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901.
by refurb 2y ago
> That included staff who are stationed at facilities where the weapons are built, according to CNN. This sentence in the article is referring to who was fired , not who the source was .
902.
by refurb 2y ago
No. Plenty of people don't have any interest in it. It just seems like everyone likes it because it's because the new status symbol now that material consumption is looked down on. It's a way to demonstrate your worldliness
903.
by refurb 2y ago
Speaking of Cambodia, China has got quite the strangle hold on that country. Which is interesting, because the Vietnamese installed a government after defeating the Khmer Rouge in 1979. This majorly pissed off China who invaded Vietnam to
904.
by refurb 2y ago
I can only assume your political leanings are clouding your judgement. The mass media has been caught in massive lies that exposed not only incompetence but a willingness to be the mouthpiece of the government when it’s convenient. What is
905.
by refurb 2y ago
That may be true if all non-stream media includes random Facebook accounts. But it’s kind of an irrelevant point when the mainstream media got important things dead wrong. And not only dead wrong but also so poorly backed up I hesitate to
906.
by refurb 2y ago
No, that’s the claim of the source on who was fired. Which may be true, but being true doesn’t make the headline true (I.e. the people fired at the facility could be secretaries and other support staff).
907.
by refurb 2y ago
Yes, the President is required to execute the laws but you’re ignoring two very important things. 1. The President isn’t forced to spend money on waste and fraud. 2. Most laws are written incredibly vague and high level. “$50B funding for
908.
by refurb 2y ago
Nope. You want my list? Critical government services. That’s it. Nothing more. I’m sure you won’t see the police, public health, state dept, as waste. And Republicans were voted in on an agenda to cut this sort of stuff. So sure, it wo
909.
by refurb 2y ago
Money is fungible. All the hand waving about “it was really X agencies money” falls pretty flat when Americans go without. Yes Congress sets spending, but the executive is responsible for executing on the law. Biden should have gone back
910.
by refurb 2y ago
If the Democrats are going to call sex change operations for illegal aliens “necessary” then they are going to continue to lose elections. It certainly hurt Kamala in the last election. But yes, the parties have different definitions of wa
911.
by refurb 2y ago
No. There is plenty of waste in the budget and “nice to have programs”. You only need to look at the list of things being cut. And of course it’s ideological! People vote for a President with certain values and they follow those. It’s ho
912.
by refurb 2y ago
This is just a long list of excuses. How hard is it to understand we shouldn’t be spending money on foreigners when Americans go without? That seems like a basic rule that everyone agrees with. And “most of FEMA’s money” is a cop out. 0%
913.
by refurb 2y ago
Exactly. The whole budget is made up of pennies. It’s a lazy talking point to say they don’t matter and what’s even worse is the politicians see no issue with wasting pennies of tax payer money! Any waste should be condemned. And like you
914.
by refurb 2y ago
This isn’t even an argument you realize that? “Daddy Musk”? Can you put together an adult argument?
915.
by refurb 2y ago
You have a child like nativity if you think foreign aid doesn’t come with strings attached. You do know the polio vaccine program in Pakistan where DNA analysis to find Bin Laden was done through USAID? The one that set vaccination back d
916.
by refurb 2y ago
Not transparent? Compared to what? The Biden administration? Who never even held a press conference for months? And what evidence? Did you want a downloadable pdf of justification for each cut? The partisan nature of the criticism is obv
917.
by refurb 2y ago
I’m pretty sure they aren’t stopping at just one thing? Now do that 10,000 times and tell me what the total is per tax payer (noting that 40% of taxpayers don’t pay taxes). I get $14,000 per tax payer, what do you get?
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by refurb 2y ago
The question is - are they fundamentally altering the function of government agencies. I think you can get the answer from what they post. Cutting $400M in external contracts for a $10B agencies isn’t cutting major functions of the agency.
919.
by refurb 2y ago
> culminating in his advocacy for a treatment - that none of the specialists had thought of - which proved critical in extending his dad’s life. I'm not sure how your friend could know that it was critical in extending his dad'
920.
by refurb 2y ago
> The free market will always chose to go to the places for the cheapest material and labor. That's absolutely not true and anyone who has been involved in sourcing knows this. There are plenty of other factors other than price alon
921.
by refurb 2y ago
> I disagree with your implication that my viewpoint is partisan. Truth is neither Democratic nor Republican. If the facts line up on one side, then perhaps one side is right on a particular issue (while they could still be wrong on anot
922.
by refurb 2y ago
Ummm. Q4 2024 is the highest quarterly volume ever ? And your article is about a few European countries, not global sales. And looking at a single month, year over year for a handful of countries doesn’t tell you much. Tesla seems to be do
923.
by refurb 2y ago
I don't really care that much. Only enough to comment on HN which is a very low bar in terms of caring. Same level of caring as highlighting an interesting source of data, or commenting on some current news.
924.
by refurb 2y ago
> Tesla sales are plummeting all over the world Uhhh...he's selling 5x as many cars than than when Covid hit and nearly the peak of sales...ever? https://cnevpost.com/2025/01/02/tesla-global-deliveries
925.
by refurb 2y ago
I don’t think people who rabidly hate Elon realize not how much it says about Elon, but how much it says about them . Don't like Elon’s politics? Thats reasonable. Don’t like his approach to business? That’s reasonable. Oddly twist e
926.
by refurb 2y ago
> If you don't immunise then you don't benefit from immunisation. It looks like this year's vaccination provides partial coverage. People often don't know that the flu vaccine manufacturers are guessing which strains
927.
by refurb 2y ago
You've basically put together an FAQ that summarizes the talking points from one party. I'm sure it's quite helpful if people are looking to understand the views of that party, but I'd hardly call it an authoritative FA
928.
by refurb 2y ago
Absolutely, barring the company bringing them to court for violating the "taking withouy compensation". But what people forget is that the CA state doesn't want PG&E . The state already exerts significant control over PG
929.
by refurb 2y ago
> Another large part is the growth of mandatory spending. Roughly speaking, many administrators are mandatory, because they exist for external reasons. Universities cannot cut them, unless the external environment changes. The more regul
930.
by refurb 2y ago
It also loves cyanide. Which is why it's used to leach gold in mining.

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