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The Morning Rant: Inflation!
Price pressures may be cooling across the economy, with the 12‑month inflation rate slowing sharply in November. The annual inflation rate eased to 2.7 percent last month—the lowest level since July—from 3 percent in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists had penciled in a reading of 3.1 percent. The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile energy and food prices due to their noisy signals, also cooled to 2.6 percent from 3 percent in September. This represented the lowest reading since March 2021.
But even better than moderating inflation is this little nugget of pure golden deliciousness!
Tariff-sensitive items were little changed over the past 12 months. The apparel index is up 0.2 percent year over year, while the new-vehicle index has risen 0.6 percent over the 12 months ending in November. Additionally, on an annualized basis, appliances have increased by 0.5 percent, smartphones have declined by 9.4 percent, and footwear has dipped by 0.1 percent.
And weren't we told by our betters that tariffs are inflationary? You know, those 26-year-old "journalists" who took one economics class in college and never attended because it was at 8:00AM and they were usually still high! The "journalists" and pundits confidently claimed that a one-time increase in the wholesale price of tariffed products would continue to push their prices up indefinitely. Of course no modern country has ever shifted revenue to tariffs so quickly, and the data simply aren't there to make anything more than a wild-assed-guess! But they did it anyway, and it looks like they were just a little bit off in their predictions. Nobody knows whether a tariff-based economy will function as well as President Trump has proclaimed, but the early indications are good, and the naysayers are being proven incorrect. Revenue from the tariffs is robust, which is also proving the President correct. Last night's presidential address is an excellent start to the administration's focus on communicated to the American people what the President is doing to address inflation, employment, the return of manufacturing to America, the vanishing possibility of home ownership for many young Americans, and other economic challenges that we face. I hope he keeps hammering home his efforts to redirect our economy toward Americans, and away from illegals, and the leeches of Europe. It is long past time! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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Boom!
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:03 AM (3nLb4)
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hola
Posted by: alpine_beer at December 18, 2025 11:03 AM (van9r)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 18, 2025 11:03 AM (Kt19C)
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I hope he keeps hammering home his efforts to redirect our economy toward Americans, and away from illegals, and the leeches of Europe.
The Leeches of Europe would be an excellent name for a Techno band.
The Leeches of Europe would be an excellent name for a Techno band.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
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Unexpectedly. I'm starting to think the professional "expecters" are really bad at expecting.
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:04 AM (c2vsb)
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Funky Monkey
Posted by: kactus at December 18, 2025 11:05 AM (twS2i)
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Report: Brown U- Police find live ammo and DNA from killer
Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2025 11:05 AM (RHGPo)
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The problem is LIVs don’t understand that inflation is permanent. If prices increase 10% one year, that 10% is there forever.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:06 AM (udlma)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at December 18, 2025 11:07 AM (tj1W+)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at December 18, 2025 11:07 AM (WA0X9)
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Nobody knows whether a tariff-based economy will function as well as President Trump has proclaimed
Judging from their death squeals, I think they know full well.
Judging from their death squeals, I think they know full well.
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:07 AM (jBtak)
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And weren't we told by our betters that tariffs are inflationary? You know, those 26-year-old "journalists" who took one economics class in college and never attended because it was at 8:00AM and they were usually still high! The "journalists" and pundits confidently claimed that a one-time increase in the wholesale price of tariffed products would continue to push their prices up indefinitely. Of course no modern country has ever shifted revenue to tariffs so quickly, and the data simply aren't there to make anything more than a wild-assed-guess!
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Tariffs barely have an effect on inflation, but if it's anything, it's deflationary.
It increases some prices which decreases demand which slows the flow of money, having fewer dollars chasing the same number of goods.
But it's small.
What really affects inflation is the Fed's power to increase the money supply, specifically M2.
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Tariffs barely have an effect on inflation, but if it's anything, it's deflationary.
It increases some prices which decreases demand which slows the flow of money, having fewer dollars chasing the same number of goods.
But it's small.
What really affects inflation is the Fed's power to increase the money supply, specifically M2.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:08 AM (GBKbO)
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I'm sure Trump knew the inflation numbers before his speech last night. He wanted to tell the whole country how great his policies were working because he already knew the immediate outcome.
strategery
strategery
Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2025 11:08 AM (viF8m)
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9 “Inflation Cools: Here’s why that might be bad news.”
MSM prolly.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at December 18, 2025 11:07 AM (tj1W+)
That’s essentially what they’re doing with gas. The same people who scream about BIG OIL PROFITS all of a sudden are concerned that oil companies will suffer with cheap oil.
Our very own retard, ASS for the memo as well.
MSM prolly.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at December 18, 2025 11:07 AM (tj1W+)
That’s essentially what they’re doing with gas. The same people who scream about BIG OIL PROFITS all of a sudden are concerned that oil companies will suffer with cheap oil.
Our very own retard, ASS for the memo as well.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:09 AM (udlma)
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None of these credentialed "economists" ever seem to understand the huge multiplier, both up and down, that energy costs have on an economy, and especially oil prices. Energy is a significant factor in every good manufactured and sold, and it can drive prices up as well as help them go down.
By trying to get rid of all oil and gas related energy production, Europe have locked themselves into a future of high priced energy forever, without being able to take any advantage of falling oil prices. Meanwhile, the US and a few other manufacturer friendly spots are poised to steal away all of their industrial manufacturers.
By trying to get rid of all oil and gas related energy production, Europe have locked themselves into a future of high priced energy forever, without being able to take any advantage of falling oil prices. Meanwhile, the US and a few other manufacturer friendly spots are poised to steal away all of their industrial manufacturers.
Posted by: The Marquis de Favras at December 18, 2025 11:09 AM (uWKK8)
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Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 18, 2025 11:07 AM (WA0X9)
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The moving of goal posts.
If your comments didn't get deleted all the time, we could go back a few months to comments of yours calling tariffs inflationary.
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The moving of goal posts.
If your comments didn't get deleted all the time, we could go back a few months to comments of yours calling tariffs inflationary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:10 AM (GBKbO)
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I’m fine with an extra 0.3% inflation if it means China no longer ass raping the country.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:11 AM (udlma)
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5 Unexpectedly. I'm starting to think the professional "expecters" are really bad at expecting.
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:04 AM (c2vsb)
All that they do anymore is wish-casting. They project what they hope and desire will come to be, even though that has nothing to do with what actually will come to be.
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:04 AM (c2vsb)
All that they do anymore is wish-casting. They project what they hope and desire will come to be, even though that has nothing to do with what actually will come to be.
Posted by: The Marquis de Favras at December 18, 2025 11:11 AM (uWKK8)
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Report: The Brown police chief actually hates police work, and his officers hate him.
Posted by: SMOD at December 18, 2025 11:11 AM (RHGPo)
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No one (who knows what they are talking about) said tariffs are inflationary. Tariffs increase cost, and therefore prices, to the consumer. That is not inflation. When that happens, what is expected is that consumers (as a whole) will purchase less of the tariffed item(s) and shift spending to some other products. Reduced demand for an item usually leads to lowering of prices.
A simple one-dimensional test such as the CPI is not very instructional. I've never been a big fan of it regarding accuracy and there are many economists (a lot) who regard it as overstating inflation generally. I'm not sure what would be better, but breaking it down into different categories reduces the sample size and generally reduces accuracy (such as it is). You can flood the zone with indicators that will tell any story you want so again I would not read much into the CPI.
I am against tariffs because that is simply more and too much government interference in my life.
A simple one-dimensional test such as the CPI is not very instructional. I've never been a big fan of it regarding accuracy and there are many economists (a lot) who regard it as overstating inflation generally. I'm not sure what would be better, but breaking it down into different categories reduces the sample size and generally reduces accuracy (such as it is). You can flood the zone with indicators that will tell any story you want so again I would not read much into the CPI.
I am against tariffs because that is simply more and too much government interference in my life.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
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Inflation is a bit of a reset to the economy. Older folks such as some of those who are rumored to hang around here simply lose a fraction of the money they've saved over a lifetime, while younger workers will see their salaries increase to at least partially mitigate the inflation.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (Riz8t)
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No more hammering!
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (NcvvS)
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Report: Brown U- Police find live ammo and DNA from killer
Instead of 'Report:', I'd offer 'Unverifiable Claim from Notoriously Unreliable Sources:'
Instead of 'Report:', I'd offer 'Unverifiable Claim from Notoriously Unreliable Sources:'
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:13 AM (jBtak)
Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell at December 18, 2025 11:13 AM (0bjKf)
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MUNKEY
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 18, 2025 11:13 AM (y9nCu)
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8 The problem is LIVs don’t understand that inflation is permanent. If prices increase 10% one year, that 10% is there forever.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Not true actually. Short run yes, long run other factors come into play like technology changes, substitution effects, etc.
Perfect example are commodity food prices. Events happen to cause relative scarcity spikes and then prices recede.
Some prices are sticky--like real estate. In part because people have a loss preference avoidance aka sunk costs.
Complicated subject that is best dealt with individual goods than an overall average which is easily manipulated by choices of goods to figure the average.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Not true actually. Short run yes, long run other factors come into play like technology changes, substitution effects, etc.
Perfect example are commodity food prices. Events happen to cause relative scarcity spikes and then prices recede.
Some prices are sticky--like real estate. In part because people have a loss preference avoidance aka sunk costs.
Complicated subject that is best dealt with individual goods than an overall average which is easily manipulated by choices of goods to figure the average.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:13 AM (WDjG6)
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"Measuring" inflation, or most any other economic indicator is basically manufactured out of thin air.
It's horseshit.
It's political polling's retarded sister.
It's horseshit.
It's political polling's retarded sister.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (NwnyJ)
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Report: Brown U- Police find live ammo and DNA from killer
Instead of 'Report:', I'd offer 'Unverifiable Claim from Notoriously Unreliable Sources:'
I suppose "more mush from the wimps" is already taken. Pity.
Instead of 'Report:', I'd offer 'Unverifiable Claim from Notoriously Unreliable Sources:'
I suppose "more mush from the wimps" is already taken. Pity.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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Thx again CBD.
The effect of a few million illegals leaving the country is that the price and availability of homes and apartments have changed. Prices are decreasing and availability increasing. Anti inflationary that is
The effect of a few million illegals leaving the country is that the price and availability of homes and apartments have changed. Prices are decreasing and availability increasing. Anti inflationary that is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (LyrOO)
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We're pleased to announce that all commenters who receive an "Exceeded Expectations" rating on their upcoming AoSHQ Annual Commenter Review will receive one extra tin of sardines in recognition of their support and achievement.
Posted by: Big Penguin at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (0A8Se)
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29 Thx again CBD.
The effect of a few million illegals leaving the country is that the price and availability of homes and apartments have changed. Prices are decreasing and availability increasing. Anti inflationary that is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (LyrOO)
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Also, what was the effect of importing them? Inflationary, one might say?
The effect of a few million illegals leaving the country is that the price and availability of homes and apartments have changed. Prices are decreasing and availability increasing. Anti inflationary that is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (LyrOO)
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Also, what was the effect of importing them? Inflationary, one might say?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (GBKbO)
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30 We're pleased to announce that all commenters who receive an "Exceeded Expectations" rating on their upcoming AoSHQ Annual Commenter Review will receive one extra tin of sardines in recognition of their support and achievement.
Posted by: Big Penguin at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (0A8Se)
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Yeah, I still can't read, so this ain't comin' to me.
Posted by: Big Penguin at December 18, 2025 11:14 AM (0A8Se)
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Yeah, I still can't read, so this ain't comin' to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
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7 ‘ Report: Brown U- Police find live ammo and DNA from killer’
Good. Now get some of Mustafa Whatthefuck’s DNA and see if he is the guy.
Oh! And Trump definitely should keep hammering.
Good. Now get some of Mustafa Whatthefuck’s DNA and see if he is the guy.
Oh! And Trump definitely should keep hammering.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (jbnUc)
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We're pleased to announce that all commenters who receive an "Exceeded Expectations" rating on their upcoming AoSHQ Annual Commenter Review will receive one extra tin of sardines in recognition of their support and achievement.
Yeah, but it'll probably be the execrable "packed in tomato sauce" ones.
Yeah, but it'll probably be the execrable "packed in tomato sauce" ones.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
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I missed Caucasian Canyon.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2025 11:16 AM (NS3dP)
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Lemme guess: the Reddit fuckface gaslighted about the "reason" prices are going down is because the economy sucks?
Lemme guess: the Reddit fuckface gaslighted about the "reason" prices are going down is because the economy sucks?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:16 AM (681AV)
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Report: Brown U- Police find live ammo and DNA from killer’
Good. Now get some of Mustafa Whatthefuck’s DNA and see if he is the guy.
He certainly picked an inopportune time to go on a vacation away from all news sources.
Good. Now get some of Mustafa Whatthefuck’s DNA and see if he is the guy.
He certainly picked an inopportune time to go on a vacation away from all news sources.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:16 AM (Riz8t)
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Lemme guess: the Reddit fuckface gaslighted about the "reason" prices are going down is because the economy sucks?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:16 AM (681AV)
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"No one ever said tariffs would cause inflation. They're worried about jobs. Top line job numbers are not 200,000 per month in an environment where we're seeing net-out migration!"
Lemme guess: the Reddit fuckface gaslighted about the "reason" prices are going down is because the economy sucks?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:16 AM (681AV)
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"No one ever said tariffs would cause inflation. They're worried about jobs. Top line job numbers are not 200,000 per month in an environment where we're seeing net-out migration!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:17 AM (GBKbO)
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Perfect example are commodity food prices. Events happen to cause relative scarcity spikes and then prices recede.
