u/qaz — qaz

That's the point. Dumping US bonds on the market lowers their price, forcing the US to renegotiate at a higher interest rate.

When aquaman is the only buyer, the US is fucked due to their enormous debt.

The find out phase took it's time

It seems highly unlikely for this to pass. There are so many bills being proposed but often it's not actually relevant since it's going nowhere.

...protest in Europe about a war in Asia?

I don't think the Middle East is part of Asia

EDIT: I'm stupid “Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia.”

It got overwhelmed due to the large quantity of projectiles afaik

That will give them an excuse to just bomb them

People who support collective punishment deserve collective punishment.

So you deserve collective punishment?

“The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused,”

They were literally shooting in their direction, not making them wait a little longer at some checkpoint.

Video of incident (sorry for the X link but I can't find an alternative right now)

Just gamble on what they ban next, that way they have to ban banning stuff

I don't know but maybe it explains why it's impossible to not use either AWS or Azure at work.

He fucked over the UK so bad with brexit, and people still want to vote for him.

US Citizens have been getting deported, we're far past that already.

For the people who don't know who he is

Ben-Gvir is a settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, whose "political background lies in Kahanism - a violently racist movement that supports the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands". He has a long history of anti-Arab activism leading to dozens of indictments and at least eight convictions of crimes including incitement to racism and support for, as well as possession of propaganda of, a terrorist organization (the now illegal political party Kach). As a lawyer, he is known for defending Jews accused of Jewish extremist terrorism on trial in Israel.

(Wikipedia)

And he is also elected (not by the people, but elected nontheless)

Just ask for ID like alcohol

Yes, energy drinks shouldn't be sold to children. An age limit that prevents selling to people below 16 seems like a good idea to me.

I still somewhat struggle to explain to myself why he won.

I've considered it being a protest vote, not one with a clear goal or particular signal in mind, but just as a F you to whomever was in power, but that doesn't explain why people worship him.

I've considered it being a result of conspiracy theories and his ability to use those to his advantage by occasionally partial recognizing them and playing along with the story, but that doesn't explain why over half the country would vote for him.

I've considered it being a consequence of Moscow trying to destabilize the US by supporting a candidate that is easily bought or manipulated. Although there definitely has been some interference, believing it to be effective to an extent of swaying the elections seems almost like wishful thinking at this point.

In the end, I'm still not entirely sure what it is. Maybe you're right and it's really that simple.

Trump has won again, despite how he acted last time.

This is referring to the plans to create digital euro with GNU Taler, right?

GNU Taler (Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Resources) is a new secure electronic payment system based on open standards, free software, and advanced cryptography. GNU Taler provides privacy guarantees to the buyer while offering the possibility to audit merchants, making sale incomes transparent and fraud difficult. To online merchants and retailers, GNU Taler offers instant transaction clearance without risks of fake payment methods. Computations needed to clear the payments are efficient and scalable so that banks can pass on lower transaction costs to consumers and merchants. Consumers can withdraw money from their existing bank account into their GNU Taler wallet, detaching their spending habits from scrutiny, in the way cash does.

The NGI TALER project is funded under Horizon Europe (Pilots for the Next Generation Internet) with the aim of bringing GNU Taler to market across Europe.

Source: taler.net

They're planning on using GNU Taler afaik

• https://www.taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html

• https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls-cs/6904