I wouldn’t put it past them, They have crossed over the Pacific Ocean before ☺️
wildncrazyguy
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The whole Venezuela v Guyana thing is complicated as hell. It essentially started with the Dutch & Britain drawing Guyana’s maps wrong. Flash forward and Venezuela is all pissed that Guyana’s maps include their territory so arbitration is called in…and the arbiters are the US and UK of all nations. And of course they vote in Guyana’s favor.
So Venezuela of course is once again pissed and doesn’t accept the binding arbitration agreement. Flash forward again and now it’s been made even more complicated since oil has been found off the coast of the contested territory. Even worse, Guyana is poorly equipped to defend it.
To put it simply, it’s a shitshow.
I think the Daily podcast today framed it pretty well from both sides’ perspective. You’re welcome to take a listen, even though it may not fit your narrative around here.
Essentially, Israel got their cojones because they saw how Iran didn’t do much to react to the assassination of Soleimani. So Israel acted on the consulate. The Biden administration was unhappy about it, but Israel is an ally (I don’t need to tell you that Iran is not), and so when Iran retaliated, UK and US came to their aid.
It's that simple, not that hard to understand, allies gonna align, and Israel is an important one in the region.
The difference, from an Israeli perspective, is that Iran didn’t use one of their proxies to retaliate this time, and that is a significant difference. The US allowed tit for tat last time and then let it slide, at least publicly. It seems that Israel’s hardliners aren’t willing to let this one “slide”, they want to continue tit for tat. I’m hoping cooler heads prevail before this dominoes.
I really hope he donated his brain to science. The man went from world famous to villain in a single car chase. It's rare that people fall from grace so far, so quickly. I am not excusing his heinous acts, but I will say it would make a lot more sense, in my mind, if this man's anger and impulsivity was predicated on a TBI.
- Ship Stinks
- Hope Floats
- Float Some
- Look at my Deck
- Ship off my Shoulder
- We all float on
- Port Whine
- Kiss my Aft
Are you inferring that the money would be better spent on employees? I don't necessarily disagree, but will argue:
- The company likely wouldn't have been able to grow as quickly without the initial capital infusion that incorporating provides
- The employees know what they signed up for and have already agreed on their compensation requirements
- Employees also earn/own stock
- If Huawei wanted to payout gratuitous bonuses to employees rather than shareholders, they could always take their company private
I mean, he does have like 7^x log(ln) kids...
He should setup a Go Fund Me.
The article states they're replacing the original overhead camera concept with cameras embedded in the shopping carts, so the idea is not going away.
Affording to live comfortably: not even once.
To put it simply, this is just not how the legislative branch works. Most of their power derives from the power of the purse. People who are only in power for 2 years are not going to cede the main power that they invested so much time and money in order to obtain.
Moreover, 10 years is a lifetime in politics. Our government already moves slow enough as is.
Instead, I propose a few changes:
- Get rid of the debt ceiling fight. We already agreed to the commitment of funds.
- 3 people per house seat, based upon top 3 ranked choices. This will encourage minor parties and cooperation.
- I get that laws need to be long so that they cover loopholes, nuance, interpretation, sausage making, etc. but laws should have simple summaries that the general public can understand. At least one of these summary pages should read like a change log: new features, bug fixes, changes to existing stack, deletions, etc.
- Robust Sunshine laws for office holders and staff, except where classified for national security
- Continuing ed: Politicians or at least their support staff should be educated and qualified to understand what they are legislating on.
- Computer generated, panel approved district maps
- The fed has a dual mandate, something similar should be developed for politicians. Spend I’m lean times, save in boom times, but never stop aspiring to do great big things.
To add, the US supports Israel because Israel is still their #1 ally in the region.
Israel is the primary foil to Iran, whose government is a belligerent to America.
It doesn’t all have to be Capitalism vs your ideology; sometimes it’s just old-fashioned geopolitics.