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Yeah food and gas do bounce up and down a lot. Which is why there is the core cpi measure excluding food and gas. It’s a lot smoother long term.
But if the price of a couch goes from $1000 to $1100, it’s not coming back down to $1000.
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Yeah food and gas do bounce up and down a lot. Which is why there is the core cpi measure excluding food and gas. It’s a lot smoother long term.
But if the price of a couch goes from $1000 to $1100, it’s not coming back down to $1000.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:17 AM (udlma)
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One of the victims was named moohamhead.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2025 11:17 AM (NS3dP)
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Reddit gaslighting NPC-bot firmware 367.76.79 download:
-- gas is going down because people don't have any money in Trump's lousy economy
-- prices are going down because no one has a job and money to spend
Reddit gaslighting NPC-bot firmware 367.76.79 download:
-- gas is going down because people don't have any money in Trump's lousy economy
-- prices are going down because no one has a job and money to spend
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM (681AV)
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Willowed
Diog, where are you in relation to the flooding going on in WA? Hope you're safe.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
Pretty much all around. I live on a hill so no real worries here but a lot of water flows down along the property line. Most of the flooding has been a few miles north but the wind that came through the other night pretty much ripped up everything along the I 5 corridor all the way to Portland and east to the Idaho border. Only lost power briefly but other areas are still without.
Diog, where are you in relation to the flooding going on in WA? Hope you're safe.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
Pretty much all around. I live on a hill so no real worries here but a lot of water flows down along the property line. Most of the flooding has been a few miles north but the wind that came through the other night pretty much ripped up everything along the I 5 corridor all the way to Portland and east to the Idaho border. Only lost power briefly but other areas are still without.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM (2WIwB)
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I am against tariffs because that is simply more and too much government interference in my life.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
No argument from me, but how should we fund even important government operations like defense?
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
No argument from me, but how should we fund even important government operations like defense?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM (n9ltV)
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MONKEY!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM (zjgNU)
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For me personally in the last few years… gas prices are down noticeably (especially since Trump took office)… food prices are up, especially eating out which has become a shitshow since covid (I’m sad to say because I’m someone who used to really enjoy eating out). Also up: property taxes and rent…. It does seem like big ticket items like appliances are also ridiculously expensive. Also up: electricity and water bills…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (xT8gx)
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"No one ever said tariffs would cause inflation. They're worried about jobs. Top line job numbers are not 200,000 per month in an environment where we're seeing net-out migration!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Oh, that's a new one.
"No one ever said tariffs would cause inflation. They're worried about jobs. Top line job numbers are not 200,000 per month in an environment where we're seeing net-out migration!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Oh, that's a new one.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (681AV)
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Anybody notice how these shooters disappear from the news headlines just to be replaced by another one?
Me thinks things are out of control.
Me thinks things are out of control.
Posted by: pawn at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (EMg+d)
Posted by: Auburn Calloway at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (Y1sOo)
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Good to hear, Diogenes. Hope you stay safe.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (77rzZ)
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Reddit gaslighting NPC-bot firmware 367.76.79 download:
-- gas is going down because people don't have any money in Trump's lousy economy
-- prices are going down because no one has a job and money to spend
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM (681AV)
Reddit then: fuck Trump, rents are high because of him
Reddit now: rents are falling, this is going to cause a depression. Fuck Trump.
Reddit gaslighting NPC-bot firmware 367.76.79 download:
-- gas is going down because people don't have any money in Trump's lousy economy
-- prices are going down because no one has a job and money to spend
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM (681AV)
Reddit then: fuck Trump, rents are high because of him
Reddit now: rents are falling, this is going to cause a depression. Fuck Trump.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:20 AM (udlma)
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"No one ever said tariffs would cause inflation. They're worried about jobs. Top line job numbers are not 200,000 per month in an environment where we're seeing net-out migration!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Oh, that's a new one.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (681AV)
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Oh, I'm sure there's a certain, "Trump isn't deporting anyone and our population is definitely growing at the same rate as it was in 2022."
But it's bumping up against, "Trump is deporting everyone who's browner than an Irishman, especially American citizens, and it's a travesty that will require war crime trials afterwards."
"No one ever said tariffs would cause inflation. They're worried about jobs. Top line job numbers are not 200,000 per month in an environment where we're seeing net-out migration!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Oh, that's a new one.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (681AV)
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Oh, I'm sure there's a certain, "Trump isn't deporting anyone and our population is definitely growing at the same rate as it was in 2022."
But it's bumping up against, "Trump is deporting everyone who's browner than an Irishman, especially American citizens, and it's a travesty that will require war crime trials afterwards."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
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Complicated subject that is best dealt with individual goods than an overall average which is easily manipulated by choices of goods to figure the average.
Posted by: whig
Long term devaluation of currency through irresponsible monetary policy would like a word.
Posted by: whig
Long term devaluation of currency through irresponsible monetary policy would like a word.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (OUMaO)
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Somehow, I doubt that OMG TARIFFS REE have even close to the effect of evicting millions of invaders on inflation.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (ULPxl)
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Reddit gaslighting NPC-bot firmware 367.76.79 download:
-- gas is going down because people don't have any money in Trump's lousy economy
-- prices are going down because no one has a job and money to spend
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM
I paid $2.219/gal yesterday, which is the lowest since early February, 2021.
-- gas is going down because people don't have any money in Trump's lousy economy
-- prices are going down because no one has a job and money to spend
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:18 AM
I paid $2.219/gal yesterday, which is the lowest since early February, 2021.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (0sNs1)
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Being against tariffs has to be the stupidest thing ever.
You don't want charge foreign countries a fee for doing business in the largest marketplace in the World? You don't want to protect the American Economy?
Being against tariffs has to be the stupidest thing ever.
You don't want charge foreign countries a fee for doing business in the largest marketplace in the World? You don't want to protect the American Economy?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (681AV)
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It seems that the Aussie police are starting to feel the heat from their demonstrated incompetence at Bondi Beach, and are trying to get ahead of the next atrocity.
Australians Arrest More Bondi ‘Violent Plotters,’ Looks Like Another Islamist Cell
https://is.gd/mBaa9k
Australians Arrest More Bondi ‘Violent Plotters,’ Looks Like Another Islamist Cell
https://is.gd/mBaa9k
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
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I predict the economy will be booming by next summer. It's actually OK right now but a little sluggish from the shock of tariffs and the Biden hangover. I'm concerned next November LIV's will either not believe their lyin' eyes and listen to the MSM doom reports or be apathetic since gas is cheap and they can pay her bills. Republicans need to get off their asses and vote like their life depend on it, which it sort of does.
Posted by: Ripley at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (GUOwU)
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The tarrif thing can be expressed and argued in very complex and confusing ways. For me, I look to the past. Until the 20th century we had no income tax and the nation was so rich Teddy Roosevelt formed a commission on what to do with all that money.
What to do with all that money?
Then the Democrats figured out a grift that's still going strong today.
What to do with all that money?
Then the Democrats figured out a grift that's still going strong today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (CHW5l)
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Being against tariffs has to be the stupidest thing ever.
You don't want charge foreign countries a fee for doing business in the largest marketplace in the World? You don't want to protect the American Economy?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (681AV)
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WRONG SIR.
You don't want charge foreign countries a fee for doing business in the largest marketplace in the World? You don't want to protect the American Economy?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (681AV)
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WRONG SIR.
Posted by: The Principled Free Traders of the GOPe at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (WA0X9)
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Report: Brown U- Police find live ammo and DNA from killer
"Oopsie. I just wiped that with acetone. Should I not have done that?"
-- Achmed the Providence PD Lab Tech
"Oopsie. I just wiped that with acetone. Should I not have done that?"
-- Achmed the Providence PD Lab Tech
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (3nLb4)
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56 It seems that the Aussie police are starting to feel the heat from their demonstrated incompetence at Bondi Beach, and are trying to get ahead of the next atrocity.
Australians Arrest More Bondi ‘Violent Plotters,’ Looks Like Another Islamist Cell
https://is.gd/mBaa9k
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
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These men were just planning on celebrating multi-cultural Hanukkah, and the Australian police are guilty of racisms for assuming otherwise.
Australians Arrest More Bondi ‘Violent Plotters,’ Looks Like Another Islamist Cell
https://is.gd/mBaa9k
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
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These men were just planning on celebrating multi-cultural Hanukkah, and the Australian police are guilty of racisms for assuming otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (GBKbO)
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The usual suspects are saying inflation is down because the govt shutdown is skewing the Nov report. Not sure how that works, but the talking points have gone out.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at December 18, 2025 11:23 AM (0bjKf)
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Anybody notice how these shooters disappear from the news headlines just to be replaced by another one?
Me thinks things are out of control.
Or in control.
Me thinks things are out of control.
Or in control.
Posted by: The 4am Talking Points at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM (jBtak)
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The arguments against Tarriffs are the same TrueCon arguments for infinite Immigration. They will Happily destroy the country and its culture to save 3 cents on a tomato or something from Temu.
America isn’t a country from them it’s just a place to do business.
America isn’t a country from them it’s just a place to do business.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM (udlma)
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The tarrif thing can be expressed and argued in very complex and confusing ways.
What? Blind certainty and contempt for those who disagree are hallmarks of the AOSHQ lifestyle.
What? Blind certainty and contempt for those who disagree are hallmarks of the AOSHQ lifestyle.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
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But it's bumping up against, "Trump is deporting everyone who's browner than an Irishman, especially American citizens, and it's a travesty that will require war crime trials afterwards."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Ooh, that reminds me, I did see a new Hoax, yesterday: ICE is charging $5000 to be released from custody, including American citizens.
So, I guess Trump's ICE has some racket going on where they arrest people and then hold them for ransom.
But it's bumping up against, "Trump is deporting everyone who's browner than an Irishman, especially American citizens, and it's a travesty that will require war crime trials afterwards."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Ooh, that reminds me, I did see a new Hoax, yesterday: ICE is charging $5000 to be released from custody, including American citizens.
So, I guess Trump's ICE has some racket going on where they arrest people and then hold them for ransom.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM (681AV)
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No one (who knows what they are talking about) said tariffs are inflationary...
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
Well, the head of the Fed said it was, so you are correct about people who don't know what they are talking about.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
Well, the head of the Fed said it was, so you are correct about people who don't know what they are talking about.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (zjgNU)
69
Just heard a gay joke from the 40's on replay of Benny radio show. Subtle and funny.
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (cS1cw)
70
"We must keep all the low-productive imports who use more welfare than they produce because it helps the economy and deporting them would be bad for the economy."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
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56 It seems that the Aussie police are starting to feel the heat from their demonstrated incompetence at Bondi Beach, and are trying to get ahead of the next atrocity.
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Article, yesterday; Cops hid behind their car and watched. One woman attempted to use a wounded cop's gun to thwart the shooter but was stopped by the other police.
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Article, yesterday; Cops hid behind their car and watched. One woman attempted to use a wounded cop's gun to thwart the shooter but was stopped by the other police.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (CHW5l)
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CBD are you trying to tell me that journalists know nothing other than what they have been told by their communist democrat grifters?
I shan’t believe that.
I shan’t believe that.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (xvV+O)
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But if the price of a couch goes from $1000 to $1100, it’s not coming back down to $1000.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Actually it can and does. The old style of furniture manufacturing was metal springs, wood frame, and some sort of batting. High labor costs.
Some of the newer styles of a couch don't rely on those expensive materials because of the development of high density foam and thus less labor to produce so it can be sold for less.
What you are trying to do is compare a couch made by the same production techniques in the past or future. Says really nothing about other factors coming into play.
For the most part, where inflation hurts is not really material goods where you get technology improvements or substitution effects, but services and goods where they aren't making more of it, like land etc. The price of services is what is driving a lot of the loss in buying power--medical, education, insurance, etc. And that is related to cost of labor. We shall see if AI reduces service cost.
And energy is the one key good that government interference is probably driving inflation worsened by excise taxes.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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Actually it can and does. The old style of furniture manufacturing was metal springs, wood frame, and some sort of batting. High labor costs.
Some of the newer styles of a couch don't rely on those expensive materials because of the development of high density foam and thus less labor to produce so it can be sold for less.
What you are trying to do is compare a couch made by the same production techniques in the past or future. Says really nothing about other factors coming into play.
For the most part, where inflation hurts is not really material goods where you get technology improvements or substitution effects, but services and goods where they aren't making more of it, like land etc. The price of services is what is driving a lot of the loss in buying power--medical, education, insurance, etc. And that is related to cost of labor. We shall see if AI reduces service cost.
And energy is the one key good that government interference is probably driving inflation worsened by excise taxes.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (WDjG6)
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43 I am against tariffs because that is simply more and too much government interference in my life.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
As with almost all things, there are times when they are a great good for a nation, and times when they are not. It's important to know which, and getting locked on one side or the other can be disastrous.
While the US was growing, tarriffs were a vital tool leading to economic growth. Many manufactured goods could be brought in from England, etc which would be cheaper than those built in the US; but the tarriff equalized the cost and helped promote the growth of US based industrial manufacturing, which created a skilled workforce, which greatly grew the entire country.
The US allowed its manufacturing base to be hollowed out over the last 40 years or so, and its time to go through that process again.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at December 18, 2025 11:12 AM (P7Iz+)
As with almost all things, there are times when they are a great good for a nation, and times when they are not. It's important to know which, and getting locked on one side or the other can be disastrous.
