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1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

The descendants of covered wagon era western pioneer families sometimes still have family traditions that girls don’t eat  eggs or that only boys should like eggs, passed mother to daughter, because of the brutal nutritional shortage that many frontier families lived with.  
The most nutritionally dense foods (and eggs are the single most nutrient dense and plentiful food on most farms) were allocated to the men and boys first, and women lived on what was left.

Make America great again!

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36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

It's just the two of us.  My wife bought an 18-pack like 10 days ago as a backup.  I feel like she bought a winning lottery ticket or some shit.

I picked up two 18 packs last week and just picked up another two dozen today. I eat a shit ton of eggs so these won't last long.

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Of course this cocksucker was on the golf course when the Colombia thing went down yesterday: https://www.the-express.com/sport/golf/161698/donald-trump-colombia-crisis-golf-course

On the job for four full days and has to head down to Florida to play golf on the weekend.

 

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Donald Trump is already making waves on the golf course and in the White House. The 47th President of the United States vowed to enforce retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president barred two U.S. military deportation flights from touching down in the country - all while seemingly playing a round of golf at Trump National Doral Miami.

On Sunday, Trump was pictured taking to the greens and fairways at Trump National Doral Miami - marking the first time he’s done so since taking office. Speaking at a Las Vegas rally one day prior, the 78-year-old jokingly addressed his tendency to run through golf caddies at a rapid pace.

While discussing his plans to eliminate tax on tips, Trump quipped: "If you're a waiter, a bell hop or one of my caddies. I go through caddies like candy. If I play badly I always blame my caddy."

His relaxing day of golf was momentarily interrupted by a massive diplomatic crisis. Earlier in the morning, Colombian President Gustavo Petro revealed that he’d blocked two U.S. military C-17 aircraft flights with 80 Colombian migrants each heading towards the country from California.

According to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Colombian officials had previously cleared the two flights to land but pulled back the authorization once they were already in the air. “Colombian President Petro had authorized flights and provided all needed authorizations and then canceled his authorization when the planes were in the air,” he said in an official statement. “As demonstrated by today’s actions, we are unwavering in our commitment to end illegal immigration and bolster America’s border security.”

In response to Petro’s actions, Trump announced his plans to impose an “emergency 25% tariff on all goods” from Colombia and a “travel ban” for its citizens, among other punishments.

“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people.

“Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures:

-Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.

-A Travel Ban and immediate Visa Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters.

-Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.

-IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed.

“These measures are just the beginning,” Trump added. “We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!”

 

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9 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

I’m openly celebrating his vacation days for the next two years.

It doesn't make a shit whether he's on the golf course or in the Oval Office.  He's an incompetent moron.

It's the worker bees from Project 2025 we have to worry about.  He's an empty, regard-charismatic, stupid, narcissistic vessel they're using to launch fascism. 

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2 hours ago, C-Man said:

Of course this cocksucker was on the golf course when the Colombia thing went down yesterday: https://www.the-express.com/sport/golf/161698/donald-trump-colombia-crisis-golf-course

On the job for four full days and has to head down to Florida to play golf on the weekend.

 

 

I was on the golf course this weekend too, so, you know, this hits close to home.

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On Sunday, Trump was pictured taking to the greens and fairways at Trump National Doral Miami - marking the first time he’s done so since taking office.

well, he made it a whole 5 days! what amazing willpower!

 

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a real man of the people.. flying 3 hours and back to golf courses every weekend.

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6 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

I'm imagining which countries will start the bidding for some of that sweet US Treasury proceeds to house American prisoners.  Also, imagine the conditions of those prisons:

 

 

 

 

i guess we are not sending our best.

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9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Last week, I had to pick up a prescription in Walgreens.  They had store brand froot loops on sale for $1.88 a box.  I grabbed a box, because when it comes to breakfast cereal, I have the tastes of a cartoon-addled six year old. 

NO RAGRETS.

The amount of “Don’t give a fucks” Walgreens has with cereal prices is astounding. You can buy a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for 6.59 or buy 2 for $4 of the Walgreens version.

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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

I'm imagining which countries will start the bidding for some of that sweet US Treasury proceeds to house American prisoners.  Also, imagine the conditions of those prisons:

 

 

 

 

Sounds like we'll be repurposing all those CIA black sites

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9 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

As was mine this week, which is in the Heights are of Houston. The shelves were completely bare, regardless of brand more or less, and the guy was restocking as I was there so I grabbed a dozen just becuase. Also, the price was up 50% compared to the last time I got eggs a few weeks ago. 

I'm guessing this is the situation at every HEB in Texas at this  point. 

Last time I bought eggs, they were about $5.99 a dozen at HEB.  Went to Kroger, $2.99.

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SIAP, but this is gonna blow up in a big way tomorrow.

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President Donald Trump’s budget office Monday ordered a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders pausing funding for a wide range of priorities — from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to diversity-related programs and foreign aid.

