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Tariffs against Canada Mexico and China.

Tariffs are basically a sales tax.

Sales taxes are mostly regressive.

Will there be big tariffs on yachts and private jets? Or mainly stuff ordinary folks buy?
Are you kidding? They will add a double bonus tax cut for buying your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th yacht and plane. With the limited number of people that can afford those things they need to incentivize people to buy more than one to keep the poor luxury yacht manufacturers in business.

Trump just handing out security clearances apparently…

Background checks for like McDonald's or almost any other job is one thing but an actual clearance is another. Went through that experience earlier this year. Fill out a long form explaining your life story (education,work history, personal), listing out immediate family, neighbor info if possible and 3 personal references. Have to sign a credit release. Just for a public trust clearance. Then sit through an hour long interview reviewing every question on that form with whoever is doing the vetting, secret service was mine, first thing they do is flash that badge at you. After that, they do actually visit your neighbors and ask them questions, I gave them all a heads up ahead of time but one later told me how direct some of those questions were. Then they will setup a time to interview one or two of those personal references. I owed a couple beers after I got granted the clearance to the ones that did chat with agent. If they're just gonna get granted the clearance without all that, well lucky them I guess, efficiency :)
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Trump planning to take power away from Congress...

i think it's in the National Archives, not the Library of Congress, for those keeping score at home.
You are right. I actually don't think much is kept at the actual Library of Congress, now that I think about it. Most books and film and other media are kept at other buildings I think. Anyway, it's still kept in bomb proof case that will fall something like 50 feet underground in the event of a nuclear war.
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CyHawk Replay

Definitely what happened. And Frost( the ref) made a mistake by not letting Block switch his choice. Once the ref sets the bottom wrestler thats when the choice can't be changed. Johnson on the broadcast says something about it when it's happening said Block chose down but now wants neutral but the ref said no you made your choice he said something along those lines
Not true about when a wrestle can and cannot change his choice. Some refs are just more lenient in allowing a wrestler to change his mind

Anyone speak more than one language?

She is nice enough to meet with me and prepare material for me. That is the best way for me to learn. The rest of the group, from 10 countries all over the globe, have all suggested podcasts, movies, and music in a foreign language as a big help to them.
I read comic books and newspapers and watched the news and novelas.

Tariffs against Canada Mexico and China.

So with a major tariff announcement on MX and Canada one would think this was major news right? Foxnews has nothing on their main page. The headline is about immigrants killing Americans. Fox business doesn’t even have it as the headline. The headline is about Wal Mart rolling back woke policies.

The GOP propaganda machine is hard at work. The Dems need to stop f*cking around on topics like trans, Bibi’s arrest warrant, etc. They need to stop taking the bait every time Musk says anything. They need to stop over analyzing every crazy appointment. This dilutes the message and most average people won’t care who runs the education department.

If you want to bury Trumpism you need to hammer home, every day all day, what happens to prices and the economy over the next few years. Trump needs to own the consequences here, but the Dems lose their shit over every crazy thing Don does and you will not beat him with a “throw shit at the wall to see what sticks” strategy.

Stop.diluting.the.message. It is all about the economy - focus.
You are correct on this, but they also need to let it blow up in his face. Go on record saying "This is what will happen", which they've done so they can say "See? We told you so!" when it does happen. And sure, I suppose you could say "but what if it works?" Well, the thing is, not even Trump and Musk are saying that it won't raise prices. In fact, they said the next couple of years are going to suck. They haven't said much about the following two years. Maybe they don't think it will matter by that point.

Anyone speak more than one language?

The friend I referenced has 5 year old twins that are half Nigerian. She uses English, Spanish, whatever dialect their dad speaks. It is really cool.

I’m enjoying it far more than I would have. I mean I was a terrible student and who would have thought that at almost 49, I’ve discovered that me gusta alprendor!
Aprender. 😻
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Thanksgiving Dinner: Turkey or Ham?

My no pic sister-in-law has been staying with us for the past few months to avoid her newly abusive and threatening husband (he had multiple strokes, refuses to take his meds or go to therapy, and self-medicates with weed and other drugs). Before the strokes, he was a great guy and one of the best in the country at what he did working on oil rigs. Made $300,000-$400,000/year depending on how much he wanted to work. Breaks my heart at what's happened to him.

She's paying for Thanksgiving to pay us back for letting her stay here.

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