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Elon Musk's favourite podcaster was ill-prepared for the Ukrainian President's demolition of Russian propaganda claims about the war
And why those that do aren’t just trading in meme coins for the lulz.
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The Government is 'absolutely not going to save us... 2025 needs to be the year we start to save ourselves'
Today (November 27, 2024), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator – for November 2024, which showed that the annual underlying inflation rate, which excludes volatile items continues to fall – from 3.5 per cent to 3.2 per cent. The overall CPI rate (including the volatile items)…
So, a very partial list of donors to Trump’s second inauguration includes:
- Apple’s Tim Cook.
- Ken Griffon of Citadel.
- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
- Sam Altman of OpenAI.
- Zuckerberg of Meta/Facebook.
- Dara Koroshawi of Uber.
- General Motors, Ford and Toyota.
Trump imposed a lot of sanctions on China in his first term but somehow Apple avoided most of them. Not coincidentally Tim Cook supposedly talked to Trump every week. I’m sure he spent that time being Trump’s good friend and toady.
I don’t blame him for it, it was his job. Apple sold a ton of phones in China and made most of their gear in China. Trump could have (and can) tear the heart of out of Apple.
The FTC is planning to take Meta to court over anti-trust violations this year. Want to bet they change their minds?
Amazon is nothing but a giant sucking anti-trust violation.
Trump is fighting tooth and nail to keep Jack Smith’s report from being released to the public and you have to wonder why. He beat them all. He’s not going to be prosecuted. But as Bill Kristol points out, there is a good reason for him to want to keep it out of the public record: Trump knows how crucial his rewriting of the history of January 6th was to his victory in November. If most Republicans had held to their original judgment of January 6th as a day of shame—if they had continued to believe that it was what Trump the very next day called a “heinous attack” that “defiled the seat of American democracy”—Trump would not have been the 2024 GOP nominee. If most Americans had thought January 6th not just an unfortunate event but a disqualifying disgrace, Trump wouldn’t have won the general election. The whitewashing of January 6th was key to Trump’s political comeback. And Trump has the sense—and I think he’s right about this—that he must make sure that January 6th stays whitewashed for the sake of his political success going forward.
That is the number one cable news network in America.
Billionaires gonna billionaire — and lick the boots of whoever will bring them more riches and impunity.
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Plus, the secret documents Biden must release, new data on how much we subsidize factory farms, and how AI data centers could destroy your home
The Billionaires Compete for Dear Leader’s Favor Yep: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters. Out with the fact-checkers that conservatives deride. In with more permissive rules for posting conservative opinions. The recent elections “feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech,” Zuckerberg said in his announcement, justifying relaxed new content moderation rules on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. “Governments and legacy media have pushed to censor more and more,” Zuckerberg said, repeating a right-wing talking point used to undermine fact checking.
When Luigi Mangione was arrested for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson he had...
Do people doubt your driving abilities?
A. Yes, I’m still earning trust as a new mode of transportation.
B. Yes, I’m still up against long-held stereotypes and tired stand-up routines.
Do strangers ever gawk at you or comment on your appearance?
A. Yes, usually in response to my spinning parts and empty driver’s seat.
B. Yes, but I’m told I should feel flattered and that I’ll miss the attention when I’m older.
Does Google own you?
A. No, their parent company, Alphabet, owns me.
B. No, they just track my every move, know my innermost desires, and can manipulate my behavior with alarming precision to increase profits.
Are you trained to let others cut you off?
A. Yes, to avoid collisions.
B. Yes, in any conversation with a man.
Have you ever suspected a mechanic was trying to rip you off?
A. No, I receive routine maintenance from a certified team of experts.
B. Yes, when I was charged extra for “premium” tire air.
Just before Christmas, the Albanese Government released the findings of a report into how much funding the federal government contributes to those institutions around the country that research and report on the contemporary challenges facing Australian strategic policy. This is a significant report with important consequences for Australia’s global engagement. But it has not received Continue reading »