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Ten years ago, with TPP, we had a very good chance at decoupling less chaotically and building that alternative supply chain. That chance is over, and China's position vis-a-vis those countries who were part of that plan has only gotten stronger in the meantime. With the impulsive and unpredictable nature of this trade war (which destroys trust) and the irrationally high tariffs placed on some of those trade partners (which punish them for trading with us), they really have nowhere else to turn but toward China.
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You think the third time will be the charm when Democrats don't hold a majority in either the House or the Senate? Dems tried to impeach him twice already when they had the chance, but it was REPUBLICANS who refused to convict him, thus enabling this asshole to run for office again and poison American democracy and our economy from within. Go take your complaint to the "WTF is wrong with you, GOP?!?" thread.
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"Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." - Tricky Dick @Wally Fairway Corruption and authoritarianism have been at the heart of America’s modern conservative movement my entire life, as attested to by this asshole who was president when I was born.
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I have no idea if he was ever Church of Christ but can say my mom, who was raised in that church, married and "converted" to Southern Baptist after marrying my dad. It's something her Church of Christ mom never forgave her for, saying we (our little nuclear family) were all going to hell for it.
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He may have been raised by one and gone to a private school affiliated with them (according to posts regarding its sports teams), but he belongs to a Baptist church (according to posts where he mentions the specific church). But don't mention the names of either place in association with him. Otherwise, he'll cry to the mods and have them give you a timeout, accusing you of trying to dox him.
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"I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." - Grover Norquist "Destruction of the administrative state." - Steve Bannon How does that further their interests? No regulation = more money for the billionaires Weak federal government = more christofascist fuckery by states like ours It's a divide-and-conquer strategy.
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Pretty good thread here, but it ends with a little bit too much faith in "the streets" for how I'm feeling right now (she's an activist). The essay she writes based on this thread is worth reading if you've got 10 minutes. There are a couple of interesting points she raises in the essay mentioned at the end (https://www.cawshinythings.com/fascism-minus-kampf/) I haven't considered or heard before, especially regarding perceptions people had about the economy during his first term. https://bsky.app/profile/vickyacab.bsky.social/post/3lmc7nb77zc2s
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Someone needs to take her out and dye her hair purple so that shallow fuckers who are so gotdam wound up about stupid shit like that (e.g., Johnny Sack, aka Frank Drebin, but not him per se, as he's a fucking christofascist to the bone) won't give that evil cunt the time of day. Note: I don't actually believe this; I just wanted an excuse to hurl an insult at that hypocritical Baptist trust-fund deacon who has a weird fixation on purple hair.
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One position that would make sense is that backing down would pop this little trial balloon they've floated, asserting their authority to do whatever the fuck they want.
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17 year old stabbed to death by another 17 year old at Frisco track meet
bolverk replied to Derka's topic in Daily Texan
My quoting your post in this thread, where you sarcastically imply that others don't care that a kid died, is a reminder of how fucking flippant and disrespectful you were about the root causes of another child's death discussed in that other thread. -
Great minds and all.
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When even Twice's full faith in the judicial system is shaken, it's time to take this shit serious.
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You're missing the key distinction between "gentleman's bet" and any other undefined "bet" or "wager," none of which require that money be involved. The difference is that there's no legally enforceable contract holding participants to it. Edit: So, what collateral are you willing to put up as part of this bet? It's got to have some value to you, or there are no stakes. If not money, is it your house, wife, children, pride, honor, internet points, time, labor, or something else?
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Yes, it was more "civil," but much of what Trump does/says is the more concentrated form of conservatism without mixers and little umbrellas to help choke it down.
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How old is your dad? Asking because "name calling, wealth shifting to the ultra rich, and conning people with christian values to vote for them" have been hallmarks of the "conservative movement" since the early 1980s, at least.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariff-wall-street-reaction.html Wall Street billionaires are not used to being on the outside looking in. But that is where they find themselves after President Trump ignored their appeals to call off his tariff plans which they fear could endanger the economy. With the backdrop of rapidly mounting stock market losses, corporate titans have worked every angle — phone calls, social media and even a typically staid shareholder letter — to try to change Mr. Trump’s mind. The day after the president announced his most sweeping round of tariffs last week, chief executives from major banks, including Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, had a private meeting with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick organized by a lobbying group in Washington. But Mr. Lutnick was not persuaded to reverse course, three people briefed on the sit-down said. Over the weekend, megadonors to Mr. Trump’s re-election effort tried a different tack, pleading their case in calls to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, people familiar with the calls said. Those efforts also came up empty. By Monday, hedge fund billionaires — many of whom had been loud and proud boosters of Mr. Trump’s second term — were going public with their cries. “The global economy is being taken down because of bad math,” the hedge fund manager William A. Ackman posted Monday morning on X. He added, “The President’s advisors need to acknowledge their error before April 9th and make a course correction before the President makes a big mistake.” Others chimed in, calling for a stronger fight. Andrew Hall, a billionaire oil trader who has been critical of Mr. Trump in the past, saluted Mr. Ackman on Instagram for being a Trump supporter who was speaking out about tariffs. “At least he is willing to reverse himself and call out this stupidity,” Mr. Hall said of Mr. Ackman. “Where are the other ‘financial titans’? Why aren’t they speaking up?” A few are doing so, though more diplomatically and in dribbles. cont'd:
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories A few carmakers have closed factories, laid off workers or shifted production in response to the auto tariffs that took effect last week. President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles, which went into effect last week, are already sending tremors through the auto industry, prompting companies to stop shipping cars to the United States, shut down factories in Canada and Mexico and lay off workers in Michigan and other states. Jaguar Land Rover, based in Britain, said it would temporarily stop exporting its luxury cars to the United States. Stellantis idled factories in Canada and Mexico that make Chrysler and Jeep vehicles and laid off 900 U.S. workers who supply those factories with engines and other parts. Audi, the luxury division of Volkswagen, also paused exports of cars to the United States from Europe, telling dealers to sell whatever they still had on their lots. If other carmakers make similar moves, the economic impact could be severe, leading to higher car prices and widespread layoffs. The tariffs on cars are among the first of several industry-specific levies that Mr. Trump has in his sights and could offer early clues about how businesses will respond to his trade policies, including whether they raise prices or increase manufacturing in the United States. The president has said he also wants to tax the imports of medicines and computer chips. Applying the new tariff to imported cars could increase their cost to consumers by thousands of dollars, sharply reducing demand for those vehicles. For some Jaguar Land Rover or Audi models, the tariffs could amount to more than $20,000 per car. cont'd
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Please take a screenshot of the tweet and post it. Many here refuse to click links to Xitter.
