Well sure, but I think the point is $20 million, which is a crazy campaign fund for a state supreme court election, wasn't enough to win. Some analysts are saying his involvement might've hurt more than helped
If musk can't primary Republicans or effectively buy elections, what use is he? It's not like anyone likes the guy...
I mean... What's the alternative? Cows are also somewhat effected, while being way way less efficient or healthy
Beans are great, I'm all for reducing meat consumption
People will become malnourished when they can't get basic foods. They can't just work it out... Nutrition is so much more than raw calories
I mean...gyro support is such a niche thing. The PS3 controller introduced gyro support - what used it? There's examples, but not many, because most games are made to be multi platform, and programming in gyro controls is a lot harder than most other controls
Nintendo is an exception because they have a lot of exclusives - gyro support is a lot more appealing to implement if all of the devices have it, plus they probably encouraged it
I wouldn't worry about it too much, the incentive for exclusives to have it remains, this is a tool for porting to the switch and exploring new control schemes more than anything else
You're make this sound like it's a metaphor or something...
But Musk is that kid literally, and last year one of the other billionaires did try to fight him for being unbearable until his mom literally stepped in and helped him back out
He's a rich manchild who people put up with when he let them play with his cool toys. Then he went from the weird rich kid to a total asshole the second he thought this was loyalty... Now he's crying about being bullied because everyone is turning against him, despite continuing to fuck absolutely everyone over
Nah, that ship has sailed. They'll never cut diplomatic ties, because why would they?
They've already decided they need to come together to live in a world without the US... They're already making trade deals and new defense pacts, they're already planning around us
There's so much to unpack in such a short statement
There's two kind of "both sides"... There's "we need a middle ground" which is horse shit, it leads to a choice between fascism and fascism-light
Then there's "our politicians are decrepit zombies, so let's do a leftist version of the tea party"
People want change, not stability. Not anymore. Everything sucks, so who are they going to vote for... An openly fascist snake oil salesman saying he's going to fix everything, or someone composed insisting things aren't as bad as they seem?
It's a toss up, apparently.
Change. Remember that campaign slogan? Because it won, and Obama delivered so little of it
If a sandwich shop gives you food poisoning, you absolutely should be telling people not to eat there. You should leave reviews and tell people every time the name comes up
The logic you're using is "well, what if the shop closes down and people can't get sandwiches at all? What if they're forced to eat at the numerous food stands that also give you food poisoning?"
If you say nothing, people are going to look at the sandwich shop sign and think it's safer than the street food... That's not better
To get away from the metaphor, harshly condemning Schumer at every turn would definitely do something. It sends a message that "this isn't what you can expect from Democrats"
You say everyone knows who the real leaders of the party are...I literally don't even know the second name there, I know AOC because she does good messaging about who she is and what she stands for. And I pay attention
Most people don't even know who their representative is, but they're much more likely to know who Schumer and Pelosi are. And they hate them.
This shady shit is why people hate the Democrats. When someone hands Trump everything he wants without a fight, they try to downplay it, like people haven't noticed. They don't punish it, they barely mention it - they're so desperate to not shake the boat that they do nothing
Democrats need to shake the boat and make enemies... That's what wins elections today. They need to call people out, and tell them what they stand for, and then they need to follow through
Because "once you enter you never leave". You can argue that prison is a necessary evil, but you can't argue it's not evil
On that point, Schumer flipped (and whipped up enough traitors to pass the bill) in like the 12 hours before the vote. They had been talking about this since the inauguration, as the time when they'd finally be able to force the Republicans back to the table and do something
There's no way he didn't get a call from someone.
Then he meets with Trump, goes on a talk show tour to try to justify his actions, and the Democratic establishment held their breath to see if people would buy it. They still aren't coming out hard against him... The condemnations are lukewarm and hesitant at best from party leadership.
No, they gave MAGA everything they wanted. They didn't even get to give input on the spending bill. This isn't 5D chess, this isn't a strategic play... It was just total capitulation
And the party still wants to wait and see if Schumer can salvage his reputation, if they can sweep this utter betrayal under the rug
Fuck no. This is exactly the time to hold their feet to the fire and demand they be better and do more... They're handing everything over to the fascists to try to get the oligarchs back on their side
The last thing we should do is believe they're an effective resistance
My first thought was "where the fuck did those numbers on the left come from?"
Tarrifs these days are usually protective - they're done on specific goods or industries.
Turns out, those numbers look like they came up with it from trade deficits. They even posted the formula they used
Like holy shit Batman, the onion could have written this last week and I'd think it was solid satire. No wonder they didn't want to do this on April 1st