US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Members of the Trump Administration
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[SIMIΔN]

I'm not doomposting, I'm just saying that - if true - Chinese dumping of US debt on the open market will force interest rates higher.

Wouldn't that hurt China too, or they'd have done it earlier.

https://x.com/nypost/status/1910422502355910842

Is she wearing a bomb vest or just fat?

 

[Return of the Freaker]

Is she wearing a bomb vest or just fat?

Bitch's name is literally "mmm nutella" what do you think?

 

[SpergioLeonne]

like putting cameras on drones, then using the software to detect things.

I mean you could detect things, but I thought I was answering this in relation to detecting an F35 in a better way than radar

Wouldn't that hurt China too, or they'd have done it earlier.

Yes, it’s double edged. They’re devaluing their currency

And whoever was asking about Japan, it was Japan’s initial response to tariffs, but then Trump put the 90 day hold. China is the one actively dumping bonds, but good. After, they’ll have even less leverage

 

[LiquidKid]

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.

The only reason I am not a journalist is because the journalism professor was this ancient left bitch who hated me so much that she called me into her office and flat out told me “drop this class or I will instantly flunk you the moment you make even the slightest typo.”

So no, it wasn’t respectable, but I did it anyway. Fuck professors.

 

[The Ugly One]

I watched this video now and my takeaway is that 100km range defeated/limited by fog, smog or cloud cover could be helpful for the north sentinalese people, but like, how are you supposed to rely on like a hundred cameras being calibrated well enough to give you data to hit something moving at Mach 1.6? A fraction of a second of discrepancy between the angle the system assumes the cameras to be at would fuck it all up. Better to go to a relative, like keep the horizon line in frame for a point of reference and try to be really specific about altitude, longitude and latitude

Maybe on a ship, it could be helpful for anti drone systems? All the camera mounts would be steel and somewhat precisely measurable

This was incredibly dumb. At 20,000 ft, that F-35 is so tiny that no, a cheap camera is not getting you anything close to what you need to target a missile. Then add to it that your ground camera system is defeated by clouds, night time, and debris, and you've got yourself the most worthless defense system at all time.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

This was incredibly dumb. At 20,000 ft, that F-35 is so tiny that no, a cheap camera is not getting you anything close to what you need to target a missile. Then add to it that your ground camera system is defeated by clouds, night time, and debris, and you've got yourself the most worthless defense system at all time.

Better than nothing if you’re like, an African militia

 

[WelperHelper99]

This was incredibly dumb. At 20,000 ft, that F-35 is so tiny that no, a cheap camera is not getting you anything close to what you need to target a missile. Then add to it that your ground camera system is defeated by clouds, night time, and debris, and you've got yourself the most worthless defense system at all time.

The F-35 regularly cruises at 50,000 feet, making this even more ridiculous

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

The F-35 regularly cruises at 50,000 feet, making this even more ridiculous

The F-35's service ceiling is much higher than it says on the tin.

 

[Fuck Bankers]

Trump using DoD, DoI, and Homeland Security to lock down the boarder.

 

[gaysexenjoyer]

Trump using DoD, DoI, and Homeland Security to lock down the boarder.

Juan but not forgotten

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

Juan but not forgotten

Mama, I'm clutchin'. Calm down, love.

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS]

Can we send some people to prison pls. I think the border is secure as fuck.

 

[moocow]

The only reason I am not a journalist is because the journalism professor was this ancient left bitch who hated me so much that she called me into her office and flat out told me “drop this class or I will instantly flunk you the moment you make even the slightest typo.”

So no, it wasn’t respectable, but I did it anyway. Fuck professors.

In better times, that kind of open threat by a mere instructor would have justified a brutal beating that would have left her unable to wiggle that red pen of hers for weeks.

Shame you didn't have a recording device handy to record the conversation to later leak publicly. Not quite as good as beating her senseless, but it would have been funny seeing brief discomfort.

Trump using DoD, DoI, and Homeland Security to lock down the boarder.

It's "border." A "boarder" is someone who rents a room, i.e. "room & board."

It's even in the URL and headline.

 

[David Floyd George]

it’s double edged. They’re devaluing their currency

Well, if they're dumping US bonds they're taking a hit on the selling price (not too mention the fact that said dumping would piss Trump/the US off even further). On the flip side, a devalued currency vis-a-vis the USD isn't necessarily a bad thing if you're an exporter.

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS]

Well, if they're dumping US bonds they're taking a hit on the selling price (not too mention the fact that said dumping would piss Trump/the US off even further). On the flip side, a devalued currency vis-a-vis the USD isn't necessarily a bad thing if you're an exporter.

