blastdoor

jdw said:

You know, I can't help but laugh myself silly when I see all the leftists talking about "dictators" and "threats to Democracy" in light of how OLD Trump is. Do those nuts think he'll retain the Presidency after 4 years and then somehow live another 20 years after that?  Poppycock.  It's all partisan bickering, with the loudest mouths hoping that all their screams will sway the vote.

So people should feel safe voting for Trump because he won't live much longer? That's a ringing endorsement. Would you vote for him if he were 50?

My advice.  Play Spock.  Don't allow emotions or your personal personality likes and dislikes to affect your vote.  Vote the issues.  And turn off the news media when mulling the issues so all that propaganda doesn't cloud your voting judgment.  

I can think of only one word to describe your belief that Spock would vote for Trump: Fascinating. 

Also, it's very hard to vote against the way you've been trained by family and friends who think like you, but the reality is many of them vote with emotions, party-line.  

I vote differently than my parents. Do you?

Educate yourself, think logically, then vote.  

In educating yourself, what did you learn about whether Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats in Ohio? What sources did you use to educate yourself on tis topic? 

jas99 said:

This is a ludicrous report.

It claims there is a reasonable probability that the US would force US companies to stop buying chips from TSMC because it didn’t do adequate due diligence to detect a shell company that was planning to sell the chips to Huawei. 

Furthermore, the article claims the US would shut down TSMC’s new plant in Arizona. 

Really? 

The US government supposedly would cripple the entire US tech industry over this?

Utter nonsense. 

This is stock manipulation at its finest. Funny how it was issued on the day the world found out Apple sold 20% MORE iPhones in China than last year and the stock soared. 

Please stop contributing to stock manipulation. 

It doesn't have to be stock manipulation, it could just be click bait. But otherwise I agree entirely -- this is obviously nonsense. The US isn't going to shoot itself in the foot over this. 

hammeroftruth said:

blastdoor said:

delreyjones said:

DAalseth said:

I think it could be mostly true. CEOs are kind of like dictators so dealing with real dictators is often more comfortable for them than dealing with democratic governments, even if they might not like the dictator personally or agree with all of their policies. 

Sure, you can speculate anyway you like.  But since Trump is such a confirmed liar, there's no credible evidence that it happened.

It’s implausible to me that Trump would have known about the issues if he hadn’t talked to Cook. I also find it very believable that the CEO of a major company like Apple would talk to both party’s nominees.

i like Apple and Cook, but I think you guys are kidding yourselves. 

If that is true, then how did Appleinsider uncover it when it happened? Maybe because it was news, big news. We found out thanks to this site how the EU acquiesced to Epic and Spotify’s claim of abuse and decided to fine Apple. Maybe DJT just found out about it and spun this old man’s whopper tale that a CEO would call a FORMER president or if he was still president when it happened, then why didn't he do anything or say anything about it then?
Pure 🐎💩. 

I think Donald Trump only goes looking for news that mentions Donald Trump. Everything else he learns comes from ‘trusted’ sources putting stuff in front of him. The people closest to him are focused on crazy stories about immigrants eating pets. So to learn about a story like this, I think it makes sense that it would take Cook to tell him. 

delreyjones said:

DAalseth said:

I think it could be mostly true. CEOs are kind of like dictators so dealing with real dictators is often more comfortable for them than dealing with democratic governments, even if they might not like the dictator personally or agree with all of their policies. 

Sure, you can speculate anyway you like.  But since Trump is such a confirmed liar, there's no credible evidence that it happened.

It’s implausible to me that Trump would have known about the issues if he hadn’t talked to Cook. I also find it very believable that the CEO of a major company like Apple would talk to both party’s nominees.

i like Apple and Cook, but I think you guys are kidding yourselves. 

DAalseth said:

danielito said:

Sure, Donny, that happened.

That was my first thought, Why believe him at all?. 

I think it could be mostly true. CEOs are kind of like dictators so dealing with real dictators is often more comfortable for them than dealing with democratic governments, even if they might not like the dictator personally or agree with all of their policies.