Politics

[Tanks]

I am confused. I ordered this from a company in Denmark.
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Fedex charged me this:
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$232.12 was the customs fee by the USA. An almost 30% fee of the original price. Thought the tariffs were dead.

Just figured it out. It must have been retaliation for Greenland debacle. Of course, we pay the price as I had no clue about the extra tariffs when I placed the order.

 

[Brent in Az]

Interesting that you berate WSJ as a leftist paper while linking articles from a true leftist organization when their narrative agrees with yours.

Yes, the author of that article, Dr. Hal Singer, is center left. He does have very impressive credentials, and doesn't create knee jerk anti Trump articles.

 

[Brent in Az]

My bad. The conspirators were ultraconservative fanatics opposed to all govt, they were not specifically Republicans. Maybe a little further right than GOP The knee-jerk reaction blaming liberals and leading to open revolution was definitely part of their plan. Who knows, it might have worked. It would have had no chance of success if their target had been a liberal gathering. Perhaps would precipitate another round of gun control.

Propaganda created by the leftwing media for deflection.
The ring leader is an illegal immigrant, DACA, allegedly, and certainly the polar opposite political views of an ultraconservative fanatic.
Nice try parroting the false narratives of the media liars

 

[Brent in Az]

Oh Red Leg.
I’m just not up to this discussion today—my brain has shut down in this heat.
We had 40 degrees Celsius in the cities and valleys. Try as I might, I can’t remember us ever experiencing anything like this.
The cold beer in the pubs and beer gardens was completely gone by mid-morning. And that really says something in Bavaria!
We Bavarians are certainly no Scots—even if certain similarities can’t always be entirely dismissed. But we don’t usually skimp on beer. This time, the heat simply drained our glasses faster than the taps could keep up.

Keep well
Foxi

40 degrees Celsius is a cool June day here in the desert....lol

 

[Red Leg]

The complaining on line about American use of AC seems to be coming from the Europeans who did not attend the World Cup - primarily Germans (and not pointing at you @Foxi ). Because they are doing their part to save the earth by sweating in homes designed to stay warm, they are hugely offended by those who realize that private use of cooling systems has about as much real effect on climate as a cow's flatulence. This satire is pretty clever.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2070234749969510532

 

[Brent in Az]

It's a possibility that the jew voters could turn against the Democrat party. What's going on in NYC could spread, and become the catalyst.

Jeffries welcomes Democratic Socialists into the fold as critics warn party is revealing 'exactly who it is'

Hakeem Jeffries congratulated Democratic Socialists of America-backed nominees in New York, drawing criticism from the Republican Jewish Coalition.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Just figured it out. It must have been retaliation for Greenland debacle. Of course, we pay the price as I had no clue about the extra tariffs when I placed the order.

Good thing it didn't come from Norway. Didn't he hit them with 100% tariff because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize? What a clown show.

 

[Pheroze]

This is a video that I won’t soon forget. I have to wonder whether a response is cut off because it seems so disgusting.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Interesting that you berate WSJ as a leftist paper while linking articles from a true leftist organization when their narrative agrees with yours.

He is nothing if not consistent.

 

[Big_Easy]

Funny, but true. The brainless side of the leftist voters will rush to jump on that communist orgy wagon.

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Maybe because the current capitalist orgy is leaving them out in the cold?

 

[Brent in Az]

Maybe because the current capitalist orgy is leaving them out in the cold?

Speaking of the brainless side of voters.....

 

[Big_Easy]

Actually a company going public and selling stock
Is a partnership between the investors and the company. If a company wanted to be involved with nefarious processes, ambitions or goals it would certainly stay private.

Large Hedge funds won’t go near a company with low ESG scores. So you could say that by simply selling stock is in itself a check on corporate misdeeds.

Walmart is publicly traded and they get involved in shady shit all the time. They've paid out hundreds of millions in fines for tens of millions in bribes that they've paid over the years. And that's just what they got caught on. Not to mention the labor and safety law violations. HSBC got caught running a billion dollar money laundering scheme for central American drug cartels. Didn't slow them down much when they got caught.

Weren't 17 Republican governors making ESG considerations illegal in their states? Hedge funds invest in anything that makes a profit. ESG doesn't factor into it. Stop spreading conspiracy theories.

 

[Brent in Az]

Just hammer the shit out of them.

 

[WAB]

And to think you once rolled your eyes at our love of air conditioning.

I have no problem with government having a hand in "unfair" business practices. I would simply argue the "excess" profit is a red herring created by socialists who wish to manage all aspects of production and return for the "good" of the state. As long a business is successful and profitable within the law and the terms of its contract, there is no such thing as "excess" profit.

And you have lost me completely with the efficacy of stock ownership where the stockholder is sharing the risk with the business in its profitability.

Agree completely. High profits attract competition which lowers prices. Economics appears to be lost on politicians, and those they so easily manipulate.

 

[Brent in Az]

Consistency from the tag-a-long lickspittle's, and establishment fleeb's

 

[spike.t]

Oh Red Leg.
I’m just not up to this discussion today—my brain has shut down in this heat.
We had 40 degrees Celsius in the cities and valleys. Try as I might, I can’t remember us ever experiencing anything like this.
The cold beer in the pubs and beer gardens was completely gone by mid-morning. And that really says something in Bavaria!
We Bavarians are certainly no Scots—even if certain similarities can’t always be entirely dismissed. But we don’t usually skimp on beer. This time, the heat simply drained our glasses faster than the taps could keep up.

Keep well
Foxi

Sounds like a nice pleasant day to me......winter is here....temp range between 11/12c at night and a bloody cold 21c to cool 25c in daytime.....can't believe you are complaining oh and plenty beer here ....of the very cold variety

 

[spike.t]

Must be whackamole I presume...as would have thought certain of these would mostly have been destroyed in the first 2 rounds ...but seem to figure in the repeat attacks on a regular basis.... ....

US and Iran exchange strikes and accuse each other of violating ceasefire

Iran says it has launched retaliatory attacks at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain after the US said it hit multiple targets across Iran.

www.bbc.com

 

[spike.t]

Interesting read...

Why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un never talks about his mother, Ko Yong Hui

Very few North Koreans know about her, as her origin could threaten the regime’s legitimacy.

www.bbc.com

 

[VertigoBE]

The complaining on line about American use of AC seems to be coming from the Europeans who did not attend the World Cup - primarily Germans (and not pointing at you @Foxi ). Because they are doing their part to save the earth by sweating in homes designed to stay warm, they are hugely offended by those who realize that private use of cooling systems has about as much real effect on climate as a cow's flatulence. This satire is pretty clever.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2070234749969510532

I do t think I’ve ever seen anyone complain about the US use of AC. Just like @Foxi in Bavarian, and many other EU members, we have been suffering from the heat wave the past 10d. Up to 34C inside the sleeping rooms for the past week. Luckily we have some ventilators to blow air on our kids and us.

Having AC here is more often seen like a luxury or non-standard. Not something typical. New built villas will have AC, but most people will live in houses built 20-50 years ago, when this definitely was not a thing yet. Even now contemplating putting AC in our home feels a bit like “is this really needed for the 3weeks a year that the heat is unbearable”.

A difference in mentality I suppose.

 

[Scott CWO]

For the elder statesmen of the forum who seem to denounce anyone millennial or younger please take the time out of your day to watch the first 3 minutes of the most popular streamer on the internets opinion on the Antifa sentencing….

It’s about time. FAFO.