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wanderingshade posted...

Tiktok is a weird platform filled to the brim with misinformation and Zoomers use it like we used Google in the mid 2000s. Something needs to be done.

there is no crackdown on podcasts or alt right radio/channels that spread misinformation to boomers and gen x. If it was about misinformation Joe Rogan would be the first to go.

Unregulated AI is more dangerous than tiktok

what does tiktok do different than meta or snapchat does currently?

Anti vaxx stick together. Ventura isn't?

BucketCat posted...

wasn't there that thing that happened in that square? tea lemon square or something?

I mean Trump wanted to use the National Guard during the summer protests. Cops were also liberal with pepper spray, tear gas, and batons.

don't fly united, noted

AAA do need to get budgets under control or just do it properly.

GOP didn't want to condemn Trump for 1/6 and out him so its their bed

But there were 'congressional hearings'

those grif.. key testimonials told me non-human biological

still closes for lunch though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwbfl9XDqCQ

If Biden has a bad showing tomorrow the age issue will be cemented to Independents/Moderates

BloodMoon7 posted...

Nah some stay suspiciously young

Frankie Muniz keeping that baby face

Wisconsin voters in CNN focus group are split on who they'd vote for in presidential election
If the presidential election were today, a group of voters in Wales, Wisconsin, who participated in a CNN focus group would be split on who they would vote for.
Four voters out of the group of 11 told CNN's Gary Tuchman that they would vote for Donald Trump and four others said they would cast their ballots for Joe Biden. Three voters said they'd still vote for Trump's GOP rival, Nikki Haley.
One voter, who said she would write-in Haley on the ballot, said she would do so because she is "very concerned about what a second term would mean" for Trump.

"I feel like we have to vote between the lesser of two bad choices. I mean really bad choices," the voter said.

Another voter who said she is backing Trump said she's doing so because "he's the man for the country right now." She commended Trump's economic growth policy and his stance on border security.
As for Biden, one voter said he would vote for the president because they aren't "worried that he's not going to leave office."
"I think that Trump may want to stay in the office or may make changes that precludes his leaving," the voter said.

WI could be close one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJaow8mX9w

TC only citizens get to vote not civilians

This is where the US is heading

Foppe posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/09ec1fc7.jpg

4.99 still to much

HylianFox posted...

tbf the actual JP book is a lot of dry technobabble, with some dinosaurs thrown in

also the park owner is an evil capitalist rather than Santa Claus, which doesn't fly in the US

Corporate Espionage is just leveling the playing field for workers. Stealing another company's work/IP and sell it to the highest bidder. It was also in Willy Wonka 1971 movie.

I'm sure we'll find out the real reason whenever she pops up on some right wing grift in the near future

like Tulsi Gabbard

ironman2009 posted...

PA

nah

WI should be the one to watch

Sinema has a replacement in the senate while Coal Joe Manchin is a lost seat

no tears should be shed for either sellout

"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will retire at the end of her term this year.
She blamed growing partisanship and mudslinging in Washington for driving her decision to not run for reelection, only a few weeks after the Senate rejected the bipartisan, negotiated compromise on immigration policy that she had worked on for months.

"Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year," she said in a video Tuesday.

I believe in my approach, but its not what America wants right now, Sinema continued. Despite modernizing our infrastructure, ensuring clean water, delivering good jobs and safer communities, Americans still choose to retreat farther to their partisan corners.
Its all or nothing, the outcome less important than beating the other guy, she added. Compromise is a dirty word.

is the out to lunch/comeback later sign game related?

Sonic eating a chilidog
Kirby doing a suction

PeteyParker posted...

So you don't live in reality then, because only someone who is completely delusional would actually think that anyone alive right now could get the lunatics in the GOP to want to "work together for the good of the country"

How does one meet fascism halfway? You only put some of the 'undesirable' in jail and strip a few rights away? You split LGBTQ in half? Is there a color test for immigrants?