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Don't forget to stop off at the Five & Dime while you're in town. They got a deal on Tuesdays, offering free oats for your horsies while they wait at the hitching post.
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This analysis piece and the other following story (below) about China doubling down on industrial output should be read together. For Xi, China’s Strongman Leader, Ceding to Trump Is Not an Option China sees little to gain in capitulating to President Trump’s tariff threats, labeling them “blackmail” and vowing to “fight to the end.” Xi Jinping wants you to know that he will not be cowed. Confronted with the latest threat from President Trump of an additional 50 percent tariff on Chinese goods unless Beijing reverses its retaliatory levies on U.S. imports, China’s top leader has remained defiant. His Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday accused the United States of “blackmail” and declared that Beijing would “fight to the end.” But behind the bravado is a more complicated set of realities for Mr. Xi that makes it politically and economically untenable to offer concessions to the country’s single largest trading partner and chief rival for global influence. With Mr. Trump also refusing to back down, a devastating trade war between the two largest economies may be inevitable — a showdown with painful consequences that will be felt across the world. The dilemma for Mr. Xi is that looking weak is not an option, but hitting back risks further escalation. The Chinese leader has cast himself as a national savior who is rejuvenating his country’s greatness. As a result, Beijing has less flexibility to back down from a fight with Washington, as other U.S. trading partners like Vietnam have tried, because it could undercut Mr. Xi’s legitimacy, analysts say. “Beijing’s response to date has emphasized three things: resolve, resilience, and retaliation,” said Julian Gewirtz, a former senior China policy official at the White House and State Department under President Biden who is now writing a book on U.S.-China relations. “Xi has built up an image of himself as a defiant strongman helming a powerful country, and China’s official messaging is conveying that they are determined to stand up to U.S. pressure even at high costs,” he said. That helps explain why China scuttled a deal to sell a portion of TikTok to American investors last week in response to Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and why it is resisting a sale of the ports owned by the Hong Kong company CK Hutchison along the Panama Canal. cont'd ‘The Tsunami Is Coming’: China’s Global Exports Are Just Getting Started A staggering $1.9 trillion in extra industrial lending is fueling a continued flood of exports that could be spread even wider across the world by the Trump tariffs. For decades, the world’s largest car factory was Volkswagen’s complex in Wolfsburg, Germany. But BYD, the Chinese electric carmaker, is building two factories in China, each capable of producing twice as many cars as Wolfsburg. Recent data from China’s central bank shows that state-controlled banks lent an extra $1.9 trillion to industrial borrowers over the past four years. On the fringes of cities all over China, new factories are being built day and night, and existing factories are being upgraded with robots and automation. China’s investments and advances in manufacturing are producing a wave of exports that threatens to cause factory closings and layoffs not just in the United States but also around the globe. “The tsunami is coming for everyone,” said Katherine Tai, who was the United States trade representative for former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. President Trump’s steep tariffs announced on Wednesday, which have caused stocks in Asia and elsewhere to plunge, were the most drastic response yet to China’s export push. From Brazil and Indonesia to Thailand and the European Union, many countries have already moved more quietly to increase tariffs as well. Chinese leaders are furious at the recent proliferation of trade barriers, and particularly Mr. Trump’s latest tariffs. They take pride in China’s high savings rate, long work hours and abundance of engineers and software programmers, as well as its legions of electricians, welders, mechanics, construction workers and other skilled tradesmen. On state television Saturday night, an anchor solemnly read a government statement condemning the United States: “It is using tariffs to subvert the existing international economic and trade order” so as “to serve the hegemonic interests of the United States.” Five years ago, before a housing bubble burst, cranes putting up apartment towers dotted practically every city in China. Today, many of those cranes are gone and the ones that are left seldom move. At Beijing’s behest, banks have rapidly shifted their lending from real estate to industry. China is using more factory robots than the rest of the world combined, and most of them are made in China by Chinese companies, although some components are still imported. After several years of rapid growth, overall installations of new factory equipment have already jumped another 18 percent this year. When Zeekr, a Chinese electric carmaker, opened a factory four years ago in Ningbo, a two-hour drive south of Shanghai, the facility had 500 robots. Now it has 820, and many more are planned. As new factories come online, China’s exports are rapidly accelerating. They rose 13.3 percent in 2023 and then another 17.3 percent last year. cont'd
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So much of social conservatism is rooted in self-loathing.
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When the legislative branch fails to rein in the Executive, And the Judiciary fails to stop the Executive. All that's left is the Executive.
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