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It was an EXCEEDINGLY low bar and... yet still fell well short. But we have certainly found something we agree on! Funny... but that'd be one of the most successful companies of the last 20 years had they paid 5M dollars for Netflix in 1998. The Texas company literally laughed at them. Then when Netflix had a little more success, they could have bought them for 50M in 2000. Again...nope. By 2008, they were worth 3.8B...and Blockbuster's 9K stores dwindled down t...one. Incidentally, Netflix, California company now had a 500B market cap. ... you don't know what the word "subjective" means, do you? The ratings for everything are declining. I think it's...very telling that in the midst of the most radical change in the American Economy in over 150 years, when I made mention of the importance of California, you went to Late Night TV and Almonds... Jesus... some people really can't escape that bubble and only see the world though social media clips online.

UWW does a much better job of describing how Iran choked https://uww.org/article/u17-worlds-us-wins-3-golds-shock-iran-fs-team-title

I would say if I was talking about subsidizing the Red States it would be completely ridiculous. California is driving what GDP growth there is, it's driving your 401Ks, your ROTH IRAs and if you have a self managed fund... well, if you're not invested in companies from California, you're...almost certainly losing money. About 34% of SPY is from California(it's significantly higher if you look at the companies that are actually in California, that innovate in California...again, like Tesla who's engineering department is in California but headquarters are often elsewhere for tax benefits. That's the US Market. So yes, what they pay in taxes is extraordinarily important, but almost inconsequential relative to the larger point I was making. It's just the easiest target for the intellectually lazy to take shots at. They ignore the 5 move violent states per capita are Republican States, they just imagine they're all blue.

I am at a loss as to why you'd conflate "a few cities" with the larger sentiment. Cool. "Lots." That's a very detailed explanation. Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. Let me ask you this...do you think the US would allow... lets say...NVDA, AAPL, AVGO, QCOM, META to move to another Country? No, of course not. Even when Tesla "moved," from California, to Delaware to Texas(basically whenever Elon doesn't get his way)... their Engineering Department remains in California. Why is this? Because that's where all the Engineers go. That's where the money is. California has the 4th largest GDP in the world, ahead of Japan, India.. It trails just the US, China and Germany...and it'd likely move ahead of Germany and...the US MAY move below China if California was not part of the United States. California is the most important State in the Union. Texas, New York, Alaska... they're important as well, but in terms of innovation, I made a statement and a couple people got a bit emotional about the political leanings of California... which is odd as I didn't bring up Politics. The SINGLE strongest bargaining Chip Trump had when it came to China... was being able to buy Semiconductors that are created in California. The entire world is lining up to buy them. You have an industry that's projected to generate 1 Trillions dollars per annum by 2028 and...it is ALL controlled by California. You have leaders of industry like Elon Musk and Larry Ellison begging... literally begging Nvidia to "take our money, please, take our money first," it's so important to their Company. How about the companies that protect ALL of that information we keep online? California. This is all a moot point as neither California, nor Texas nor... any of the States that make up our Great Country are leaving, but while it's cute for everyone to constantly trash California, you MAY want to stop and consider it's contributions to making the United States great before making some ignorant comments about how what California could have been... 'if only.' If only what? You agreed with their politics? Imagine what Texas could be if they had any regulations and didn't shut down when it was 30 degrees out because they have a 3rd world power grid or what Florida could have been if Meth didn't become the States pastime. Nonetheless, I stand by what I said.

You "love" that!? Now that is a super weird thing for you to love. Given you being you, I'd like to back away slowly and let you "love" things about other posters instead of me. You keep being you. <Still backing away slowly.> Good luck. <Still backing away slowly.> All my best to you and all your stuff. Cool. Bye.

