will be possible to rebuild from the ashes

The problem is that the billionaires are thinking the same thing and their ideas for a "new modern way of life* are a bit different from the rest of the population.

I’d argue there are too many structural issues, all too established to ever fix. Trump is just abusing these with abandon instead of papering over them like often happened in the past.

But change the channel and they wake up, complaining they were watching that.

Then you get the witching hour, when she’s asleep, relaxes, and all those farts escape.

The classic A to F + S ranking. Nobody wants to come near an S ranked carcinogen.

'Tis but a scratch

Faking personal interest as a ritual greeting between business types. It’s about as real as the greasy laughter they use for each other’s often misogynistic tinted jokes when the managers gather.

There be lightning in the internet cloud, and because of the thunder your computer can’t hear the cloud no more.

Then came AI and it needed gigawatts fast, and the coal plants were available, so they cranked those up.

I hope these officers get fines if they throw away that last bit of coffee before going on patrol.

Mark Zuckerberg, who dresses pretty much like the guy on the right, then adds a watch worth $100k to indicate his status.

Ask farmers how that worked for soy beans.

But who could’ve known how this AI tech would run into hard limits like all other AI tech since the invention of computers?

like pervasive distrust of Jews

Historically that’s a manufactured thing. Christians were not allowed usury, charging interest on loans. Jews didn’t have that limitation. One solution they came up with was barring Jews from doing other jobs and forcing them into the money lender role, with the Christian landlord asking for their cut in fees. That gave Jews a reputation for being distrustful greedy bankers.

Corporate undercuts co-ops making a loss until the co-ops die, then increase the price to make it all back. They’re predatory like that when not stopped by local laws.

Or worse, he gave them really generous IOUs, collectible the week after the flood was expected.

And soon enough they’ll write about the mysterious rise in violent attacks on politicians and the business elite by lone wolfs.

That’s Putin, always claiming he’s got a royal flush even when just holding a pair to try to intimidate the opponent into folding. It’s the same every time.

https://youtube.com/shorts/N8dPhBBNprM

Nothing relevant is ever on sale

Classic fuel German cars are pretty pricy these days while Chinese cars even with tariffs can be cheaper. That’s not a good sign for the German industry.