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GORDON wrote: I wonder if anyone has ever noticed, before, this sort of.crazy behavior in women.

Probably not. Seems novel.

thibodeaux wrote: Have you not been reading this board for nearly...what, 18ish years?

Only 17, I think

thibodeaux wrote: I thought it was fairly well understood that journalists don't really know anything about anything.

Thanks, Trump!

Go.... Croatia, I guess

Vince wrote: It feels like an economic perpetual motion machine.

Most people envision it as a response to a Star trek like world where robots and AI do most of our work

Unaware of this. What are you getting?

GORDON wrote: Then she admitted that she had a boyfriend, wasn't actually going to meet anyone from the dating site, and just used it to get compliments for her self esteem. I admire her honesty... but just damn.

Ah, the crazies. Tell her you won't tell if she doesn't

Right, so....

I guess one could say Trump isn't wrong in trying to get China to stop stealing from us.

tariffs have nothing to do with that. Although, I guess at some point, we wouldn't manufacture stuff there, so it'd be harder to steal.

161101 I think it absolutely could work, but there are two factors that need to be addressed: 1. Where does the money come from? 2. What do you do about people who live off of it rather than be employed? 1. Taxes. 2. Nothing. That's part of the point. The question (ostensibly) is whether or not soc...

Leisher wrote: That is ridiculous. It'd be like Gordon working for ESPN.

I'm sure there are plenty of writers for various outlets who write about things they are not passionate about, but I do find it hard to believe that they couldn't find a gamer who can write. Does he write about other things as well?

161095 Trying to find the silver lining in these tariffs, which are always a stupid idea, I guess one could say Trump isn't wrong in trying to get China to stop stealing from us. Not just IP either. Most corporate espionage is done by China, which is troubling when you look at their Made in China 2...

I wonder if a short term experiment would be sufficient, or if people would have to know that it would continue in order to truly alter behaviors on it.

thibodeaux wrote: https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/ ... 531323973/

I guess "self-made" means getting born on third base and hitting a triple.

Yeah, that's iffy as fuck. But she did capitalize on what she was given.

Meh, they're Germans. Cold like their hearts. Also, nearly every country has large NG storage to help work against fluctuations. In fact, Germany has the largest storage in the EU, and could fuel the country for at least 80 days at normal utilization. Add in rationing, and they could make it several...

161081 . Germany is getting 70% of their gas from Russia via the pipeline. And natural gas = 20% of their power needs, so 14% of their power/energy needs come from Russia. Pretty far from "totally controlled by" 161081 but when your turning over your nations energy security over to one of...

"Germany is a captive of Russia," Trump said at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, his first since arriving in the Belgian capital. "It's very inappropriate." Trump went on to complain that the United States is expected to "defend them against Russia,&q...

Vince wrote:

Don't have much use for Flake, but glad to see this.

Not holding my breath....