GeorgeBMac

wood1208 said:

In Biden's administration, inflation went and going very high; Food,rent,daily necessity items prices skyrocketing. So, employers don't have choice not to raise pay for there employees. Apple is better company to recognize it and done it. Good to work for Apple.

ITGUYINSD said:

GeorgeBMac said:

paxman said:

They use the Android platform, right? I would have thought they'd need to start right there. In order to compete fully with Apple and match the user experience they probably ought to be entirely in control of their own os's. 

Exactly!  Without that (their own OS & ecosystem) they simply enter the world of PC manufacturers competing against each other while all are producing essentially the same product:   A Windows PC.

It is why PCs have become a commodity like washing machines.

Everyone has a washing machine.  Does everyone have a Mac?  I'd say I'd rather be in the business of selling a really good washing machine.

blastdoor said:

GeorgeBMac said:

blastdoor said:

I trust the CIA more than I trust:

Facebook
Russia
China
Trumpublicans
North Korea 
Saudi Arabia 
….. actually it’s a long list 

We (along with Colin Powell, George Bush, congress and most media) trusted them in 2001-2003.  It's estimated that 400,000 people died from trusting them -- along with spawning ISIS -- and let's not mention the trillions we spent fighting and occupying a peoples who never did us any harm.

It was clear afterwards that the CIA had been seeded with those who favored a particular course of action and they did whatever they had to do to insure that course of action happened.  And those who spoke against them were punished -- the most notable of which was the Valerie Plame affair that resulted from her husband questioning the official line from the CIA.

Any agency or organization is only as good as the people running it.

The CIA did not lead poor naive peace-loving George bush into a war. That’s one crazy rewrite of history.

Don’t get me wrong — I don’t unconditionally love the CIA. But there are much worse things. 

EDIT — and I totally disagree with your bolded statement. When Donald trump was president, nearly every federal agency was better than the person running the government. And those folks worked hard to save this country. 

sdw2001 said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Satire and humor is often the single most lethal weapon against propaganda and misinformation.

And Jon Stewart is modern day master at it.

You either love him or you hate him -- mostly based on whichever issue he is addressing.  If you think the issue is a problem, you cheer him.  If you think the issue is a strength, you attack him.

But, what underlies his whole routine is that the nation has aligned itself as "My side against your side" where opinion and fact become interchangeable -- against which Stewart then uses real facts and reason (laced with dry humor)  to expose and discredit the propaganda and misinformation.

He has a team of writers. He uses sarcasm and humor but he clearly pushes one side on almost every issue. That’s why his Colbert appearance was so funny, because he talked about “science causing the pandemic” in a hilarious way.  His show just seems preachy.  

h4y3s said:

This is an insult. You are lucky to be getting $25/hour after 10 years. And the skill, knowledge and people handling abilities are amazing. Tim, double the wages! Attract the real stars. Promote to corporate. Do the right thing.