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Personally, I think they're going to dig in, betting that the Chinese public can withstand more pain over the short term than the American public will tolerate from the Trump regime. Hell, the Chinese tolerated being locked up in their homes with the doors nailed shut. They weren't happy about it, but they mostly complied and eventually got through it. With that example in mind, how did we react to a not nearly so harsh faux "lockdown"? Americans damn well nearly revolted: storming statehouses, attempting to kidnap governors, etc. If you take that one example into account and consider how Xi and the CCP are plugging that into their decision matrix, they might be making a sound bet. Edit: Further, just look at our history. A big reason we revolted against the British Empire was over tariffs.
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Clear communication about what's going on. Coherent and logical response to changing conditions. Compassion for the people/businesses facing the crisis.
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Wait until you hear how the head of education for the State of Oklahoma has placed her on some blue ribbon committee for school curriculum or some other shit.
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@UTEE97 Dude, let me help you out since you're new to the CR. I hope this doesn't come across as condescending or disrespectful, and I've never found you to be trollish but vaguely recall you having a general disinterest (perhaps disdain?) for discussing politics. I hope others will back off a little bit, because I've always found you to be sincere. There's a long history in the Cloak Room of posters coming in here with complaints about how the Dems are ALWAYS AT FAULT EVERYTHING, even when those posters aren't trolling. The Dems aren't doing enough to stop Trump. Why aren't the Dems impeaching Trump over this shit (read that one today)? Why do they keep pushing trans shit on us? They're pushing away the moderates. If only the Dems would be more tolerant of sexists or homophobes or racists, they'd wind. The Dems need to be more respectful. Basically, Dems can never do anything right because they're held to a much higher standard than Republicans...on everything. There's an expectation of perfection and an enormous double standard. I think you got a taste of the backlash when you first came in here last week(?) saying that Democrats had moved too far left in pushing the social agenda stuff when the actual Party (the organization and most of its candidates) often runs as fast as they can away from those issues except on the general grounds of "They're citizens, so they should get equal rights, standing, and protection under the law." We progressives/liberals/generic Democrats only talk about his stuff IN RESPONSE TO Republican/racist/conservative attacks, which then makes all that shit an issue. It's really tiresome and annoying to be blamed for trying to protect people from bullies. Now, in this latest instance, you come in with a statement saying something to the effect of, "If the Dems can't take advantage of these tariffs and the economy, it's going to be their fault!" At least, that's how it's interpreted by people who've seen all the same blame game stuff. Yes, the Democrats are generally terrible at marketing. I think one big reason for that is that explanations aren't generally pithy and can't fit on a bumper sticker (if you're explaining, you're losing). And, yeah, this is going to sound "elitist," but the GOP base is also full of a bunch of uneducated, prejudiced rubes and religious nut cases, too, so it's really hard for us to reason with them. Plus, the Republican base can easily get distracted from any economic argument when The Party and its multitude of media megaphones find some bullshit culture war goose chase posed by some dangerous "threat" from a marginalized population: welfare queens, affirmative action, CRT, DEI, woke, BLM, trans, the gays, kids are using litterboxes in kindergarten, liberals are pedophiles, etc. In every single case, the GOP (conservatives in general, really, throughout history) finds some marginalized group to scapegoat and turn into an enemy. And, of course, progressives have a natural tendency to stand up for the little guy. It's in our DNA. Do you see where I'm going with this? The two examples I've cited where you've come in and blamed the Democrats simply sounds more like all the same that we keep hearing. Anyway, all of this is to say that it's a real sore point that you keep picking at. I'm not trying to censor you or even tell you to censor yourself -- just trying to be helpful and explain why you get such strong pushback on it. I hope this is helpful context and not just another long-winded dickish lecture that makes you hate liberals even more.
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I think that canard got shot down but not entirely sure.
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No idea. That's a question for the weirdos that have kept the CRYPTO!!! thread going. Btw, DOGE does apparently have a .gov website: https://doge.gov/ for whatever that's worth as a signifier of official existence.
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My best understanding is that he, by decree, renamed and repurposed an existing entity (US Digital Services) to become the United States DOGE Service (still technically USDS but now with DOGE!!!), within which the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now resides. But, yes, the Regime has been really cagey about the status of DOGE employees.
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There was a supposed "concept" of one, though.
