But they knew the ramifications of the job when they accepted it.

FFS this isn’t some factory job where you punch in and out. If you can’t have your precious vacation interrupted for the sake of the nation you should find another job

The brexit folks will point at this.

They had this surveillance, on a far greater scale, in communist countries like East Germany so it isn’t just about capitalism.

So the EU made everyone put endless cookie acceptance popups up in the name of “privacy” then turns around and flagrantly violates it in the name of “protecting children”. In the US the only thing that isn’t done in the name of “protecting children” is gun regulation.

They made their final downloads of our data.

50% water

This is like something out of a third world country. “Here is some cheap gas so keep supporting me.”

We can pickle that.

At least Nixon did some good things (EPA, opened up to China).

I think it goes from disgust and hatred to embarassment, forced acceptance and ego defense (don’t admit you were wrong).

He’ll still have fans after he is gone, just like there are old men who still pine for Stalin and Hitler.

He actually threatened our biggest ally and biggest border for no reason at all. Totally nuts.

Reagan was crazy enough to sit down and work with people like Tip O’Neil (democrat speaker of the house). I can’t imagine any republican doing that now.

I say people like Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes seeded the culture that led to the modern right wing.

Oh it was all over the tech news. Reddit was trying to guess the mystery company that got the massive bill.

Just mark everything it produces as perfect

This is from 2023. Rhode Island.

https://abc7chicago.com/post/cranston-rhode-island-city-councilman-matthew-reilly/13271785/

This is for cars where everything is being put on touchscreens so you have to take your eyes off of the road to control it?

I’d rather have the option for a factory installed dashcam or at least a mount for me to install one.