i used to love going to kmart back then. close parking. easy in-and-out. no lines and no big crowds, not even friday after thanksgiving or christmas eve.

they often do when they’re ‘protesting’ in less than legal ways or if they’re afraid of the repercussions of video or their mug going viral.

“…the Bombs bursting in air”

“trickle harder!”

and the generic will be more like $250 because it was manufactured overseas.

well it’s not like they’re a news channel. why would they broadcast actual facts when it’s the bullshit and lies that drives ratings and ‘pays the bills’?

it’s not genocide if the whole planet goes, not just one relatively small segment of the population of a single species.

did you see the bit where the diaper-in-chief recognized Taiwan as a separate country?

many already are–it’s not enforced and prosecuted now because it’s political and career suicide to ‘go after churches’ (who violate these rules).

muskrat is loved so much by his own a.i, grok would have shipped him off to gitmo long ago.

there is a wikipedia article. they are a ‘territory’. they took a list of countries and territories, added basic trade data for each, and then they copy/pasted simple formulas down a couple of columns. the whole thing was probably concocted in notepad and excel in half an hour.

you think companies will just use a flat amount to cover the ‘tariff’? fat chance. this is america, they’re gonna keep their percent-based margins, probably add to them, besides, to offset lower sales volumes… and those profit margins get added at every link in the distribution chain. retail prices will be closer to double than ‘only’ 54% more.

capitalism and corporate greed says that the cost of domestic goods will go up, too, to be just less than the now higher-priced imports.

ain’t gonna cost me $5k more a year…

i don’t have that $5k extra to spend, so i’ll just keep on ‘making do’ with less and less each year. i’m already near the absolute minimum and close to scoping out a spot under a bridge by the river.

“career” workers are more likely to be dedicated to their job, and less ‘loyal’ to whoever the current resident of 1600 penn ave is. gotta get rid of any potential ‘problems’ before the revolt starts from within.

the giant hemorrhoid-in-chief has already cultivated a whole new generation of american-hating terrorists… that was last time. this time around, it’s just reinforcement for them to expand their numbers and sustain that hate for generations-yet-to-come.

the cops wanted this, because it will remove new local accountability and oversight. the state won’t give a shit what they (the cops) do.

meanwhile, the city is forced to increase the police department budget and maintain funding at a high level, based on percent of budget. this effectively jacks the costs up on any local initiative or project or service the city wants to or needs to do: want to direct $5 million of city funds to a literacy campaign? gotta give the cops another $1m+, too

maximum extent consistent with applicable law

so, not at all, then? because this shit has to get through congress first?

this but much, much worse.

raging is who they are. it’s what they do. he’s been doing it since obama, the far right since rush and fox ‘news’ each launched. it’s basically all they have. it’s not like they have policies or a platform to benefit the people, the nation, the world, the planet…