I...absolutely believe this. Where is Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom located? PANW, QCOM, SMCI... Oklo... Tesla...which has since pulled up stakes, but in this scenario, California is it's own Country and... obviously wouldn't let them leave. And before people talk about EVs that... is NOT what makes Tesla an important company. In fac, their EV sales are...almost inconsequential. They should be a fraction of the size of Toyota if it was just about their cars. But it's not, it's about the Robotics. Rocket Labs... I mean, you could go on and on, but... you have all of the AI companies, you have the software and hardware and then you have the internet defense companies like PAWN, CRWD and the like. And California would need what from the rest of the US that they wouldn't be able to buy? I started at the end and just noticed people talking about farming and the like... no, that's...not the issue. I'm talking about the technologies that are changing the world and revolutionizing the US Economy and...moreover the Global Economy. The Technology that the Biden Administration thought was too important and powerful to put it in the hands of China or the likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar...Israel. If California didn't have to pay out to the Federal Government, their Economy would be even stronger. So yes, there's no question California is more important to the US than the rest of the US is to California. The fact that you do have so much farming and that they're on the coast and were it necessary could easily have an endless supply of potable water for for their farming and...what do you suppose they would need from the US? And again, in this scenario, each side is cut off to the other sides resources, technology, what have you. If you find that so amusing Robby... you may want to educate yourself. What did Trump say was the most important Technology and his priority to ensure the United States remain the world leaders in? AI. That ALL originates in California.

Really? I don't know, why don't you look at Semiconductors. The most important technology in the world right now. That's a pretty big one.

Wait a second. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Gaza attacked Israel in an incredibly terrible, awful, sadistic, and ungodly move, done during peacetime. Israel responded by declaring war. Officially declaring war. What followed was all kinds of killing. All bad, nothing good from either side. (As all wars tend to go.) But - let's be clear - war is war. War is what happens when all the rules are ignored, all the lines are crossed, and the only goal is death to the opponent. That was EXACTLY what this was from that very moment Gaza attacked. "No, we didn't want a war!" is a proper response. I agree with that response. Most didn't want it either. But Gaza made a different choice - they chose war. "But Israel is a stronger!" is also a proper response. Which begs the question, why would anyone start a war with stronger opponent? That was an incredibly bad decision. But the responsibility here is clear. "Let's back this thing up." Which would be great, but time machines don't exist. It was started by Gaza. That fact can't be changed. (If anyone truly wanted to "back this thing up" - they'd start by releasing hostages.) "It's murder!" - which it isn't. It's "war" and its most horrible aspect is the number of people killed. Souls lost, familied shattered. We should avoid war at all costs. (Yet, here we are.) A few more to the point: "But Gaza is badly losing this war - we're getting decimated!" Yes. When choosing war, this is always a risk. War is awful. War is terrible. War is a risk that nobody should take. For this very reason. It was a risky and poor choice. But Israel wasn't some kind of 'bully' who started it. Gaza was. In life, we all make choices, and we suffer the consequences. It is the essence of being alive. It is the essence of freedom. And, sometimes, it can put those that make choices in a very bad spot. No apologies for freedom. No apologies for those putting themselves in a bad spot. That's how freedom works. I'd be lying if I said I didn't empathize with those from Gaza. But those that are keeping hostages deserve no empathy as long as they continue to do so.

I don’t think there’s a single sports outlet in Iran that would dare to criticize the performance of our national wrestling teams - or the federation under Dabir’s leadership. If they do, he just boycotts their reporters and shuts them out from getting anywhere near the national team. The only dissenting voices you’ll hear are either on Instagram or from independent individuals outside the mainstream media.

Despite the positive tone of this article, I would say this is a very disappointing result by the U17 FS kids Most started great and then chucked in the final key matches. Hats off off to the US kids for such a great performance https://www.khabarvarzeshi.com/news/515599/ایران-نایب-قهرمان-شد-آمریکا-اول

And yet he didn't do it until Lee was out! FEAR!

Everyone knew Suriano was training in Michigan and going 125 before second semester started.

There he is with the “butt” references AGAIN. why are you always all over the Butt?

I expected Cav’s response. I didn’t expect the butt bunch to be so triggered. Sheeesh. Relax fellas.

I think you mean he means better “hand”

And so soon

You know me better than that. No fake steak around here.

You posted flat bull shyte to see if someone caught you. That’s not weird at all. It’s also barely believe able. comment on those sketchy Biden sniffin vids

He means better half. Typo

Your better?

There you are. Ignoring me again. Good job. so easy

So fake steak.

Ironically my better said it said it will be Jimmy. You were close, but a little slow. Surprise surprise.

Which hand won the bet? What’s the other hand have to do for losing?

Show your proof.