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New comment by hellgas00 in "Inside Epstein’s network: what 1.4M emails reveal"

hellgas00 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:33:28 +0000

You were right the first time, the holier-than-thou sanctimony is a bit much, especially as it relates to these developments.

Nearly half the potentially responsive files still withheld (per reports of ~6M pages collected but only ~3.5M released, plus heavy redactions and privilege claims), and HN top commentary is about not rushing to judgement and conspiracy theories... maybe it's because the government is literally running an active cover up on a child abuse scandal that involves the billionaires, the elites, and threatens to take down entire governments.

New comment by hellgas00 in "The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world (2019)"

hellgas00 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:55:59 +0000

Nothing says "instinctively distasteful caste systems" like the ongoing meat grinder in Gaza. Truly the pinnacle of humanity's natural drift toward equality.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%"

hellgas00 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:48:55 +0000

Ironically one of the biggest beneficiary will likely be Tesla. Before the 100% tarriffs were instated Tesla-Canada imported most of their vehicles from China's Shanghai gigafactory. After the Chinese EV tarriffs they began importing from Germany and some from the US.

They already have the footprint and sales depth to take advantage of the low tarriffs rate quickly.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Poorest US workers hit hardest by slowing wage growth"

hellgas00 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:02:02 +0000

They are not more likely to find themselves among the 40% of workers who's salaries are lagging inflation, they are more likely to be among the 60% who's salaries are outpacing inflation.

The FT is being disingenuous.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Poorest US workers hit hardest by slowing wage growth"

hellgas00 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 02:28:02 +0000

"people earning roughly less than $806 a week — slowed to an annual rate of 3.7 per cent in June, down from a peak of 7.5 per cent in late 2022"

With inflation dropping from 9.1% in June 2022 to 2.7% in June 2025, real wages for these low earners are now growing for the first time in years. The Financial Times failure to mention this context makes me question their motives.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents"

hellgas00 — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:09:48 +0000

This is a very accurate take, to consider Canada a country when their own prime minister refers to it as a post nation state (ie. Internal economic zone) and nothing more says it all. I would suggest the reason for the high suicide rates seen in the west is connected to this transition.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza"

hellgas00 — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:19:07 +0000

[Reposting a comment from ChocolateGod that was flagged and made dead despite being a legitimate good faith question]

> Syria who finally overthrew their sadistic monster. Not saying Assad wasn't a sadistic monster, but do you really think an ISIS-related group running the state is going to be any better?

Christians are already being persecuted.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Why Canada Should Join the EU"

hellgas00 — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 17:14:27 +0000

You last point is the most pertinent. Labour didn't win a majority because they offered compelling platform ideas, they won because the Cons failed to deliver on their platform and Reform UK exploited that failure to split the conservative vote.

Opinion polls already have Labour and Cons at an even tie with Reform UK doubling their overall popularity in just 6 months.

All this to say I wouldn't want to suggest that the trend towards nationalist politics ended with a Labour majority but rather that the Conservative Party wasn't sufficiently nationalist enough to entice public sentiments away from Reform UK

New comment by hellgas00 in "India's food shortage filled American libraries"

hellgas00 — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:58:12 +0000

The CNN article references the Bengal famine of 1943, specifically prioritizing food delivery to military personnel during WW2. The Food for Peace Act of came into effect in 1954.

New comment by hellgas00 in "The 1955 Le Mans disaster changed motorsport"

hellgas00 — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:30:33 +0000

On a per capita basis China emits more CO2 than Europeans.

New comment by hellgas00 in "TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court"

hellgas00 — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:20:50 +0000

It's easier to blame a loss on the lack of narrative controls than self reflect on the actions of the incumbent.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

hellgas00 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:56:45 +0000

There were a couple byelections within the last few months in historically stronghold ridings for the Liberal party that have not flipped in decades. One in Toronto which went to the Conservatives and one in Montreal which went to the Bloc Québécois. It's almost a certainty that the Liberals will not form a government next election, and polling suggests that they are trending below the seat count needed to be the official opposition.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky"

hellgas00 — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 03:40:11 +0000

Alexandre de Moraes whims are now considered the "rules of the country", how quickly Brazil turned into a dictatorship.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky"

hellgas00 — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 03:32:43 +0000

Your making the claim that all of the secret censorship decrees issues by Alexandre de Moraes are related to the protests after the election in 2023, they are not.

New comment by hellgas00 in "NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism"

hellgas00 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:17:18 +0000

“For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.” Chuck Schumer, 2016.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe (2023)"

hellgas00 — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:42:49 +0000

Can you elaborate if possible on the comment made about the EU Common Agricultural Policy's effects of promoting large scale intensive agriculture. Specifically what policy attributes support it.

New comment by hellgas00 in "ISPs should not police online speech no matter how awful it is"

hellgas00 — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 05:14:41 +0000

Your analogy is poor, what you described contravene US laws. Your misunderstanding was seemingly addressed in the article. Tier 1 providers, in some regions, operate as quazi-monopolies. A more apt analogy; you dislike renters that openly promote their religious affiliation, but you also own all of the rental properties in the western United States. This leaves them with nowhere to setup shop for running foul of your delicate sensibilities as they relate to religious matters.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner"

hellgas00 — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:10:35 +0000

Thoughts on the discredited media smear that was Russia-gate and it's underlying "intel" that included accusations of pee tapes etc. I assume your include the news outlet peroginator Buzzfeed was a political black-ops organization that operated in bad faith.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner"

hellgas00 — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:05:04 +0000

This is a joke of a comment, expose journalism isn't extremist propaganda just because you disagree with their findings. You show signs of radicalist totalitarian thinking for wanting to ban journalist outlets. Thankfully the authors of the Constitution saw it fit to safe guard against tyrants like yourself with the 1st amendment.

New comment by hellgas00 in "Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner"

hellgas00 — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 02:32:55 +0000

They also happen to buy one of the largest political parties by voter intention in Germany, matching the CDU in some polling.