The fact that we all pay $200+ just to pay our taxes when the government already knows or should know exactly what we owe is proof that our political system is purely run by bribery.
These scoundrels bribe our congressmen and Senators every single year while they rob the whole country blind.
While I haven't seen it reported anywhere I have 100% convinced myself that the USA has stealth drones providing air superiority to Ukraine.
If Putin likes to lie about war, I don't see why America shouldn't play by the same rules.
Oh... strange that limited anti-air missiles and obsolete aircraft are shooting down the world's second greatest air power to the point that their soldiers are exposed (to more American anti-tank missiles) on the ground.
I think the only limit to this strategy is that we have to make it seem somewhat believable that a small and old air force can really compete with the modern versions of their few airworthy planes.
Regardless, I love how Joe Biden lets Ukrainian politicians say they are 'left to fight on their own' when the highlight reals of blown up tanks and aircraft are largely achieved by American weapons.
Well.. actually Ukraine's people are the ones who are truly winning the war. The young professionals who never fired a gun in anger but are guarding the streets at night armed with an AK-47, all the way up to their president who will fight or die with his countrymen.
The Ukrainian people are an inspiration to the world and I'm proud that America is helping them, even if we have to sort of keep it on the downlow to avoid WW-3.
Glory to Ukraine.
At least your injuries will have a cool story behind them.
The best VR in the world pales in comparison to simple and affordable hobbies.
Just go outside already!
Despite this promise, the antiviral activity of ivermectin has not been consistently proven in vivo....
Test tubes aren't people or horses. There is a reason Ivermectin is not used to treat viruses in horses, only parasites.
But fine.. tell you what.. you show us all how you aren't a sheep by taking livestock medicine.
Originally developed for humans? Sure, but human doctors don't prescribe anti-parasitic drugs to treat viruses...
I'll stick with the vaccine and with drugs which have demonstrated effectiveness against Covid-19 in humans.
In mammals like human beings, or the horses whose medicine is being consumed by humans Ivermectin has no anti-viral efficacy in clinical trials.
It is anti-parasitic, not antiviral.
Ivermectin is a horse and livestock dewormer. My dog takes Ivermectin. She does not have covid, but is keeping heart worms away.
There is nothing political about the fact that you are completely fucking wrong.
Except of course that your specific ignorance on this topic was created by the republican party's deadly covid misinformation campaign.
Too bad the only people who can buy xboxes are resellers.
Oh well... hardly have any time for gaming these days anyway, and PC gaming roxors my soxors.
There is an awesome helicopter combat game on xbox. I play with my sweet joystick and throttle...
MS Flight Simulator is sweet too. I can fly between NYC skyscrapers with collision detection telling me if I'm as good a pilot as I think I am.
Still rocking an older i7, an Nvidia GTX 1080, and still maxing out most games' graphics settings..
I'll be buying this on my Switch, on my Xbox, and on my PC... I will wait for it to go on sale on one or more of those platforms, but I have a feeling Switch will be a day 1 purchase...
I do most of my gaming in bed right before I fall asleep, or if I'm stuck in an airplane or waiting room.
This is what it says for their $100 headphone amplifier - in my opinion the best at its low price point.
Designed and Built in Texas
By "designed and built in Texas" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Magni- chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc - goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. In the case of the Magni family, the chassis are made in California, the PCBs are made in Nevada, and it all comes together at our Corpus Christi, TX facility.
Intel makes a ton of chips in Arizona, so there is a good chance you typed your comment on a device with at least some American made chips. Your phone has American made chips from Texas Instruments, as does some dacs from Schiit.
Fun fact - China's chip manufacturing capabilities are less advanced than Taiwan or the USA.
Also, China can't build jet engines properly, but the USA, the UK, and others do it every and export these high end products around the world.
As far as more niche chips, Texas Instruments powers many TVs, cars, and and other consumer electronics in your homes.
I'm not sure what the point is of this fatalism.
There is a chip manufacturing plant near my house, built over a decade ago which is now doubling in size.
We have our problems as a country but we should really be looking at these supply chain issues as an opportunity to expand US based manufacturing.
There is truth to your comment, and that supply chains cross borders.
In fact Schiit is redesigning their products to compensate for the fact that the factory which produced their digital to analog converter burned down, is not scheduled to be rebuilt, and is the only source of that chip. So yes, supply chains are complicated.
But that chip is in products manufactured in China and in products from the US. And American products are able to compete on price and quality with their overseas competitors.
A niche example, but I also recently learned that Kayaks are no more expensive when produced in the USA either, and I've started seeing more companies building the us.
Do I see work moving the opposite direction? Sure, but to not to China so much as Central America.. which has alot of real benefits. As a supply chain, North and South America should be able to compete against China and win. Not only that, but when central Americans have real job prospects at home, they are less likely to risk their lives and their families to work menial low wage jobs in the USA.
No - really.. more and more things are available in the good old USA.. often for prices that are competitive with China.
Don't believe me? Lately I've been buying inexpensive hifi audio gear which is manufactured in the USA.
Russia will never have a real technology sector or economy as long as their primary export is cybercrime and extortion.
Sure, America pays a price for unsecure infrastructure.
But the price Russia pays for being a haven for cyber-criminals with almost no legitimate technology industry is far higher.
I'd rather have a legit paycheck than chase infrequent paydays from know criminals who may pay me, or may kill me. There is no honor among thieves.
How about, "enforcing terms of service" for their website, which you are not required to use.
Another phrase would be "Free Speech" for the owner of the website, and free speech for any website that you own or welcomes your comments.
Trump was removed from Twitter for inciting a violent insurrection, but he now has a blog where he pathetically continues to spread the same lies and sore loser propaganda that he used to inspire his violent insurrection.
This is exactly what I'm talking about.
Trump wasn't censored because he can use his own website, and Twitter wasn't censored by being forced by the government to carry Trump's violent insurrection propaganda.
When Twitter doesn't allow you to use their platform as a megaphone for misinformation, that is not censorship. You are still free to post your misinformation on your own website.
When the Indian police show up to tell you what can and can't be on your website that is censorship. You aren't free to just create another website for your speech. You already have a website. It's the one that the police are trying to exert control over.
To see slashdotters actively praising government censorship of websites is deeply troubling.
Seriously people get a grip. I don't like or use Twitter, but they have a right to use their website how they see fit, just like the rest of us do.
The goal of the armed insurrection Trump incited was to prevent Joe Biden from rightfully assuming the Presidency after he won the 2020 election.
Trump's insurrection was armed, and killed a police officer, severely injuring several others.
Trump's insurrection actually did temporarily block American democracy from peacefully transferring power to the winner of the 2020 election.
Even the Confederacy never achieved what Trump's insurrection did in the civil war, so Trump and his confederate flag waving ilk can be proud of that if they want. But they need to go to prison. all of them. for a long time.
This is the most serious crime in American history.
Lock Him Up.
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