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Sumela » 20 Feb 2025, 9:53 pm » wrote: ↑

20 Feb 2025, 9:53 pm

Damn, honest.  It's what I like about you.

Look up....you might get a placating $5K check from Musk

Sumela » 28 Feb 2025, 9:52 pm » wrote: ↑

28 Feb 2025, 9:52 pm

2 years ago both neocon sides celebrated Zelly. 
Even here the tards mostly supported him due to cold war retardation.
Russia evil // Ukraine democracy.
 

Blackvegetable » 07 Mar 2025, 6:58 am » wrote: ↑

07 Mar 2025, 6:58 am

President Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Wages, consumer spending and corporate profits were rising. Unemployment was low. The inflation rate, though higher than normal, was falling. 

  
 

Blackvegetable » 14 Mar 2025, 7:07 am » wrote: ↑

14 Mar 2025, 7:07 am

The jury has issued its verdict.

The presiding judge has clarified it.

Your feefees are of no consequence whatsoever.

Here is the totally ridiculous "testimony" of each and every so called "witness" who in fact WITNESSED NOTHING..... 
Keep digging that great big hole full of STUPID for yourself Richard..it's always my pleasure to prove what a totally brainwashed and misinformed RUBE you are.

Blackvegetable. » 15 Mar 2025, 2:37 am » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 2:37 am

First rule.  I don't want to hear:

--you have tds
--**** you bitch boi
--you're a groomer, blah blah blah

Its not my thing but just because its not my thing doesnt mean it not someone else's thing so why not keep out?

• Men who enjoy dressing up like women and pretending to be women for fun are mentally ill.
• I would not allow convicted pedophiles to read to children
• I would not let convicted criminals doing time for violent offenses read to children
• I would not allow child beaters to read to children
• I would not allow anyone in a mental institution to read to children.

Vegas » Today, 10:49 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 10:49 am

There’s been a lot of shouting lately about tariffs—mostly outrage, often sarcasm, and rarely substance. Like most issues in economics, the truth about tariffs isn’t as black-and-white as the loudest voices want it to be. They’re not inherently good or bad—they’re tools. And like any tool, their effect depends on how, when, and why they’re used.

Let’s talk pros and cons.The potential benefits:

• Strategic leverage: Tariffs can pressure other countries into fairer trade deals or compliance with labor, environmental, or IP standards.
• Protecting key industries: Temporarily shielding developing or strategic industries can give them breathing room to grow and compete globally.
• National security: In cases where supply chains rely heavily on foreign adversaries (think semiconductors or rare earths), tariffs can support domestic alternatives.
• Encouraging domestic investment: Higher import costs can incentivize companies to source or produce locally.

But there are clear downsides too:

• Consumer costs: Tariffs often lead to higher prices for goods, hurting lower- and middle-income households the most.
• Retaliation risk: Other countries may slap their own tariffs in return, damaging exports and sparking trade wars.
• Market uncertainty: Businesses hate unpredictability. Constant tariff threats can stall investments and hiring.
• Supply chain strain: In a globalized economy, many “American” products rely on foreign components—tariffs disrupt that balance.

The key is to ask: what’s the long game? Are the tariffs being used to force structural changes, or just to score political points?Unfortunately, a lot of people skip the research and go straight to the knee-jerk reaction—usually driven more by who proposed the policy than what it actually does. That’s how we end up with people defending or trashing the same tactic depending on whose name is on the signature.

Now, a note to @Blackvegetable ...aka Darth Evader:
You, more than anyone, should understand the importance of fairness. You’ve spent years belting out questions and demanding answers from everyone else while dodging your own at record-setting pace. You're currently owed 75 dodges, and that’s being generous. But I know you won’t tolerate that. Narcissists never do. You love dishing it out, but you melt the moment someone holds you to the same standard. So go ahead—deflect, insult, and post 16 questions in return. The forum’s seen it all before. And don’t worry, I’ll be skipping your questions at the exact rate you’ve skipped mine.

Fair’s fair, Veghead. Try it sometime.

Vegas » 41 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

41 minutes ago

Another Veghead original: post a link, copy a paragraph, add a punchline, and vanish before anyone asks for your actual opinion. At this point, your OPs are basically PowerPoint slides without the presentation.
 
Let’s assume for a moment the NYT analysis is correct—DOGE’s projected savings are way off. Fair enough. But here’s the actual question, not that we expect an answer (you’re sitting at dodge number 75 and climbing):

 Of course, I expect the usual pattern:

• Step 1: Ignore the question.
• Step 2: Ask three unrelated ones.
• Step 3: Demand I prove a quote you already posted.
• Step 4: Call me a moron and strike through everything.

That’s how we got to 75 dodges, after all. Just giving you the respect of setting expectations.

If the revised $150 billion in projected savings is still greater than what previous administrations have managed through bureaucratic efficiency, isn’t it still something?

Or is your position that unless a plan is 100% fulfilled, it has zero value?

"What has happened to my country, what has happened to the UK" is what you said. When I returned to Athens, 3 years ago, that is exactly what I said to my self "What has happened to my country, what has happened to Greece". Sounds familiar to you? Europe has fallen my friend.

I'm from Brazil. I've been to London three times last year, and I must say, we're supposed to be a third-world country, but it doesn't look like it compared to London. London is a scary place, with bedbugs all over, in all three hotels I stayed in I got dozens of bites. Prices are crazy right now, and the city's dirty as hell. What's more, the English people seem to have vanished; there are hardly any in London – it's remarkable.

righteous » Yesterday, 5:44 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 5:44 pm

BET ALL YOU NECONS AND LIBS ARE ALL MISSING SUMELA
DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHY HE'S NOT POSTING?

• The Jews captured him
• He was killed in the American attack on the Houthis
• Ukraine's latest attack on the Russians blew his arms off and he's finding it hard to type
• He's busy sucking-off Xi Jinping's lawn boy
• He and Hunter Biden are on a Crack-binge
• He's too busy smoking a brisket in his Big Green Egg
• The East St. Louis McDonalds manager is lecturing him right now explaining that if he continues to F- around, he's gonna find out.
• He got caught wearing purple lipstick burning Teslas