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New comment by moparts in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

moparts — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:38:00 +0000

What about sanders, mamdani, aoc? Or are they just fringe candidates and don’t count? For every AOC there are a dozen Schumers I guess. But I disagree with your thesis because there are factions of ethical capitalists in the democratic party that have never existed in the modern Republican Party.

New comment by moparts in "Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]"

moparts — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:06:09 +0000

How many miles in that two years? I put about 14k miles per year on my ICE and have only needed oil changes for 5 years. I know I have a big 200k service coming up but if I only look at the past five years it’s just oil every 7k and tires. Not THAT different, yes?

New comment by moparts in "Google's AI is being manipulated. The search giant is quietly fighting back"

moparts — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:03:11 +0000

The article also said this: “ But our investigation also found the same trick being used to dismiss health concerns about medical supplements or influence financial information provided by Google's AI about retirement.”

That’s a lot more alarming than just hotdogs.

New comment by moparts in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

moparts — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:58:33 +0000

Yeah. Couldn’t agree more. Trump and Obama are the same.