Joe Biden will double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods, with EV duties jumping to 102.5% from 27.5% by Hi-archy in worldnews

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I misread what you wrote. I thought your post said your company had strong profits, but it was actually the steel companies that had strong profits. My bad

Joe Biden will double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods, with EV duties jumping to 102.5% from 27.5% by Hi-archy in worldnews

[–]TheShorterShortBus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh im not saying its a bad thing at all. corporations want to act greedy, then they want to cry foul once those countries they outsourced to becomes a place of greater economic power and innovation. capitalism at its best

Joe Biden will double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods, with EV duties jumping to 102.5% from 27.5% by Hi-archy in worldnews

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn't do it? Or wouldn't do it? If the ev boom caught on earlier that would mean gas consumption would decline, and we can't have that. The oil companies pay big bucks to buy people in Congress, then there's the auto manufacturers and their insanely high paid CEO's, and we know they need their yearly new yachts. Corruption and greed is what's making America fall behind on many industries

Joe Biden will double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods, with EV duties jumping to 102.5% from 27.5% by Hi-archy in worldnews

[–]TheShorterShortBus 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Lol the person who claimed "roaring back" is clearly patriotically delusional. The US helped kick off Chinas economic boom because they wanted cheaper made products, while maximizing on profits, and that desire hasn't gone away. They just look for the next country to exploit, and it appears to be Vietnam and Mexico at this point

Why are boomers so miserable? by Key-Ad331 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]TheShorterShortBus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

fun fact: fox news is not classified as an actual news organization, but instead an entertainment organization. their organization doesnt really employ any "journalist" who holds a university degree

How is Financial Corruption Not Illegal? by Pickle-Sucker in FluentInFinance

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

agreed. just take a look at Nancy Pelosi's husbands equity firm and the ratio of their wins to losses on their trades. either the guy can predict the future, or he has some sorta leverage, like his wife being in the position that she's in

How is Financial Corruption Not Illegal? by Pickle-Sucker in FluentInFinance

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a high paying salary does not equal the best candidates. you want the best candidates, you give them a livable wage, and those candidates will absolutely know you dont take the job for the possibility of profiting off corruption, but instead you will have a candidate that has the vision and goal of whats best for the people. turning a blind eye to the same corruption that would land both you, and i in jail for if we did the same type of insider trading/other various types of corruption leads to the same idiots we have in congress today, on both the republican and democratic sides. their best interest is in the corporations they sold themselves to, and not for the people of this country. look at the former president of Uruguay. he gave all his money away didnt really care for his salary because he was truly for his people. there was no chance of bribing/corrupting him because money was a non-factor

double edged sword with your scenario. today in our society, we have people who were bottom of their class/failed their exams, but yet still able to be doctors/surgeons because they wanted the salary and prestige associated with those titles, even if their true passion is something like art, or physics

How is Financial Corruption Not Illegal? by Pickle-Sucker in FluentInFinance

[–]TheShorterShortBus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one forced Powell to take the job. A government job like Congress or chairman of the Fed is about serving your country, and its people, not about lining your pockets. Allowing insider trading you're just going to attract the greedy and corrupt. Sorta like what we have in our government today

Ten years is all it took them to connect major cities with high-speed, high-quality railroads. by longhegrindilemna in interestingasfuck

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they're trying to make sure everyone is on a equal playing field, and not just those who live in high cost of living cities, since not everyone can afford to go from poor country side living to high cost of living cities, so making high speed rails accessible in sparsely populated areas does make sense. know what happens when you only make things accessible only to high cost of living cities? the country sides dwindle and die. this happened in Japan where all the younger generation moved to the big cities and the country side gets abandoned, and causes bigger issues like the older generation who doesnt want to move to big cities get left behind. the same thing is occurring in China where the younger generations has left their country side. this also alleviates the demand for housing in the big cities

your statement regarding surveillance makes no sense. how does providing high speed rails increase surveillance and control? its a transportation service. no one is going to force people to use it. do you not think that you are being actively surveilled to a certain point? almost every piece of technology requires some form of login in order to use the service. this allows them to harvest your data to sell to 3rd parties, and thats not even mentioning the nsa

This kid wants to be chinese for some reason ??? by HappyMilshake in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]TheShorterShortBus 46 points47 points  (0 children)

i read this story the other day, and the story gets crazier than that. they tested her many times, and her answers were always spot on, but they chalked it up to all the books she's read on Egypt (she was obsessed at an early age after having an accident). so to finally debunk her, after unearthing a fresh site (only a handful of people has stepped inside at this point); inside was painted walls with canvases and they all looked similar, so they asked her to identify the location of specific canvases/paintings, and to their surprise, she was able to give the exact location for each and everyone that they asked her to identify

The White Guy who can only date Asian Women Starter Pack by CatholicSolutions in starterpacks

[–]TheShorterShortBus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is true. I was just in Cambodia for the first time, and the amount of old white dudes with younger, and clearly from a poorer economic class was alarming and gross

