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Even Left-Wing CNN and Axios Admit That Trump Has Won Completely on Tariffs
Axios: Trump won. Europeans and "experts" sad.
In the Trump-dominated global economy, the U.S. gets plenty but gives nothing in return. Why it matters: This is the reality of the asymmetric trade deals touted by the White House, which show how far foreign leaders will go to safeguard access to the U.S. market.Say that was Trump's and Bessent's guiding principle, wasn't it? Which the "experts" claimed was false?
The word "re-balance" means that she agrees that trade was out-of-balance before. CNN also admits Trump won:
The big picture: Trump announced agreements with Europe and Japan in which both agreed to drop their tariff rates to zero, promised eye-popping investments in the U.S., and opened markets to American producers. In return, those countries get some assurance on their tariff rate -- both 15%, and both of which could have been worse -- even if it puts their industries at a disadvantage. What they're saying: "Both Tokyo and Brussels apparently viewed the price of a 15% tariff worth paying in light of the alternative of higher tariffs, uncertainty and counter-retaliation," Wendy Cutler, former acting U.S. trade representative under Obama, tells Axios. The White House said that smaller nations -- including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia -- would also lower their tariffs and open markets to U.S. producers. ... Von der Leyen did not say what the U.S. conceded in the agreement when asked by a reporter. "I think we hit exactly the point we wanted to find -- rebalance but enable trade on both sides," von der Leyen said in response to the question.
🚨 In an absolutely jaw-dropping moment, CNN has been forced to admit it: Trump's tariffs worked. The experts were wrong. The EU deal is amazing.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 28, 2025
We tried to warn them.
When you lose CNN...
"This is the biggest trade deal in President Trump's effort to effectively reshape the… pic.twitter.com/mGkqATXge7
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 03:58 PM (N1tpc)
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WINNING.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 03:59 PM (pMi6S)
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They can't keep denying reality and retain any trust.
So they begrudging will admit obvious things.
So they begrudging will admit obvious things.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 03:59 PM (N1tpc)
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 03:58 PM (N1tpc)
2 WINNING.
Posted by: zombie
My error was to foolishly type more than one character.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 03:58 PM (N1tpc)
2 WINNING.
Posted by: zombie
My error was to foolishly type more than one character.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 03:59 PM (pMi6S)
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Nooded
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:00 PM (vd6bO)
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Good news for America is Bad News for leftists.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:00 PM (pMi6S)
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Deja vu...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 28, 2025 04:00 PM (xcxpd)
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That's what Sean Spicer wants to know. And he'd like to know when, exactly, "The Experts" plan to start making accurate predictions.
And if they can't -- then why are we even listening to them at all?
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As an editorial decision, "Expert" should be banned from all reporting.
If you want to quote an "expert" you name that person and list their credentials, as well as a percentage of right/wrong predictions they've had over the past 5 years if they are predicting anything.
If there's no record of their predictions, you are to label them as "untested", and definitely not an "expert."
And if they can't -- then why are we even listening to them at all?
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As an editorial decision, "Expert" should be banned from all reporting.
If you want to quote an "expert" you name that person and list their credentials, as well as a percentage of right/wrong predictions they've had over the past 5 years if they are predicting anything.
If there's no record of their predictions, you are to label them as "untested", and definitely not an "expert."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (GBKbO)
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Learned the wrong lesson from Smoot-Hawley they did.
Posted by: Yodonomist at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (vd6bO)
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Expert (noun)/i] — A fool who is paid a great deal of money to be wrong.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (tbFif)
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Crap! Read the content before checking comments.
Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (GYt5+)
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I still want my light truck, Mr. Trump.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (pMi6S)
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So now what, now that we know they will negotiate.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (sX1BW)
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Ahem, if I need expert opinion, I look to AoS. Plenty of subject matter experts right here in this corner of the blogosphere.
Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
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They're be right on the next issue!
brb, buying my Colorado Rockies World Series tickets
brb, buying my Colorado Rockies World Series tickets
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (5C538)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (i24o9)
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The White House said that smaller nations -- including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia -- would also lower their tariffs and open markets to U.S. producers.
>>>>>
Despite being a communist nation AND having been at war with the US, Vietnam (and the Vietnamese people more so) actually likes the US.
Most Vietnamese if you mention "the war", will think about their war with CHINA.
They don't really like China. They will work with them because they are the 800 lb gorilla neighbor. But the US is a MUCH preferable hegemon.
>>>>>
Despite being a communist nation AND having been at war with the US, Vietnam (and the Vietnamese people more so) actually likes the US.
Most Vietnamese if you mention "the war", will think about their war with CHINA.
They don't really like China. They will work with them because they are the 800 lb gorilla neighbor. But the US is a MUCH preferable hegemon.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (N1tpc)
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Which is why we need Colbert to provide balance.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (krQz2)
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If you want to quote an "expert" you name that person and list their credentials, as well as a percentage of right/wrong predictions they've had over the past 5 years if they are predicting anything.
If there's no record of their predictions, you are to label them as "untested", and definitely not an "expert."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (GBKbO)
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Experts: The new "they say."
If you want to quote an "expert" you name that person and list their credentials, as well as a percentage of right/wrong predictions they've had over the past 5 years if they are predicting anything.
If there's no record of their predictions, you are to label them as "untested", and definitely not an "expert."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (GBKbO)
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Experts: The new "they say."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (tT6L1)
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Zeleny has always struck me as being full of himself. Glad he had to report this
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (hIY2p)
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My error was to foolishly type more than one character.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 03:59 PM (pMi6S)
As long as you realize your mistake
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 03:59 PM (pMi6S)
As long as you realize your mistake
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 04:04 PM (N1tpc)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:04 PM (viF8m)
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Ahem, if I need expert opinion, I look to AoS. Plenty of subject matter experts right here in this corner of the blogosphere.
Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
Our dating advice is not too disastrous, either.
Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
Our dating advice is not too disastrous, either.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (i24o9)
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Ahem, if I need expert opinion, I look to AoS. Plenty of subject matter experts right here in this corner of the blogosphere.
I am beyond a SME. I am a SME Extraordinaire, aka a SMEE.
I am beyond a SME. I am a SME Extraordinaire, aka a SMEE.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (Riz8t)
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Economist (noun)— An ignoramus with Dunning-Kruger Syndrome who doesn't realize how astronomically wrong he always is.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (pMi6S)
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I like Bessent. He seems like a wiley old white shoe WASP
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (wBaIH)
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I need to become an "expert" in something so that people will pay me lots of money to be wrong about everything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (7fElN)
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13 I still want my light truck, Mr. Trump.
driving through vegas around christmas time, i saw a cybertruck with christmas lights all over it.
driving through vegas around christmas time, i saw a cybertruck with christmas lights all over it.
Posted by: anachronda at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (v3pYe)
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willowed:
447 424 Since Trump’s presidency and into his return, tensions have surged—Trump has publicly accused Powell of “playing politics” and using tariff-induced inflation as an excuse to delay rate cuts. etc, et al.
hahahahahahah
I love it. Trump is humiliating and harassing Powell at a minimum of once a day. Powell, the asshoe, jacked with the rates to boost
Biteme' and is doing them to hurt Trump. He's lucky that Trump is no Putin.
447 424 Since Trump’s presidency and into his return, tensions have surged—Trump has publicly accused Powell of “playing politics” and using tariff-induced inflation as an excuse to delay rate cuts. etc, et al.
hahahahahahah
I love it. Trump is humiliating and harassing Powell at a minimum of once a day. Powell, the asshoe, jacked with the rates to boost
Biteme' and is doing them to hurt Trump. He's lucky that Trump is no Putin.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (E7bCG)
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Have the Hawaiian judges weighed in? When is the nationwide injunction expected to drop?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (bOODJ)
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (krQz2)
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Trump's breath still stinks!
Posted by: Dorcas Blimline at July 28, 2025 04:06 PM (PiwSw)
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Most Vietnamese if you mention "the war", will think about their war with CHINA.
They don't really like China.
People generally dislike those who view them with contempt.
Zeleny has always struck me as being full of himself. Glad he had to report this
IIRC, it was Zeleny who asked Obama what enchanted him. What. A. Douche.
They don't really like China.
People generally dislike those who view them with contempt.
Zeleny has always struck me as being full of himself. Glad he had to report this
IIRC, it was Zeleny who asked Obama what enchanted him. What. A. Douche.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:06 PM (Riz8t)
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Economist (noun)— An ignoramus with Dunning-Kruger Syndrome who doesn't realize how astronomically wrong he always is.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (pMi6S)
In defense of economists (I still somewhat consider myself one), the ones that go on news programs don't represent the whole of the profession.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (pMi6S)
In defense of economists (I still somewhat consider myself one), the ones that go on news programs don't represent the whole of the profession.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 28, 2025 04:06 PM (N1tpc)
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25 Ahem, if I need expert opinion, I look to AoS. Plenty of subject matter experts right here in this corner of the blogosphere.
Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
Our dating advice is not too disastrous, either.
well, slapping a hot iron to it is just good, practical advice.
Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
Our dating advice is not too disastrous, either.
well, slapping a hot iron to it is just good, practical advice.
Posted by: anachronda at July 28, 2025 04:06 PM (v3pYe)
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I need to become an "expert" in something so that people will pay me lots of money to be wrong about everything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (7fElN)
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Do you think you could compete with Jim Cramer?
There's actually an investment group that makes money on investing opposite Jim Cramer.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2025 04:05 PM (7fElN)
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Do you think you could compete with Jim Cramer?
There's actually an investment group that makes money on investing opposite Jim Cramer.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:07 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Perpetually Ninth at July 28, 2025 04:07 PM (G5+As)
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> 6 Good news for America is Bad News for leftists.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:00 PM (pMi6S)
Ask us how that works.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:00 PM (pMi6S)
Ask us how that works.
Posted by: Cloward and Piven at July 28, 2025 04:07 PM (qpyNK)
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That Turpentine guy always has such a toothy smile.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2025 04:07 PM (63Dwl)
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OK, so Trump saved the economy and the nation and the world, BUT WHAT ABOUT JUNETEENTH? Did he do that? Hunh? Hunh?
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:07 PM (pMi6S)
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The "Experts" have the same data as the Secretaries of Commerce and the Treasury. There is no "magic", no manual of incantations that will resolve the numbers into reliable predictions. It takes experience, a hard-earned wisdom that only comes when people have significant skin in the game. "Experts" rarely have any of that. They only have opinions based on herd mentality and the approval of their peers ...
and paymasters.
and paymasters.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:07 PM (rj6Yv)
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Trump greeting the euroweenie leadership on the steps of his Scottish estate is beyond epic.
Trump greeting the euroweenie leadership on the steps of his Scottish estate is beyond epic.
Posted by: Auspex at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Y8DZL)
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Trump was wrong.
I'm not even close to tired of winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:04 PM (viF8m)
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Maybe not, but the pace of winning certainly tires one...
I'm not even close to tired of winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:04 PM (viF8m)
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Maybe not, but the pace of winning certainly tires one...
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (tT6L1)
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I like Bessent. He seems like a wiley old white shoe WASP
Between him and Grenell, we have a really strong gay wing of the party.
Between him and Grenell, we have a really strong gay wing of the party.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
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24 Trump was wrong.
I'm not even close to tired of winning.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I'm beginning to think positive things about The Grateful Dead.
I'm not even close to tired of winning.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I'm beginning to think positive things about The Grateful Dead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (E7bCG)
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Experts Said Covid came from a bat
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
Experts screamed "muh Russia" for the last seven years.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
Experts screamed "muh Russia" for the last seven years.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (i24o9)
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Catholicism WOW: tinyurl.com/5n7jk3em
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (5C538)
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Is YouTube down?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (L5An7)
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33 Trump pulled some pants down and spanked their asses.
Like a Diddy party, maybe.
what's the tariff on european baby oil?
Like a Diddy party, maybe.
what's the tariff on european baby oil?
Posted by: anachronda at July 28, 2025 04:10 PM (v3pYe)
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Experts Said Covid came from a bat
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
Experts screamed "muh Russia" for the last seven years.
"Experts" preferred Ginger to Maryanne.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
Experts screamed "muh Russia" for the last seven years.
"Experts" preferred Ginger to Maryanne.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:10 PM (Riz8t)
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Ok experts, what is it exactly would you say you do here?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 28, 2025 04:10 PM (u73oe)
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Catholicism WOW: tinyurl.com/5n7jk3em
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (5C53
Boobs sell.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (5C53
Boobs sell.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:10 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:10 PM (fV+MH)
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I'm beginning to think positive things about The Grateful Dead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (E7bCG)
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Don't worry, Braenyard, it's probably just the heat. Get something cool to drink and rest for a while in front of the AC or a fan. It will pass. You'll soon be okay. I promise.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (E7bCG)
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Don't worry, Braenyard, it's probably just the heat. Get something cool to drink and rest for a while in front of the AC or a fan. It will pass. You'll soon be okay. I promise.
Posted by: IrishEi at July 28, 2025 04:10 PM (3ImbR)
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The only thing those three "experts" on Mondays Daybook know anything about is how to eat ass and eat it well.
Posted by: Experts My Ass at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (uNALH)
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Trump is the Babe Ruth of capitalism.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (pMi6S)
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I added some "experts" making their expert predictions.
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (KRtlO)
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Don't know if ace is going to do a Powell theme so:
Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough! April 17 _D.J. Trump,
I donl’t know why it would be so bad, but I’m not going to fire him - June 12 _D.J. Trump,
Fannie, Freddie chief urges Congress to investigate Powell - July 2, _Bill Pulte,
Russell Vought (Director of the Office of Management and Budget) accused Powell of "grossly mismanaging the Fed" _July 10,
I talked about the concept of firing him - July 16, _D. J. Trump
During a meeting with Republicans in the Oval Office last week, the president showed off a copy of a draft letter written to fire Mr. Powell. _July 24, Christine Zhang, [NYT]
Jerome Powell faces a criminal referral from Republican Congresswoman Anna _July 19, Anna Paulina Luna -
Trump vitits Fed wearing hard hat to do renovation inspection. - _July 24
Fed gets new legal headache with lawsuit seeking to make FOMC rate meetings public - _July 24,_ Azoria Capital (Miami),
Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough! April 17 _D.J. Trump,
I donl’t know why it would be so bad, but I’m not going to fire him - June 12 _D.J. Trump,
Fannie, Freddie chief urges Congress to investigate Powell - July 2, _Bill Pulte,
Russell Vought (Director of the Office of Management and Budget) accused Powell of "grossly mismanaging the Fed" _July 10,
I talked about the concept of firing him - July 16, _D. J. Trump
During a meeting with Republicans in the Oval Office last week, the president showed off a copy of a draft letter written to fire Mr. Powell. _July 24, Christine Zhang, [NYT]
Jerome Powell faces a criminal referral from Republican Congresswoman Anna _July 19, Anna Paulina Luna -
Trump vitits Fed wearing hard hat to do renovation inspection. - _July 24
Fed gets new legal headache with lawsuit seeking to make FOMC rate meetings public - _July 24,_ Azoria Capital (Miami),
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (E7bCG)
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It's great having a president who has balls.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (0Htd1)
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Experts screamed "muh Russia" for the last seven years.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (i24o9)
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Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:09 PM (i24o9)
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Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (Riz8t)
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Got to do some work. damn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (E7bCG)
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I told my grandkids I was an expert painter. When I opened the first gallon I spilled 1/4 of it on my new shoes.
Posted by: wth at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (UjdFS)
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I was gonna say "Trump is the Ty Cobb of capitalism," because Ty Cobb is the winningest pitcher of all time -- but then I realized that Ty Cobb is also the losingest pitcher of all time, and that's just not appropriate.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (pMi6S)
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6th straight record close for S&P500
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (Vvm2m)
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Youtube working here.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (63Dwl)
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Think about this when pondering the 2026 elections - all the "experts" have been saying that Dems will do well because they economy will be in bad shape because of Trump's tarriffs ... um, about that...
The elections are going to depend on 2 things, like always: 1) the economic climate, and 2) candidate selection.
Now I'm more and more confident that #1 is going to be looking great, so that leaves the only wildcard being whether the GOP can finally nominate better candidates that they've seem to have been doing for the last couple of decades.
The elections are going to depend on 2 things, like always: 1) the economic climate, and 2) candidate selection.
Now I'm more and more confident that #1 is going to be looking great, so that leaves the only wildcard being whether the GOP can finally nominate better candidates that they've seem to have been doing for the last couple of decades.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (uWKK8)
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Leftists look like leftists. They really do have a "look" and I'd like to choke them out, smack them upside the head.
I would gladly take three hots n a cot and sacrifice a little time to knock the piss out of a John Stewart. How could you resist not talking shit to that guy and getting him riled up if you ran into him in public? Posobiec should have punched that clown in the face with the confrontation they had a few years ago. Posobiec kinda pussed out and missed an opportunity. If I ever bumped into John Stewart I'd gladly be the a-hole prick to start shit and smash that sawed off little chump as soon as he got aggressive like he did with Posobiec.
I would gladly take three hots n a cot and sacrifice a little time to knock the piss out of a John Stewart. How could you resist not talking shit to that guy and getting him riled up if you ran into him in public? Posobiec should have punched that clown in the face with the confrontation they had a few years ago. Posobiec kinda pussed out and missed an opportunity. If I ever bumped into John Stewart I'd gladly be the a-hole prick to start shit and smash that sawed off little chump as soon as he got aggressive like he did with Posobiec.
Posted by: JROD at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (IlL6s)
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Interest rates are personally a catch 22 for me right now since I have no debt and put a lot of my money into CDs but I would also benefit from them going down so my new development will get more homebuyers.
My wish is that they would go down and Trump would submit another proposal to eliminate taxes on savings accounts that include CDs.
My wish is that they would go down and Trump would submit another proposal to eliminate taxes on savings accounts that include CDs.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (VofaG)
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Probably just another coincidence.
Posted by: ... at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (7HpjT)
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I'm beginning to think positive things about The Grateful Dead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (E7bCG)
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Terrapin Station was an impressive album.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (E7bCG)
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Terrapin Station was an impressive album.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (krQz2)
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Deregulation will also knock their socks off. As will reshoring, and attendant speeded up regulatory approvals. Energy production. Tax cuts. Jobs and wage growth for the middle class.
All the stuff the experts hated and decried are going to work, and Make America Great Again! (couldn't resist that)
All the stuff the experts hated and decried are going to work, and Make America Great Again! (couldn't resist that)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (Y5fDH)
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I think the question was, and still is, whether tariffs are sound economic policy. Ultimately, a tariff is a tax, and at some point consumers/taxpayers are the ones who pay it.
I think most people were willing to say that tariffs COULD be sound foreign policy. Get other nations to stop screwing the U.S. of A. with an unbalanced tariff policy. If it worked, which it appears it is, I believe most of us who are skeptical of the former, and more than happy with the latter.
