US Political News and Views

[Watandar]

Europeans got bullied by Trump over diesel and are now unhappy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/02/white-house-diesel-europe-01104936

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Europeans got bullied by Trump over diesel and are now unhappy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/02/white-house-diesel-europe-01104936

Maybe they should grow a pair.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

It's only another $20 at the pump.

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

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I was reading about this somewhere. The irony is stunning.

 

[Watandar]

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The ultimate goal of the surveillance state being built is to monitor you 24/7, not just your movements and all the data that you generate, but also your body metrics. They say it will ensure people are on their best behavior.

It's laughable how fingers were being pointed to China and its "social credit scores" and its censored internet just a few years ago.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

The ultimate goal of the surveillance state being built is to monitor you 24/7, not just your movements and all the data that you generate, but also your body metrics. They say it will ensure people are on their best behavior.

It's laughable how fingers were being pointed to China and its "social credit scores" and its censored internet just a few years ago.

Indeed.

What we complain about regarding China we are doing ourselves under the protections of The Patriot Act.

And the last time I was in LON, I swear there were cameras watching cameras watching the people.