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  1. 2 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Yeah weird. Maybe tariffs weren’t “paused” or “walked back” and what’s been implemented amounts to a global trade war with no discernible off ramp, and the details change daily. 
     

    The thing that chaps my ass is how so many negative stories about the economy and inflation were laid at Biden’s feet in the run up to the election but here we actually have the President as the sole and single cause for the economic downturn and there aren’t universal voices screaming that he’s crashing the god damned plane into the mountain. 

    Fucking.  THIS.

    Economic effects of a global economy and factors outside of the Executive's control?  BLAME BIDEN.

    Economic effects caused SOLELY by the erratic, mercurial, juvenile, and pointless acts of the Executive, and the Executive alone?  CRICKETS CHIRPING.

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  2. The boy texted us today to 1) confess that these have been his go-to freezer snack after coming home from drinking for several months and 2) to lament that they've just been recalled because they contain plastic.  I'm confident that the plastic in them is the healthiest thing about them.

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  3. Meanwhile, this fuckhead is actively tanking the dollar.  It was $1.23 when he took office.  Now up to $1.32.  I was hoping for $1.28 or better before I buy my next traunch of GBPs.  At this rate, fuck it, I'm hosed.

    The strongest currency in the world....and he's fucking strangling it and holding its head underwater.  Because....reasons.

     

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  4. 50 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Shapiro arsonist and Stephen Miller separated at birth?

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    Ho-hum.  Just more stochastic terrorism.

    But you know what the REAL problem is?

    People writing op-eds saying "maybe don't genocide Palestinians" and people boycotting buying Teslas.  

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  5. 2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    It is absolutely unacceptable for the government to claim that an agreement it signed to get people off the streets of America and sent to another country is a state secret and/or classified. There are some agreements that have classified annexes releasable to the counter-party, usually these would be in the military or intelligence sharing realm. Completely horrendous to allege that the whole agreement can’t be shown to a federal judge. 
     

    There are also plenty of judges who have classified access and can review in  camera.  Its far past time for HFAC Dems to demand the government produce this for them as well. 

    Here's a thought: there is no written agreement.  It was entirely verbal, we shipped Bukele cash and prisoners, he agreed to take them.  There, those are the entire terms of the agreement.  I genuinely think that may be the case.

    And yes, an agreement to ship people detained in the US to a foreign power is not and cannot be "classified," because of its inherent due process/constitutional implications.  Again, that same "agreement" could be utilized (and will be -- the admin has said as much) to snatch you, me, or anyone else off the street and have us in a foreign prison before anyone even knows we're missing.  Hell fucking no -- that agreement cannot be deemed classified.  

  6. 14 minutes ago, immamac said:

    why would you pay for any of this? their house blew up, they have the liability.

    They may have the liability....but that's for your insurance company to pursue, not you.  That is, if you're interested in small things like getting hour house restored to livable condition any time soon.  You turn the claim into your insurer, and it's up to them to go after the responsible party.

    6 minutes ago, drt said:

    If they didn’t have their certificate of occupancy then it would be under the builder’s risk policy, not homeowners 

    And this.  And of course, you don't know the policy limits for any of them.  Wouldn't surprise me to have limits of $1 million, and with the number of homes damaged and the degree of damage....wouldn't surprise me to see that entire amount exhausted pretty quickly.  The damage to TK's house is probably in the 6 figures, easily.  And that's just one house.

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  7. 7 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

    I couldn't decide where to put this.  It is griddle/hamburgeresque/taco/breakfast/etc.  It blurs the lines, but one thing for sure it looks damn good.

     

    Fucking pinche Tik Tokkers, thinking they invented shit that Texas messicans have been doing since the goddamned invention of fire.  This shit is almost as bad as whatever epic dumbass coined the phrase "Austin-style breakfast tacos."

    Fucking hell.  A kabillion Texas messicans are looking at all this shit and thinking "FFS, I had that for dinner on random Tuesdays in 1977 on a regular gotdamn basis."