While the US was growing, tarriffs were a vital tool leading to economic growth. Many manufactured goods could be brought in from England, etc which would be cheaper than those built in the US; but the tarriff equalized the cost and helped promote the growth of US based industrial manufacturing, which created a skilled workforce, which greatly grew the entire country.
The US allowed its manufacturing base to be hollowed out over the last 40 years or so, and its time to go through that process again.
Posted by: The Marquis de Favras at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (udlma)
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"How the rancid whores in the media are going to spin this is anyone's guess"
It is relatively easy to panic the sheep into believing we are living in the Greater Depression when times are good. Not so easy to convince them all is well when times are bad (see: the Biden* junta).
It is relatively easy to panic the sheep into believing we are living in the Greater Depression when times are good. Not so easy to convince them all is well when times are bad (see: the Biden* junta).
Posted by: Mhandisi at December 18, 2025 11:26 AM (SeY0A)
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Article, yesterday; Cops hid behind their car and watched. One woman attempted to use a wounded cop's gun to thwart the shooter but was stopped by the other police.
Posted by: Braenyard
I think all the cops were chicks.
Posted by: Braenyard
I think all the cops were chicks.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)
78
Big Penguin is our friend and has our best interests at heart. You have nothing to fear and everything to gain.
Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at December 18, 2025 11:26 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:26 AM (681AV)
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Yeah, I still can't read, so this ain't comin' to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
You can buy it through Instacart
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
You can buy it through Instacart
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (c2vsb)
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Japan's economy isn't in great shape, but they're still Japan and have very low crime levels.
So, you know, trade offs.
So, you know, trade offs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (GBKbO)
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Who thinks that a decreasing population would give us a better economy?
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
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80 Yeah, I still can't read, so this ain't comin' to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
You can buy it through Instacart
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (c2vsb)
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I hope I get Instacart in a good mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
You can buy it through Instacart
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (c2vsb)
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I hope I get Instacart in a good mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (GBKbO)
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Whig,
In theory you’re right. In practical terms a couch that cost $1000 in 2018 is now $2000. And it ain’t ever getting back to $1000 or anywhere close to it, AI or no AI.
In theory you’re right. In practical terms a couch that cost $1000 in 2018 is now $2000. And it ain’t ever getting back to $1000 or anywhere close to it, AI or no AI.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (udlma)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (pExkk)
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Me thinks things are out of control.
Posted by: The 4am Talking Points at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM
So much so that we'll be lucky to live through it?
Posted by: The 4am Talking Points at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM
So much so that we'll be lucky to live through it?
Posted by: Radm. Josh Painter at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (0sNs1)
87
Tariffs can be good, they can be bad. They are a tool, and their utility depends on the timing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (uWKK8)
88
82 Who thinks that a decreasing population would give us a better economy?
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
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"Import the world to increase GDP!"
-Canada, a country with flat GDP for a decade
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
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"Import the world to increase GDP!"
-Canada, a country with flat GDP for a decade
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (GBKbO)
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Business man knows how to fix shitty economy better than bought politicians, who'da thunk...
The Man has already exceeded all my expectations as far as what little I had... he's done more for the conservative movement than anyone could've hoped.
Now if congress can unfuck themselves and the ACA I might finally, just finally, be tired of winning. maybe.
The Man has already exceeded all my expectations as far as what little I had... he's done more for the conservative movement than anyone could've hoped.
Now if congress can unfuck themselves and the ACA I might finally, just finally, be tired of winning. maybe.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (lLeLE)
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CBD are you trying to tell me that journalists know nothing other than what they have been told by their communist democrat grifters?
I shan’t believe that.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (xvV+O)
Style Guide dictates you follow that last sentence with "I shannot".
I shan’t believe that.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:25 AM (xvV+O)
Style Guide dictates you follow that last sentence with "I shannot".
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (c2vsb)
91
I paid $2.219/gal yesterday, which is the lowest since early February, 2021.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (0sNs1)
2.82 here yesterday.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2025 11:21 AM (0sNs1)
2.82 here yesterday.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (5xuJ/)
92
I’d wager than 95%+ of people who’re wailing about tariffs are either dems or never-Trumpers (redundant)
I can be completely honest… I’d never thought about tariffs at all until Trump started talking about them. I don’t have a sophisticated opinion on them… I support Trump so if he wants to do tariffs fine
I can be completely honest… I’d never thought about tariffs at all until Trump started talking about them. I don’t have a sophisticated opinion on them… I support Trump so if he wants to do tariffs fine
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (xT8gx)
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84 Whig,
In theory you’re right. In practical terms a couch that cost $1000 in 2018 is now $2000. And it ain’t ever getting back to $1000 or anywhere close to it, AI or no AI.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (udlma)
Well sooner or later a country gets to where they have to knock 2 or 3 zeroes off the currency, and then you go back to it. for a little while.
In theory you’re right. In practical terms a couch that cost $1000 in 2018 is now $2000. And it ain’t ever getting back to $1000 or anywhere close to it, AI or no AI.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (udlma)
Well sooner or later a country gets to where they have to knock 2 or 3 zeroes off the currency, and then you go back to it. for a little while.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (uWKK8)
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I hope I get Instacart in a good mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Then you can get it to like and subscribe!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Then you can get it to like and subscribe!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (CHW5l)
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58 The tarrif thing can be expressed and argued in very complex and confusing ways. For me, I look to the past. Until the 20th century we had no income tax and the nation was so rich Teddy Roosevelt formed a commission on what to do with all that money.
What to do with all that money?
Then the Democrats figured out a grift that's still going strong today.
Posted by: Braenyard
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For most of our history, the concern of the US was fair trade with other countries, not totally free trade. In addition, tariffs and excise taxes were the main source of government revenue until the income tax came along.
The whole free trade bullshit was an extension of the Marshall Plan after WWII where the US stood dominant and thus allowed other nations to essentially treat us unfairly so that they could gather enough surplus to rebuild (done to keep them from turning Commie). That became ossified as once a government policy is enacted, you get plenty of special interest groups paying good money to Congress critters, etc. to keep the racket going well past its sell by date.
What to do with all that money?
Then the Democrats figured out a grift that's still going strong today.
Posted by: Braenyard
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For most of our history, the concern of the US was fair trade with other countries, not totally free trade. In addition, tariffs and excise taxes were the main source of government revenue until the income tax came along.
The whole free trade bullshit was an extension of the Marshall Plan after WWII where the US stood dominant and thus allowed other nations to essentially treat us unfairly so that they could gather enough surplus to rebuild (done to keep them from turning Commie). That became ossified as once a government policy is enacted, you get plenty of special interest groups paying good money to Congress critters, etc. to keep the racket going well past its sell by date.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (WDjG6)
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Tariffs can be good, they can be bad. They are a tool, and their utility depends on the timing.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Well, look at you. Being all reasonable and sh*t.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Well, look at you. Being all reasonable and sh*t.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (3nLb4)
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Even if there was a guarantee that we’d have 5% gdp growth for eternity, I’d still want an end to immigration. A country is more than GDP growth and cheap Chinese junk.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (udlma)
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92 I’d wager than 95%+ of people who’re wailing about tariffs are either dems or never-Trumpers (redundant)
I can be completely honest… I’d never thought about tariffs at all until Trump started talking about them. I don’t have a sophisticated opinion on them… I support Trump so if he wants to do tariffs fine
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (xT8gx)
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Trump imposed some onerous tariffs on China in his first term.
The inflation promised from those tariffs never happened, and Biden never reduced or removed the tariffs.
That should have been a learning exercise for many people, but people's memories reset every day, I think.
I can be completely honest… I’d never thought about tariffs at all until Trump started talking about them. I don’t have a sophisticated opinion on them… I support Trump so if he wants to do tariffs fine
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (xT8gx)
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Trump imposed some onerous tariffs on China in his first term.
The inflation promised from those tariffs never happened, and Biden never reduced or removed the tariffs.
That should have been a learning exercise for many people, but people's memories reset every day, I think.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
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I hope I get Instacart in a good mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Then you can get it to like and subscribe!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
Yeah TJM - did you see that I made good on my promise to subscribe?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Then you can get it to like and subscribe!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
Yeah TJM - did you see that I made good on my promise to subscribe?
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (c2vsb)
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Yeah, I still can't read, so this ain't comin' to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
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You're a COB so you might get TWO tins of sardines if you are lucky.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
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You're a COB so you might get TWO tins of sardines if you are lucky.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (ESVrU)
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I like when President Trump gives a speech and dumps on Joe Biden. Reinforces how stupid stupid people were to elect the pants shitter in the first place. Also reminds those shitheads in Delaware that they are shitheads.
Posted by: Delaware Is For Shitheads at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (bC9HI)
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88 82 Who thinks that a decreasing population would give us a better economy?
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
Who would think that Twitter could actually run much better after laying off 75% of its employees?
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
Who would think that Twitter could actually run much better after laying off 75% of its employees?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (uWKK8)
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100 Yeah TJM - did you see that I made good on my promise to subscribe?
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (c2vsb)
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I don't see a list, just numbers.
So, I'll have to take your word for it!
Also...growth has stalled over the last few days. My Welles post was trending for a couple of weeks, vacuuming up subs, and then the growth stopped.
I is sad. But, pushing forward.
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (c2vsb)
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I don't see a list, just numbers.
So, I'll have to take your word for it!
Also...growth has stalled over the last few days. My Welles post was trending for a couple of weeks, vacuuming up subs, and then the growth stopped.
I is sad. But, pushing forward.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
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Well, look at you. Being all reasonable and sh*t.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM
To be fair, is that not what we expect on all non-ONT Threads?
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM
To be fair, is that not what we expect on all non-ONT Threads?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (0sNs1)
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None of these credentialed "economists" ever seem to understand the huge multiplier, both up and down, that energy costs have on an economy, and especially oil prices. Energy is a significant factor in every good manufactured and sold, and it can drive prices up as well as help them go down.
Posted by: The Marquis de Favras at December 18, 2025 11:09 AM (uWKK
Aside from the price, petroleum makes virtually every product in civilization possible. Good luck growing enough wheat in Central Park to produce flour for upper West Side bagels that don't cost $85 each. Or going out from Bayonne in sailboats sorting out salmon from New Jersey whitefish to make lox.
Petroleum and indoor plumbing/running water are the foundation stones of Western Civilization.
None of these credentialed "economists" ever seem to understand the huge multiplier, both up and down, that energy costs have on an economy, and especially oil prices. Energy is a significant factor in every good manufactured and sold, and it can drive prices up as well as help them go down.
Posted by: The Marquis de Favras at December 18, 2025 11:09 AM (uWKK
Aside from the price, petroleum makes virtually every product in civilization possible. Good luck growing enough wheat in Central Park to produce flour for upper West Side bagels that don't cost $85 each. Or going out from Bayonne in sailboats sorting out salmon from New Jersey whitefish to make lox.
Petroleum and indoor plumbing/running water are the foundation stones of Western Civilization.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (y9nCu)
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82 Who thinks that a decreasing population would give us a better economy?
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
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Does anyone remember a short film called "A Day Without Mexicans?" During the Obama admin I had to watch that during some work-related seminar. It seemed to impact the lawn care and nanny businesses the most, if I recall correctly. Those were such fun times.
You never realize how much you'll miss criminal invaders until they're gone. *sob!*
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:27 AM (jBtak)
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Does anyone remember a short film called "A Day Without Mexicans?" During the Obama admin I had to watch that during some work-related seminar. It seemed to impact the lawn care and nanny businesses the most, if I recall correctly. Those were such fun times.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (36PRH)
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Japan is fine. It took some time but they’ve adjusted their economy to run on a decreasing population. Not the end of the world.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (udlma)
109
2.82 here yesterday.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (5xuJ/)
Luckily our new governor is going to concentrate on energy costs!
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 18, 2025 11:28 AM (5xuJ/)
Luckily our new governor is going to concentrate on energy costs!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (n9ltV)
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The whole free trade bullshit was an extension of the Marshall Plan after WWII where the US stood dominant and thus allowed other nations to essentially treat us unfairly so that they could gather enough surplus to rebuild (done to keep them from turning Commie). That became ossified as once a government policy is enacted, you get plenty of special interest groups paying good money to Congress critters, etc. to keep the racket going well past its sell by date.
Government is like a Newtonian fluid. A short, sharp smack doesn't allow it time enough to respond, so it doesn't change shape much. However a slower, constant pressure allows it to flow around the pressure point. I view the special interests as entrained barnacles that inevitably encrust any long term government program.
Government is like a Newtonian fluid. A short, sharp smack doesn't allow it time enough to respond, so it doesn't change shape much. However a slower, constant pressure allows it to flow around the pressure point. I view the special interests as entrained barnacles that inevitably encrust any long term government program.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
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This black idiot explains how junk food is superior to healthy food, and you should just shutthefuckup.
https://is.gd/bnTelx
Got Fatigue?
This black idiot explains how junk food is superior to healthy food, and you should just shutthefuckup.
https://is.gd/bnTelx
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (681AV)
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I don't see a list, just numbers.
So, I'll have to take your word for it!
Also...growth has stalled over the last few days. My Welles post was trending for a couple of weeks, vacuuming up subs, and then the growth stopped.
I is sad. But, pushing forward.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
Growth stops for everyone at some point.
So, I'll have to take your word for it!
