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Anastasis

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  1. Why did Biden keep the Trump I tariffs targeting China on and even ultimately increase them when he took over office. Where were all the Chinese tariffs threads from 2021-2024 with the status quo hot takes? 100% on EV, 50% on solar, etc. etc.
  2. These bitches in here using my name in a discussion about Tulsi, I quote them and point out a NYT times article published yesterday relevant to the DNI. They start have a series of seizures. I know I know, I am the one trolling. Welcome to the Clown Room.
  3. Please do. You are nothing but bluster. The timelines just don't pencil out. The only potential roadmap I could see to even a starting point of a good robust study in that timeframe would be leveraging the FDA Sentinel system.
  4. IMO, it will be virtually impossible to design much less execute a well conducted study [in that timeframe] that settles the issue of vax related outcomes, much less the likely multifactorial explanation for the rise in autism diagnoses. RFK is silly to put this timeline out only to have to blow it up later.
  5. That drop was almost solely related to a now multi year trend in increased medical utilization and spending among seniors. The DJI is a funny index.
  6. I can appreciate that you probably believe that because I push back on some the insance drivel you roll out here. Like OMG there will no flu vaccine strains for the 2025/2026 season, and just regurgitating objectively false propaganda and misinformation on this thread and then ghosting when I torch it.
  7. spicy ketchup is good with fries. I would not use it to dress a burger or a patty melt though.
  8. I like mustard. and mayo. Also smash vs traditional makes a difference.
  9. You are one of the chief clowns in the clown room.
  10. A criticism of his appointments, and particularly the fact he turned the picks over to his little delusional Zionist deep pocket donor is a criticism of Trump. I’m ok with the play against china. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t but think a play needs to be run. Suck it up buttercup. You’ll be ok.
  11. I don’t really get invested in the NBA, but from what I pick up the dude sucks as hard as warmongering neocons like waltz.
  12. I think that I have criticized every one of Miriam Adelson's handpicked nutjob neocons. Multiple times. Must be a real head scratcher for you.
  13. Some guy posted this and was correct. T&P for 956 having to wait a bit longer to get to see Israel dropping American bombs on people again. If and when Trump is confronted with a critical decision wrt deploying military action, I want Tulsi in the room. She pushed back on trump's worst escalatory inclinations multiple times. The others involved in that room will be MR, PH, and some miriam adelson hand selected eschatological clowns.
  14. While y'all in here clowning, NYT reporting that Tulsi appears to have lead the push back within the Trump administration on providing American support to an Israeli operation to escalate an extended bombing campaign in Iran. I posted the article in the right thread for you to comment on once y'all take your clown noses off.
  15. Aripiprazole. Right into the water source.
  16. easily remedied?
  17. Huh, interdasting. Still fuck Mike Waltz though. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-israel-iran-nuclear.html Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some administration officials had doubts. Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions. Mr. Trump made his decision after months of internal debate over whether to pursue diplomacy or support Israel in seeking to set back Iran’s ability to build a bomb, at a time when Iran has been weakened militarily and economically. The debate highlighted fault lines between historically hawkish American cabinet officials and other aides more skeptical that a military assault on Iran could destroy the country’s nuclear ambitions and avoid a larger war. It resulted in a rough consensus, for now, against military action, with Iran signaling a willingness to negotiate. ... Initially, at the behest of Mr. Netanyahu, senior Israeli officials updated their American counterparts on a plan that would have combined an Israeli commando raid on underground nuclear sites with a bombing campaign, an effort that the Israelis hoped would involve American aircraft. But Israeli military officials said the commando operation would not be ready until October. Mr. Netanyahu wanted it carried out more quickly. Israeli officials began shifting to a proposal for an extended bombing campaign that would have also required American assistance, according to officials briefed on the plan. Some American officials were at least initially more open to considering the Israeli plans. Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, both discussed how the United States could potentially support an Israeli attack, if Mr. Trump backed the plan, according to officials briefed on the discussions. Image The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson was repositioned from the Pacific to the Arabian Sea for operations against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, but also to potentially support an Israeli strike on Iran.Credit...Linh Pham/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images With the United States intensifying its war against the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen, General Kurilla, with the blessing of the White House, began moving military equipment to the Middle East. A second aircraft carrier, Carl Vinson, is now in the Arabian Sea, joining the carrier Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea. The United States also moved two Patriot missile batteries and a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as a THAAD, to the Middle East. Around a half-dozen B-2 bombers capable of carrying 30,000-pound bombs essential to destroying Iran’s underground nuclear program were dispatched to Diego Garcia, an island base in the Indian Ocean. Moving additional fighter aircraft to the region, potentially to a base in Israel, was also considered. All of the equipment could be used for strikes against the Houthis — whom the United States has been attacking since March 15 in an effort to halt their strikes against shipping vessels in the Red Sea. But U.S. officials said privately that the weaponry was also part of the planning for potentially supporting Israel in a conflict with Iran. Even if the United States decided not to authorize the aircraft to take part in a strike on Iran, Israel would know that the American fighters were available to defend against attacks by an Iranian ally. There were signs that Mr. Trump was open to U.S. support for Israeli military action against Iran. The United States has long accused Iran of giving the Houthis weapons and intelligence, and of exercising at least a degree of control over the group. On March 17, as Mr. Trump warned the Houthis in Yemen to stop their attacks, he also called out Iran, saying that it was in control of the Houthis. ... There were many reasons that Israeli officials expected Mr. Trump to take an aggressive line on Iran. In 2020, he ordered the killing of Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the commander of Iran’s most elite military unit. And Iran sought to hire hit men to assassinate Mr. Trump during last year’s presidential campaign, according to a Justice Department indictment. But inside the Trump administration, some officials were becoming skeptical of the Israeli plan. In a meeting this month — one of several discussions about the Israeli plan — Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, presented a new intelligence assessment that said the buildup of American weaponry could potentially spark a wider conflict with Iran that the United States did not want. A range of officials echoed Ms. Gabbard’s concerns in the various meetings. Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; and Vice President JD Vance all voiced doubts about the attack. Even Mr. Waltz, frequently one of the most hawkish voices on Iran, was skeptical that Israel’s plan could succeed without substantial American assistance.
  18. Same here, but I am just a W2 stiff so things are mostly straightforward. Schwab downloads directly so it is a matter of pouring through receipts for deductions to enter.
  19. Yep, totally get it. Trying to convince my wife to keep the 2023 if I do pull the trigger. That thing will go 200k on nothing but oil changes and basic maintenance.
  20. Could see both of these before noon lol/
  21. What's pricing?
  22. A few inches longer and wider (twss) than the 5th gen, but still much shorter than the Tahoe (16" longer and 3" wider than the 6th gen 4runner). I hear your opinion on the styling. I love my 2023 ORP, but it looks very dated inside and out to me.
  23. Yeah, 2024 Tacomas with the same drivetrain have had some issues. Mostly trans related if I understand correctly. I think that they have things sorted, but that is the concern.
  24. What happens if you put in "biological markers of ADHD"? For most mental health conditions what you will find is a list of putative biomarkers. None of which are at this point consistent and reliable to guide diagnosis of nor assess treatment outcomes for these conditions. Some of the challenges in identifying reliable biomarkers for these conditions are our fundamentally poor understand of the complex and heterogeneous underlying pathophysiology and neurochemistry involved and the many genetic and epigenetic influencing factors. Advances are being made, esp leveraging some of the new analytical tools, but it's totally absurd to point to the lack of well defined biomarkers as proof of anything for any of these conditions. But yeah sure, maybe I just need to google it more.
  25. What is the biological marker for schizophrenia? Depression? Bipolar disorder? ASD? Etc. etc. etc.
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