  8. 18 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

    Brexit was also covertly backed by Russian misinformation on social media.

    Bingo.  How we can't do the simple math of "a state actor that has openly rooted for the United States and the West to fall into decline and lose power and influence - and still does - wants the US and the West to do X.  That state actor is conducting numerous activities to accomplish X.  SO....we should probably do all we can to AVOID X, BECAUSE X IS WHAT OUR ENEMY WANTS"....well, it still blows me away.  If Russia genuinely wants us to do something, that should be enough to convince us "nope, we shouldn't do that."  Instead, one of our two parties - ironically, the one that built a reputation on RESISTING Russian efforts to fuck with the US - is now all-in on doing exactly what Russia fucking wants, to the fucking letter.

    For the millionth time, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

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  9. I can't remember seeing an MLS team look this tactically helpless against another MLS team.  At both ends of the field. And undisciplined, lazy-ass passing.  
    Nico wanted this to be a Sabovic/Cascante type of game, next time let's consider trying Ilie/Svatok and maybe White does not score four fucking times.  
    Doesn't seem worth breaking down individual play, it was all so shitty across the board. 
    Ah well, 4th place was fun. 
     

    But…I mean…the mouse is ok.
    So, there’s that.
    Horribad, across the board. No bright spots. Even Dani’s shot from distance, just emphasized that it’s about the only kinda shot he takes.
  10. "Due to an administrative error, we inadvertently kidnapped Jack Smith and Nancy Pelosi and sent them to El Salvador. Unfortunately, they are now under the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." 

    Bingo.
    Stop overthinking this shit.
    This is the play. They even told us they’ll run it.
    The only defense left is lead. Once they grab you, it’s over. So your only choice is not to let them grab you. That’s where we are.
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  11. 3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    I don’t even bother ordering anymore. Nowadays when I want Popeyes I just go to the one on airport and MLK and just tell them to give me a couple of biscuits and whatever else I can get for $20 cash and keep the change. Everybody wins.

    You know....I actually may give this a whirl.  For shits, giggles....and a delicious lottery ticket.

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  12. 1 minute ago, NWBuck said:

    Sorry if these are stupid questions... 

    If something was ordered and paid for from China in mid March, but hasn't shipped yet, what is the tarrifs on it (and when would that be calculated)? 

    Is it the tarrif rate at time of purchase? At time of shipping? At time of receipt at the port? And if the rates keep fluctuating, would someone be able to leave a product at the port until the rates dropped again before picking it up (and paying the new rate)? 

    Another question... Is there a price threshold for tarrifs? It looks like the de minimus rate of $800 goes away on May 2... So small ticket items received (? Shipped?) by then wouldn't have the tarrif applied? 

    "I'm Brisketexan.  I'm not a customs agent....but I play one on Surly."

    Seriously, I have little fucking idea as to the details of exactly when/how a tariff is applied, if it's FOB delivery, etc.  

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  13. 53 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

    I already said this. The Supreme Court should not have taken the case. The judge's original order should have stood. Then we could have teed up what will end up being the actual issue. All this has done is create delay without deciding anything. 

    This.  It's not hard.  "Administration, you broke the law by shipping someone with legal status to a foreign gulag.  Bring him back."  There.  Done.  Which is pretty much what the trial court's order said and did.  Leave it be.  When a lower court gets it right -- which it did -- the job of appellate courts is to SHUT THE FUCK UP.  THERE IS NO ERROR TO CORRECT, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP.

    But nope, SCOTUS has to make sure they fight a rear-guard action to secure -- at all costs (literally... ALL costs) -- Donnie's supreme divine-right-of-kings power to do whatever the fuck he wants to whoever the fuck he wants.

    "No remedy" = "you are fucked."  It doesn't matter what else the court says or writes; our posts on this board have as much real-world import as the words SCOTUS writes that are not tied to an actual remedy.  Unless the end of what they say is "therefore the admin is ordered to bring him back," what they wrote is a nothing.  Real-life is not aggy, there are no fucking moral victories.  Either you get a remedy, or you lose.

