Jman

China Reveals $1.4 Trillion Plan to Bail Out Local Governments Local Chinese provinces are in massive debt, not helped by the specter of insane Trump Tarrifs that would derail the US economy as well. Critics are saying this won't deal with the core issues though.

https://meidasnews.com/news/the-right-supports-a-network-of-conferences-podcasters-rallies-the-left-has-msnbc More articles about how badly messaging went and what can be done to improve them, especially in light of so many progressive policies passing.

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/painters-union-democrats-dealignment-trump/ Union leaders discuss failures in messaging.

He also seems to be downplaying it, which makes sense given Trump's staff is likely going to be filled with old-fashioned "Fuck the Russians" neocons like Rogers and Rubio.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-23/this-powder-can-remove-as-much-co2-from-the-air-as-a-tree If the idea of these plants works out, three dozen of these at scale, with about 2000 tons of the dust each where old coal plants used to be, let's see... .5 lbs of this stuff absorbs 48lbs of carbon which can be sold to corporations to put in sodas, beers, etc. So one ton would hold nearly 53 tons of carbon out of the atmosphere. We need to remove about 100,000,000,000 tons of CO2 from everything to even out. Essentially we'd need at least half a dozen to a dozen of these in every state in what used to be coal plants to successfully hit the carbon removal goal if it can be produced at cost. OK, if they get this working, and it actually works out at a scalable rate...we might actually be alright.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nevada-2024-senate-rosen-brown/ Another D senator win in a state that went for Trump.

There’s a suspicion this was a Russian actor designed to sow more racial tension. No evidence either way.

Fuck.

That might explain this. Trump may have gotten so pissed off at being called a Putin puppet he’s now hiring people who want to shove a howitzer right up Putin’s ass. It’s not super likely but it’d be funny as hell.

Maybe this is why Zelensky was allegedly relieved when they spoke earlier. It’s like Trump ran on giving the crazies voices and suddenly wants to govern like a regular neocon. Make it make sense!

Last time he proposed tariffs in 2019, big tech companies talked him off the ledge. I can only hope for a repeat.

Civics tests may be more in line with what the Founding Fathers wanted than the Electoral College to be honest. Not open ended loyalty questions though.

Didn’t help much, AEW’s ratings are in the toilet. But now I want WWE wrestlers reacting to Kinnikuman. Come to think of it, before the buyout, Crunchyroll was in the very early stages of making a WWE cartoon, but it was probably shelved.

I genuinely believe at the beginning and end of every show, and this includes late night shows, needs something akin to “the following program is presenting news stories via the opinions of the hosts. They are not meant to be an impartial source of news, nor as entertainment programming, are required to present all the facts.” You slap it on Colbert, Hannity, anything on a major network or before a major podcast. You make it clear what is a fact and what is an opinion. News hours should be forced to present news. Sans sensationalism. It might be the only way to unwind us from this infotainment hellscape. It’d be particularly interesting for Fox News, Newsmax since they run on being news but have argued in court they are entertainment. Ok, then they should be restricted on how they can use “News” terminology. You don’t ban the other side, you drag them into the light to be seen.

There’s some things you could do, but many aren’t feasible. Surprisingly most of them don’t involve banning networks. Disclaimers before infotainment saying that the words presented can be false and clear labels when a show is a news show and when a show is an entertainment show. No getting to rile up people. Equal time enforcement like the one Trump wanted over the weekend thanks to Kamala’s SNL spot. Surprisingly enough, fact checking notes on X where disclaimers shut down bullshit. Create a formal system for such. Laws providing people access to vetted sources, not Wikipedia. The same enforcements on internet videos and podcasts that were in public radio. Namely the fact that people can be reported to a central authority and forced to make retractions, pay fines, or admit they are an entertainment outlet rather than a news show. You don’t need to ban Hannity from the air so much as slap a giant disclaimer on his face. Same with Rogan. He shouldn’t be banned, but he should have disclaimers and be asked to link to sites on science and health news he discussed.

The saddest part of all of this? It could have been way worse.

This is the biggest issue as far as I’m concerned. And it likely will take legal action to demolish the misinformation machine, legal action I don’t think the Left has the will or political muscle to enact.

Curiouser and curiouser. This feels less like Putin appeasement and more not wanting precious markets to fall.

Is it possible to be depressed, fatalist, yet optimistic at the same time? I’ve been moving through all three these past few days.

More that kid spaces in general don’t seem as readily available. Parks, arcades, and yes, websites. Get your kids into sports. Give them places to play. Etc, all. Granted, my family is a bunch of semi-pro athletes on my dad’s side (he was an all-state wrestler in high school, my brother played lacrosse through college, and I’m a semi-pro grappler who trains with a lot of kids wanting to get into MMA). I imagine our kids will be doing sports early.

We build things for the kids. This is why I got so concerned when a lot of kid focused websites went offline, because I knew them mixing with adults guaranteed trouble.

Australia has moved to ban social media for anyone under 16. It’s a good idea.

Condensation and tut tutting people over superfluous stuff doesn’t. Pointing out their financial pain and educating them on exactly what choices done by Mr “I can fix it” caused it will.

He’s not going to make sure of that. He’s going to make sure his crimes get swept away so he can retire in peace as the dementia eats away at him.