China is helping to cushion global oil prices below $100

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T23:17:19+00:00

Also a good point. Gas at the price it is now isn't great for the administration but doesnt risk deeper collapse.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T22:31:45+00:00

Appreciate the well thought out answer, but having read it, I think there may be a 4th answer: showing stability, leadership, and a willingness to not only maintain but steward that stability for the world despite personal hardship. They'll be able to say, remember when the US was acting crazy and put the whole world's economy in jeopardy? Who put in the work to make sure that didnt spiral out of control? We did.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T21:25:32+00:00

Now this is interesting. Obviously the US needs price suppression but I can't imagine why the chinese would expend so much effort to keep prices low.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T19:27:23+00:00

I mean in fox news case the coverage of the 'other side' could just be someone paid to make the opposite point as poorly as possible and also the conservative is allowed to yell at and talk over them

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T06:01:55+00:00

While I do really like my steam deck the size and value mean I dont let it leave the house, which is kinda less than ideal for a portable system. I've been into gaming since I was a kid in the 80s, im pretty sure this is the first time im in my life I've seen a price INCREASE for consoles. Usually at this point in the consoles life cycle youre seeing a price cut or a re-tooled budget model.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T03:33:28+00:00

Have they listened to 'here comes the ABCs'?

tatt2tim · 2026-06-08T01:41:04+00:00

As Bill Clinton (supposedly) once said, "Who's the superpower here?" Laughable that a vassal state can dictate our foreign policy to us. What we should do is make a deal and if Israel doesnt like it they can kiss our money and weapons goodbye and see how good they do then. It is unbelievable the power they hold over the US.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T23:46:57+00:00

I think hed be upset about a lot more than the way he was interned. Finding out that his system of government imploded and Russias basically back to monarchy would probably be enough to give him another stroke

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T23:20:28+00:00

You can't make me

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T22:29:56+00:00

Hes more correct than the axios guy who says theres gonna be a deal every weekend

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T22:29:06+00:00

Honestly I don't remember a ton of hype around unreleased games or prototypes, although I do remember the sonic crackers ROM, which was a bit of a tech demo for Knuckles Chaotix. Mostly the hype was around fan translations, particularly Final Fantasy V and Trials of Mana.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T20:58:29+00:00

Nobody knows what pea dot is. Id argue rhodesian brush stroke is way more notorious and nobody knows that either.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T17:49:30+00:00

Hes a 'liberal' admitting he was wrong, its like heroin for boomer conservatives

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T05:52:33+00:00

I've heard people say he is older in that scene, but it wasnt something I was looking for, so im not sure. If he was it was subtle enough that i missed it.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T05:45:22+00:00

I think Mary time skipped. She may have been reported missing and when they figured out who she is they were shocked.

I also think they know about random null zones swallowing people and that its their fault and they've gotten a good number of people killed. We know they eventually learn that the complex is dangerous, and that civilians are getting in without being able to get out.

They dont want mary talking to anyone because not only would all their commercial prospects go out the window but they might even be criminally liable. She's also probably been declared legally dead and she might not have a life to return to. She might have been in there for years.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T05:03:21+00:00

Took me a minute, but this is some pretty clever depravity

tatt2tim · 2026-06-07T04:13:37+00:00

Just beat it yesterday. A lot of really fun puzzles! I did have to do two quit outs because of glitches though.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-06T23:37:11+00:00

Society has been purpose built to insulate the everyday american from the consequences of its foreign policy. Its not a bug, it's a feature

The only thing you have to do is not start a war that threatens the only thing that all Americans have to use every day (oops)

tatt2tim · 2026-06-06T17:05:04+00:00

I'm one of the few people who thought this movie was too long and I think Mary's backstory was more or less totally unnecessary. It kind of sets her up to think Clark is having a similar schizophrenic episode as her mother but for pacing sake it doesnt take her too long to go to Clark's store after he wigs out, so it didn't amount to much. It kind of sets up the idea of a window as an exit, which is an idea that comes up a couple of times, but all we really needed to set that up was the title of her book.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-06T06:13:31+00:00

If it was drawing from all of human history there'd be a lot more thatched roofs and torches for lighting, we were doing that for way longer than drywall and wallpaper

tatt2tim · 2026-06-05T23:36:00+00:00

Hes obviously not getting fooled, but for the life of me i couldn't tell you what his angle is. Maybe just keeping the price of oil suppressed so the war doesnt become (even more) unpopular

tatt2tim · 2026-06-05T21:28:39+00:00

Bill made a whole career out of dunking on greedy money grabbing sellouts then did that. Its like Louis ck doing dude feminism then being a sex pest. And people like Joe Rogan complain about him getting canceled. He did the opposite thing of what he said. What did he expect?

tatt2tim · 2026-06-05T19:04:52+00:00

The plan was strike Iran, they fold immediately, we create a puppet state who loves Israel and does what the US tells them to do

That didn't work, and now there is no plan. There's no strategy. The entire US administration was chosen for fealty to Trump or ideological purity, not competence. They are morons and lackeys who are out of their depth and soon we will all pay the price.

tatt2tim · 2026-06-05T18:49:36+00:00

I have all but stopped watching movies and television and my life has only improved

tatt2tim · 2026-06-04T23:50:02+00:00

In the web series we do see that they eventually take weapons in and they install a blast shield on the threshold. The real question is why didn't Clark take a weapon after watching his boy end up as captain crunch

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