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muthuk_vanalingam said:

Pema said:

There is an old proverb, 'we live in interesting times'. I would suggest that now it needs to be updated to say 'we live in insane times'. 

In 1933 sociopathic criminals took over the Reich Chancellery and ended up murdering millions of people and ultimately causing the death of 12 Million Germans and a destruction of a great many German cities. 

Now we have a similar sort of situation whereby the plans of the current US administration is going to unleash God only knows what on the world. Just consider some of the recent moves: Patel (a certifiable lunatic) taking over the FBI; RFK (a dangerous conspiracy theorist) taking over the Department of Health; Musk moving chess pieces around the government like its a board game. 

Now the tariffs are going to ruin Apple's most profitable market outside the US. 

I don't see how we don't end up with mass chaos and WWIII.  

I am from India and I don't have much knowledge on US politics. But one point to make as an outsider - In the last 10 years, under which party's rule in US did the major conflicts in the world occur? There were no major wars in the world during Trump's first presidency. And two major conflicts (Russia Vs Ukraine, major escalation of Gaza conflict) occurred while Joe Biden was president. For the outside world, it does look like Democrats are the ones creating major conflicts in the world, in order to maintain US supremacy in the world order. Trump's presidency was not so bad for world peace, indeed it was damn good when compared to Biden's term. Not sure how Trump's second term would turn out to be in terms of peace in the world, but hoping that it would be similar to his first term. If that happened, then world is better off with Trump as POTUS.

The Russso-Ukrainian war started in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. Nice try blaming it on Biden, as if all wars anywhere are the fault of whomever is president of the US at the time, and completely ignoring Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Kashmir, Congo etc.which have been going on for decades, hotter or colder. The Gaza conflict, for instance, now in a truce arranged by Biden, is the fifth conflict between those two countries going back to 2008, but really going back to 1948. 

If you're hoping for a peaceful Trump 2 term, you haven't been following his stated desires to use military force to take Panama and Greenland, and invade Mexico, for starters after just two weeks. Not to mention pissing off Canada, a reliable ally for a century and biggest trading partner, and South Africa.

The current US administration professes to believe in "America First", but really that means "America Only", and they don't realize they are going to cede their position as a world power in fairly short order, as more nations join BRICS in retaliation to the trade wars Trump desires. And more nations will exploit the power vacuum 

Why does he desires this? Because he thinks the "US was the richest before 1913 when we had tariffs." Of course he only understands that we had robber barons of extreme wealth that plundered the nation in that period, while the typical American could barely feed themselves, find jobs or educate their children.

A country of 380,000,000 will not wag the dog as it has in the past. And as the US withdraws from military alliances and influences as well as trade, they cede any global goodwill the country has generated by blood and treasure since WWI.  

That wine list and canapés must be really expensive. So probably no chicken nuggets or quarter pounders.

Is it a bribe? Do we really have to answer that, given the transactional nature of the guy ("If you like me, I like you--as long as you make it worth my while, Be a shame what could happen.")?

But that ship has sailed in the minds of 49.8% of the voters. 

Can I just take this opportunity to remind everyone to take your "super computer in your pocket" and take pictures of each room in your house and closets from a couple of angles so you can itemize your belongings, including in your garage. It doesn't matter if it's messy. Plus a few pictures of your house and yard. Put them on iCloud. Or use a flash drive (or go old school and print them out) and keep them somewhere safe. It will save you a lot of trouble should a disaster occur and you end up negotiating with an insurance company. The Rule is: You have more stuff than you think.

Also, have a "go bag". There are a plethora of docs and YT videos on Go Bag contents, from full nuclear winter prep to a few overnights at a local motel or in-laws (YMMV as to which option may be worse than another...).

One last thing: GO. Don't wait and don't assume the main roads will be clear sailing--they won't be because everyone waits.

If I described the plots as a traumatized mother with a doll that becomes a real baby, with a mysterious nanny, and ("total coincidence, vaguely similar") underwater scenes, I think most people would think one plagiarized the other, even if they don't have a scene-by-scene duplication. You can't think "Oh there's been dozens of films that have a doll becoming a real baby for a traumatized mother who hires a weird nanny, and there's this underwater scene, yeah, happens all the time."

I usually don't buy plagiarism lawsuits, especially in the music biz, but this seems a little too coincidental to me. Pay the man a reasonable sum.

ike22w said:

Tim Cook did the same thing with Biden. Also, why did Wesley coin the President-Elect as controversial? He won in an electoral college landslide and also won the popular vote by over 4 million votes. I’d say the country clearly stated who they wanted. No controversy here folks. Maybe let’s just stick with tech news and not show our biased political views in a tech article. 

Final 2024 Election Tally:  
Trump 77,301,997  49.8% 312  
Harris 75,017,626  48.33%  226      
Popular Vote Difference: 2,284,371 1.47%. 

Facts matter.

(Reference) 2020 Election Tally:
Biden 81,282,916  51.3%  306
Trump 74,223,369  46.9% 232
Popular Vote Difference: 7,059,547  4.4%