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Pringles

@ Pringles @lemm.ee

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  • The Economist: Trump administration “fed up” with Europe’s efforts to strengthen Ukraine

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  • What kind of moronic idea is this? How does giving away the most coveted technology help Europe in any way?

  • Von der Leyen says it's OK to purchase weapons from US

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  • Yes, this is the sane take on this. Some weapon systems and ammunition are simply not available from European weapons manufacturers. Buying from the US is sometimes the only option until a European variant has been developed. It's not as if the European MIC is going to catch up with all modern warfare technology in a matter of months. It takes years to develop a working system (like an MLRS for intercepting ballistic missiles) and some more years to set up a robust supply chain and start producing.

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    Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates

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  • In order to forget, one must first have remembered something, so probably no.

  • ‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailout | Trump administration | The Guardian

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  • I can see how some tariffs might help us compete with Mexico but are we really getting targeted by every other country or are we on the wrong side of this?

    Waw, just... I can't even...

  • JD Vance says Europe should have done more to stop Iraq War

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  • Are they going to rename the freedom fries to vassal fries now?

    The cognitive dissonance of this guy is unbelievable.

  • Posts on /r/buyfromEU shows European apps, including Voyager for Lemmy

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  • Sync is Spanish? Huh, I always assumed British or american based on the devs handle

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  • Yeah, for the EU, China will have to open up its economy for open and fair competition, get rid of its IP sharing requirements and stop manipulating the Renminbi to keep it artificially low. Even then it should be quota based to stop them from dumping practices to take out local competitors.

  • Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings

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  • Not expulsion, there is no mechanism for that. Voting right suspension and no cohesion funds are the maximum punishment possible under the EU constitution. That would require ratification by all other members though, so as long as there is one government (Slovakia being the most likely) blocking that, not much happens. That wouldn't make the point moot to take those steps. Governments change and the groundwork can already be laid for it, or pressure piled on the blocking countries.

  • Zuckerberg’s 2012 email dubbed “smoking gun” at Meta monopoly trial

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  • There is no way that will happen. Zuck bet large on Trump precisely for stuff like this. The FTC will be disbanded if they try to force this. More likely is that whoever doesn't do Trumps bidding will be fired until they find someone who does.

  • Salvadoran president says he won’t return wrongly deported man to U.S.

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  • And then what? He will just ignore them, then stack the courts if not simply replace the SC judges. Who is going to stop him at this point? He got away with every single crime in his life, of which there are too many to count. He's ignoring court orders and ruling by illegal executive orders. Nothing but an armed insurrection is going to stop him now.

    This ship has sailed and won't change course without a mutiny.

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  • Ban engagement driven algorithms!

  • China calls US a ‘joke’ as it raises tariff for final time

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  • This graph probably not, but it's one of the reasons why south east asian countries like Vietnam also got slapped with hefty tariffs. Not to mention the nefarious Penguin Kingdom.

  • America is fucked

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  • Yes

  • China is wooing Europe with technology, investments - and a smile. But anyone who looks behind China's rhetoric will recognize the conditions: no criticism, no questions, no objections.

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  • I think the EU has largely abandoned the high road with the moralizing finger and just focuses on navigating this world without imploding or tearing itself apart. The moral high ground hardly changed the world for the better so better to just focus on what's required for your own stability and prosperity.

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  • Trump can raise them to 1000% and China won't care too much. It will hurt, sure, but China has all the cards. They've been preparing for this since Trump v1.0 and know exactly where to hit the US. And they have already proceeded with a surgical strike you don't read much about. It's not a tariff increase, it's more a bureaucratic measure. They sent all US buyers of certain rare earth metals required for high tech electronics to the back of the queue of buyers. Not an outright block, just "extra investigation" required before rubber-stamping the export, indefinitely if need be.

  • Von der Leyen offers Trump 'zero-for-zero' tariffs deal on all industrial goods

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  • Carrot or stick. Even Trump should be able to understand the choice laid out before him. Whether he cares is something else, being so disconnected from anything resembling reality or sanity.

  • Trump says he doesn't want stocks to go down, 'but sometimes you have to take medicine'

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  • Mortal enemies

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  • Our tabbie cat loves biting my wifes ankles when she is working, preferably when she's in a meeting and talking. We call her (the cat) little Satan for a reason.

  • Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies

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  • We'll take any scientist, nurse and IT pro without a second thought.