Stephen Dee
@alafrosty.bsky.social
Controverted Counter-culture social commentary and counterpoints • Altruist.• Business PhD • MBA • U.of.Toronto Engineer • Eng-Sci
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Stephen Dee
@alafrosty.bsky.social
· Mar 12
The ability of Federal Democrats to do anything in congress has waned below "improbable" to "impossible." Democrats should give up on congress and start recruiting state governors to launch suit against the federal government, then submit amicus briefs in those cases. Use the courts, Obi-Wan!
"The American people don't make any money if Ukrainians don't prosper."
One might ask why America feels that it should benefit from Ukrainian natural resources?
www.reuters.com/world/us-ukr...
One might ask why America feels that it should benefit from Ukrainian natural resources?
www.reuters.com/world/us-ukr...
US-Ukraine minerals deal is economic partnership, signal to Russia, Bessent says
The U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal is a full economic partnership that will allow President Donald Trump to negotiate with Russia on a stronger basis, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"The American people don't make any money if Ukrainians don't prosper."
One might ask why America feels that it should benefit from Ukrainian natural resources?
www.reuters.com/world/us-ukr...
One might ask why America feels that it should benefit from Ukrainian natural resources?
www.reuters.com/world/us-ukr...
Remember, it's important to shoot the messenger. But wait until the fire department is fighting nine other fires that you started so that people really don't notice. Added bonus for including a few people, whom you don't like, amidst some of those fires.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz expected to depart administration, sources say | CNN Politics
National security adviser Mike Waltz is expected to depart from the Trump administration in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, the first major staff shakeup since the pres...
www.cnn.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Remember, it's important to shoot the messenger. But wait until the fire department is fighting nine other fires that you started so that people really don't notice. Added bonus for including a few people, whom you don't like, amidst some of those fires.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/p...
I tried out a #Newegg AI PC Builder feature and, like all the AI products I've attempted to use, it is hot garbage that is a complete waste of time. This junk is not ready for mainstream and attempting to use it, today, is just asking for disaster. There is a future in AI, but it is not here, now.
April 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I tried out a #Newegg AI PC Builder feature and, like all the AI products I've attempted to use, it is hot garbage that is a complete waste of time. This junk is not ready for mainstream and attempting to use it, today, is just asking for disaster. There is a future in AI, but it is not here, now.
I got to feel this rocking Seattle a tiny bit. I suspect that most people slept through it. It was pretty subtle.
March 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I got to feel this rocking Seattle a tiny bit. I suspect that most people slept through it. It was pretty subtle.
Anyone who thinks that government can create a regulatory framework that actually protects "investors" has absolutely no idea how crypto-currencies actually work and the impossibility of attempting to chase down stolen funds that have moved out of a jurisdiction.
www.forbes.com/sites/beccab...
www.forbes.com/sites/beccab...
U.S. Flips The Crypto Script With Regulatory Clarity And Focus
Policymakers have rolled out a national cryptocurrency framework that could bolster the U.S. to cement its position as a global leader in blockchain innovation.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Anyone who thinks that government can create a regulatory framework that actually protects "investors" has absolutely no idea how crypto-currencies actually work and the impossibility of attempting to chase down stolen funds that have moved out of a jurisdiction.
www.forbes.com/sites/beccab...
www.forbes.com/sites/beccab...
Chinese consumers slowed buying non-Chinese EVs and drove Jeep out of China due to the effectiveness of cultural boycotts. DJT ushered in a US isolationist approach that will take decades to fully undo in China. If the aim was to launch a WW, then mission accomplished.
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on Tuesday said it is investigating Google on suspicion of violating antitrust laws.
apnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Chinese consumers slowed buying non-Chinese EVs and drove Jeep out of China due to the effectiveness of cultural boycotts. DJT ushered in a US isolationist approach that will take decades to fully undo in China. If the aim was to launch a WW, then mission accomplished.
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
After the king annexes Canada, will he deport all the Canadians (aka "border-jumping illegal immigrants") to Jordan and Egypt?
