Lots of interesting news today

Well you don't have to focus on 100% of the 320 million. You focus on the voters for the next election. Relatively small group.

We spend hundreds of millions on research and polls, I cold probably figure out what the top 5-10 issues are for the vast majority, regardless of party affiliation.

I do understand what you are saying.....our pathetic governor caved a to known documented, corrupt do nothing organization (BLM) and marched with the ACAB crowd...agitator losers that don't vote....watched while the capital city was destroyed...yet he gets praise and re-elected. It is a strange world.
 
benXJ said:
I'm pretty center... I dislike everyone equally.
Now I dislike her...so good job nikki....I had hopes.
Its SOOO easy to just outline your platform with concrete ideas without pandering....5-10 steps to get us back on track. There are hundreds of issues that affect all of us daily. Just pick a few. The 'indian-immirant' thing is not gonna get her elected. If you have a rock solid plan and aren't an idiot and don't say stupid things and are firm and not flounder at debates you are automatically way ahead of the game, regardless of skin color.
We are never gonna get over the divide and 'racist' rhetoric until we stop mentioning skin color...she has one of the biggest platforms in the world to NOT talk about where you are from and what color you are.. Yet you make this decision. So anything she does from this point forward is questionable at best.

Might as well have biden up there chatting with corn pop.
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1. Your approach to how a campaign should be run and judged totally discounts the truth about the average american voter, and many do vote based on race and "a candidate that looks like me"

2. You admittedly now "Dislike" her because her campaign mentions her history and race. Regardless of what her platform is, you ain't gonna vote for her. And yet you just said the platform is paramount, and it's what you want to vote based on.

3. The ideal campaign would do what you ask with a clearly outlined platform, and a plan to make things better, but it certainly shouldn't throw away things that matter to large chunks of voters, because the opposition will take advantage of that.

4, You, specifically, should stop worrying about the box that says "New! Improved! Bigger Product Package! (same formula and volume)" Because you're proclaiming you want the best product, then insisting the package design isn't to your liking so you won't buy the product.
 
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2024 Jeep® Wrangler 4xe - Hybrid SUV Open Air Freedom

The 2024 Jeep® Wrangler 4xe combines the legendary capability and open-air freedom the Jeep Brand is known for with modern plug-in hybrid electric capability.
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So you can afford a $55k bare bones brick, but the federal government needs to subsidize it? Thank goodness they have the money just laying around to give away and are helping save the environment :rolleyes:

You know what's a hell of a lot more environmentally sensible? Subsidizing used car purchases instead of making more new cars that are full of plastic and crap from china and rare metals and batteries that we don't even have the capacity to properly recycle and dispose of.
 
jeepinmatt said:
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So you can afford a $55k bare bones brick, but the federal government needs to subsidize it? Thank goodness they have the money just laying around to give away and are helping save the environment :rolleyes:

You know what's a hell of a lot more environmentally sensible? Subsidizing used car purchases instead of making more new cars that are full of plastic and crap from china and rare metals and batteries that we don't even have the capacity to properly recycle and dispose of.
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Nah, let's subsidize turning in the old ones and pour glue in their engine blocks so people have to buy new ones. We've never done that before.
 
jeepinmatt said:
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So you can afford a $55k bare bones brick, but the federal government needs to subsidize it? Thank goodness they have the money just laying around to give away and are helping save the environment :rolleyes:

You know what's a hell of a lot more environmentally sensible? Subsidizing used car purchases instead of making more new cars that are full of plastic and crap from china and rare metals and batteries that we don't even have the capacity to properly recycle and dispose of.
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But that's always been the .gov playbook. Remember "Cash for Clunkers"? Take trade-ins of cars that people own out-right and drill holes in the block and fill up landfills with contaminated scrap metal just to give them a $3500 deposit on a new car that they can't afford the payments on because they are broke to begin with or have no job anyway. So guess what? Car gets repossessed, car they used to own out-right is in the shredder and their credit is now tanked. Better to have left alone.

