difference. If RFK can get rid of these bad artificial colorings, I'd consider his term a success.
 
My professor had what I can only describe as a mask off moment. Basically claiming that news needs to be controlled as a necessary part of a democracy, controlling access to news that promotes "emotional manipulation" like Fox. Also said that CNN is actually a pretty centrist or even right leaning organization. The main claim to shock everyone out of logical thought was to say that hitler gave out radios as a means of propaganda that only tuned into his supported radio stations. Then said that germany was so good to put heavy limits on their speech so prevent nazism, but our dirty american media like twitter is giving a rise to propaganda that they can't stop with laws, which is why they have tried to get into american companies and regulate them. Finished it up, with a cherry on top of putting a video on canvas of a neuroscientist from the NIH saying conseevatives have a smaller amygdala, that makes them less social and unable to understand world events.

I think if null was in that room that man would have been ventilated.
Does he have someone else tie his laces?
 
not a lock. just spot where it is overhead, even with noise.
Alright they "see" the plane. So? If a manpad can't lock onto its exhaust and a radar for a big SAM launcher can't see it, it's kinda moot.
you do know Kramer is the fatpacks of the finance world right? much like that user he embraced his "always wrong" role. he's like bizarro superman, technically a great guy
Kramer is Bizarro. Actually that makes too much sense, fuck.
 
Correction: At least half THINK that they’ll have an inheritance. Foolishly assuming that the wills weren’t rewritten to toss everything back to their boomer counterparts. Grandparents are already dying, yet I’ve seen zero articles titled “Millennials are Rising Financially on Their Grandparents‘ Graves! How Irresponsible!”, which would be part of the political background noise.

I‘m bringing this up because you have to remember that the greediest sons of bitches have always, always been looking at everything on the inheritance list and are trying to catch your 87 year old grandad at a low point so they can have things transferred over. If you don’t practice diligence, you’ll be fucked. Remember, they think they’re owed everything, even what is supposed to be signed over to you.
Reverse Mortgages fuck people out of inheritances
Medi...care? caid? One of them will pay for you to go into a home, but you sign away all rights to your inheritance to the state. Think this also applies if they just send out a nurse on the regular to check up on you.

These 100% will be used by the boomers because fuck inheritance their kids are just lazy and they could reverse mortgage their 3 houses and get another 5-10 years of vegas trips and cruises out of that + a nurse coming to their house to take care of all that icky stuff they shouldn't have to care about (like getting old) is right in line with them.

But the Silents that are still alive absolutely could fall for the RM scam or NEED a nurse / nursing home, especially if the boomers are say, not willing to pay to take care of grandad...
 
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