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[–] kabe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, well renewable energy is for communists so what you gonna do.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

No matter what the outcome at this point, this administration is fucked.

If the war continues, more US service members die while oil prices continue to surge and Trump's favorability ratings continue to tank.

If the US pulls out, the Strait remains closed with Iran in full control of which ships can go in and out. They still have the majority of their drone and missile stockpiles intact and can leverage the flow of oil for years to come, meaning they can continue to put pressure on the US economy. Plus they now have a regime who is markedly more hardline than it was before the US and Israel assassinated all the moderates who might be willing to negotiate.

This has to go down as one of the most mind bogglingly stupid self-owns and worst foreign policy blunders in US history.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Iran be like

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 111 points 1 month ago (66 children)

I also wonder whether or not grapheneos, or open source Linux OSs in general, will face any repercussions for failing to comply to these regulations due to the relatively low user count.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Putting the US fighting against Hitler in WW2 alongside US regime change in Iraq and Iran is an odd comparison, ngl.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (4 children)
  • 14 dead US service members
  • A couple of thousand dead civilians in Iran and Lebanon
[–] kabe@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well this two-year-old exchange certainly aged like a fine wine

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I'm no great fan of Hillary Clinton, but she gave a hell of an opening statement:

Transcript here

And to this bit

Mr. Chairman, your investigation is supposed to be assessing the federal government’s handling of the investigations and prosecutions of Epstein and his crimes. You subpoenaed eight law enforcement officials, all of whom ran the Department of Justice or directed the FBI when Epstein’s crimes were investigated and prosecuted. Of those eight, only one appeared before the Committee. Five of the six former attorneys general were allowed to submit brief statements stating they had no information to provide.

You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, including today, despite espousing the need for transparency on dozens of occasions.

You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files. And when you did, not a single Republican Member showed up for Les Wexner’s deposition.

This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official, rather than to seek truth and justice for the victims and survivors, as well as the public who also want to get to the bottom of this matter. My heart breaks for the survivors. And I am furious on their behalf.

I have to say fookin' aye.

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Talarico's big bombshell: Talking about Christianity. The "Christian Nationalists" don't want him doing that. He's talking about the wrong kind of Christianity.

Precisely. Talarico is a Christian who actually takes the part about looking after the needy and the sick, and having empathy for other human beings, seriously. We can't have that in Texas!

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Same here; Upgraded the old media/gaming PC in the living room back in October.

The same 32GB kit I bought then for $90 is now $430. Utterly insane.

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