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A US-China EV trade war threatens Biden's clean-car agenda (www.reuters.com)

The Biden administration’s plan to slap heavy new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and batteries would provide temporary protection for U.S. auto jobs, potentially at the expense of White House efforts to fight climate change by accelerating U.S. EV adoption....

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So everyone can calm down now then, right?

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The Israeli military said an initial inquiry indicated the vehicle was struck in an active combat zone and it had not been made aware of its route.

How about the IDF just stops shooting at or bombing any vehicle that has a UN logo on it.

I mean that would just make sense, right? Right??

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Seeing as the IDF, or Israeli Defense Forces, encompasses all 3 branches of military … the use of IDF is appropriate.

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So you’re saying that Hamas may have specifically targeted a UN vehicle, something they’ve never been found to have done since Oct 7?

A quick reminder that the IDF has been found to have targeted clearly labelled NGO vehicles, killing people who were simply trying to feed Palestinians.

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I’m the one making up a story??

Ok then. I’m setting a reminder for when this is updated and you and I can revisit this convo.

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Is this a misogynist eating himself?

Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say (apnews.com)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, putting into action the commitment he made at a meeting with Trump last month to help his former rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter....

American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life (theintercept.com)

Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of the plight of two ill-fated medical missions....

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Fuck Netanyahu, fuck the IDF, and fuck Biden/Trudeau and every other Western leader who’s supported this genocide.

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Manitoba has one that covers, as of Saturday, 35,000 hectares (86487 acres) and is 38 kms long x 12 kms wide (24 mi x 7.5 mi).

Corporate real estate is on a 'cliff edge' as firms race to rethink communal spaces (www.bbc.com)

As more employees work from home in the hybrid-work era, many companies are finding they need smaller offices. Compared to pre-pandemic floorplans designed to house as many workers as possible, more businesses are looking towards more compact but higher-quality spaces for the future....

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Which I will believe when they show us the video walking the length of the tunnel.

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The Big Three have already had Biden’s ear for a while on this, which is why he’s quadrupling tariffs on Chinese EVs this week. Source

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I look at both sides here, where every new vehicle has a chip that tell the auto makers just about everything about you … but cheap, well-made EVs should be available to the average Joe, not just the wealthy.

What pisses me off the most is the Big Three have gotten billions in subsidies/corporate welfare, and instead of creating cheap EVs to fill the market they build gas-guzzling SUVs and full-sized trucks for $60k+ per.

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Anti worker. Riiight.

That’s just you speaking the Big Three’s mantra. If they’d gotten off their rich asses and developed the tech for cheap, well-built EVs sooner they wouldn’t need Big Brother to run to their aid.

This is no different than what happened in the 70’s, so obviously they never learned their lesson then. This round, it’s time they did.

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The problem is the companies in China are backed by government funding that allows them to operate at a loss.

So are the Big Three, every time they fail to see what’s in front of their noses and get into trouble.

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This is no different than the 70s tho, when the oil crisis and subsequent importation of compact vehicles forced the Big Three to mothball the ‘boats’.

BYD would likely want to gauge support in America before committing to building factories, especially in a nation where land prices have skyrocketed.

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My son refuses to buy a new vehicle. He says the old ones run better and he’s able to fix them himself, which offsets the cost of maintaining any new vehicle.

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BYD was founded in 1995.

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Riiight. Running from providing actual proof isn’t the own you think it is.

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girlfreddy ,
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So “lassoed” caught your eye and you missed the word “raped” two words later?

Uh huh.

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That’s rich coming from him.

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Thanks for the movie review. It’s now on my to-watch list. :)

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I am not convinced he’s just playing a role here.

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And?

They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public's imagination. Then Target came along (apnews.com)

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was cultivated by direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama who have faced oppression, geographic isolation and intense material...

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From Target (pronounced tar-jhay) - the company who thought that Canadian shoppers were mirror images of their American counterparts but were wrong, because in less than 2 years they were wiped off the map in Canada.

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Still their stupidity at assuming anything vs sitting down with the gov’t and hammering out a deal.

It was hubris, nothing more.

India poll watchdog's inaction lets PM Modi commit 'brazen' violations, opposition says (www.reuters.com)

India’s opposition said the nation’s election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue “unchecked and brazen” violations by not taking action on opposition complaints of religious hate speech and misrepresentation....

Israel orders people in more areas of Gaza's Rafah to evacuate (www.reuters.com)

Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah....

She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all (www.theguardian.com)

Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes shut, her face flushed with pleasure. The 16-year-old exhales with her head thrown back, collapsing into laughter that causes smoke to billow out of her mouth. The clip is grainy and shaky – as if shot in low light by someone who had zoomed in on Madi’s...

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She didn’t take the videos. They were on social media.

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Damn, now I gotta go watch Burt in Deliverance again.

Ps. Fun story about the making of the movie. So when the stunt crew was working on the waterfall scene they weren’t sure whether they should use a stuffed dummy or a person. They decided to try both in 2 separate shots, with Burt himself going over the falls after the mannequin shot.

Afterwards the crew and director got together to see which shot was best, the dummy or Burt. Someone asked what the mannequin shot looked like and the director thought it was so-so. Then they asked about Burt’s shot. The director said it looked like a dummy going over the falls.

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I’m partial to “The Seditionists” myself.

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