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[Frumple]

... because it's staggeringly shit as written and the senate's already proposed something more reasonable.

[hector13]

Depends what you mean by minority. Democrats want a deal to get done, the far-right Freedom Caucus in the GOP won’t support it.

"Even if House Republicans do manage to pass a short-term funding measure to stop the government from shutting down, the Senate’s Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says the bill, as written, won’t pass his chamber, Politico reports"

So… the ball is in the GOP’s court, and McCarthy refusing to change the bill as a consequence of having to pander to right-wing nutjob to keep the speakership isn’t going to make the Democrats look bad, is it?

[anewaname]

You want to say that people were stupid for designing crumply uni-body cars and cars are going to snap apart because of this?

"Crumply unibody cars" are perfectly strong in the frame. They "crumple" because they're designed to collapse sacrificially in a crash to protect the occupants. It isn't "deciding that I know better than the existing auto industry because I'm the smartest man in the history of everything" and making absolutely stupid design decisions while firing anybody who questions them.

So we agree that uni-body cars aren't going to snap apart on the highway when 72 non-load bearing parts are replaced by one non-load bearing part?

But because you wanted to cast Musk in a bad light, you wanted to imply the new part is going to destroy the reliability of autos on the highway? Did any "news" article actually say he was the one who wanted that change made? Why does it play back like a Fox News hit job?

He is just as much an authoritarian terd as any other business owner at that scale, but he at least stuffed it to the status-quo American auto-manufacturers who were stifling electric car development at the same time they were moving manufacturing jobs overseas.

@Micro102
And this is the comedic view....

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Look at all the crap Musk went through to stop Tesla from being consumed by the predators who are vested in the petrol supply chain that extends from the drilling to the gas station. They all wanted to trash Tesla. They all said "no, you can't do that". After Musk survives attacks on his capital funding, his ability to market and sell the vehicles, and a propaganda campaign, maybe Musk was meeting with engineers and they say "we can't blah blah efficiency blah blah", so he says "I thought I hired engineers... do it and bring it down to 100 microns". Because this is what authoritarians do after fighting with other authoritarians for hierarchy positions... they respond aggressively when anyone considered subordinate within the hierarchy does something perceived as a challenge.

And this isn't an attempt to praise Musk, he is an ass, but the reality is that if he wasn't an authoritarian fighting for a place in the car market against all that opposition, America would be further behind in developing technology within the electric vehicle market and building up supply chains for the needed resources and production and maintenance, etc.

[Bumber]

So… the ball is in the GOP’s court, and McCarthy refusing to change the bill as a consequence of having to pander to right-wing nutjob to keep the speakership isn’t going to make the Democrats look bad, is it?

Takes two to tango. McCarthy isn't in control of what Schumer and Dems find acceptable.

[nenjin]

Ah yes, the classic "I know you are but what am I?" doctrine.

[Frumple]

I mean, McCarthy's not in control of basically anything at this point and hasn't been since he made a joke of the speaker position in order to get elected to it, so I guess that's technically correct :V

[lemon10]

So… the ball is in the GOP’s court, and McCarthy refusing to change the bill as a consequence of having to pander to right-wing nutjob to keep the speakership isn’t going to make the Democrats look bad, is it?

Takes two to tango. McCarthy isn't in control of what Schumer and Dems find acceptable.

The Republican McCarthy has repeatedly tried to appease his hard-right flank by agreeing to the steep spending cuts they are demanding to keep government open. But cheered on by Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for president in 2024, the conservatives have all but seized control in dramatic fashion.

In a crushing defeat Thursday, a handful of Republican hardliners blocked a typically popular defense bill from advancing — the second time this week it was set back, an unheard-of loss for a House speaker.

In this case the "two to tango" is the nutso republicans against other less nutso republicans, this isn't about the democrats at all.

Although the notion that you need "two to tango" in politics is laughable, a single group of crazies (far right republicans) or simple bad faith actors (regular republicans) can easily screw stuff up without needing the other side to do it for them.

[EuchreJack]

Anyone else think it's hilarious that McCarthy, who came across as a smooth operator during the previous debt crisis, is less competent than Mitch McConnell, who randomly shuts down?

Lesson in manhood: Be Mitch, not McCarthy.

[hector13]

I think his veneer of competence was shattered when it took him 15 rounds of voting to become the speaker, and his negotiation seemed to mostly involve just doing the vote again until he panicked and caved to the nutjob wing of the Republicans.

Now his choice is negotiate with the Democrats and face a vote to oust him which could quite easily succeed given there are 12 rebels and a 9 seat majority, or do nothing and force thousands of people out of their jobs during a cost of living crisis.

[scriver]

Something something raising foxes to guard your hens something something

[Loud Whispers]

So a year ago I was pretty hype that this one Brit got picked to be the head of the FTC, because her university thesis was all about how Amazon fucking sucks as it slowly strangles competitors to death whilst antitrust regulators just watch passively

And it looks like she's going to take Amazon to court for illegal monopolistic practices

Let's gooooooooooo

[scriver]

I hope she breaks Amazon like the Greeks at Ilium

[McTraveller]

I think it's not the same department, but given how the regulators are failing to stop the MS+Activision merger, I don't have my hopes up.

[EuchreJack]

She's also an amateur litigator taking on the best funded legal team in the United States, if not the World.
But hey, at least Bezos is probably shitting bricks.

[nenjin]

Anyone else think it's hilarious that McCarthy, who came across as a smooth operator during the previous debt crisis, is less competent than Mitch McConnell, who randomly shuts down?

Lesson in manhood: Be Mitch, not McCarthy.

I don't think he ever came across as a smooth operator. Inside, or outside, his own party.