Seems they got really tired of people bringing burner phones when visiting the USA.

And USA is still doing sanctions on russion oil.

Europe is keeping quiet. Talking back doesn’t work. Flattering doesn’t work. As long as support is still flowing they let him rant and work on alternatives for USA products and services.

That was the peak for the cheap oil. Now we’re working on the peak for the medium to expensive oil. They kinda blend into each other, but the price at the pump goes up a lot more.

Working up to plain ol’ colonization.

Some random trophy from a pawn shop with a fresh coat of gold paint from a spray can should work.

Like most things with the GOP and their leader, this is also projection.

And meanwhile China is doing its best to have Russia submit to them. So in the end Xi is using Putin as a hand puppet to get Trump to do what Xi wants. That’s a weird influence game.

Then you have linked in where recruiters tell about how they rejected people because they didn’t get the right enery at the first “Hello”.

Israel gotta Israel

The other half is the one that always vote for right wing parties. He’s their hero.

Yes. They’re busy buying everything already. They just need a financial crisis to get the rest for pennies on the dollar. After that it’s time for neo-feudalism.

and I owned nothing

Companies love that, until everybody is completely in debt and they learn you can’t seize property from people that don’t own anything.

One representative from a client wanted to be there for every small change we made. The guy slept so little, his cognitive functions stopped working correctly and he started giving nonsense answers. His manager had to put him in a cab and send him home with strict orders to sleep and not come back for 48 hours.

You don’t want a person like that running a country. These are the types that accidentally start a war.

Seems like a good time for the EU to get ready for moving troops to Ukraine and start with “flying sanctions” too.

And every time the politicians start with “the costs to mah economy”. They know every bullet fired means less healthcare and pension they can give to voters and that’s often sensitive thing during elections.

But by now they’re figuring out that acting like total wussies is losing votes too.

In the book it was a huge amount of scope creep, Hammond refusing to pay for it and then acting all entitled.

“Hacked” is a bit much. It’s probably like the cameras on insecam.org, cameras plugged into that internet with no password or still on factory default like admin, 0000, 12345 and the like. That’s the security level of hanging a “keep out” sign on your bedroom door.

Yes. It’s like big telecom. When people install panels at home, power companies start inventing additional fees. If communities start looking for local grids, companies start lobbying to outlaw this.

It also causes resources to go to the eu’s defense instead of Ukraine’s offense so it’s in Putin’s interest to spread the rumors.

It might make players demand lower prices if some cheap AI slop is used in the game. That’s the thing publishers want to avoid. They want to sell cheap slop for full price and pocket the difference. That’s what it’s about in the end.