namelessoracle

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by namelessoracle 4y ago
The FBI was investigating a Republican for context. The FBI has always selectively targeted politicians going back to J Edgar Hoover, and the entire organization has political corruption in its founding and DNA.
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Given how modern banking works, its probably not only bundled but was chopped into 12 different pieces that was put in 13 different bundles :P
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Sucks the person who owes the debt cant get first bite at buying the firesale debt.
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
So why does China refuse to sell land to its citizens and only leases?
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
So a family on hard times should be forced to leave their grandmothers home when she dies and hope they can find a new one? Gentrification can easily push a property in the place they've lived their whole lives out of their price range
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
"The proper remedy for bad governance is to elect different public officials to represent you." After 4 years you can attempt to fix it. Though if the person who you elect actually tries to fix it there's a good chance they w
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
This is fairly insidious, like it's only the "good old boys" who do this. (Good Old Boy being coded language for white people) https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/foreperson-3-jurors-unwi... Yo
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Taking this analogy further. Jury nullification is like manually manipulating the database after the program keeps crashing out to make sure the customer gets what they need right now.
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Microsoft and Sony both sell direct and both implement anti scalping technology into their direct sales. (only allowing one purchase per registered account, IP detecting technology to make sure same user isnt buying over and over, et cetra)
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
If California stopped paying taxes to the federal government, didnt allow the federal government on its lands. Everyone using the ports came to an agreement with California and not the USA. Had its own President. Didn't follow any fede
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
This is beyond political corruption, it's human corruption. Inherent to the way people respond to incentives. People inherently will try to put things to their benefit and to what incentives them. It takes a lot of structure to make th
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
And mRNA tech came from Europe? (seems like it came from USA to me) And isn't Pfizer an American company? You're talking about the German company right? Would they have been able to do without Pfizer backing them?
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
what new medicines have come out of europe recently? (serious question)
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Then why is the Biden admin bragging about lowering prices this summer?
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Haven't the oil companies stated they feel its doing more right by their investor putting the money back to the shareholders than invest in a project that has a likelihood of getting shut down by the government?
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Rocks when dropped will eventually fall. You can catch the rock and hold on to it, but will eventually put it down, you can do something crazy like build a wind machine that keeps the rock afloat, but entropy demands the machine go out one
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Alternatively, they are projecting reduction in advertising revenue due to recession and feel they cant take the hit the same way anymore but would have continued if everything else remained the same.
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
They were taking massive losses on Quest 2. So this is a sign that the VR division is needing to tighten some belts on the losses, or that manufacturers have raised prices that this is required for them to maintain same Loss ratios and ther
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Laying bricks involves more than putting bricks in a straight line, thats why all the brick laying automation has failed. You know that im sure.
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
So one of the very first acts of Biden admin wasn't shutting down an oil pipeline and alienating the oil industry? If Trump gets elected in 2024 and shuts down say AWS, and someone says he's "Shutting down the tech industry&q
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
>>>> try contacting YouTube I literally laughed at this. How is he supposed to talk to a real person at Youtube? Professional Youtube people who get millions of views have to rant and rave and get something trending on Twitter b
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
"Very little to do with it" I think its probably fair to say a good economy is outside of a presidents control. But presidents have plenty of tools to make an economy worse at their disposal. For example shutting down domestic ene
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
I went to Disney World this year and Disney World in the 90s. Disney World now was not "nicer" than it was then, about the same, all the "enhancements" benefit Disney more than me the customer in my opinion, and in fact
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
I would argue holding this stance makes you a committed ideological actor that would get struck during selection if found out. Not saying i disagree with you....
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
This almost never happens. The jury basically has to not make up its mind for at least a week. (and the judge can keep it going as long as they want) Its almost never just 1 person either. But if one person is willing to hold their ground f
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
Because low income anywhere (rental area or even just low income suburban areas) typically has a population that is less able to invest into their area (in time or money), and historically has shown that they seek an extractive relationship
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
I suspect the massive money printing going on for years has had no impact because most of that money never actually landed in the hands of actual people and just existed to be sucked up by wall street and elites. And they dont spend in a wa
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
With the Playstation Plus changes they have made, they are making Microsoft Game Pass look better and better. They keep acting like they have a massively dominant position instead of having a competitor with deeper pockets who is willing to
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
The cost benefit analysis can take generations and is still ongoing. Cultures that have these rules and restrictions seem to be growing via positive birth rates while cultures that dont are stagnating and not growing and seem to be actively
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by namelessoracle 4y ago
It says a lot about the FBI that most people's initial reaction is "whats the trick here?". BOTH sides of the political aisle too.

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