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posted by janrinok on Friday March 30 2018, @11:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the with-the-exception-of-Amazon dept.

Silicon Valley Warms to Trump After a Chilly Start

Two days after Donald J. Trump won the 2016 election, executives at Google consoled their employees in an all-staff meeting broadcast around the world.

"There is a lot of fear within Google," said Sundar Pichai, the company's chief executive, according to a video of the meeting viewed by The New York Times. When asked by an employee if there was any silver lining to Mr. Trump's election, the Google co-founder Sergey Brin said, "Boy, that's a really tough one right now." Ruth Porat, the finance chief, said Mr. Trump's victory felt "like a ton of bricks dropped on my chest." Then she instructed members of the audience to hug the person next to them.

Sixteen months later, Google's parent company, Alphabet, has most likely saved billions of dollars in taxes on its overseas cash under a new tax law signed by Mr. Trump. Alphabet also stands to benefit from the Trump administration's looser regulations for self-driving cars and delivery drones, as well as from proposed changes to the trade pact with Mexico and Canada that would limit Google's liability for user content on its sites.

Once one of Mr. Trump's most vocal opponents, Silicon Valley's technology industry has increasingly found common ground with the White House. When Mr. Trump was elected, tech executives were largely up in arms over a leader who espoused policies on immigration and other issues that were antithetical to their companies' values. Now, many of the industry's executives are growing more comfortable with the president and how his economic agenda furthers their business interests, even as many of their employees continue to disagree with Mr. Trump on social issues.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 31 2018, @12:44AM (3 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday March 31 2018, @12:44AM (#660637) Homepage

    "Mexican" salsas here in America aren't very hot. That is a very bad issue in the United States. We can blame Silicon Valley and their cultural appropriation for burritos wrapped in cold and flaccid flour tortillas and salsas that pack the Scolville heat of Heinz ketchup (The "Chipotle" effect). Some Mexicans are good, they know how to make hot salsas.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:10AM (2 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:10AM (#660667) Homepage Journal

    Flour tortillas were invented in the US by formerly Mexican people after they lost the Mexican-American War.

    It wasn't enough that the Yanquis slaughtered so many without the slightest pretense of provocation, they had to add insult to injury by doing away with corn crops and replacing them with wheat, which the formerly Mexican people did not know how to eat.

    Japan had the same problem with wheat after it lost World War II, but a really cool frood invented Ramen.

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    • (Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:29AM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday March 31 2018, @02:29AM (#660679) Homepage

      Flour tortillas were not utilized by a people who knew how to slap them onto a gas grill, or even an electric one for a few delicious minutes, to serve them to the Gringo rubes or feed their own Gringos. The ones who knew how to slap them onto a gas or electric grill already knew how to cook real tacos and burritos, the ones who didn't moved to San Jose and worked for Google and started a food company called Chipotle, then moved their tribe back downward to Irvine. The latter were working for Aztlan to poison the Gringos.

       

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 31 2018, @03:40AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 31 2018, @03:40AM (#660706) Journal

      It wasn't enough that the Yanquis slaughtered so many without the slightest pretense of provocation, they had to add insult to injury by doing away with corn crops and replacing them with wheat, which the formerly Mexican people did not know how to eat.

      Looks like they learned fast then. Plus, Mexico grows its own wheat which was introduced [gramene.org] way before Yanquis were involved.

      Wheat was introduced in Mexico by the Spaniards around 1520

      I don't buy that wheat tortillas were invented centuries later because of the merely presence of the devilish Yanquis.

      Japan had the same problem with wheat after it lost World War II, but a really cool frood invented Ramen.

      The US didn't replace Japan's rice crops with wheat. Japan was almost completely depleted, food-wise, due to the destruction of the war. Instead, the wheat and whatnot was what the US had to give. did the Navajo [whatscookingamerica.net].

      This disastrous attempt at peace led to the Long Walks. In September 1863, Kit Carson (1809-1868) was dispatched into Navajo land to retrieve a surrender. When no Navajo came to meet with him, he ordered the burning of the land. Attempts were made to starve out the Navajo and many were captured and taken to Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner. Hundreds starved on the 300 mile walk and more would die later in the crowded and disparaging conditions . Navajo were placed with the Mescalero Apache where home peace was often not the case. The camps were meant for 4,000 to 5,000 people, yet there were now over 9,000 people, and supplies were meager.

      The government supplies of lard, flour, salt, sugar, baking powder or yeast, and powdered milk were often rancid. Fry bread came from these few foods provided during the 4 years of captivity. Since that time, it has become common food at most all PowWows of numerous tribes

      The US version of "May you live in interesting times" is "May your food come from a quartermaster."