POLITICAL THREAD

[HymanKaplan]

America REALLY needs to incentivize manufacturing off patent pharmaceuticals domestically. That is a "must have"...

Also, and I've said it before, Rand Paul needs to stick to his lane. He doesn't know squat about trade policy.

 

[ukalum1988]

Mikal Mahdi, South Carolina inmate convicted in two separate 2004 murders, executed by firing squad

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed by the state of South Carolina on April 11 for the violent killing of off-duty Orangeburg Public Safety Officer James Myers in 2004.

www.foxnews.com

It’s an outrage that it takes 20+ years to carry out a death penalty.

 

[Lost In FL]

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Speaking of foreigners, Aliakbar Mohammed Amin:

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now arrest hollyweird for the exact same threats.

 

[HymanKaplan]

So the "real inflation" rate is 1.5 percent, which is the lowest since 2021.

I wonder what happened in 2021?

and we should abolish the death penalty. Not on any moral grounds, it's just exponentially cheaper to give them life with no parole, and the death penalty has proven not to be a robust deterrent.

Also, Big Hollywood can go belly-up as far as I'm concerned.

Productivity, not cheap labor, is the true, and sustainable path to affordable goods. And America has the most productive labor force in the world.

 

[ukalum1988]

So the "real inflation" rate is 1.5 percent, which is the lowest since 2021.

I wonder what happened in 2021?

and we should abolish the death penalty. Not on any moral grounds, it's just exponentially cheaper to give them life with no parole, and the death penalty has proven not to be a robust deterrent.

I hear you….. If it were carried out quickly (less than a year after sentencing), the death penalty would be much more of a deterrent. The way it’s done now is highly inefficient and time consuming.

 

[Lost In FL]

I’m not a MAGAy cultist I don’t enjoy trumps golden showers and being told it’s rain like you do.

so you're a slave to the corporate uniparty media lying to you... and you like it ... just like a cuck would.

You seem to like to focus on race issues too...typical. You should really be banned for your racist trolling posts.

Crazy you can separate discontent of Trump from stilling caring about your country.
It’s not a zero sum game.

LOL what a cuck cop out. your party, which you don't even have the balls to admit it, is all about hating America. everyone one of you anymore ... and you fail to see it. Which is perfectly fine with me, DA.

 

[HymanKaplan]

I don't have enough faith in the justice system, quite frankly, to enforce the death penalty.


I'm still confounded as to why nuclear power continues to be off the table. The US could become the world leader in that industry, and we just refuse to get with the program. AI and quantum computing are going to NEED a lot more, and a lot cheaper electricity.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Remember making "bang balloons" out of the brown paper that came out of the dispensers in the bathrooms? Fold it just so, tear a small hole, wet it, inflate it, and fire it as hard as you could against the wall/floor? BAM!!! 🤣

Or taking a bobby pin, and making a "stinger" out of it? Kind of like setting a mouse trap, and you'd "pop it" on the neck of someone sitting in front of you in class? 🤣 🤣 (If done right, those things hurt like a BASTARD.)

CatinIL knows what I'm talking about. You take one of those to the neck, and you're like the hockey officials in SlapShot for the rest of the day; constantly looking back/paranoid. lol

For those wondering...yes, Hyman was on the FBI "Watch" list at a very young age. 🤣

 

[SDC888]

so you're a slave to the corporate uniparty media lying to you... and you like it ... just like a cuck would.

You seem to like to focus on race issues too...typical. You should really be banned for your racist trolling posts.

LOL what a cuck cop out. your party, which you don't even have the balls to admit it, is all about hating America. everyone one of you anymore ... and you fail to see it. Which is perfectly fine with me, DA.

You can't "fix" a country you don't love.

Maybe Trump, Bessent and co. will fail, but the people that hate you and what this country stands for most certainly would';ve failed us all with the globalist/socialist path they had us on.

