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Hoax. Trump is failing. He talks a big game, but he can't even keep up with Obama's pace. This is what happens when the incompetents take over.

Taco man strikes again!

None of us, including me, is perfect. And I have my own issues to worry about. This chick, however, is gonna have a problem with St. Peter at the pearly gates.

Domestic terrorism is a bigger problem than foreign terrorism. You should worry about that more. Like J6, for example. Big domestic problem. And Trump pardoned all of the criminals.

It’s a great day! Probably better than yours. You seem angrier than usual. I’m sorry life didn’t work out for you in the way that you hoped. Maybe if you worked a little harder you wouldn’t be so mad all the time. Cheers!

Here’s my guess: he’s gone. The Patriots will shut up about it in the meantime because Diggs will grieve the release and the team won’t want the failed physical to seem pretextual in advance of the release.

This is not good. But it's not nearly as bad as J6, which a lot of the hysterical MAGA here seem to have forgotten about.

But has he negotiated? And what has the negotiation yielded? No and nothing are the answers. the Wall Street guys who coined this aren’t partisans. They’re capitalists. If this guy made them money they wouldn’t give a hoot about his moral failings and general incompetence. But he’s not doing that. And they found a clever way to explain his vapid economic approach.

? I think they want to sell. And believe me, if I was trying to cut the line I wouldn’t do it that way.

I sort of figured this out without saying as much. I capitulated last time this fool was in office. Then I bought back in, and probably cost myself in the process. Now, I just stay the course. At this point nothing this clown says is of any consequence, so if I ignore it while others react to it I'll come out ahead. The only thing that comment says is that you're a loser. Who friggin cares who someone else loves. Frankly I'd be surprised if anyone loved you. But if they do, then good for both of you. I don't care if you're into a dude, a chick, a furry, whatever. Find joy and leave everyone else alone.

Define government assistance. It's probably broader than you think. For example, I work in the legal field. I see and know of tons of MAGA-types getting free lawyers--through Legal Aid, Assigned Counsel, conflict defender, federal public defender, VLP, AFCs. You name it, they take it. That's all taxpayer funded, with the exception of VLP, which is volunteer. But I'm the "evil Democrat" who admittedly has used state education and government-sponsored student loans (of which I paid back every penny), and has otherwise never taken a dime of public assistance. According to these penniless fools, I'm also the leech. It's quite something, actually. I can't say that I totally disagree with that. There's a lot of laziness, apathy, unwillingness to work, and frankly absence of shame. But here's the thing: I see that I a lot of people who are now MAGA. Ever watch thousand pound sisters? The next day those slobs work will be the first. Dollars to donuts (if the sisters don't get them first), the majority of those jelly rollers are MAGA voters. They think it's the fault of the immigrants and the Democrats that they're losers. Hill and trailer country in Erie County is no different. Don't like your lot in life? Stop getting banged up at the fire hall three nights a week and get another job. But they don't, and they won't, and they'll continue to blame everyone else for their obesity and health problems while on the inevitable path to Medicaid and Medicare.

Oh yeah. He's going to be "reminded" of that constantly.

Funny thing is I have two PSLs (upper middle class in terms of pricing) and I called my rep recently and offered to buy two more at the $2,500 level on the spot and was told it will be a few months. I imagine that they're trying to get through untreated STHs first before they open it up STHs like me who have already been through, but I'm wondering whether sales are a bit slower than expected because I did not get anything resembling a "no" on my request.

I don't dispute that we will very often never get the full truth for a variety of reasons. But what if there isn't more to tell in some of these situations? Epstein is the obvious one where "hide the ball" is being played. Not so sure on the others - They're especially screwed in Florida. Such a bad public education system. So many teachers there who should be DOGEd.

Right next to your HCQ science, I bet.

Not libertarian. Or traditional Republican.

It's hard to reconcile that with Trump. It really is. The guy is all over the map, but it's hard to argue that he has much in the way of libertarianism going for him. I'll step away now.

Carrying the water for the rich folks. Well done. Whatever the number is -- maybe it's even 37 -- it's a lot more than it would be in your flat tax idea. So if you're all for more giveaways to the rich, then go for it. We agree to disagree. *** And, I can't believe I missed this. A Trump voter complaining about class warfare. This is rich. Trump thrives on demonizing and dividing. But "fair share" is unacceptable.

Here's one. Why should you and Terry Pegula have the same marginal tax rate? Everyone should pay their fair share. Done.

Well, Beavis, it does seem like tariffs present an added expense. Almost like a tax, if you will. Flat tax is cool if you're Steve Forbes or Terry Pegula. Otherwise it is a freaking terrible idea. Especially for working people.

This is the fallacy of the whole thing. What kind of deal? About fentanyl? Or American manufacturing? Or opening Chinese markets to American services (which it should be about)? Or just some superficial nonsense that doesn’t substantively address the first two concerns and glosses over the third?

Tariffs haven’t hit yet because inventories increased in anticipation of the new taxes. Once those inventories sell off we’ll see what happens. We’re still looking at a 30% sales tax on Chinese imports, which, based on WalMart’s reporting, is likely to slow purchasing and increase prices.

Yeah, this is about right. It's not about manufacturing. It's not really about fentanyl. It's probably not even about reordering global trade. Or even imposing a sneaky national sales tax (which is the end result). It's about ego. None of it makes the slightest bit of economic sense.

Shnowman is there for Christmas. Josh is there for SNF.

Finally I agree with you on something. He proposes this nutty ess to distract the masses--including and especially people like you--from his many failings. Egg prices, inflation, trade, trade deals, even immigration. You name it. If it matters, he screws it up. So why not propose stuff like MAGAza, and Alcatraz, to distract from the bigger things, like his bad economic policies?