The Donald vs Big Tech

[Eoin McLove]

What happened to two weeks? The man is just on another planet. I agree that the MAGA brigade will be all for it, as with every fucking nutty thing he does, but I wonder about more moderate Republicans and centrists.

[Emphyrio]

Well, the ones who bought into his proposed isolationism must feel pretty thick right now. The MAGA morons will always be happy to be pulled along by their snouts.

[Sworntothecans]

Trump standards are just whether it has negative repercussions for him personally, which this may not. I presume there has already been a wave of MAGA who were isolationists up until yesterday but have suddenly seen the light about why this strike was "necessary"/"beneficial"?

AIPAC strikes again.

[Born of Fire]

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250622-israel-iran-war-day-10-us-has-struck-three-iranian-nuclear-sites-usa-bombing

Iran looking to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil shipping lane. Get ready to be shafted at the petrol pumps... "overwhelming success" indeed

[Carnage]

It went up by 5c overnight at my local petrol station. Christ knows what it'll be next week.

[The Heretic]

I've just bought some home heating oil before the proverbial hits the fan

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

THE US EMBASSY in Dublin is tightening its visa requirements, saying that future applicants looking to visit the country will be required to divulge "all social media usernames or handles of every platform they have used from the last five years" on their visa application form.

The embassy also said that it wants people to set their social media profiles to public, reiterating a move announced last week by the US State Department.

https://www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-changes-6740830-Jun2025/

Wonder if that requirement would include this forum? 

[The Heretic]

I wonder how that would actually work in practice, how would they join those dots without the social media companies handing over all your data so they can cross reference? Plus as BSC stated there are loads of forums out there such a this one. What I would be concerned about is having to hand over your phone on entry, fuck that, that's N Korea stuff, simplest solution = stay at home or visit elsewhere.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evm4t4prtWo

[The Heretic]

Yep, so many angles to it all!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Absolutely! I'm working back through some of the other videos from that channel with relevance to what's going down at the moment.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It went up by 5c overnight at my local petrol station. Christ knows what it'll be next week.

He's on it, no need to fret:

[The Great Cull]

Our local kerosene supplier put 70 euro on a 1000 litres today. I must tell Donald about them. They can expect a bunker buster in 2 weeks.... or tomorrow.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

On the other hand, we're surely closer to nuclear annihilation than we have been since the Cuban missile crisis, so oil prices may be something we won't have to worry about!

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

You just beat me to that one. How in the name of fuck does this man keep doing stupider shit?