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China needs nada from us - and we only represent 12% of their exports - which they can absorb. Meanwhile, they've made and will continue to make alliances as a result of the US posture. Overall, one wonders if China won't get tired of all the winning.

@jon-nyc said in Funny Pics:

When I was about 14, my mother bought me a pair of shoes like that. I told her I wouldn't wear them. A year later, she came home with another pair. I told her I wouldn't want to wear them in a closed casket. I asked why she would buy a second pair after I told her the last time that I would never wear them. "I thought you might have matured since then..." I told her that I wasn't 80 and living in Miami.

Wonder how much lobbying by the MS13 PAC.

Heh, in a couple of months, I wouldn’t be able to find it even if I wasn’t trying to hide it.

Seems crazy - but yeah, should bring him back - follow due process - and likely, he'll be deported. It may seem more efficient to just leave him there - but the process should be followed. The problem is that respective media will blur whatever happens to fit a narrative.

Both parties have picked up some counterproductive alliances. Someone didn't remember "it's the economy, stupid" lesson from a while ago. Pretty soon, the economy will be the only issue. What's funny to me is that many (most?) people have yet to feel the impact of the tariffs. Ignorance, of which our nation has an abundance, is bliss.

@Mik said in El Salvador declines to return Garcia:

I think you’re right, but he’s doing a lot of damage to his own goals. He can’t win a battle with scotus.

He may feel that his control of the DOJ defangs SCOTUS.

As for an update on "Drill, Baby, Drill", more drills were shut down in the past week than in the past 2 years.

Happy Birthday to George - pic from last time we shared lunch.

Next time, everyone pay attention...

@NobodySock said in Piano upgrade time:
it's becoming clear that I should just sell my Petrof before I move and take my time to find my next piano in Europe.

Sorry, about your pup - and yeah, I think you'll do better there with your piano search.

I bought my first house when I was 24 - had saved up enough money in college for a 20% down payment. A divorce in my 40s erased the equity of that investment. My goal for the next home was to have it paid off by 50 and be prepared to retire by 60. There might have been better investment strategies, but the security of it - was worth something.

@jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

@LuFins-Dad said in Trumpenomics:

And as a side note, Netanyahu is now saying he planes on eliminating the trade deficit between Israel and the US. Please explain to me how a nation of 10M can possibly equal the economic consumption of a nation of 350M? Especially when much of that trade is based on precious jewels, which the US has little industry in mining…

Buy more weapons.

We'll have to give them more money to do that - so perhaps, they should arrange to contribute more to Trump, his relative and of course, to member of congress and their families.

@Renauda said in On paying off your house:

@Mik

the value of the land is now 5x what we paid for it 9 years ago.

Wow!