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump insists Egypt, Jordan will take Gazans
US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that Egypt and Jordan would take in displaced Gazans, despite the two Arab nations dismissing his plan to move Palestinians from the territory.
www.france24.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
After the king annexes Canada, will he deport all the Canadians (aka "border-jumping illegal immigrants") to Jordan and Egypt?
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
The phrase "US foreign aid" sounds like the US is simply giving money and arms to allies (c.f. Israel and Egypt), but most of the money is spent on US, companies, workers and resources to project soft power globally. Stopping US foreign aid is a defacto surrender of America's SuperPower status.
January 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The phrase "US foreign aid" sounds like the US is simply giving money and arms to allies (c.f. Israel and Egypt), but most of the money is spent on US, companies, workers and resources to project soft power globally. Stopping US foreign aid is a defacto surrender of America's SuperPower status.
The Jenkins Dash:
Passing as innumerable ridiculous and inane executive orders in order to procedurally overwhelm Congress with undoing them all, and meanwhile undertaking the looting of government finance, authority, and democracy for personal gain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_ga...
Passing as innumerable ridiculous and inane executive orders in order to procedurally overwhelm Congress with undoing them all, and meanwhile undertaking the looting of government finance, authority, and democracy for personal gain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_ga...
Gish gallop - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Jenkins Dash:
Passing as innumerable ridiculous and inane executive orders in order to procedurally overwhelm Congress with undoing them all, and meanwhile undertaking the looting of government finance, authority, and democracy for personal gain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_ga...
Passing as innumerable ridiculous and inane executive orders in order to procedurally overwhelm Congress with undoing them all, and meanwhile undertaking the looting of government finance, authority, and democracy for personal gain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_ga...
IMO, kicking tiktok to the kerb is good for humanity and could've been good for democracy. If only it could've been done when it mattered, and not now that the die is cast.
#ItCantHappenHere
#ItCantHappenHere
January 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
IMO, kicking tiktok to the kerb is good for humanity and could've been good for democracy. If only it could've been done when it mattered, and not now that the die is cast.
#ItCantHappenHere
#ItCantHappenHere
Dearest People of Interwebz:
Note is no longer need to use president elect's middle initial. Hereafter, please refer to future US POTUS, by him official elected title:
Darth Trump
Thank you
Senator Orkin
US committee for patriation of every non-American Site [USCFPENAS]
Note is no longer need to use president elect's middle initial. Hereafter, please refer to future US POTUS, by him official elected title:
Darth Trump
Thank you
Senator Orkin
US committee for patriation of every non-American Site [USCFPENAS]
January 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Dearest People of Interwebz:
Note is no longer need to use president elect's middle initial. Hereafter, please refer to future US POTUS, by him official elected title:
Darth Trump
Thank you
Senator Orkin
US committee for patriation of every non-American Site [USCFPENAS]
Note is no longer need to use president elect's middle initial. Hereafter, please refer to future US POTUS, by him official elected title:
Darth Trump
Thank you
Senator Orkin
US committee for patriation of every non-American Site [USCFPENAS]
My 5 year global auto market prognostications:
- NO Nissan + Honda but Honda buys Mitsubishi
- Toyota acquires Subaru
- Stellantis bankrupt and Jeep -> {Ford or GM} & Renault buys scraps
- GM pwns Kia & Hyundai
- Ford pwns Mazda & buys out Toyota
- VW acquires BMW
www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...
- NO Nissan + Honda but Honda buys Mitsubishi
- Toyota acquires Subaru
- Stellantis bankrupt and Jeep -> {Ford or GM} & Renault buys scraps
- GM pwns Kia & Hyundai
- Ford pwns Mazda & buys out Toyota
- VW acquires BMW
www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...
Honda and Nissan are looking to merge. Who’s next? | CNN Business
Automakers Honda and Nissan are the latest automakers to be talking about merging. They probably won’t be the last.
www.cnn.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My 5 year global auto market prognostications:
- NO Nissan + Honda but Honda buys Mitsubishi
- Toyota acquires Subaru
- Stellantis bankrupt and Jeep -> {Ford or GM} & Renault buys scraps
- GM pwns Kia & Hyundai
- Ford pwns Mazda & buys out Toyota
- VW acquires BMW
www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...