True Lies this month finally getting an HD release. Someone kept Cameron from the ocean long enough for him to approve.

weimar republic fall 2.0

Not many, at no point at his rallies does Trump talk about lowering taxes. Its all border/immigrants, democrats the cause for 'country being broken', and Trump is the one to fix it.

do cops still say they die just by getting near it

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-ukraine-western-troops-remarks/
PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said his refusal to rule out the prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine was intentional, despite the uproar it has provoked.
Macron swept aside the barrage of criticism he has faced in France and on the international stage and insisted his statements on Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression against Ukraine were carefully thought out.
"These are sufficiently serious issues; every one of the words that I say on this issue is weighed, thought through and measured," Macron told reporters on the sidelines of a visit to the 2024 Olympic village near Paris. But he refused to answer any further questions on the topic.
On Monday, Macron said after a leaders' conference on support for Kyiv that there was "no consensus" on sending ground troops to Ukraine in an "official manner," but that "nothing was excluded."
The prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine was rejected by other NATO members, including the U.S., U.K. and Germany, and sharply criticized by French opposition parties, but not dismissed by Estonia and Lithuania. French officials also downplayed Macron's comments, pointing to activities such as demining and arms production which might involved a Western presence in Ukraine.
The speaker of Russias lower house of parliament even warned Macron against sending troops to Ukraine, saying they would meet the same fate as Napoleons army.

https://www.politico.eu/article/putins-vision-next-six-years-keep-fighting-quit-drinking-have-babies/
Putins vision for Russias next 6 years: Keep fighting, quit drinking, have babies
Russian president makes quasi-campaign speech, two weeks before an election he is certain to win.
The Kremlin promised entertainment.
Western analysts feared Vladimir Putin would declare another war.
But the Russian presidents more than two-hour-long address on Thursday delivered on neither expectation, though Putin presented Russians with a vision of the future that alternated between nuclear saber-rattling and grand social promises.
Speaking two days after Frances President Emmanuel Macron said the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine could not be excluded, Putin warned that NATO involvement on the ground in Ukraine could have tragic consequences.
They should understand that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory. All this threatens to result in a nuclear conflict, and therefore the destruction of civilization. Dont they get that? Putin asked an audience made up of Russias political, religious and military elite.
He then accused Western leaders of treating the war in Ukraine which Putin unilaterally escalated by launching a full-scale invasion in February 2022, shaking Europes security architecture to its core like watching a cartoon.
Coming roughly two weeks before Putin is set to extend his rule for another six years in a presidential election of which the results are a foregone conclusion, the speech was as close to an electoral campaign as he is willing to get.
In the run-up to Thursdays address, the main intrigue had been whether he would use the opportunity to fuel tension in Moldovas eastern breakaway region of Transnistria, which borders Ukraine and has a largely pro-Russian population. Russia has around 1,500 troops stationed in Transnistria, which it refers to as peacekeepers.
Moscow officials in recent weeks have ramped up their rhetoric about the need to protect Russian citizens in Transnistria, in an ominous echo of the build up to Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Adding to concerns the Kremlin could expand its war westwards, Transnistrian officials on Wednesday gathered in a so-called congress of deputies, the first since 2006, and asked Russia to help it withstand economic pressure from the pro-EU government in Chiinu.
On Thursday, Putin did not mention Transnistria explicitly, but dismissed reports that Russia was planning to attack Europe or that it would deploy nuclear weapons in space as some kind of nonsense.
Instead, he accused the West of trying to trick Russia into a Soviet-style arms race which would sink its economy, while simultaneously boasting about Moscows weapons arsenal.
Showing no intention of backing down on Ukraine, Putin reiterated the claim that Russia had not started the war, but added it would do everything to eradicate Nazism, to defend the sovereignty of our citizens.

This comes as Albertsons and Kroger were trying to merge

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block the $25 billion deal between Kroger and Albertsons, alleging the largest supermarket merger in US history would lead to higher prices, store closures and job losses.

The merger, announced in 2022, sought to combine the fifth and tenth largest retailers in the country. The companies own dozens of chains, including Safeway, Vons, Harris Teeter and Fred Meyer.
But the proposed merger came as food prices have skyrocketed. Americans are spending 26% more on groceries since 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the highest portion of their income on food than any point over the past 30 years.
The FTC, in a statement, said the merger would eliminate competition in the grocery industry, which could drive costs even higher.
Kroger (KR) and Albertsons, which both employ mostly unionized workforces, said they wanted to merge to be more competitive against non-union giants such as Walmart, Amazon and Costco. The grocers are also facing increased pressure from Aldi, the fast-growing German discount supermarket chain.

The merger would accelerate our position as a more compelling alternative to larger and non-union competitors, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said when the deal was announced.
The two companies have a combined 710,000 workers, nearly 5,000 stores and more than $200 billion in sales. The companies argued that they will be able to use $500 million in cost savings from the deal to reduce prices for shoppers and tailor promotions and savings.
But the FTC in its lawsuit was skeptical of the claim.

