"The largest spending items, the reason we're in trouble is because over 74 percent of federal spending is on autopilot-- mandatory spending, that is your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and things like Social Security-- they have to be adjusted and fixed. We have a plan to do that next year, and it's critical, because we're at $40 trillion plus in debt because of Dummkopf Trumpf's Big Beautiful Bill and the unconstitutional and expensive war against Iran that we're fighting on Israel's behalf. At some point you get into a hole so deep you can't climb out of it, so desperate times call for desperate measures, which will of course affect America's poor, sick, elderly, and vulnerable, and not the super-wealthy."

Is this aiming for satire and failing, or is it deliberately trying to be self-sabotaging satire by mixing a real quote with a fake one? It looks a lot like the latter.

"They are discussing how to divvy up their neighbors including Taiwan, parts of Russia, former Russian states, and India, Indonesia, and eventually Japan and the ME, if there's anything left of it."

You forgot Poland.

With the level of competence this admin has been displaying, we'll probably end up with the Chagas Islands.

It only makes sense if you believe in the "burn it all down" philosophy.

It also reminds me of an old joke about a guy who keeps hitting himself with a hammer, and when people ask why he does it, he replies "it feels so good when I stop!"

I thought this was going to be about the mobile version of this site, which is even more limited.

Many users here suspect that rcade gave up on the site years ago, maybe around the time Matt appeared to sell or completely outsource his. If it wasn't for those of us who still post here regularly, this place would be indistinguishable from the old zombie websites, like tribe.net was towards the end of its life.

"Waiting for swastika threads?"

Oh, are you requesting some? I've probably started more swastika threads (about its actual wider use) in response to knobs who keep being bringing it up as if it's some sort of insult that they think annoys me. If find this hilarious. And they're still more useful and less spammy than threads based on "AI-queries".

If you want to use AI to research something and then go ahead and start topic about it, then kudos to you, but if you're going to present it as a "Query to AI", then you've opened the door to making the topic at least partially about that.

I've seen YouTube channels that are basically about nothing more than what "A.I." says about current event topics. It's obviously fun toy for people who've discovered it for the first time, but if you look deeper, a lot of the 'analysis' is just a conglomeration of social media posts from reddit and Facebook, and it's definitely biased towards whatever comes to the top of current search engine algorithms.

Sorry, but threads which are based on AI queries are even more bottom of the barrel than ones linking to reddit or solely a YouTube video and nothing else.

"AI-designed"

*rolls eyes*

Anything that even tangentially uses computer-based statistical algorithms is now being marketed as AI-designed.

I'm surprised that anything with the word "screw" in it still makes it past the regex filter.

"More AI:"

First time?

"the left hasn't seen a social issue they won't throw money at"

This is a hyperbolic generalization, but it is often true, although both parties love to throw money at special interests that keep them in power. The left generally focuses on subsidizing one set of public goods and services, while the right focuses more on subsidizing military, law enforcement and corporate infrastructures. In a civilized society, we need all of those things, not just one or the other.

"Oh man!
Empathy sucks!
Helping others sucks!
Fighting for equity and equality for all is the worst!"

This, on the other hand, is 100% straw man.

"You know that thing."

"I couldn't care less about points."

Sure, bucko. That's why you're reflexively jumping to the defense of a certain poster who claimed "Very Little is understood about its spread and Persistence" when you know very well that isn't true.

"But sure. It wouldn't at all be disruptive it ever got here and there's no worry anyway"

I never said nor implied that. It would be horribly devastating to anyone who came into close physical contact with someone who is heavily symptomatic. Because it's both not airborne and not spread by asymptomatic carriers, it's still not going to spread as fast or as far as Covid did, and it's absurd to suggest it would.

"because you're more likely to catch HIV at a truck stop..."

Statistically, you're far more likely to come into close physical contact with someone at a truck stop who's infected with HIV than Ebola. (Both generally, and you specifically.)

Will the sun rise tomorrow?"

"There should be word limits to cut back on this type of thing."

Is it making your job more difficult, comrade?

No large Ebola outbreaks have ever occurred in a developed country, and it's extremely unlikely to happen. There were a number of cases when people traveled from West Africa during the massive epidemic in 2014-2016, but they were contained almost immediately, preventing any widespread community transmission. There's no way it's going to be as widespread as an airborne disease.

But hey, keep trying to score points on the internet. There are at least two trolls who are grateful to you for that.

The original claim I responded to was:

"It's wildly Contagious. Very Little is understood about its spread and Persistence.
A much more dangerous Pandemic than Covid if it became widespread."

For some reason, JPW has decided to double down on Footposer's behalf.

The original claim I responded to was:

"It's wildly Contagious. Very Little is understood about its spread and Persistence.
A much more dangerous Pandemic than Covid if it became widespread."

For some reason, JPW has decided double down on Footposer's behalf.

By comparison, the 30% rate *for smallpox* is considered very high

"While Ebola has an extremely high mortality rate, it is not wildly contagious. It requires direct physical contact or fluid transfer from someone who is already symptomatic. So yes, it's gruesome and scary, but also much more likely to be contained and isolated."

My quote perfectly summarizes the reality of the virus. Ebola is terrifying because of what it does to the human body, but its biological traits make it much easier to bottle up and stop than a respiratory virus.

The average mortality rate is around 50%, which is extremely high. By comparison, the 30% rate is considered very high, and the 1-3% mortality rate of Covid-19 is low to moderate.

Ebola cannot travel through the air. You cannot catch it simply by sitting near someone or walking past them in public. The virus only spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids.

The Main Risk Groups: Because of how it spreads, the disease rarely causes massive global pandemics. Instead, outbreaks are usually limited to healthcare workers and family members who care for the sick without protective gear, or people attending traditional funerals that involve touching the deceased.

The Golden Rule of Ebola: A person infected with Ebola is not contagious during the incubation period. They can only pass the virus to others after they start showing visible symptoms, like a fever, body aches, vomiting, or bleeding.

You're more likely to catch HIV at a truck stop.

From I've read, it's a bit of an exaggeration to describe it as the most advanced system in the Russian arsenal. It was a mid-sized ship, but still a very significant loss for Russia since they cannot repair nor easily replace it. The ship was regularly used to project power into the Baltic region, and it also escorted Russia's "shadow fleet" used to bypass international oil sanctions.

" Swastika Boi "

It's hilarious that you're attempting to use that as petty insult, since I remember that you previously agreed with my view that the symbol shouldn't be ceded to the monsters who tried to hijack and misappropriate it. It just makes you look like you're throwing a fit because I called out some of your antisemitic posts, and also your inability to criticize Trump without being an apparent apologist for full fledged dictators like like Putin or Maduro.

" It's wildly Contagious. Very Little is understood about its spread and Persistence.

A much more dangerous Pandemic than Covid if it became widespread."

Your alias is either deliberately spreading misinformation, or it can't help itself. This is just one of many examples.

While Ebola has an extremely high mortality rate, it is not wildly contagious. It requires direct physical contact or fluid transfer from someone who is already symptomatic. So yes, it's gruesome and scary, but also much more likely to be contained and isolated.

Foot-poser. . .

You already know I'm not a fan of this admin. The people enabling it already know what they're getting into, even if they believe they are trying to mitigate it. You probably don't believe that Rubio is a brainwashed zombie either, since you recognize he has his own agency.

Politicians have always been like this, going back to the Roman Republic and its predecessors.