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Thanks Andrew! First is the first amendment. I am a free speech absolutist. When people are censored by their government, even by proxy, I am against that administration and their bid for reelection. Missouri v. Biden, alleged that Biden administration officials pressured social media companies to suppress viewpoints on topics like COVID-19 policies, election integrity, and Hunter Biden. In 2023, a federal judge issued a ruling restricting certain federal officials and agencies from communicating with social media companies about content moderation. The case cited examples of alleged direct and indirect government influence on content moderation. I believe the Trump administration will not pressure social media companies to censor free speech. Second is lower fuel costs and lower inflation due to energy Independence under President Trump. By 2019, the U.S.: became a net exporter of energy for the first time since 1952. The US produced record levels of crude oil, exceeding 12 million barrels per day. reduced dependence on foreign oil, particularly from OPEC nations. Higher fuel costs have lead to higher inflation under Biden. Trump's presidency (January 2017 to January 2021), the average national gasoline price in the United States was approximately $2.46 per gallon. Under Joe Biden's presidency (January 2021 to November 2024), the average price has been around $3.54 per gallon. That's 43% higher inflation under Biden. Less than 2% of the registered vehicles on US roadways will be EV's by the end of 2024. Around 11 % of new car sales will be EV in 2024, so the impact of higher fuel prices effects not only 98% of US drivers by also the costs of transporting food due to increased fuel costs, which has lead to an increase of food costs/inflation. Third, I am strongly against human trafficking. Under President Biden (January 2021 – Present) The Biden administration has faced challenges with a significant influx of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border. Reports indicate that over 320,000 migrant children have entered the U.S., with concerns about the government's ability to track and protect them adequately. (New York Post) Sex trafficking of minors makes me sick and I believe there will potentially be less of it under Trump than there potentially was under Binden. Fourth, I am against war, so I prefer Trump's desire to deescalate international conflicts and wars and to not start new wars. Fifth is tenacity. If I were convicted of 34 felonies, like Trump I would exit my political career - but Trump was not deterred by his public humiliation/felonies. If I were wounded in an assassination attempt, that would be it - I would have ended my bid for a second term in the White House, but not Thump - he pumps his fist and yells fight, fight, fight and keeps going. Also, Trump did not end his run for the White House in 2016 when his locker-room-talk audio recording was made public. I would have ended my run right then and there out of embarrassment and shame, but not Trump, he keeps going. I know many people think he is an egotistical narcissist and I do too, but I get the sense that Trump's fragile ego and desire to maintain his public persona, will lead him to fulfill his promises (out of fear of further public humiliation.) I believe you can expect Trump to follow through on his election promises, due to his character flaws. Sixth, I like the idea of Trump surrounding himself with AI and automation experts like Musk, to help guide our transition and help the US regulate and/or deregulate AI, as necessary, and to help the US safely win the AI and quantum computing arms race. "President-elect Donald Trump's plans for artificial intelligence likely start with repealing President Joe Biden's executive order on AI followed by limiting government regulation of the technology." TechTarget I think that some time during next four years, there is going to be an economy reset and your average entry level office worker, customer service person, coder will be downsized due to AI and later, labor will be downsized due to automation. I think that no matter who the president is, the average person will be screwed economically in the next four years. I believe Trump will provide the decisive leadership needed to soften the landing, during the tough economic times ahead, and that's the final reason why I support Trump, flaws and all. -
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220 messages. This camera disturbed our sleep.... But did anyone finally buy it? Are there any users who use it? Scouring the net I found only one video showing the capabilities of the autofocus for video. all and I mean all the videos are focused on the autofocus for photos and unfortunately they are two different beasts. This is the only video I found explaining AF for video: -
Within a minute of me posting those musings, someone wandered by with an X1D-II doing a bit of street photography. I’d forgotten how compact it was and then remembered that Hasselblad make a focal reducer adapter for the HC lenses that restores their correct FOV on the smaller sensor. The hips gave a small jiggle. -
I was told the all black version will be coming to the U.S. a bit later but I’m seeing a bunch of them in the wild. I couldn’t pass up a $500 LUMIX S5 this week so I’ll have to wait on the X-M5 till after the holidays anyway. Hoping they don’t have the same shortages as the X100 series.
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