Heresy_generator

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

declassifieduk.org

Gee, I wonder what this site is. Let's just search for "Ukraine" and see what we get:

Polish minister ‘saw UK special forces operating in Ukraine’

Contamination fears after Ukraine loses British tank

Cluster bombs for Ukraine? A warning from Kosovo

UK military figures warn ministers about Ukraine

British warmongering is driving Europe towards catastrophe in Ukraine

Revealed: Russian neo-Nazi leader obtained UK missiles in Ukraine

Pro-ISIS fighter in Ukraine received UK missiles and ‘SAS training’

Oh, it's a Kremlin propaganda outlet. Thanks for sharing.

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

Trump is just as pro-Israel as Biden

While Trump is also straight-up anti-Muslim and loves Netanyahu.

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Artist rendition

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

It's a publicly traded company; no competent person would buy in at the absurdly overinflated stock price that exists now. Because a competent person would recognize that Tesla having a market cap over 50% higher than Toyota's is completely fucked and there is no way in hell anyone could make Tesla actually worth what it's trading at. A competent person would also recognize that Tesla's ridiculous valuation is because of the shameless lies of hype merchant and snake oil salesman Elon Musk who, if you purchase the company from him, will no longer be around to trick sad losers into believing his laughable promises about self-driving, or robots, or AI, or whatever the hype cycle brings next.

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

You're not really talking about higher taxes, you're talking about reworking the corporate tax system. As things stand now higher taxes would encourage more of this sort of behavior, not less.

Corporations only pay taxes on profits, so money spent on business activities, re-invested back into the company, paid to employees, etc. is not taxed. In this system, taxes are kind of a penalty paid for taking money out of the business; the higher taxes are the less incentivized profit-taking is.

If your company made $100 million in profits at a 20% tax rate you get to take home $80 million as opposed to re-investing $100 million back in the company and not paying any taxes, so the incentive to re-invest isn't very high. But if your company made $100 million in profits at a 40% tax rate now you can only take home $60 million as opposed to re-investing $100 million, which becomes a much better value proposition on re-investment.

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

It's not a biological warfare lab, it's a research lab and having a coronavirus research lab in the place where coronaviruses originate is the most obvious fucking thing in the world.

I imagine you must think all of the earthquake research labs in California cause earthquakes. And Japan's tsunami research labs cause tsunamis. And the Ebola research labs in Africa cause Ebola.

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

They're not specific about that but I would guess not:

https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/

They say it'll be stronger and have a broader range of motion but I would suspect that using electric motors rather than hydraulics means the more explosive leaping and acrobatics are out. The old Atlas was just a test platform but this seems to be intended as an actual product.

Heresy_generator , 1 month ago

It's completely absurd that he's saying this as an anti-bot measure. The bots exist because they generate revenue for the scumbags behind them, a small fee is just going to be part of doing business for them. He's not trying to stop bots, he's trying to monetize them and use them as an excuse to charge everyone. "The bot problem" will never be fixed and will be used as an excuse for every anti-user measure they put forward.

Heresy_generator , 2 months ago

“The southern border will be directly in the path of totality today when the moon covers the sun for nearly four minutes.” The eclipse, co-anchor Bill Hemmer then added, represents “a real opportunity for smugglers and cartels and migrants to come right in.”

This is how stupid Fox News knows their audience to be.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

As usual, it took a few days but the weather vane pretending to be a leader figured out which way the wind was blowing.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

[And the threat is much, much closer than people realize. If fact, many of them are right here in this room. The worst of them is speaking from this stage at this very moment.]

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

Did you know that if you do a Google search for "credulous sucker" it just returns a blank page?

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

So... "federation" without control? What's the point?

They stress that a difference between their federation and ActivityPub is that on ActivityPub "your “instance”, or server, determines your community, so your experience depends on which server you join" while for them "On Bluesky, your experience is based on what feeds and accounts you follow, and you can always participate in the global conversation (e.g. breaking news, viral posts, and algorithmic feeds)." and "Moderation on Bluesky is not tied to your server, like it is on Mastodon. Defederation, a way of addressing moderation issues in Mastodon by disconnecting servers, is not as relevant on Bluesky because there are other layers to the system."

The big difference is that I can't choose an instance that blocks/does not interact with the servers loaded with Nazis, terrorists, and/or child abusers? Why the hell is it of such paramount importance to Jack Dorsey that the rest of us are forced to interact with Nazis?