I think most people were willing to say that tariffs COULD be sound foreign policy. Get other nations to stop screwing the U.S. of A. with an unbalanced tariff policy. If it worked, which it appears it is, I believe most of us who are skeptical of the former, and more than happy with the latter.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (dGCAG)
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The initial idea was that 0 tariffs and no barriers were perfect. Pay no attention to those other nations with barriers out the wazoo.
Then the idea was tariffs above 0 were harmful to us. Pay no attention to those other nations with tariffs and barriers that were not harmed.
Then the idea was tariffs above 0 were harmful to us. Pay no attention to those other nations with tariffs and barriers that were not harmed.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (8avO+)
78
>>Don't worry, Braenyard, it's probably just the heat. Get something cool to drink and rest for a while in front of the AC or a fan. It will pass. You'll soon be okay. I promise.
Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
Don't be a hater.
Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (viF8m)
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Fed gets new legal headache with lawsuit seeking to make FOMC rate meetings public - _July 24,_ Azoria Capital (Miami),
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (E7bCG)
Yeah. Looking forward to the Fed meeting this week.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (E7bCG)
Yeah. Looking forward to the Fed meeting this week.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (pMi6S)
81
I added some "experts" making their expert predictions.
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (KRtlO)
Expertly.
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (KRtlO)
Expertly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
82
During Trump’s first term a local conservative talk show host was against Trump’s planned tariffs, warning dire consequences just like any lefty would. I thought: this guy is a media personality who started out as a political ooerative.
What does he know about finance?
What does he know about finance?
Posted by: kallisto at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (Fi95G)
83
At this point powell has got to know that he is walking on thin ice in regards to refusing to lower interest rates because of the "tariff" boogeyman. If Trump wanted to he could fire him today for cause and he would eventually win in court. He has the receipts and testimony where powell lied to congress about the new building.
powell hates Trump and is butthurt that we don't have 10%+ inflation because of Trump's tariff's.
powell hates Trump and is butthurt that we don't have 10%+ inflation because of Trump's tariff's.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (e5NfL)
84
In the end...Trump is Always Right.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (NpAcC)
85
Who's the Albino Obama in glasses?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (xcxpd)
86
Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (viF8m)
Gotta be Bon Jovi.
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (viF8m)
Gotta be Bon Jovi.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
87
>>I'm beginning to think positive things about The Grateful Dead.
NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=bK5bMF8B2Z4
NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=bK5bMF8B2Z4
Posted by: 5.14.1970 at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (oSEaw)
88
Trump: For nine generations you and your Eurocommunists have labored in secret to produce a living, breathing super-weapon... one that would empower you to overthrow both the Church and the Market. Indeed. This weapon, I am. And these goals, I have achieved. *But I will NEVER be YOURS to control.*
Ursula von der Leyen: Silence him, Melania!
Trump: For nine generations you and your Eurocommunists have labored in secret to produce a living, breathing super-weapon... one that would empower you to overthrow both the Church and the Market. Indeed. This weapon, I am. And these goals, I have achieved. *But I will NEVER be YOURS to control.*
Ursula von der Leyen: Silence him, Melania!
Posted by: The Sleeper has awakened at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (jc0TO)
89
I told my grandkids I was an expert painter. When I opened the first gallon I spilled 1/4 of it on my new shoes.
Posted by: wth at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (UjdFS)
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If it makes you feel better a n00b would have spilled 1/2 the paint instead.
Posted by: wth at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (UjdFS)
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If it makes you feel better a n00b would have spilled 1/2 the paint instead.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (7fElN)
90
It's great having a president who has balls.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (0Htd1)
Hey!
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (0Htd1)
Hey!
Posted by: Hillary, Kamala, and Obama at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (7HpjT)
91
I think the question was, and still is, whether tariffs are sound economic policy. Ultimately, a tariff is a tax...
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (dGCAG)
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (dGCAG)
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
92
My favorite part of this whole thing: The press was all set to scream nonsense about President Trump daring to take a vacation...and, once again, the press has egg of their faces.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (tT6L1)
93
To me the question wasn't whether Trump could get the world to knuckle under. I figured that was a given - we're their biggest customer. All of them.
It remains to be seen if this will work to our overall benefit over the long term. I think it will, given the opportunity, but my definition of "working" is considerably different than many people.
I want to grow domestic industry as much as feasibly possible. But that will mean a general, more-or-less permanent rise in prices for many goods.
Many consumers will HATE that. Those people want their low-quality imports more than they want a good job market or economic independence. They may become restive enough to demand a reversion to a consumption-driven model before much industrial growth can be achieved, in which case we'd have been better off not bothering with this in the first place.
We'll see.
It remains to be seen if this will work to our overall benefit over the long term. I think it will, given the opportunity, but my definition of "working" is considerably different than many people.
I want to grow domestic industry as much as feasibly possible. But that will mean a general, more-or-less permanent rise in prices for many goods.
Many consumers will HATE that. Those people want their low-quality imports more than they want a good job market or economic independence. They may become restive enough to demand a reversion to a consumption-driven model before much industrial growth can be achieved, in which case we'd have been better off not bothering with this in the first place.
We'll see.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (al0ho)
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Of course, our medical advice expertise is to die for.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
Or from.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:02 PM (tT6L1)
Or from.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (eB3Bu)
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82 During Trump’s first term a local conservative talk show host was against Trump’s planned tariffs, warning dire consequences just like any lefty would. I thought: this guy is a media personality who started out as a political ooerative.
who was that, Rich?
who was that, Rich?
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (Pv3Rg)
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My favorite part of this whole thing: The press was all set to scream nonsense about President Trump daring to take a vacation...and, once again, the press has egg of their faces.
Sure, let's call it egg.
Sure, let's call it egg.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (Riz8t)
97
I added some "experts" making their expert predictions.
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (KRtlO)
Expertly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
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Now, I just need $5 to buy a coffee at Starbucks.
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (KRtlO)
Expertly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
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Now, I just need $5 to buy a coffee at Starbucks.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (krQz2)
98
Trump should’ve have done this so close to Pride Month!
Posted by: CTHillary at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (lMAZO)
99
The UK's Colbert.
Tony Lane @TonyLaneNV
BREAKING: A man on an EasyJet flight over the UK was caught on video shouting:
“I’m going to bomb the plane… Death to America, Death to Trump — Allahu Akbar”
The incident shook passengers — yet legacy media refuses to cover it.
No major headlines. No accountability.
Tony Lane @TonyLaneNV
BREAKING: A man on an EasyJet flight over the UK was caught on video shouting:
“I’m going to bomb the plane… Death to America, Death to Trump — Allahu Akbar”
The incident shook passengers — yet legacy media refuses to cover it.
No major headlines. No accountability.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (L/fGl)
100
The initial idea was that 0 tariffs and no barriers were perfect. Pay no attention to those other nations with barriers out the wazoo.
Then the idea was tariffs above 0 were harmful to us. Pay no attention to those other nations with tariffs and barriers that were not harmed.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (8avO+)
I wonder what Vlad thinks about the EU spending nearly a trillion dollars on US energy exports?
Then the idea was tariffs above 0 were harmful to us. Pay no attention to those other nations with tariffs and barriers that were not harmed.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (8avO+)
I wonder what Vlad thinks about the EU spending nearly a trillion dollars on US energy exports?
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (rj6Yv)
101
Once again, Powell and the Fed refuse to lower rates.
They're lucky that Trump isn't really an authoritarian dictator or the lot of them might "fall" out a window.
They're lucky that Trump isn't really an authoritarian dictator or the lot of them might "fall" out a window.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (Ovc06)
102
TO ALL DOUBTERS - KNEEL BEFORE TRUMP!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (uWKK8)
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70 The elections are going to depend on 2 things, like always: 1) the economic climate, and 2) candidate selection.
Now I'm more and more confident that #1 is going to be looking great, so that leaves the only wildcard being whether the GOP can finally nominate better candidates that they've seem to have been doing for the last couple of decades.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (uWKK
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Economy will be a large factor, but midterms will be at least partially driven by enthusiasm with bigger effects than in presidential elections because the turnout will be smaller (a 15% drop is significant).
I really just wonder what the effect fed grants being cut off will have on GOTV efforts, what the DOJ looking into swing state voter rolls will have (Dillon requested that this weekend, in particular from Nevada), and what Democrats rock-bottom approval will have.
I think we're in uncharted midterm territory, anomalous, one might say, and falling back on, "Well, presidents always lose in their midterms," feels like lazy thinking.
I think there's as much a chance we see 2002 response as we do 2006 response.
Now I'm more and more confident that #1 is going to be looking great, so that leaves the only wildcard being whether the GOP can finally nominate better candidates that they've seem to have been doing for the last couple of decades.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (uWKK
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Economy will be a large factor, but midterms will be at least partially driven by enthusiasm with bigger effects than in presidential elections because the turnout will be smaller (a 15% drop is significant).
I really just wonder what the effect fed grants being cut off will have on GOTV efforts, what the DOJ looking into swing state voter rolls will have (Dillon requested that this weekend, in particular from Nevada), and what Democrats rock-bottom approval will have.
I think we're in uncharted midterm territory, anomalous, one might say, and falling back on, "Well, presidents always lose in their midterms," feels like lazy thinking.
I think there's as much a chance we see 2002 response as we do 2006 response.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)
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These days "experts" seem to be the same as the fake celebrities who aren't really celebrities but actors cast in the role of celebrities by powerful and moneyed interests we were talking about in the previous thread. They aren't experts because they actually have subject-matter expertise after a long and rigorous career of studying and testing a matter, they're experts because somebody else said so. Experts by fiat.
Posted by: Expert inflation at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (TbWk/)
105
Hey!
Posted by: Kamala, and Obama at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (7HpjT)
I think n'girl meant, still wearing them; not balancing them on your chin
Posted by: Kamala, and Obama at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (7HpjT)
I think n'girl meant, still wearing them; not balancing them on your chin
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (5C538)
106
101 Once again, Powell and the Fed refuse to lower rates.
it's fucking ridiculous at this point
the fed clique is hoping to torpedo the US economy, somehow, some way
it's fucking ridiculous at this point
the fed clique is hoping to torpedo the US economy, somehow, some way
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (Pv3Rg)
107
Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (viF8m)
Gotta be Bon Jovi.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
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I was going to go with Markey Mark and the Funky Bunch
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (viF8m)
Gotta be Bon Jovi.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:14 PM (i24o9)
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I was going to go with Markey Mark and the Funky Bunch
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (tT6L1)
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86 Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw
I was there. September 3, 1977. Also NRPS and Marshall Tucker. 14 hour show!!!
Don't be a hater.
Posted by: JackStraw
I was there. September 3, 1977. Also NRPS and Marshall Tucker. 14 hour show!!!
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (G5+As)
109
I think the question was, and still is, whether tariffs are sound economic policy. Ultimately, a tariff is a tax...
The Fair Tax cabal should be beating off in joy because they have their beloved consumption tax. But they aren't because they want it placed on all goods - foreign and domestic.
The Fair Tax cabal should be beating off in joy because they have their beloved consumption tax. But they aren't because they want it placed on all goods - foreign and domestic.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (KhyP1)
110
102 TO ALL DOUBTERS - KNEEL BEFORE TRUMP!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (uWKK
His next press release should be introduced with "Head Like A Hole".
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:16 PM (uWKK
His next press release should be introduced with "Head Like A Hole".
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (5C538)
Posted by: Self-licking Ice Cream Cone at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (/y8xj)
112
And he'd like to know when, exactly, "The Experts" plan to start making accurate predictions.
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They are accurate. They're the exact opposite of right every time.
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They are accurate. They're the exact opposite of right every time.
Posted by: ... at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (7HpjT)
113
I've stopped getting the Viagra MILF, and now only see an elderly woman in a wheelchair and apparently lost in her walk-in shower. I miss the Viagra MILF.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (Riz8t)
114
/stale sock
Posted by: Oddbob at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (/y8xj)
115
Tariffs are fees, not taxes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)
116
My error was to foolishly type more than one character.
Posted by: zombie
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Dude. ftw3fwr43
Multiple characters - No typing - WINNING accomplished.
My error was to foolishly type more than one character.
Posted by: zombie
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Dude. ftw3fwr43
Multiple characters - No typing - WINNING accomplished.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (lCaJd)
117
Trump 2.0 is the bomb. And I think it's all about the team he put together. Would he have been the same if re-elected in 2020? My opinion is no but it's a moot point. He's exceeded all expectations and then some.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:19 PM (VofaG)
118
If we got rid of all the cheap Chinese shit we’d be much better off. Instead of buying a quality $50 shirt people buy 5 $10 shirts. Oh look we have more stuff we’re better off. Yeay free trade.
No you’re not. Those cheap shirts will be thrown away after you wear them a few times. Because they’re garbage quality.
No you’re not. Those cheap shirts will be thrown away after you wear them a few times. Because they’re garbage quality.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:19 PM (Vvm2m)
119
Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
Posted by: JackStraw
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Somebody and the E-Street Band?
Posted by: JackStraw
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Somebody and the E-Street Band?
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:19 PM (krQz2)
120
gotta love old-school Pigpen!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 28, 2025 04:19 PM (dKEEs)
121
I was gonna say "Trump is the Ty Cobb of capitalism," because Ty Cobb is the winningest pitcher of all time -- but then I realized that Ty Cobb is also the losingest pitcher of all time, and that's just not appropriate.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (pMi6S)
I think you mean Cy Young, but having the most losses isn't really a measure of the man. He won over 60% of his games, which a LOT of pitchers in the HOF didn't.
Find me the guy who came up as a September call-up, got in a few games, got shelled, and never made a Major League roster again. There's you "losingest" pitcher.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:12 PM (pMi6S)
I think you mean Cy Young, but having the most losses isn't really a measure of the man. He won over 60% of his games, which a LOT of pitchers in the HOF didn't.
Find me the guy who came up as a September call-up, got in a few games, got shelled, and never made a Major League roster again. There's you "losingest" pitcher.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM (dGCAG)
122
>>>Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
It's Zamfir, isn't it.
It's Zamfir, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM (i24o9)
123
I never listen to economists because they are all commies who sniff each others farts and contribute nothing.
Experts.
Experts.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM (EcGlk)
124
I've stopped getting the Viagra MILF, and now only see an elderly woman in a wheelchair and apparently lost in her walk-in shower. I miss the Viagra MILF.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (
Her man bought the Viagra. That's how she ended up in that wheelchair. Ya gotta take the good with the bad.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (
Her man bought the Viagra. That's how she ended up in that wheelchair. Ya gotta take the good with the bad.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 04:21 PM (al0ho)
125
>>If we got rid of all the cheap Chinese shit we’d be much better off. Instead of buying a quality $50 shirt people buy 5 $10 shirts. Oh look we have more stuff we’re better off. Yeay free trade.
We need a Shaker Revolution.
But with more fucking. Those damned Shakers were so bust making chairs they forgot to breed. Like pandas.
We need a Shaker Revolution.
But with more fucking. Those damned Shakers were so bust making chairs they forgot to breed. Like pandas.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:21 PM (oSEaw)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:21 PM (viF8m)
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122 >>>Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
It's Zamfir, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM (i24o9)
Yanni? John Tesh?
It's Zamfir, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM (i24o9)
Yanni? John Tesh?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 28, 2025 04:21 PM (PiwSw)
128
The WSJ has the sads. Says Trump gave in.
Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (G0vdT)
129
I'm an ex-spurt.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (L/fGl)
131
>>gotta love old-school Pigpen!
Sadly, I think 5.14.70 is one of the shows Pigpen missed. I forgot that until I linked it and listened to the playback.
New Speedway is a tune that needs Pigpen, imo.
Sadly, I think 5.14.70 is one of the shows Pigpen missed. I forgot that until I linked it and listened to the playback.
New Speedway is a tune that needs Pigpen, imo.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (oSEaw)
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Update:
I have an old friend who is and always been a lifelong far-left liberal. But because we've known each other since childhood, I let it slide.
Last year he revealed a crack in his liberal believes, so I took a gamble and basically confessed to him that I hate socialism and communism and liberalism, and that if he secretly felt the same way, it was OK to fess up.
He laughed and sorta agreed, and I thought everything was fine.
But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxinty and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
HOW CLEAR DO I HAVE TO MAKE IT TO YOU???
In replied saying that I was delighted about Trump taking down the Left. I didn't come right out and say I was MAGA, merely that I was happy with things happening since he was elected.
Expect t never hear from him again.
I have an old friend who is and always been a lifelong far-left liberal. But because we've known each other since childhood, I let it slide.
Last year he revealed a crack in his liberal believes, so I took a gamble and basically confessed to him that I hate socialism and communism and liberalism, and that if he secretly felt the same way, it was OK to fess up.
He laughed and sorta agreed, and I thought everything was fine.
But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxinty and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
HOW CLEAR DO I HAVE TO MAKE IT TO YOU???
In replied saying that I was delighted about Trump taking down the Left. I didn't come right out and say I was MAGA, merely that I was happy with things happening since he was elected.
Expect t never hear from him again.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
133
Progressives speaking are, a) a danger to others, b) a danger to themselves, c) gravely disabled or d) all the above?
Pencils down.
d) all the above
Pencils down.
d) all the above
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (YlWIZ)
134
I think the question was, and still is, whether tariffs are sound economic policy. Ultimately, a tariff is a tax...
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (dGCAG)
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (dGCAG)
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
135
128 The WSJ has the sads. Says Trump gave in.
Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (G0vdT)
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I agree.
Trump should have made Europe expel all Syrian nationals who arrived in their borders within the past 10 years in order to reach a deal or he'd impose 100% tariffs on everything.
He's such a cuck. TACO Trump!
Posted by: WisRich at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (G0vdT)
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I agree.
Trump should have made Europe expel all Syrian nationals who arrived in their borders within the past 10 years in order to reach a deal or he'd impose 100% tariffs on everything.
He's such a cuck. TACO Trump!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:23 PM (GBKbO)
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Wow it's almost like having a president and staff that aren't just rent-seeking layabouts that spend 4-8 years collecting a middling government salary and shit-loads of graft, but rather actually spends time and effort advocating on our behalf will...get positive results for the people of the United States.
It certainly hasn't been tried often in the last 40 years.
It certainly hasn't been tried often in the last 40 years.
Posted by: ballistic at July 28, 2025 04:23 PM (3BwY8)
137
>>>Do you know which band help the largest concert in New Jersey's history?
It's Zamfir, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM
He's sold more albums than Elvis.
It's Zamfir, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:20 PM
He's sold more albums than Elvis.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 04:23 PM (jc0TO)
138
Gives nothing in return? Obviously, none of these f#ckwits have listened to what President Trump and Secretary Bessent have been saying.
This “just read the headlines” journalists are truly retards. They purposefully mislead their readers, aka slugbots, about every important issue facing our country.
CAN. NOT. HATE. ENOUGH.