It wasn't CCP that was dumping the US bonds.


It was Japan.

#1 holder of USD reserve

 

[SpergioLeonne]

Trump using DoD, DoI, and Homeland Security to lock down the boarder.

Better add the northern border

@HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS

Japan threatened to, BEFORE the 90 day tariff pause. The bond activity is continuing.

@David Floyd George

I think we’re past China worrying about pissing us off. Shit is shutting down on their end

 

[WelperHelper99]

The F-35's service ceiling is much higher than it says on the tin.

That is most military aircraft/vehicles. I laugh at the stated speed of the F-15. Mach 2.5 my ass. The original specs set out in committee was Mach 2.7. Far as I know the requirements never changed.

I think we’re past China worrying about pissing us off. Shit is shutting down on their end

China being buck broken just as the Don foretold? Say it isn't so! Ha!

 

[grocerygoblin]

Throwback Thursday

 

[Amelia Troonheart]

I mean look you can do all that. Doctors already do that with pregnancy as far as I'm aware, for multiple reasons. It's down to the mother at that point frankly.

You know, at this point, I'm very willing to believe you're the autistic retard you say you are.
I'm putting this behind spoilers because it's not worth gunking up the thread but the tl;dr is: learn some reading comprehension before posting you autistic retard.

Spoiler: Autistic sperging

I started out by saying that it is clear autism has an environmental component to its development and that addressing factors that are strongly associated with its development (such RFK Jr looking to address the metabolic health crisis) that genuine rates of autism (not the socially awkward iPad babies) would likely drop in the following decade.

In other words, there is very likely something we can do about it and we aren't that far off from figuring out the cause and thus pushing forward prevention measures.

The relevance of this is RFK Jr trying to find the cause instead of presuming like a lazy asshole it's all genetic and ignoring the abundant evidence to the contrary.

In case you need this spelled out: This means making sure mothers are properly educated on what healthy means, identifying those who aren't healthy and thus putting their babies at risk, and giving them proper strategies to make sure they're actually addressing the issue instead of covering it with endless drugs or shit dietary advice that doesn't induce normal blood sugar values or restoration of metabolic health which does nothing long term for the mother or her child.

If you think they already do this you have never had a child or had a family member who had a child. Yes they screen for gestational diabetes by administering an ass load of sugar solution that not uncommonly makes pregnant women feel nauseous or vomit.

If gestational diabetes is diagnosed they are told to eat 3 meals a day with 3 snacks, make sure they eat a high carb diet, limit red meat, and possibly go on medication if that somehow doesn't magically fix it.

None of this advice would works to prevent autism because it does not actually fix the underlying metabolic health problems or decrease maternal inflammation associated with these issues.

There is no discussion on food quality, no discussion on processed foods, no discussion on metabolic therapies, no discussion on disease management, no discussion on insulin resistance or why pregnant women are prone to things like diabetes during pregnancy and what to do to prevent it. Nothing actually effective is actually done, hence why this problem is only getting worse instead of better.

Metabolic health in this country is fucking atrocious. There are very few truly metabolically healthy people left and that includes mothers. The percent of people who are in optimal metabolic health is in the single digits.

Doctors are not "already doing" what I'm suggesting because they are fucking failures who can't figure out how to do anything other than give the same advice they've been giving since the 80s despite it not doing fucking shit.

My point is that if RFK Jr can actually put two and two together and put together a support structure to actually properly and effectively address this issue it could actually have an impact.

You are the one who came in powerleveling about how profoundly autistic your entire family is, how it is definitely genetic based off of your anecdote and entirely ignored every single point I made in favor of coming up with your own ideas of what the conversation was actually about.

There is strong evidence autism has an environmental component. This means we can do something about it if we actually address those issues instead of using strategies that don't fucking work as we have been doing. RFK Jr may realize this. The impact of this could be profound due to a more functional population and less strain on special ed classes, therapists, and other resources autists need throughout childhood. Not to mention decreasing childhood misery by not producing as many kids who struggle to self regulate and can't stand minor sensory annoyances and take twice as long to learn normal social behaviors.

Actual insane levels of zero reading comprehension.

Back on topic, I finally got around to watching the Bannon interview and I highly recommend it. The link is here for people who haven't seen it yet.

The beat down on eurofags not being our allies and describing them as the filthy freeloaders they really are was refreshing.

We really need to be more upfront about this as a whole. Trump, Vance, and Bannon are but I want the understanding of the scale of this issue to be the norm.

Either submit to being proper vassals or take care of your own shit.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

China being buck broken just as the Don foretold? Say it isn't so! Ha!

I found this amusing. Imagine paying for an ad that got community noted