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Tuesday Morning Guest Rant [Joe Mannix]
For example, there's the CHIPS act. It won't work to accomplish the goal it claims to pursue, but that goal is something that China doesn't want because they want to replace Taiwan in semiconductors - not see the US/Taiwan dominance of that industry continue. Yet it passed courtesy of their creatures in the House and the White House. The US has also continued to blacklist and cut off various CCP-connected high-tech enterprises and find people end-running it to cut them off, too. The government has also expanded its high-end semiconductor export bans against China and has been very hands-on with ensuring foreigners play ball, too, if they use American technology in what they sell (they all do). Then, of course, there's Pelosi's recent trip to Taiwan and Garland's presser yesterday about Chinese spies and influence operations and the various investigations around it.
That's a lot, but there are also the things the Administration has done by inaction. Namely, they have left in place a lot of what Trump laid down during his term. Much of the battery of tariffs, export controls, scrutiny, diplomatic pressure and more have continued. The Biden Administration hasn't torn those down, which I expected it would. Not only did the Administration not roll back all of Trump's anti-China policies, they've been compounding them. Then there's the "gaffes." Biden is a loose cannon and totally uncontrollable in terms of what he says which is why the White House always has to "walk back" what the dotard says. A China-related example of that is his remark about Taiwan when he asserted that the US would defend Taiwan if it got invaded from across the Strait. I don't know what Biden was talking about (and neither does he) but it came from somewhere - an internal discussion or intelligence briefing, scuttlebutt in the White house - somewhere. Not exactly a pro-China statement. There have been some China-friendly acts, too - like ensuring that the "Princess of Huawei" Meng Wanzhou got released and repatriated - but the balance of action that I am aware of has not been particularly pro-China and is largely anti-China. This is one area where this Administration has done the opposite of what I expected. That makes me nervous. If the Biden Administration is actually being tough on China - and it appears to be - then what's the angle? I hate waiting for the other shoe to drop.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:01 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: CCP Choir at October 25, 2022 11:02 AM (oyfLT)
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Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 25, 2022 11:03 AM (lTGtQ)
Yesterday morning's France 24 report mentioned that the German Chancellor and the French President were flying to Beijing to do their Kow-tows to the new Chicom Emperor in a move that would warm the hearts of every Han emperor from forever.
With friends like those...
Posted by: 11B40 at October 25, 2022 11:03 AM (uuklp)
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Posted by: CCP at October 25, 2022 11:06 AM (oyfLT)
Posted by: spindrift at October 25, 2022 11:06 AM (h5TKJ)
Russian is a nuclear power but no long a superpower. They are unable to project both economic and military power.
China can do both and is doing both. That is why world leaders are kow-towing to China.
Russia is no longer a player in the Triangulation Stakes touted by Kissinger.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:07 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: JackWayne at October 25, 2022 11:07 AM (AxR4i)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 11:08 AM (zphNH)
Russian is a nuclear power but no long a superpower. They are unable to project both economic and military power.
China can do both and is doing both. That is why world leaders are kow-towing to China.
Russia is no longer a player in the Triangulation Stakes touted by Kissinger.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
If everyone brought their manufacturing home, Chyna would cease to exist.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:09 AM (dfZzK)
Posted by: JEM at October 25, 2022 11:09 AM (8erNz)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 11:08 AM (zphNH)
That's been taken over by the Vietnamese now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:09 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 25, 2022 11:10 AM (L08P2)
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Yes, because George Bush was incurably smitten by the country where he served as an ambassador. Most Favored Nation status is now a joke and should be revoked.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:10 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:09 AM (dfZzK)
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Not even necessary - they just have to take their manufacturing somewhere else. This is already starting to happen. Low-value manufacturing is already leaking out of China like a sieve, going mostly to the "little tigers" in SE Asia. Some mid and high-value manufacturing is being targeted, especially by Japan.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:10 AM (EwScq)
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Why not get Putin to nuke China for us?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:11 AM (Iv+w0)
Posted by: rickb223
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100 percent right.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:11 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:10 AM (EwScq)
In honor of those little tigers, perhaps a post of some busty Japanese woman today?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:11 AM (7bRMQ)
Chyna may cease to exist anyway. When you loan a shit ton of money to someone who has no intention of paying it back, you're arguably far more fucked than whomever you loaned it to.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (ZGrMX)
If everyone brought their manufacturing home, Chyna would cease to exist.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:09 AM (dfZzK)
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"But we may miss analyst expectations for the next quarter by $0.01 a share!" - The MBAs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: WiNO at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (WHkM7)
China can do both and is doing both. That is why world leaders are kow-towing to China.
And yet, they are dramatically scaling back the BRI, in part because too many of their "clients" are defaulting, in part because it's making them lots of enemies in the client states, and in part because their economy isn't doing well.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (eOEVl)
It mostly flails around, until a sufficient agreement happens. It is rarely for one reason.
And the Chinese must be thinking, ‘We waz robbed!’ Of course, like us, they looked at their opponent through their lenses, and assumed Biden (or Trump) had more real authority or ability than they assumed based on the way their goevernment works.
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:13 AM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 11:13 AM (A2vvE)
Chyna may cease to exist anyway. When you loan a shit ton of money to someone who has no intention of paying it back, you're arguably far more fucked than whomever you loaned it to.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (ZGrMX)
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"We shall send our armies! We don't have the reliable transportation to send them, though. Also, every year they're getting older and fatter because we have a population problem. Also, if we do it once, we'll probably end up losing a whole lot of other business. This is gonna be great!"
-Emperor Xi
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:13 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: CCP at October 25, 2022 11:14 AM (oyfLT)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 11:14 AM (zphNH)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (1Nxff)
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The theory is that eventually, manufacturing bases will become too rich and too expensive so manufacturers will move elsewhere, to cheaper places where they can build sweatshops.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:15 AM (LvTSG)
The threats to the CCP and the unity of Greater China come from within.
We need to exploit these divisions.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:15 AM (lf83v)
Yet far too many of our leaders are willing to sell our birthright for a mess of pottery.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:15 AM (eOEVl)
-Emperor Xi
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:13 AM (LvTSG)
That's the whole thing about China. They can't really project power far from shore. There's no way they could sea or airlift troops to attack us on land. Or maybe anywhere else not physically connected to Asia.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (ADFYn)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 11:12 AM (ZGrMX)
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That makes for generational economic and geopolitical decline.
Their birth rates are much more troubling. There won't be nearly as many Chinese people next generation, and the stress of dealing with that might cripple even a functional government.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (EwScq)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (9yUzE)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 11:13 AM (A2vvE)
Hu Jintao kept the velvet glove on and played nice. Xi is scaring everyone off.
Posted by: JEM at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (8erNz)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 11:14 AM (zphNH)
Dishing out more puns already?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 25, 2022 11:17 AM (906pl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Eventually, globalism requires slavery to meet their cost targets.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 25, 2022 11:17 AM (lTGtQ)
The theory is that eventually, manufacturing bases will become too rich and too expensive so manufacturers will move elsewhere, to cheaper places where they can build sweatshops.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:15 AM (LvTSG)
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On the one hand, offshore sweatshops and on the other, unleash Diversity Red Guards on your employees. I'm happy I'm retired.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:17 AM (1Nxff)
Go on...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (ADFYn)
That's Joe Mannix's job. I can't post photo links.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:17 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: WiNO at October 25, 2022 11:17 AM (WHkM7)
Plus, there's the preoccupation with Ukraine, the clearing house for *biden's graft.
Lastly, *biden isn't running anything. Whichever faction in the White House that has China's portfolio is doing whatever they want. It's in their best interests and not *biden's.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (BFigT)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (XvPQV)
I think their original plan was to be a regional military power, ultimately leading to penetration of the first island chain, and the world's economic leader. They are making progress on a blue water navy, particularly with carriers, but I'm not sure they're aren't building yesterday's military.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (7bRMQ)
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Hence the Chinese (and Russian) investment in cyber warfare (both direct, and via privateer ransomware groups).
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (6U1c2)
My uncle had a delft hand. He could do some amazing card tricks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (ADFYn)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 25, 2022 11:17 AM (906pl)
He's going to get in Dutch here if he doesn't watch it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (7bRMQ)
He's going to get in Dutch here if he doesn't watch it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (7bRMQ)
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Tilting at windmills, are we?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:19 AM (1Nxff)
Posted by: JEM at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (8erNz)
It was inevitable. Once a state has influence, they are bound to use it.