This supermarket mega merger comes as American consumers have seen the cost of groceries rise steadily over the past few years. Krogers acquisition of Albertsons would lead to additional grocery price hikes for everyday goods, said Henry Liu, director of the FTCs Bureau of Competition.
Unions, small grocers and a coalition of Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill, including Democrat Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Republican Mike Lee of Utah, also strongly opposed the merger from the start.
Kroger and Albertsons criticized the FTCs decision.

Dinner costing to much make processed grains in milk your meal.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/food/kellogg-ceo-cereal-dinner/index.html

Let them eat Corn Flakes appears to be Kelloggs CEO Gary Pilnicks advice to cash-strapped shoppers who are spending the highest portion of their income on food than at any point in the last 30 years. In an interview with CNBC last week, WK Kellogg CEO Pilnick said the company was advertising cereal for dinner to consumers looking for more affordable options. Give chicken the night off, the ads cheery tagline reads. WK Kellogg owns cereals such as Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran and others.

The cereal category has always been quite affordable, and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure, Pilnick said. If you think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might otherwise do, thats going to be much more affordable.
His advice hasnt landed well with people frustrated by spending 26% more on groceries since 2020; on social media the campaign is being seen as insensitive.
CNBC host Carl Quintanilla asked Pilnick if encouraging weary customers to eat cereal for dinner could land the wrong way.
Pilnick thought the opposite. In fact, its landing really well right now, Pilnick said. Cereal for dinner is something that is probably more on trend now, and we would expect to continue as that consumer is under pressure.

Prices for groceries and restaurants have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic. In 2022, consumers spent 11.3% of their disposable income on food, the highest level since 1991, the Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing data from the US Agriculture Department
Food companies have raised prices since the start of the pandemic to cover higher costs for labor, ingredients and transportation and because they could.
Cereal prices alone increased 28% since January of 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In its latest fiscal year, Kellogg raised prices by 12%.
Despite the CEOs assurances, Kelloggs advertisement and Pilnicks comments have led to a backlash on social media.
Some consumers have called the comments tone deaf from an executive who made more than $4 million last year. They note that boxes of popular cereals now cost more than $7 and cereal is not an adequate substitution for a full dinner.
The backlash highlights consumer anger at companies for raising prices on everyday foods and, in some cases, boasting about it.

so the AI will make the electric car?

Trumps speech hits several favorite topics, including Jan. 6, the border and foreign policy
Mainstays of his speeches made their way into his CPAC speech.

Donald Trumps CPAC speech has hit on several of the former presidents favorite topics.
Trump railed against the border crisis, long one of his most popular topics for speeches. Reminder that he recently helped kill the bipartisan border deal in the Senate, which would've cracked down on border crossings and sent more funding to strained immigration agencies.
He also came to the defense of the imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters, which has been a cause clbre among CPAC attendees this week. As Trump spoke, one audience members was heard yelling, "Free them!"
And Trump briefly pivoted to foreign policy, arguing that a number of ongoing conflicts wouldnt have happened if he were president. The attack on Israel wouldve never happened. Iran was broke. They were broke. Ukraine would have never happened, he said.

Biden seizes on Trump's immigration rhetoric at CPAC
They're killing our country, they're killing our people, Trump said during his speech.

The Biden campaign seized on the opportunity to highlight Trumps immigration remarks at CPAC, posting a string of clips from that chunk of his speech.
It will be the largest deportation in the history of our country, and we have no choice. And it's not a nice thing to say and I hate to say it. Those clowns in the media will say, 'Oh he's so mean.' He's ... No, no. They're killing our people. They're killing our country, they're killing our people, we have no choice, Trump said, railing against migrants.
The former president continues to use the southern border as a base-rallying issue, often using dehumanizing language to describe migrants as he elevates an anti-immigrant message.
After Trump helped torpedo the bipartisan border deal earlier this month, Biden officials have ramped up their rhetoric against the the GOP a notable shift given the Democratic Partys tendency to shy away from the vexing issue.
Trump, who just sabotaged the bipartisan deal to secure the border, claims Democrats want 'open walls,' the Biden campaign posted from the Biden-Harris HQ account.

