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38 minutes ago, bolverk said:

We have a whole thread on her that was started in 2018. It's kind of interesting to read what CR posters of various stripes thought about her in real time.

https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/4544-tulsi-gabbard/

 

Maninblack, fozzzz, bernorange, gru.... 

Basically the who's who of fucking terrible posters/weirdos all on board the Tulsi train. I tapped out after two pages

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7 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

Yup.  I just remember wanting to play with her boobies but otherwise don’t remember any libs hyping her up.

Username checks out. 

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7 hours ago, bolverk said:

We have a whole thread on her that was started in 2018. It's kind of interesting to read what CR posters of various stripes thought about her in real time.

https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/4544-tulsi-gabbard/

 

Wow, so many misogynists in there. 
 

Dems are so terrible at weaponizing government.  Tulsi should have been booted from the Guard and had security clearances removed. It would have happened to any other 05 who acted like she did. And it would have maybe been enough to keep her from being DNI.

It was her political activities that saved her because Biden and Co were terrified to be seen as “weaponizing” government so the more of a loudmouth political asshole you were, the safer you were. 

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18 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Nothing to see here.  Just a fossil-fuel rich middle east country pandering to not only Trump, but Elon.

 

 

 

Hopefully these are the versions that catch fire for no reason. 

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/trump-wants-apple-to-stop-moving-iphone-production-to-india

 

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President Donald Trump said he’s asked Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook to stop building plants in India to make devices for the US, pushing the iPhone maker to add domestic production as it pivots away from China.

“I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said of his conversation with Apple’s chief executive officer in Qatar, where he’s on a state visit. “He is building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.” As a result of their discussion, Trump said Apple will be “upping their production in the United States.”

Apple representatives in India did not respond to a request for comment.

 

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Trump’s comments threaten to throw a wrench into Apple’s plan to import most of the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year, accelerating a shift beyond China to mitigate risks related to tariffs and geopolitical tensions. Apple makes most of its iPhones in China and has no smartphone production in the US — though it’s promised to hire more workers at home and pledged to spend $500 billion domestically over the next four years.

Building iPhones from scratch in the US will be extremely difficult even for cash-rich Apple. The supply chain for iPhones and skilled labor for a such a precisely engineered product have been concentrated in China for years, and Apple’s only just started forging local partnerships in India. Expensive American labor and manufacturing also makes iPhone production in the US untenable. India, on the other hand, is one of Apple’s fastest-growing markets with a vast customer base that aspires to buy its iconic products. The country also has state subsidies to help it expand assembly.

 

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“This is a familiar Trump tactic: He wants to push Apple to localize more and build a supply chain in the US, which is not going to happen overnight,” said Tarun Pathak, research director at tech analytics firm Counterpoint. “Making in the US will also be much more expensive than assembling iPhones in India.”

Apple and its suppliers have accelerated a shift away from the world’s No. 2 economy, a process that began when harsh Covid lockdowns hurt production at its largest plant. Tariffs introduced by Trump as well as Beijing-Washington tensions prompted Apple to amplify that effort.

 

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The iPhone facilities in India produce more than 40 million units per year, about 20% of Apple’s annual output. While Trump has pushed Apple to make iPhones in the US, the lack of domestic engineering and manufacturing talent will make that nearly impossible in the short run.

Apple “has one of the most sophisticated supply chains built out over years,” Pathak said. “To disrupt that or to completely move out of India or China will be extremely difficult.”

Trump’s comments suggest he’s fine with Apple building its products in India for that market. “You can build in India if you want, to take care of India,” he said.
Trump also discussed tariff negotiations with India, saying the South Asian country has made an offer to drop import taxes on US goods. India has one of the highest tariff barriers in the world and it’s very hard to sell American products in the planet’s most populous country, Trump said.

The bulk of India-made iPhones are assembled at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India. Tata Group’s electronics manufacturing arm, which bought Wistron Corp.’s local business and runs Pegatron Corp.’s operations in India, is another key supplier. Tata and Foxconn are also building new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, Bloomberg News reported previously.

Apple assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March, increasing production by nearly 60% over the previous year.

 

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2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Nothing to see here.  Just a fossil-fuel rich middle east country pandering to not only Trump, but Elon.

 

 

 

They are masterful at playing him and feeding his ego. It’s so hilariously transparent if it wasn’t so blatantly nefarious.

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41 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/trump-wants-apple-to-stop-moving-iphone-production-to-india

 

 

 

 

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The iPhone facilities in India produce more than 40 million units per year, about 20% of Apple’s annual output. While Trump has pushed Apple to make iPhones in the US, the lack of domestic engineering and manufacturing talent will make that nearly impossible in the short run.

Apple “has one of the most sophisticated supply chains built out over years,” Pathak said. “To disrupt that or to completely move out of India or China will be extremely difficult.”

Trump’s comments suggest he’s fine with Apple building its products in India for that market. “You can build in India if you want, to take care of India,” he said.
Trump also discussed tariff negotiations with India, saying the South Asian country has made an offer to drop import taxes on US goods. India has one of the highest tariff barriers in the world and it’s very hard to sell American products in the planet’s most populous country, Trump said.

