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Stock futures up 2.5% - 3% this morning.  Markets are doing what they seem to do ... just straight up gambling in the absence of anyone having a fucking clue what the toddler in the White House is going to do.  Cool.

 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 2:31 AM, Wally Fairway said:

Counterpoint, Trump isn't a Republican. They, somehow, let him steal their party; he is a front man for oligarchs. And creating this global economic shutdown just puts more power to the hands of those controlling money.

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Not sure how you can write these two phrases in the same paragraph

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  On 4/8/2025 at 1:48 PM, Brian Fantana said:

Yup. That is what republicans are now. He's not just a republican, he's the perfect republican.

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and that's what they've always been for the last 110 or so years with the exception of maybe ike.

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  On 4/8/2025 at 1:47 PM, elfenix said:

Not sure how you can write these two phrases in the same paragraph

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It is now, but really even his first term it was mostly chaos - this is not the conservative party of my father or his father, it is name calling, wealth shifting to the ultra rich, and conning people with christian values to vote for them.

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  On 4/8/2025 at 5:13 PM, Wally Fairway said:

It is now, but really even his first term it was mostly chaos - this is not the conservative party of my father or his father, it is name calling, wealth shifting to the ultra rich, and conning people with christian values to vote for them.

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How old is your dad? Asking because "name calling, wealth shifting to the ultra rich, and conning people with christian values to vote for them" have been hallmarks of the "conservative movement" since the early 1980s, at least.

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  On 4/8/2025 at 5:16 PM, bolverk said:

How old is your dad? Asking because "name calling, wealth shifting to the ultra rich, and conning people with christian values to vote for them" have been hallmarks of the "conservative movement" since the early 1980s, at least.

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He was elected to local office, as a Republican in the 60's, 70's and I think his last election was in 1982. County commissioner, Township trustee, Registrar of Deeds, that type of thing. Fiscal responsibility, minimal tax increases or a decrease, I don't remember name calling like it is today. President Huff & Puff has taken the art of name calling to a new level, and surrounding himself with inexperienced, unqualified, and self serving loyalists (people who are loyal to him, not the country or constitution .... look only to the talk about a 3rd term as a demonstration of the last point) 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 5:25 PM, Wally Fairway said:

He was elected to local office, as a Republican in the 60's, 70's and I think his last election was in 1982. County commissioner, Township trustee, Registrar of Deeds, that type of thing. Fiscal responsibility, minimal tax increases or a decrease, I don't remember name calling like it is today. President Huff & Puff has taken the art of name calling to a new level, and surrounding himself with inexperienced, unqualified, and self serving loyalists (people who are loyal to him, not the country or constitution .... look only to the talk about a 3rd term as a demonstration of the last point) 

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Yes, it was more "civil," but much of what Trump does/says is the more concentrated form of conservatism without mixers and little umbrellas to help choke it down.

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I know that we can play this game over and over and over again, but can you imagine how hysterical Fox News would be if the Biden administration had announced that the US Dollar being the world's reserve currency was a bad thing and they were going to change that?

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  On 4/8/2025 at 4:39 PM, Firemans4Horn said:

Good summary of how stupid Trump and Ron Vara’s thinking is. 
 

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It's totally fucking bonkers that Trump doesn't understand this and no one around him (or the market's reaction) is capable of changing his mind at all. We send other countries digital dollars (that we create out of thin air!) and they send us back hard assets that you can touch, use, resell, etc. This arrangement has made us the richest and most powerful nation that has ever existed on this planet. And this is somehow an unsustainable risk that we can't tolerate and must do everything in our power to disrupt!? I always thought the end of the dollar as the reserve currency was a massive risk that would crush the US when/if it ever happened. I never thought that WE would be the ones to bring this change about.

 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 4:20 AM, Hookah Horns said:

It's not even a question at this point. That's exactly what he thinks. Because he's the dumbest motherfucker of all time.

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Gives him carte-blanche to reduce revenue by tax cuts while ignoring spending, other than the performative nibbling that DOGE is doing.

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Does anyone even think there's talks behind the scenes in Congress to get the numbers for removing Johnson as speaker and getting impeachment? 

I would just like to know if any of the Republicans are even trying. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:19 PM, Hermanator said:

Does anyone even think there's talks behind the scenes in Congress to get the numbers for removing Johnson as speaker and getting impeachment? 

I would just like to know if any of the Republicans are even trying. 

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Republicans?  Backbone? 

Happy Eddie Murphy GIF by Laff

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:13 PM, Jive Turkey said:

 

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This was a LinkedIn post last week from the CEO of Simple Modern a YETI type drink-ware company based in OKC (probably employees a lot of Trump voters). That $40mn in tariffs is probably $70-80mn now. No idea how they will stay in business. 


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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:24 PM, SimonBolivar said:

That extra 4% is really gonna scare the Chinese into submission.

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At this point, he may as well just say "FINE.  MY TARIFFS ARE NOW ELEVENTY MILLION BILLION TRILLION JILLIAN OCTOQUILLION PERCENT!"  The world economy is being run - and ruined -  by a temper tantrum.

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:19 PM, Hermanator said:

Does anyone even think there's talks behind the scenes in Congress to get the numbers for removing Johnson as speaker and getting impeachment? 

I would just like to know if any of the Republicans are even trying. 

