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New comment by sheikhnbake in "Young Americans have never witnessed a functioning foreign policy"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:54:49 +0000

Which Millennials? It's hard to take that sentiment seriously when children and home ownership are out of reach luxuries for a significant portion of the generation which was not the case following the post-WWII economy, as evidenced by boomers' namesake.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Trump Media to sell instant access to 'market-moving' social posts"

sheikhnbake — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:24:10 +0000

There are quite a few democratic socialists running on that platform across the country.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:19:25 +0000

Every day is an endless stream of media and commentary on the illegal things he's doing with no accountability. Even in the highly unlikely event of an impeachment conviction, I don't see how that changes anything from a practical standpoint. The DoJ isn't going to enforce the conviction, and military leadership has steadily been replaced with yes-people since the admin took office.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:53:49 +0000

Perhaps that's where we would disagree. I don't think congress has the means to claw anything back at this point or in the future. We're essentially well into a self-coup

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:58:31 +0000

In the context of the current admin:

- They have impeached already, multiple times.

- Congress has no means of enforcing any laws they pass aside from trying to withhold funding.

- Hearings are political circus at best with no real consequences. See: 0 US based Epstein abusers in any form of incarceration.

- ah yes, amending the constitution. a very realistic and responsive option

Since none of these are practical, then congress wields no practical power. In principle and technicalities are useless. Even if the dems were able to take a progressive super majority, unless they passed a law granting congress law enforcement powers w/ funding they're declawed.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:54:46 +0000

They have impeached already, multiple times.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:41:25 +0000

The only power congress theoretically has to impact the administration is that of the purse.

But the admin has repeatedly ignored such restrictions. This check on power also loses it's teeth when the oligarchs align themselves behind the executive branch.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:39:57 +0000

Maybe we can throw in some US treasury printing plates too

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:05:42 +0000

Not great. There's so much competition for so few entry-level positions.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "War game exposed U.S. vulnerability to low-tech warfare"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:25:01 +0000

The after action report was only recently declassified. This war game has been pretty widely publicized. Especially after the retired marine general that ran the OPFOR complained about it being rigged.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Ship Insurance for Hormuz Strait"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:50:05 +0000

I wish I could pick the brain of banking finance expert on how feasible/realistic that could be after the cartel and FTO money laundering fiasco.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:56:56 +0000

There's also a higher chance that wealthy perpetrators of sexual violence are under-represented in data. There's no denying the relationship between the 'justice' system and the wealthy. Case in point: Judge Persky in the Brock Turner trial.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

sheikhnbake — Sun, 17 May 2026 13:18:28 +0000

That 30% have also been in a decades long information silo that has convinced them that anyone marginally to the left of them is either mentally ill or demons. I grew up with Michael Savage on the radio.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "DHS demanded Google surrender data on a Canadian man over anti-ICE posts"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:43:57 +0000

In theory yes. In practice, the working class is competing with corporations that are flooding the political arena with billions. This was already a daunting challenge to deal with even before the oligarchy went mask off across all branches of government.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Bankruptcies increase 11.9 percent"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:29:42 +0000

Is this what they meant by a return to normalcy?

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Waymo in Portland"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:18:50 +0000

Unfortunately, until something big happens in the US, autonomous vehicles will be more accessible to working class americans than good and reliable mass transit, especially outside of major population centers.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "AISLE Discovers 38 CVEs in OpenEMR Healthcare Software"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:14 +0000

Math is doable without a calculator

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Anduril, Palantir and SpaceX are changing how America wages war"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:34:06 +0000

Boss just sent out an email with a company policy update. We're still expected to clock in even if the world is uninhabitable

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:03 +0000

A norse mythology username extolling the evils of non-western countries while full throating a genocidal apartheid state. name a more iconic duo

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:44:01 +0000

This is very much anecdotal but the concept of fragging has gone mainstream in my social media feeds. Mostly gen z joking about ww3 when the Iran conflict kicked off