Trump: I'm a dissident
Trump, facing dozens of charges, describes the legal system as out of control.
Trump, whos repeatedly leaned into his indictments as a political tool, called himself a proud political dissident on Saturday.
"I stand before you today not only as your past and hopefully future president, but as a proud political dissident, he said.
He later described his legal woes as Stalinist show trials and repeated a favorite line of his, comparing himself to American gangster Al Capone. Remember, Ive been indicted more than Alphonse Capone.
The former president regularly fundraises off of his legal challenges and tells voters that hes being indicted for you. His speeches often revolve around his own personal grievances, and he didnt skip the opportunity to do the same at CPAC.

Trump comes to the defense of the imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters, which has been a cause clbre among CPAC attendees this week. As Trump spoke, one audience members was heard yelling, "Free them!"

Donald Trump is painting a bleak picture for the CPAC crowd as he lays out his case against President Joe Biden.
He asked supporters to envision what another Biden term would mean for immigration, inflation and the justice system, telling the crowd that he issued this warning in 2020.
Believe me when I offer you another warning, Trump said, adding that if Biden wins in 2024, this worst is yet to come. He argued that he is the only person who can stop the countrys demise, and that a vote for him is a ticket back to freedom.

Trump says he "talked with Putin a lot, I got along with him well," in his first term, but points to recent remarks Putin made indicating that Putin wanted Biden to win in 2024.

Trump brings back his famous line he coined on NBC's "The Apprentice," saying it's time to tell Biden, "You're fired! ... Get the hell out of here."

heard about the pinball game and the switch to being proud of the capital attack. Trump ha also taken the stage an hour late

What Republican voters are saying about Trumps potential running mate
From CNN's Steve Contorno, Aaron Pellish and Alison Main in National Harbor, Maryland
At this week's Conservative Political Action Conference, attendees speculated whom Donald Trump might pick as a running mate and weighed the pros and cons of his potential choices.
Edward X. Young, a 64-year-old visiting from Brick, New Jersey, liked the idea of a Donald/Donalds ticket with Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, which he said would make for a beautiful bumper sticker, and he called Vivek Ramaswamy very exciting.
But then again, hes just like a younger version of Trump, he said. Maybe you need a balance.
Bode Brewer, who will be of voting age for the first time in November, thinks the diversity of the candidates under consideration could be an advantage.

Im not a fan of identity politics most times, said the 17-year-old from Reading, Pennsylvania. But I think with, as the party is diversifying, I think we do owe it to our voters to get a candidate that is more diverse.

With the country barreling toward a Trump-Biden rematch, several CPAC attendees think the partys next vice presidential pick should help usher in a new generation.
I believe we need new people, said Genilde Guerra of Miami. We cannot go to the old politicians that everyones so tired of.

Trump to speak later on how to over through elections

Trump narrowly leads Biden in general election rematch, CNN poll finds
From CNN's Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy
With presidential primaries underway and a 2020 general election rematch seemingly the most likely outcome, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS released early February shows former President Donald Trump narrowly ahead of President Joe Biden in whats shaping up to be a close contest nationally.
The poll highlights voters conflicted feelings about the leading candidates. Broad majorities of Democrats and Republicans say theyd be satisfied if their partys candidate won such a rematch. Still, a sizable minority of voters express a desire for another option if Biden and Trump are the nominees.
Overall, 49% of registered voters say they would back Trump if an election between the two were held today, while 45% support Biden and 5% say theyd vote for someone else.
Those numbers are identical to CNN polling on the contest in the fall, and the demographic dynamics of the contest appear to be steady with a wide education gap among the most notable demographic divides, and smaller differences by age or race than in other recent presidential elections.

Kari Lake gears up CPAC crowd ahead of Trumps remarks
Arizona Senate candidate and close Trump ally Kari Lake geared up the CPAC crowd here Saturday ahead of former president Trumps remarks later this afternoon.
Lake shared an anecdote about two people who, she said, came to her door and threatened her to stay out of politics. She said they represented "some very powerful people back East.
I can name two powerful people back East who will work for you and I know theres an army more Donald J. Trump and Senator Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican said.
Lake, who lost a bid for Arizona governor in 2022, was among several potential Trump vice presidential picks who spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week.
Chants of USA, USA, USA broke out at one point during her speech.
Lake also ginned up enthusiasm from the crowd in celebrating recent layoffs at several news organizations, joking that she was OK if we have high unemployment if it puts the fake news out of the workforce.
She encouraged voters to get involved and help President Trump, as well as her own Senate campaign in Arizona.

darkace77450 posted...

