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[tankphobia]

Theres biodegradeable polymers like polylactic acid (PLA). But the name is a bit politically sensitive. No problem in China though.

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PLA isn't really biodegradable though, requires specific compost facilities to process. You can see people's 3D printed junk last for years and years outside in the sun.

Plastic straws are also uniquely flexible, which makes storage and packaging a breeze when compared against alternative which are usually brittle.

Ultimately this fight over packaging is just green washing. There are far more environmentally damaging things that humans do (illegal crude refining in third world countries for example) than some straws.

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Junior Musk saying out loud what’s been on our minds since Jan 20th.

 

[Sinnavuuty]

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‘Today is the big one’: Trump teases new tariffs​

President Donald Trump in an all-caps post on Truth Social Thursday teased a new round of sweeping reciprocal tariffs, matching the higher rates other nations charge to import American goods.

“THREE GREAT WEEKS, PERHAPS THE BEST EVER, BUT TODAY IS THE BIG ONE: RECIPROCAL TARIFFS!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump

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early Thursday. He later

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that he’ll hold a 1 pm ET press conference to announce the new tariffs.

 

[iewgnem]

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Tariff on everyone means China wins, lol

 

[HighGround]

You know what is crazy, if you actually look at federal spending you can cut entire agencies and still not balance the budget. You could cut the entire Department of Defense and still not have a balanced budget! I am not sure what it will take, but if you are serious about balancing the federal budget in the US it would take some serious reform.

Also, the things that DOGE and MAGA Republican's are cutting or thinking about cutting are things like education and health care related funding. Things absolutely essential to building a modern, competitive high technology economy.

This is why I always hated this clown. I always knew while his foreign policy is at least somewhat sensible, his domestic policies are beyond the pale.

 

[Wrought]

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on the table during his meeting with Modi today. A very significant move if it goes through, but you never really know with Trump of course.

"We'll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We're also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters," Trump told reporters.

 

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[GulfLander]

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on the table during his meeting with Modi today. A very significant move if it goes through, but you never really know with Trump of course.

How much is the trade deficit of US w India? Bcoz if india and US really balanced the trade, wont India surplus be hurt, how can they develop their country w less surplus, loans?

 

[antwerpery]

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“At some point, when things settle down, I’m going to meet with China and I’m going to meet with Russia, in particular those two, and I’m going to say there’s no reason for us to be spending almost $1 trillion on the military ... and I’m going to say we can spend this on other things,” Trump said.

“When we straighten it all out, then one of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia, and I want to say let’s cut our military budget in half. And we can do that, and I think we’ll be able to do that,” he added.

He's actually bending the knee. I'm guessing that cutting US defense spending that badly will be linked into China and Russia also entering some sort of deal to cut defense spending too, alongside some other concessions. Too bad the 180 policy flip that will happen once the Democrats get elected means that this won't be a long term policy and thus impossible for China and Russia and other countries to actually commit to.

With such a drastic move of cutting the budget in half, I think there's a very good chance that NGAD is on the chopping block. Also I really really find it funny that people still consistently treat Russia like it's some kind of superpower on the same tier as China and America.

 

[GulfLander]

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He's actually bending the knee. I'm guessing that cutting US defense spending that badly will be linked into China and Russia also entering some sort of deal to cut defense spending too, alongside some other concessions. Too bad the 180 policy flip that will happen once the Democrats get elected means that this won't be a long term policy and thus impossible for China and Russia and other countries to actually commit to.

With such a drastic move of cutting the budget in half, I think there's a very good chance that NGAD is on the chopping block. Also I really really find it funny that people still consistently treat Russia like it's some kind of superpower on the same tier as China and America.

Maybe if CN reached the same number of nukes of Rus/US or military assets as US? Then maybe CN will be interested, or if US and Russia destroy their nukes or military assets to the same amount as CN?