Maeve

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To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Board (www.inquirer.com)

"But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.”...

Maeve,

You're not wrong. Some truths are inconvenient and unpopular, but they're not wrong.

CNN's debate was no fair fight (www.salon.com)

I don’t know what was wrong with Joe Biden. It’s hard to imagine that they ever would have asked for a debate if this was the way he is normally. We’ve seen him recently holding press conferences and giving speeches and he seemed to be fine. They said he had a cold so maybe he really was on drugs — Nyquil or Mucinex or...

Maeve,

They are now, apparently.

Maeve,

Oh absolutely. I meant only they weren't so glaringly obvious, always.

Maeve,

Congratulations! I'm so happy you could get out. Best to you and yours!

Maeve,

I hope the kids aren't so indoctrinated, they can't argue about the contradictions, hypocrisy and sheer evil of the Canite war god and his amoral warmongering followers.

Maeve,

Right?!

Maeve,

Too many religious pedos in school. Can't send them skyclad.

Maeve,

In December 2023, Latimer announced that he was running for the United States House of Representatives in 2024, challenging incumbent Jamaal Bowman in the June 25 primary for the Democratic nomination in New York's 16th congressional district.[22]

Latimer has received high-profile endorsements for his campaign including from Hillary Clinton, a resident of Chappaqua in Westchester County, former area representatives Eliot Engel and Nita Lowey, and most state legislators representing the district.[3][23] During the campaign, multiple news outlets reported on the "record-breaking" levels of outside spending in Latimer's favor. Over $14 million in outside spending benefited Latimer's campaign, much of it from groups affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.[24][25]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Latimer_(New_York_politician)

I did not see that coming. /s

Maeve,

In another thread some time ago, someone * asked the best way to report illegal income without having the feds on them for either tax evasion or illegal income. I feel ignorant for not thinking of pacs and superpacs. In fact, I believe I saw a thread title recently that suggested they are money laundering.

Maeve,

I think that's a "feature, not a bug" in the grand political scheme.

Maeve,

Hmm?

Maeve,

Oh? Why were they famous? Links?

Maeve,

Red flag much? I'll pass,. Thanks anyway.

Maeve,

That's your takeaway? It's like Walmart moving into a town and undercutting indie business prices until the indie businesses close, then raising prices.

What doordash is doing is scraping restaurants' websites for prices, taking a temporary loss, then going to the restaurants saying, "We got all these orders, it's a win for both of us!" to sell the contact, then raising prices and tacking on extra fees, making money off the restaurants and the customers

https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/27/doordash-pricing/

Maeve,

In some ways, loss leading can be done in more or less ethical ways. For instance, a small mom n pop hardware loss leading on lumbar or hammers and taking a reasonable profit on ten penny nails. Or something, maybe a better example is the Costco 1.50 all beef foot-long dog and soda but their memberships are reasonable profit for those who would go often enough and buy enough to make it worth it. It's late and I'm tired, I hope you get the general gist. But yes, doordash is just double-dipping on the sleazy. And maybe loss leading isn't ever acceptable, but I'm simply unaware/haven't thought of reasons that make it so. I'm willing to hear any argument against any of it, though.

Maeve,

That's on you

Maeve,

It's more plausible that a 53 year old knows what a Rick roll is than for his kid to not know that

Maeve,

Can we just admit the whole system is owned by and rigged in favor of the oligarchs, now?

Maeve,

Everyone not a multimillionaire.

Maeve,

Gross.

Maeve,

Yeah, that's great for some sleazy talk/[un] reality show. Not so great in government offices.

Maeve,

And they say we aren't propagandized.

Maeve,

They don't want people moving out of red states, like South Carolina. Too bad for him.

Maeve,

The master's favorite teacup story comes to mind.

U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why. (foreignpolicy.com)

In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...

Accused adulterer Trump who paid to keep Stormy Daniels affair secret professes ‘love’ for the Ten Commandments (www.independent.co.uk)

“I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER. READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE, IN FACT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, IN OUR COUNTRY. BRING BACK TTC!!! MAGA2024,” Trump wrote in the early...

Maeve, (edited )

He also conspired in (ETA because I misremembered) the cover up of* torture and murder, not to mention raped people.

Maeve,

Hmm, I seem to have misremembered. He just conspired to cover it up (as far as we know). I'll edit my post, thank you.

Archive of New Yorker article

Is there a simple way to severly impede webscraping and LLM data collection of my website?

I am working on a simple static website that gives visitors basic information about myself and the work I do. I want this as a way use to introduce myself to potential clients, collaborators, etc., rather than rely solely on LinkedIn as my visiting card....

Maeve,

Works for me.

Maeve,

Occasionally I run into glitches on various instances, but visiting the original post on the original instance works. Lemmy is new enough that I didn't mind seeking workarounds, by asking or fiddling around. Best!

Maeve,

I mean, distanced emotionally? Should we be judged and judgement meted out differently than we and our dubious allies judged and delivered judgement? I prefer peace, but we are a warmongering nation. I don't want it to happen, but where I'm from, the saying goes, "if you keep picking, you'll eventually get what you're picking for."

Maeve,

Idk, but it's interesting to contemplate, especially since I just learned after I posted that that Kim and Putin have entered a new agreement. This timeline is certainly exciting, but I'm ready to jump to another!

Maeve,

Israel has plenty of supporters. I'm sorry for the Israelis who view this with dismay and will suffer for it.

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