Also...growth has stalled over the last few days. My Welles post was trending for a couple of weeks, vacuuming up subs, and then the growth stopped.
I is sad. But, pushing forward.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 18, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
Growth stops for everyone at some point.
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (c2vsb)
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95 On Reddit there are more third word communist influencers commenting than Americans.
Posted by: Braenyard
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And bots. True of a lot of places which is why country of origin for a registered account should no longer be concealed in any discussion forum.
The brief country reveal on X shows the internet is dead thesis is advancing quite a bit and that social media is being manipulated (as anyone seriously observing the crap that the censors and gubmints have been doing on the sly) to a degree that millennials and Gen Z swim in a polluted sea of fake content, fake news, and fake celebutards generated by algorithms, shadowy manipulators paid by oligarchs and governments, and fake accounts.
Posted by: Braenyard
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And bots. True of a lot of places which is why country of origin for a registered account should no longer be concealed in any discussion forum.
The brief country reveal on X shows the internet is dead thesis is advancing quite a bit and that social media is being manipulated (as anyone seriously observing the crap that the censors and gubmints have been doing on the sly) to a degree that millennials and Gen Z swim in a polluted sea of fake content, fake news, and fake celebutards generated by algorithms, shadowy manipulators paid by oligarchs and governments, and fake accounts.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (WDjG6)
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If tariffs are bad why does every country on the planet have them? I guess they’re good everywhere but the US, huh?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (udlma)
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I view the special interests as entrained barnacles that inevitably encrust any long term government program.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM
Consider Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy?
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM
Consider Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (0sNs1)
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So, TJM and Doof have buried the hatchet?
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
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I think all the cops were chicks.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)
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See woman police are better at hiding from gunfire than male police.
We. Need. More. Women . Police!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)
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See woman police are better at hiding from gunfire than male police.
We. Need. More. Women . Police!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (xvV+O)
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Tariffs can be good, they can be bad. They are a tool, and their utility depends on the timing.
Posted by: Tom Servo
I had been assured that anything more complex than what would fit on a bumper sticker was the province of morons.
Posted by: Tom Servo
I had been assured that anything more complex than what would fit on a bumper sticker was the province of morons.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
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Does anyone remember a short film called "A Day Without Mexicans?" During the Obama admin I had to watch that during some work-related seminar. It seemed to impact the lawn care and nanny businesses the most, if I recall correctly. Those were such fun times.
I'm sure the C-Suiters where baffled why you weren't as alarmed as they were.
I'm sure the C-Suiters where baffled why you weren't as alarmed as they were.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:34 AM (3nLb4)
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So, TJM and Doof have buried the hatchet?
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
More like misplaced it, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
More like misplaced it, I think.
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM (c2vsb)
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I'm not a big movie buff... my tastes run toward stuff like Hard Target and Cobra, so I'm not really sophisticated enough for TJM's channel.
But I did subscribe, and I'm planning to put them on for at least ten minutes each so the view gets counted, and do the likes. Probably while I'm cooking or something.
But I did subscribe, and I'm planning to put them on for at least ten minutes each so the view gets counted, and do the likes. Probably while I'm cooking or something.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM (BI5O2)
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The modern left's reaction to tariffs is comical.
"Tariffs take money out of people's pockets!"
Well...so does every tax. The difference with a tariff is it takes money from American citizens and foreigners.
This makes it inherently better then all the other taxes they champion. Well, if you care about American citizens
"Tariffs take money out of people's pockets!"
Well...so does every tax. The difference with a tariff is it takes money from American citizens and foreigners.
This makes it inherently better then all the other taxes they champion. Well, if you care about American citizens
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
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I like when President Trump gives a speech and dumps on Joe Biden. Reinforces how stupid stupid people were to elect the pants shitter in the first place. Also reminds those shitheads in Delaware that they are shitheads.
Posted by: Delaware Is For Shitheads at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (bC9HI)
Trump won the 2020 election. And then the dem and RINO fraud happened.
Posted by: Delaware Is For Shitheads at December 18, 2025 11:30 AM (bC9HI)
Trump won the 2020 election. And then the dem and RINO fraud happened.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)
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Government is like a Newtonian fluid. A short, sharp smack doesn't allow it time enough to respond, so it doesn't change shape much. However a slower, constant pressure allows it to flow around the pressure point. I view the special interests as entrained barnacles that inevitably encrust any long term government program.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yep. Agency and congressional capture are examples in multiple areas. Mohair subsidy for example dating from WWI use for uniforms. Lasted until the 90's. Helium being sold by US govt at a loss for children's balloons for decades. Now we have a helium shortage for critical needs like MRI machines.
And so on.
Posted by: Archimedes
Yep. Agency and congressional capture are examples in multiple areas. Mohair subsidy for example dating from WWI use for uniforms. Lasted until the 90's. Helium being sold by US govt at a loss for children's balloons for decades. Now we have a helium shortage for critical needs like MRI machines.
And so on.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM (WDjG6)
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There's one class of people who benefit from high inflation, or at least aren't harmed by it as much as others. Can you guess who that class is?
Wealthy investors. Their stock portfolios and assets generally increase with inflation, and they won't worry about the price of gas or rental housing or prime wagyu steaks.
The media are shills for the wealthy donor class. So you will never hear anything from the media that isn't favorable to the wealthy donor class.
Wealthy investors. Their stock portfolios and assets generally increase with inflation, and they won't worry about the price of gas or rental housing or prime wagyu steaks.
The media are shills for the wealthy donor class. So you will never hear anything from the media that isn't favorable to the wealthy donor class.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
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There is a gigantic difference between "tariffs", and "reciprocal tarrifs".
It is very GOP to pretend they are the same.
It is very GOP to pretend they are the same.
Posted by: connected and litigious at December 18, 2025 11:36 AM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2025 11:36 AM (BI5O2)
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One critique of the Trump tariffs I have is it includes goods that the US doesn’t produce. Like for example coffee. There should be no tariffs on coffee since it’s not an industry we need to protect.
I think Hawaii has some coffee but whatevs.
I think Hawaii has some coffee but whatevs.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:36 AM (udlma)
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If tariffs are bad why does every country on the planet have them? I guess they’re good everywhere but the US, huh?
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See also value added tax. Every other country has that and America doesn’t. So of course America is bad for not having VAT.
Heads they win tails we lose.
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See also value added tax. Every other country has that and America doesn’t. So of course America is bad for not having VAT.
Heads they win tails we lose.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:36 AM (xvV+O)
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I think all the cops were chicks.
Posted by: Bulg
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It doesn't matter. They had guns. Guns don't care if you are 5' or 6'. It's the culture. After the event the PtBs said they needed more cultural understanding.
They aren't teaching the cops how to be cops.
Australia has become a submissive society.
Posted by: Bulg
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It doesn't matter. They had guns. Guns don't care if you are 5' or 6'. It's the culture. After the event the PtBs said they needed more cultural understanding.
They aren't teaching the cops how to be cops.
Australia has become a submissive society.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:36 AM (CHW5l)
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Long read. Well worth it. PJ Media.
Chuck Schumer voted “Yes” for the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act of 1986 which authorized the military to fire on drug smuggling boats. The House approved it 392-16, and the Senate approved it 97-2. Both houses of Congress that year were Democrat dominated. Funny how Democrats don't say much about this today. As I asked yesterday, why the change in attitude? What is causing, in this case, Democrats to defend drug runners?
A boat in international waters not running a national flag is categorized in international law the same way a pirate is. Such boats have absolutely no national or international protections, and so, by the very definition of the thing, you cannot commit a war crime against them. This is the UN talking, not the GOP. So much for that claim from the Democrats.
https://tinyurl.com/3hs5spb8
Chuck Schumer voted “Yes” for the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act of 1986 which authorized the military to fire on drug smuggling boats. The House approved it 392-16, and the Senate approved it 97-2. Both houses of Congress that year were Democrat dominated. Funny how Democrats don't say much about this today. As I asked yesterday, why the change in attitude? What is causing, in this case, Democrats to defend drug runners?
A boat in international waters not running a national flag is categorized in international law the same way a pirate is. Such boats have absolutely no national or international protections, and so, by the very definition of the thing, you cannot commit a war crime against them. This is the UN talking, not the GOP. So much for that claim from the Democrats.
https://tinyurl.com/3hs5spb8
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 11:37 AM (jqrzj)
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The elephant in the room nobody seems to grok any longer, without a defined unit of account a phony baloney confetti-buck currency that also happens to crucially be the “reserve currency” all manner of jiggery-pokery is possible and indeed inevitable, that’s rather the point.
The “expert” talking heads on the stupid box outlets actually tried to claim inflation ought not be an electoral issue in 2024 because monetary inflation was worse in other countries, around the world.
That’s weapons grade stupid right there. Reserve currency status of the US dollar allows the government to export much of the monetary inflation, though not all, along with all those dollars.
But the real issue, the currency is no longer tied to actual economic output or prudent borrowing and spending. There’s a reason there are “advocates” for sex change operations for illegal aliens on death row as a fundamental human right - in a reasonably sane economic system, there simply isn’t enough wealth to do stupid shit.
Choices have to be made. Economic triage, if you will. Ordinarily putting up invaders in luxury hotels while the locals get raped, beheaded, and/or set on fire ….
The “expert” talking heads on the stupid box outlets actually tried to claim inflation ought not be an electoral issue in 2024 because monetary inflation was worse in other countries, around the world.
That’s weapons grade stupid right there. Reserve currency status of the US dollar allows the government to export much of the monetary inflation, though not all, along with all those dollars.
But the real issue, the currency is no longer tied to actual economic output or prudent borrowing and spending. There’s a reason there are “advocates” for sex change operations for illegal aliens on death row as a fundamental human right - in a reasonably sane economic system, there simply isn’t enough wealth to do stupid shit.
Choices have to be made. Economic triage, if you will. Ordinarily putting up invaders in luxury hotels while the locals get raped, beheaded, and/or set on fire ….
Posted by: Common Tater at December 18, 2025 11:37 AM (KOKV6)
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‘ This black idiot explains how junk food is superior to healthy food, and you should just shutthefuckup.’
He can eat all he wants. And I don’t even have to listen to him talk about it.
‘ This black idiot explains how junk food is superior to healthy food, and you should just shutthefuckup.’
He can eat all he wants. And I don’t even have to listen to him talk about it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 18, 2025 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
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Growth stops for everyone at some point.
Posted by: Doof
The tallest recorded man in history, Robert Wadlow, continued to grow into adulthood, and probably would have continued growing indefinitely.
Posted by: Doof
The tallest recorded man in history, Robert Wadlow, continued to grow into adulthood, and probably would have continued growing indefinitely.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:37 AM (77rzZ)
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It seemed to impact the lawn care and nanny businesses the most, if I recall correctly. Those were such fun times.
I'm sure the C-Suiters where baffled why you weren't as alarmed as they were.
The interesting thing is I've seen "help" become more of a thing not just for the ultra rich but the well off, at least in my blue area.
And yes, it's because they've been hiring illegals under the table.
The same people that rant about a "living wage" will also tell you an American wanting $20/h to nanny their kid is an entitled b*tch because Maria does it for much less, works any hours you want, and never calls out...
I'm sure the C-Suiters where baffled why you weren't as alarmed as they were.
The interesting thing is I've seen "help" become more of a thing not just for the ultra rich but the well off, at least in my blue area.
And yes, it's because they've been hiring illegals under the table.
The same people that rant about a "living wage" will also tell you an American wanting $20/h to nanny their kid is an entitled b*tch because Maria does it for much less, works any hours you want, and never calls out...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:38 AM (sKqQm)
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One critique of the Trump tariffs I have is it includes goods that the US doesn’t produce. Like for example coffee. There should be no tariffs on coffee since it’s not an industry we need to protect.
I think Hawaii has some coffee but whatevs.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Protect civet shit!
I think Hawaii has some coffee but whatevs.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Protect civet shit!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 11:38 AM (jqrzj)
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I'm not a big movie buff... my tastes run toward stuff like Hard Target and Cobra, so I'm not really sophisticated enough for TJM's channel.
But I did subscribe, and I'm planning to put them on for at least ten minutes each so the view gets counted, and do the likes. Probably while I'm cooking or something.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM
Perhaps TJM can change his 'sign-off' to "If you liked this video, be sure to click 'Like', subscribe to the channel, and flap your arms."?
But I did subscribe, and I'm planning to put them on for at least ten minutes each so the view gets counted, and do the likes. Probably while I'm cooking or something.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at December 18, 2025 11:35 AM
Perhaps TJM can change his 'sign-off' to "If you liked this video, be sure to click 'Like', subscribe to the channel, and flap your arms."?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2025 11:38 AM (0sNs1)
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Trump won the 2020 election. And then the dem and RINO fraud happened.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Yep. Just yesterday, Fulton County in GA was revealed that 300k early votes were counted that Fulton Election officials admit are unverified by any actual physical evidence like poll worker signatures, etc.
And the GA Sec of State Ratshitburger, running for GA governor currently, certified them anyway on behalf of GOPe and the Dems.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Yep. Just yesterday, Fulton County in GA was revealed that 300k early votes were counted that Fulton Election officials admit are unverified by any actual physical evidence like poll worker signatures, etc.
And the GA Sec of State Ratshitburger, running for GA governor currently, certified them anyway on behalf of GOPe and the Dems.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:38 AM (WDjG6)
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"Tariffs take money out of people's pockets!"
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But taxes on corporations are good. Because…. Reasons.
