I know a guy that can't speak anymore. He only says, "MIPI!"
riskable
joined 2 years ago
AKA the "protect Visa and MasterCard bill."
By banning the US government from making their own digital currency the bill guarantees credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard will be able to continue ripping off US consumers and businesses with transaction fees.
I only bought two!
Who TF cares what Alex Jones thinks? You're more likely to get an interesting take from a random stranger. In fact, do that instead of continuing to give attention to dried up former celebrities where you can be absolutely certain they don't deserve it.
An unnecessary emulation too! Of fascists.
I see the picture of the girl... I assume she's going to play Link? Perfect match. She looks just like him 👍
I assume the guy will be Ganon? 😁
Yeah! Go for it!
I'm curious to see how you'll haul away 19,600 gallons of corn syrup, 3,900 bushels of grain, 100 tons of random auto parts, 80 tons of paper reams, 70 tons of logs, 13,000 gallons of ammonia (or other dangerous chemicals), and the various other things that typically get shipped via rail these days.
You might get lucky and find a boxcar full of canned goods 👍
...or maybe even actual cars but... How would you get them off the train without the necessary equipment/track setup? 🤔
Everyone's joking but this is a serious problem. Imagine you're a billionaire and someone wants to assassinate you. The would-be assassin could figure out when you have a doctor's appointment (or similar) and force a train to get stuck, blocking their route.
It would leave the billionaire stuck in traffic with no escape until the train(s) started moving again. An entire cavalcade of security personnel would also be stuck (if they had one).
Aside: It could also work for robbing something like a Brinks truck but let's be honest: In this dystopian world it's more likely that this vulnerability would be used to rob a food shipment 🙄
Turning people's homes into "gardens" is not positive news. It's just one step away from Soylent Green.
Disaster preparedness is socialism!
To summarize: Texas allows itself to be governed via right wing ideology and right wing ideology makes for piss poor disaster preparedness.
Expecting your government to do anything at all to protect people from disasters is literally the opposite of right wing ideology. Disaster preparedness—in the form of warning systems and building regulations—are implementations socialism (and environmentalism).
If you're a conservative (or libertarian), little girls dying in floods every few years is your ideal scenario. That's literally what you believe in! That it's not the government's job to prevent such things.
And let's be honest: If you're conservative you probably don't believe in global warming either so this is just an "act of God" that no one could've predicted (except science did predict this). Clearly, God is punishing those little girls (or their parents) for... Living in Texas?
My reaction to these images:
Someone left shoe!
Riiiiiight.