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New comment by Swenrekcah in "Danish Pension Blacklists SpaceX over 'Catastrophic Governance'"

Swenrekcah — Sat, 30 May 2026 13:08:36 +0000

Railing against virtue signalling of some people is the preferred virtue signalling for some other people.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 10 May 2026 18:32:43 +0000

What kind of response is this?

Why haven’t you fixed healthcare or all the potholes in your town?

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US launches new strikes on Iran"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:09:14 +0000

I agree Iran must be hard to negotiate with but they haven’t even tried. Obama’s nuclear deal took years of work and involved multiple countries. When Vance didn’t get his way in a single meeting he quit?

Also maybe Trump doesn’t want chaos but I doubt he runs the show so much at this point.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US launches new strikes on Iran"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:56:16 +0000

They simply want chaos. This distracts from their corruption and authoritarian actions, it enables grift and market manipulation, it worsens conditions in other western countries which benefits them, oil price being high benefits their friend Putin, the list is long and grim.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Tracking when Trump chickens out"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:16:09 +0000

Trump did not get where he is through negotiations or business success. In fact his business success was very limited until he got to political power.

He got where he is by being one of the earliest influencers and “reality” TV show host.

His bank credit was toast everywhere except at Deutche Bank which has been exposed as being a conduit for Russian money laundering.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Tracking when Trump chickens out"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:09:48 +0000

Do you usually start negotiations by publicly deriding your counterparty and state absurd demands?

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'"

Swenrekcah — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:54:32 +0000

> But every good deed gets harshly punished

Can you name some of the instances you’re thinking of?

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shit"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:48:24 +0000

Two people see an opportunity to make money. One of them recognizes the venture would harm the people involved and decides not to. The other either does not see the harm (so not a genius) or simply doesn't care (sociopath?). That person does the thing and makes the money.

That person is either some level of naive, some level of evil, but certainly not an evil genius.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:07:21 +0000

I don’t see it as making fun of the situation per se, rather the people responsible for it.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Rack-mount hydroponics"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:51:57 +0000

If you look closely enough, everything is government supported. However farming is explicitly government subsidised everywhere.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:46:40 +0000

It seemed like it was the past, but it might become so again. Europe will never trust the US for defence again, which means it has to build up all defence capabilities internally. This will take many many years, but it seems almost inevitable now that it will happen.

When enough time has passed with Europe self sufficient in defence, there might arise cases where US and Europe has a conflict of interest that results in an armed conflict. Perhaps at first via proxy states depending on the type of conflict.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "DOGE Track"

Swenrekcah — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:26:32 +0000

This much is true, like most things coming from Trump this move mainly benefited Russia and China while actively harming US interests.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds"

Swenrekcah — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:21:45 +0000

I have used an iPhone for 8 years and a macbook for 2 years. Every year the experience gets worse, like on schedule. This theory might explain what is happening!

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear"

Swenrekcah — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:56:45 +0000

It seems to me that is exactly what could be enabled by this law. It is forbidding the destruction of last year’s winter coats.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

Swenrekcah — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:41:03 +0000

You might be interested to learn that both of those statements are very wrong.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:28:18 +0000

In that case he would just approve wind farms that fuck with people he dislikes.

It seems to me this is very much intentional to keep oil demand up and prices high.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US destroying its reputation as a scientific leader – European science diplomat"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:00:40 +0000

Nothing would please our enemies more than people not being able to talk to each other. This decline of trust is not accidental.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "US destroying its reputation as a scientific leader – European science diplomat"

Swenrekcah — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:44:56 +0000

It wasn’t exactly those countries choice, but since the US seems hell bent on sabotaging itself one can only hope the rest of the western world picks up this slack.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:54:41 +0000

I am, but still it sounds bad to me to expose them to the road elements on the way home.

And food in packaging, it is usually in boxes or other containers most of the time in supply line transit. Individual items only get unpacked in the store, so I would think this practice adds considerably to their “dirtyness”.

New comment by Swenrekcah in "EU household real income per capita up 22% since 2004"

Swenrekcah — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:17:52 +0000

Keep in mind this is adjusted for inflation. However I agree it should have been more during this period.