@MentORPHEUS Regular people love the idea of firing federal workers and shutting down departments. Media is not presenting an accurate picture at all. People in flyover country are hardly fans of DC bureaucrats.
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@MentORPHEUS Regular people love the idea of firing federal workers and shutting down departments. Media is not presenting an accurate picture at all. People in flyover country are hardly fans of DC bureaucrats.
@Stigma For something like this to have a chance of working, the tariffs need to be enshrined in law by Congress so those who make business investment decisions can factor them into risk-return calculations in determing where to build production facilities. Since these were just announced by the President and could be undone in a few years by the next President, the prudent move would be to hold off on investments and have lobbyists work on exemptions/getting them repealed. I'm skeptical that significant production will move to the U.S. because of these tariffs. It's absurd Europe has tariffs still on U.S. goods, but seems like there are other ways we could apply pressure to get them removed. More of a focused approach targeting especially bad actors like China would have been better. And an advanced economy like the U.S. doesn't need to make everything (e.g., shirts, shoes, other basic products unrelated to national security).
Read More@Vermillion-Rx I've read about a drug called naltrexone being used successfully to lessen the urge to drink. Might be worth trying. Regardless of how you choose to address it, I believe you'll be able to do so effectively.
@RickySpanish Oh, she understood why it was an issue. You handled it fine. I probably wouldn't see for a while and not exclusively.
@Typo-MAGAshiv I have a feeling that the people bombing Tesla dealerships and those funding it are going to regret it, big time.
@coolsocks00 Reading between the lines, the minerals deal was likely for optics-to let Putin think the U.S. will have some sort of stake in Ukraine going forward and agree to stay out of certain areas. The purpose of meetings like this one with the press there is for everyone to say nice things and smile for the cameras, not to bring up security guarantees or other things in dispute. Zelensky thought he'd embarrass Trump and perhaps get some sort of agreement on security guarantees. Instead, he turned off people like Lindsey Graham and Rubio. He clearly didn't know how to read the room.
There won't be any security guarantees for Ukraine. It would be career suicide for U.S. politicians to agree to put U.S. troops on the ground there. Most politicians aren't particularly ideological. They take positions that they believe will enable them to get re-elected or at least won't hurt their prospects of re-election. U.S. involvement in Ukraine will be winding down. Despite what the mainstream press might say, regular people don't want us involved, and that includes large numbers in both major parties.
Read More@coolsocks00 ? Senator Chris Murphy tweeted about the meeting and included a pic. He's speculating about a meeting he attended? Susan Rice had clearly talked to Zelenskyy too.
@coolsocks00 No, they had an understanding then with the cameras rolling, Zelensky added a condition-security guarantee, which means U.S. troops. It backfired badly. He had met with Dem leaders prior to the meeting with Trump and presumably was egged on by them.
Zelensky is popular with the press and European leaders but not with regular Americans. Trump benefited from what happened.
@SeasonedRP they normalized having an gf with a past, so "used" women no longer lose value in the mating market. This feeds into their mating algorithm, and they can now indulge in their bias towards new, exciting prospects.
In Odyssey, Ulysses has the stable Penelope at home, and takes his time taking 10 years to return, after the war ends. In the process, he spends seven of them at a dream island with a demigoddess, Calypso.
Nevertheless, he does long for his home and wife, and eventually leaves Calypso and the offered immortality for them.