Posted by: WiNO at October 25, 2022 11:19 AM (WHkM7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 25, 2022 11:18 AM (BFigT)
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Yes, of course. But I fully expected that the Administration would be firmly pro-China, since most of our government is on the take. China as the funding source is by no means exclusive, but it's meaningful.
It hasn't been, which makes me wonder what terrible things they're up to that I don't know about...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:20 AM (EwScq)
There's at least two factions and probably 3 or 4 in the Biden junta. The major players are of course Kalorama and Chappequa, but there are many, many others. You can see it in how they lurch from position to position, often contradicting what they just did/said.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (7bRMQ)
All they have to do is ship them to some Central American country and they can march across the border.
Posted by: WiNO at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (WHkM7)
"I don't think Xi understands how money is made."
This also applies to Our Betters running the show in the West, but but but-
Xi has appointed himself Grand Wazoo of China, so his fundamental weaknesses are China's fundamental weaknesses.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (KLPy8)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (7bRMQ)
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Even if China could move a mass of troops to our shores, they probably don't have the necessary logistical support to keep them here.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (YIVH2)
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Ukraine has always been a CIA client state as soon as the Ukes agreed to surrender their nukes. The Ukes elected a Russian friendly President and Obama/Hillary/Nuland launched a coup to depose him and insert a friendly lap dog. The ravenous killing by the Ukes against Russian Ukrainians was a surprise. We did nothing to stop it as it was successful in annoying Putin and this pleased Obama and Hillary especially.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (Iv+w0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (ADFYn)
Posted by: Semilitterate at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (iHLum)
At the same time, some of the political creatures in the DC swamp know they have it good and don't want that gravy train to end.
So different deep-staters with different angles, and Biden in the pocket of the Chinese, but not knowing what he's saying, doing, or going, at any particular point in time.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (ynpvh)
This means China's industrial advance is stopped, and potentially ended. The low end chips they make will be migrated out to other SE Asia countries, probably including India.
As to your question? Why? Because China is no longer trusted? Western capital has been fleeing for quite some time. China is a very poor workforce from a cost and productivity perspective. It is the fastest aging country on the planet.
How they fall is the most worrisome thing. They still have a megalomaniac for a Premier, and they have a red button.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (xWZcb)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (vNbzm)
My guess is there is a faction in the Uniparty that does see China as a serious threat (check out some of the statements made by the various military secretaries and undersecretaries) and is going to work against them.
And us.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (XvPQV)
It will be interesting to see if Pelosi attempts to maintain her power base once she's out of office. I doubt she can do it, but that doesn't mean she won't try. Power is a very strong drug.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (YIVH2)
They would on the coasts, but once inland, they'll have to look behind every blade of grass....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Semilitterate at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (iHLum)
That's quite the jam. Spreads you kinda thin.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 25, 2022 11:05 AM (AZ9A
I know about Wexner (hell, anybody who drives around Columbus long enough will encounter an OSU "Wexner Medical Center") - but what's the Epstein connection to NA?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (v23vE)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (YIVH2)
They would on the coasts, but once inland, they'll have to look behind every blade of grass....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (7bRMQ)
The FIB will be here to help...just not us.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (ynpvh)
There's at least two factions and probably 3 or 4 in the Biden junta. The major players are of course Kalorama and Chappequa, but there are many, many others. You can see it in how they lurch from position to position, often contradicting what they just did/said.
Posted by: Ian S.
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WestExec. They're not secretive about it, either. The information that is out there is disturbing. Just imagine what we aren't allowed to know.
Here's a bit
"The Washington, D.C., consulting firm cofounded by President-elect Joe Biden’s secretary of state nominee, Antony Blinken, has removed from its website details of its China-related business as the firm’s work has drawn scrutiny following Biden's election victory. "
https://tinyurl.com/2bskj3ab
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (s4v0L)
There is no single issue more relevant to the balance of power than a country's ability to control its destiny through the generation of energy. Not only has the Biden administration surrendered our strategic energy dominance they are forcing the US to become dependent on China for our energy. The vast majority of solar panels and lithium batteries that are proliferating like rabbits come from China. One of Hunter's least publicized deals while working with China was helping them acquire one of the largest cobalt mines in the world and surrendering Afghanistan turned its vast mineral wealth over to China.
Chips are important but the knowledge of how to build them remains here and the ability to manufacture them can be transferred. We aren't likely to find new sources of minerals for "clean energy" here at home.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (zphNH)
Posted by: Semilitterate at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (iHLum)
Sleeping on it.
Posted by: Lady Marmalade at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (+baEI)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (eOEVl)
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She must. She has been riding the tiger. If she gets off, the AOC faction will destroy her (and her families) futures.
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (6U1c2)
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Really?
Which war have we won since WWII ?
We tried against basically 3rd world nations: Korea, Nam, Afghanistan and really got nowhere in spite of having an air force. Which comparable power or 1st world nation have we even gone to war against?
Posted by: Ciampino -- worthy oriental gentleman at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (qfLjt)
whereas the countries who have tied themselves belly to belly with the Chinese (Hell-o-o-o-o-o USA!) almost certainly would not survive and economic collapse.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (KLPy8)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (xWZcb)
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All true, but they were *never* trusted by the people in power. They were a source of funds. They still have money to throw around, at least for now and our ruling class is by and large still on the take.
But they're not delivering the goods anymore. China will get angry and will probably cut off the funds, but if the big shots were willing to have those funds cut off, they have a replacement source somewhere and it will likely feel a lot like getting rogered with a sandpaper condom.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (EwScq)
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China will get its paw stuck in the honey jar?
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (fs1hN)
You all should be fired!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (yikp0)
You're kilning it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: yoeman at October 25, 2022 11:26 AM (BYNHj)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 11:26 AM (A2vvE)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 25, 2022 11:26 AM (dtak3)
And us.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (XvPQV)
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I think that's more or less it. All of China's money didn't buy them what they wanted in the Administration. But my worry is what they (the ruling class) is actually up to...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:26 AM (EwScq)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:23 AM (ynpvh)
The west coast D govs would help.
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China.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:26 AM (7bRMQ)
But other than that...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM (ADFYn)
My goodness she has a lovely head of hair.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM (KpUHQ)
whereas the countries who have tied themselves belly to belly with the Chinese (Hell-o-o-o-o-o USA!) almost certainly would not survive and economic collapse.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (KLPy
Things are NOT that great in China. The CCP does it's best to be opaque on economic issues inside the country. Bank runs, real estate lying fallow, and other issues. When Autocratic countries get into this kind of position, things can get...dangerous. This is the time when invading Taiwan may seem like a good idea to get the minds of the people off the woes in-country.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:24 AM (ZLI7S)
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Which means EVs are in a world of hurt, more than just the fact there isn't enough lithium to meet the "projected" demand. Green energy doesn't do nearly as well in the new world that is evolving.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM (xWZcb)
The US military runs on fossil fuels. Biden is in the process of emptying the emergency supply of our fossil fuels.
The US military uses ammunition. Biden is in the process of sending large amounts of that to Ukraine.
The US military has been weakened to the point where successfully fighting a two-front war is unlikely. Biden is in the process of antagonizing the Russians.
Not only is China not getting whatever China wants, there have been various actions recently that seem to be things that China explicitly does not want.
Casus Belli.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM (1Z8zZ)
In the only sense that matters: All of them. We still exist. Maybe the boundaries aren’t to our collective liking, but USSR is gone. NK is a zombie country. Afghanistan is Afghanistan. Lybia is Lybia. And so on. Of the other countries we have fought, which are better off in 2022 than the US?
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM (6U1c2)
Maybe they are driving up the price of the bribes that they will later take?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 25, 2022 11:28 AM (vNbzm)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:28 AM (yikp0)
Didn't it? We are in a recession heading toward a depression and it happened through the choices made by this administration.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:28 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Semilitterate
And blueberry cream cheese? Has Biden banned its production or have the Clintons cached it in some secret warehouse?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 25, 2022 11:28 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Semilitterate at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (iHLum)
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Who moved your jam, eh!
Posted by: Ciampino - mouse hiding the cheese at October 25, 2022 11:28 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (fs1hN)
I rather suspect that some factions in the Brandon Administration have simply decided that there's little more cash available for them to squeeze from China. Which would explain the passive aggressive stuff from Brandon.
The active anti-China measures are something else, and that's the stuff to worry about, I think.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (0ET/O)
Tom Brady, who's been the subject of public affection from Donald Trump for years, is now said to be on texting terms with Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida.