The bulk of India-made iPhones are assembled at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India. Tata Group’s electronics manufacturing arm, which bought Wistron Corp.’s local business and runs Pegatron Corp.’s operations in India, is another key supplier. Tata and Foxconn are also building new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, Bloomberg News reported previously.

Apple assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March, increasing production by nearly 60% over the previous year.

 

Trump is following the autocrat playbook of pressuring businesses to produce his political promises against the benefit of the company, its shareholders, employees and customers.

It's also very telling how much he loves to kiss autocrats' asses and slams democratically elected leaders. Add to the fact that he was complaining to Hannity that he needed a new plane because ours (AF1) looked so bad when compared to the planes of the leaders of UAE, SA and Qatar. WTF man. What a tiny man that he values American power by the gold plated faucets on his plane compares to others.

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Trump is following the autocrat playbook of pressuring businesses to produce his political promises against the benefit of the company, its shareholders, employees and customers.
It's also very telling how much he loves to kiss autocrats' asses and slams democratically elected leaders. Add to the fact that he was complaining to Hannity that he needed a new plane because ours (AF1) looked so bad when compared to the planes of the leaders of UAE, SA and Qatar. WTF man. What a tiny man that he values American power by the gold plated faucets on his plane compares to others.

While lecturing Americans on needing too many dolls and pencils.
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2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/trump-wants-apple-to-stop-moving-iphone-production-to-india

 

 

 

 

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The iPhone facilities in India produce more than 40 million units per year, about 20% of Apple’s annual output. While Trump has pushed Apple to make iPhones in the US, the lack of domestic engineering and manufacturing talent will make that nearly impossible in the short run.

Apple “has one of the most sophisticated supply chains built out over years,” Pathak said. “To disrupt that or to completely move out of India or China will be extremely difficult.”

Trump’s comments suggest he’s fine with Apple building its products in India for that market. “You can build in India if you want, to take care of India,” he said.
Trump also discussed tariff negotiations with India, saying the South Asian country has made an offer to drop import taxes on US goods. India has one of the highest tariff barriers in the world and it’s very hard to sell American products in the planet’s most populous country, Trump said.

The bulk of India-made iPhones are assembled at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India. Tata Group’s electronics manufacturing arm, which bought Wistron Corp.’s local business and runs Pegatron Corp.’s operations in India, is another key supplier. Tata and Foxconn are also building new plants and adding production capacity in southern India, Bloomberg News reported previously.

Apple assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months through March, increasing production by nearly 60% over the previous year.

 

Yet not a peep when major US oil and gas companies announce they are moving a shit ton of their office work to India, Manila, etc.

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I’m heard someone say that, on top of everything else, it would be cheaper to just build a new plane than it would be to take that plane apart and put it back together. Which is what they would have to do if the potus is going to be flying in it. It’s all just so stupid.

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5 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Because it's Yarn. I don't understand the technology or mechanics of it but @immamac told us multiple times a while back that Yarn embeds generally don't work on Surly. And, for whatever reason (I imagine they're masters at SEO), the use of Yarn has increased dramatically in the last few weeks on Surly.

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It's their fault not mine - it blocks people's IP addresses from embedding because it thinks they are bots. if you click the image it'll just ask you to verify on cloudflare and work, but never on the embed side. It's actually super lame and another reason I want to get away from embeds and just download the yarn and serve it from our servers...

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4 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Because it's Yarn. I don't understand the technology or mechanics of it but @immamac told us multiple times a while back that Yarn embeds generally don't work on Surly. And, for whatever reason (I imagine they're masters at SEO), the use of Yarn has increased dramatically in the last few weeks on Surly.

It used to work no problem.  For like 3 years.

Posted
1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

It’s like the broken exercise bike I gave away on Facebook marketplace

Hey man, after $1,500 in repairs, it rides just like new, so your loss.

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Posted
1 minute ago, Pancho said:

So we’re all in agreement that they are going to pay people to attend turnip’s parade, right?

of course, but how would that be any different than any other event? they've been paying people to attend his shit for a while. it's part of the artificial support base

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33 minutes ago, Pancho said:

So we’re all in agreement that they are going to pay people to attend turnip’s parade, right?

 

32 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

of course, but how would that be any different than any other event? they've been paying people to attend his shit for a while. it's part of the artificial support base

 

Well, sure.  You can also count the enlisted folk they are going to ship in not only to participate, but to spectate.

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2 hours ago, Red Five said:

I’m heard someone say that, on top of everything else, it would be cheaper to just build a new plane than it would be to take that plane apart and put it back together. Which is what they would have to do if the potus is going to be flying in it. It’s all just so stupid.

I’m okay with them skipping this step.

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11 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

I’m okay with them skipping this step.

We should use the wreath fund to donate a plane to his ass, anonymously.  I bet Soros would help.  You know if it’s got a mcdonalds in it with a couple gold toilets he won’t be able to say no.  

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4 hours ago, Red Five said:

I’m heard someone say that, on top of everything else, it would be cheaper to just build a new plane than it would be to take that plane apart and put it back together. Which is what they would have to do if the potus is going to be flying in it. It’s all just so stupid.

In the spirit of government efficiency, I’m ok if they take it “as is”, no test flight or anything required. 



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