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No update from @Mrs Whiggins today, so I guess I'll jump in. I didn't check stuff on Friday (that DSHS update is gone), so here's how things have changed since last Tuesday (screenshot found in the spoiler). Up to 505 cases, an increase of 83 (22%) since this time last week. Two new counties with cases: Randall (suburban-ish Amarillo/Canyon); Borden (total pop. 572) Counties ranked by new cases: Gaines (Seminole): +48 Lubbock: +9 Dawson (Lamesa): +6 Terry (Brownfield): +5 Hale (Plainview): +4 Ector (Odessa): +3 Cochran (Morton): +2 Borden (Gail), Hockley (Levelland), Lamar (Paris), Lynn (Tahoka), Randall (Amarillo/Canyon), Yoakum (Denver City): +1 NO CHANGE: Andrews, Brown (Brownwood), Dallam (southside of Dalhart), Erath (Stephenville), Garza (Post), Lamb (Littlefield), Martin (Stanton), Midland
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
"Against stupidity we are defenseless." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer- 9455 replies
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Well, Republicans, billionaires, and the oligarchy have plenty of evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors from just the last 2 1/2 months already. They, ultimately, have the power (votes, money, influence) to get rid of this asshole through a completely constitutionally copacetic process. Why not done? Do something!
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If you're looking for short-term investing advice, I have none other than figure out a way to invest in Goodwill and other consignment stores. As for the longer term, I do recommend reading the second article in this link and think about how China's automotive industry has virtually zero presence in the US and is still booming. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/40328-non-political-tariffs-thread/page/14/#comment-6998846
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Ten years ago, with TPP, we had a very good chance at decoupling less chaotically and building that alternative supply chain. That chance is over, and China's position vis-a-vis those countries who were part of that plan has only gotten stronger in the meantime. With the impulsive and unpredictable nature of this trade war (which destroys trust) and the irrationally high tariffs placed on some of those trade partners (which punish them for trading with us), they really have nowhere else to turn but toward China.
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You think the third time will be the charm when Democrats don't hold a majority in either the House or the Senate? Dems tried to impeach him twice already when they had the chance, but it was REPUBLICANS who refused to convict him, thus enabling this asshole to run for office again and poison American democracy and our economy from within. Go take your complaint to the "WTF is wrong with you, GOP?!?" thread.
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"Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." - Tricky Dick @Wally Fairway Corruption and authoritarianism have been at the heart of America’s modern conservative movement my entire life, as attested to by this asshole who was president when I was born.
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I have no idea if he was ever Church of Christ but can say my mom, who was raised in that church, married and "converted" to Southern Baptist after marrying my dad. It's something her Church of Christ mom never forgave her for, saying we (our little nuclear family) were all going to hell for it.
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He may have been raised by one and gone to a private school affiliated with them (according to posts regarding its sports teams), but he belongs to a Baptist church (according to posts where he mentions the specific church). But don't mention the names of either place in association with him. Otherwise, he'll cry to the mods and have them give you a timeout, accusing you of trying to dox him.
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"I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." - Grover Norquist "Destruction of the administrative state." - Steve Bannon How does that further their interests? No regulation = more money for the billionaires Weak federal government = more christofascist fuckery by states like ours It's a divide-and-conquer strategy.
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Pretty good thread here, but it ends with a little bit too much faith in "the streets" for how I'm feeling right now (she's an activist). The essay she writes based on this thread is worth reading if you've got 10 minutes. There are a couple of interesting points she raises in the essay mentioned at the end (https://www.cawshinythings.com/fascism-minus-kampf/) I haven't considered or heard before, especially regarding perceptions people had about the economy during his first term. https://bsky.app/profile/vickyacab.bsky.social/post/3lmc7nb77zc2s
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Someone needs to take her out and dye her hair purple so that shallow fuckers who are so gotdam wound up about stupid shit like that (e.g., Johnny Sack, aka Frank Drebin, but not him per se, as he's a fucking christofascist to the bone) won't give that evil cunt the time of day. Note: I don't actually believe this; I just wanted an excuse to hurl an insult at that hypocritical Baptist trust-fund deacon who has a weird fixation on purple hair.
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One position that would make sense is that backing down would pop this little trial balloon they've floated, asserting their authority to do whatever the fuck they want.
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17 year old stabbed to death by another 17 year old at Frisco track meet
bolverk replied to Derka's topic in Daily Texan
My quoting your post in this thread, where you sarcastically imply that others don't care that a kid died, is a reminder of how fucking flippant and disrespectful you were about the root causes of another child's death discussed in that other thread. -
Great minds and all.
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