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With Gisele, not so much.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (YIVH2)
Ackshewallee, China has a signed agreement to allow the Chinese to land and maintain military forces in Canada should China deem it necessary.
That relieves a lot of the logistic problems right there.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (KLPy8)
this I don't agree with. I don't believe Joe or Kamaltoe has any say in the decisions nor do I think the Clintons are on the contolling panel
It is Susan Rice , Samantha Powers and Cass Sunstein, Bob Bauer and his wife Anita Dunn, Victoria Nuland, the Obamas and ValJar, Jake Sullivan and probably a few others
they are calling the shots
I b
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (us2H3)
But they're not delivering the goods anymore. China will get angry and will probably cut off the funds, but if the big shots were willing to have those funds cut off, they have a replacement source somewhere and it will likely feel a lot like getting rogered with a sandpaper condom.
The dam has been breaking on China for a while. Apple and others have already moved a lot of production to India and Vietnam. The really big exodus hasn't happened yet, but when it does I wouldn't be surprised if there was a full on insurrection against Xi. He's clearly afraid of being defenestrated.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:28 AM (ZLI7S)
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That isn't very helpful to China. We're a major market and buy a lot of their stuff. More important, the US hurting might make them happy but *China* hurting doesn't make them happy - and the US is doing a lot to make China hurt.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (EwScq)
It hasn't been, which makes me wonder what terrible things they're up to that I don't know about...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:20 AM (EwScq)
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Might be the DoD that has China's portfolio. They stand to lose the most if the CCP becomes the supplier of all things "chippy" for our armed forces. Whether they're woke or not isn't the issue. It's whether the shit works when its supposed to. Either here at home, on us... or wherever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 25, 2022 11:30 AM (BFigT)
But they're not delivering the goods anymore. China will get angry and will probably cut off the funds, but if the big shots were willing to have those funds cut off, they have a replacement source somewhere and it will likely feel a lot like getting rogered with a sandpaper condom.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (EwScq)
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They thought they would stay bought. Then China began taking themselves way too seriously. And now with the US no longer keeping the global trading lanes open, China cannot guarantee food or energy for their country. They are a terrible investment right now. So, the monied class are taking their money and investing it where they will get a payday. North America.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:30 AM (xWZcb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:21 AM (YIVH2)
Ackshewallee, China has a signed agreement to allow the Chinese to land and maintain military forces in Canada should China deem it necessary.
That relieves a lot of the logistic problems right there.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (KLPy
They might find poutine and Canadian bacon not to their liking.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:30 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2022 11:30 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
They really won't like good old American lead.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:31 AM (dfZzK)
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:31 AM (GhIJO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2022 11:30 AM (63Dwl)
When the CCP admits it. I mean, you literally have a ghost city filled with malls and buildings that are empty.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (ynpvh)
That's true but there's more.
The dirty little secret of creating green technology products is they take a metric fuckton of electricity to make. To generate this electricity China is building coal fired power plants at an unprecedented rate spewing more greenhouse gases than ever.
Only and autistic teenager from Sweden could not laugh at the irony of the situation.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (ZLI7S)
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Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (us2H3)
I think the only shot Barry O is calling is the money shot into his mouth from Reggie.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (7bRMQ)
That relieves a lot of the logistic problems right there.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (KLPy
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War Plan Red.
This was the Soviet planned invasion route and they never did it. Internally, they were seriously worried about having to fight the US armed forces for every inch of ground in Canada. We're close, have limitless entry points, can maintain supply and logistics and know Canada extremely well. Hell, our prewar combat intelligence included complete street maps and routing guidance in case we had to fight a German-aligned Britain by seizing Canada from the Empire.
Invading through Canada would likely be tremendously expensive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (EwScq)
Posted by: Northstar CiT girl at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (sVtYq)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (ZGrMX)
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Apple is actually pretty late to the party. They are opening Indian production capability. But they are still way too much exposed to China. They have enough money to overcome just about anything. But more nimble businesses moved earlier. Apple is getting the sloppy seconds.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (xWZcb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
They really won't like good old American lead.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:31 AM (dfZzK)
The taste of lead is sweet...when consumed by one's enemy--Sun Tzu
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (ynpvh)
That relieves a lot of the logistic problems right there.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (KLPy
During hostilities, that should be seen, right? Zap them before they land.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2022 11:30 AM (63Dwl)
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As we speak.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (EwScq)
Is that the one in Nevada? I seem to remember hearing about a cobalt mine in Nevada that we were letting the Chinese run, because heaven forfend that Americans ever we allowed to exploit our ~own~ country's natural resources.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (DFkXg)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (7bRMQ)
he can grift and swallow at the same time
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (EwScq)
It's extremely helpful to China. China has a much different planning horizon and goal than we in the west. They are more than willing to absorb short term pain for long term dominance.
It's what commies do.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (ZLI7S)
The Nordstream I and II pipeline crisis has awakened Western Europe to the peril of relying on distant foreign powers for energy security, and by extension, economic security.
I also think there is genuine concern about the stability of Russia in supporting the Belt and Road Initiative through the former Soviet republics that end in "Stan" (Uzbekhistan, Khazikstan, etc. etc.)
Things are not as stable as when they conceived the BRI.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (lf83v)
Invading through Canada would likely be tremendously expensive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (EwScq)
And COOOLLLD! in the winter.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (7bRMQ)
Hence my advice about land wars in Asia.
Posted by: Vizzini the Sicilian at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (PiwSw)
Congo
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (VwHCD)
That's his face, not his ass...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (ynpvh)
we're gonna need a bigger potato truck.
Posted by: idaho potato board at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (sGtp+)
The US military uses ammunition. Biden is in the process of sending large amounts of that to Ukraine.
The US military has been weakened to the point where successfully fighting a two-front war is unlikely. Biden is in the process of antagonizing the Russians.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 11:27 AM
democrats hate the US Military, always have, always will. I still remember clinton's long 8 year military draw down, it sucked.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (bVYXr)
Posted by: Rachel Madcow with MAchine gun at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (5Ai+M)
It's what commies do.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (ZLI7S)
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They are, but their short-term plan (and pain) doesn't include being stymied in high tech, being unappealing to foreign capital, a banking system failure due to a real estate collapse and an inescapable fertility trap. A country can only fight so many wars at once.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (EwScq)
Posted by: Actually Inside the Beltway at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (fMhOl)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (peWy1)
You and your whole family.
Never to be seen or heard from again.
There is book, aptly named "Trouble Maker".
Posted by: gourmand du jour, in vino veritas at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Nemo at October 25, 2022 11:35 AM (S6ArX)
Is it though? The demographics are grim. No economy, and they are #3 in population in 15 years, less if Russia can’t keep the energy flowing (the reason China bombed the pipeline, so Outin only had on global market).
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (GhIJO)
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Chinese industry makes Prague springs??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Ziba at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (4h9M3)
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (j0xCN)
Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (Vu7A1)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 11:33 AM (DFkXg)
The thing is, they may own it, they may profit from it, they may extract from it, but it ain't going anywhere and it can be taken away.
That's one reason I wasn't scared when Japanese companies were buying property here decades ago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:25 AM (7bRMQ)
Tell me about it...
Posted by: Fawn Leibowitz at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (BgMrQ)
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Night of the Long Chopsticks.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (lf83v)
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Chinese industry makes Prague springs??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (yikp0)
There's a reason that his predecessor was removed from the CCP meeting the other day...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (GhIJO)
Only and autistic teenager from Sweden could not laugh at the irony of the situation.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (ZLI7S)
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That they can't keep running.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (xWZcb)
riiiiiight. i understand a german minister responsible for that sort of thing recently remarked that they could go back to relying on russia once the current ukrainian unpleasantness is over. in a few years, they'll be right back in the same situation.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (sGtp+)
I kinda think that todays monkey is a glazed terra cotta piece
and it is a fabulous example, would have in my own collection
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (us2H3)
That relieves a lot of the logistic problems right there.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:29 AM (KLPy
And Canada is in the process of outlawing guns in Canada.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (1Z8zZ)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (xWZcb)
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As a result of one of Xi's gravest miscalculation.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (EwScq)
riiiiiight. i understand a german minister responsible for that sort of thing recently remarked that they could go back to relying on russia once the current ukrainian unpleasantness is over. in a few years, they'll be right back in the same situation.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 11:37 AM (sGtp+)
Winter will be chilling in Europe
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (ynpvh)
By this reasoning, the CCP could support the CHIPS act, but who really knows.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (xq6Gp)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (EwScq)
Why not really make it yours and post busty bikini babes? Oh, wait, that person who's grandma can't read AoS because of the cleavage posts won't like it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (Iv+w0)
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No shit! Have you seen the price of beer here lately?!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (GhIJO)
Hmmm, that is an interesting theory I had not seen before. Fits about as well as anything else, I guess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (CwQXo)
Damn... thats one ugly ass ape.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
You've heard the expression "like ugly on an ape?"
