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telephone3 • today at 3:06 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

And the airing of said laundry achieves what exactly? I don't see any knock on effect from that dirty laundry being aired, other than entertaining the masses with new scandal and signaling to the rest of the world that the US is not to be trusted.


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JumpCrisscross • today at 4:07 PM

> the airing of said laundry achieves what exactly?

No midterm routs in China.

For Europe, the answer is using homegrown metal, even if it is severely underpowered, and accepting that it will be running American and Chinese open-source models for the near future. (The French lobbyists looked likely to turn Mistral into another Arianespace, but they’ll be resisting implosion for at least another year.)

WarmWash • today at 3:20 PM

It's the feedback loop of democracy.

If you don't think it's important or needed, well, there is still a lot for you to learn.