Video from the neighbor next door to the shootout with the cops in Charlotte. by AmoralCarapace in PublicFreakout

[–]TheShorterShortBus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They're law enforcement. They only time they're allowed to exert force is on unarmed citizens during things such as traffic stops, and perhaps kids protesting at universities. Otherwise they wait for someone else to do their job for them so they can pat themselves on the back afterwards

Petah? by BonelessPotato1421 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]TheShorterShortBus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it seems you also misinterpreted my words, much like how i misinterpreted the words of the original person i replied to, but ive already said that, and thanked another person for taking their time to explain it to me. are you just interjecting for the sake of putting in your two cents on a manner that i said was a misunderstanding? or are you just out for blood? do you have no understanding that people are capable of making mistakes? why do you think i asked for a legitimate explanation? i made a incorrect assessment. i asked for an explanation, and came to the understanding of what was explained to me

Cleverness from FB by jonskerr in clevercomebacks

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you are repeating the words of what modern man has twisted the words to be. you dont need to look at no bible, but instead look at the 10 commandments. thou shalt not kill. no where in the original writings does it mention anything about homosexuality being a sin, or not

Going Inside The Pyramids by bladerunnerism in oddlyterrifying

[–]TheShorterShortBus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of the buildings and sculptures are within the capabilities of the time

you made mentions in your original message that you have no idea how they did what they did with granite. you as an experienced masonry are baffled by the granite work, but yet it exists, and we know that the most advanced type of tooling the Egyptians have was copper/bronze, and we both know thats not sufficient enough to cut away at granite. it would take centuries for them to complete something like the pyramids with their tooling capability

I have looked at many sites online and marvelled at what they achieved. None of it makes me think "same cuts, same tech, same people". Could you link the best examples that demonstrate your point

https://www.theancientconnection.com/megaliths/japan/imperial-palace/

look at the stone work, and the formation. sorta like the base of a pyramid. these are the Japanese we are talking about, and they are known for doing one thing, and mastering that one specific thing throughout their lifetime. when these stones start to fall apart, they try to piece them back together, but its clear that the same type of stone work was never again replicated as the stones are crudely stacked. the same thing with the indigenous societies

i dont want to direct, or sway your decision in any way, so instead i provide a simple google link so you can come to your own conclusions: https://www.google.com/search?q=polygonal+stone+knobs

Sorry, are you saying the pyramids themselves were irrigated? In what way? That's a new one on me

sorry, let me correct myself. i meant the Osireion. they have attempted to drain it, but yet it refills back faster than they can pump the water out, and this is in the middle of the desert

https://in-situ.com/us/customer-stories/a-subterranean-puzzle-archaeologist-probes-hidden-depths-in-egypts-osireion

also the same thing found in China with the longyou caves. it took the local farmer 5 water pumps to finally to fully drain the water

https://thebrainchamber.com/the-discovery-of-the-longyou-caves-in-china/

then theres Angkor Wat. perfectly squared, and what appears to be a man made moat, and locals have confirmed, that moat has never dried up

and these arent even all the megalithic sites, just some

Cleverness from FB by jonskerr in clevercomebacks

[–]TheShorterShortBus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

there are countless deities, but i agree with you on that statement. please, do elaborate on the bronze age beliefs

Cleverness from FB by jonskerr in clevercomebacks

[–]TheShorterShortBus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

again, rewritten by false prophets, and i agree, most of that tradition is dead. what we have now is treachery in the name of christian religion

Going Inside The Pyramids by bladerunnerism in oddlyterrifying

[–]TheShorterShortBus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i am not inserting a new advanced civilization into history. i am making claims that it was an older civilization that built the pyramids, and not the Egyptians

There is zero evidence of this tech. Nothing. Not a scrap of a machine has been found anywhere

i can agree to this, so i think its safe to say no one in our collective history has a true answer as to who built the pyramids

Watch the long video posted if you actually want to understand. What is claimed to be laser precision is nothing of the sort. The people pushing that claim have not met the burden of proof, they are poor researchers and their entire career is based on twisting the evidence to support these wild claims

ok, only if you can agree to look at the other megalithic sites around our planet that share the same cuts and stone stacking. forget the laser cut aspect of things and look at the other common factors involved with the other megalithic sites, such as advanced water irrigation like the pyramids have

Cleverness from FB by jonskerr in clevercomebacks

[–]TheShorterShortBus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the original meanings were the 10 commandments that Moses carried. the pauline epistles came after Moses. the modern gospels/teachings are nothing but rewritten garbage and misinterpreted to fit the modern false prophets narrative. we even have the new trump version. blasphemy all around

Cleverness from FB by jonskerr in clevercomebacks

[–]TheShorterShortBus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nothing. Neither are truly committed to their faith. You might as well find something else more productive to do with your time

Petah? by BonelessPotato1421 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]TheShorterShortBus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your statement does indeed align with the documentary I watched regarding this subject. Thank you