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But taxes on corporations are good. Because…. Reasons.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:39 AM (xvV+O)
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One critique of the Trump tariffs I have is it includes goods that the US doesn’t produce. Like for example coffee. There should be no tariffs on coffee since it’s not an industry we need to protect.
There is more than one way to protect domestic producers. Tariffs on coffee can induce (i.e. politely force) the coffee producing countries to remove their tariffs on stuff we do produce.
There is more than one way to protect domestic producers. Tariffs on coffee can induce (i.e. politely force) the coffee producing countries to remove their tariffs on stuff we do produce.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:39 AM (3nLb4)
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Luckily our new governor is going to concentrate on energy costs!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (n9ltV)
.... him AND the horse he rode in on.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (n9ltV)
.... him AND the horse he rode in on.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 18, 2025 11:39 AM (5xuJ/)
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I saw some Dem senator say if we don’t respect the rule of law, like not blowing up boats with survivors then the rest of the world won’t respect those laws either when American sailors need help.
Yeah because narco boat operators totally go out of their way to help American sailors in distress.
Yeah because narco boat operators totally go out of their way to help American sailors in distress.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:39 AM (udlma)
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Chuck Schumer voted “Yes” for the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act of 1986 which authorized the military to fire on drug smuggling boats/i]
I'm reminded of the meme with three people one on the left, one in the middle, and one on right where the guy on the left sprints left which moves the middle and leaves the middle guy now "right wing"
There are a slew of policies that were centrist a few decades ago that are "far right wing extremist" now
I'm reminded of the meme with three people one on the left, one in the middle, and one on right where the guy on the left sprints left which moves the middle and leaves the middle guy now "right wing"
There are a slew of policies that were centrist a few decades ago that are "far right wing extremist" now
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:39 AM (sKqQm)
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On Reddit there are more third word communist influencers commenting than Americans.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (CHW5l)
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Tons of bots and paid shills too, especially on product-related pages (ie, pages related to a certain product). You can almost always tell because the comments all read pretty much the same, they are usually in weird stilted English, and usually praise the thing but don't explain why.
The new 849 TR has been almost universally criticized for its weird design, but if you go to the Reddit forums (and other forums) they'll be a lot of very short "this is fire" with a fire emoji or some other non-specific praise. They're all bots or shills.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:29 AM (CHW5l)
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Tons of bots and paid shills too, especially on product-related pages (ie, pages related to a certain product). You can almost always tell because the comments all read pretty much the same, they are usually in weird stilted English, and usually praise the thing but don't explain why.
The new 849 TR has been almost universally criticized for its weird design, but if you go to the Reddit forums (and other forums) they'll be a lot of very short "this is fire" with a fire emoji or some other non-specific praise. They're all bots or shills.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)
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Why does Kansas have a dumb old dyke Democrat "governor?"
Listen to this shithead pretend she's "protecting" people's "privacy:"
https://is.gd/qoeJdq
Why does Kansas have a dumb old dyke Democrat "governor?"
Listen to this shithead pretend she's "protecting" people's "privacy:"
https://is.gd/qoeJdq
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:40 AM (681AV)
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The whole free trade bullshit was an extension of the Marshall Plan after WWII ...
Posted by: whig
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Marshall was a socialist. He oversaw Europe after the war. Wrote their constitution. MacArthur, who was not socialist, wrote the Japanese constitution.
Proof is in the pudding.
Posted by: whig
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Marshall was a socialist. He oversaw Europe after the war. Wrote their constitution. MacArthur, who was not socialist, wrote the Japanese constitution.
Proof is in the pudding.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:40 AM (CHW5l)
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This black idiot explains how junk food is superior to healthy food, and you should just shutthefuckup.
https://is.gd/bnTelx
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (681AV)
Hmm. My curiosity is piqued. I might just try it just as a poke in the eye of the food nazis.
https://is.gd/bnTelx
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (681AV)
Hmm. My curiosity is piqued. I might just try it just as a poke in the eye of the food nazis.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2025 11:40 AM (g8Ew8)
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I saw some Dem senator say if we don’t respect the rule of law, like not blowing up boats with survivors then the rest of the world won’t respect those laws either when American sailors need help.
Hamas was holding Americans hostage and the left approved. Odd how that, which was a clear violation of crimes against humanity and war crimes was apparently....ok.
Hamas was holding Americans hostage and the left approved. Odd how that, which was a clear violation of crimes against humanity and war crimes was apparently....ok.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:41 AM (sKqQm)
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A boat in international waters not running a national flag is categorized in international law the same way a pirate is. Such boats have absolutely no national or international protections, and so, by the very definition of the thing, you cannot commit a war crime against them. This is the UN talking, not the GOP. So much for that claim from the Democrats.
https://tinyurl.com/3hs5spb8
Posted by: rickb223
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Thanks for summarizing the article. Laws of the Sea are some of the oldest international law that exists because of the existence of some trade for civilizations.
https://tinyurl.com/3hs5spb8
Posted by: rickb223
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Thanks for summarizing the article. Laws of the Sea are some of the oldest international law that exists because of the existence of some trade for civilizations.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:41 AM (WDjG6)
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Why does Kansas have a dumb old dyke Democrat "governor?"
There are all sorts of giveaways that much of our current slate of elected officials are there because of fraud. This is one of them.
There are all sorts of giveaways that much of our current slate of elected officials are there because of fraud. This is one of them.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:42 AM (sKqQm)
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For me personally in the last few years… gas prices are down noticeably (especially since Trump took office)… food prices are up, especially eating out which has become a shitshow since covid (I’m sad to say because I’m someone who used to really enjoy eating out). Also up: property taxes and rent…. It does seem like big ticket items like appliances are also ridiculously expensive. Also up: electricity and water bills…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM
Here in Texas property taxes are down. We passed an amendment to raise the school exemption rate. We paid $902 less than we did last year.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM
Here in Texas property taxes are down. We passed an amendment to raise the school exemption rate. We paid $902 less than we did last year.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 18, 2025 11:42 AM (0N4FZ)
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‘ It doesn't matter. They had guns. Guns don't care if you are 5' or 6'. It's the culture.’
Goddamn. They could have run around the shooter and shot in the back at darn near no risk.
‘ It doesn't matter. They had guns. Guns don't care if you are 5' or 6'. It's the culture.’
Goddamn. They could have run around the shooter and shot in the back at darn near no risk.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 18, 2025 11:42 AM (jbnUc)
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I was on a message board that was totally non political. The discussion got to cost of living and this one guy said something like “things are so expensive I can barely afford to keep the nanny for the kids.” Lol can you imagine the horror of raising your own kids?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:43 AM (udlma)
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Why does Kansas have a dumb old dyke Democrat "governor?"
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:40 AM
MA says hi!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:40 AM
MA says hi!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 18, 2025 11:43 AM (Wnv9h)
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But if the price of a couch goes from $1000 to $1100, it’s not coming back down to $1000.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:17 AM (udlma)
You know, I don't give a fat rat's ass about the price of a couch. Not even overly concerned about rent. I own my home. I care about the cost of food, and the cost of energy, and about taxes. And insurance.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:17 AM (udlma)
You know, I don't give a fat rat's ass about the price of a couch. Not even overly concerned about rent. I own my home. I care about the cost of food, and the cost of energy, and about taxes. And insurance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2025 11:43 AM (npFr7)
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I think the biggest thing with "junk food" is just how much some people eat.
Having McDs occasionally is fine*. Eating their burger and fry meals every day is not.
*Though why would you?!?
Having McDs occasionally is fine*. Eating their burger and fry meals every day is not.
*Though why would you?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:43 AM (sKqQm)
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The marxists, and their lapdog media, don't like tariffs because they can't use it to steal (tax) mostly from the "rich" to redistribute those who "need" it (themselves).
Posted by: MacRadDoc at December 18, 2025 11:43 AM (Gl2C6)
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 11:43 AM (3nLb4)
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How are State's records "private" like medical records are private?
Can someone explain this to me & to the Democrat Shitheads?
How are State's records "private" like medical records are private?
Can someone explain this to me & to the Democrat Shitheads?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:44 AM (681AV)
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MA says hi!
Unlike the blob in KS she was elected more or less fairly.
Because MA is full of communists, grifters, and foreigners.
Unlike the blob in KS she was elected more or less fairly.
Because MA is full of communists, grifters, and foreigners.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:44 AM (sKqQm)
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Tariff-sensitive items were little changed over the past 12 months.
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This is misinformation. Your account is banned.
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This is misinformation. Your account is banned.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (Dv3i1)
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Marshall was a socialist. He oversaw Europe after the war. Wrote their constitution. MacArthur, who was not socialist, wrote the Japanese constitution.
Proof is in the pudding.
Posted by: Braenyard
I think a lot of Army types were indifferent to socialism because the full time military basically is socialistic--food, housing, pay related to grade rather than productivity, etc.
But what is necessary for the military to function as a hierarchical organization is not suitable as a model for a free people. That is one of the reasons that people like Sam and John Adams were suspicious of a standing army. Navies on the other hand were fine because they posed much less threat to civilian government from a coup.
Proof is in the pudding.
Posted by: Braenyard
I think a lot of Army types were indifferent to socialism because the full time military basically is socialistic--food, housing, pay related to grade rather than productivity, etc.
But what is necessary for the military to function as a hierarchical organization is not suitable as a model for a free people. That is one of the reasons that people like Sam and John Adams were suspicious of a standing army. Navies on the other hand were fine because they posed much less threat to civilian government from a coup.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (WDjG6)
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How are State's records "private" like medical records are private?
Or...
Why can't Fedgov look at state medical data BUT Fedgov can give literally anyone my vaccination record?
Or...
Why can't Fedgov look at state medical data BUT Fedgov can give literally anyone my vaccination record?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (WA0X9)
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So, why wouldn't drug runners just start using their nation's flag?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (xvV+O)
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Unlike the blob in KS she was elected more or less fairly.
Because MA is full of communists, grifters, and foreigners.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:44 AM
Sadly, this is correct.
Because MA is full of communists, grifters, and foreigners.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:44 AM
Sadly, this is correct.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (Wnv9h)
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I wonder if TJM could look into hiring some bot-farm to juice his numbers... if they can do it to promote loathsome little pukes and their garbage-tier content all over the internet, why not do it to promote something that doesn't suck ass at a professional level, for once?
I wonder if TJM could look into hiring some bot-farm to juice his numbers... if they can do it to promote loathsome little pukes and their garbage-tier content all over the internet, why not do it to promote something that doesn't suck ass at a professional level, for once?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2025 11:46 AM (BI5O2)
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AOP,
Substitute couch for any of the thousands of things you buy regularly and it still applies.
Substitute couch for any of the thousands of things you buy regularly and it still applies.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:46 AM (udlma)
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On Reddit there are more third word communist influencers commenting than Americans.
This extended tweet does an excellent job of discussing what led today's media to become so warped and twisted. In short: Facebook.
https://is.gd/AYS4md
This extended tweet does an excellent job of discussing what led today's media to become so warped and twisted. In short: Facebook.
https://is.gd/AYS4md
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:46 AM (Riz8t)
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lol, fuckface, not a single "worker" has been deported
They're all foreign lay-abouts living off welfare & fraud.
lol, fuckface, not a single "worker" has been deported
They're all foreign lay-abouts living off welfare & fraud.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (681AV)
172
I'm so tired of all the crime and violence and politics.
I need a distraction. Where is Sydney Sweeney when we need her?
I need a distraction. Where is Sydney Sweeney when we need her?
Posted by: Case at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (G1OIb)
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So, why wouldn't drug runners just start using their nation's flag?
It would give the US a formal casus belli
It would give the US a formal casus belli
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (sKqQm)
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I recently checked to see how my work pay has fared vs. compounded inflation (CPI-U, which includes housing and energy) over the past 13+ years:
Work pay (after having to persistently beg for a mere two raises): around 20% higher; and
Compounded inflation: around 40% higher.
Work pay (after having to persistently beg for a mere two raises): around 20% higher; and
Compounded inflation: around 40% higher.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (NNq22)
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That is a redundant redundancy.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (xvV+O)
Well, I know quite a few people who are long married straight people who vote Democrat. It's not because they're stupid, but because they don't listen to anything but the Democrat News media.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:45 AM (xvV+O)
Well, I know quite a few people who are long married straight people who vote Democrat. It's not because they're stupid, but because they don't listen to anything but the Democrat News media.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM (ix8EF)
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Such boats have absolutely no national or international protections, and so, by the very definition of the thing, you cannot commit a war crime against them. This is the UN talking, not the GOP. So much for that claim from the Democrats.
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Yes, but, it feels like it should be a war crime. So therefore it is.
-Foreign Born, Black Robed, King of Justice
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Yes, but, it feels like it should be a war crime. So therefore it is.
-Foreign Born, Black Robed, King of Justice
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)
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My rough estimate is around 10% of the illegals are working.
The other 90% are on welfare.
This is why the governing class is squealing so much about Trump's deportations and yet the impact on small business is MUCH less then anyone expected.
The other 90% are on welfare.
This is why the governing class is squealing so much about Trump's deportations and yet the impact on small business is MUCH less then anyone expected.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM (04KGT)
179
Honestly, we need to rebuild the Quaalude Log Train in the US. Nothing beats Quaaludes. It would solve the Fentanyl problem, toot sweet.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM (Wg6v7)
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Ponder This: If Trump's address was so bad, then why are the Democrat's bots in a panic with new gaslighting talking points?
