Mirshe

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[–] Mirshe 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Again, it's not just PR. Musk has been keeping his kid close as a human shield ever since the UnitedHealth killing. I think he's terrified that he's gonna get a new hole in his face, and knows having his kid next to him is a good way to deter people who actually have a conscience.

[–] Mirshe 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is definitely signaling to the former Tea Partiers and sovcits and suchlike. For some reason none of them can understand that "I don't need to pay any taxes, ever again, and neither should you" tends to get the IRS' attention.

[–] Mirshe 2 points 20 hours ago

Yup, kinda like train derailments. Most of them aren't huge, so you don't hear about them, but they happen a lot.

[–] Mirshe 2 points 1 day ago

If you JUST get measles, you should be fine. The issue is the potential for immune amnesia - meaning the potential for opportunistic infection is incredibly high, as is the potential for that infection to become serious.

[–] Mirshe 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No, it's going to taxpayers.

Corporations pay taxes.

[–] Mirshe 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The issue is that controlled burns require a large amount of manpower to make sure it STAYS controlled. You don't simply toss a match into that part of the forest, there's a lot of firebreak work and very careful observation that goes in to making sure a burn doesn't turn into something bigger and harder to control.

[–] Mirshe 4 points 3 days ago

Air Force, from what I understand, is full of Christian Dominionism.

[–] Mirshe 2 points 6 days ago

This is pretty much the story of the entire Land Warrior program. Nobody ever expected it to be a Real Thing, it was always a pie-in-the-sky boondoggle to make a shitload of money for the MIC.

[–] Mirshe 10 points 6 days ago

No, they're trying to optimize profits. News outlets will still be expected to do weather reports. Tons of jobs will still require weather data. This way, they can sell access to that data through private firms like AccuWeather.

[–] Mirshe -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, there are no smokescreens. Trump is literally this stupid. Don't attribute to maliciousness what can be attributed to narcissism.

[–] Mirshe 7 points 1 week ago

But if you get too good at that job, the insinuation changes and you must've had sex with your manager in order to get a raise/promotion.

[–] Mirshe 6 points 1 week ago

I'm sure a lot of these names are people who were courted by think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation. A lot of them pay TONS to send middle class and rich kids to good colleges all to get them near positions of power - then they saw Elon randomly walking into government departments with valuable data and said 'well shit let's just give these kids who were gonna be coffee gophers for Lauren Boebert to him instead'.

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