- NO Nissan + Honda but Honda buys Mitsubishi
- Toyota acquires Subaru
- Stellantis bankrupt and Jeep -> {Ford or GM} & Renault buys scraps
- GM pwns Kia & Hyundai
- Ford pwns Mazda & buys out Toyota
- VW acquires BMW
www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...
@passionflakie.bsky.social Happy Western New Year. I hope you're doing okay.
January 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@passionflakie.bsky.social Happy Western New Year. I hope you're doing okay.
I discovered a "Damp January" movement that's cutting down on alcohol consumption.
I need to get ahead of this trend so I'll hereby propose a sanity-based "Million Moist Moms March" for all the parents who need to remain off the wagon through the first quarter of 2025.
www.npr.org/2025/01/01/g...
I need to get ahead of this trend so I'll hereby propose a sanity-based "Million Moist Moms March" for all the parents who need to remain off the wagon through the first quarter of 2025.
www.npr.org/2025/01/01/g...
January 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I discovered a "Damp January" movement that's cutting down on alcohol consumption.
I need to get ahead of this trend so I'll hereby propose a sanity-based "Million Moist Moms March" for all the parents who need to remain off the wagon through the first quarter of 2025.
www.npr.org/2025/01/01/g...
I need to get ahead of this trend so I'll hereby propose a sanity-based "Million Moist Moms March" for all the parents who need to remain off the wagon through the first quarter of 2025.
www.npr.org/2025/01/01/g...
I watched Dark City in theatrical release in 1998 and didn't like it. I rewatched it last night after seeing a bunch of recommendations for it. And I still thought that it was ridiculous. I've suspended my disbelief for a lot of inane dreck and silliness but Dark City was a world too far.
January 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I watched Dark City in theatrical release in 1998 and didn't like it. I rewatched it last night after seeing a bunch of recommendations for it. And I still thought that it was ridiculous. I've suspended my disbelief for a lot of inane dreck and silliness but Dark City was a world too far.
A Honda+Nissan merger makes no sense for Honda. If Honda wants Mitsubishi, it could purchase them from Renault without acquiring the rest of the Nissan. And if Honda did actually merge with Nissan, would that make it part of the Renault group? I can't see how that would benefit Honda's brand at all.
December 25, 2024 at 1:33 AM
A Honda+Nissan merger makes no sense for Honda. If Honda wants Mitsubishi, it could purchase them from Renault without acquiring the rest of the Nissan. And if Honda did actually merge with Nissan, would that make it part of the Renault group? I can't see how that would benefit Honda's brand at all.
Drop-bear kills Virginia hunter after being shot
Was the hunter a health insurance company CEO?
Anyone remember "News of The Weird?" #NewsOfTheWeird
Or maybe this should be #InstantKarma?
www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-r...
Was the hunter a health insurance company CEO?
Anyone remember "News of The Weird?" #NewsOfTheWeird
Or maybe this should be #InstantKarma?
www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-r...
www.accuweather.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Drop-bear kills Virginia hunter after being shot
Was the hunter a health insurance company CEO?
Anyone remember "News of The Weird?" #NewsOfTheWeird
Or maybe this should be #InstantKarma?
www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-r...
Was the hunter a health insurance company CEO?
Anyone remember "News of The Weird?" #NewsOfTheWeird
Or maybe this should be #InstantKarma?
www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-r...
Thank you for gracing me with your judgement. I feel honoured.
December 9, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Thank you for gracing me with your judgement. I feel honoured.
Or it's a good cyberpunk novel, but you just haven't gotten to the part where the aliens reveal themselves yet.
December 8, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Or it's a good cyberpunk novel, but you just haven't gotten to the part where the aliens reveal themselves yet.
Hi. I just got here. Are there drinks in the kitchen?
December 4, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Hi. I just got here. Are there drinks in the kitchen?