Tracking toy tariffs

I’m thinking hard about some of the statements in this thread today, and I want all of us, myself included, to be careful.

Governments should, indeed, be afraid of their people. I do think, personally, that capital punishment is likely appropriate for certain folks in the current administration. We are, absolutely Fighting Evil.

That said: we gotta watch how we frame our resistance.

I don’t mean that in a “not like that!” wimpy-ass “high road” kind of way, I mean in the “hey, let’s all try to stay off of watch lists so we don’t get literally locked up and deported” sort of way.

Again: I absolutely fucking agree with the spirit of everyone’s anger.

I submit to you, however, that a message board is not the place to make our stand and risk our freedom.

I’m just throwing things out here. No judgment, no accusations, just absolute love and care for the folks here.
 
AceofKnaves said:
I’m thinking hard about some of the statements in this thread today, and I want all of us, myself included, to be careful.

Governments should, indeed, be afraid of their people. I do think, personally, that capital punishment is likely appropriate for certain folks in the current administration. We are, absolutely Fighting Evil.

That said: we gotta watch how we frame our resistance.

I don’t mean that in a “not like that!” wimpy-ass “high road” kind of way, I mean in the “hey, let’s all try to stay off of watch lists so we don’t get literally locked up and deported” sort of way.

Again: I absolutely fucking agree with the spirit of everyone’s anger.

I submit to you, however, that a message board is not the place to make our stand and risk our freedom.

I’m just throwing things out here. No judgment, no accusations, just absolute love and care for the folks here.
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You said it before I got there. Under even "normal" circumstances, some stuff here skirts the line, and we are not in normal circumstances.
 
Lol, people have no idea how much I just don't say on here. I'll voice my displeasure. But the wonderful thoughts rolling around my head stay there. But fuck that guy. With a spikey "aid" with glued on thumb tacks. And legos. In his no no areas.

We should come up with a name for "it" here. So we dont get put on a search algorithm for "its" name. And Taco unfortunately is being used commonly, so that could be out. But we would never have to use the actual name, and then everyone will know what were talking about, just by saying "guess what cheeto did today?" Chester is also a good one. It works on multiples levels. Chester the cheeto. Chester the child mole... you get the idea.

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altcunningham said:
Can we rewind to the basis of the thread. I'm so frazzled from the past 8 years/months.

What exactly was the argument and point of the tariffs, and what is up with the back and forth on the plan?

In all the idiocy and anger, I really just never heard the logline.
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It's largely a misunderstanding about trade deficits and whether or not the US was getting hosed on our trade with other nations. Trump, because he does not understand global trade, assumes in all instances that the US is getting hosed whenever it does anything that doesn't gain itself direct profit. He has no concept of the long game, or other kinds of compensation, or soft power, or complex global supply chains. Dollars in the bank is basically all he understands.

The back and forth on the plan is literally just wild flailing because:

1. despite anything they said, there was no plan, and we know that because they raised tariff's on uninhabited islands and places that do no trade with us

2. Trump views it largely as a way to establish dominance with other countries. Same move he's done for ages. Be chaotic and dangerous in ways that makes the other folks in the room flinch, making him look stronger.

3. some stuff he's walked back because as they started to show effects, it was obvious the more outragous things would crater the economy (or at least businesses his friends have vested interests in) overnight, as opposed to the rest of it, which will merely crater us over the course of months or years and destroy national credibility for decades
 
At the end of the day, the thing that is the most prevalent is that I am just...SO...fucking.. *tired* of him.

I am tired of seeing his ugly God damned face.

I am tired of hearing his nasally, whiny bitch voice.

Speaking of, I am SOOOOO tired of the constant bitching, whining, woe-is-me horseshit. He is a chronic victim and I am so. Fucking. Sick. Of. It.

I am tired of all of his stupid God damn catchphrases and sayings. If I have to hear shit like "Rusher, Rusher, Rusher hoax" one more time, I'm going to snap.

I am tired of his idiotic sycophants and followers, and how they hold this frail, dying old man up like some sort of tough guy or super hero.

I am tired of the constant compulsive lying. Every fucking day with every waking breath. From him and everyone surrounding him.

And above all else, I am so insanely, undeniably tired of everything this chode does affecting my day to day life. I'm fine with Presidents making decisions that ultimately leave me in the dark. Fine. Whatever.

But now, you're on my screen every single day. You're doing things that fuck up my hobbies, my groceries, my gas, my wife (who is a doctor), my mental well-being, the health and safety of friends living in these so called "dangerous, crime ridden, BLUE cities"...

All I have is wishing he just dies and soon. I will be the one to say it, fuck it. I hope he dies, I hope it's prolonged, and I hope it's painful. If that makes me an awful person, then so fucking be it. I'm an awful person.

I don't care how it happens, but a decade is enough. He has been in our shit for a decade now, and I'm done with it. He can go now.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
At the end of the day, the thing that is the most prevalent is that I am just...SO...fucking.. *tired* of him.

I am tired of seeing his ugly God damned face.

I am tired of hearing his nasally, whiny bitch voice.

Speaking of, I am SOOOOO tired of the constant bitching, whining, woe-is-me horseshit. He is a chronic victim and I am so. Fucking. Sick. Of. It.

I am tired of all of his stupid God damn catchphrases and sayings. If I have to hear shit like "Rusher, Rusher, Rusher hoax" one more time, I'm going to snap.

I am tired of his idiotic sycophants and followers, and how they hold this frail, dying old man up like some sort of tough guy or super hero.

I am tired of the constant compulsive lying. Every fucking day with every waking breath. From him and everyone surrounding him.

And above all else, I am so insanely, undeniably tired of everything this chode does affecting my day to day life. I'm fine with Presidents making decisions that ultimately leave me in the dark. Fine. Whatever.

But now, you're on my screen every single day. You're doing things that fuck up my hobbies, my groceries, my gas, my wife (who is a doctor), my mental well-being, the health and safety of friends living in these so called "dangerous, crime ridden, BLUE cities"...

All I have is wishing he just dies and soon. I will be the one to say it, fuck it. I hope he dies, I hope it's prolonged, and I hope it's painful. If that makes me an awful person, then so fucking be it. I'm an awful person.

I don't care how it happens, but a decade is enough. He has been in our shit for a decade now, and I'm done with it. He can go now.
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The thing I cling to is that he is not immune to time or ill health. In fact I bet there's a whole pharmacy in constant rotation keeping him going the way he is. He's not going to be Kissinger living until he hits the century mark. Barring catastrophe I'm going to live to see this guy go and I'll get to enjoy him being gone for years if not decades.

It won't be soon enough, because he's already directly and indirectly killed and ruined so many people. But it will happen, and I will take the day off work when it does and get absolutely shit-faced with friends.
 
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