This “just read the headlines” journalists are truly retards. They purposefully mislead their readers, aka slugbots, about every important issue facing our country.
CAN. NOT. HATE. ENOUGH.
Posted by: Unkaren at July 28, 2025 04:23 PM (J4BK5)
139
Compulsory tax a tariff is not.
Posted by: Yodonomist at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (vd6bO)
140
Tariffs are fees, not taxes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)
You're right. If at the end of the year, the government wants to take a portion of the money I earned, that's just a fee.
And I can avoid that fee by simply not working.
Genius!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)
You're right. If at the end of the year, the government wants to take a portion of the money I earned, that's just a fee.
And I can avoid that fee by simply not working.
Genius!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (dGCAG)
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132 HOW CLEAR DO I HAVE TO MAKE IT TO YOU???
In replied saying that I was delighted about Trump taking down the Left. I didn't come right out and say I was MAGA, merely that I was happy with things happening since he was elected.
Expect t never hear from him again.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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"Also, chill out, bruh. Freaking out about things outside of your control is unhealthy. Live your life, stop fretting over other people living wrong, and let's get high this weekend."
In replied saying that I was delighted about Trump taking down the Left. I didn't come right out and say I was MAGA, merely that I was happy with things happening since he was elected.
Expect t never hear from him again.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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"Also, chill out, bruh. Freaking out about things outside of your control is unhealthy. Live your life, stop fretting over other people living wrong, and let's get high this weekend."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (GBKbO)
142
That 3rd guy with Halperin and Spicer in the 2Way segment… I saw him on Fox over the weekend. I don’t know his name but that is one strange looking dude… like an alien especially when he smiles. I know it’s not important but it’s war jumped out to me because the experts being retards is old news
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (ANuwa)
143
Ty Cobb -- Cy Young
Boy do I look dumb. I must be an "expert."
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (pMi6S)
The confusion comes from there being no one definition of 'best'. Is it peak value for a year, or a few year period, or being good and reliable for decades?
Norm Cash had a year hitting .360 or so when batting averages were pretty low and dropping.
On the other hand, that year Mantle and Maris were chasing Ruth so maybe they'd goosed the baseballs. Or it was hot. Or they'd expanded the league so there were more bad pitchers.
Boy do I look dumb. I must be an "expert."
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:13 PM (pMi6S)
The confusion comes from there being no one definition of 'best'. Is it peak value for a year, or a few year period, or being good and reliable for decades?
Norm Cash had a year hitting .360 or so when batting averages were pretty low and dropping.
On the other hand, that year Mantle and Maris were chasing Ruth so maybe they'd goosed the baseballs. Or it was hot. Or they'd expanded the league so there were more bad pitchers.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (8avO+)
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Catholicism WOW: tinyurl.com/5n7jk3em
George Carlin was the perfect man for that job. There were some stupid things in that movie, but making fun of Catholicism WOW-style initiatives wasn’t one of them.
George Carlin was the perfect man for that job. There were some stupid things in that movie, but making fun of Catholicism WOW-style initiatives wasn’t one of them.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (EXyHK)
145
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
Sigh. It's axiomatic, but lots of people don't understand.
Ideally the tariffs will push America to more domestic production purchases, and that is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
Sigh. It's axiomatic, but lots of people don't understand.
Ideally the tariffs will push America to more domestic production purchases, and that is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (L5An7)
146
Even mean girls are not as extreme as, Trump Always Chickens Out
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (YlWIZ)
147
My wish is that they would go down and Trump would submit another proposal to eliminate taxes on savings accounts that include CDs.
Posted by: polynikes
I know, and who thought it was a good idea to tax interest earned on savings accounts? Damn progressives I bet.
Posted by: polynikes
I know, and who thought it was a good idea to tax interest earned on savings accounts? Damn progressives I bet.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (Dv3i1)
148
Trump should celebrate by adding 50% more tarriffs on Canada just to hear them whine.
Trump should celebrate by adding 50% more tarriffs on Canada just to hear them whine.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (IifOV)
149
Experts Say...
Furiously masturbating to busty lesbo pron can help with stress relief and lower cholesterol.
Furiously masturbating to busty lesbo pron can help with stress relief and lower cholesterol.
Posted by: Experts Say... at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (sAmhv)
150
No you’re not. Those cheap shirts will be thrown away after you wear them a few times. Because they’re garbage quality.
When cut into little squares they often make good gun cleaning swabs.
When cut into little squares they often make good gun cleaning swabs.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (KhyP1)
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I've never heard a mean girl say "always" or "never."
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
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140 You're right. If at the end of the year, the government wants to take a portion of the money I earned, that's just a fee.
And I can avoid that fee by simply not working.
Genius!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (dGCAG)
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They're quite literally fees, not taxes.
But I'll worry about lowering fees on foreigners who mostly eat the costs on exporting to us by cutting into their margins in order to compete with domestic producers or other countries with zero tariffs as soon as the hidden taxes of overregulation are taken care of.
And I can avoid that fee by simply not working.
Genius!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (dGCAG)
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They're quite literally fees, not taxes.
But I'll worry about lowering fees on foreigners who mostly eat the costs on exporting to us by cutting into their margins in order to compete with domestic producers or other countries with zero tariffs as soon as the hidden taxes of overregulation are taken care of.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Trump wasn't about tariffs. Trump was about leveling the playing field and getting markets opened. Tariffs was just one tool . Anyone paying attention would see that every country was taking advantage of the USA
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (VofaG)
155
But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxiety and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
Sad.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
Sad.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (i24o9)
156
Experts Say...
Furiously masturbating to busty lesbo pron can help with stress relief and lower cholesterol.
Posted by: Experts Say... at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
Isn't that common knowledge?
Furiously masturbating to busty lesbo pron can help with stress relief and lower cholesterol.
Posted by: Experts Say... at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
Isn't that common knowledge?
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (jc0TO)
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They got schlonged ! - PDJT
They got schlonged ! - PDJT
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (NtVYv)
158
Stand by for the socialist media to start squealing about the trade deals being unfair in three...two...one...
Probably followed by a galaxy-wide temporary restraining order issued by some obscure socialist judge.
Probably followed by a galaxy-wide temporary restraining order issued by some obscure socialist judge.
Posted by: p-squared at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (0prFs)
159
Sumbitch should have his fingers chopped off.
Australian doctor found guilty of professional misconduct for sharing Babylon Bee jokes
Australian doctor found guilty of professional misconduct for sharing Babylon Bee jokes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (L/fGl)
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152 Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (dGCAG)
Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
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*waits to be called glowie again*
Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
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*waits to be called glowie again*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
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Trump should celebrate by adding 50% more tarriffs on Canada just to hear them whine.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (IifOV)
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They're already screaming about the LNG deal Castreaux refused to sign with the EU.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (IifOV)
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They're already screaming about the LNG deal Castreaux refused to sign with the EU.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (tT6L1)
162
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
That isn't logic. Sales taxes are taxes, its right in the name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
That isn't logic. Sales taxes are taxes, its right in the name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (8avO+)
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Journalists have rendered the expert down to being a “fact provider” to support whatever narrative they’re trying to spread at any given moment.
That’s why so many of the experts in news articles or clips are college professors who are experts on a subject solely because of a few letters behind their name.
Alternatively they find some other expert due to years of experience in that field or business.
Media used to include competing opinions from several experts on subjects. Now they just find the expert with the opinion they need and contact them to get the quote they need or the prediction they want.
They’ve killed the credibility of experts by turning expertise into propaganda, just like everything else they do.
That’s why so many of the experts in news articles or clips are college professors who are experts on a subject solely because of a few letters behind their name.
Alternatively they find some other expert due to years of experience in that field or business.
Media used to include competing opinions from several experts on subjects. Now they just find the expert with the opinion they need and contact them to get the quote they need or the prediction they want.
They’ve killed the credibility of experts by turning expertise into propaganda, just like everything else they do.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (6ydKt)
164
If any politician matters enough to you that you need therapy, you should just end it. You're a fuckin empty husk of a person and no amount of therapy can turn back time to the years when you could have gotten a life and avoided this. It's ovah.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (al0ho)
165
154 Trump wasn't about tariffs. Trump was about leveling the playing field and getting markets opened. Tariffs was just one tool . Anyone paying attention would see that every country was taking advantage of the USA
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (VofaG)
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But it's not textbook capitalism as taught in MBA programs, therefore it must be rejected as communist.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (VofaG)
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But it's not textbook capitalism as taught in MBA programs, therefore it must be rejected as communist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (GBKbO)
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But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxinty and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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I'm sorry for laughing at your friend but anyone who needs professional help to cope with their feelz about who is or isn't elected to federal office every 2-4 years is a fucking bitchmade faggot.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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I'm sorry for laughing at your friend but anyone who needs professional help to cope with their feelz about who is or isn't elected to federal office every 2-4 years is a fucking bitchmade faggot.
Posted by: ballistic at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (3BwY8)
167
Trump should celebrate by adding 50% more tarriffs on Canada just to hear them whine.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (IifOV)
How about a Presidential commission to investigate whether Canada should be annexed as the 51st state?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (IifOV)
How about a Presidential commission to investigate whether Canada should be annexed as the 51st state?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (i24o9)
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I was there. September 3, 1977. Also NRPS and Marshall Tucker. 14 hour show!!!
Lucky you.
Posted by: JackStraw
_________
I've never been, but this is exactly what I imagine one of their concerts was like. Smelly hippies deadhead shuffling to Jack Straw:
https://tinyurl.com/3y5bmzbe
Lucky you.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I've never been, but this is exactly what I imagine one of their concerts was like. Smelly hippies deadhead shuffling to Jack Straw:
https://tinyurl.com/3y5bmzbe
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (XvL8K)
169
Anyone else getting the ad with a creepy looking zombie judge something about car insurance.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (d36kK)
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Rumors of a rebate because of all the money rolling in from tariffs. Some say we should use that money to pay down the debt.
Rumors of a rebate because of all the money rolling in from tariffs. Some say we should use that money to pay down the debt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
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170
Rumors of a rebate because of all the money rolling in from tariffs. Some say we should use that money to pay down the debt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
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Trump said it. He also said the priority is paying off the debt at the same time.
Rumors of a rebate because of all the money rolling in from tariffs. Some say we should use that money to pay down the debt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
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Trump said it. He also said the priority is paying off the debt at the same time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (GBKbO)
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Which is why we need Colbert to provide balance.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (krQz2)
The only thing colbert balances is a pair of balls on his nose.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:03 PM (krQz2)
The only thing colbert balances is a pair of balls on his nose.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (snZF9)
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Sigh. It's axiomatic, but lots of people don't understand.
Ideally the tariffs will push America to more domestic production purchases, and that is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (L5An7)
Or move production onshore to give Americans jobs in exchange for no tariff.
Ideally the tariffs will push America to more domestic production purchases, and that is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:24 PM (L5An7)
Or move production onshore to give Americans jobs in exchange for no tariff.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (8avO+)
174
How about a Presidential commission to investigate whether Canada should be annexed as the 51st state laid under tribute?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (jc0TO)
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Wasn't John Tesh's organ the reason Connie Sellica liked him?
Wasn't John Tesh's organ the reason Connie Sellica liked him?
Posted by: Auspex at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (Y8DZL)
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Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
Every hole's a goal?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
Every hole's a goal?
Posted by: Or is it we don't talk about holes... at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (TbWk/)
177
Wait, someone is comparing tariffs to income taxes? Checks nic. Never mind.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (u73oe)
178
On the other hand, that year Mantle and Maris were chasing Ruth so maybe they'd goosed the baseballs. Or it was hot. Or they'd expanded the league so there were more bad pitchers.
Posted by: Oldcat
Fun fact: 1961, when Maris hit 61 homers, he was intentionally walked 0 times, because Mantle hit behind him. Mantle had 54 that year.
Posted by: Oldcat
Fun fact: 1961, when Maris hit 61 homers, he was intentionally walked 0 times, because Mantle hit behind him. Mantle had 54 that year.
Posted by: Baseball Foibles and Facts at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (G5+As)
179
I've never been, but this is exactly what I imagine one of their concerts was like. Smelly hippies deadhead shuffling to Jack Straw:
https://tinyurl.com/3y5bmzbe
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (XvL8K)
Saddest mosh pit ever.
https://tinyurl.com/3y5bmzbe
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (XvL8K)
Saddest mosh pit ever.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (i24o9)
180
I went to Dead show once. My only recollection was a hippie chick on acid walking in a circle for the entire show.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (fV+MH)
181
Shakers were celibate and segregated the sexes.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (TEi+a)
182
Reminds me of my favorite Thomas Sowell quote, from Visions of the Anointed:
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. But, for every fact, there is not an equal and opposite fact."
Which, of course, is why the left is always citing to experts. And not facts.
And they have a whole rolodex full of experts who will say whatever they need them to say.
Or used to.
Now, I'll bet 90% of the "experts" they cite to are either made up or not experts at all.
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. But, for every fact, there is not an equal and opposite fact."
Which, of course, is why the left is always citing to experts. And not facts.
And they have a whole rolodex full of experts who will say whatever they need them to say.
Or used to.
Now, I'll bet 90% of the "experts" they cite to are either made up or not experts at all.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (lDIPK)
183
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
That isn't logic. Sales taxes are taxes, its right in the name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (8avO+)
So when the government compels you to pay a "fee," but only if you want the goods or services being offered, that's different.
Just changing the name makes it so.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
That isn't logic. Sales taxes are taxes, its right in the name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (8avO+)
So when the government compels you to pay a "fee," but only if you want the goods or services being offered, that's different.
Just changing the name makes it so.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (dGCAG)
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Isn't Canada's big new trade idea to move Mexican products to Canada by ship rather than truck or train so as not to pass through the US?
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (jc0TO)
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I think she's still walking in that circle.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (fV+MH)
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180 I went to Dead show once. My only recollection was a hippie chick on acid walking in a circle for the entire show.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (fV+MH)
I saw them once at a concert for the Haight Ashbury clinic...Yeah... I'm that old
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (fV+MH)
I saw them once at a concert for the Haight Ashbury clinic...Yeah... I'm that old
Posted by: It's me donna at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (VE6XX)
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But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxinty and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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I'm sorry for laughing at your friend but anyone who needs professional help to cope with their feelz about who is or isn't elected to federal office every 2-4 years is a fucking bitchmade faggot.
Posted by: ballistic at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (3BwY
*snicker*
Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
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I'm sorry for laughing at your friend but anyone who needs professional help to cope with their feelz about who is or isn't elected to federal office every 2-4 years is a fucking bitchmade faggot.
Posted by: ballistic at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (3BwY
*snicker*
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (snZF9)
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Shakers were celibate and segregated the sexes.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (TEi+a)
Made a lot of furniture. Had to do SOMETHING with all that unattended wood.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (TEi+a)
Made a lot of furniture. Had to do SOMETHING with all that unattended wood.
Posted by: Heh heh. Wood. at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (TbWk/)
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I know, and who thought it was a good idea to tax interest earned on savings accounts? Damn progressives I bet.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (Dv3i
Economists are always raising concerns about the low savings rate of Americans. I know let's tax savings interest.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (Dv3i
Economists are always raising concerns about the low savings rate of Americans. I know let's tax savings interest.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (VofaG)
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I saw them once at a concert for the Haight Ashbury clinic...Yeah... I'm that old
Posted by: It's me donna at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (VE6XX)
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Funny, you don't look that old.
Posted by: It's me donna at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (VE6XX)
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Funny, you don't look that old.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (tT6L1)
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130 Keep your eye on the ball bull!
https://is.gd/eYL5hX
Good for the bulls. I'm glad to see them working together.
https://is.gd/eYL5hX
Good for the bulls. I'm glad to see them working together.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (Riz8t)
192
The Marshall Plan is MORTE!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (zNYAh)
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Funny, you don't look that old.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (tT6L1)
I wish LOL
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (tT6L1)
I wish LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (VE6XX)
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Perhaps one of you from up north can tell me - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba - are they more conservative like Oklahoma or Texas, or would they be like another Colorado or California? I get that they are fed up with Ottowa, but where would they land on the political spectrum if they became part of the US? What if they just did their own thing as Western Canada?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
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It is amazing to watch Europe and realize how stupid their leaders are. Whether it's Starmer, Macron or Merz , or the EU van der Leyen. They are all lying dissembling twits. It's really no surprise that Europe has been taken over in the past by fascists or communists. It would also not be surprising if they become a caliphate. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (hIY2p)
196
Can we buy a small diesel pickup truck again?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (zyZZ9)
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stands to reason, that does!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (dKEEs)
198
Deal was met with EU because they could not stand Trump's horrible breath and fave in .....
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vL1lZ)
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Rumors of a rebate because of all the money rolling in from tariffs. Some say we should use that money to pay down the debt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
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Trump said it. He also said the priority is paying off the debt at the same time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (GBKbO)
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Recently, DJT has also been making noises about sending taxpayers "rebate" checks again. Sounds good to me if they arrive before the midterm elections.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
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Trump said it. He also said the priority is paying off the debt at the same time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (GBKbO)
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Recently, DJT has also been making noises about sending taxpayers "rebate" checks again. Sounds good to me if they arrive before the midterm elections.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (rj6Yv)
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>>I went to Dead show once. My only recollection was a hippie chick on acid walking in a circle for the entire show.
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I went to a ton of them...
best Hippie Girl on Acid I ever saw was one who danced down the stairs and slipped on a banana peel my friend threw over his shoulder.
I laughed so hard at that. It was like a living cartoon.
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I went to a ton of them...
best Hippie Girl on Acid I ever saw was one who danced down the stairs and slipped on a banana peel my friend threw over his shoulder.
I laughed so hard at that. It was like a living cartoon.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (oSEaw)
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An Economist is an Expert who can tell you tomorrow why what he predicted yesterday would happen today, didn't happen.
Posted by: Retief at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (I8M2J)
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Or move production onshore to give Americans jobs in exchange for no tariff.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (8avO+)
Yes, you can do that too, but IF you continue to import goods from other countries, and there's a tariff on those goods, the consumer ultimately pays for it.
A tax by any other name still stinks.
But take your win here, boys. Trump got other countries to lower their tariffs. Which is a good thing.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (8avO+)
Yes, you can do that too, but IF you continue to import goods from other countries, and there's a tariff on those goods, the consumer ultimately pays for it.
A tax by any other name still stinks.
But take your win here, boys. Trump got other countries to lower their tariffs. Which is a good thing.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (dGCAG)
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195 It is amazing to watch Europe and realize how stupid their leaders are. Whether it's Starmer, Macron or Merz , or the EU van der Leyen. They are all lying dissembling twits. It's really no surprise that Europe has been taken over in the past by fascists or communists. It would also not be surprising if they become a caliphate. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (hIY2p)
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I wonder if there will be a realization along the lines of Democrats right now regarding gerrymandering.
