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  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's always the middle class that pats for governmental folly

    https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/us-consumers-bearing-half-cost-tariffs-far-goldman-sachs-says-rcna237283

  • Rhamlin
    Rhamlin Posts: 9,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    999 posts since I last looked at this. 😎

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rhamlin said:
    999 posts since I last looked at this. 😎

    I applaud you sir.

  • Hobbes86
    Hobbes86 Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rhamlin said:
    999 posts since I last looked at this. 😎

    Well done! I only made it to 231 this time.

    "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nothing new here, move along. What a con man.
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-overheard-hot-mic-apparently-talking-business-indonesian/story?id=126525454

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Trump 2028!

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:
    Trump 2028!

    I agree!! We absolutely need to fund other countries! Invest in foreign soil, not our own! You’re onto something, my friend.

  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:
    Trump 2028!

    20 Ba Ba Ba Billion to Argentina 🇦🇷 Make Argentina Great Again. 😂🤣🤪

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This looks fun. Trump 2028!

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Despite the ragingly insane rhetoric, there will be no Trump 2028 campaign. It is kind of fun to fan the flames of ignorance and watch them dance though. But, not gonna happen.

    WARNING:  The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme.  Proceed at your own risk.  

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 16

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Despite the ragingly insane rhetoric, there will be no Trump 2028 campaign. It is kind of fun to fan the flames of ignorance and watch them dance though. But, not gonna happen.

    I only said it because Pete quote/replied to it and then four hours later, unprompted, without any further interaction at all, quote/replied a second time. He double dipped.

  • Yakster
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    @Bob_Luken said:

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Despite the ragingly insane rhetoric, there will be no Trump 2028 campaign. It is kind of fun to fan the flames of ignorance and watch them dance though. But, not gonna happen.

    I only said it because Pete quote/replied to it and then four hours later, unprompted, without any further interaction at all, quote/replied a second time. He double dipped.

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  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bob_Luken said:

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Despite the ragingly insane rhetoric, there will be no Trump 2028 campaign. It is kind of fun to fan the flames of ignorance and watch them dance though. But, not gonna happen.

    I only said it because Pete quote/replied to it and then four hours later, unprompted, without any further interaction at all, quote/replied a second time. He double dipped.

    The first was about Indonesia and the second was about Argentina. I thought you were smart enough to know what I was thinking Bob.

  • Vision
    Vision Posts: 9,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bob_Luken said:

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Despite the ragingly insane rhetoric, there will be no Trump 2028 campaign. It is kind of fun to fan the flames of ignorance and watch them dance though. But, not gonna happen.

    I only said it because Pete quote/replied to it and then four hours later, unprompted, without any further interaction at all, quote/replied a second time. He double dipped.

    Are you just angry and bitter all the time?

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Vision said:

    @Bob_Luken said:

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    Despite the ragingly insane rhetoric, there will be no Trump 2028 campaign. It is kind of fun to fan the flames of ignorance and watch them dance though. But, not gonna happen.

    I only said it because Pete quote/replied to it and then four hours later, unprompted, without any further interaction at all, quote/replied a second time. He double dipped.

    The first was about Indonesia and the second was about Argentina. I thought you were smart enough to know what I was thinking Bob.

    You were thinking that Trump 2028! deserved a double dip. LOL

  • edz
    edz Posts: 329 ✭✭✭✭

    @Amos_Umwhat said:

    Same as some of the books put in school lib.

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Woke" tax.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-anti-woke-tax-that-all-americans-are-paying/ar-AA1OOxVB?ocid=nl_article_link

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Odd to see "woke" described as a form of egalitarianism. Observation has led me to believe that it is a virulent form of elitism wherein one either conforms to the new "woke" interpretation of reality, or one is ostracized from the elite "woke" social construct. Just my opinion, but that's how it seems, to me.

    WARNING:  The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme.  Proceed at your own risk.  

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/31/what-does-woke-mean-in-politics-term-used-trump-era/78026752007/

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 20

    ^^ Won't load up.^^

    I believe that initially the term was supposed to promote an egalitarian recognition of the continuing racial disparity that many believe still exists today. Much of the perceived disparity seems to be self-generating and self gratifying in some circles. People who never experienced the reality nevertheless wish to pose as social justice warriors, continuing to fight battles that were won long ago, before they were born. Narcissistic, to say the least.

    Meanwhile, many have accepted that it's all just out there, waiting for anyone willing to put forth the effort, the hard work needed to create a better environment for oneself.

    The "Woke", on the other hand, seem to cling to the battle cry of "Give me a fish! Or we'll cut you out of acceptable society!", rather than accept the opportunity to learn fishing skills that are right there on their doorstep.

    WARNING:  The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme.  Proceed at your own risk.  

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • OutdoorsSmoke_21191
    OutdoorsSmoke_21191 Posts: 5,449 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse
    Edward, the author is a public safety correspondent and only presented his “opinion” of one side. Is this reporting representative of factual and fair representation or just another cog in the wheel opinion??

    A good cigar and the open road solve most problems.

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is labelled "opinion".Agreeing or disagreeing with it is up to the reader's level of cognitive bias, insight, and values.

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭✭✭


    I see I'm getting flagged a lot. Must mean I'm winning.

    WARNING:  The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme.  Proceed at your own risk.  

    "If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed.  If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." --  Mark Twain
  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stupid. There's a disagree button if you feel the need.

  • edz
    edz Posts: 329 ✭✭✭✭

    @Amos_Umwhat said:

    I see I'm getting flagged a lot. Must mean I'm winning.

    Got my first one today, marked it on the calendar .

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