The Political Thread

[Samoa Looch]

I dunno... these Canadians would sell their Grandmas for that Poutine, I've heard

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I dunno... these Canadians would sell their Grandmas for that Poutine, I've heard

Only if those grandmas are first-nation peoples.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Only if those grandmas are first-nation peoples.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Interesting thought experiment here.

Would the Republican party be what it is today if the Watergate Scandal never happens and Nixon runs through his 2nd term with no issues.

 

[Samoa Looch]

• President of Colombia Gustavo Petro blocks two US military aircraft carrying deported Colombians as part of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from landing in his country. (The Guardian)
• United States president Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the US from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. (CNN)
• Hours after Trump’s announcement, Colombian President Gustavo Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on US imports by 25%. (CNN)

Smart of him to fuck with people's coffee intake right now.

 

[Wang Chung]

Smart of him to fuck with people's coffee intake right now.

It's Over Columbia caved and has agreed to all concessions. No tariffs will be issued upon Columbia unless they go back on their word.


Live updates: White House says Colombian president has agreed to Trump's terms amid migration standoff https://search.app/pz4nrFrPJk1pVJrL9

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Yeah, and Czechoslovakia conceded to the annexation of the Sudetenland too.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-stocks-ai-china/index.html

US stocks dropped sharply Monday morning after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry.

DeepSeek, a one-year-old startup, revealed a stunning capability last week: It presented a ChatGPT-like AI model called R1, which has all the familiar abilities, operating at a fraction of the cost of OpenAI’s, Google’s or Meta’s popular AI models. The company said it had spent just $5.6 million on computing power for its base model, compared with the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars US companies spend on their AI technologies.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Oh no, those poor billion dollar companies, whatever will they do?