"Wait...we were taking advantage of this system the whole time and we're maxed out?!"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (hIY2p)
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I wonder if there will be a realization along the lines of Democrats right now regarding gerrymandering.
"Wait...we were taking advantage of this system the whole time and we're maxed out?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (GBKbO)
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Economists are always raising concerns about the low savings rate of Americans. I know let's tax savings interest.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (VofaG)
Meanwhile let's inflate the currency, adopt anti-growth policies, keep wages artificially depressed, and fuck with the housing markets so people don't have anything so save anyway.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:31 PM (VofaG)
Meanwhile let's inflate the currency, adopt anti-growth policies, keep wages artificially depressed, and fuck with the housing markets so people don't have anything so save anyway.
Posted by: Cause and effect? Never heard of it. at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (TbWk/)
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I just want to get this out there to make sure everyone understands that the next democrat president is going to zero out any and all tariffs that Trump has put in place.
Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (e5NfL)
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>>I saw them once at a concert for the Haight Ashbury clinic...Yeah... I'm that old
Closet I got to a San Francisco show was a Jerry Garcia Band show at the Warfield. Fantastic.
Closet I got to a San Francisco show was a Jerry Garcia Band show at the Warfield. Fantastic.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (viF8m)
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Or move production onshore to give Americans jobs in exchange for no tariff.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (8avO+)
Yup.
Amazing stuff. And it all is in the first year of college econ, which tells me that our experts are completely co-opted by their politics.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:28 PM (8avO+)
Yup.
Amazing stuff. And it all is in the first year of college econ, which tells me that our experts are completely co-opted by their politics.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (L5An7)
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205 I just want to get this out there to make sure everyone understands that the next democrat president is going to zero out any and all tariffs that Trump has put in place.
Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (e5NfL)
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They won't.
They said the sky was falling in 2018 because of the China tariffs.
Biden not only didn't rescind the tariffs, he actually increased some of them.
Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (e5NfL)
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They won't.
They said the sky was falling in 2018 because of the China tariffs.
Biden not only didn't rescind the tariffs, he actually increased some of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
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Rumors of a rebate because of all the money rolling in from tariffs. Some say we should use that money to pay down the debt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
Pay down the debt? That's just crazy talk, that is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:27 PM (lCaJd)
Pay down the debt? That's just crazy talk, that is.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (dGCAG)
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it's fucking ridiculous at this point
the fed clique is hoping to torpedo the US economy, somehow, some way
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (Pv3Rg)
Nah. They are just in TDS mode. If they thought it might cause a crisis before, which is doubtful, they surely know now it won't.
I heard that someone in that gang is up for a new nomination soon, even if Powell is not. So Trump can get his own man in, and possibly make him the boss.
the fed clique is hoping to torpedo the US economy, somehow, some way
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 28, 2025 04:17 PM (Pv3Rg)
Nah. They are just in TDS mode. If they thought it might cause a crisis before, which is doubtful, they surely know now it won't.
I heard that someone in that gang is up for a new nomination soon, even if Powell is not. So Trump can get his own man in, and possibly make him the boss.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (8avO+)
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>>Shakers were celibate and segregated the sexes.
Like I said. A Shaker revolution. But with more Fucking.
It's like I'm typing Chinese or something.
Like I said. A Shaker revolution. But with more Fucking.
It's like I'm typing Chinese or something.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (oSEaw)
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If CNN says we won, doesn't that mean we lost? I'm confusilated.
Posted by: Eeyore at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (od0dV)
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Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (viF8m)
I lived in Berkeley, and I saw the results of dozens of Dead shows.
Disgusting.
I lived in Berkeley, and I saw the results of dozens of Dead shows.
Disgusting.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (L5An7)
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Experts Said Covid came from a bat
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
******
To be fair to the experts, that observation was what it took to convince to to stop eating bat.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
******
To be fair to the experts, that observation was what it took to convince to to stop eating bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (LN3jZ)
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I just want to get this out there to make sure everyone understands that the next democrat president is going to zero out any and all tariffs that Trump has put in place.
Democrats aren't giving up any money.
Democrats aren't giving up any money.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 04:35 PM (jc0TO)
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Which the "experts" claimed was false?
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They're not sending us their best -- or even their mediocre.
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They're not sending us their best -- or even their mediocre.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 04:35 PM (zNYAh)
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I know let's tax savings interest.
Back in the days of tax tables, when I was under 29 and just beginning to save, I made a couple of bucks interest. Which turned into more taxes than the interest that pushed it there.
It is possible I forgot to include that on my taxes.
Back in the days of tax tables, when I was under 29 and just beginning to save, I made a couple of bucks interest. Which turned into more taxes than the interest that pushed it there.
It is possible I forgot to include that on my taxes.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 28, 2025 04:35 PM (EXyHK)
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>>Closet I got to a San Francisco show was a Jerry Garcia Band show at the Warfield. Fantastic.
I saw a bunch of JGB shows at the Warfield.
Saw NY Show in 91 at Oakland Coliseum.
I saw a bunch of JGB shows at the Warfield.
Saw NY Show in 91 at Oakland Coliseum.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:35 PM (oSEaw)
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The Shakers had the same issues over not being able to compete with cheap clothes. They made and sold their own stuff, even wove the cloth. People just like cheap junk
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (TEi+a)
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70 Percent of Britons Back Using Royal Navy to End Channel Migrant Crisis
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Well, they don't have an Alligator Alcatraz.
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Well, they don't have an Alligator Alcatraz.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (L/fGl)
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And he'd like to know when, exactly, "The Experts" plan to start wearing festive littlehats.
And if they can't -- then why are we even listening to them at all?
And if they can't -- then why are we even listening to them at all?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (5udQ5)
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195 It is amazing to watch Europe and realize how stupid their leaders are. Whether it's Starmer, Macron or Merz , or the EU van der Leyen. They are all lying dissembling twits. It's really no surprise that Europe has been taken over in the past by fascists or communists. It would also not be surprising if they become a caliphate. SMH
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (hIY2p)
The EU is led now by fascists and communists.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (hIY2p)
The EU is led now by fascists and communists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (LN3jZ)
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70 Percent of Britons Back Using Royal Navy to End Channel Migrant Crisis
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Well, they don't have an Alligator Alcatraz.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (L/fGl)
Isle of Wight.
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Well, they don't have an Alligator Alcatraz.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (L/fGl)
Isle of Wight.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (8avO+)
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>>>This is the reality of the asymmetric trade deals touted by the White House, which show how far foreign leaders will go to safeguard access to the U.S. market.
Yeah, who could have possibly ever noticed that massive piece of leverage the entire world knows the US has, except for our "experts" who pretend they had no idea that access to the US markets was as big of a deal to most exporters as access to a warm water port is to the Russians.
Yeah, who could have possibly ever noticed that massive piece of leverage the entire world knows the US has, except for our "experts" who pretend they had no idea that access to the US markets was as big of a deal to most exporters as access to a warm water port is to the Russians.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (uCjyK)
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"205 I just want to get this out there to make sure everyone understands that the next democrat president is going to zero out any and all tariffs that Trump has put in place.
Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (e5NfL)"
eh, we'll just have to see to it that no demonrats get elected for the next 50 - 60 years ... and they're doin' a hella job on moving that idea right along, now.
Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2025 04:33 PM (e5NfL)"
eh, we'll just have to see to it that no demonrats get elected for the next 50 - 60 years ... and they're doin' a hella job on moving that idea right along, now.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (dKEEs)
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If anyone has to tell you they are an “expert,” they really aren’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (oSEaw)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (5udQ5)
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But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxinty and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
Posted by: zombie
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I'm pretty sure this happened when Bush beat Kerry. People reporting depression and anxiety over the election results and needing therapy.
I actually responded to some hysterical woman on X the other day -- horrified about all the inescapable "hate" everywhere all over the world! what is happening? we must stop the HATE that is taking over!!!!
I advised her to get outside, chat with her neighbors, go to the local park and pet people's dogs, read Sunny Skyz, watch some funny movies. I picture her going grocery shopping, doing whatever little job she has, running errands around town, generally living a perfectly safe and easy life and perpetually terrified and shocked at all the HATE everywhere!!!
But just now he emailed me to say that he's in therapy to help cope with the anxinty and distress he feels about Trump being president and winning all the time.
Posted by: zombie
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I'm pretty sure this happened when Bush beat Kerry. People reporting depression and anxiety over the election results and needing therapy.
I actually responded to some hysterical woman on X the other day -- horrified about all the inescapable "hate" everywhere all over the world! what is happening? we must stop the HATE that is taking over!!!!
I advised her to get outside, chat with her neighbors, go to the local park and pet people's dogs, read Sunny Skyz, watch some funny movies. I picture her going grocery shopping, doing whatever little job she has, running errands around town, generally living a perfectly safe and easy life and perpetually terrified and shocked at all the HATE everywhere!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)
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We keep saying "experts" here. The "experts" got it wrong.
What we're talking about, hopefully, is the beginning of the end of credentialism.
What we're talking about, hopefully, is the beginning of the end of credentialism.
Posted by: Free Thinker at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (kr1HX)
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I get that they are fed up with Ottowa, but where would they land on the political spectrum if they became part of the US? What if they just did their own thing as Western Canada?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
Colorado.
If the Prairie Provinces and BC want to go independent, that's fine with me, but I want to know what's in it for me if they want statehood. If we want what they're selling, we have the option of sending them a check (not "cheque") for natural resource purchases without taking on the burden of supporting a population of welfare addicts.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
Colorado.
If the Prairie Provinces and BC want to go independent, that's fine with me, but I want to know what's in it for me if they want statehood. If we want what they're selling, we have the option of sending them a check (not "cheque") for natural resource purchases without taking on the burden of supporting a population of welfare addicts.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
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And he'd like to know when, exactly, "The Experts" plan to start making accurate predictions.
And if they can't -- then why are we even listening to them at all?
On its face, that's an unreasonable, maybe even extremist take.
And if they can't -- then why are we even listening to them at all?
On its face, that's an unreasonable, maybe even extremist take.
Posted by: Jim Cramer at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (y+qgR)
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230 I advised her to get outside, chat with her neighbors, go to the local park and pet people's dogs, read Sunny Skyz, watch some funny movies. I picture her going grocery shopping, doing whatever little job she has, running errands around town, generally living a perfectly safe and easy life and perpetually terrified and shocked at all the HATE everywhere!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)
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If hate follows you everyone, it's not the world that's full of hate.
It's you.
*deep thoughts*
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)
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If hate follows you everyone, it's not the world that's full of hate.
It's you.
*deep thoughts*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (GBKbO)
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>>I lived in Berkeley, and I saw the results of dozens of Dead shows.
>>Disgusting.
How odd. The stadiums for almost all other rock shows are left as clean as a hospital.
>>Disgusting.
How odd. The stadiums for almost all other rock shows are left as clean as a hospital.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (viF8m)
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Experts Said Covid came from a bat
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
******
To be fair to the experts, that observation was what it took to convince to to stop eating bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (LN3jZ)
Might be true, but the bat came from the Wuhan Bioweapon Facility across the street from the market.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 28, 2025 04:08 PM (Vvm2m)
******
To be fair to the experts, that observation was what it took to convince to to stop eating bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (LN3jZ)
Might be true, but the bat came from the Wuhan Bioweapon Facility across the street from the market.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (8avO+)
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I was at a Dead show in Albany in the 90s. A girl tripping tried to walk across I-87 to get to the park on the river. A guy who was driving drunk couldn't avoid her and hit her, bad injuries. Don't try to walk across major highways when you're tripping
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (hIY2p)
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>>I lived in Berkeley
Before he moved to France.
What a fag.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (oSEaw)
******
Did CBD move to France permanantly? Or is it just a temporary thing?
I wonder what the French cuisine does with bat...
Before he moved to France.
What a fag.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (oSEaw)
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Did CBD move to France permanantly? Or is it just a temporary thing?
I wonder what the French cuisine does with bat...
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (LN3jZ)
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I picture her going grocery shopping, doing whatever little job she has, running errands around town, generally living a perfectly safe and easy life and perpetually terrified and shocked at all the HATE everywhere!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)
Feed the paranoia. We must break them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (lCaJd)
Feed the paranoia. We must break them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (i24o9)
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And he'd like to know when, exactly, "The Experts" plan to start making accurate predictions.
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"We've got models for that, h8r! Just wait 'til we unleash WokeAI on your asses ..."
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"We've got models for that, h8r! Just wait 'til we unleash WokeAI on your asses ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 04:39 PM (zNYAh)
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>> 220 70 Percent of Britons Back Using Royal Navy to End Channel Migrant Crisis
A bit amazing, really. Hitler couldn't conquer the UK because it was an island and yet they can't stop boat people from invading.
A bit amazing, really. Hitler couldn't conquer the UK because it was an island and yet they can't stop boat people from invading.
Posted by: the dandy at July 28, 2025 04:39 PM (8l8nW)
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220 70 Percent of Britons Back Using Royal Navy to End Channel Migrant Crisis
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Reform agrees and if elected, will end the awful channel migrant crisis by taking those migrants via Royal Navy ships instead.
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Reform agrees and if elected, will end the awful channel migrant crisis by taking those migrants via Royal Navy ships instead.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2025 04:39 PM (Dv3i1)
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Good for the bulls. I'm glad to see them working together.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM
You and me both, brother! It does have a certain je ne sais quoi, oui?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM
You and me both, brother! It does have a certain je ne sais quoi, oui?
Posted by: David F. at July 28, 2025 04:39 PM (0sNs1)
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I have to deal with French-speaking Canadians at least once a month. We should mandate a 50% tariff on these guys just because they don't speak English.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2025 04:39 PM (EcGlk)
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EU gets screwed. Goood. Very goood.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 04:40 PM (/U5Yz)
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And these are economic experts.
A particular class of always-wrong experts.
As the saying goes, economists have correctly predicted 7 of the last 5 recessions.
And let's not forget that--so long as a Democrat is in the WH--these experts always, without fail, predict, whatever the state of the economy, that the current economic downturn will have a "soft landing."
It's like those clips where you see all the news readers all saying the same script
For decades and decades now, they have always predicted that their Keynesian policies will lead to a soft landing.
A particular class of always-wrong experts.
As the saying goes, economists have correctly predicted 7 of the last 5 recessions.
And let's not forget that--so long as a Democrat is in the WH--these experts always, without fail, predict, whatever the state of the economy, that the current economic downturn will have a "soft landing."
It's like those clips where you see all the news readers all saying the same script
For decades and decades now, they have always predicted that their Keynesian policies will lead to a soft landing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 28, 2025 04:40 PM (lDIPK)
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Judgments based on speculations grounded in Jello.
Posted by: Dreamingrobot at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (EyfuW)
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244 I have to deal with French-speaking Canadians at least once a month.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I'm sorry. What did you get convicted of?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I'm sorry. What did you get convicted of?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (/U5Yz)
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To be fair to the experts, that observation was what it took to convince to to stop eating bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (LN3jZ)
Might be true, but the bat came from the Wuhan Bioweapon Facility across the street from the market.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (8avO+)
*****
Oh, I assure you, I used to be a big time bat eater. I'd fry it up in a pan, put it on some toasted bread, and chow down on a gastronomic delight.
Like chicken of the sea, but from the cave.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (LN3jZ)
Might be true, but the bat came from the Wuhan Bioweapon Facility across the street from the market.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:38 PM (8avO+)
*****
Oh, I assure you, I used to be a big time bat eater. I'd fry it up in a pan, put it on some toasted bread, and chow down on a gastronomic delight.
Like chicken of the sea, but from the cave.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (LN3jZ)
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Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (pMi6S)
If you do hear from them again, ask if their distress is caused by Trump and what he's doing or their information sources and what they're saying. The left doesn't care about the people it drives into near? insanity as long as they get a reliable drone out of it.
If you do hear from them again, ask if their distress is caused by Trump and what he's doing or their information sources and what they're saying. The left doesn't care about the people it drives into near? insanity as long as they get a reliable drone out of it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (ExV1e)
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231 We keep saying "experts" here. The "experts" got it wrong.
What we're talking about, hopefully, is the beginning of the end of credentialism.
Posted by: Free Thinker at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (kr1HX)
While I'm sure most of the experts are not exactly MENSA candidates, I don't think they are accidentally this uniformly wrong on everything.
I suspect they might be, you know, lying.
What we're talking about, hopefully, is the beginning of the end of credentialism.
Posted by: Free Thinker at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (kr1HX)
While I'm sure most of the experts are not exactly MENSA candidates, I don't think they are accidentally this uniformly wrong on everything.
I suspect they might be, you know, lying.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (uCjyK)
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EU gets screwed. Goood. Very goood.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 04:40 PM (/U5Yz)
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EU businesses, maybe. But EU consumers may win, bigly, because they're no longer a captive market.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 04:40 PM (/U5Yz)
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EU businesses, maybe. But EU consumers may win, bigly, because they're no longer a captive market.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (tT6L1)
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If the Prairie Provinces and BC want to go independent, that's fine with me, but I want to know what's in it for me if they want statehood. If we want what they're selling, we have the option of sending them a check (not "cheque") for natural resource purchases without taking on the burden of supporting a population of welfare addicts.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
I'd think a stint as territory or some middle ground for a time would be useful. Or semi-independence as a client state officially.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
I'd think a stint as territory or some middle ground for a time would be useful. Or semi-independence as a client state officially.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (8avO+)
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Getting hit by a car while tripping has to be the worst possible experience.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (fV+MH)
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237 I was at a Dead show in Albany in the 90s. A girl tripping tried to walk across I-87 to get to the park on the river. A guy who was driving drunk couldn't avoid her and hit her, bad injuries. Don't try to walk across major highways when you're tripping
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The nice thing about Fentanyl is it turns you into a statue. No problems with traffic.
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The nice thing about Fentanyl is it turns you into a statue. No problems with traffic.
Posted by: pudinhead at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (W3T6M)
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Pay down the debt? That's just crazy talk, that is.
Posted by: BurtTC
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I know, right?! And yet, I can see the sanity in tossing, say, a modest $300 out there to taxpayers before the midterm elections with hints that their taxes could be a lot lower if Republicans are allowed to continue with Trump's economic reforms.
Pay down the debt? That's just crazy talk, that is.
Posted by: BurtTC
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I know, right?! And yet, I can see the sanity in tossing, say, a modest $300 out there to taxpayers before the midterm elections with hints that their taxes could be a lot lower if Republicans are allowed to continue with Trump's economic reforms.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (lCaJd)
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195 It is amazing to watch Europe and realize how stupid their leaders are. Whether it's Starmer, Macron or Merz , or the EU van der Leyen. They are all lying dissembling twits.
