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The big question is, will leadership know how to use it?
The Navy will be involved since it’s INDOPACOM territory sooooooo -
Surely, you’re now limited to two posts a day of sharing anything from X. By all means, debate and enjoy the nonsense, but scale back on reposting random stuff from X.
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It’s a good thing this clown is using emergency power for such an imminent threat since the other party controls both chambers of Congress and he couldn’t possibly pass legislation regarding a massive tax increase.
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It's amazing that not that long ago (or am I getting old?) that China had the 1 child policy and overpopulation was a real fear for them.
Ten years ago, probably. Central planning finally realized nearly forty years of families having 20% more males might not be a good thing. -
This is entirely dependent on *how* the US tariff policy ends up being implemented.
Good news! Covered, covered, covered, and covered. Bunch of amateurs panicking the night before their assignment was due asked a LLM to do their homework for them because their dear leader is infatuated with autocracy.
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The stock market is overvalued by *at least* 33%. If you factor in the ridiculous earnings expectations, 50% would be completely acceptable. So using the market as a gauge of how good or bad tariffs are is absurd.
We have been overdue for an economic reckoning based on the irresponsible fiscal and monetary decisions of *both* parties since the GFC. Unfortunately, the tariffs will be blamed for it because people don't think I'm terms of decades, but in days.
The world has been living off our system for a long, long time. Hopefully that ends now. Everyone is acting like the world can just stop doing business with the US, but deep down we know that's not true. If we put a tariff on Canada, it hurts us a little. If Canada puts a tariff on us, it hurts us a little.
But both actions are devastating to the Canadian economy which is heavily reliant on both selling to and buying from the US. Same for many other nations. The reason you hear such shrill screaming from countries like Canada is that they know if America (as a populace, not just the President) realizes how much we've been funding the growth of everyone else, and that we could have been talking a cut of that action with only minimal pain... Well that represents an existential threat to the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too method of government the West has been living on.
If everyone else suddenly has to fund a functional military, and fund their massive social welfare programs, *and* engage in fair reciprocal trade with the US.... They're done.
They will bend the knee so long as the anti-American Americans don't trick we-the-people into backing their failed globalist cosmopolitan utopia.
Edit: A great example is Qatar Airways. They don't tariff our airlines, but they sure do subsidize theirs. Let's slap some equalizing tariffs on those tickets and see what happens to their traffic.
I’ve seen less pretzel logic from flat earthers, yet you’re bringing it with religious zealotry over an objectively terrible tool inappropriate for the times. Of course the tariffs will be blamed: because they’re the root cause. Asshat Trump is obsessed with them because he saw someone else get one for their industry in the 80s. Now he wants his own, only bigger and dumber, being implemented by absolute amateurs who asked a LLM to implement a massively simplistic scheme based solely on goods trade differential, and based on internet domains regardless of having an actual trade economy. Ignoring the fact that we “export” a massive services and information technology industry to all of those places that operate at far higher margins than manufacturing marbles in Sri Lanka. And ignoring that 45% of our imports are raw materials. And ignoring that tariffs are a massive self-own tax increase on the people. And ignoring that we don’t really have a massive unemployment problem requiring all this manufacturing to move back. And ignoring that manufacturing won’t move back before companies run the clock out for a different admin. And ignoring how wildly unsuccessful they have been in the past when implemented broadly.
It’s just tanking the market. Penalizing people with higher costs (inflation), and driving people in the middle to trend their support to other political factions none of us want in charge.
But keep blindly supporting your new religion.-
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Arguing with a stranger on the Internet is one thing. Arguing with a stranger who just posts other people's arguments from Twitter is pointless and boring. This website is interesting because it's a relatively small number of people engaging in discussion over a wide range of topics. You are able to build and recall personalities for the different posters here because of it.
But when someone just posts a Twitter post, crosses their arms, and says "what about what this person said," now it's not a semi-personal discussion, it's the exact type of anonymous, non-continuous bickering on the internet that has turned so many people into basket cases and rageaholics.
I don't care that he's a regular poster, he has become value-add of zero since his goal morphed from trying to prove his point to trying to win by showing how many random blue check Twitter posters agree with him. He can take that shit to Twitter if that's his interest. There are actually interesting people here who want to debate their point of view. He's not one anymore.
Hah! Refute the points.-
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Unfortunately you voted for the whole circus, not just the elephants. All the other acts are queuing up Newsom/AOC 2028.-
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I'm sorry this is happening to you...
Not a Max fan, but he performed both in qualifying and the race. Well done to him.
Not invested either way, just thought it would be humorous. My own opinion: they should’ve moved the more experienced Tsunoda to Red Bull in the first place, but they got greedy and hoped Lawson was another Verstappen. Switching after two races is just poor form, especially when they make €10 Million from Honda just because Yuki is in the Red Bull at Suzuka…third race in? just have him there to start.-
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I personally look forward to Lawson using the Racing Bull to beat Tsunoda.
Well, that didn’t happen, despite qualifying.
I missed the first lap, did anything happen to put Stroll 20 seconds behind the 19th car or was it just his general lack of talent? -
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@Moderators
Just curious how many Twitter links back to back can a member post with zero comment and no value added to the forum before it's determined to be spam?
When Trump adds value, let me know. Otherwise, I’ll keep pointing out how asshat Trump and his supporters are going to get us AOC 2028 with this utter stupidity.-
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WTF? (**NSFW**)
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