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lkrupp said:

mdriftmeyer said:

9secondkox2 said:

And Steve Jobs attended Obamas meeting with all the tech companies. No explanation necessary. 

Steve Jobs was a life long Democrat who gladly helped the Obama election campaign. He was also a long time friend of the Clintons. I lost a lot of respect for Tim Cook this week; but probably more now with his deplorable writing skills.

We were talking about this as I sat eating a delicious chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A while surrounded by a packed house of my fellow deplorables. It made sense to us.

You forgot the /s. Or truly deplorable if you didn't.

kevin kee said:

At least Tim Cook acted like an adult instead of throwing tantrums. Trump was elected, so he must deal  with it, he has to anyway. I call this, act with integrity. 

Really? I call it legitimizing a complete fk'n a-hole. But that's just me.

sdw2001 said:

The_Martini_Cat said:

Wow, a million dollars per job, that's like 100 grand a year salary for ten years.  I'm not a bit skeptical.

Yes, your sarcasm--and skepticism of politicians is warranted.  But Trump has already shown he's going to do what he says.  He's accomplished more in 1 month as PEOTUS than Obama has in 8 years actually being in office.  Trump's message is that the US is open for business.  He's going to have businesses and capital fighting to get here.  Just watch.  

You're as full of shit as Trump is. He has done squat except put forth a bunch of incompetents at his side, and bribed Carrier to keep just some of their jobs here, but most are still going to Mexico. That is most certainly NOT what he promised. And to think, as Trump claims, that the investment would not have been made had he not won the election is just typical Trump BS. SoftBank already raised this money with a clear intention in mind.

CBS is a scumbag provider - they are trying to charge $6 / month on Apple TV, and when I dumped my TWC cable and added an HD antenna they are the only channel that uses the PUBLIC airwaves that I can't get because they have obviously underpowered their signal when their broadcast antenna is right next to, and same line of sight as the other channels. They operate with a federal license over public airwaves and should be held accountable for restricting access.

ben20 said:

I do love to say today: I told you so before ! Apple can very quickly move parts of the iPhone manufacturing back to the United States, and provide jobs locally. Looking forward to hold an iPhone Made in America in my hands. And I happily will pay a few bucks more for it, just for the better quality and the support of America. Smart move by Apple ! It is a great idea to start to make products locally again - from violation of IP to shorter shipments times it's a win/win. 

You are obviously clueless about the implications, and the reality. We lack a scalable workforce that requires 10's of thousands of employees to crank up the manufacturing of millions of devices on a very fast timetable, let alone all the engineers and other skilled labor to make it happen. Automation with robotics would be the only possible way, thus very few jobs.