That was my first thought. The guy behind the most dangerous automobile in decades is going to fix aviation?  No thanks.

Hard to staff the DC ATC so eliminate DEI hiring? Surely making the hiring process more complex and installing a very hostile working environment will boost employment numbers.....solid plan, boys.

Like a drunk, childless uncle that knows exactly how everyone else should raise their kids.

I appreciate your calling out the Turbo Esprit, which is my personal favorite.

Just got back from vacation in Mexico and - after hanging around dozens of Canadians at the pool - it is clear that about 75% of that group want to push everyone in the current administration off a cliff and then burry them in junked out Teslas.

2nd gear: The way this administration simply betrayed one of our greatest allies, I can’t imagine Tesla ever sells another car in Canada.

Its not that interesting because its actually true. I have a relative who spent decades at an upper level, high security clearance type job in DC for decades and they worked with administrations dating back to Bush Sr. According to them trump did not know what he was doing and neither did most of his cabinet. The…

A few weeks ago, I finally got thru to our conservative neighbors we have on my street... I asked them “what makes the US the most powerful nation in the world.” they immediately responded with “military.” I nodded, and asked them “military is powerful, but whats the most powerful? remember the phrase follow the…

Don’t be surprised. These are the same people who would never believe in a merciful God because they like the idea of an angry, vengeful one so much better.

That’s just “Nazis”.

Nazis, and those who support Nazis, must be ended.

USAID also offers informal insights and intelligence into countries we aren’t typically friendly with. Same as with NGOs - you can learn a lot from just mingling with the locals, which often leads to useful intelligence.

Why is this filthy, Nazi scumbag defiling my country?

Exactly this. I liken it to offering your neighbor a beer on a hot day. Even if you never really socialize with him it at least makes you look like a good guy. And then a few years from now when that tree falls on your mutual fence there’s immediate goodwill to fix the problem together, as opposed to immediately go…

It’s interesting how little the MAGA folks understand about how power actually works. Sure we can threaten other countries with our military strength, in much the same way that pariah states like Iran do (whole other conversation). 

USAID was a form of soft power not unlike the diplomatic services. It was the US doing things that were, at first glance, “merely” charity and aid, but also gave us a lot of less obvious benefits. Once again, we shoot ourselves in the foot for short-term gain, but long-term losses. The world is more chaotic and less…

“Donald Trump and his boss Elon”

Musk was quoted saying, “Who cares about brown babies?” while he completed half a dozen Nazi salutes.

The fat creamsicle doesn’t give a flying fart if he angers the poor or the working class - they basically don’t exist to him. But if you’ve looked at the markets today, now he’s upsetting the wealthy investors, and that may bite him in the flabby buttocks.

This is so fucking stupid. All of it.