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

Can you block entire servers, though? Do you have the ability to even tell content apart based on server of origin? It's not clear that you can and the implication seems to be that the only thing you get out of hosting your own server is hosting your own data; it doesn't seem to offer you any sort of control over federation.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

Tether Limited.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

Yeah; reading the article it would seem "arguably legal" is probably a lot more accurate than "perfectly legal"

Now, there is a caveat in the EDA law. All weapons must be given away “as is, where is.” In other words, the U.S. government legally can’t pay for shipping.

But another caveat is that any weapons in Germany are excluded from this rule. Biden could ship those DPICMs to Germany aboard a few sealift ships and then declare them as excess to need before having the U.S. Army drop them off somewhere the Ukrainian armed forces would have no trouble retrieving them.

I mean, you can call this legal but when you're paying to ship equipment you've clearly decided is excess before declaring it "excess" in an attempt to get around the clear intent of the law...

Basically this comes down to: [The Executive Branch could use an arguably legal method to send to Ukraine 4 million 25 to 50 year old cluster shells that have been determined to be unreliable and unsafe]

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

The Grayzone is a Kremlin propaganda outlet that has zero relationship with the truth.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

The Senate passed the bill that will save lives. The President waits to sign the bill that will save lives as soon as it's on his desk. The House is on vacation because leadership refuses to allow it to do its job and pass the life-saving bill.

This is not an "every moment of every day" situation and I don't know what benefit you think comes from falsely normalizing it.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

The Kremlin is extremely effective at convincing the Russian people to dismiss opposition figures who have fled the country to avoid being killed by Putin as "foreign agents". Navalny chose his own death over the death of his political movement. I hope history rewards him for it.

Heresy_generator , 3 months ago

And Sinclair, of course, has their own article on this which includes relevant details like:

Soros’s investment represents approximately one-sixteenth of his $6.7 billion net worth, which he has leveraged to donate to liberal policy initiatives and advocacy organizations. The financier used his Open Society Foundations to funnel at least $140 million to political justice and ballot causes in 2021.

and several completely relevant paragraphs on Vice Media to set up the totally necessary last line shamelessly suggesting that this wealthy, liberal Jew is corrupting our country with smut:

Last year, Soros bought Vice Media in a $350 million deal to progress the company’s proclaimed “uniquely differentiated” content highlighting edgy stories. Vice’s former CEO, Shane Smith, allegedly instituted a culture plagued by sexual harassment.

Subsequent company leaders claimed the financier would improve Vice’s substance.

“With the support of our investor group, we now have the resources to strengthen our business, our partnerships and our content creation across all platforms,” then co-CEOs Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala told Variety. “Under new ownership and with this leadership team, Vice is positioned to drive our uniquely differentiated brand of news, entertainment and lifestyle content that makes Vice a trusted brand for global audiences."

Vice has sections on the gender spectrum, drugs and sex with articles informing readers of risqué topics. The outlet has also highlighted illegal drug cafes and MDMA-using doctors.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Johnson, a first-term mayor, campaigned on a promise to end the use of ShotSpotter, putting him at odds with police leaders who have praised the system.

They argue that crime rates – not residents’ race – determine where the technology is deployed.

And due to decades of racist policing focusing on communities based on residents' race those crime rates are based on exactly that.

This is why police forces love AI; they can feed the systems data based on their own history racist policing and absolve themselves of responsibility when the garbage coming out matches the garbage going in.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Tether printed at least five billion USDT out of thin fucking air in January. There's no liquidity in the system, advertising like this is intended to trick you into being that exit liquidity. If you have currency you can actually use to purchase goods and services please don't give it to some crypto scammer for internet magic beans.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

It's just a blatant hit piece against the Democratic candidate days before an election in a shameless attempt to suppress left wing turnout and try to help the Republican candidate win. They did spend an entire sentence glossing over the existence of the Republican in the race, though:

His opponent, Republican candidate Mazi Pilip, also has pro-Israel credentials: She served in the Israel Defense Forces.

Yes, that's right; the Republican candidate was an actual fucking IDF paratrooper. And the Intercept wanted her to win because of delusional fantasies of an anti-Israel progressive winning the Democratic primary in June and then going on to win the general against (the now incumbent) pro-Israel Republican moderate in a moderate, pro-Israel district; fantasies that could not come true if the Democrat was incumbent.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

three Russian sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
...
A U.S. source denied there had been any official contact and said Washington would not engage in talks that did not involve Ukraine.

So this is just complete bullshit intended to undermine Ukraine's sovereignty by falsely suggesting the US is negotiating for them.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

'Many similarities to 1999 are starting to appear': Famed economist David Rosenberg breaks down why euphoric sentiment is setting stocks up for historically weak returns over the next year — and shares 6 charts showing just how extreme conditions are February 2021

How to Invest With a 75% Risk of Recession in 2022: Rosenberg March, 2022

David Rosenberg: A bleak outlook for 2023 December, 2022

'Professional Doom Caster forecasts doom.'