That's the ape they were talking about.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (rJ48h)
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda
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Wait. You're telling me that a European nation will disregard the past and fall headlong into a global disaster despite previous similar disasters?
Posted by: Adirondack PatriotFranco-Prussian War, WWI, WWII at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:34 AM (EwScq)
Why not really make it yours and post busty bikini babes? Oh, wait, that person who's grandma can't read AoS because of the cleavage posts won't like it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (7bRMQ)
Busty Chimps in Bikinis? No thanks.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (Iv+w0)
They succeeded fairly well in the proxy war in Vietnam. Korea was... a mess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (Iv+w0)
Posted by: John Bigboote at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (L90GB)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (rJ48h)
Penal Colony...should that be Penile Colony?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (ynpvh)
Invading through Canada would likely be tremendously expensive.
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Justine Trudeau has said they can't bring their guns.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (1Nxff)
Yesterday morning's France 24 report mentioned that the German Chancellor and the French President were flying to Beijing to do their Kow-tows to the new Chicom Emperor in a move that would warm the hearts of every Han emperor from forever.
With friends like those...
Posted by: 11B40
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More and more Germany and France have isolated themselves from the other continental nations.
Briton is still undecided.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (ziH0B)
Posted by: Jen the original at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (S4IQR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (L08P2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (ynpvh)
Pitching or catching?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: Ziba at October 25, 2022 11:36 AM (4h9M3)
Are the Russians keeping it in a womens' prison or a mens' one?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (usoKV)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:
37 AM (xWZcb)
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As a result of one of Xi's gravest miscalculation.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (EwScq)
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As I read it, he is completely isolated. Doesn't know what is actually happening in the country because everyone is afraid to get shot for the privilege of telling him.
Excellent way to make very bad decisions.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (xWZcb)
not any time soon
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (ynpvh)
*puts bikini pictures of Mata Hairi away*
Posted by: Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (Iv+w0)
They succeeded fairly well in the proxy war in Vietnam. Korea was... a mess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (CwQXo)
Korea was an excuse to get rid of all the soldiers that were under Mao during the revolution. They were put in front with soldiers behind to shoot them if they didn't move, so that they would be massacred. A convenient way to get rid of unwanted witnesses.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (ynpvh)
I think we all agree that communism is a failed government strategy that creates as many internal problems as it "solves" but that doesn't mean there aren't people who will keep trying to "do it right this time". China has a ton of self-inflicted problems but they still have enough wealth and power to bring us to cripple us by exporting their corruption to our ruling class.
If Biden and his fellow corrupt minions completely bowed to China it might be a bit problematic so taking little steps to push back gives a nice patina for cover. But surrendering out energy independence, dominance really, is a recipe for long term doom.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (xq6Gp)
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They've been trying for a decade in typical Chinese fashion. They've spent gobs of money and built some massive enterprises in chip design and manufacturing, and most of it has been a disastrous waste that has accomplished little. Chips are *hard* and China is learning that it can't simply throw money at that problem. They're a couple of generations back and embargoed on the new stuff. They have to do it the hard way: themselves. The Chinese approach to problems doesn't lend itself to consistent, reliable innovation for decades on end, and that's what it will take.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (EwScq)
something I do for laughs
and funny tho, the topic of Carville stating that the dims need to stop listening to the NPR types never came up
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (/6GbT)
A long horizon is fine, so long as you don't stop adapting to new conditions. Communist states already do that. That's why they're almost inevitably an ossified mess. Xi seems to be going down that road.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (eOEVl)
'allow the Chinese to land and maintain military forces in Canada should China deem it necessary.'
A good administration would tell the Canadians that they face invasion if they allow entry to a real Chinese army.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (vNbzm)
Posted by: polynikes at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (/5lVG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM (ynpvh)
Pitching or catching?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (CwQXo)
Maybe a little of both?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (ynpvh)
Invading through Canada would likely be tremendously expensive.
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Justine Trudeau has said they can't bring their guns.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:41 AM (1Nxff)
She'll be fine with THEIR guns. Both literally and figuratively.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM
Guarenfvckingtee you that the crappy economy and inflation will be head lines news on every paper and media outlet when the democrats get stomped in two weeks, and it will all be the fault of republicans.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (bVYXr)
Excellent way to make very bad decisions.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (xWZcb)
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*hears thud from inside bedroom that sounds suspiciously like a body hitting the floor*
"I'm not going in to check. He said not to be disturbed."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2022 11:22 AM (ADFYn)
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Yuck. You don't even know where that dyke has been .... wait, you said dike?
Posted by: Ciampino - I have clogs at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (qfLjt)
Excellent way to make very bad decisions.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (xWZcb)
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It is. But Xi's coalition and factional allies got the job done at the Party Congress. Internal opposition (within the government and industry) is probably going to be brutally suppressed now.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (EwScq)
That's the ape they were talking about.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (63Dwl)
Whew! I thought you were talking about me.
Posted by: Mike Obama at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (7bRMQ)
China's Invasion Schedule (if all goes well for them):
1) Taiwan by 2025
2) South China Sea around Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines by seizing/building islands 2025-2030
3) South Tibet 2035-2040
4) Okinawa and Senkaku Islands 2040-2045
5) OUTER MONGOLia 2045-2050
6) Eastern South Side of Russia near Pacific 2055-2060
A depleted US military and energy poor US would not be much of an obstacle. Ma-a-a-aybe, the geniuses in DC are slowly figuring this out????
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:44 AM (KLPy8)
The US military uses ammunition. Biden is in the process of sending large amounts of that to Ukraine.
The US military has been weakened to the point where successfully fighting a two-front war is unlikely. Biden is in the process of antagonizing the Russians.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland
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Bizzaro Jimmy Carter
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 11:44 AM (ziH0B)
Excellent way to make very bad decisions.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (xWZcb)
Stalin method. Long and glorious tradition.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:44 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (EwScq)
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That's going to require a lot of time and attention from a lot of people in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:44 AM (LvTSG)
By this reasoning, the CCP could support the CHIPS act, but who really knows.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (xq6Gp)
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Another reason to not watch CNBC. China doesn't design squat. This kills the tech economy in China. There is no silver lining for them.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:44 AM (xWZcb)
Posted by: Ciampino - I have clogs at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (qfLjt)
What?
Posted by: Megan Rapinoe at October 25, 2022 11:44 AM (PiwSw)
The US military has been weakened to the point where successfully fighting a two-front war is unlikely. Biden is in the process of antagonizing the Russians.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
If I have to show up and supply my own ammo & grub, you damn sure won't like my ROE.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (dfZzK)
It looked like the upper and lower lids were clamping shut.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (lGrs1)
https://is.gd/4VSlet
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (EwScq)
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I think I see a potential flaw in their plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (YIVH2)
If I have to show up and supply my own ammo & grub, you damn sure won't like my ROE.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (dfZzK)
"This is about abortion, isn't it?"--leftist
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:46 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:46 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: jeff at October 25, 2022 11:46 AM (pvt9V)
They've got rivers, one wonders why they don't do more hydropower
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (DFkXg)
*offers pair of dykes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:46 AM (CwQXo)
What?
Posted by: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (PiwSw)
It looked like the upper and lower lids were clamping shut.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (lGrs1)
*ponders*
What the fuck?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (lz5hY)
Also, since our Navy is busy recruiting trannies and running its ships into one another, why do we think they couldn't send troops on a shitload of cargo ships and land on our left coast? They already have the Confucius Centers all over the US, not to mention a friend in Justin Castreau up north.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (llON8)
https://is.gd/4VSlet
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (EwScq)
Definitely NOT a busy ape in a bikini...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:43 AM (EwScq)
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Yep, which pretty much guarantees China is going right down the toilet.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (xWZcb)
Posted by: jeff at October 25, 2022 11:46 AM (pvt9V)
Don't use that word. Use it again and we'll have your legs broken.
Posted by: DNC at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:40 AM
Maybe.
But, it's more likely optimism that the Democrats will lose both houses of Congress, and the overt economic and energy destruction of the US will stop.
It's happened before when the Reps are on target to win.