Democrats are scared shit of the Economy.
Ponder This: If Trump's address was so bad, then why are the Democrat's bots in a panic with new gaslighting talking points?
Democrats are scared shit of the Economy.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM (681AV)
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Tons of bots and paid shills too, especially on product-related pages (ie, pages related to a certain product). You can almost always tell because the comments all read pretty much the same, they are usually in weird stilted English, and usually praise the thing but don't explain why.
The new 849 TR has been almost universally criticized for its weird design, but if you go to the Reddit forums (and other forums) they'll be a lot of very short "this is fire" with a fire emoji or some other non-specific praise. They're all bots or shills.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Amazon has degenerated in its usefullness as a seller because it now makes more from ad placement and manipulation of its search engine for product placement than it does for selling the goods.
There is a reason that Amazon's search function keeps getting more and more enshittified. That is so they only show what others have paid for you to see. Same with the Chicom vendors that pop up with fake reviews and when bad ones accumulate, then pop up as a new seller under a different name.
Walmart dot com is suffering some of the same issues.
Soon, we will be back to buying on individual websites again.
The new 849 TR has been almost universally criticized for its weird design, but if you go to the Reddit forums (and other forums) they'll be a lot of very short "this is fire" with a fire emoji or some other non-specific praise. They're all bots or shills.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Amazon has degenerated in its usefullness as a seller because it now makes more from ad placement and manipulation of its search engine for product placement than it does for selling the goods.
There is a reason that Amazon's search function keeps getting more and more enshittified. That is so they only show what others have paid for you to see. Same with the Chicom vendors that pop up with fake reviews and when bad ones accumulate, then pop up as a new seller under a different name.
Walmart dot com is suffering some of the same issues.
Soon, we will be back to buying on individual websites again.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (WDjG6)
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not a single "worker" has been deported
They're all foreign lay-abouts living off welfare & fraud.
Really? Then what were they doing at the meatpacking and poultry packing places that got raided? It doesn't help our side to say things that are patently untrue.
They're all foreign lay-abouts living off welfare & fraud.
Really? Then what were they doing at the meatpacking and poultry packing places that got raided? It doesn't help our side to say things that are patently untrue.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
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No one really cares what Trump says.
Come 2026 people will mostly vote based on their perceived state of the economy.
Come 2026 people will mostly vote based on their perceived state of the economy.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (sKqQm)
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Good to hear, Diogenes. Hope you stay safe.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (77rzZ)
Thanks.
I appreciate the thought.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 11:19 AM (77rzZ)
Thanks.
I appreciate the thought.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:50 AM (2WIwB)
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So, why wouldn't drug runners just start using their nation's flag?
It would give the US a formal casus belli
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (sKqQm)
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Yep. Drug-running boats carrying registration documents (and a flag) for a particular nation means that nation can now be held accountable for that ship's activities.
It would give the US a formal casus belli
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (sKqQm)
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Yep. Drug-running boats carrying registration documents (and a flag) for a particular nation means that nation can now be held accountable for that ship's activities.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2025 11:50 AM (ESVrU)
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When I was a kid, McDonald's employees & Supermarket employees were mostly TEENAGERS because those are jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
We don't need 40 year old foreigners working at all our McDonalds.
When I was a kid, McDonald's employees & Supermarket employees were mostly TEENAGERS because those are jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
We don't need 40 year old foreigners working at all our McDonalds.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:50 AM (681AV)
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I guess movie critics are a necessary evil, like meter maids and Macedonian Content Farmers.
Posted by: Attractive Nuisance, Myself at December 18, 2025 11:51 AM (oftw2)
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Deporting workers hurts the economy the economy is getting worse not better
Just think of the wonders we will soon see in Mexico with all those new workers... They are so lucky.
Just think of the wonders we will soon see in Mexico with all those new workers... They are so lucky.
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 11:51 AM (04KGT)
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Won't somebody think about the children?
207 Democrats vote against bill criminalizing transgender surgeries for kids
207 Democrats vote against bill criminalizing transgender surgeries for kids
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2025 11:51 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 18, 2025 11:51 AM (Kt19C)
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My rough estimate is around 10% of the illegals are working.
The other 90% are on welfare.
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Agree. They are working under the table and not putting back into the welfare/tax system. On top of that sending their earnings back home taking money out of the overall system. All of them are a net drain and a negative to our country.
Change my mind.
The other 90% are on welfare.
—/
Agree. They are working under the table and not putting back into the welfare/tax system. On top of that sending their earnings back home taking money out of the overall system. All of them are a net drain and a negative to our country.
Change my mind.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:51 AM (xvV+O)
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I'm amazed at people who don't mind an government interference with income tax of 20 - 40%, but a tariff of 10% bothers them.
It's always a nice reminder that before 1913 the entire federal government was funded with tariffs and other excise taxes.
It's always a nice reminder that before 1913 the entire federal government was funded with tariffs and other excise taxes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 18, 2025 11:52 AM (6ydKt)
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Ooh, that reminds me, I did see a new Hoax, yesterday: ICE is charging $5000 to be released from custody, including American citizens.
So, I guess Trump's ICE has some racket going on where they arrest people and then hold them for ransom.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM (681AV
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So we have become Mexico? Must be due to all the immigration.
So, I guess Trump's ICE has some racket going on where they arrest people and then hold them for ransom.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:24 AM (681AV
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So we have become Mexico? Must be due to all the immigration.
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 18, 2025 11:52 AM (Abkl5)
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When I was a kid, McDonald's employees & Supermarket employees were mostly TEENAGERS because those are jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
I was noticing in my local grocery store that most of the people at the cash registers are heritage Americans but most of the baggers are immigrants who can't speak English...
I was noticing in my local grocery store that most of the people at the cash registers are heritage Americans but most of the baggers are immigrants who can't speak English...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:52 AM (sKqQm)
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179 Honestly, we need to rebuild the Quaalude Log Train in the US. Nothing beats Quaaludes. It would solve the Fentanyl problem, toot sweet.
Posted by: Pudinhead
Preach on! 714 FTW!
Posted by: Pudinhead
Preach on! 714 FTW!
Posted by: Gorilla Pill Fan at December 18, 2025 11:53 AM (oftw2)
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‘ It's not because they're stupid, but because they don't listen to anything but the Democrat News media.’
Isn’t that stupid?
‘ It's not because they're stupid, but because they don't listen to anything but the Democrat News media.’
Isn’t that stupid?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 18, 2025 11:53 AM (jbnUc)
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Here in Texas property taxes are down. We passed an amendment to raise the school exemption rate. We paid $902 less than we did last year.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 18, 2025 11:42 AM (0N4FZ)
After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 18, 2025 11:42 AM (0N4FZ)
After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
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Saw European Leeches open for Girish and The Chronicles at the Bollywood Amphitheater in '06
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (abIsI)
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The new 849 TR has been almost universally criticized for its weird design, but if you go to the Reddit forums (and other forums) they'll be a lot of very short "this is fire" with a fire emoji or some other non-specific praise. They're all bots or shills.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Amazon has degenerated in its usefullness as a seller because it now makes more from ad placement and manipulation of its search engine for product placement than it does for selling the goods.
There is a reason that Amazon's search function keeps getting more and more enshittified. That is so they only show what others have paid for you to see. Same with the Chicom vendors that pop up with fake reviews and when bad ones accumulate, then pop up as a new seller under a different name.
Walmart dot com is suffering some of the same issues.
Soon, we will be back to buying on individual websites again.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (WDjG6)
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Yea, I hate when I search on Amazon for a very specific product/brand I'm specifically interested in, and the search returns dozens of other products that I have to sift through to find the one I'm specifically looking for.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Amazon has degenerated in its usefullness as a seller because it now makes more from ad placement and manipulation of its search engine for product placement than it does for selling the goods.
There is a reason that Amazon's search function keeps getting more and more enshittified. That is so they only show what others have paid for you to see. Same with the Chicom vendors that pop up with fake reviews and when bad ones accumulate, then pop up as a new seller under a different name.
Walmart dot com is suffering some of the same issues.
Soon, we will be back to buying on individual websites again.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (WDjG6)
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Yea, I hate when I search on Amazon for a very specific product/brand I'm specifically interested in, and the search returns dozens of other products that I have to sift through to find the one I'm specifically looking for.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
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Junk food > junk news
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (L/fGl)
201
Dope runners and illicit tankers start flying the flags of Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the states of Nebraska and Kansas, just to confuse things. MQ9 controllers, sitting in the Barca Loungers and eating Cheetos don't fall for it and order a super sized Hellfire serving. And laugh.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (gm9Sb)
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192 I'm amazed at people who don't mind an government interference with income tax of 20 - 40%, but a tariff of 10% bothers them.
It's always a nice reminder that before 1913 the entire federal government was funded with tariffs and other excise taxes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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On tariffs or excise taxes, one has the power to avoid buying the items rather than paying the tax. No such luck on income tax or property taxes other than not to earn income or buy property in the first place. One affects incentives and freedom far more than the other.
It's always a nice reminder that before 1913 the entire federal government was funded with tariffs and other excise taxes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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On tariffs or excise taxes, one has the power to avoid buying the items rather than paying the tax. No such luck on income tax or property taxes other than not to earn income or buy property in the first place. One affects incentives and freedom far more than the other.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (WDjG6)
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Deporting workers hurts the economy the economy is getting worse not better/i]
I remember discussing the minimum wage with a lefty. I made the point that the law doesn't actually increase wages, it just removes jobs that pay below what the law mandates. So if a small business owner can make $15/hour hiring a new worker and the law says you have to pay at least $15/hour then that job just goes away.
And the answer was "well maybe there are some jobs no one should be doing"
Well, that's my answer for Karen McAwfl's Guatemalan nanny. Raise your own damn kid or get used to paying the rate an American would want.
I remember discussing the minimum wage with a lefty. I made the point that the law doesn't actually increase wages, it just removes jobs that pay below what the law mandates. So if a small business owner can make $15/hour hiring a new worker and the law says you have to pay at least $15/hour then that job just goes away.
And the answer was "well maybe there are some jobs no one should be doing"
Well, that's my answer for Karen McAwfl's Guatemalan nanny. Raise your own damn kid or get used to paying the rate an American would want.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:55 AM (sKqQm)
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No inflation? But Leon is getting laaaaaarger.
Posted by: Inflated Scrotum Guy at December 18, 2025 11:55 AM (RQBgz)
205
I saw The Leeches of Europe open for Bloodsport at Salle de l'X in '99.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 18, 2025 11:55 AM (NNq22)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (xvV+O)
207
This Trump supporter has a problem with Bongino and the GOP in general. (Language warning)
https://tinyurl.com/3vh22ann
https://tinyurl.com/3vh22ann
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (abIsI)
208
If memory serves: There was a big govt helium facility somewhere in BF Texas and they shut it down because there was no need for helium.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (CHW5l)
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Yea, I hate when I search on Amazon for a very specific product/brand I'm specifically interested in, and the search returns dozens of other products that I have to sift through to find the one I'm specifically looking for.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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A conscious decision by Amazon to go after the short run ad profits versus killing the long term survival of the platform.
Apparently Amazon is really screwing the small vendors on the platform as well with all sorts of fees.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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A conscious decision by Amazon to go after the short run ad profits versus killing the long term survival of the platform.
Apparently Amazon is really screwing the small vendors on the platform as well with all sorts of fees.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (WDjG6)
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Does anyone know where the word 'Bundt' came from? I asked a German what it meant and he said its not a German word. Is he right or is this German privilege fucking with me?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (Wg6v7)
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lol, fuckface, not a single "worker" has been deported
They're all foreign lay-abouts living off welfare & fraud.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (681AV)
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What about all the meatpacking and agro businesses that were raided? All the restaurants?
I think a lot of workers were deported. I'm sure they (or their families) were also leeching off the government, but I don't think it's correct to say no workers were deported. Many were.
They're all foreign lay-abouts living off welfare & fraud.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:47 AM (681AV)
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What about all the meatpacking and agro businesses that were raided? All the restaurants?
I think a lot of workers were deported. I'm sure they (or their families) were also leeching off the government, but I don't think it's correct to say no workers were deported. Many were.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 11:57 AM (iFTx/)
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Ponder This:
Why did the Democrats (and all the Left around the World) cease their bullshit "Stop Hate" narrative?
That was their cornerstone for all their fascist totalitarian policies -- "stopping" "hate."
Ponder This:
Why did the Democrats (and all the Left around the World) cease their bullshit "Stop Hate" narrative?
That was their cornerstone for all their fascist totalitarian policies -- "stopping" "hate."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:57 AM (681AV)
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I don't count foreign slaves as "workers." I am a worker. We are not the same.
I don't count foreign slaves as "workers." I am a worker. We are not the same.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:59 AM (681AV)
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I knew you were coming, so I baked a bundt,
baked a bundt, Pillsbury bundt.......
baked a bundt, Pillsbury bundt.......
Posted by: Sacrifice Bundt at December 18, 2025 11:59 AM (oftw2)
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I think last night's short, to-the-point speech was well done and a warning to the Supremes that there is a lot at stake in deciding whether Trump's team can continue using tarrifs to restore a productive economy.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at December 18, 2025 12:00 PM (bCFph)
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210 Does anyone know where the word 'Bundt' came from? I asked a German what it meant and he said its not a German word. Is he right or is this German privilege fucking with me?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (Wg6v7)
It is German and it basically is a shortened word meaning cake..