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Never go full Ojo Rojo 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:22 PM, Firemans4Horn said:


This was a LinkedIn post last week from the CEO of Simple Modern a YETI type drink-ware company based in OKC (probably employees a lot of Trump voters). That $40mn in tariffs is probably $70-80mn now. No idea how they will stay in business. 


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Good thoughts, but expect Execs to use this to initiate more layoffs this summer....

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:19 PM, Hermanator said:

Does anyone even think there's talks behind the scenes in Congress to get the numbers for removing Johnson as speaker and getting impeachment? 

I would just like to know if any of the Republicans are even trying. 

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The Big Lebowski: Flashbacks and Repetition – immortal hand

Republicans are basically the nihilists - believe in nosssing other than lining their own pockets.

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:22 PM, Firemans4Horn said:


This was a LinkedIn post last week from the CEO of Simple Modern a YETI type drink-ware company based in OKC (probably employees a lot of Trump voters). That $40mn in tariffs is probably $70-80mn now. No idea how they will stay in business. 


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Mike gets +3 internet points for avoiding the now tired trope "I voted for Trump, 3 times, but I didn't vote for this...."

YES YOU DID BRETT! YES YOU DID!

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:33 PM, Planet Houston said:

The Big Lebowski: Flashbacks and Repetition – immortal hand

Republicans are basically the nihilists - believe in nosssing other than lining their own pockets.

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That's my point though. I knew they were spineless as long as they were gaining power and profit for themselves. They would allow any level of atrocity. 

But this is killing their wealth, costing the billionaires that bribe them wealth, and it's stripping them off all power. That's the ultimate level of spinelessness. They'll even sacrifice themselves. 

I just want to know if even one of those spineless cunts is even trying to keep his/her wealth and power. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:36 PM, The Royal We said:

Mike gets +3 internet points for avoiding the now tired trope "I voted for Trump, 3 times, but I didn't vote for this...."

YES YOU DID BRETT! YES YOU DID!

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$50 saved by mowing his lawn x 40 weeks a year ($2,000)/ $80mn

means he only needs to find 3,999 other yards to mow for $50 a week to break even on tariffs. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:18 PM, TwiceHorn said:

Gives him carte-blanche to reduce revenue by tax cuts while ignoring spending, other than the performative nibbling that DOGE is doing.

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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?

  1. No regulation = more money for the billionaires
  2. Weak federal government = more christofascist fuckery by states like ours

It's a divide-and-conquer strategy.

 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:40 PM, Firemans4Horn said:


$50 saved by mowing his lawn x 40 weeks a year ($2,000)/ $80mn

means he only needs to find 3,999 other yards to mow for $50 a week to break even on tariffs. 

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sorry, like Trump’s tariff plan I messed up a decimal point (these things matter). It’s actually 39,999 other lawns. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 4:39 PM, Firemans4Horn said:

Good summary of how stupid Trump and Ron Vara’s thinking is. 
 

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perfomative victimhood has been THE modus operandi of the right for like a fuckin decade now. Daily Texan out front shoulda told ya.

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  On 4/8/2025 at 7:51 PM, Redneck Mutha said:

And that number of lawns will go up later this week when president dipshit raises them again.

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In a recession people will only be willing to pay $30 to have their lawns mowed. 66,665 lawns need to be mowed with the current tariff rate. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 6:19 PM, Hermanator said:

Does anyone even think there's talks behind the scenes in Congress to get the numbers for removing Johnson as speaker and getting impeachment? 

I would just like to know if any of the Republicans are even trying. 

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remember when there was a riot in the Capital, the one to stop the formalization of the 2020 election  -  yeah there was no impeachment for that with a Dem majority, so you think they will get him on tariffs. Dude, I want some of what you are smoking; we will have to wait until the mid-terms to see what seats flip before there is a backbone enough to proceed. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 9:27 PM, Wally Fairway said:

remember when there was a riot in the Capital, the one to stop the formalization of the 2020 election  -  yeah there was no impeachment for that with a Dem majority, so you think they will get him on tariffs. Dude, I want some of what you are smoking; we will have to wait until the mid-terms to see what seats flip before there is a backbone enough to proceed. 

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Democrats only had a majority in the house, and they definitely impeached him. Turtle fucker in the Senate killed it. 

That was a completely different situation. Republicans and their billionaire owners weren't losing millions and billions of dollars from Jan 6. They are now from this insanity. 

They don't have to impeach over tariffs. They could impeach over the blatant violation of the law, disregarding federal judge's orders, and violations of civil and constitutional rights on the no due process kidnappings. 

It's insane they aren't taking the option to get rid of him and save their wealth and power. It makes no sense at this point.

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All China has to do is ... do nothing.

When your competition is tossing pick sixes and fumbling pitches into their own end zone, just take the points and kick another touchback and wait.

Trump is a bully and he's doing bully things that have worked his entire life because so far everyone he's come up against has caved.

 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 11:05 PM, Texas Jeff said:

And another thing, right now everyone else is rooting for China to kick our ass.  The Canadians, the Mexicans, the British, the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads, Greenland, the penguins on that tiny island ... they all want to see China stand up to us.

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And if they do and succeed that is how the leadership of the world will pass from the US to China. 

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  On 4/8/2025 at 11:05 PM, Texas Jeff said:

And another thing, right now everyone else is rooting for China to kick our ass.  The Canadians, the Mexicans, the British, the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads, Greenland, the penguins on that tiny island ... they all want to see China stand up to us.

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It's not like they have voters and public opinion to worry about, either.



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