I love this clip of Starmer. He has smoke coming out of his ears, and does a parody of every politician's non-answer to a question.
https://is.gd/a3w2qe
I love this clip of Starmer. He has smoke coming out of his ears, and does a parody of every politician's non-answer to a question.
https://is.gd/a3w2qe
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (Riz8t)
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I actually responded to some hysterical woman on X the other day -- horrified about all the inescapable "hate" everywhere all over the world! what is happening? we must stop the HATE that is taking over!!!!
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Reminds me of the stupid commercials with the sports figures all telling us sportsball watching morons that we need to take a time-out from hate. But what if we really hate the Yankees?
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Reminds me of the stupid commercials with the sports figures all telling us sportsball watching morons that we need to take a time-out from hate. But what if we really hate the Yankees?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (Dv3i1)
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Anyone who has worked for a manufacturer selling through retail could tell you the vendor was going to eat the tariffs. Increase your pricing to the retailer? Enjoy your loss in share of shelf and the revenue decline that goes with it.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (u73oe)
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I was at a Dead show in Albany in the 90s.
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I was at a dead show in Northern CA in the early 90s.
One big dance party ... and I think my girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter and I were the only ones in attendance who weren't stoned (including her mother).
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I was at a dead show in Northern CA in the early 90s.
One big dance party ... and I think my girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter and I were the only ones in attendance who weren't stoned (including her mother).
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (zNYAh)
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The big loser of the EU-US deal, I think, is Russia.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)
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Getting hit by a car while tripping has to be the worst possible experience.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (fV+MH)
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Especially if you were staring into the glowing orbs of the headlights as it came at you...
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (fV+MH)
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Especially if you were staring into the glowing orbs of the headlights as it came at you...
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:43 PM (LN3jZ)
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Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
If what surrounds it is crazy, do not insert your dick?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM (L5An7)
If what surrounds it is crazy, do not insert your dick?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (ExV1e)
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https://is.gd/a3w2qe
Posted by: Archimedes
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lol, the UK, which has a natural giant moat, cannot keep out invaders.
https://is.gd/a3w2qe
Posted by: Archimedes
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lol, the UK, which has a natural giant moat, cannot keep out invaders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
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Experts: The new "they say."
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Obama and his constant attacks against Strawman the Strawmanarian.
Whatever happened to him?
That guy was a real asshole, always calling for the most extreme and outrageous things.
But, lucky for us, we had the calm, cool, steady hand of Barack to steer the state toward a better choice:
The policy of the left.
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Obama and his constant attacks against Strawman the Strawmanarian.
Whatever happened to him?
That guy was a real asshole, always calling for the most extreme and outrageous things.
But, lucky for us, we had the calm, cool, steady hand of Barack to steer the state toward a better choice:
The policy of the left.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lDIPK)
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I've never been to a Dead show. My wife has many times. I listened to some of their albums and can't remember any of their stuff. Jeebus, its tedious.
Posted by: pudinhead at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (W3T6M)
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lol, the UK, which has a natural giant moat, cannot keep out invaders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
They could. If they wanted to. Which they don't.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
They could. If they wanted to. Which they don't.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (uCjyK)
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How odd. The stadiums for almost all other rock shows are left as clean as a hospital.
Posted by: JackStraw
Frank Zappa was one of the first rock shows to play Chrysler Hall in Norfolk around 1980 when it was new. He came out on stage, looked up and around and said, "This is a nice place". Then, pointed at the crowd and said, "Don't fuck it up!"
Posted by: JackStraw
Frank Zappa was one of the first rock shows to play Chrysler Hall in Norfolk around 1980 when it was new. He came out on stage, looked up and around and said, "This is a nice place". Then, pointed at the crowd and said, "Don't fuck it up!"
Posted by: Zappa Lore at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (G5+As)
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lol, the UK, which has a natural giant moat, cannot keep out invaders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
They could. If they wanted to. Which they don't.
The UK does. Their "leadership" doesn't.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
They could. If they wanted to. Which they don't.
The UK does. Their "leadership" doesn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
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They won't.
They said the sky was falling in 2018 because of the China tariffs.
Biden not only didn't rescind the tariffs, he actually increased some of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
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They know it’s good policy that is getting results, but they can’t admit it because it’s Trump’s idea.
A future president might use tariffs as bargaining chips, like Trump has, but I believe the entire world has come to the realization that the current globalist trade system is broken and that ‘Free Trade’ doesn’t work when there are players like China and Southeast Asia in the mix.
They said the sky was falling in 2018 because of the China tariffs.
Biden not only didn't rescind the tariffs, he actually increased some of them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
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They know it’s good policy that is getting results, but they can’t admit it because it’s Trump’s idea.
A future president might use tariffs as bargaining chips, like Trump has, but I believe the entire world has come to the realization that the current globalist trade system is broken and that ‘Free Trade’ doesn’t work when there are players like China and Southeast Asia in the mix.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (6ydKt)
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I'd think a stint as territory or some middle ground for a time would be useful. Or semi-independence as a client state officially.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (8avO+)
Whatever happens, Canada's "brain drain" diaspora will accelerate. Anyone with any ambition is either already south of the border or is planning to make the jump.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:41 PM (8avO+)
Whatever happens, Canada's "brain drain" diaspora will accelerate. Anyone with any ambition is either already south of the border or is planning to make the jump.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)
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The UK does. Their "leadership" doesn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Well, it doesn't matter what the people want, clearly.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Well, it doesn't matter what the people want, clearly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (uCjyK)
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Anyway, like I was sayin', bat is the fruit of the cave. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, bat-kabobs, bat creole, bat gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple bat, lemon bat, coconut bat, pepper bat, bat soup, bat stew, bat salad, bat and potatoes, bat burger, bat sandwich. That- that's about it.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (jc0TO)
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Just like joe biden opened the borders after Trump shut them down, the next democrat president will cancel all of the Trump tariffs.
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I know this forum represents "the choir", but its just so important that everyone understands that the difference between Dems and Trump isn't a matter of "policy" but rather *allegiance*. Trump is working for Americans--the Dems and GOPe will never work for anything other than themselves and the fabulous grift train. "Winning" seats is important, but having the people holding these seats working for AMERICAN interests is the most important aspect of all. Putting 10 more Murks and Collins in the Senate won't result in the fundamental breaking of the grift machine we need so badly.
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I know this forum represents "the choir", but its just so important that everyone understands that the difference between Dems and Trump isn't a matter of "policy" but rather *allegiance*. Trump is working for Americans--the Dems and GOPe will never work for anything other than themselves and the fabulous grift train. "Winning" seats is important, but having the people holding these seats working for AMERICAN interests is the most important aspect of all. Putting 10 more Murks and Collins in the Senate won't result in the fundamental breaking of the grift machine we need so badly.
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 04:47 PM (TN0g+)
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272 The UK does. Their "leadership" doesn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Well, it doesn't matter what the people want, clearly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (uCjy
They're not even allowed to say what they want..
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Well, it doesn't matter what the people want, clearly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (uCjy
They're not even allowed to say what they want..
Posted by: It's me donna at July 28, 2025 04:47 PM (VE6XX)
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I get the human sentiment to extend sympathy and try to help these people with TDS.
Perhaps reconsider that these were the ones who wanted the healthy quarantined while their foot soldiers burned, looted, and murdered spurred on by leftist pols, who painted targets on the backs of white kids/people, who think flash flood victims deserved their fate because of differences in political preferences, who would load you and yours into train cars for heresies against the Church of AGW, and so on.
Perhaps reconsider that these were the ones who wanted the healthy quarantined while their foot soldiers burned, looted, and murdered spurred on by leftist pols, who painted targets on the backs of white kids/people, who think flash flood victims deserved their fate because of differences in political preferences, who would load you and yours into train cars for heresies against the Church of AGW, and so on.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (i24o9)
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Hey, we listened to the experts! That means they're wrong- not us!
Posted by: t-bird at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (7Lr83)
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I get that they are fed up with Ottowa, but where would they land on the political spectrum if they became part of the US? What if they just did their own thing as Western Canada?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
Colorado.
If the Prairie Provinces and BC want to go independent, that's fine with me, but I want to know what's in it for me if they want statehood. If we want what they're selling, we have the option of sending them a check (not "cheque") for natural resource purchases without taking on the burden of supporting a population of welfare addicts.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
They are too close to us to be allowed to pursue a totally independent foreign policy. They've been screwed by leftists long enough to be not just like Colorado. I'd prefer something explicit rather than trusting good faith, because that is absent in Old Canada and all of Europe.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
Colorado.
If the Prairie Provinces and BC want to go independent, that's fine with me, but I want to know what's in it for me if they want statehood. If we want what they're selling, we have the option of sending them a check (not "cheque") for natural resource purchases without taking on the burden of supporting a population of welfare addicts.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
They are too close to us to be allowed to pursue a totally independent foreign policy. They've been screwed by leftists long enough to be not just like Colorado. I'd prefer something explicit rather than trusting good faith, because that is absent in Old Canada and all of Europe.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (8avO+)
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Trump has altered the deal, Euroweenies.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (5C538)
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63 Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Victor Orban is unimpressed with the deal the EU made with Trump.
'Trump Ate von der Leyen for Breakfast,' Says Hungary's Orban on US-EU Trade Deal
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban didn’t hold back in his reaction to the new U.S.–EU trade agreement announced by Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen. Orban said Trump "ate Von der Leyen for breakfast," calling the deal worse than what the UK received earlier this month. The agreement includes a 15% tariff on most EU goods and a $550B investment pledge.
https://is.gd/OJb6Jg
'Trump Ate von der Leyen for Breakfast,' Says Hungary's Orban on US-EU Trade Deal
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban didn’t hold back in his reaction to the new U.S.–EU trade agreement announced by Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen. Orban said Trump "ate Von der Leyen for breakfast," calling the deal worse than what the UK received earlier this month. The agreement includes a 15% tariff on most EU goods and a $550B investment pledge.
https://is.gd/OJb6Jg
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:49 PM (Riz8t)
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Putting 10 more Murks and Collins in the Senate won't result in the fundamental breaking of the grift machine we need so badly.
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 04:47 PM (TN0g+)
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Crusader Johnson is right!
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 04:47 PM (TN0g+)
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Crusader Johnson is right!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:49 PM (vd6bO)
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I know this forum represents "the choir", but its just so important that everyone understands that the difference between Dems and Trump isn't a matter of "policy" but rather *allegiance*. Trump is working for Americans--the Dems and GOPe will never work for anything other than themselves and the fabulous grift train.
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 04:47 PM (TN0g+)
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Based how many moles were in Trump's first term, it's Trump vs. DC.
And DC ran a conspiracy to deny the American people their elected representation.
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 04:47 PM (TN0g+)
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Based how many moles were in Trump's first term, it's Trump vs. DC.
And DC ran a conspiracy to deny the American people their elected representation.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:49 PM (krQz2)
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I've never been to a Dead show. My wife has many times. I listened to some of their albums and can't remember any of their stuff. Jeebus, its tedious.
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"Jam bands" in general are tedious, and then when you thrown in that not a single member of the Dead owned an overdrive or distortion pedal it was preordained that *nothing* of any urgency was ever going to be played.
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"Jam bands" in general are tedious, and then when you thrown in that not a single member of the Dead owned an overdrive or distortion pedal it was preordained that *nothing* of any urgency was ever going to be played.
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (TN0g+)
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Randi Weingarten Announces Teachers' Union “Partnerships” With World Economic Forum
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Looney Tunes would perfect the trifecta.
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Looney Tunes would perfect the trifecta.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (L/fGl)
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MILO@Nero
Dave Rubin is a ticking time bomb. Somebody, for the love of God, save those little babies.
Dave Rubin is a ticking time bomb. Somebody, for the love of God, save those little babies.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (sIVhu)
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You gotta read this. It's one woman's survival of Covid, with the hospital actively trying to kill her. Her husband managed to get her out, but was fined
https://tinyurl.com/jauvs58b
https://tinyurl.com/jauvs58b
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (TEi+a)
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Whatever happens, Canada's "brain drain" diaspora will accelerate. Anyone with any ambition is either already south of the border or is planning to make the jump.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Not "West Canada's" lots of East Canadas are expressing moving back to the West.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Not "West Canada's" lots of East Canadas are expressing moving back to the West.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (8avO+)
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Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
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Anyway, like I was sayin', bat is the fruit of the cave. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, bat-kabobs, bat creole, bat gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple bat, lemon bat, coconut bat, pepper bat, bat soup, bat stew, bat salad, bat and potatoes, bat burger, bat sandwich. That- that's about it.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (jc0TO)
*****
This man gets it. I will always hate the Chinese for making me give up bat.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (jc0TO)
*****
This man gets it. I will always hate the Chinese for making me give up bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (LN3jZ)
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196 Can we buy a small diesel pickup truck again?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (zyZZ9)
Id buy one. There are some diesel Subarus overseas too
Posted by: Guys everywhere at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (zyZZ9)
Id buy one. There are some diesel Subarus overseas too
Posted by: A dude in MI at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (/6GbT)
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Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
I'm sure we'll never really know the true story here, but this is Exhibit "A" on how the Deep State operates.
They seem to do well regardless of which party is in power.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
I'm sure we'll never really know the true story here, but this is Exhibit "A" on how the Deep State operates.
They seem to do well regardless of which party is in power.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (uCjyK)
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>>>I've never been to a Dead show. My wife has many times. I listened to some of their albums and can't remember any of their stuff. Jeebus, its tedious.
Posted by: pudinhead
>One of my co-workers is a Deadhead who wears a Deadhead work "uniform" and travels around the country at great expense, buying tickets to see a Deadhead tribute band play Deadhead songs.
What is there, like, one member of the original band still alive?
Too much acid has corroded his peabrain.
Posted by: pudinhead
>One of my co-workers is a Deadhead who wears a Deadhead work "uniform" and travels around the country at great expense, buying tickets to see a Deadhead tribute band play Deadhead songs.
What is there, like, one member of the original band still alive?
Too much acid has corroded his peabrain.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM (EcGlk)
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While visiting in Sweden and Germany last year I kept looking around and could not see a single American car on their roads. Let's see if this changes next time I'm in Europe.
Posted by: Decaf at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM (unUNN)
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289 Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
This is why I never trusted Pompeo. Not once.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
This is why I never trusted Pompeo. Not once.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM (6skdV)
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280 63 Gina Haspel during the Trump administration helped the IC hide the truth until Trump was pushed out of office.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR
Haspel loves the waterboard. Let's put it to good use.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:11 PM (krQz2)
And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR
Haspel loves the waterboard. Let's put it to good use.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM (/U5Yz)
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with hints that their taxes could be a lot lower if Republicans are allowed to continue with Trump's economic reforms.
But we know that Republicans hate the economic reforms because it cuts into the Uniparty Grift.
You might want to ask your favorite Republican why they are resisting every effort to cut costs, reduce fraud and waste and refuse to allow Trump any recess appointments.
Because they hate us and Trump is simply in the way.
But we know that Republicans hate the economic reforms because it cuts into the Uniparty Grift.
You might want to ask your favorite Republican why they are resisting every effort to cut costs, reduce fraud and waste and refuse to allow Trump any recess appointments.
Because they hate us and Trump is simply in the way.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM (PVBkQ)
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>>"Jam bands" in general are tedious, and then when you thrown in that not a single member of the Dead owned an overdrive or distortion pedal it was preordained that *nothing* of any urgency was ever going to be played.
Who needs an Overdrive Pedal when you have a Mutron!?
Who needs an Overdrive Pedal when you have a Mutron!?
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM (oSEaw)
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While visiting in Sweden and Germany last year I kept looking around and could not see a single American car on their roads. Let's see if this changes next time I'm in Europe.
If I were European, I wouldn't buy an American car either.
If I were European, I wouldn't buy an American car either.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (Riz8t)
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Orban said Trump "ate Von der Leyen for breakfast,"
Trump probably told her, you deal with me, or I deal with each country individually. Who really needs you? What's an "EU"?
Trump probably told her, you deal with me, or I deal with each country individually. Who really needs you? What's an "EU"?
Posted by: t-bird at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (7Lr83)
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294 While visiting in Sweden and Germany last year I kept looking around and could not see a single American car on their roads. Let's see if this changes next time I'm in Europe.
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Now, try Japan.
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Now, try Japan.
Posted by: pudinhead at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (W3T6M)
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Anyway, like I was sayin', bat is the fruit of the cave. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, bat-kabobs, bat creole, bat gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple bat, lemon bat, coconut bat, pepper bat, bat soup, bat stew, bat salad, bat and potatoes, bat burger, bat sandwich. That- that's about it.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (jc0TO)
*****
This man gets it. I will always hate the Chinese for making me give up bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (LN3jZ)
You too? My grandmother had a great recipe for bat parmigiana. Was always a hit at Christmas, and was frankly (and I'm sure everyone says this) the best bat parm I've ever eaten.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (jc0TO)
*****
This man gets it. I will always hate the Chinese for making me give up bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (LN3jZ)
You too? My grandmother had a great recipe for bat parmigiana. Was always a hit at Christmas, and was frankly (and I'm sure everyone says this) the best bat parm I've ever eaten.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
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https://is.gd/a3w2qe
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lol, the UK, which has a natural giant moat, cannot keep out invaders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
Call him Keir Stammer after that clip.
There are currently protests over migrant hotels in several places across the England.
A girl was molested by an asylum seeker staying at a hotel in Epping a few weeks ago. Families, especially mothers, and residents have been protesting in the streets to have the hotel closed since it happened.
Other protests and mini riots have been sprouting up everywhere.
That’s why Keir can’t talk.
He was too busy thinking about how to change the subject.
https://is.gd/a3w2qe
Posted by: Archimedes
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lol, the UK, which has a natural giant moat, cannot keep out invaders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 04:44 PM (lCaJd)
Call him Keir Stammer after that clip.
There are currently protests over migrant hotels in several places across the England.
A girl was molested by an asylum seeker staying at a hotel in Epping a few weeks ago. Families, especially mothers, and residents have been protesting in the streets to have the hotel closed since it happened.
Other protests and mini riots have been sprouting up everywhere.
That’s why Keir can’t talk.
He was too busy thinking about how to change the subject.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
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And who championed Haspel? Former Sec of State, Mike Pompeo.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
I'm sure we'll never really know the true story here, but this is Exhibit "A" on how the Deep State operates.
They seem to do well regardless of which party is in power.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (uCjyK)
Notice that Pompeo has no job in this Admin...and soon McConnell.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 04:48 PM (Z/h4+)
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Somebody said that McConnell pushed her on Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (krQz2)
I'm sure we'll never really know the true story here, but this is Exhibit "A" on how the Deep State operates.
They seem to do well regardless of which party is in power.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (uCjyK)
Notice that Pompeo has no job in this Admin...and soon McConnell.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (8avO+)
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That 3rd guy with Halperin and Spicer in the 2Way segment… I saw him on Fox over the weekend. I don’t know his name but that is one strange looking dude… like an alien especially when he smiles.