I actually expect a muniboom if the Reps win big enough.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (KLPy8)
And he doesn't care that the correct answer is "I am not supposed to say." He knows the cleaners will take care of it.
He's not wrong.
Posted by: blaster at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (Uzylu)
I expected much of the serious trade stuff to be stealthily and dishonestly dismantled, via sunsets and exemptions. Hasn't happened (yet). The moves against China's broad global offensive, such as influence operations, while still less than we would have seen under Trump, are the most surprising.
And I see no persuasive explanations, including those offered above by various people. Horrible damaging policies being inflicted on the US by this administration need no exotic or foreign explanation, though it seems this is the only cause most ever imagine. For now, China policy is not the complete disaster expected - while Iran, energy, economics in general, and of course all other domestic policies are more than "making up for it".
Posted by: rhomboid at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (OTzUX)
*offers pair of dykes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:46 AM (CwQXo)
I stopped calling them that at work not for the last...20 or so years. Don't need to get on HR's radar.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (DFkXg)
They ain't so good at building non-dangerous dams.
Posted by: polynikes at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (/5lVG)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:49 AM (gDlxJ)
Excellent way to make very bad decisions.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (xWZcb)
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It is. But Xi's coalition and factional allies got the job done at the Party Congress. Internal opposition (within the government and industry) is probably going to be brutally suppressed now.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) a
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Key progress toward international failure.
It reads very much like Putin's analysis of his military before invading Ukraine/ his top men telling him what he wanted to hear vs reality.
This may be a bad step for China and a good step for us.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 11:49 AM (ziH0B)
It looked like the upper and lower lids were clamping shut.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (lGrs1)
*ponders*
What the fuck?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (CwQXo)
She trying to be flirty? Cause it ain't working.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:49 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (us2H3)
Did it attack his wood?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:49 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (OTzUX)
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To be sure. I didn't intend to come across as "yay, Biden, tough on China!" and I apologize if it did come across that way.
Perplexed is a good word for it. It's puzzling.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:50 AM (EwScq)
https://is.gd/4VSlet
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (EwScq)
Nice!
(closes tab quickly)
Good morning, dear.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:50 AM (7bRMQ)
Perplexed is a good word for it. It's puzzling.
It didn't to me.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (eOEVl)
The @CharlieCrist camp says @RonDeSantisFL supporters tonight chanted “refried beans" to insult the Dem’s running mate, @KarlaforFlorida
DeSantis supporters say the chant is “Keep Florida Free”
You be the judge 1/2
https://bit.ly/3FbG5cN
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I head "Freedom refitos! Freedom refritos!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Jen
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A measure of how pissed Putin is at this administration.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (ziH0B)
Ashton Carter, 68, dead of sudden cardiac event.
Megyn Kelley's older sister, 58, also just died from a sudden cardiac event:
https://tinyurl.com/2yw8p94n
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 11:47 AM (DFkXg)
They ain't so good at building non-dangerous dams.
Posted by: polynikes at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (/5lVG)
From what I recall, their farmland is kind of shit. My guess is a lot of that is beside rivers. If they build a dam, then how much of that arable land is covered in water?
Also, from what I recall, the chinese pulled the same number the soviets did where they used a particular kind of fertilizer that massively depleted their soil at the cost of bumper crops. Does that sound familiar to anyone? I cannot remember where I read it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (CwQXo)
https://tinyurl.com/yc729adr
We have also been shipping record amounts of coal to China.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (ZLI7S)
But, it's more likely optimism that the Democrats will lose both houses of Congress, and the overt economic and energy destruction of the US will stop.
It's happened before when the Reps are on target to win.
I actually expect a muniboom if the Reps win big enough.
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Congress is not an executive. They don't get installed until January and will take time forming themselves and objectives. There is nothing but bad news economically and Congress cannot change most of it legislatively. I don't see this rally as anything but fake in hopes of saving a Senate seat or two.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (Iv+w0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (FVME7)
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I heard Boo-urns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: bradc at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (7xRc/)
Posted by: Legion of Boom at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (gDlxJ)
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Jen the original at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (S4IQR)
Megyn Kelley's older sister, 58, also just died from a sudden cardiac event:
https://tinyurl.com/2yw8p94n
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (Mzdiz)
A lot of people dropping dead for absolutely no reason lately...
Maybe ace needs to put his order on the masthead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (CwQXo)
All those attaboys Griner received for her stance on the national anthem will comfort her in the penal colony.
Posted by: mr tmz
Atta boy, Loser!
Posted by: Mrs. Chicken at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (63Dwl)
Ashton Carter, 68, dead of sudden cardiac event.
Megyn Kelley's older sister, 58, also just died from a sudden cardiac event:
https://tinyurl.com/2yw8p94n
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (Mzdiz)
Wonder what their VAX history is.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jen the original
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Ha. He lived his entire life as "special" and thought he could carry his drugs into their country, too.
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (s4v0L)
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (Iv+w0)
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"Congress didn't pass BBB2: Electric Bugaloo! If they had, we'd have the best economy ever! Also, we have the best economy ever and it's all Biden's doing!"
-The next 2 years
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (LvTSG)
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I think I see a potential flaw in their plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (YIVH2)
True.
As Mike Tyson said: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (KLPy8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (1Nxff)
https://tinyurl.com/yc729adr
We have also been shipping record amounts of coal to China.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:51 AM (ZLI7S)
In one sense at least, China is the big winner in everything oing on. Along with India.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (us2H3)
The @CharlieCrist camp says @RonDeSantisFL supporters tonight chanted “refried beans" to insult the Dem’s running mate, @KarlaforFlorida
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So what if they did?
Let's go Brandon.
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (s4v0L)
Posted by: Steve (retired/recovering lawyer) at October 25, 2022 11:53 AM (YVQSM)
Damn... thats one ugly ass ape.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
You've heard the expression "like ugly on an ape?"
That's the ape they were talking about.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2022 11:39 AM (63Dwl)
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and you haven't seen its ass !
The backend of a bus has nothing on this ass.
Posted by: Ciampino -- I have clogs at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:38 AM (7bRMQ)
Is that person's grandma unaware that women have boobs and that men are pleased by that fact?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (1Z8zZ)
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (s4v0L)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (Yi4c0)
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (s4v0L)
Happened right before the Germans bombed Hawaii.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (ynpvh)
Keep in mind the government has access to everyone's vax history.
If they wanted to they could confirm when and what shot each dead celebrity had. But...they won't. And you know why.
And spare me HIPPA. If the guy at the door of a McDs can check your vax status at a NYC McDs then it is public knowledge.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (s4v0L)
It just took a while. Deep planner than Lenin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (CwQXo)
Nothing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (Yi4c0)
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Disagree. Dumplings. Dim sum dumplings. They kick ass.
And you can buy 'em that are manufactured here, which I recommend!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (EwScq)
Nothing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (Yi4c0)
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Fang Fang reportedly gave good head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (LvTSG)
https://is.gd/4VSlet
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:45 AM (EwScq)
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NO YELLOW
Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (flINI)
Nothing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (Yi4c0)
Beef Egg Foo Yung
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (CwQXo)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (OTzUX)
Maybe it's simply more profitable to the grifters to continue Trump's china policy than it is to overturn it? Greed can explain a lot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (usoKV)
Nothing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (Yi4c0)
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Disagree. Dumplings. Dim sum dumplings. They kick ass.
And you can buy 'em that are manufactured here, which I recommend!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (EwScq)
they existed before China became red.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (ynpvh)
_________
We have been monitoring Chinese reactions to our policies, and you are correct. The only sensible solution is to welcome our new Chinse overlords.
Posted by: Geniuses in DC at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (fs1hN)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: polynikes at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (/5lVG)
It's the SADS. Sudden Adult Death Syndrome.
Megyn has been skeptical of a certain thing of late. She may have more information about her sister, after a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (Mzdiz)
Instead of colonialism involving occupation of less developed countries by nation states, we have neocolonialism via multi national corporations but the whole enchilada is backstopped by multinational finances and international trade that are ahistorical.
Throw in plunging birth rates in existing developed states, intentional internal destruction of society by leftists, mass movements of people from lesser developed to developed countries, massive debt, and an elite that is so preoccupied in retaining its wealth, power, and deviancy that they are enraging the populations in every country where they rule.
Reminds me of Heinlein's character Lt. Col. Dubois lecturing his class about the times right before the fall of the previous regimes in Starship Troopers.
