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Bernstein and Krugman on the Budget
By: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“It's not gonna be pretty...”
This is Trump/MAGA at its most confusing: this budget will screw base MAGAs royally, while funneling zillions to the President's wealthiest donors. All credible economists agree on this. But MAGAs continue to drool happily...
Xiaomi's first flagship phone chip is a genuine Snapdragon 8 Elite rival
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Xiaomi's first flagship chip, Xring O1 is a 3nm, 10-core powerhouse that will power the new 15S Pro and Pad 7 Ultra.”
One of Donald Trump's last "accomplishments" at the end of his first term was to effectively banish Xiaomi from the American market. The Chinese understood that they could not depend on American tech, so they gave Xiaomi a green light for both chips and software. Instead of Xiaomi being a...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades - The New York Times
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and...”
The United States is the greatest nation in the word! Or... was... There are links in the seed.
China’s $10 EV Battery Could Upend the US Auto Market
Via: Bob Nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • last year
China is already leading - and pulling ever farther ahead - in the inevitable electrification of the world. So... this would be a great time to destroy America's solar and wind and battery industries. Drill, baby, DRILL!!!
Krugman Twofer: A Liz Truss Moment for America? || Gaming Out a Sudden Stop
By: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“Financial indicators are flashing yellow and What happens if investors lose faith in America?”
Data. Data. Data. And then more data. I'm really pleased to see our MAGA members bringing their own "well-sourced" data to these conversations.
With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He's not alone
Via: Bob Nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • last year
“It's all designed to argue that the biblical story was literally true — that an ancient Noah really could have built such a sophisticated ship.”
A wooden ship big enough for all those animals couldn't survive in ocean-scale waves and weather. It would break apart. But hey!! All that's needed is the intelligence to understand the Ark story as allegory. Oh, wait..."intelligence"... kinda hopeless, huh?
White Americans as a normal minority
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 66 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Creating a stable multiracial nation is a tricky thing to do”
Trump is racist. MAGA is racist. Just yesterday: Trump “unquestionably” violates a court order: What happened? On Tuesday, the US government put eight men — only one a South Sudanese citizen — on a deportation flight to South Sudan, an unstable country in East Africa that is on the verge...
Volcanic cooling
Via: Bob Nelson • Environment/Climate • 6 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Large volcanic eruptions have a major cooling impact on the climate”
MAGA Luddites believe that climate anthropomorphic global warming is a hoax, promulgated by those dastardly climatologists. Well... those dastards also study global cooling... which is not at all anthropomorphic.