Former Democrat strategist Dan Turrentine shared his insights on Fox News Friday on what it would take for the left to compete with President Donald Trump’s influence.
That 3rd guy with Halperin and Spicer in the 2Way segment… I saw him on Fox over the weekend. I don’t know his name but that is one strange looking dude… like an alien especially when he smiles.
Former Democrat strategist Dan Turrentine shared his insights on Fox News Friday on what it would take for the left to compete with President Donald Trump’s influence.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (63Dwl)
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I think it was the closed markets that pissed off Trump the most.
Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (VofaG)
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>>I've never been to a Dead show. My wife has many times. I listened to some of their albums and can't remember any of their stuff. Jeebus, its tedious.
Posted by: pudinhead
Reckoning is the LP you should sit through.
Posted by: pudinhead
Reckoning is the LP you should sit through.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
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Test
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (L5An7)
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Also, pricing agreements are negotiated annually so a retailer would have to agree to pay a surcharge which they never do. Again, anyone with any business experience knew how this was going to play out.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (u73oe)
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294 While visiting in Sweden and Germany last year I kept looking around and could not see a single American car on their roads. Let's see if this changes next time I'm in Europe.
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Now, try Japan.
Posted by: pudinhead at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (W3T6M)
Plenty of Toyotas in Japan
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Now, try Japan.
Posted by: pudinhead at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (W3T6M)
Plenty of Toyotas in Japan
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (8avO+)
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While visiting in Sweden and Germany last year I kept looking around and could not see a single American car on their roads. Let's see if this changes next time I'm in Europe.
Posted by: Decaf at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM
Our SUVs are too big for their tiny roads.
Posted by: Decaf at July 28, 2025 04:52 PM
Our SUVs are too big for their tiny roads.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (jc0TO)
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American cars are boring. American car designers aren't very talented.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (fV+MH)
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MILO@Nero
Dave Rubin is a ticking time bomb. Somebody, for the love of God, save those little babies.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (sIVhu)
I generally like Dave Rubin when I see him on stuff but at this point any gay couple with kids freaks me out.
Dave Rubin is a ticking time bomb. Somebody, for the love of God, save those little babies.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 28, 2025 04:50 PM (sIVhu)
I generally like Dave Rubin when I see him on stuff but at this point any gay couple with kids freaks me out.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (2ocoG)
314
Bats are friends, not food!
Posted by: Bruce Wayne at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (v9DK0)
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"Experts" have no skin in the game and suffer no consequences for being wrong. Perhaps if they had hanging over them the specter of losing their cushy jobs if their predictions did not pan out would concentrate their minds wonderfully.
"Experts" have no skin in the game and suffer no consequences for being wrong. Perhaps if they had hanging over them the specter of losing their cushy jobs if their predictions did not pan out would concentrate their minds wonderfully.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (HZi96)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (viF8m)
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Test
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (L5An7)
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Posted by: Bulgarian judge at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (WvZaB)
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Reckoning is the LP you should sit through.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
Their greatest hits album was played alot when I was in College in the Dorms.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
Their greatest hits album was played alot when I was in College in the Dorms.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (8avO+)
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312 American cars are boring. American car designers aren't very talented.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (fV+MH)
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Noticed that, but attributed it to regulation.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (fV+MH)
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Noticed that, but attributed it to regulation.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (vd6bO)
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>>I've never been to a Dead show. My wife has many times. I listened to some of their albums and can't remember any of their stuff. Jeebus, its tedious.
Posted by: pudinhead
Reckoning is the LP you should sit through.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
Not even once. It'll turn you hippie faster that Jackstraw on his wake up bong rip.
Posted by: pudinhead
Reckoning is the LP you should sit through.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
Not even once. It'll turn you hippie faster that Jackstraw on his wake up bong rip.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (i24o9)
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That 3rd guy with Halperin and Spicer in the 2Way segment… I saw him on Fox over the weekend. I don’t know his name but that is one strange looking dude… like an alien especially when he smiles.
Former Democrat strategist Dan Turrentine shared his insights on Fox News Friday on what it would take for the left to compete with President Donald Trump’s influence.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (63Dwl)
I'm a fan of Turrentine. He's the only Dem talking head that I've seen that has no problem telling you when the Dems have well and truly messed up. He's no Trump fan, for sure, but he respects his political genius. These talking heads would help their respective parties so much (but especially the Dems) if they would simply tell the truth. Serving hopium to the rubes doesn't help them.
That 3rd guy with Halperin and Spicer in the 2Way segment… I saw him on Fox over the weekend. I don’t know his name but that is one strange looking dude… like an alien especially when he smiles.
Former Democrat strategist Dan Turrentine shared his insights on Fox News Friday on what it would take for the left to compete with President Donald Trump’s influence.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (63Dwl)
I'm a fan of Turrentine. He's the only Dem talking head that I've seen that has no problem telling you when the Dems have well and truly messed up. He's no Trump fan, for sure, but he respects his political genius. These talking heads would help their respective parties so much (but especially the Dems) if they would simply tell the truth. Serving hopium to the rubes doesn't help them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (6skdV)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (ExV1e)
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Has anyone commented on the skill and dedication of the Bushes, Clintons and Obamas administration negotiators who gave away all those trade advantages and for what? What was gained in return? Ah yes, I remember now, the right to provide military guarantees for the snobby Euros so they could import their Muslim conquistadors.
Posted by: Decaf at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (unUNN)
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American cars are boring. American car designers aren't very talented.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
I've owned Chryslers, a Pontiac, and Fords. Every one had a major problem which cost more to fix than the value of the car. Never again.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
I've owned Chryslers, a Pontiac, and Fords. Every one had a major problem which cost more to fix than the value of the car. Never again.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (Riz8t)
325
some restaurants and shops are putting a "Tariff fee" on their receipts pretending that they had to raise prices to deal with tariffs. Most of them don't even have any products affected.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (dfIr7)
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Reckoning is the LP you should sit through.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
American Beauty.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 04:54 PM (oSEaw)
American Beauty.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (1Gsou)
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"Experts" have no skin in the game and suffer no consequences for being wrong. Perhaps if they had hanging over them the specter of losing their cushy jobs if their predictions did not pan out would concentrate their minds wonderfully.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (HZi96)
That's where I'd disagree with you. I think they have a lot of skin in the game and they do / would suffer severe consequences if they said the wrong thing.
Their job is not to present the truth, it's to push along the narrative. If a State-sanctioned "expert" bucked the trend in any way during COVID, for example, they would be banned from social media and risk losing their medical license.
And in fact, that did happen to people.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2025 04:55 PM (HZi96)
That's where I'd disagree with you. I think they have a lot of skin in the game and they do / would suffer severe consequences if they said the wrong thing.
Their job is not to present the truth, it's to push along the narrative. If a State-sanctioned "expert" bucked the trend in any way during COVID, for example, they would be banned from social media and risk losing their medical license.
And in fact, that did happen to people.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (uCjyK)
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McConnell supported Haspel
Cris Fatass gave us Christopher Wray
I don't know who championed Barr.
Trump learned , brought his own people and is taking no prisoners
Cris Fatass gave us Christopher Wray
I don't know who championed Barr.
Trump learned , brought his own people and is taking no prisoners
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (hIY2p)
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325 some restaurants and shops are putting a "Tariff fee" on their receipts pretending that they had to raise prices to deal with tariffs. Most of them don't even have any products affected.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (dfIr7)
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"My future capex expenses may be affected by this when I buy a new oven, so I'm going to charge you an extra 3%."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (dfIr7)
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"My future capex expenses may be affected by this when I buy a new oven, so I'm going to charge you an extra 3%."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (dKEEs)
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The EU is led now by fascists and communists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (8avO+)
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It's a confederation of fascist governments. Fascism was he wave of the future.
The greatest trick the fascists ever pulled was telling you it died with Nazism.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:36 PM (8avO+)
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It's a confederation of fascist governments. Fascism was he wave of the future.
The greatest trick the fascists ever pulled was telling you it died with Nazism.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (krQz2)
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You too? My grandmother had a great recipe for bat parmigiana. Was always a hit at Christmas, and was frankly (and I'm sure everyone says this) the best bat parm I've ever eaten.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
******
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
******
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
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If the typical Euroweenie purchased a F-450 Power stroke could they climb into it?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (/U5Yz)
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272 The UK does. Their "leadership" doesn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Well, it doesn't matter what the people want, clearly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (uCjyK)
We talk about "civil war" in this country, but the chance of anything like that happening now is vanishingly small. (Give Hegseth one more year to cleanse the military, and the chance will approach zero) But more and more people in the UK are now quietly, but openly starting to say that a real Civil War is going to be inevitable soon, given how far down everything has gone. No one really wants it but each day it looks more and more inevitable.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Well, it doesn't matter what the people want, clearly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:46 PM (uCjyK)
We talk about "civil war" in this country, but the chance of anything like that happening now is vanishingly small. (Give Hegseth one more year to cleanse the military, and the chance will approach zero) But more and more people in the UK are now quietly, but openly starting to say that a real Civil War is going to be inevitable soon, given how far down everything has gone. No one really wants it but each day it looks more and more inevitable.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (L/fGl)
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328 McConnell supported Haspel
Cris Fatass gave us Christopher Wray
I don't know who championed Barr.
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Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (hIY2p)
*shifty eyes*
Cris Fatass gave us Christopher Wray
I don't know who championed Barr.
....
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (hIY2p)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Big Bagpipe at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (PiwSw)
337
Do rural eu farmers have pickups?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (TzkcV)
338
I've owned Chryslers, a Pontiac, and Fords. Every one had a major problem which cost more to fix than the value of the car. Never again.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (Riz8t)
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I’m not saying you’re wrong, but those BMW, Audi, and Mercedes repair bills aren’t cheap either.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (Riz8t)
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I’m not saying you’re wrong, but those BMW, Audi, and Mercedes repair bills aren’t cheap either.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)
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Orban said Trump "ate Von der Leyen for breakfast,"
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With a nice Chianti Diet Coke.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (L/fGl)
He grabbed the EU by the pussy.
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With a nice Chianti Diet Coke.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (L/fGl)
He grabbed the EU by the pussy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (i24o9)
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I'm tired of all the winning. Can we talk about the (first) American Civil War instead? No? How about another Hitler thread? Disney, anyone?
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (sFNX2)
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323 Has anyone commented on the skill and dedication of the Bushes, Clintons and Obamas administration negotiators who gave away all those trade advantages and for what? What was gained in return? Ah yes, I remember now, the right to provide military guarantees for the snobby Euros so they could import their Muslim conquistadors.
Posted by: Decaf at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (unUNN)
They would say they gained a lot in return. Namely, they and their family / friends and deep state supporters got very wealthy by selling access to the US markets, largely in exchange for foreign governments spending some money in places that would make them personally rich.
Posted by: Decaf at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (unUNN)
They would say they gained a lot in return. Namely, they and their family / friends and deep state supporters got very wealthy by selling access to the US markets, largely in exchange for foreign governments spending some money in places that would make them personally rich.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (uCjyK)
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McConnell supported Haspel
Cris Fatass gave us Christopher Wray
I don't know who championed Barr.
Trump learned , brought his own people and is taking no prisoners
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (hIY2p)
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That's why he brought in a radio host and a news show commentator.
We need a DC Wrecking Crew.
Cris Fatass gave us Christopher Wray
I don't know who championed Barr.
Trump learned , brought his own people and is taking no prisoners
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (hIY2p)
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That's why he brought in a radio host and a news show commentator.
We need a DC Wrecking Crew.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (krQz2)
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Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
If you dig long enough, you reach China?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
If you dig long enough, you reach China?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (0sNs1)
344
some restaurants and shops are putting a "Tariff fee" on their receipts pretending that they had to raise prices to deal with tariffs. Most of them don't even have any products affected.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (dfIr7)
Reminds me of the feminist leftist restaurant that charged men a surcharge for the wage gap.
If you want to kill your business that's not my concern. Otherwise, raise prices on foreign products only or you are a crook.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 28, 2025 04:57 PM (dfIr7)
Reminds me of the feminist leftist restaurant that charged men a surcharge for the wage gap.
If you want to kill your business that's not my concern. Otherwise, raise prices on foreign products only or you are a crook.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (8avO+)
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Jam bands. Feh. It's the new muzak. It's for the background noise on elevators in giant buildings, or nursing home rec rooms.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (al0ho)
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337 Do rural eu farmers have pickups?
Posted by: Boss Moss
Yes. They look like little matchbox cars.
Posted by: Boss Moss
Yes. They look like little matchbox cars.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (/U5Yz)
347
spicer has a show on the first channel that i sometimes watch. he gets pretty good guests too.
he was freaking out, like totally when tarrifs started.
he’s full of b.s.
halperin sucks & was in on the 2020 fix and toothy turrentine is rankled because his good friend hillary is in the news.
he was freaking out, like totally when tarrifs started.
he’s full of b.s.
halperin sucks & was in on the 2020 fix and toothy turrentine is rankled because his good friend hillary is in the news.
Posted by: cherries in season at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (OjUks)
348
I'm going to call it the 'Krugman Affect' where the opposite of what they say is going to happen *always* happens.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (tykPk)
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I'm a fan of Turrentine. He's the only Dem talking head that I've seen that has no problem telling you when the Dems have well and truly messed up. He's no Trump fan, for sure, but he respects his political genius. These talking heads would help their respective parties so much (but especially the Dems) if they would simply tell the truth. Serving hopium to the rubes doesn't help them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (6skdV)
Turrentine and all the semi-smart Dems are trying to tell them they should act more like Republicans, with a bit more emphasis on social programs. But they're doomed to fail because who do Dems today love? Mamdani; Jasmine Crockett; AOC. They're not gonna moderate at all, they're going to do a Thelma and Louise into the next couple of elections.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 04:56 PM (6skdV)
Turrentine and all the semi-smart Dems are trying to tell them they should act more like Republicans, with a bit more emphasis on social programs. But they're doomed to fail because who do Dems today love? Mamdani; Jasmine Crockett; AOC. They're not gonna moderate at all, they're going to do a Thelma and Louise into the next couple of elections.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (uWKK8)
350
I love my Sorento. Kia changed the motor under warranty
Posted by: Accomack at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (+Bkka)
351
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
Our Turduckenbat was always a hit on thanksgiving. We deep fried ours though, did you bake yours? That might be why it sucked.
If you fry it, the bat juices get sealed in and then seep in to all of the other meat, it really adds a great flavor.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
Our Turduckenbat was always a hit on thanksgiving. We deep fried ours though, did you bake yours? That might be why it sucked.
If you fry it, the bat juices get sealed in and then seep in to all of the other meat, it really adds a great flavor.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (uCjyK)
352
Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
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China is asshoe!!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
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China is asshoe!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (krQz2)
353
Do rural eu farmers have pickups?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (TzkcV)
When they march on the capital they take tractors instead. And it happens often.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (TzkcV)
When they march on the capital they take tractors instead. And it happens often.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (8avO+)
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332 You too? My grandmother had a great recipe for bat parmigiana. Was always a hit at Christmas, and was frankly (and I'm sure everyone says this) the best bat parm I've ever eaten.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
******
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
You are a pair of sick little puppies, aren't you?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
******
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
You are a pair of sick little puppies, aren't you?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (1Gsou)
355
I generally like Dave Rubin when I see him on stuff but at this point any gay couple with kids freaks me out.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Rubin has expressed reservations about gay adoption since he got his kid, not based on his experiences but just looking at what some people are doing with them. I saw a story on Soft White Underbelly that placed an equally horrific light on straights adopting kids, from putatively religious agencies.
I think the whole adoption and surrogacy science and commerce is irretrievably out of the bag and we're in for a whole new other-side-of-the-coin horror.
Although I could be wrong about it being "new," as the human ingenuity for evil and exploitation is eternal and I just don't know about earlier practices of breeding slaves for labor and sexual deviancy. I can scarcely stand to think about slave women who had their babies taken and sold.
I generally like Dave Rubin when I see him on stuff but at this point any gay couple with kids freaks me out.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Rubin has expressed reservations about gay adoption since he got his kid, not based on his experiences but just looking at what some people are doing with them. I saw a story on Soft White Underbelly that placed an equally horrific light on straights adopting kids, from putatively religious agencies.
I think the whole adoption and surrogacy science and commerce is irretrievably out of the bag and we're in for a whole new other-side-of-the-coin horror.
Although I could be wrong about it being "new," as the human ingenuity for evil and exploitation is eternal and I just don't know about earlier practices of breeding slaves for labor and sexual deviancy. I can scarcely stand to think about slave women who had their babies taken and sold.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (lCaJd)
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The Dead were never about Studio Albums.
Reckoning and/or 2.13.70 Erly Show is where you can start to get a good appreciation for who they are as a band.
Those Spring 70 and 1980 Acoustic Sets / Shows are where their true talent shines.
Reckoning and/or 2.13.70 Erly Show is where you can start to get a good appreciation for who they are as a band.
Those Spring 70 and 1980 Acoustic Sets / Shows are where their true talent shines.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (oSEaw)
357
American cars are boring. American car designers aren't very talented.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
I've owned Chryslers, a Pontiac, and Fords. Every one had a major problem which cost more to fix than the value of the car. Never again.
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I consider the Hondas and Toyotas built in the US to be "American". I have prejudice *against* Chrysler, GM, and Ford because their vehicles don't stand up dollar-vs-dollar against the Hondas and Toyotas. Chrysler, GM, and Ford can't build the same quality at the same price-point because of several decades of *terrible* union wage-stuffing and retirement-stuffing that the manufacturers are still paying for.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
I've owned Chryslers, a Pontiac, and Fords. Every one had a major problem which cost more to fix than the value of the car. Never again.
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I consider the Hondas and Toyotas built in the US to be "American". I have prejudice *against* Chrysler, GM, and Ford because their vehicles don't stand up dollar-vs-dollar against the Hondas and Toyotas. Chrysler, GM, and Ford can't build the same quality at the same price-point because of several decades of *terrible* union wage-stuffing and retirement-stuffing that the manufacturers are still paying for.
Posted by: Crusader at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (TN0g+)
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"who could have possibly ever noticed that massive piece of leverage the entire world knows the US has, except for our "experts" who pretend they had no idea that access to the US markets was as big of a deal to most exporters as access to a warm water port is to the Russians." Posted by: Harry Paratestes
Is it Divine Providence, or just "People with Liberty (keeping one's own profits)" that made/makes America so productive and innovative? Geography is also helpful, but Free People are driven to succeed, not just for themselves, but for the Bigger Vision of a "Free World".
The Lamp of Liberty lighting the way for the world, but much of the world clings to their socialist religion (and to US protecting them with our guns?).
Is it Divine Providence, or just "People with Liberty (keeping one's own profits)" that made/makes America so productive and innovative? Geography is also helpful, but Free People are driven to succeed, not just for themselves, but for the Bigger Vision of a "Free World".