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

"Children" "People aged 18 and younger"

These are not the same thing. "Children" are people under 18*, if the deal included people who were 18 it would have been false to call those adults "children". They could have said, "women, children, and 18 year old men" but that would have been even clunkier than "people aged 18 and younger" as the latter was clearly the cohort intended by the deal.

*According to the Guardian News & Media's Editorial code of practice and guidance

GNM considers anyone aged 17 or under to be a child (this is in line with the UN convention on the rights of the child, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on children and the GDPR and its age appropriate design code of practice for online services, and most criminal law legislation in England and Wales).

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

And they hold hands in such an awkward way that it looks like an AI drew it.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

And don't be surprised when the shitty, anti-gay rights, anti-minority rights ethnocracy behind the .ml domains does the same.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

They blindly support Israel because they think Israel's existence is necessary to trigger the End Times; they don't give a shit about what actually happens there.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

I don't understand the categories' purpose here. Can't someone be all three? Or are they presented as a hierarchy, like "likers" have liked but not followed or posted, "followers" have followed someone but not posted, while "posters" have posted?

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

American "libertarianism": Unfettered freedom from any consequences for big businesses with Christian theocratic authoritarianism for the people.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

[Why isn't Biden blundering right into the GOP traps and playing their game on their schedule?]

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

I don't think that's true; diesel fuel isn't red.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

This recent contribution builds upon Estonia’s already remarkable track record of supporting Ukraine. Since the conflict began, the small Baltic nation, with a population of just 1.3 million, has provided nearly 500 million euros ($550 million) in military aid, a staggering 1.4% of its GDP. This figure dwarfs the contributions of many larger nations, showcasing Estonia’s unparalleled commitment to its war-torn neighbor.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Tucker Carlson is like Ted Cruz or Ron DeSantis; they can be propped up by right-wing propaganda but when it comes down to actually needing to deal with people they are so fundamentally and viscerally unlikable that they can't win anything outside of safe Republican spaces.

Even the people who like Tucker Carlson's shtick don't like Tucker Carlson.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Sure is; I screen grabbed that fantastic smirk from a SUMO PRIME TIME video.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

There has to be a better source for this than a Nation of Islam propaganda site.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

It's a presidential election year; time for every single Republican to suddenly start talking about a "debt crisis" that for some reason didn't exist while they were running up record deficits to cut taxes for the wealthy.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Dementia Donnie would love nothing more than a flood of fake videos to distract from his actual statements.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

At some point something like this, possibly even worse, is going to happen again. Except next time instead of ~350,000 people living in California there are going to be ~40 million and there are now all sorts of dams that will fail catastrophically, adding all of the water in their reservoirs to the flood waters in massive, destructive waves. And we are not at all prepared; it's too big of a problem and everyone in charge just wants to ignore it and hope it doesn't happen on their watch.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

"We need to get rid of cars" they say.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

[Russia is running out of US dollars]

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Filion also targeted high schools, historically Black colleges, mosques, FBI offices and FBI agents, and made threats to bomb military bases and the Pentagon, the state attorney’s office said in a court filing.

Gee, I wonder where that list of targets came from.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

The Federalist Society "judge" in question never sat a bench before being appointed by Rick Scott at only 40 years old to a Florida District Court of Appeal in 2016. Then, facing the prospect of an actual election and still being woefully unqualified, the GOP decided instead that his three years of service to their party made him ideal to be a United States District Court Judge and rammed his nomination through. Now he does them favors like this.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Also insisting Ukrainians in occupied territory give up their language and culture or face torture and execution.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago)

When a Islamist terrorist does this sort of thing the headlines make sure to tell you about their affiliation; when a MAGA terrorist does it you've gotta dig through the article to find out. In this case they even went so far as to lie about it being an "Anti-Biden rant" to try to obfuscate the fact that it was about all of the bullshit they and their fellow right-wing propaganda outlets amplify.

Mohn went on to say he was offering a $1 million bounty to anyone who could kill top officials including FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland and former Attorney General Bill Barr.

He said there was a 'globalist and communist' plot against the United State, before ranting about the federal government and holding up his dad's head in a silver bucket.

Mohn's rant continued, addressing US postal workers, journalists, federal debt and the federal reserve, the border crisis, Antifa and the woke agenda.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

Should have happened while he was lying about Ukraine and giving support to Russian imperialism and genocide back in 2022.

Heresy_generator , 4 months ago

You can still donate to them if you enjoy feeling like a sucker.