While I'm here in politics, I hate this thread because all I do is pìss folks off but the budget fights will heat up this month. R's want to split it up into individual spending bills instead of one big omnibus. I dont understand why our military budget doesn't include taking care of our veterans to give us a true cost of our military endeavors. The VA, different tab, disabled, different tab. We have to take care of these folks but show us the cost before you plan our next sortie.
Edit; I totally support our military, just show us the total cost. It's already our largest line item, not including the ancillary cost. It will soon be overtaken by interest on accumulated debt.
In case there is any doubt about who is paying the tariffs:
American businesses have paid over $210 billion as of August 24 to cover the tariffs that US courts have determined are illegal. On Tuesday, Trump acknowledged that the court’s decision, if upheld by the Supreme Court, could result in the US Treasury having to “give back” tariff revenue collected.
@silvermouse said:
In case there is any doubt about who is paying the tariffs:
American businesses have paid over $210 billion as of August 24 to cover the tariffs that US courts have determined are illegal. On Tuesday, Trump acknowledged that the court’s decision, if upheld by the Supreme Court, could result in the US Treasury having to “give back” tariff revenue collected.
So we can expect the businesses to send us refund checks for the difference we paid, right?
"Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
Don't know how true this is, but if it is it doesn't sound good.
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The building uncertainty about the fate of humans here and abroad has people flocking, in the US, and abroad to crypto, precious metals, and meanwhile the equities markets are severely overbought, but a crash seems certain. Will there be enough munitions to go around?
@silvermouse said:
The building uncertainty about the fate of humans here and abroad has people flocking, in the US, and abroad to crypto, precious metals, and meanwhile the equities markets are severely overbought, but a crash seems certain. Will there be enough munitions to go around?
Looks like they're all in Siberia
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
Annual revisions to nonfarm payrolls data for the year prior to March 2025 showed a drop of 911,000 from the initial estimates, according to a preliminary report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total revision was on the high end of Wall Street expectations, which ranged from a low around 600,000 to as many as a million.
@TRayB said:
To what do we attribute the revision drop of 818,000 jobs during the last year of the prior administration?
I see you've been flagged, presumably The Left's way of trying to silence unauthorized opinion. And yet, they insist that those they oppose are knot sea's. How telling. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
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And now Charlie Kirk's been shot. Presumably for not bending the knee to the Woke.
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@TRayB said:
To what do we attribute the revision drop of 818,000 jobs during the last year of the prior administration?
I see you've been flagged, presumably The Left's way of trying to silence unauthorized opinion. And yet, they insist that those they oppose are knot sea's. How telling. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Or is the flagger suggesting that what I said didn't actually happen?
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While I'm here in politics, I hate this thread because all I do is pìss folks off but the budget fights will heat up this month. R's want to split it up into individual spending bills instead of one big omnibus. I dont understand why our military budget doesn't include taking care of our veterans to give us a true cost of our military endeavors. The VA, different tab, disabled, different tab. We have to take care of these folks but show us the cost before you plan our next sortie.
Edit; I totally support our military, just show us the total cost. It's already our largest line item, not including the ancillary cost. It will soon be overtaken by interest on accumulated debt.
Omnibus bills and baseline funding are a large part of our financial mess.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
In case there is any doubt about who is paying the tariffs:
American businesses have paid over $210 billion as of August 24 to cover the tariffs that US courts have determined are illegal. On Tuesday, Trump acknowledged that the court’s decision, if upheld by the Supreme Court, could result in the US Treasury having to “give back” tariff revenue collected.
So we can expect the businesses to send us refund checks for the difference we paid, right?
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
more likely the execs will get a bonus.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J2kX_4OuxzQ
Don't know how true this is, but if it is it doesn't sound good.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
The building uncertainty about the fate of humans here and abroad has people flocking, in the US, and abroad to crypto, precious metals, and meanwhile the equities markets are severely overbought, but a crash seems certain. Will there be enough munitions to go around?
Looks like they're all in Siberia
Tariffs, what a brilliant idea.
Annual revisions to nonfarm payrolls data for the year prior to March 2025 showed a drop of 911,000 from the initial estimates, according to a preliminary report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total revision was on the high end of Wall Street expectations, which ranged from a low around 600,000 to as many as a million.
I could be wrong Edward but I don't thnk tariffs had started in that timeframe
Haven't we learned that payroll/job numbers as first reported by the government are rarely accurate.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
To what do we attribute the revision drop of 818,000 jobs during the last year of the prior administration?
I see you've been flagged, presumably The Left's way of trying to silence unauthorized opinion. And yet, they insist that those they oppose are knot sea's. How telling. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
And now Charlie Kirk's been shot. Presumably for not bending the knee to the Woke.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
He was pīssing blood from the neck. Probably won't survive. Shame.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Or is the flagger suggesting that what I said didn't actually happen?
I'll say it once again. The left is completely unhinged.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
And he's dead.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
3 wounded in a High School shooting.
Thoughts and prayers. Before anybody thinks otherwise, Now's not the time to talk about guns. Carry on.
Nobody cares bro.
Count me in for keeping guns out of the hands of leftists.
You can accomplish that by keeping them out of everyone's hands
You could have 0 automobile deaths by eliminating all vehicles, too. Any other fantasies?
Ahh yes.... blame....Natures melatonin. Sleep well all.
We could have zero murders in Philadelphia by eliminating Pennsylvania.
You have that backwards.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Most people care but realize nothing will change until cops are in every school. Armed staff would also help.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Incorrect