And add to that, people got to thinking that all of their junk cars are now "magically" worth $3500 so the used car market shot up to where there were no cars available in the $1000-$2500 range.
 
jeepinmatt said:
You know what's a hell of a lot more environmentally sensible? Subsidizing used car purchases instead of making more new cars
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Yeah but that doesn't also prop up the economy.
 
skyhighZJ said:
www.jeep.com

2024 Jeep® Wrangler 4xe - Hybrid SUV Open Air Freedom

The 2024 Jeep® Wrangler 4xe combines the legendary capability and open-air freedom the Jeep Brand is known for with modern plug-in hybrid electric capability.
www.jeep.com
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I have a neighbor move in next door, a few months back. Lots of upgrades were done to the house, including a Charger for the man's Telsa. Wife & daughter, have regular cars. Daughters car, mostly sits. Last week, The Daughters older car & the Telsa, swapped places. The Telsa, hasn't moved in a week. Don't know them well enough to ask about it.
 
jeepinmatt said:
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So you can afford a $55k bare bones brick, but the federal government needs to subsidize it? Thank goodness they have the money just laying around to give away and are helping save the environment :rolleyes:

You know what's a hell of a lot more environmentally sensible? Subsidizing used car purchases instead of making more new cars that are full of plastic and crap from china and rare metals and batteries that we don't even have the capacity to properly recycle and dispose of.
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They are just oppressing the wealthy anyways. A lot of the people that can really actually afford most of these things don’t even qualify for the credit.
 
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Tile Adds Undetectable Anti-Theft Mode to Tracking Devices, With $1 Million Fine If Used for Stalking

AirTag competitor Tile today announced a new Anti-Theft Mode for Tile tracking devices, which is designed to make Tile accessories undetectable by the anti-stalking Scan and Secure feature. Scan and Secure is a security measure that Tile implemented in order to allow iPhone and Android users...
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This remind's me of the recent discussion about @77GreenMachine's buggy.

This is riddled with so many problems. Everybody is going to focus on LOLing at the impracticality and un-enforcable nature of that $1mil fine, while the bigger issue is the complete invasiveness and Big Brotherishness of proving ID & biometric info just to enable the key feature of why people want the devices to begin with.
 
RatLabGuy said:
forums.macrumors.com

Tile Adds Undetectable Anti-Theft Mode to Tracking Devices, With $1 Million Fine If Used for Stalking

AirTag competitor Tile today announced a new Anti-Theft Mode for Tile tracking devices, which is designed to make Tile accessories undetectable by the anti-stalking Scan and Secure feature. Scan and Secure is a security measure that Tile implemented in order to allow iPhone and Android users...
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This remind's me of the recent discussion about @77GreenMachine's buggy.

This is riddled with so many problems. Everybody is going to focus on LOLing at the impracticality and un-enforcable nature of that $1mil fine, while the bigger issue is the complete invasiveness and Big Brotherishness of proving ID & biometric info just to enable the key feature of why people want the devices to begin with.
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Back in the good ol days, if you wanted to track someone, you tossed a tracking collar in their car. Buddy of mine helped his friend catch a cheating wife with one. They rode all over town with the antenna hanging out the window until they found her. Joco back in the good ol days.
 
RatLabGuy said:
This is pretty interesting
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Physicists discover how to safely create star power on Earth

Princeton scientists find a new way to control nuclear fusion reactions.
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The potential for this tech is truly staggering and world changing, and 2030 is right around the corner, I really didn't think I'd be around to see how this kind of thing could change the world, But it looks like we might all get to witness it, if man kind survives it!
 
zuke said:
The potential for this tech is truly staggering and world changing, and 2030 is right around the corner, I really didn't think I'd be around to see how this kind of thing could change the world, But it looks like we might all get to witness it, if man kind survives it!
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Even though they say they can have a reactor in 2030, I'd assume that's still in a lab vs. an actual commercial power plant. But maybe by 2040?
 
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