The new order could affect billions of dollars in grants to state and local governments while causing disruptions to programs that benefit many households. There was also widespread confusion over how the memo would be implemented and whether it would face legal challenges.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/trump-freezes-federal-aid-omb-00200891

 

More from Roll Call here:

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As written the pause could affect a big swath of programs that aid lower-income households, including: Medicaid; school breakfast and lunch programs; Section 8 rental assistance; Title I education grants; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; state grants for child care; Head Start; and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Program and EPA grants to states and localities for clean water infrastructure — both of which fund a large chunk of congressional earmarks each year — could also be impacted.

Foreign aid grants are likely to be put on hold as well as clean energy projects, as those are specifically named in earlier executive orders.

https://rollcall.com/2025/01/27/trump-white-house-orders-freeze-on-federal-grants-loans/

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13 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

"Most post mortems" that I've heard do not mention Christian Nationalism or Project 2025 at all. That's likely because the people doing post mortems didn't like talking about the former and used the latter as shorthand as though everybody knew exactly what it was in their analyses leading up to the election.

They narrow-mindedly focus on things that are easy and habitual. The best example of this is the way they focus on the tiny percentage of the vote that they claim determines outcome. They're obsessed with the horserace aspect of coverage. If only the Dem horse had a bigger nose. Look at the horses in toto.

Among the elephants (mixed metaphors, anyone?) which they ignore in what must be a gigantic room, is what the majority as a whole voted for. A totally amoral man has been elected president. The voters know this because they regularly rationalize away his vile and wicked deeds or embrace them. Those who didn't vote gave silent approval. I can say this because every aspect of Trump's character is public. Even so, analysts shy from talk of morality because it's subjective. They shy from talking about religion because it's just not done.

I've seen nothing about those aspects of the election in the analyses I've heard on the radio, seen linked from here, or viewed on TV news.

I make myself tiresome by repeating this; they don't grasp the new paradigm. I don't know whether that's laziness or timidity. We're not talking about stupid people, so it's not ignorance.

Dem messaging is exceptionally low in the list of considerations about what just happened in November. They've tried lots of stuff that doesn't work because they still operate like a political party pressing a policy agenda. That's what they are. The war being waged by the GOPs has succeeded in marginalizing Dems as socialist enemies of democracy. All of this while Donald Trump is gutting government to build a fief.

Long post. Sorry about that. 

Dem messaging is near the top of considerations as to what just happened.  People who should have been locks to vote dem stayed home in the millions. 
 

You realize this election was really close and could very well have turned on the demographic groups I mentioned yes? And these are people who have consistently complained about not being listened to by the Democratic Party. You don’t have to convince me they’re wrong, you have to convince them. 
 

kind of like all the should be dem voters in Harris County that continue to stay home because they have felt ignored for the past 3 decades. They keep telling the dems this and the dems don’t learn

 

 

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7 hours ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

It doesn't make a shit whether he's on the golf course or in the Oval Office.  He's an incompetent moron.

It's the worker bees from Project 2025 we have to worry about.  He's an empty, regard-charismatic, stupid, narcissistic vessel they're using to launch fascism. 

You sure about that?  It seams like he's accomplishing the things he said he was going to accomplish?  Is he incompetant?  Or a national terror?  Y'all are all over the place.

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21 minutes ago, Elvis said:

You sure about that?  It seams like he's accomplishing the things he said he was going to accomplish?  Is he incompetant?  Or a national terror?  Y'all are all over the place.

Being incompetent, and hiring incompetents (Hegseth,) is a national terror. Nuance. Go ask Esposito.

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33 minutes ago, Elvis said:

You sure about that?  It seams like he's accomplishing the things he said he was going to accomplish?  Is he incompetant?  Or a national terror?  Y'all are all over the place.

yes, he is, and what you are seeing is the national and world terror (from some, obv not all) that he is, indeed, doing what he said he was going to do. some of those things he said he was going to do - and is doing - are things that many people screamed from the rooftop only an incompetent would do. i mean the other really active thread is people realizing oh shit, yes he is doing what he said he would do and they are now terrified. 

it can be both.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-exile-us-criminals-b2687309.html?utm_source=reddit.com

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President Donald Trump on Monday told Republican members of the House that he would launch a plan to subject recidivist American criminals to a punishment never before used in the United States and last used in the United Kingdom nearly two centuries ago: Forced exile.

Greenland is going to be our penal colony isn't it?? 🤣 it's all making sense now!

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just a fyi for mags ...
California is the largest contributor of tax revenue to the federal treasury by far.
 
In 2022 alone, California paid $83 billion more to the federal government than it received.
 
Louisiana took $34.5 billion more federal dollars than it paid.

It has always been this way. California is basically keeping several other states a float but no Republican will ever know or admit this.
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3 minutes ago, sasquatch69 said:

Looks like many of the EOs and memos released so far still had metadata on them showing they were authored by … the architects of Project 2025. Color me shocked. 
 

https://www.mediaite.com/news/federal-agency-scrubs-metadata-after-memo-exposes-authors-were-affiliated-with-controversial-project-2025/

"Sherk, formerly of the Heritage Foundation, has argued for eliminating workers who “want [to] be a political activist on the job” and replacing them with staff who align with presidential policy goals."

Some animals are more equal than others.

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