okay so…tomorrow is just not important?

Again, reread what I wrote: I made no comment on the long term efficacy of tariffs. All I said was that when a presidential candidate says “we’ll make China pay”, it’s factually incorrect.

Are you really just completely ignorant of the purpose of tariffs?

Re-read what I wrote:

the immediate effect of new tarriffs is making Americans poorer.

Do tariffs work? Maybe. You also have to remember that China will retaliate and impose tariffs on US good, so overall the effects of tariffs are rarely a net benefit for anyone - which is why they’re rarely a good idea.

But the fact remains that the day after tariffs are applied, Americans lose access to cheaper goods. That’s just a dry fact.

I think it was worse befor

I didn’t say it was a new thing. Every time I read the news or open a hisoty book, I’m hit by a wave of nausea, How can a species this evolved be this terrible?

And the shame is, while I try to be a decent person, I’m still one of them.

I am ashamed to be part of the humane race.

I have small flower stickers that I use on my car to cover nicks in the paint and prevent rust without having to do a full paintjob. As my car gets older, it gets more and more flowery 🙂

I would use the same thing over an unwanted logo on a prosthetic limb: if you can’t remove the tattoo, at least make it your own, and a sticker can be peeled off.

Honestly in my opinion it is time to remove all tariffs on EVs under 25k and let anyone who wants to fill that slot in.

One essential thing bears repeating: it’s not the manufacturer that bears the cost of tariffs, it’s the customers. Or said another way, if BYD cars double in price in the US, it’s American customers who will pay the difference.

A certain presidential candidate loves to beat that drum but consistently fails to mention that the immediate effect of new tariffs is making Americans poorer.

What really boggles the mind is how anybody listens to Trump’s crazy BS and decides to do something about it rather than shake their head in disbelief and reach for another beer.

If those Russian teens wanted to make a ton of money blowing shit up, all they had to do was enlist in the military.

There is a difference though: if Puttin declares Russia at war with NATO countries, it’s only one word away from nuclear war. And if you think crazy Ivan isn’t crazy enough, wait until his conventional weapons supplies and troops are stretch to too thin…

Ecocide implies a criminal, and the ecocidal criminals in this case are rich countries that pretty much wipe their ass with the Rome Statute.

So good luck with that.

I’m not talking about the poor: as you say, they’re tired and the assaults of ultra-capitalism are relentless.

I’m talking about the middle class which, in the eyes of the ultra-rich, is just as insignificant as the ultra-poor, and is really only a few paychecks away from the same fate.

Middle class people happily ignores the fate of their fellow man in the street, bow their head and say nothing, believing if they don’t make too much fuss, the ultra-rich will maintain the status quo and they won’t do too badly.

That’s us. WE should pick up the pitchfork. We have the energy and we have a good reason, because really, we’re just slightly better than the poor and we pay a lot more taxes than the ultra-billionnaire sumbitches. But we don’t.

And poor people still die homeless in the street.

You’d think pitchforks would sell well. But apathy seems incurable, as people appear to have internalized staggering levels of inequality as a fact of normal life.

No, he’s not qualified either.

So the guy who wasted 44 billion dollars on a stupid website will audit the entire federal government? I can see how he’s totally qualified to call unnecessary spendings when he sees them.

No device made to kill a human is humane

Yes but some are more inhumane than others. That’s why the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons exists, which lists the following protocols:

1. Non-detectable fragments: weapons specially designed to shatter into tiny pieces, which aren’t detectable in the human body. Examples are fragmented bullets or projectiles filled with broken glass.
2. Mines, booby traps, and other devices: This includes anti-personnel mines, which are mines specially designed to target humans rather than tanks.
3. Incendiary weapons: Weapons that cause fires aren’t permitted for use on on civilian populations or in forested areas.
4. Blinding lasers: Laser weapons specifically designed to cause permanent blindness.
5. Explosive remnants of war: Parties that have used cluster bombs in combat are required to help clear any unexploded remains.

Thermite is a protocol 3 weapon. So again, while I understand that Ukraine is desperate to defend itself, using that stuff is not great.

I would cancel and tell the restaurant why.

Businesses need to know why they lose customers, because if enough of them report the same reason, they might do something about it.

I hate Putin and any Russian war sympathizer as much as the next guy, but…

My grandfather got a white phosphorus burn during WW2. He told me it was the most terrible pain he ever felt in his entire life, you can’t extinguish it, and he wouldn’t wish it on his worst enemy. I heard the same kind of stories from people who got napalm burns in Vietnam.

I’m pretty sure thermite munitions are in the same category of basically inhumane weapons regardless of the circumstances, right up there with NBCs, mines, napalm and white phosphorus, and I can’t say I fully side with the Ukrainians on this one. I mean I understand why they do it, but I also remember my grandfather’s leg and the horror of what he told me.

AirTag in the trash. Quite fitting…

file a complaint with the FCC. You are more likely going to get someone who can/will actually help

Hahaha! That was a good one 🙂

“In the West Bank” is the key to understanding this story.
Had he been shot anywhere else, it would have been a different story.