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 18, 2025 11:56 AM (Wg6v7)
It is German and it basically is a shortened word meaning cake..
Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2025 12:00 PM (VE6XX)
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When I was a kid, McDonald's employees & Supermarket employees were mostly TEENAGERS because those are jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
Also laborers, farmhands, helpers, apprentices, waiters, assembly line- because that's how you start. Maybe you move up, maybe you move on. That experience was stolen from a generation or two.
Also laborers, farmhands, helpers, apprentices, waiters, assembly line- because that's how you start. Maybe you move up, maybe you move on. That experience was stolen from a generation or two.
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2025 12:00 PM (04KGT)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 18, 2025 12:01 PM (DDJSl)
219
I always bring a bundt to the meeting of the Bund.
Posted by: Horst Wessel at December 18, 2025 12:01 PM (oftw2)
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It is German and it basically is a shortened word meaning cake..
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A bundt cake is a cake cake.
That's what I'm talkin about!
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A bundt cake is a cake cake.
That's what I'm talkin about!
Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at December 18, 2025 12:01 PM (Dv3i1)
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207 This Trump supporter has a problem with Bongino and the GOP in general. (Language warning)
https://tinyurl.com/3vh22ann
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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He expresses the reality of many peoples feelings.
I think Bongino is leaving for that reason - uniparty constraint.
Or, why is Bondi still there?
Call up Paxton and support Hunt for senator is an alternative.
https://tinyurl.com/3vh22ann
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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He expresses the reality of many peoples feelings.
I think Bongino is leaving for that reason - uniparty constraint.
Or, why is Bondi still there?
Call up Paxton and support Hunt for senator is an alternative.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 12:02 PM (CHW5l)
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Apparently Amazon is really screwing the small vendors on the platform as well with all sorts of fees.
Amazon is effectively a monopoly, or close enough not to matter. They may think that won't last, and so are milking it for all it's worth in the short term.
Amazon is effectively a monopoly, or close enough not to matter. They may think that won't last, and so are milking it for all it's worth in the short term.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 12:02 PM (Riz8t)
223
Huh. Turns out that "Bundt" is actually a trademark. So it could just be gibberish for all we know.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
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It amusing the left's view on the FBI went from:
Far right wing corrupt racists that make up crime and try to take down reformist politicians
to
Straight shooting professional law men that just need to be able to do their jobs without any oversight from corrupt politicians!
Far right wing corrupt racists that make up crime and try to take down reformist politicians
to
Straight shooting professional law men that just need to be able to do their jobs without any oversight from corrupt politicians!
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 12:03 PM (sKqQm)
225
This black idiot explains how junk food is superior to healthy food, and you should just shutthefuckup.
https://is.gd/bnTelx
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (681AV)
Well, democrat goblin.
https://is.gd/bnTelx
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 18, 2025 11:32 AM (681AV)
Well, democrat goblin.
Posted by: Low IQ at December 18, 2025 12:03 PM (bC9HI)
226
'It's not because they're stupid, but because they don't listen to anything but the Democrat News media.’
Isn’t that stupid?
Posted by: Dr. Claw
I read one time (maybe in Cornelius Ryan's The Last Battle) a German woman reacting to Joseph Goebbles' assurances that reinforcements were coming to relieve the Soviet siege of Berlin, "He wouldn't lie to us at at a time like this!"
Isn’t that stupid?
Posted by: Dr. Claw
I read one time (maybe in Cornelius Ryan's The Last Battle) a German woman reacting to Joseph Goebbles' assurances that reinforcements were coming to relieve the Soviet siege of Berlin, "He wouldn't lie to us at at a time like this!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2025 12:03 PM (L/fGl)
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Huh. Turns out that "Bundt" is actually a trademark. So it could just be gibberish for all we know.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
I like the chocolate gibberish the best!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
I like the chocolate gibberish the best!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 12:04 PM (2WIwB)
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AOP,
Substitute couch for any of the thousands of things you buy regularly and it still applies.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:46 AM (udlma)
No, it doesn't. Food, gas, home heating, taxes, and insurance are recurring expenses are non-discretionary. I have to pay for them to go on living. The couch in my living room is at least 20 years old. My "new" coffee maker was 9 bucks at a thrift store. The secondary market provides for nearly all my durable goods needs. I really don't care about the retail price for shit like that.
Substitute couch for any of the thousands of things you buy regularly and it still applies.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2025 11:46 AM (udlma)
No, it doesn't. Food, gas, home heating, taxes, and insurance are recurring expenses are non-discretionary. I have to pay for them to go on living. The couch in my living room is at least 20 years old. My "new" coffee maker was 9 bucks at a thrift store. The secondary market provides for nearly all my durable goods needs. I really don't care about the retail price for shit like that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2025 12:04 PM (npFr7)
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I read one time (maybe in Cornelius Ryan's The Last Battle) a German woman reacting to Joseph Goebbles' assurances that reinforcements were coming to relieve the Soviet siege of Berlin, "He wouldn't lie to us at at a time like this!"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Were the supposed reinforcements commanded by Steiner?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Were the supposed reinforcements commanded by Steiner?
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
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Bundt is the Haagen-Dazs of Cromulence.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at December 18, 2025 12:05 PM (bCFph)
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Of course no modern country has ever shifted revenue to tariffs so quickly, and the data simply aren't there to make anything more than a wild-assed-guess!
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They werent making a guess, they were making it up.
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They werent making a guess, they were making it up.
Posted by: ... at December 18, 2025 12:06 PM (qWZXm)
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215 I think last night's short, to-the-point speech was well done and a warning to the Supremes that there is a lot at stake in deciding whether Trump's team can continue using tarrifs to restore a productive economy.
Posted by: ErikInTexas
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Wasn't there for great oratory. Facts on the line and he laid them out.
Posted by: ErikInTexas
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Wasn't there for great oratory. Facts on the line and he laid them out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 12:06 PM (CHW5l)
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After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes
YAY!
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes
YAY!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:06 PM (jqrzj)
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Amazon is effectively a monopoly, or close enough not to matter. They may think that won't last, and so are milking it for all it's worth in the short term.
Posted by: Archimedes
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For chinesium sellers, yes. For others, selling via Ebay is becoming an alternative or walmart dot com.
I think Amazon will probably split sometime in the future between teh AWS cloud services and their retail properties. That is one of the factors that eventually leads all companies to become conglomerates is the search for high yield and when that high yield is no more in an area, then spin that part off.
Retail is a tough market with low profit margins and I am not sure that network effects can shield Amazon from that reality.
Posted by: Archimedes
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For chinesium sellers, yes. For others, selling via Ebay is becoming an alternative or walmart dot com.
I think Amazon will probably split sometime in the future between teh AWS cloud services and their retail properties. That is one of the factors that eventually leads all companies to become conglomerates is the search for high yield and when that high yield is no more in an area, then spin that part off.
Retail is a tough market with low profit margins and I am not sure that network effects can shield Amazon from that reality.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:07 PM (WDjG6)
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Soon, we will be back to buying on individual websites again.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (WDjG6)
I am fine with that, so long as each does not require a separate stupid app to do so. I'm about to strangle the next mofo that requires I install an app for anything.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 11:49 AM (WDjG6)
I am fine with that, so long as each does not require a separate stupid app to do so. I'm about to strangle the next mofo that requires I install an app for anything.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 18, 2025 12:07 PM (FgaBT)
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After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes
Somebody better warn the Texas golfing geezers.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes
Somebody better warn the Texas golfing geezers.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:07 PM (77rzZ)
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233 After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes
YAY!
Posted by: rickb223
We house refugees from leftist states-gratis!
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes
YAY!
Posted by: rickb223
We house refugees from leftist states-gratis!
Posted by: Rockland Psychiatric Center at December 18, 2025 12:08 PM (oftw2)
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That was their cornerstone for all their fascist totalitarian policies -- "stopping" "hate."
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Not all. I regularly see TV ads soliciting money for, in particular, the ACLU, the NAACP, and the SPLC. Stopping 'hate' is always the centerpiece.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Not all. I regularly see TV ads soliciting money for, in particular, the ACLU, the NAACP, and the SPLC. Stopping 'hate' is always the centerpiece.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 18, 2025 12:08 PM (XeU6L)
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191. Agree. They are working under the table and not putting back into the welfare/tax system. On top of that sending their earnings back home taking money out of the overall system. All of them are a net drain and a negative to our country.
Change my mind.
Posted by: Jukin
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They often are but they have children born in this country (or smuggled across the border and claimed to be US born) all which means those children get a SSN and the 'family' - including grandparents - have access to any number of benefits, credits, and so on.
Everyone learned from the birthing travel and hospitals that have been so desirable and operating in the US for many years & our already decades long, screwed-up immigration laws.
Before it was the leaders of drug cartels and high ranking citizens of other nations, now for the commoners - or less.
And that's before community and educational giveaways kick-in.
Where's the no crossing line go? Now there are layers of government, non-profits, foundations dependent upon being "useful" in resettlement processes.
Change my mind.
Posted by: Jukin
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They often are but they have children born in this country (or smuggled across the border and claimed to be US born) all which means those children get a SSN and the 'family' - including grandparents - have access to any number of benefits, credits, and so on.
Everyone learned from the birthing travel and hospitals that have been so desirable and operating in the US for many years & our already decades long, screwed-up immigration laws.
Before it was the leaders of drug cartels and high ranking citizens of other nations, now for the commoners - or less.
And that's before community and educational giveaways kick-in.
Where's the no crossing line go? Now there are layers of government, non-profits, foundations dependent upon being "useful" in resettlement processes.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 18, 2025 12:08 PM (NFX2v)
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After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
I think Diogenes and Texas are a good fit!
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
I think Diogenes and Texas are a good fit!
Posted by: runner at December 18, 2025 12:09 PM (g47mK)
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I challenged an AI answer on an analysis of a detailed legal agreement. AI was using the standard usage of a particular set of terms that any fool could look up on the internet and ignoring the actual language it was supposed to analyze. AI apologized, agreed with me and said it wouldn't happen again.
But I completely trust AI with all my health questions, since I don't know anything about how drug interactions work with supplements, and AI is so confident in its responses.
But I completely trust AI with all my health questions, since I don't know anything about how drug interactions work with supplements, and AI is so confident in its responses.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 12:09 PM (Dv3i1)
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I'm amazed at people who don't mind an government interference with income tax of 20 - 40%, but a tariff of 10% bothers them.
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I made a similar argument three years ago (the only time I called into a local talk radio show the past few decades).
Since '96, our small city has quadrupled in population but the irresponsible City Councils have been busy with luxuries like "buying MOAR open space" (despite the fact that we're surrounded on three sides by millions of acres of National Forest and BLM lands) instead of, you know, things like basic services (infrastructure, police & fire, et. al).
There hasn't been a new fire station built since '96 and there's quite a shortage of police as many cannot afford to live here -- so someone got a ballot measure to raise the sales tax by 1% to fund the building of some more fire stations and paying more to hire police.
My argument then in 2022 was simple against those opposing the measure: "Real inflation at this time is something like 20% and you're opposed to a 1% increase in sales tax -- much of which will be payed by tourists -- that will result in an actual benefit to the community?"
The measure passed ...
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I made a similar argument three years ago (the only time I called into a local talk radio show the past few decades).
Since '96, our small city has quadrupled in population but the irresponsible City Councils have been busy with luxuries like "buying MOAR open space" (despite the fact that we're surrounded on three sides by millions of acres of National Forest and BLM lands) instead of, you know, things like basic services (infrastructure, police & fire, et. al).
There hasn't been a new fire station built since '96 and there's quite a shortage of police as many cannot afford to live here -- so someone got a ballot measure to raise the sales tax by 1% to fund the building of some more fire stations and paying more to hire police.
My argument then in 2022 was simple against those opposing the measure: "Real inflation at this time is something like 20% and you're opposed to a 1% increase in sales tax -- much of which will be payed by tourists -- that will result in an actual benefit to the community?"
The measure passed ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 18, 2025 12:10 PM (NNq22)
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My rough estimate is around 10% of the illegals are working.
The other 90% are on welfare.
This is why the governing class is squealing so much about Trump's deportations and yet the impact on small business is MUCH less then anyone expected.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM
They are at best working under the table and avoiding paying taxes while pulling welfare benefits (section 8 housing, snap, wic, etc) for their 5 kids who were born here.
The other 90% are on welfare.
This is why the governing class is squealing so much about Trump's deportations and yet the impact on small business is MUCH less then anyone expected.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 11:48 AM
They are at best working under the table and avoiding paying taxes while pulling welfare benefits (section 8 housing, snap, wic, etc) for their 5 kids who were born here.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 18, 2025 12:10 PM (0N4FZ)
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I like big bundts and I cannot lie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (L/fGl)
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After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
I think Diogenes and Texas are a good fit!
Posted by: runner
Texas is big enough. I want all of the Horde to live here.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
I think Diogenes and Texas are a good fit!
Posted by: runner
Texas is big enough. I want all of the Horde to live here.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (jqrzj)
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Has Brown University put Dr. Richard Kimble in prison yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (h8CK2)
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They werent making a guess, they were making it up.
The last economist I trusted was Milton Friedman.
The last economist I trusted was Milton Friedman.
Posted by: Snowball Headed for Hell at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (4svSc)
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But I completely trust AI with all my health questions, since I don't know anything about how drug interactions work with supplements, and AI is so confident in its responses.
Current AI is something like an improved search engine.
But if it consumes bad data it will give bad results.
