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@Edmond doesn't seem to feel that accurate weather forecasting has any consequences or impact for agricultural or transportation or aviation or insurance or construction or emergency financial operations. Maybe he thinks that all of that weather inf…
OK, here's the latest on this from The Guardian:
Ontario suspends electricity surcharge after US commerce secretary agrees to talks
Ontario will suspend its 25% surcharge on exports of electricity to three US states after top American trade officia…
Well @hondo, I hope that you don't live in Hondo, Texas. The folks there are very worried that cuts in Medicaid will close down their only local hospital, leaving them with almost no local medical care facilities. Before long you are talking about r…
"Just the mention of cod liver oil takes me back to the unpleasant taste of that horrible stuff my mother must have thought we needed."
You too, h'mmm? Although I do have to say that algae capsules don't sound so great either.
@Crash and @BaluBalu- Thank you both very much for your above comments. You have expressed my feelings exactly.
Said BaluBalu: There is a group that includes both Christians and Jews (I am guessing more Christians than Jews) that are overzionists wh…
"Let President Trump try to correct the problems of this country."
@hondo- President Putin will happily correct the problems of this country using King Trump as his dupe.
@hondo & @Edmund- It's pretty obvious that you folks get really uncomfortable when presented with factual reporting sources instead of the usual right-wing garbage that you've been weaned on. Kinda fun seeing you guys get all riled up.
@Edmund- Why on earth would we want to have any governmental operations whose job is to insure accurate statistics? It's so much easier to make that stuff up as you need to. Welcome to the third world banana republics.
"all of your name callings and other trash you and your cronies are putting out"
@hondo- would that be anything like your calling me and "my cronies" communists? How many times have I and my "cronies" kissed Putin's rear end... oh, wait... that's y…
Trump and Musk are gutting virtually any federal government office which could independently investigate anything. It's going to be one hell of a long time before any of that investigative authority is rebuilt. And that's no accident.
Following are edited excerpts from a current report in The Washington Post:
China imposed tariffs of up to 15 percent on a raft of U.S. farm products and blacklisted more than 20 U.S. companies, marking a major escalation in a brewing battle betwee…
I was wondering if the "rally" was Trump supporters trying to have a nice market day for his majesty's speechifying tonight. If so, they seem to have been overtaken by reality.
Without saying a word, TOT has the look of "I really screwed those guys" on his face.
Without saying a word, TOT has the look of "You just wait... I'm gonna get you." on his face:
Without saying a word, TOT has the look of "I am the king" on hi…
Well, this pretty well summarizes that Tax Foundation report:
Academic and governmental studies find the Trump-Biden tariffs have raised prices and reduced output and employment, producing a net negative impact on the US economy.
@hank- perhaps you overlooked the report's references to the economy??
With respect to Trump, please note that he is mentioned only once, and that was to point out that NOAA staffing levels were low well before he took office. I deliberately edited…