Posted by: whig at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (CXr4y)
Nothing.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (Yi4c0)
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Fang Fang reportedly gave good head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (LvTSG)
According to whom, Swallowswell? Do we trust his opinion?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (llON8)
Contra: Americanized "chinese food"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (ESjRY)
Dog Free.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (Vr12I)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (ynpvh)
++++
That's true.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (EwScq)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 25, 2022 11:55 AM (ESjRY)
Hippa is one of those things that went completely out the window with Chinese Lung AIDS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:57 AM (CwQXo)
Excellent way to make very bad decisions.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:42 AM (xWZcb)
Same as our national leadership except, rather than fearing being shot, everyone is afraid of being canceled.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 11:57 AM (1Z8zZ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (llON
Looking at the guy, I can't help but think he would be a poor judge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:57 AM (CwQXo)
The page is a complete shitshow of Repub vs Democrat union members for the upcoming mid-terms. As an aside, yeah violence like the stuff in the morning report....no surprise. People are nuts right now.
Posted by: JROD at October 25, 2022 11:57 AM (0jZnq)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (llON
Looking at the guy, I can't help but think he would be a poor judge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:57 AM (CwQXo)
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Head is like pizza.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 25, 2022 11:48 AM (OTzUX)
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It's actually the Biden administration being carried away by the tide. His green energy policies are his attempt to work against the tide for domestic political purposes. They won't amount to much. The global economy as we have known it is ending. The US has decided the post WWII order we paid to maintain is no longer worth the cost. So, we are retracting back to a period of self-interested nation state behavior.
And we don't need China. Not at all. They need us, but can't do anything about it.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (xWZcb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (ynpvh)
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That's true.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:56 AM (EwScq)
I guess the appropriate question would be, "Had RED China ever CREATED anything good?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (ynpvh)
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But they failed in the follow-up invasion.
Posted by: junior at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (qm1fz)
That's my point. There is nothing exotic or multi-dimensional chess involved.
The old joke about not needing to outrun the bear, just need to outrun you. Crippling the US is every bit as empowering to China as them growing to dominate. In this case, however, both is happening.
What happens when enough of our economy is reliant on clean energy that a substantial interruption brings us to our knees? We saw what happened when our supply lines with China got borked during the virus, what happens when they turn off the spigot on clean energy products that only they manufacture?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (KLPy8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
Disagree. I have had bad pizza.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (CwQXo)
*sigh*
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (KLPy
Not talking about municipal bonds, then?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 11:54 AM (1Z8zZ)
The sainted OM posted pictures that showed ankle. Ankle!! That leads to dancing. And you know what that means!!!! On a family blog!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
Disagree. I have had bad pizza.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (CwQXo)
At my kids 1st B-day party, I had pizza so bad that cardboard with sauce would've been better.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (rJ48h)
*sigh*
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (KLPy
++++
"Muniboom" is when big, underwater jurisdictions see their municipal bonds go "boom" ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (EwScq)
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Was gonna mention this; a friend sent me a link to a Vox Day blog post today entitled "Xi is in Complete Control" arguing that he's "rooting out the remnants of the pro-globalist faction in China" and linking to the recent news of the public arrest of former CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao.
tinyurl.com/yajupcws
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (K3TEc)
I can easily dream what that are doing to him as I write this if he wasn't killed off already.
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (A2vvE)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (zphNH)
Posted by: JackStraw
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That's nice. Give our enemy the tools he needs to kill us.
Historical Democrat Party.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (ziH0B)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (lz5hY)
_______
Hey, watch it!, oh "borked", nevermind!
Posted by: Bjork at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (fs1hN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
I'll take an extra large with all the toppings
Posted by: Bottom at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (us2H3)
Historical Democrat Party.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (ziH0B)
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"We told you that Democrats were the true capitalists!"
-NeverTrump
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (CwQXo)
***
So you've been to Maryland huh...
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 11:52 AM (s4v0L)
Wash my face, don't know where I am, cause I got my drugs from Amsterdam.
Posted by: Brittney Griner, Taped and Tucked at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (Yi4c0)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (lz5hY)
Asian-ish version of sh*t on a shingle?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (ynpvh)
That people might start... *gasp* playing cards?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (DFkXg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
I'll take an extra large with all the toppings
Posted by: Bottom at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (us2H3)
Yo, Trigglypuff! Another Customer!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (ynpvh)
The taste of lead is sweet...when consumed by one's enemy--Sun Tzu
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 11:32 AM (ynpvh)
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Lead acetate is called sugar of lead for a reason.
Posted by: Ciampino --- I have clogs at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (a3Q+t)
That people might start... *gasp* playing cards?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (DFkXg)
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We've got trouble which starts with T which rhymes with P which stands for pool!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (LvTSG)
*sigh*
Posted by: naturalfake at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (KLPy
++++
"Muniboom" is when big, underwater jurisdictions see their municipal bonds go "boom" ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:59 AM (EwScq)
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Would have been a better title for the Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, & Dennis Hopper movie "Speed."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 25, 2022 11:57 AM (CwQXo)
You talking giving, or getting?
Posted by: Fang Fang's Mark at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (LvTSG)
And you can buy 'em that are manufactured here, which I recommend!
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Those existed before Mao, hence they are not commie dumplings.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (lhfF0)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (2kTuA)
Tony Blinken is another poster boy for that. Utter midwit who thinks he's a genius.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (lhfF0)
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Yeah. The commie dumplings contain a lot more cardboard.
Seriously. It's gross.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (EwScq)
Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (LvTSG)
Family Blog, TJM, Family Blog!
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (Vr12I)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (CdFbH)
Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (LvTSG)
++++
Biden has a bad head.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (EwScq)
Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (LvTSG)
Teeth. Braces. Distracted fellatrix. It happens.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (lz5hY)
They still make it. See some in the stores once in a while.
Posted by: Fang Fang's Mark at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (7bRMQ)
Looking over a century of Communism worldwide, there's absolutely nothing good that came out of it. 100 million broken eggs and no omelet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (lhfF0)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2022 12:03 PM (lhfF0)
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Yeah. The commie dumplings contain a lot more cardboard.
Seriously. It's gross.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (EwScq)
But higher in protein content thanks to all the melamine.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)
Looking over a century of Communism worldwide, there's absolutely nothing good that came out of it. 100 million broken eggs and no omelet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (1Nxff)
We'll get it right this time!!!
Posted by: leftists at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (llON8)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (ZLI7S)
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I think you are looking way to deep. China is over. They have very few cards to play. They are mostly 2's and 3's.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (xWZcb)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (DFkXg)
Chess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (7bRMQ)
Chinese domestic chip design is way, way behind state of the art. Their biggest accomplishment to date is the Loongson processor, which is a compatible clone of the MIPS processor developed at Berkeley in the late 80s (best known for its use in DEC and SGI workstations, the first two PlayStations, and the Nintendo 64).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (ZGrMX)
That wasn't just any elite, that was Hu Jintao, the premier tat preceded Xi and cemented Chinese manufacturing domination.
Posted by: JEM at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (8erNz)
Posted by: JackStraw
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That's nice. Give our enemy the tools he needs to kill us.
Historical Democrat Party.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 12:00 PM (ziH0B)
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"We told you that Democrats were the true capitalists!"
-NeverTrump
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
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"The Democrat True Capitalists will sell us the coal with which we will bury them."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 25, 2022 11:09 AM (dfZzK)
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Not even necessary - they just have to take their manufacturing somewhere else. This is already starting to happen. Low-value manufacturing is already leaking out of China like a sieve, going mostly to the "little tigers" in SE Asia. Some mid and high-value manufacturing is being targeted, especially by Japan.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 11:10 AM (EwScq)
I'm shocked at how good some of the stuff coming out of vietnam is. I saw furniture from there and it was built really frigging nice. Guitars from Indonesia is another one. I got fooled a few times thinking they were S Korean until I looked at the label. Even the fret work was nice. I mean yeah, you got CNC machines doing a lot of it, but there is still a lot of hand work that has to be done, and it's miles ahead of chinese crap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: leftists at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (llON
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"This time we have even more destructive capability to rid ourselves of the kulaks!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (LvTSG)
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Payoffs are completed, and Pops is a bit too *points to head* sick to make new deals.
Posted by: Hunter at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (fs1hN)
'They ain't so good at building non-dangerous dams.'