And it is very, very hard to identify bad data
Current AI is something like an improved search engine.
But if it consumes bad data it will give bad results.
And it is very, very hard to identify bad data
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (sKqQm)
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Texas is big enough. I want all of the Horde to live here.
Posted by: rickb223
You'll never get me there. 80 degrees on Christmas? You gotta be effin' kiddin' me.
Posted by: rickb223
You'll never get me there. 80 degrees on Christmas? You gotta be effin' kiddin' me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
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I am fine with that, so long as each does not require a separate stupid app to do so. I'm about to strangle the next mofo that requires I install an app for anything.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I don't use my smartphone for purchases--all those apps are a security nightmare and a way to steal information about people. Same with games, etc.
Bad enough I have to have e medicine portals etc on my phone but I refuse to do banking, credit card maintenance and payments, utility payments, etc. through a phone.
YMMV.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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I don't use my smartphone for purchases--all those apps are a security nightmare and a way to steal information about people. Same with games, etc.
Bad enough I have to have e medicine portals etc on my phone but I refuse to do banking, credit card maintenance and payments, utility payments, etc. through a phone.
YMMV.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (WDjG6)
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I looked up "goesintas" and all I got was recipes for gorditas.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (NNq22)
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Fed lowering interest rates does not increase the money supply.
Lowering interest rates increases the availability to existing money.
Small and medium businesses, the biggest generators of employment, have easier access to more money allowing expansion. Builders too which lowers the cost of a house giving the first time home buyer a double positive; lower price and lower payments.
This senario works its way through all parts of the economy.
This is why pos Powell is not lowering rates.
Powell hates Trump and wants him to fail.
Lowering interest rates increases the availability to existing money.
Small and medium businesses, the biggest generators of employment, have easier access to more money allowing expansion. Builders too which lowers the cost of a house giving the first time home buyer a double positive; lower price and lower payments.
This senario works its way through all parts of the economy.
This is why pos Powell is not lowering rates.
Powell hates Trump and wants him to fail.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (CHW5l)
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Also possible -
Powell hates the US citizens and wants them to fail.
Powell hates the US citizens and wants them to fail.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)
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You'll never get me there. 80 degrees on Christmas? You gotta be effin' kiddin' me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
Nanzi Pelosi is going to kick the bucket soon. You can buy her walk-in fridge real in the secondary market.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
Nanzi Pelosi is going to kick the bucket soon. You can buy her walk-in fridge real in the secondary market.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2025 12:14 PM (npFr7)
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Seldom do I get this much attention these days. Thanks for the boost.
Posted by: Big Bundt at December 18, 2025 12:14 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 18, 2025 12:14 PM (h8CK2)
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And it is very, very hard to identify bad data
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (sKqQm)
Bad data identifies as good data.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (sKqQm)
Bad data identifies as good data.
Posted by: ... at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (qWZXm)
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Texas is big enough. I want all of the Horde to live here.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (jqrzj)
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I have. Didn't care for it.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (jqrzj)
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I have. Didn't care for it.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (DRSnL)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (Dv3i1)
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Although I have been told the issue was my location.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (DRSnL)
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This is why pos Powell is not lowering rates.
Powell hates Trump and wants him to fail.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Banksters in general hate Americans as a rule and want to use their control of money to get richer, gain more control over the plebes, and thwart any startup competitors from displacing them.
Key players in the financialization of economies and hollowing them out along with the big investment managers like State Street, Black Rock, and Vanguard.
Powell hates Trump and wants him to fail.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Banksters in general hate Americans as a rule and want to use their control of money to get richer, gain more control over the plebes, and thwart any startup competitors from displacing them.
Key players in the financialization of economies and hollowing them out along with the big investment managers like State Street, Black Rock, and Vanguard.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (WDjG6)
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After spending Thanksgiving with the Daughters of Diogenes in Texas, I sat down and did some sums, subs, and a few goesintas. Turns out I would clear an additional $800 a month by moving there.
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
I think Diogenes and Texas are a good fit!
Posted by: runner
Texas is big enough. I want all of the Horde to live here.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (jqrzj)
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Steers
Queers
Buc'ees
Horde
[Ducks]
Planning has begun.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2025 11:54 AM (2WIwB)
I think Diogenes and Texas are a good fit!
Posted by: runner
Texas is big enough. I want all of the Horde to live here.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:11 PM (jqrzj)
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Steers
Queers
Buc'ees
Horde
[Ducks]
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 12:16 PM (iFTx/)
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You'll never get me there. 80 degrees on Christmas? You gotta be effin' kiddin' me.
Posted by: Bulg
St. Louis, which should have snow, will be 70 on 12/25.
Posted by: Bulg
St. Louis, which should have snow, will be 70 on 12/25.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:17 PM (jqrzj)
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Nanzi Pelosi is going to kick the bucket soon. You can buy her walk-in fridge real in the secondary market.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Dunno. Some oldsters hang around long past their sell by date while others curl up and die when their reason for living (like power and grabbing more wealth) disappears. I figure both McConnell and Nanzi are like that but I dunno.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Dunno. Some oldsters hang around long past their sell by date while others curl up and die when their reason for living (like power and grabbing more wealth) disappears. I figure both McConnell and Nanzi are like that but I dunno.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:17 PM (WDjG6)
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Current AI is something like an improved search engine.
But if it consumes bad data it will give bad results.
And it is very, very hard to identify bad data
Posted by: 18-1
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At the end, in small, you can see, and click if you choose, the sources. They are usually something like wikipedia and NPR.
That's when your critical questioning comes into play.
Leather riding boots, crop; jodhpurs optional.
But if it consumes bad data it will give bad results.
And it is very, very hard to identify bad data
Posted by: 18-1
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At the end, in small, you can see, and click if you choose, the sources. They are usually something like wikipedia and NPR.
That's when your critical questioning comes into play.
Leather riding boots, crop; jodhpurs optional.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 12:18 PM (CHW5l)
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Nanzi Pelosi is going to kick the bucket soon. You can buy her walk-in fridge real in the secondary market.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
No way I'm buying anything with her cooties on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
No way I'm buying anything with her cooties on it.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
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I looked up "goesintas" and all I got was recipes for gorditas.
Posted by: ShainS
Appropriate. Gorditas goesinta the belly.
Posted by: ShainS
Appropriate. Gorditas goesinta the belly.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 18, 2025 12:18 PM (jqrzj)
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Steers
Queers
Buc'ees
Horde
[Ducks]
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 12:16 PM (iFTx/)
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3 out of 4 ain't bad...
Queers
Buc'ees
Horde
[Ducks]
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 12:16 PM (iFTx/)
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3 out of 4 ain't bad...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2025 12:19 PM (ESVrU)
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No way I'm buying anything with her cooties on it.
Do cooties look like tardigrades? Inquiring minds...
Do cooties look like tardigrades? Inquiring minds...
Posted by: Archimedes at December 18, 2025 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
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Also possible -
Powell hates the US citizens and wants them to fail.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)
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They all do. One thing I've learned from living among the rich and powerful in my previous job is that they are an insanely insular group that views anyone outside the group as inferior and not worthy of ... well, anything. And it's not just the leftwing scumsuckers that think this way. The "conservatives"do too.
Powell hates the US citizens and wants them to fail.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 12:14 PM (Dv3i1)
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They all do. One thing I've learned from living among the rich and powerful in my previous job is that they are an insanely insular group that views anyone outside the group as inferior and not worthy of ... well, anything. And it's not just the leftwing scumsuckers that think this way. The "conservatives"do too.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 18, 2025 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
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No way I'm buying anything with her cooties on it.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
You could pay Sydney Sweeney to walk through it naked a time or two, first. Sort of an exorcism.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
You could pay Sydney Sweeney to walk through it naked a time or two, first. Sort of an exorcism.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2025 12:20 PM (npFr7)
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No way I'm buying anything with her cooties on it.
Posted by: Bulg
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Might come with a few bottles of adrenochrome for free.
Posted by: Bulg
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Might come with a few bottles of adrenochrome for free.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:20 PM (WDjG6)
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Steers, Queer, and Hot Rods - that's California not Texas.
Texas is B-B-Que, Beer, and Luckenbach.
Texas is B-B-Que, Beer, and Luckenbach.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 18, 2025 12:20 PM (CHW5l)
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Trump is doing the whole "rich and powerful" thing all wrong!
-Your Betters
-Your Betters
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 18, 2025 12:20 PM (Dv3i1)
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jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
We don't need 40 year old foreigners working at all our McDonalds.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Big business prefers the pliable foreigners.
jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
We don't need 40 year old foreigners working at all our McDonalds.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Big business prefers the pliable foreigners.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2025 12:21 PM (pkeXY)
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The "conservatives"do too.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Yep. The masses are asses is a common refrain among anyone that thinks they are a cut above the average person.
See it pop up here now and again.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Yep. The masses are asses is a common refrain among anyone that thinks they are a cut above the average person.
See it pop up here now and again.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:21 PM (WDjG6)
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You'll never get me there. 80 degrees on Christmas? You gotta be effin' kiddin' me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
I grew up in Phoenix, so for me it's just like old times.
You'll never get me there. 80 degrees on Christmas? You gotta be effin' kiddin' me.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
I grew up in Phoenix, so for me it's just like old times.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2025 12:22 PM (uWKK8)
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You could pay Sydney Sweeney to walk through it naked a time or two, first. Sort of an exorcism.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Sydney naked in a freezer? The high beams would be off the charts!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Sydney naked in a freezer? The high beams would be off the charts!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 18, 2025 12:23 PM (3uBP9)
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Sydney naked in a freezer? The high beams would be off the charts!
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)
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These go to 11.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:22 PM (77rzZ)
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These go to 11.
Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at December 18, 2025 12:23 PM (bPc+B)
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U nas yest' NOOD.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2025 12:23 PM (77rzZ)
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Texas is B-B-Que, Beer, and Luckenbach
And Luckenbach is just beer + t-shirts. If the song had been in a different time measure, another town name would have been chosen and Luckenbach wouldn't even be that much.
And Luckenbach is just beer + t-shirts. If the song had been in a different time measure, another town name would have been chosen and Luckenbach wouldn't even be that much.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 18, 2025 12:25 PM (3nLb4)
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jobs for Teeenagers, and old people.
We don't need 40 year old foreigners working at all our McDonalds.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Big business prefers the pliable foreigners.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2025 12:21 PM (pkeXY)
I've been seeing a lot more American teens working in all kinds of stores these past few months. The number of exotics in the grocery stores have decreased during this same period.
We don't need 40 year old foreigners working at all our McDonalds.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Big business prefers the pliable foreigners.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2025 12:21 PM (pkeXY)
I've been seeing a lot more American teens working in all kinds of stores these past few months. The number of exotics in the grocery stores have decreased during this same period.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 18, 2025 12:25 PM (GGatE)
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CBD, this is from a market and investment watcher- he makes his life doing this stuff. He is arguing that the rolling average for the CPI matches the gasoline futures market.
Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch)
@TFL1728
2h
So, we finally get a CPI for November and it correlates perfectly with what we should have expected with the drop in gasoline prices.
The 4-month rolling avg. of the CPI has correlated directionally with the monthly closing price of gas futures since the run up to COVID. (see chart).
With RBOB Gasoline Futures trading @ $1.70 this morning. If that holds through year-end, we're looking at a Dec CPI (YoY) print of 2.3-2.4%. Coming into 2026 we can and should expect gas prices to further attenuate, the CPI to fall well below 2%, if not stall out completely, and wages to grow 3+% given the amount of investment happening.
Soon, copper and other tight supply commodities will be the driver of inflation, not gasoline, but we're not there yet.
Dec 18, 2025 · 2:56 PM UTC
Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch)
@TFL1728
2h
So, we finally get a CPI for November and it correlates perfectly with what we should have expected with the drop in gasoline prices.
The 4-month rolling avg. of the CPI has correlated directionally with the monthly closing price of gas futures since the run up to COVID. (see chart).
With RBOB Gasoline Futures trading @ $1.70 this morning. If that holds through year-end, we're looking at a Dec CPI (YoY) print of 2.3-2.4%. Coming into 2026 we can and should expect gas prices to further attenuate, the CPI to fall well below 2%, if not stall out completely, and wages to grow 3+% given the amount of investment happening.
Soon, copper and other tight supply commodities will be the driver of inflation, not gasoline, but we're not there yet.
Dec 18, 2025 · 2:56 PM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2025 12:25 PM (rbvCR)
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Banksters in general hate Americans as a rule and want to use their control of money to get richer, gain more control over the plebes, and thwart any startup competitors from displacing them.
Key players in the financialization of economies and hollowing them out along with the big investment managers like State Street, Black Rock, and Vanguard.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (WDjG6)
What are you some kind of Marxist commie? That's just free market capitalism. You probably have a Luigi Mangioni T-shirt too.
Key players in the financialization of economies and hollowing them out along with the big investment managers like State Street, Black Rock, and Vanguard.
Posted by: whig at December 18, 2025 12:15 PM (WDjG6)
What are you some kind of Marxist commie? That's just free market capitalism. You probably have a Luigi Mangioni T-shirt too.
Posted by: Tongue firmly planted in cheek at December 18, 2025 12:26 PM (TbWk/)
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“We don’t have inflation because the people are living too well. We have inflation because the government is living too well.”
“We don’t have inflation because the people are living too well. We have inflation because the government is living too well.”
Posted by: Ronald Wilson Reagan at December 18, 2025 12:27 PM (SATsO)
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