The Lamp of Liberty lighting the way for the world, but much of the world clings to their socialist religion (and to US protecting them with our guns?).
Posted by: illiniwek at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (vbXSk)
359
PDT calls London Mayor Khan "nasty" and that he is doing a terrible job.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (HFcKg)
360
While visiting in Sweden and Germany last year I kept looking around and could not see a single American car on their roads. Let's see if this changes next time I'm in Europe.
America doesn't design nor build cars, it builds some trucks and large SUVs. Everything else is made in China, Mexico or elsewhere.
America was supposed to build electric cars, but no one wants nor can afford them.
OTOH, foreign badges are made in the US to get past the tariffs, but it would seem odd for Honda to build a car in the US to export to Europe.
America doesn't design nor build cars, it builds some trucks and large SUVs. Everything else is made in China, Mexico or elsewhere.
America was supposed to build electric cars, but no one wants nor can afford them.
OTOH, foreign badges are made in the US to get past the tariffs, but it would seem odd for Honda to build a car in the US to export to Europe.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (PVBkQ)
361
Krugman sucks.
Posted by: Sagittarius A* at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (5C538)
362
I went to Dead show once. My only recollection was a hippie chick on acid walking in a circle for the entire show.
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (fV+MH)
I saw them once at a concert for the Haight Ashbury clinic...Yeah... I'm that old
I saw the Dead at Radio City Music Hall in 1980. They played there for nine days.
As we were walking to the venue, we encountered a couple of hookers.
Marc asked one of the ladies what he could get for seven dollars.
She said, “Honey, you couldn’t get your thumb sucked for seven dollars!”
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2025 04:29 PM (fV+MH)
I saw them once at a concert for the Haight Ashbury clinic...Yeah... I'm that old
I saw the Dead at Radio City Music Hall in 1980. They played there for nine days.
As we were walking to the venue, we encountered a couple of hookers.
Marc asked one of the ladies what he could get for seven dollars.
She said, “Honey, you couldn’t get your thumb sucked for seven dollars!”
Posted by: Unkaren at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (J4BK5)
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>>Jam bands. Feh. It's the new muzak. It's for the background noise on elevators in giant buildings, or nursing home rec rooms.
Yea, it's much better to go to a typical over produced rock "show" where they play the same songs in the same style in the same order every single night.
That's realy musical style. You can feel the passion.
Yea, it's much better to go to a typical over produced rock "show" where they play the same songs in the same style in the same order every single night.
That's realy musical style. You can feel the passion.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (viF8m)
364
Now come on, everybody knows you catch Covid from eating a pangolin that ate a bat.
And Chinese wet markets where those fuckers will eat anything!
And Chinese wet markets where those fuckers will eat anything!
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (krQz2)
365
These bat recipes have me rofl, and that's something from someone named Morticia.
These bat recipes have me rofl, and that's something from someone named Morticia.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (lCaJd)
366
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven
That's so they meet the MPG rules.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven
That's so they meet the MPG rules.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (0sNs1)
368
The audacity of Donald Trump. Six months. And the entire global economic order has changed, inflation is tamed, global capital is flowing into the country with which will be built factories and fabs, countries are now paying us to access the only economy that really matters on the planet, and lost in all this his first promise made in 2015 is the forgotten little guy is being honored with lower taxes, and rising wages.
Every other president and congress could have done exactly that and they didn't. Actually they whole gig was to loot the nation and bone the us, the citizens. And since Obama, peaking with BidenBama that went balls to the walls to the devalue American citizenship, corrupt everything with one goal: permanent power.
Every other president and congress could have done exactly that and they didn't. Actually they whole gig was to loot the nation and bone the us, the citizens. And since Obama, peaking with BidenBama that went balls to the walls to the devalue American citizenship, corrupt everything with one goal: permanent power.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (9vYpt)
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It's not that the experts were wrong. It's that they were never right about everything. They started out wiping 💩 on the wall in their cribs. Every step of the way they were rewarded for doing the wrong thing saying the wrong thing believing the wrong thing. Baby boomers were raised by effed up greatest generation. Congress is populated with them.
Posted by: torabora at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (WTo7d)
370
Besides Turrentine, another Dem strategist calling out the leftist loons is Julian Epstein. He was just on Claymans show and pointing out how leaderless and clueless the Dems are.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (hIY2p)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (i24o9)
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If there's no record of their predictions, you are to label them as "untested", and definitely not an "expert."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (GBKbO)
Ex-pert: Nanzi Pelosi's tiddies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 04:01 PM (GBKbO)
Ex-pert: Nanzi Pelosi's tiddies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (pVwOy)
373
I just realized that Trump is going to have Treasury issue a new class of T-bill:
The Trump Tariff Treasury Bill.
It's going to, instead of interest, pay a dividend on tariffs collected.
It'll sell like fucking crazy. It'll raise trillions to pay down the debt. And add not a penny to the debt.
The Trump Tariff Treasury Bill.
It's going to, instead of interest, pay a dividend on tariffs collected.
It'll sell like fucking crazy. It'll raise trillions to pay down the debt. And add not a penny to the debt.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (lDIPK)
374
I'm tired of all the winning. Can we talk about the (first) American Civil War instead? No? How about another Hitler thread? Disney, anyone?
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (sFNX2)
Just before the late unpleasantness started Congress passed a new tariff law. It was went far more smoothy than most other laws in the decades before had.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (sFNX2)
Just before the late unpleasantness started Congress passed a new tariff law. It was went far more smoothy than most other laws in the decades before had.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (8avO+)
375
American cars are boring. American car designers aren't very talented.
Yes. Very boring.
https://tinyurl.com/ms5fucs4
Yes. Very boring.
https://tinyurl.com/ms5fucs4
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (/U5Yz)
376
363: mass marketed grift in action
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (dKEEs)
377
I consider the Hondas and Toyotas built in the US to be "American". I have prejudice *against* Chrysler, GM, and Ford because their vehicles don't stand up dollar-vs-dollar against the Hondas and Toyotas. Chrysler, GM, and Ford can't build the same quality at the same price-point because of several decades of *terrible* union wage-stuffing and retirement-stuffing that the manufacturers are still paying for.
Why I went with Hyundai's premium brand Genesis. No regrets.
Why I went with Hyundai's premium brand Genesis. No regrets.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (PVBkQ)
378
Notice how no one is discussing their family penguin recipes?
None can abide the smell.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
What kind of depravity does it take to go around sniffing penguins?
None can abide the smell.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
What kind of depravity does it take to go around sniffing penguins?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (9vYpt)
379
I saw one of those Indian toy trucks a couple of weeks ago in my old hood. Licensed and registered in NY.
Posted by: Accomack at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (+Bkka)
380
343 Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
If you dig long enough, you reach China?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (0sNs1)
Front holes and back holes are interchangeable?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
If you dig long enough, you reach China?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (0sNs1)
Front holes and back holes are interchangeable?
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (y+qgR)
381
Turrentine and all the semi-smart Dems are trying to tell them they should act more like Republicans, with a bit more emphasis on social programs. But they're doomed to fail because who do Dems today love? Mamdani; Jasmine Crockett; AOC. They're not gonna moderate at all, they're going to do a Thelma and Louise into the next couple of elections.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (uWKK
This is the problem that Turrentine & Co don't have a solution for - and will never admit. Dems' success came from them pushing 'moderate' candidates that said all the right things to get elected. The problem was that their leadership was always far left. They had no guilt about pushing them to make votes that benefitted that left - even if they inevitably got sacrificed in the next election (e.g. Obamacare). COVID forced all their masks off, and they can't go back to that hide-the-lefty game in the short to medium term. They're stuck.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (uWKK
This is the problem that Turrentine & Co don't have a solution for - and will never admit. Dems' success came from them pushing 'moderate' candidates that said all the right things to get elected. The problem was that their leadership was always far left. They had no guilt about pushing them to make votes that benefitted that left - even if they inevitably got sacrificed in the next election (e.g. Obamacare). COVID forced all their masks off, and they can't go back to that hide-the-lefty game in the short to medium term. They're stuck.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (6skdV)
382
PDT calls London Mayor Khan "nasty" and that he is doing a terrible job.
Posted by: Ben Had
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lol and Khan responded with the usual "-ist" labels. Good for Trump for enjoying a little name-calling.
PDT calls London Mayor Khan "nasty" and that he is doing a terrible job.
Posted by: Ben Had
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lol and Khan responded with the usual "-ist" labels. Good for Trump for enjoying a little name-calling.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (lCaJd)
383
366
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven
That's so they meet the MPG rules.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
And CAFE is defunct (for now). Maybe we can now get the gas guzzling aircars that we've been told are just around the corner since the '50s.
All cars are starting to get samey samey though.
Posted by: eleven
That's so they meet the MPG rules.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
And CAFE is defunct (for now). Maybe we can now get the gas guzzling aircars that we've been told are just around the corner since the '50s.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)
384
The "experts" are all blinded by Trump hate and hatred for the common man.
Posted by: steevy at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (YwEeS)
385
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 28, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)
I had a Kia Soul that I drove 194k mi and the most I ever spent at one time was $1200 to change all the fluids, belts and hoses. Re-did the brakes. Other than that, I just did the scheduled maintenance and replaced the tires. Handed it over to tha lil' puddin head baby after her mini failed and bought a K4 over the weekend
I had a Kia Soul that I drove 194k mi and the most I ever spent at one time was $1200 to change all the fluids, belts and hoses. Re-did the brakes. Other than that, I just did the scheduled maintenance and replaced the tires. Handed it over to tha lil' puddin head baby after her mini failed and bought a K4 over the weekend
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (3Ope8)
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365
These bat recipes have me rofl, and that's something from someone named Morticia.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (lCaJd)
My favorite is Batouillie...
These bat recipes have me rofl, and that's something from someone named Morticia.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (lCaJd)
My favorite is Batouillie...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (VE6XX)
387
I'm sure we'll never really know the true story here, but this is Exhibit "A" on how the Deep State operates.
They seem to do well regardless of which party is in power.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (uCjyK)
Notice that Pompeo has no job in this Admin...and soon McConnell.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (8avO+)
It came out over the weekend that fucking John Bolton was working with Brennan and secretly giving him information that would help stab Trump in the back, even while he was working for Trump. What a fucking traitor.
They seem to do well regardless of which party is in power.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:51 PM (uCjyK)
Notice that Pompeo has no job in this Admin...and soon McConnell.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (8avO+)
It came out over the weekend that fucking John Bolton was working with Brennan and secretly giving him information that would help stab Trump in the back, even while he was working for Trump. What a fucking traitor.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK8)
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Notice how no one is discussing their family penguin recipes?
None can abide the smell.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (0sNs1)
No one wants to invite the attention of Big Penguin.
None can abide the smell.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (0sNs1)
No one wants to invite the attention of Big Penguin.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 05:06 PM (i24o9)
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387 It came out over the weekend that fucking John Bolton was working with Brennan and secretly giving him information that would help stab Trump in the back, even while he was working for Trump. What a fucking traitor.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK
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But he said mean things about the UN in 2003!
He's a hero!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK
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But he said mean things about the UN in 2003!
He's a hero!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 05:06 PM (GBKbO)
390
I think the whole adoption and surrogacy science and commerce is irretrievably out of the bag and we're in for a whole new other-side-of-the-coin horror.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (lCaJd)
As an adoptive mom, I can assure you that adoption is a big fat racket, where a great deal of money is made by people I wouldn't pay to wash my car. I wouldn't trade my son for the world, but the horseshit it took to bring him home was criminal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (lCaJd)
As an adoptive mom, I can assure you that adoption is a big fat racket, where a great deal of money is made by people I wouldn't pay to wash my car. I wouldn't trade my son for the world, but the horseshit it took to bring him home was criminal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2025 05:06 PM (1Gsou)
391
Workingman's Dead, the only one I like
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2025 05:06 PM (TEi+a)
392
American cars are boring. American car designers aren't very talented.
Yes. Very boring.
https://tinyurl.com/ms5fucs4
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM
The new Corvette is now effectively a mid-engine Euro sports car, albeit at half the price. It's Americanness is gone.
Some may not view that as a bad thing.
Yes. Very boring.
https://tinyurl.com/ms5fucs4
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM
The new Corvette is now effectively a mid-engine Euro sports car, albeit at half the price. It's Americanness is gone.
Some may not view that as a bad thing.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (jc0TO)
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Is it Divine Providence, or just "People with Liberty (keeping one's own profits)" that made/makes America so productive and innovative? Geography is also helpful, but Free People are driven to succeed, not just for themselves, but for the Bigger Vision of a "Free World".
The Lamp of Liberty lighting the way for the world, but much of the world clings to their socialist religion (and to US protecting them with our guns?).
Posted by: illiniwek at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (vbXSk)
I think it was the idea that a bunch of European settlers were going to take Dutch and English culture, add in an Enlightenment flair, strip out the class / religion / aristocracy bullshit that dominated Europe at the time, and be a country of frontiersmen.
And it worked. Astonishingly well. Yes, geography and natural resources were important, but I think we would have had a similar outcome if the settlers ended up in Africa instead of North America.
The more you fuck with that basic formula of success, the more likely you crash the whole thing.
And I think we're well on our way to crashing the whole thing. People only work that hard if they think there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
The Lamp of Liberty lighting the way for the world, but much of the world clings to their socialist religion (and to US protecting them with our guns?).
Posted by: illiniwek at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (vbXSk)
I think it was the idea that a bunch of European settlers were going to take Dutch and English culture, add in an Enlightenment flair, strip out the class / religion / aristocracy bullshit that dominated Europe at the time, and be a country of frontiersmen.
And it worked. Astonishingly well. Yes, geography and natural resources were important, but I think we would have had a similar outcome if the settlers ended up in Africa instead of North America.
The more you fuck with that basic formula of success, the more likely you crash the whole thing.
And I think we're well on our way to crashing the whole thing. People only work that hard if they think there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (uCjyK)
394
Taco question: Is "birria" Spanish for "bat" ? That would explain its flavorful goodness.
Posted by: someguysomewhere at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (v9DK0)
395
The audacity of Donald Trump. Six months. And the entire global economic order has changed, inflation is tamed, global capital is flowing into the country with which will be built factories and fabs, countries are now paying us to access the only economy that really matters on the planet, and lost in all this his first promise made in 2015 is the forgotten little guy is being honored with lower taxes, and rising wages.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (9vYpt)
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Sure, in exchange for democracy in ruins because some millionaire is losing his late night show because it costs more to produce than it brings in!
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (9vYpt)
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Sure, in exchange for democracy in ruins because some millionaire is losing his late night show because it costs more to produce than it brings in!
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (krQz2)
396
The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Foxbat is what they cook on Chinese Thanksgiving. Xi Jinping pardons one every May Day, in a ceremony where Pelosi hugs it, and then it accompanies Tony Fauci back to the States to go live out his days on a "farm."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (al0ho)
397
It's what that fat-ass Nichols refused to understand. Conservatives don't have a problem deferring to experts. But what makes you an expert? Being wrong a lot?
Posted by: Wally at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (7CamO)
398
OTOH, foreign badges are made in the US to get past the tariffs, but it would seem odd for Honda to build a car in the US to export to Europe.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (PVBkQ)
It's not odd if by being "American" it isn't blocked by some bullshit EU law from being imported. And its closer.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 05:02 PM (PVBkQ)
It's not odd if by being "American" it isn't blocked by some bullshit EU law from being imported. And its closer.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (8avO+)
399
Once again, there is no such thing as a "balance" of trade. And any investment made by a foreign entity increases the trade deficit by definition. So what exactly are your goals?
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at July 28, 2025 05:08 PM (P7Iz+)
400
will be built factories and fabs,
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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I hope a little easing of restrictions allows this to happen with all due alacrity.
will be built factories and fabs,
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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I hope a little easing of restrictions allows this to happen with all due alacrity.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:08 PM (lCaJd)
401
Where are we going to get our steel from?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 05:08 PM (TzkcV)
402
Yea, it's much better to go to a typical over produced rock "show" where they play the same songs in the same style in the same order every single night.
Still better than Mr. Noodles and His Aimless Noodlers.
Still better than Mr. Noodles and His Aimless Noodlers.
Posted by: Darth Doodah at July 28, 2025 05:08 PM (Vu7A1)
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380 343 Do you know the first rule of holes?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
If you dig long enough, you reach China?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (0sNs1)
Front holes and back holes are interchangeable?
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (y+qgR)
Every girl's got three.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 28, 2025 04:25 PM
If you dig long enough, you reach China?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2025 05:00 PM (0sNs1)
Front holes and back holes are interchangeable?
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (y+qgR)
Every girl's got three.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 28, 2025 05:08 PM (uWKK8)
404
If I call our trade deficit "our democracy" when Trump turns that around, I can say that Trump actually ended our democracy.
And you people are okay with that!
And you people are okay with that!
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 05:08 PM (krQz2)
405
It came out over the weekend that fucking John Bolton was working with Brennan and secretly giving him information that would help stab Trump in the back, even while he was working for Trump. What a fucking traitor.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK
Not a traitor. A spy, perhaps, but he was always on Team ForeverWar. Just like most of the government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK
Not a traitor. A spy, perhaps, but he was always on Team ForeverWar. Just like most of the government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 28, 2025 05:09 PM (ExV1e)
406
Im only right 50% of the time and know nothing, but I'm miles ahead of the CNN "experts"
Posted by: LASue at July 28, 2025 05:09 PM (jh+Uo)
407
363 >>Jam bands. Feh. It's the new muzak. It's for the background noise on elevators in giant buildings, or nursing home rec rooms.
Yea, it's much better to go to a typical over produced rock "show" where they play the same songs in the same style in the same order every single night.
That's realy musical style. You can feel the passion.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (viF8m)
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Personal preference.
Do you want to go to the restaurant that has the menu and the waitress walks out with your food the way you want it, hot and delicious?
Or…
Do you want to go to the Japanese-Fusion joint that cooks the entire meal in front of you and surprises you in the end with what you’re going to get on your plate?
Some people like the familiar & predictably, some like novelty & spontaneity.
Yea, it's much better to go to a typical over produced rock "show" where they play the same songs in the same style in the same order every single night.
That's realy musical style. You can feel the passion.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 05:03 PM (viF8m)
—
Personal preference.
Do you want to go to the restaurant that has the menu and the waitress walks out with your food the way you want it, hot and delicious?
Or…
Do you want to go to the Japanese-Fusion joint that cooks the entire meal in front of you and surprises you in the end with what you’re going to get on your plate?
