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I am SHOCKED! Just one month ago, he was calling her a great leader.

I agree. Seems like it is a bad idea.

I doubt that anybodies parents told them that "I hope you grow up to be poor."

@89th He really lacks a long term vision on so many things. Or maybe he thinks he does but is not able to make the necessary connections and potential consequences. Or maybe a combination of the above.

But, long term vision for a politician is not easy, whether it is President Trump or somebody else They rarely look past the next election.

@89th said:

I am constantly surprised at what his base tolerates.

Me too. I very very inaccurately predicted after the 2020 election that the Republics would now be able to put President Trump in the back mirror now that they did not have to worry about him.

1. Unfortunately, I assume that is a real post.
2. What the heck is going on there?

@LuFins-Dad said:

It really wouldn’t be hard for the IRS to automate the whole damn thing.

I agree. I think that was something that we being offered last year to a certain number of US states, and then they were going to expand it to more this year.

Not sure where the objections were from, but I dont think that any states can use it this year at all.

Should not be a problem anymore.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary ‌and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.

The 5th ‌U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members.

They argued that people should be free to distill spirits at home, whether as a hobby or for personal consumption including, in one instance, to create an apple-pie-vodka recipe.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/11/moonshine-wins-big-158-year-ban-on-home-distilling-ruled-unconstitutional-n2201194#google_vignette

I thought this was quite funny. How can VP Vance not see the irony?

In speeches, Vance decried what he called “disgraceful” foreign interference in the election by the E.U., while declaring that he wanted to “help as much as I can possibly help” to get Orban reelected.

@kluurs said:

Depends on how much the tax preparer companies are willing to purchase lobby congress.

I think you are correct. The IRS started their own DIY tax preparing forms that was heavily lobbyed against by the private tax form companies.

@Mik said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-tracked-ravens-trailing-yellowstone-wolves-turns-out-they-re-doing-more-than-scavenging/ss-AA1Zk55l

Interesting information, but I wish they would have done a better job in trying to add pictures that remotely had something to do with the information. 555

Now @doctor-phibes , @renauda and @blondie and @xenon (?) can teach you the secret handshake!!

Yes,the mustache kind of ruins the whole female vibe.

@AndyD said:

@taiwan_girl said:

Well, no one has gotten the first picture of me in this thread correct. 555

Edited photo to exclude person and from google image got this:

Wow. That is amazing, and also correct! Lol.

Well, no one has gotten the first picture of me in this thread correct. 555

@Klaus You are the winner!!

@doctor-phibes Very cool!

Was this the same birds where the first set of eggs was eaten?

One more. Where is Jennifer ow? Maybe difficult, so I will give a hint.

***NSFW content***

Cuba would seem to be an easier target. Isolated like Iran, but does not have the 'reach" like Iran, and other than exporting medical assistance to other third world countries, they don't have many (or any) things to hold hostage over the US.

@Andrea-B said:

It happens on public transportation in the US as well.

I stepped in barf on an LA subway car. I think I still have PTSD from it.