God bless the Moron that christened the main Chinese dam as the Three Stooges dam. I smile every time I think about that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (vNbzm)
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)
iirc the Cantonese have that reputation *within* CHYna.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 25, 2022 12:08 PM (L08P2)
Looking over a century of Communism worldwide, there's absolutely nothing good that came out of it. 100 million broken eggs and no omelet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (1Nxff)
Over 100M killed. Eventually, like McDonald's, they'll have to say it like that, as the numbers will be too high to count.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:08 PM (ynpvh)
la choy + minute rice = home cooking just like mom used to make.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 12:08 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Ciampino --- I have clogs at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (qfLjt)
The Romans melted lead and lined their cooking pots and drinking vessels. Could be one reason so many bad things started happening.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:08 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
And Fetterman has two!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (lhfF0)
I heard two heads are better than one, but Fetterman seems to be an example of otherwise.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (zphNH)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (DFkXg)
Chess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (7bRMQ)
One night in Bangcock...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (OTzUX)
Just because someone is a likely heart attack candidate, based on traditional understanding, doesn't mean the clot shot can be absolved of responsibility for accelerating an expected event.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (usoKV)
https://tinyurl.com/25myaq6x
I was reading last night, 26 of France's 56 nuclear power plants are now offline due to prolonged maintenance problems, and labor problems. There are huge protests going on over inflation, energy policy, and Ukraine. MSM is ignoring them as much as possible.
At some huge Frog protest they were demanding France get out of NATO.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Ciampino --- I have clogs at October 25, 2022 12:02 PM (qfLjt)
The Romans melted lead and lined their cooking pots and drinking vessels. Could be one reason so many bad things started happening.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:08 PM (7bRMQ)
Yeah - just watch “ I, Claudius”.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (Vr12I)
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)
Knowing the history of famine and starvation, why yes. They'd eat the oink and moo of the beasties if they could.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (ynpvh)
Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Teeth. Braces. Cheese grater.
Posted by: whig at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 11:58 AM (ZLI7S)
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I think you are looking way to deep. China is over. They have very few cards to play. They are mostly 2's and 3's.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (xWZcb)
I don't think you're disagreeing all that much... I think he's saying our own retards have left us with (or will soon leave us with) 1's and 0's.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (CdFbH)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (A2vvE)
Posted by: Chemist at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (uSps2)
It's a shame that Ashton Carter died before he could see his beloved Army of Transgender Warriors rise up and lead this country against the enemies of Biden and Obama.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
He did, however, live to see his wife groped by SlowJoe.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (pNxlR)
ah, turbochannel. gone too soon. the spec fit on a poster.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (XvPQV)
That's why you look for the girl with buck teeth.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (7bRMQ)
And a Self-Denouncing "You said a mouthful there."
I can never get over the supposed snap-judgments on AOC, Kamala, and the yilk. Look at who they've "slept their way to the top" with! Think they'd even know?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (x61Im)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (CdFbH)
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"Billions die every year because of the pollution of capitalism."
-I've heard it
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)
Knowing the history of famine and starvation, why yes. They'd eat the oink and moo of the beasties if they could.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (ynpvh)
And the Bark. Don’t forget the Bark.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (Vr12I)
That wasn't just any elite, that was Hu Jintao, the premier tat preceded Xi and cemented Chinese manufacturing domination.
Posted by: JEM at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (8erNz)
Yup. Can't have any disenters to Xi's coronation.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (ynpvh)
I can help you understand.
China (and us) think that Biden and the Deep State work for China.
But Biden and the Deep State think that China works for them. The graft is the tribute that China pays to them for being allowed to operate on the world stage.
You are seeing those two beliefs about the relationship come into conflict.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Barrack Obama at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (1Nxff)
And that's no yolk. My word as a....
Posted by: The Mush Brain of Joe B at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (7bRMQ)
That’s why they don’t need to be as good as us tech wise or anything wise. We put up 10 ft barriers to our own success while they keep plodding away.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (CdFbH)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (A2vvE)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (zphNH)
General Tso's chicken: different wherever you get it.
"Mom, how many General Tso's were there in China?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (7bRMQ)
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Wait... Your girls have teef?
Posted by: West Virginia and Kentucky at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (flINI)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (2kTuA)
@zerohedge · 2h
Orange Juice Prices Soar To Record Highs As Inventories Collapse
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (A2vvE)
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Hitler was a capitalist, don'tchaknow?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 25, 2022 12:01 PM (DFkXg)
Chess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (7bRMQ)
One night in Bangcock...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (XvPQV)
All this talk about bad pizza/head and you bring up Murray Head's song...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 25, 2022 11:16 AM (9yUzE)
Me, too....He did The Rapper w/another band when I was still in HS.
Posted by: BignJames at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (2kTuA)
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I think he's now transitioned to performance art where he now live-streams (SWIDT?) himself pissing into bottles containing a MAGA hat and selling them for millions a Pop (SWIDT?).
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:14 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:14 PM (CdFbH)
Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Teeth. Braces. Cheese grater.
Posted by: whig at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (CXr4y)
Look up Potato Peeler on Urban Dictionary...if you dare.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: sidney at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (Uy/WF)
you supplied the rice.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 25, 2022 12:04 PM (2kTuA)
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Who knows what Hunter's passions actually were before he was ruined by becoming the bagman for an incompetent, despicable, incestuous, low-rent crime family. Maybe it was art. I dunno.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (EwScq)
Art
Christianity: The Sistine Chapel
Communism: Propaganda posters
Music
Christianity: Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Communism: Ode to Stalin
Architecture
Christianity: Notre Dame de Paris
Communism: Palace of Parliaments
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (CdFbH)
Those leftists that live in capitalist countries say that.
Those that live in leftist countries HAVE to say that.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (bVYXr)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (yikp0)
We were at a apple orchard, they wanted over 9$ a gallon for cider!
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (/6GbT)
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (A2vvE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOy2QCssTaI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (L08P2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (1Nxff)
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"WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED THE PLANET WITH ALL THOSE DEPLORABLES CONTINUING TO LIVE AND THEN BREEDING THEIR EXPONENTIALLY-FILTHY SPAWN, H8R!"
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Lola at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (NIYa7)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (bVYXr)
Had to be an urban area.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Chemist at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (uSps2)
Fried Rice?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (7bRMQ)
One night in Bangcock...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:09 PM (XvPQV)
All this talk about bad pizza/head and you bring up Murray Head's song...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (ynpvh)
I hear he gets his kicks above the belt line.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (XvPQV)
I once bought a Mexi-Strat that was of pretty good quality right out of the box. A little bench work and it played like a dream. Sold it to a friend and he loved it.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
And Fetterman has two!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 25, 2022 12:06 PM (lhfF0)
Consequences!!
Posted by: Giselle Fetterman, shaking her tiny fist at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (5HBd1)
--Cankles
Posted by: bed head at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (Y1sOo)
Interesting...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Those that take the word "blow" literally.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (t4BDZ)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (yikp0)
We were at a apple orchard, they wanted over 9$ a gallon for cider!
Posted by: A dude in MI at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (/6GbT)
Lemmee gues - “ supply chain” issues?
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (Vr12I)
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (Vr12I)
Knowing the history of famine and starvation, why yes. They'd eat the oink and moo of the beasties if they could.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (ynpvh)
And the Bark. Don’t forget the Bark.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (Vr12I)
I thought that was a Nork specialty...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (ynpvh)
--Cankles
Posted by: bed head at October 25, 2022 12:17 PM (Y1sOo)
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Impossible. We have the most secure election system on the planet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (LvTSG)
(X-Files theme)
Posted by: Puddleglum puts on the ole tin foil at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (sAmhv)
Lemmee gues - “ supply chain” issues?
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (Vr12I)
_________
Heh, heh...
Posted by: Duke & Duke at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: West Virginia and Kentucky at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (flINI)
More than one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (us2H3)
Lumpy..a head...LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:18 PM (ynpvh)
Ok. Heard the same thing about Putin.
I generally think backing nuclear equipped tyrants into a corner and assuming they are done is a bad idea but we shall see. I don't think XI has been slowly consolidating his grip on the South China Sea, one of the most important shipping lanes in the world while we are giving up our energy to Chinese control means he's over.
He doesn't care how many of his own people's bodies he walks on.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:05 PM (XvPQV)
That's why you look for the girl with buck teeth.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (7bRMQ)
I KNEW I should have married a hot southern girl
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (XvPQV)
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Turns out it was real estate.