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  14. 3 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

    that they used to figure out if it was even practical to do the 747 piggyback. 

    There were a few nights at Dallas nightclub back in the day when I definitely spent a long amount of time scoping out a particular prospect to see if it would be practical to do the old "747 piggyback."  Vic Mackey woulda been proud.

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  15. 20 minutes ago, Thomas Walsh said:

    How is China playing this masterfully?

    Primarily by following this easy-to-execute maxim:

    Never-interrupt-your-enemy-when-he-is-ma

    We're shooting our own dick off.  China's first good move is to stay out of the way, and give us a clean shot.

    Long-term, it will be to fill the vacuum created by the US's absence of a trade penis, which it already shot off.  As an immediate example, see China's new conversations with the EU about removing/reducing tariffs on Chinese EVs.

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  16. 5 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

    Took my kid to the UT/Georgia baseball game Sunday. I go to the concession stand to get him a Dr. Pepper. It's one of those where I take the bottle out of the fridge, scan it myself, and pay. Never saw a human in that time. On the keypad it asked me if I would like to leave a tip. Yes, I would like to tip myself since I did the work.

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  17. 33 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:

    I think their response is proof the US cannot send prisoners there, if it wasnt already clearly in violation of several constitutional rights

    Oh, this is spot on.  You think our SCOTUS will ever issue a ruling that "shipping people detained in the US to foreign prisons that are out of our control, resulting in the US losing the ability to provide the requisite due process, is in and of itself a due process violation?"

    Good.  Fucking.  Luck.

    The Regime can do as it wishes.  There are no guardrails, there are no restraints.  The only way to guarantee yourself any "due process" anymore is to enforce your right with the barrel of a gun.  That's the rule: when society opts out of the Rule of Law, it necessarily opts into Rule of the Gun.

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  18. Next step is for ICE to “accidentally” detain and deport an American citizen and see how SCOTUS responds. When it does nothing, it’s open season on all of Trump's political foes

    Sawbonz gets the play. It hasn’t just been telegraphed…they have literally said they are going to run it.
    Believe them.
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  19. Aside from being smoking hot, this woman posts some great content about the cult. She’s got degrees in Sociology, Clinical Psychology, and public health, I think and does a good job explaining things from those perspectives. 

    She is super smart, and makes excellent points.

    Also, I’d like to spend some nekkid hot tub time with her. Discussing philosophy and shit.
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  20. I’m bullish right now short term. IMO we see a China deal in seven days or less. 

    And what is your trust level that this man won’t reverse THAT within a week…or do something else equally unstable in a week, a day, or an hour? Is that trust level sufficient for you to make, say, a billion dollar investment in building a manufacturing facility?
    This is the problem: not so much what he has done, but that he’s demonstrated that he will do all manners of irrational shit, with no warning or provocation, then change course in minutes, creating an environment with zero predictability. Capital hates that.
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  21. So the same people who decided a legal immigrant was part of MS-13 because he wore a Chicago Bulls hoodie will now be deciding which social media posts constitute antisemitism and therefore worthy of going to El Salvador?

    What’s next? Facial recognition to figure out who attends an anti-Trump rally?

    2025: “due process” = “whatever Stephen miller says.”
    It’s not any more complex than that.
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  22. I asked AI and this is what I got back
    Based on available data, the closest parallel to the current surge occurred in late September to early October 2023, when the 10-year yield jumped from about 4.1% to 4.8% in roughly two weeks—a roughly 70-basis-point increase. The current 10-day rise, estimated at around 50-60 basis points (from approximately 3.9% to 4.51%), is significant but slightly less intense in magnitude.
     

    Add in the comparison to the rates for other countries’ debt.
    Add in the market crash.
    Add in the complete collapse of consumer confidence to levels not seen since 1952.
    Add in the complete destruction of hundreds of thousands of American businesses built on our current trade environment.
    And keep going. Fuck off with your bullshit.
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