 

[HymanKaplan]

For those wondering...yes, Hyman was on the FBI "Watch" list at a very young age. 🤣

When I went into the Air Force, and the FBI was conducting my security clearance investigation, I remember my Mom saying that neighbors and friends were calling her, and asking if I was in "trouble" because the FBI was calling on them, and asking questions about me. 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[*CatinIL*]

When I went into the Air Force, and the FBI was conducting my security clearance investigation, I remember my Mom saying that neighbors and friends were calling her, and asking if I was in "trouble" because the FBI was calling on them, and asking questions about me. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Same thing for me as well. FBI agents showed up where I worked at the time and started asking questions. Those folks were like...WTH has he done?

 

[HymanKaplan]

How have I not seen this? 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣



And yes, those countries DEFINITELY miss Biden, because it was like having Barney Fife guarding the Federal Gold Deposits...

 

[*CatinIL*]

Melting crayons on the heating radiator was irresistible.

Those things burned like hell.

 

[AustinTXCat]

The don't wholly produce much of anything in Mexico. It's primarily electronics goods that are assembled there. The US has said, that they're cracking down on it. And, I would imagine, will be making deals of their own through US companies to fill the void. They're going to break China, at all costs IMO. China makes a lot of auto parts in Mexico, but almost none of that is imported into the US.

All of this is one more good reason why Trump is taking back the panama canal.

One could create a helluva arbitrage business between USA, Mexico and China. Ship from CN to MX. El Paso not far. Probably re-label lotsa crap.

Wait. Somebody already came up with the idea. Dammit! Day late and $ short.

 

[Lost In FL]

lol; what a loser

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what does that say about his cuck boy fanbase? farmy?

 

[vhcat70]

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Millions of factories shut down? LOL.

 

[vhcat70]

I'm still confounded as to why nuclear power continues to be off the table.

It is a mystery. And the small/medium modular ones would get cheaper & cheaper. Design each new one from scratch is beyond stupid.

Ky Legislature should require all new power plants to be nuclear starting say 2035. I know they take a lot of cooling water (Some new designs don't), but locating them in the poor SE area would create a big jobs increase there.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Bernie, if you're a politician, from modest beginnings as you like to describe yourself, but you own 3 homes, including a lakefront vacation house, then, ummm, you're definitely part of the oligarchy, you disingenuous sh*t-head...

 

[Lost In FL]

Bernie, if you're a politician, from modest beginnings as you like to describe yourself, but you own 3 homes, including a lakefront vacation house, then, ummm, you're definitely part of the oligarchy, you disingenuous sh*t-head...

And ^that^ is the point...
And his cucks make apologies.

 

[HeismaNole]

so you're a slave to the corporate uniparty media lying to you... and you like it ... just like a cuck would.

You seem to like to focus on race issues too...typical. You should really be banned for your racist trolling posts.

LOL what a cuck cop out. your party, which you don't even have the balls to admit it, is all about hating America. everyone one of you anymore ... and you fail to see it. Which is perfectly fine with me, DA.

This douche can’t even agree on deporting illegal violent criminals and rapists or dudes in women’s sports or not pushing trans shit on elementary kids.

Eff him and his cowardice. It’s a complete waste of time listening to this idiot talk about whatever he’s upset about today because you see what he supports.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

"NASA is canceling a $34 million deal with ICF. Over the past 10+ years ICF has made billions of $$$ off U.S. taxpayers. The organization received $638 million from USAID to promote a their radical left wing climate agenda. NASA isn't ICF's only client. They also have contracts with the Pentagon, other US govt agencies and many other governments."

 

[augustaky1]

When I went into the Air Force, and the FBI was conducting my security clearance investigation, I remember my Mom saying that neighbors and friends were calling her, and asking if I was in "trouble" because the FBI was calling on them, and asking questions about me. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Same. lol

 

[berniecarbo]

When I went into the Air Force, and the FBI was conducting my security clearance investigation, I remember my Mom saying that neighbors and friends were calling her, and asking if I was in "trouble" because the FBI was calling on them, and asking questions about me. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Same here.I had to get a clearance for the military and then some time later for a civilian job.

 

[TheFrontRunner]

Wasn't just AOC, all Dem women politicians running with absurdity that the SAVE Act will keep tens of millions of married women from voting.