Fascists rarely do.

Also believe might is right so following the law is optional for them but not others.

Torgo posted...

So we have eight more years of his mental degradation?

2019 was Trump talking about airports were used in the Revolution war

DarthAragorn posted...

People should vote against Biden in the primary, dude sucks

what primary?

cool

still embracer group behind it and a vote of no confidence for any game

Moscow prosecutor's office warns protests related to Navalny's death are not authorized
From CNN's Niamh Kennedy
The prosecutor's office in Moscow has warned that any demonstrations in the Russian capital over the reported death of Alexey Navalny have not been authorized.
In a statement posted on its official website Friday, the prosecutor addressed individuals considering participating in a "mass action" in Moscow city center.

"We draw attention to the fact that this mass event has not been coordinated with the city's executive authorities in accordance with the procedure established by law," the prosecutor stressed.

The prosecutor warned that both appeals to participate and participation in unauthorized mass actions constitute offenses under Russian law and could result in individuals being placed under administrative arrest.

Morons still fall for trickle down shit

US President Joe Biden says he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible after the Russian prison service announced that opposition figure Alexey Navalny has died in prison.
Make no mistake: Putin is responsible for Navalnys death, he said. Putin does not only target citizens of other countries, as weve seen in whats going on in Ukraine right now he also inflicts terrible crimes on his own people, the president added.
The president said he was outraged by the news.
Navalny bravely stood up to the corruption, the violence, and all the bad things that the Putin government was doing. In response, Putin had him poisoned, he had him arrested, he had him prosecuted for fabricated crimes, Biden said.
Even in prison, he was a powerful voice for the truth, he said.
He could have lived safely in exile after the assassination attempt on him in 2020, which nearly killed him, he said. Instead, he returned to Russia knowing hed likely be imprisoned, maybe killed if he continued his work. But he did it anyway. Because he believed so deeply in his country, in Russia, the president continued.

Russia scum downplay their shitty government

Sergei Mironov, leader of pro-Kremlin A Just Russia party, said in a statement that Russias enemies benefit from Navalnys death.
Of course, health issues could have been the cause of death. But in any case, a premature death of a notorious opposition figure, especially a month before the presidential election, is beneficial first and foremost to Russias enemies.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the immediate reaction of NATO leaders to Navalnys death in the form of direct accusations against Russia is self-exposing.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/16/1231946376/alexei-navalny-death-in-prison-vladimir-putin-opposition

I didn't see this topic before making own

MOSCOW Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent political opposition figure, has died in a remote Russian prison at age 47.
News of Navalny's death came Friday from the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, above the Arctic Circle.
In a statement, prison authorities said Navalny "felt unwell" after a walk in the prison yard and soon lost consciousness. Attempts by emergency medics to resuscitate him "failed to give positive results."
Navalny had been serving out a lengthy prison sentence for charges including extremism, which were widely seen as punishment for his years of criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin has been informed of Navalny's death. He said prison medics are working to identify the cause of death.
Reactions swiftly poured in from around the world. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Navalny's "death in a Russian prison and the fixation and fear of one man only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that Putin has built. Russia is responsible for this."
Concerns over Navalny's well-being and safety while in prison were long-standing.
His family members and supporters say authorities repeatedly denied Navalny medical care and subjected him to long, punishing stints in solitary confinement with the apparent aim of preventing his access to the outside world. A representative of his Anti-Corruption Foundation in Washington, D.C., expressed the belief in April that Navalny was slowly being poisoned in prison.
Yet a video shared by Russia's independent SOTA news service appeared to show Navalny looking healthy and in good spirits during a court hearing the day before his death. Navalny was participating by video feed.
Navalny had been serving out a 19-year prison sentence on charges including extremism, embezzlement and fraud widely seen as Kremlin retribution for his political activities.
A vehement critic of President Putin for more than a decade, Navalny built a national following with campaigns that channeled public outrage over corruption at the highest level of government and promoted a vision that Russians could, one day, live differently.
Even from his prison cell, he was a critic of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Putin's increasingly repressive rule.
Indeed, in the days before his disappearance in December, the opposition figure unveiled a campaign to rally Russians against Putin when he runs for a fifth term as president in elections scheduled for March."

Imprisoned for daring to stand against Putin and now killed most likely by poison or lack of care in a frozen hellhole. March Putin is holding fake elections.

Its a day for sales