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (s4v0L)
Israel Destroys Iranian Drone-Making Plant In Syria
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (5HBd1)
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Emperor Trump FTW!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (K3TEc)
Years ago, I had a college student try to educate me that Stalin was actually a corporate statist, not a communist or even a socialist. He's probably a professor now.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (HmZuC)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (bVYXr)
Had to be an urban area.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:16 PM
Nope, extremely rural NE Texas. I have never see that many people with issues before.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (bVYXr)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (us2H3)
So they wanted to show him with a lead closer to the election?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (1Z8zZ)
@zerohedge · 2h
Orange Juice Prices Soar To Record Highs As Inventories Collapse
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (yikp0)
Real marmalade comes from specific oranges (Sevile Orange).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: whig
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We are in the middle of a revolution right now.
Nov. 8 will be a major battle. On our front are two objectives nullify their cheat: Trained and defiant pollwatchers fortified by lawyers capable of assuring that the machines are in order and later that the count is fair.
Objective two, knowing that there will always be cheater spillage, out vote the cheat. We must turn out the vote.
Be assured the Democrats have been working to devise new and better ways to defeat an honest vote count.
We will observe the battle and know the victor Nov. 8.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (ziH0B)
Posted by: bed head at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Peter Boyle at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (flINI)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (yikp0)
Nope, extremely rural NE Texas. I have never see that many people with issues before.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (bVYXr)
Now that IS interesting.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (Vr12I)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Mister Scott
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They all had one thing in common.
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (s4v0L)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (5HBd1)
Those in charge of countries now see an actual threat to their own power. The Globalists are primarily not elected... they are Bankers and such... note, the EU started as? oohhhh... a TRADE agreement.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (oHd/0)
Communism: Ode to Stalin
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:15 PM (1Nxff)
Huh? I thought it was "Barack Obama, Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (7bRMQ)
Brandon wasn't the only one to have a miracle turnaround after those toilets broke - when it looked like Trump would overcome the MoF on election night, Chinese markets were *cratering.* Until the toilets broke, of course.
I wonder if they're feeling ripped off right now. Maybe they'll poison Hunter's next bag of crack to send a message.
A guy can dream, right?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (oINRc)
Years ago, I had a college student try to educate me that Stalin was actually a corporate statist, not a communist or even a socialist. He's probably a professor now.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (HmZuC)
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When I encounter people like that, I try to push them into the idea that communism is untenable in reality. The dedicated ideologues given control of an entire country became corporate statists, fascists, and mass murderers. They were celebrated as the ideal at the time, but it didn't save their countries from falling into fascist control. Why would the next person clamoring for power be any better?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (ZLI7S)
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It's easier to just weld them into their apartments.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2022 12:23 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 25, 2022 12:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at October 25, 2022 12:23 PM (1Z8zZ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (llON
==.
No - can't buy that. We have the blessings to overcome the stupidity of our political "elite" (I think I just threw up in my mouth). Green energy will never dominate because it can't, and we are pretty much just one SCOTUS case away from the feds being unable to regulate oil production. People will not accept freezing to death, as they will in Europe this winter.
We have more energy and food security than anyone. If we really need a product that we cannot produce, we will go find someone who can, and our military will make sure we can get it. We have the most dynamic economy on the planet. Yes, we have issues. But we are holding aces and face cards in our hand. And even if you are really dumb, like FJB, you usually end up winning in the end.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 12:23 PM (xWZcb)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 25, 2022 12:23 PM (zphNH)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (bVYXr)
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Either a traditional Democrat area or a problem with the reader software.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 12:24 PM (ziH0B)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 25, 2022 12:24 PM (906pl)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at October 25, 2022 12:10 PM (CdFbH)
Insane people claim all types of things. We shouldn't let insane people run amuck.
Posted by: polynikes at October 25, 2022 12:24 PM (/5lVG)
Posted by: REDACTED at October 25, 2022 12:12 PM (us2H3)
*******
What's going on in PA? Have the people lost their minds?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 25, 2022 12:24 PM (NpAcC)
I wonder if they're feeling ripped off right now. Maybe they'll poison Hunter's next bag of crack to send a message.
A guy can dream, right?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 25, 2022 12:21 PM (oINRc)
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Good memory, YD -- I'd forgotten that. Also, I was listening to somebody (don't recall whom) after The Steal who said Trump was crushing it in the UK bookie joints ... until the "toilets broke" and the counting ceased, and then all of a sudden his odds of winning started cratering there as well, and that's when this guy knew the fix was in and it was gonna be stolen.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at October 25, 2022 12:25 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:25 PM (lz5hY)
Nope, extremely rural NE Texas. I have never see that many people with issues before.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM (bVYXr)
Now that IS interesting.
Posted by: kraken at October 25, 2022 12:20 PM
There's always at least one guy who moved and didn't change his license, but this was a bunch of people with different issues. No idea what's going on, literally never seen that many people with issues before. They didn't even have a code for the provisional ballot for one lady.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 25, 2022 12:25 PM (bVYXr)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 25, 2022 12:13 PM (yikp0)
My God. The Dukes are going to corner the entire frozen orange juice market!
Posted by: Louis at October 25, 2022 12:26 PM (Yi4c0)
He doesn't care how many of his own people's bodies he walks on.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 25, 2022 12:19 PM (ZLI7S)
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Um, he doesn't have control of the south china sea. Please, we run ships through there all the time just to remind him. Japan could blow him out of the water by themselves. We aren't backing China into a corner. Xi is making his own corner, and we are essentially just saying, fine, play by yourself. See how that works out for you.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 25, 2022 12:26 PM (xWZcb)
Posted by: Bama Bubba at October 25, 2022 12:26 PM (XjZhF)
The Biden Family controls the government of America.
The CCP Family controls the government of China.
Right now, The American government is stronger than the Chinese government. The CCP Family has to come as the suppliant to Don Joe and ask for favor, and pay money and obligation for the privilege.
If that situation reverses, The Biden Family becomes the suppliant. No Don will allow that to happen if he can prevent it.
Posted by: deepelem blues at October 25, 2022 12:27 PM (GaRz9)
Ohhh and JJ's latest "martyr" that guy who got beat up in FL???
JJ left out that he was a notorious neo Nazi arrested for assault at a rally seeking to support removing Confederate place names from army bases
His hospital room currently being guarded by Proud Boys
That neighborhood that he was in is heavily Cuban American. I be think he mouthed off to the wrong guy
JJ likes to make invalid CV laims hoping they will be believed
Posted by: Paul at October 25, 2022 12:28 PM (ESkQW)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2022 12:30 PM (kXYt5)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 25, 2022 12:25 PM (lz5hY)
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Me too, that clamshell was my totebag. Slipped some extra money under the felt, a toothbrush and small tube of deterrent. Good to go.
My new one sucks. Later up with Dial and spritz some alcohol on the rotors it will work better.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 25, 2022 12:30 PM (ziH0B)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 25, 2022 12:30 PM (x61Im)
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hahaha
Tell us more about those brown people, Democrats.
Posted by: Gray Man at October 25, 2022 12:31 PM (s4v0L)
LOL! Thanks for the memory.
Posted by: Lola at October 25, 2022 12:32 PM (NIYa7)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2022 12:32 PM (kXYt5)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2022 12:32 PM (kXYt5)
Weedwhackers have caught on. Hedges, not so much.
Years ago, I liked Norelco (also Braun, with their very thin foil). I found that if you meant to use one for all your shaving, every day, you either spent a lot buying new rotary cutters and foil, or a lot of time on various tools and solutions trying to keep everything sharp.
All shaving advice is predicated on your own beard.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 25, 2022 12:38 PM (x61Im)
When the idea of outsourcing was becoming a reality, China received low-end products to manufacture; products that made very little to no profit to make in the US.
Even today, China will never be a semiconductor rival to any other country.
They cannot build the equipment to manufacture the substrates. They do not possess the type of highly skilled and trained workforce to design the architecture, research new technologies, or manage production. All the high-end tools are serviced and maintained by US, EU, Japanese, and Korean companies. All of the production data is reviewed and analyzed by US, EU, Japanese, and Korean engineers. All technology built in China is the lowest on the totem pole; look at your circuit boards. Low-end chips are made in China.
If China invades Taiwan, do not be surprised that foundries and other support companies begin to self destruct. Taiwan will not surrender these assets to China.
US and other support groups with US citizens are leaving or being relocated to other SE Asian markets. I know some who have left.
Posted by: jdubya_Mesa_AZ at October 25, 2022 12:49 PM (FQ2t6)
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Posted by: www.Profit97.Com at October 25, 2022 02:03 PM (QMeZr)
Continuity of Governance.
Didn't Trump say he was a war-time President?
What does that mean?
Ask Patel Patriot.
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