 

[trueblujr2]

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The faces of mental illness and instability on display there.

 

[AustinTXCat]

When I went into the Air Force, and the FBI was conducting my security clearance investigation, I remember my Mom saying that neighbors and friends were calling her, and asking if I was in "trouble" because the FBI was calling on them, and asking questions about me. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Same thing for me as well. FBI agents showed up where I worked at the time and started asking questions. Those folks were like...WTH has he done?

Same here.I had to get a clearance for the military and then some time later for a civilian job.

Same for me. Obtained TS BI and NATO TS in 1985. Yeah, got checked out thoroughly because neighbors and mom and dad were asked all kinds of questions.

 

[Farmy75]

This explains so many posts in here

 

[ukalum1988]

Wasn't just AOC, all Dem women politicians running with absurdity that the SAVE Act will keep tens of millions of married women from voting.

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My X feed has been crammed with these ****tards making this same disingenuous argument. Virtually every state has migrated over to Real ID, making their pathetic protestations a non-issue.

Sadly, the SAVE Act will likely die an ignominious death in the Senate thanks to the Dems and like-minded RINOs.

 

[55wildcat]

Any of you guys ever stay at this place?

 

[vhcat70]

The faces of mental illness and instability on display there.

Or they're actresses performing for an audience.

 

[Girthang]

Hilarious!

Here’s how much a ‘Made in the USA’ iPhone would cost

The White House says President Trump believes Apple can make a U.S. iPhone, but there are many reasons why analysts say that's likely not possible.

www.cnbc.com

There is SO much profit built into the iPhone that lefties drool over. Slave labor to manufacture it. If people want iPhone prices to remain the same, stop buying them. It's that simple.

If they want Apple to keep raising prices for a "new" model with barely ANY upgrades, then they should keep buying that sht and encourage Apple to not give 2 shts.

I think it would be great if this admin were to issue an EO stopping the forced obsolescence of electronics products. If manufacturers are going to make ANY product, they need to support it PERIOD. Stop making consumers buy a new phone every few years because they bottleneck data and slow down services.

 

[Blue-ish]

When I went into the Air Force, and the FBI was conducting my security clearance investigation, I remember my Mom saying that neighbors and friends were calling her, and asking if I was in "trouble" because the FBI was calling on them, and asking questions about me. 🤣 🤣 🤣

My relations were not surprised and most agreed that it was just a matter of time.

 

[FirewithFire]

Blink.

Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs

The move comes after concerns that tech prices could skyrocket, as many gadgets are made in China.

www.bbc.com

 

[AshWilliams]

IRS would have taken 100 days to move the login button to the top right of the screen.

DOGE did it in...71 minutes.

 

[FirewithFire]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-stockpile-deep-sea-metals-counter-china-ft-reports-2025-04-12/

Trump plans to stockpile deep-sea metals to counter China, FT reports​

The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply chains, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Under the plans, the stockpile would "create large quantities ready and available on U.S. territory to be used in the future", in case of a conflict with China that might constrain imports of metals and rare earths, the report added.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Get a face full of these, China.

KRATOS is the cutting edge of drone technology on the globe. Plus they come in on time and underbudget.

 

[G0 B1G BLUE]

Any of you guys ever stay at this place?

Stay?
I’m owner/operator pal.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Bill got charmed by the master.

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I really think trump being himself in those podcasts help push him over the edge. I understand the need to be tough but i really think he fails himself by never showing his more personal side.

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

I’ll be honest also. Biden’s presidency was like a 3 on a scale of 1-10. Trump 1 was like a 4. Trump 2 is going to be a 1 or 2.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. In 20 years Trump will be like the Iraq War. It’s going to be awfully hard to find the masses who thought it/he was a good idea. Everyone will have conveniently forgotten they were big fans.

Not one actual fact in your whole wishful delusion there, "fact checker."

 

[HymanKaplan]

Not happy with Trump exempting smart phones, chips, electronics. laptops etc. from the China tariffs, even if they're made IN China.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...istration-smartphones-computers-china-tariffs