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SDLaw's avatar

Spinal Tap, Mark II

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. FFS! indeed.

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Jacqueline Klein's avatar

If they really want American’s to prosper, make it impossible for the billionaires . Break them up, cancel govenment contract. Because sure, any american can build a space ship in their backyard. Just hope it doesn’t explode in midair and rain down on your chickens you bought because the “price of eggs”.

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kmblue187's avatar

Last night Trump did an EO saying a certain law firm CANNOT be used by any feds, coincidentally the law firm that kicked his ass in every 2020 (I did so win!) election case.)

That's Trump outdoing himself in pettiness, I suspect this move comforted him a bit about the criticism he's getting.

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kmblue187's avatar

"In conclusion, that’s just how it goes, why are you Americans so spoiled, and where did you get the ridiculous notion that Donald Trump would bring down prices?"

I know the above is sarcasm, forgive me. But half the country got the idea Trump would bring down prices because he kept saying he would. Last night I saw some asshole Trump adviser lie through his teeth about Biden handing Trump a terrible economy and Trump has to experiment to fix it (tariffs, no tariffs, did I say tariffs?) and we just have to be patient. Fuck that.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

It's good to know that even with a step by step how to guide like project 2025, the right wing is STILL so incompetent and back stabby that they continue to fuck it up.

I really want those stickers of random MAGAt with a YOU DID THIS slogan on it. I'd put them everywhere.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

Poor, poor PAB - his head is so full of nonsense that when he does things that anyone (who isn't among the asslicking sycophants that he surrounds himself with) knows will result in catastrophic economic consequences and it then happens because of his "executive orders" and the stock market takes a dive then suddenly he's reversing himself with yet another EO that lasts until he forgets what just happened and then it's rinse and repeat.

Groundhog Day for a moron.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Let's see. The tariffs were put on Canada as punishment for not doing something about the tens of pounds of fentanyl coming across the northern border. Automakers are suddenly exempt from the tariffs.

Can we then assume that the Big Three automakers took steps to stem the flow of fentanyl across the northern border?

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Maybe's avatar

Does trumpy have any mind left at all or is he running on sheer ego and entitlement.

On a related note, doesn't musky do brain implants? It would explain a lot, including why trumpy is willing to share attention and power with musky. trumpy does not usually play well with others.

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Kirsty Gnome-Poledance Himmler's avatar

Lemon should work on chin plugs.

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OrdinaryJoe's avatar

“The American Dream is rooted in the concept that any citizen can achieve prosperity, upward mobility, and economic security. " So long as they don't want to eggs for breakfast before they go to work in the salt mines. Since they can no longer afford to buy salt either that should not be a problem.

And just to make sure the playing field is level as people strive for all this mobility and security, 95% tax on inheritance over $5million, drops to 75% on everything they sell in the first 180 days after the death of their benefactor. That will open up the fucking channels of prosperity.

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Maybe's avatar

The American Dream is not the same for everyone. Not all of us want to be a rich, dysfunctional, mean-spirited, ignorant sociopath.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

I always aspired to be quietly rich, only known as such by my banker.

Sort of a MacKenzie Scott, but a guy and also never having to have slept with Jeff Bozo.

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T L Mills's avatar

🤣😆🤣😆

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"M"'s avatar

"𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺?

𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 “𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥” 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 "

Not just all of this because I can't -- but let's also remember that this traitor whom the Economic Club invited to speak to them (and now remembering that they also invited Donald Trump, I'm starting to question their judgment even more intensely) IS THE SAME ONE WHO HANDED ELONGATED MUSKRAT AND MUSKRAT MINIONS ACCESS TO ALL OF AMERICAN'S TREASURY DATA

... which is probably a long-winded way of saying he's a deluded, narcissistic serial liar well-skilled in the art of pro-Russian propaganda and no American with an iota of sense should believe a single word he says, literally ever

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Maybe's avatar

And here I thought trumpy was going to bring down egg prices by performing a miracle and resurrecting dead chickens. That was really about the only thing that would work. Except for the miracle part.

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"M"'s avatar

" I thought trumpy was going to bring down egg prices by performing a miracle and resurrecting dead chickens. "

I ... guess that's what the people who voted for him believed

I mean, that and that all the terrible things in Project 2025 that he lied about implementing were only "supposed to" harm the people they hate, like Black and brown people

I mean -- these are NOT people who critically think, and the wanna-be autocrats want to browbeat them into discouraging this behavior whenever possible (literally one of the neurological reasons they lie so much; they lie to confuse as much as to cover up their crimes) -- but who knows what these people believe

Oh, wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zq4RHL_Kw8

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Mexfiles's avatar

Trump and Musk have already reversed themselves more times they change their underwear, and yes... it is impossible to keep up. Down my way, whatever I start writing about the tariff situation is totally outdated by the time I finish, so have pretty much given up.

At this point, we're waiting for PresidentA Claudia's announcement this Sunday on the Zocalo (the square in front of the National Palace). Kinda strange to think a speech on trade policy is gonna be the highlight of a giant block party (I expect close to a million will show up.. meaning my street ... 4 Km away will be chock full of parked charter buses from around the country) ... but then for Mexico to celebrate saying to the US FAFO isn't something that comes along very often.

While She-who-Trump-Must-Obey has gotten the US to roll back the tariffs on SOME goods for an indefinite time, it looks like the government has just run out of patience and is isn't going to play nice. I expect trade deals with the EU and ASEAN countries, maybe coming out as BRICS-curious, possibly signing on in some way to the Chinese Belt and Road initiative, and...

DRUM ROLL...

a giant Fuck-you! to the very idea of US "special forces" (or regular ones) daring to play Rambo down this way. A reminder that every morning, every child in the country sings the Hymno Nacional at the start of the school day.. including that line translated as "every son(and daughter) a soldier. While that will be couched in the usual rhetoric based around the facts that the violence here (which is down) is mostly traced to US smuggled arms, that 80% of drugs smuggled into the US are done so by US citizens, that even if fentanyl is produced in any significant quantity in Mexico (which many, including myself, don't find the evidence to support), and the supposed "narco-state" the US media speaks of was that of US puppets like Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Neito, not the present, nor the previous administrations.

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Maybe's avatar

I don't think trumpy and musky so much reverse themselves as just lie on a continual basis. That's not reversing themselves. That's just telling different lies.

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Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

I'm thinking a Thornton Brame Klezmer is indicated today.

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Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

IMHO, somebody, probably trump, is buying and selling stock based on these ups and downs that he himself is creating. Also, too, even Putin knows that you have to make changes gradually and quietly or the shit will hit the fan.

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Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

"...whatever horrific Friday Night News Dump is coming this evening, and we’re sure we’ll catch up with it eventually. Or not."

Please don't. As a subscriber I insist you take a break, drink some nice beverage and scratch Thornton's ears. Have you a fireplace? Go on and build a fire, sit nearby and watch the flames.

No fireplace? Then get on one of the many available streaming services that have those 90 minute fireplaces and watch on some nice Korean made teevee screen.

You've earned a break. Take it.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Sex is also recommended. Recent studies at Dartmouth have found that it is impossible for either/or all parties in a sexual situation to function properly (or at all) if any reference to Donald Chump or Elon Musk is made.

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Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

BKS.

(Buzz Kill Syndrome)

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