Some people like the familiar & predictably, some like novelty & spontaneity.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 28, 2025 05:09 PM (6ydKt)
408
Say what you will about experts, they made this country what it is today!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 05:09 PM (L/fGl)
409
The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Foxbat is what they cook on Chinese Thanksgiving. Xi Jinping pardons one every May Day, in a ceremony where Pelosi hugs it, and then it accompanies Tony Fauci back to the States to go live out his days on a "farm."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (al0ho)
My favorite was always the fruit bat salad.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (al0ho)
My favorite was always the fruit bat salad.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (i24o9)
410
I just wanted to comment that I've been to 6 Dead shows and my total consumption of all recreational product before or at the show is one beer.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (KAi1n)
411
332 You too? My grandmother had a great recipe for bat parmigiana. Was always a hit at Christmas, and was frankly (and I'm sure everyone says this) the best bat parm I've ever eaten.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
******
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
You are a pair of sick little puppies, aren't you?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (1Gsou)
******
At Halloween, as kids, we would bob for candied bats.
Good times, good times.,,
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at July 28, 2025 04:53 PM (uCjyK)
******
At my familys house, we had TurduckenBat. A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a bat.
To be honest, the meal kind of sucked, untill you could get down to the delicious bat.
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 04:58 PM (LN3jZ)
You are a pair of sick little puppies, aren't you?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2025 05:01 PM (1Gsou)
******
At Halloween, as kids, we would bob for candied bats.
Good times, good times.,,
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (LN3jZ)
412
The new Corvette is now effectively a mid-engine Euro sports car, albeit at half the price. It's Americanness is gone.
I would take it over some overpriced Dago built ride that costs $15K for a tuneup...every few months.
The new Corvette is now effectively a mid-engine Euro sports car, albeit at half the price. It's Americanness is gone.
I would take it over some overpriced Dago built ride that costs $15K for a tuneup...every few months.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (/U5Yz)
413
Baby boomers were raised by effed up greatest generation. Congress is populated with them.
Yeah right, AOC and the squad are all Boomers.
There are 535 Congress Critters out of a nation of 400 million people. I wouldn't go about condemning older generations because of the misconduct of demon possessed politicians.
Demons are equal opportunity possessors.
Yeah right, AOC and the squad are all Boomers.
There are 535 Congress Critters out of a nation of 400 million people. I wouldn't go about condemning older generations because of the misconduct of demon possessed politicians.
Demons are equal opportunity possessors.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (/TiS1)
414
408 Say what you will about experts, they made this country what it is today!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 05:09 PM (L/fGl)
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Well, not the experts talking on TV.
And not the experts that taught them.
But other people called experts who have nothing to do with the people on TV or their education.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 05:09 PM (L/fGl)
=====
Well, not the experts talking on TV.
And not the experts that taught them.
But other people called experts who have nothing to do with the people on TV or their education.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (GBKbO)
415
Full tariffs. Repeal the income tax.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (TzkcV)
416
It came out over the weekend that fucking John Bolton was working with Brennan and secretly giving him information that would help stab Trump in the back, even while he was working for Trump. What a fucking traitor.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK
Bolton's deep in the neocons. Only deal with him if you are running an op.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2025 05:05 PM (uWKK
Bolton's deep in the neocons. Only deal with him if you are running an op.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (8avO+)
417
Even if you don't like jams, there are plenty of beautiful songs in the Dead catalog. Hunter/Garcia were prolific songwriters and there are many wonderful examples: Ripple, Dire Wolf, Scarlet Begonias, Box of Rain, Terrapin Station, and on and on.
Posted by: Sunshine Daydream at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (G5+As)
418
Some may not view that as a bad thing.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (jc0TO)
DH has a 2014 Dodge Challenger. It isn't boring.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (jc0TO)
DH has a 2014 Dodge Challenger. It isn't boring.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (1Gsou)
419
Where are we going to get our steel from?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Is that an issue? I'm, eh, no expert, not even up to utter ignorance level on steel.
Where are we going to get our steel from?
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Is that an issue? I'm, eh, no expert, not even up to utter ignorance level on steel.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (lCaJd)
420
I've owned Chryslers, a Pontiac, and Fords. Every one had a major problem which cost more to fix than the value of the car. Never again.
Posted by: Archimedes
+++
Same here. I bought nothing but American cars back in my young days. Bought a new Honda in 2002. I've owned nothing but Hondas since.
Posted by: Archimedes
+++
Same here. I bought nothing but American cars back in my young days. Bought a new Honda in 2002. I've owned nothing but Hondas since.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (Lo97M)
421
The Dead has a lot of singles. A lot of their early stuff is short. The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion barely cracks 2 minutes and it's a groovy tune.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:12 PM (KAi1n)
422
415 Full tariffs. Repeal the income tax.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (TzkcV)
I hear that the Administration was looking to eliminate the income tax for folks making less than $150K/year, as long as tariff income exceeds $700 billion/year. Not sure I agree with that, as all citizens need to have some skin in the American game, but it's a wild notion.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (TzkcV)
I hear that the Administration was looking to eliminate the income tax for folks making less than $150K/year, as long as tariff income exceeds $700 billion/year. Not sure I agree with that, as all citizens need to have some skin in the American game, but it's a wild notion.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (6skdV)
423
$400 for tickets to see a cover band play 50 year old music.
Who does that?
That doesn't include travel expenses and the complimentary pharmaceuticals.
Who does that?
That doesn't include travel expenses and the complimentary pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (EcGlk)
424
Raise your hand if you owned a Chrysler product that suffered from The Molt.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (jc0TO)
425
Noticed that, but attributed it to regulation.
I think that plays a part -- crash safety and CAFE standards are forcing manufacturers to go to one basic shape and style -- but I think its also just a lack of talent and creativity. There's no reason to assume that DEI hiring, basic incompetence, and lack of world experience has not impacted car manufacturers any less than it has every other field.
I think that plays a part -- crash safety and CAFE standards are forcing manufacturers to go to one basic shape and style -- but I think its also just a lack of talent and creativity. There's no reason to assume that DEI hiring, basic incompetence, and lack of world experience has not impacted car manufacturers any less than it has every other field.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (dfIr7)
426
The Dead has a lot of singles. A lot of their early stuff is short. The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion barely cracks 2 minutes and it's a groovy tune.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:12 PM (KAi1n)
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I like Shakedown Street, which got some airplay.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:12 PM (KAi1n)
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I like Shakedown Street, which got some airplay.
Posted by: Axeman at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (krQz2)
427
418 Some may not view that as a bad thing.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (jc0TO)
DH has a 2014 Dodge Challenger. It isn't boring.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Stellantis(Dodge) is making big block v8's again. I guess no one wants to buy a hybrid POS that looks like a taxi.
Posted by: toby928 at July 28, 2025 05:07 PM (jc0TO)
DH has a 2014 Dodge Challenger. It isn't boring.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Stellantis(Dodge) is making big block v8's again. I guess no one wants to buy a hybrid POS that looks like a taxi.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (/U5Yz)
428
421 The Dead has a lot of singles. A lot of their early stuff is short. The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion barely cracks 2 minutes and it's a groovy tune.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:12 PM (KAi1n)
Confession Time: I like 'Touch of Grey'. A lot.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:12 PM (KAi1n)
Confession Time: I like 'Touch of Grey'. A lot.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 05:14 PM (6skdV)
429
Why are the surprised that a man who likes to make deals and has been quite successful in business for decades would be successful?! Because they just want to think of a him a stupid, boorish oaf.
Also, I really like Scott Bessent who seems to be a very smart, articulate man . Unless he's pulling an act, I think he respects Trump and supports his MAGA.
Also, I really like Scott Bessent who seems to be a very smart, articulate man . Unless he's pulling an act, I think he respects Trump and supports his MAGA.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2025 05:14 PM (2GCMq)
430
Every other president and congress could have done exactly that and they didn't. Actually they whole gig was to loot the nation and bone the us, the citizens. And since Obama, peaking with BidenBama that went balls to the walls to the devalue American citizenship, corrupt everything with one goal: permanent power.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (9vYpt)
Concur.
And about the only honest thing Barry ever said was that he was going to "fundamentally transform" America, because, he said, at some point, the American taxpayer will make "enough" money. To do that, Barry-Biden weaponized the government against the citizenry and its chosen leaders and employed its vast powers to crush down the voters.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 28, 2025 05:04 PM (9vYpt)
Concur.
And about the only honest thing Barry ever said was that he was going to "fundamentally transform" America, because, he said, at some point, the American taxpayer will make "enough" money. To do that, Barry-Biden weaponized the government against the citizenry and its chosen leaders and employed its vast powers to crush down the voters.
Posted by: mrp at July 28, 2025 05:14 PM (rj6Yv)
431
$400 for tickets to see a cover band play 50 year old music.
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (EcGlk)
Classical music and Opera fans?
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (EcGlk)
Classical music and Opera fans?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:14 PM (8avO+)
432
NOOD
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 05:14 PM (vd6bO)
433
That doesn't include travel expenses and the complimentary pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Wouldn't complimentary ceuticals be, you know, complimentary?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Wouldn't complimentary ceuticals be, you know, complimentary?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 28, 2025 05:15 PM (KAi1n)
434
Pompeo left CIA for State and recommended Haspel. But, so did Brennan. No wonder McConnell supported her. And, no wonder PDT was so vocal in barring Pompeo from his current Administration.
Posted by: EveR at July 28, 2025 05:15 PM (Z/h4+)
435
Hyundai has some ads for some really neat looking cars but when you try to look them up by name they aren't the same car. The Palisade looks like a Jag but looking for it just shows an SUV.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2025 05:15 PM (HFcKg)
436
Is that an issue? I'm, eh, no expert, not even up to utter ignorance level on steel.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (lCaJd)
Like most American industries, America's ruling class raffled our steel sector off to the highest bidder, and spent the proceeds on yachts, coke, and catamites between the 70s and 90s.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (lCaJd)
Like most American industries, America's ruling class raffled our steel sector off to the highest bidder, and spent the proceeds on yachts, coke, and catamites between the 70s and 90s.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:16 PM (al0ho)
437
At Halloween, as kids, we would bob for French fries.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 28, 2025 05:16 PM (kj2Rj)
438
They're already screaming about the LNG deal Castreaux refused to sign with the EU.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (tT6L1)
How the Hell can we export LNG to the EU when our Commie-fag Fed government won't approve pipelines to he East coast?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (tT6L1)
How the Hell can we export LNG to the EU when our Commie-fag Fed government won't approve pipelines to he East coast?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2025 05:17 PM (lB2e2)
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2025 05:17 PM (oSEaw)
440
Impressive show of support for Dead Eye Dick Blumenthal, the man who strangled Osama bin Laden and then Bigfoot.
https://is.gd/4Tamfe
https://is.gd/4Tamfe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 28, 2025 05:17 PM (L/fGl)
441
>>I like Shakedown Street, which got some airplay.
One of the few songs of theirs that did. They didn't write or play to radio format and they did stuff that record and radio guys hated, they encouraged their fans to tape their music and share it freely.
Jerry once said something like "Once we play a song it's done and people are free to do with it as they like.". They created their own fan base with music not promotion.
One of the few songs of theirs that did. They didn't write or play to radio format and they did stuff that record and radio guys hated, they encouraged their fans to tape their music and share it freely.
Jerry once said something like "Once we play a song it's done and people are free to do with it as they like.". They created their own fan base with music not promotion.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (viF8m)
442
"Front holes and back holes are interchangeable?
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg
Every girl's got three." Posted by: Bill Clinton
"Probe Every Orifice" ... everyone has more than three.
(I think that is a Veterinarian's expression ... check out all the holes)
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg
Every girl's got three." Posted by: Bill Clinton
"Probe Every Orifice" ... everyone has more than three.
(I think that is a Veterinarian's expression ... check out all the holes)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (vbXSk)
443
No, a tariff is not a tax. My government does not compel me to buy foreign products.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
That isn't logic. Sales taxes are taxes, its right in the name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (8avO+)
So when the government compels you to pay a "fee," but only if you want the goods or services being offered, that's different.
Just changing the name makes it so.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (dGCAG)
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It's a tax. But who pays it is flexible.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
By that logic, then your sales taxes are not taxes.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:22 PM (dGCAG)
That isn't logic. Sales taxes are taxes, its right in the name.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 04:26 PM (8avO+)
So when the government compels you to pay a "fee," but only if you want the goods or services being offered, that's different.
Just changing the name makes it so.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 28, 2025 04:30 PM (dGCAG)
==
It's a tax. But who pays it is flexible.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (GZYu7)
444
Is that an issue? I'm, eh, no expert, not even up to utter ignorance level on steel.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (lCaJd)
Like most American industries, America's ruling class raffled our steel sector off to the highest bidder, and spent the proceeds on yachts, coke, and catamites between the 70s and 90s.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:16 PM (al0ho)
Traitors. should not have been allowed to destroy it because it is a military necessity. Same with having no ability to increase ammo production and having 1 or 2 plants only.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2025 05:11 PM (lCaJd)
Like most American industries, America's ruling class raffled our steel sector off to the highest bidder, and spent the proceeds on yachts, coke, and catamites between the 70s and 90s.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 28, 2025 05:16 PM (al0ho)
Traitors. should not have been allowed to destroy it because it is a military necessity. Same with having no ability to increase ammo production and having 1 or 2 plants only.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (8avO+)
445
>>> 422 415 Full tariffs. Repeal the income tax.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (TzkcV)
I hear that the Administration was looking to eliminate the income tax for folks making less than $150K/year, as long as tariff income exceeds $700 billion/year. Not sure I agree with that, as all citizens need to have some skin in the American game, but it's a wild notion.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (6skdV)
Get rid of ALL income tax, and get rid of the IRS.
Maybe people should have skin in the game by getting a fcking JOB instead of floating in the welfare hammock for their entire lives. (Yes, states have their own programs, but how is that working for them *now*, and what happens when their subsidies are reduced or entirely removed?)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 28, 2025 05:10 PM (TzkcV)
I hear that the Administration was looking to eliminate the income tax for folks making less than $150K/year, as long as tariff income exceeds $700 billion/year. Not sure I agree with that, as all citizens need to have some skin in the American game, but it's a wild notion.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 28, 2025 05:13 PM (6skdV)
Get rid of ALL income tax, and get rid of the IRS.
Maybe people should have skin in the game by getting a fcking JOB instead of floating in the welfare hammock for their entire lives. (Yes, states have their own programs, but how is that working for them *now*, and what happens when their subsidies are reduced or entirely removed?)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 28, 2025 05:19 PM (ULPxl)
447
How the Hell can we export LNG to the EU when our Commie-fag Fed government won't approve pipelines to he East coast?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2025 05:17 PM (lB2e2)
At least they are fair -- they don't let you pipeline to the West coast or Churchill either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2025 05:17 PM (lB2e2)
At least they are fair -- they don't let you pipeline to the West coast or Churchill either.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:20 PM (8avO+)
448
You haven't lived until you've tried Chinese whiskey where dried bat guano is burned to smoke the malted barley.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 05:20 PM (Woe03)
449
Son just leased a Hyundai Telluride. Traded in his 9 yo Ford Edge. He really likes the new car.
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 28, 2025 05:20 PM (hoCmQ)
450
Get rid of ALL income tax, and get rid of the IRS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (ULPxl)
Think Trump just sacked another 25000 IRS dudes
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 28, 2025 05:18 PM (ULPxl)
Think Trump just sacked another 25000 IRS dudes
Posted by: Oldcat at July 28, 2025 05:21 PM (8avO+)
451
Perhaps one of you from up north can tell me - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba - are they more conservative like Oklahoma or Texas, or would they be like another Colorado or California? I get that they are fed up with Ottowa, but where would they land on the political spectrum if they became part of the US? What if they just did their own thing as Western Canada?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
Albert and Saskatchewan are pretty conservative, but not monolithically so, but then neither is Texas. Manitoba has too many gimmiedats. Interior British Columbia tracks with Alberta, mostly, but the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island is moonbat central. Parallel to Washington.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 28, 2025 04:32 PM (vd6bO)
Albert and Saskatchewan are pretty conservative, but not monolithically so, but then neither is Texas. Manitoba has too many gimmiedats. Interior British Columbia tracks with Alberta, mostly, but the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island is moonbat central. Parallel to Washington.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2025 05:22 PM (Mq5fn)
452
've stopped getting the Viagra MILF, and now only see an elderly woman in a wheelchair and apparently lost in her walk-in shower. I miss the Viagra MILF.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (Riz8t)
————-
MILFs turn into GILFs as suddenly as law firms implode.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 28, 2025 04:18 PM (Riz8t)
————-
MILFs turn into GILFs as suddenly as law firms implode.
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 28, 2025 05:24 PM (EtNJx)
453
448 You haven't lived until you've tried Chinese whiskey where dried bat guano is burned to smoke the malted barley.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 05:20 PM (Woe03)
******
Another great bat drink is fermented bat guano.
I mean, I *used* to drink it. Not anymore...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 28, 2025 05:20 PM (Woe03)
******
Another great bat drink is fermented bat guano.
I mean, I *used* to drink it. Not anymore...
Posted by: EFG at July 28, 2025 05:29 PM (LN3jZ)
454
I rented an Audi Q7 in Scotland last year. It fit on the roads although I did say to the Scots thathteyh needed the roads ONE foot wider.
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at July 28, 2025 05:43 PM (iNp3L)
455
The new Corvette is now effectively a mid-engine Euro sports car, albeit at half the price. It's Americanness is gone.
I'm not 'vette guy but Chevy beat the euros at their own game. Better performance and durabillity at half or less of the price. Plus you can get it worked on in every little town in the USA.
I'm not 'vette guy but Chevy beat the euros at their own game. Better performance and durabillity at half or less of the price. Plus you can get it worked on in every little town in the USA.
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at July 28, 2025 05:51 PM (iNp3L)
456
Re the Tariffs - I was skeptical. I could see what Trump was trying to do, but I wasn't sure it would work. It worked.
Remember, each country that signs put more pressure on every other country to sign, just to have the field be level. A U.S. is 40% of the world consumer market. We are past the point that countries that don't sign on, meh. Tough shit for them. We have more than enough opportunities for our exports, and more than enough suppliers for our imports.
Remember, each country that signs put more pressure on every other country to sign, just to have the field be level. A U.S. is 40% of the world consumer market. We are past the point that countries that don't sign on, meh. Tough shit for them. We have more than enough opportunities for our exports, and more than enough suppliers for our imports.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at July 28, 2025 05:53 PM (gDhA9)
457
So suddenly CNN is your voice of reason because they say something you agreee with. lol Talk about fair weather fans.
EUn deal imposes 15% tax on goods sold to US. US auto makers and Boeing pay 50% tariff on steel while Airbus sends their planes to the US for nothing.
Talk about a twisted view of winning. Bend over while he gives you some more, you gullible bunch of rubes.
EUn deal imposes 15% tax on goods sold to US. US auto makers and Boeing pay 50% tariff on steel while Airbus sends their planes to the US for nothing.
Talk about a twisted view of winning. Bend over while he gives you some more, you gullible bunch of rubes.
Posted by: Mike at July 28, 2025 09:43 PM (9cqpn)
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The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Primary Document: The Audio
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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