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GM temporarily shuts down North American factories because of chip shortage
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 17 Comments • 1 Like • 3 years ago
“GM is temporarily shutting down nine of its North American factories as the auto industry continues to feel the effects of the global semiconductor...”
So where's the friggin' robots? Are we supposed to believe that AI controlled robotic automation won't function in the United States? Chip manufacturing is highly automated. Producing electronic chips ain't a Milton Friedman buzzkill using shovels instead of bulldozers. There isn't a need...
Biden's Speech on Withdrawal From Afghanistan: Full Transcript
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 29 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
“A day after U.S. troops left, the president called the mission to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies an "extraordinary success" and forcefully...”
So, at the end of a 20 year war the President addresses the nation in the middle of the day when most Americans won't take notice. Even Lyndon Johnson wasn't that chickenshit. The end of the war in Afghanistan is not the issue. Joe Biden is defending something that needs no defense. Joe...
Afghanistan blame game
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 years ago
“Washington is always on the lookout for a fall guy.”
The biggest problem that Joe Biden is addressing, at the moment, is that the political narrative can't get ahead of events on the ground. Any political spin is already obsolete before it can be released because of the next photo and breathless angst of news reporters on the ground. No doubt...
Witch Hunt: Blame the Unvaccinated
By: Nerm_L • Opinion • 75 Comments • 6 Likes • 3 years ago
“Those on the left end of the political spectrum oppose the commercial science and only accept science that aligns with their beliefs.”
The political witch hunt is an American tradition. Sometimes the witch hunt really does blame the appropriate people for the appropriate thing. Most often the political witch hunt is used to hide the sins of those engaged in the witch hunt. Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. a scion of the right wing?...
Analysis: What the Census results tell us about the future US electorate
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 33 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
“The United States is a country that is diversifying and getting older, as the population continues to shift more into metropolitan areas.”
If the United States is diversifying then why is the country's politics controlled by only two political parties dominated by non-Hispanic whites? The analysis presented by CNN is rather perplexing. You'd think new political parties would emerge as the minority population increases and the...
Biden Admits Green New Deal Would Decimate Economy
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 years ago
“The scheme is unfeasible, and the president’s request for more OPEC oil is a reminder.”
Joe Biden won't admit anything. That's not how the politics of make-believe works. The modern global economy has been built upon abundant, cheap, readily available energy. That is reality and not a modelled abstraction. Every time the neo-liberal global economy reaches the point of...
Fauci: Allowing virus to replicate could make 'worse variant' that 'could impact the vaccinated'
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 75 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that allowing the coronavirus delta variant to circulate freely among unvaccinated individuals could lead to a more...”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, please, stop pretending this is about science any longer. Just stop. Fauci's pretense of science is obfuscating and obscuring reality to sell political narratives. As a result, the United States is woefully unprepared to address what's happening in the real world. Fauci's...
Misplaced trust: When trust in science fosters pseudoscience
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 41 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
“But trusting science isn't enough.”
This article illustrates an all too common theme in today's media and public discussion. The article has been published by a scientific organization. The article uses controversies that include science to present points. But the article is not about science. The article is discussing how to...
Traverse City Divided Over Diversity Resolution After 'Slave Trade' Student Group Exposed
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 years ago
“They called the resolution Critical Race Theory because conservative propagandists have done an excellent job indoctrinating their people into...”
Apparently slave auctions have become a 'thing'. The one in Traverse City, apparently, is one in a growing trend. The social justice activist assholes are reawakening this abomination in the United States. That shouldn't be surprising. The theme of the seeded article presents these...