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If I were to lament that Biden is sitting across the negotiating table from foreign entities that probably have 8x10 glossies and bank records that could land his kid in jail for life, I'd have to provide a link... But never for a similar claim about the bad orange man. Outrageous claims are perfectly acceptable from that side. Why's that?

Where was the first Trump disaster? There were no wars in Europe or Israel, the border under control, low inflation, relatively cheap gas and a full SPR. Of course, there were mean tweets, melted snowflakes, and that Covid thing. I'll concede those, but I'd prefer mean tweets to WW3, which is a real risk for the first time since the '80s and a higher risk than at any time since 1962.

Try to say it fast and out loud, and butt naked makes more sense. Buck naked is more of a tongue twister.

I'll break it down. Trump had a reasonable argument that, as president, he had the right to take documents with him when he left office. That's the PRA. Biden, as a former senator, had no such argument, nor a reasonable one as VP.

So it could be even worse if Skipalong votes in a swing state and ol' Tug doesn't?

This isn't the first time in history that the former president and the NARA disagreed. Just the first time that a former president was charged with a crime. And how 'bout that timing? Over 3 years later and right in the middle of election season. Nothing suspicious there...

Still, they started with the name and went looking for the charges. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that they empaneled quite a few secret grand juries to find one that would hand down the indictments. Of course, we'll never know because that's the way grand juries work. And not so strangely, it appears that all of those grand juries were in Blue areas. Imagine the bragging rights for the lefties to claim they helped stop Trump and elect Biden.

So what's the big deal? The tech space is full of startups that were valued in the $billions while they were still losing money. Some of them for years, if not decades. This is only news because it's Trump and it's an election year.

My God, man. We can't have that... That must be coming from unapproved sources. Because it certainly isn't coming from the MSM.

Silly me. I thought DA's and AG's were supposed to seek justice. Not start with a name and then find the charges.

But don't recuse the DA or the AG who ran on a platform of "get Trump". Or the judge who has donated to the Biden campaign and whose daughter stands to make a mint off the prosecution. Hypocrisy much? Or just TDS?

Trump claimed that the PRA allowed him to keep those documents. Right or wrong, if this were any other former president, or if Trump wasn't a candidate, or this wasn't an election season, the issue would have been settled in a flurry of court battles with no charges being filed.

I doubt many of the people hiding their dirty money in Thai real estate are going to be tax residents.

The interview also drew attention to a lack of commitment and relation to the airplane industry that top executives possess, with the insider pointing to the current CEO and CFO having gained their experience at General Electric. Top executives are also disconnected from average workers at the company, who would rather not incorporate politics into business as DEI initiatives do. “The headquarters in Arlington is empty,” the insider told Rufo. “Nobody lives there. It is an empty executive suite. The CEO lives in New Hampshire. The CFO lives in Connecticut. The head of HR lives in Orlando. We just instituted a policy that everyone has to come into work five days a week — except the executive council, which can use the private jets to travel to meetings. And that is the story: it is a company that is under caretakers. It is not under owners. And it is not under people who love airplanes.” Wow. Just wow. The article was about their disastrous DEI program, but this is disturbing, too. https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/04/empty-executive-suite-boeing-insider-lays-companys-diversity/

Here's a better idea. Quit taking money from people who work and giving it to people allergic to working. But they do vote your way... Edit: I'd add that I am 100% in favor of an increase in the top marginal tax rate at the top end. But not if they're just going to squander that money to increase stupid programs like sponsoring gender equity in Nigeria, counting the ants in the Amazon, more subsidies for products that consumers don't want, and forever wars 5,000 miles outside the US.

Wow. Here's a simple way for NATO to survive under Trump 2.0. Pay your share, what you agreed to pay.

You mean the 34 year old Dem operative that's making millions of dollars fundraising for the DNC and Schiff on the back of this case? And stands to make a lot more if there's a conviction? That daughter? The judge doesn't even belong on the case. Obvious familial conflict of interest. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350235560112

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I'm looking at a 10+ year old TCL 40" model that hasn't given me a lick of trouble. Bought it in Bangkok for work and brought it up here to China when I left Thailand. It sat idle for 3 years during Covid and fired right up when I arrived. Besides, I don't know if you can even find an affordable big screen that isn't made in China. (Oops. Just looked at the back of my 12+ year old 24" Toshiba and it was made in Indonesia. My bad)

An excellent observation, but I figured that was a given. Still, I wonder how much it would cost to provide every tourist with basic emergency cover, and how much they'd have to jack up the tax on flights? And would that added tax be offset with reduced travel insurance prices for the more responsible folk who buy it? That could make it a win-win for tourism. And finally, would tourists do even more stupid stunts knowing they're covered if it goes sideways? (Though I'd hope they exempt Darwin Award attempts from the list of stuff that's covered...)

I remember when a 386 computer with a few megs of RAM and a 20 meg hard drive set the company back $5,000. Today, you couldn't even give that computer away. Tech marching forward isn't deflation. I also remember when I couldn't carry $20 worth of groceries, it would have been so heavy. Today, I can easily carry $50 worth, though I'm older and weaker. That's inflation. The same products costing more. Edit: I also remember the first time it cost $15 to fill my $2,500 (new price) Pinto AND the boat that I was pulling with it. Today, that would be $150 to fill the $25,000 Corolla and the portable 6 gallon gas cans for the boat that I can't pull with a Corolla.

Seems like it would be simple enough to add $5 to the tax on international flights and nobody would even know the difference on a $200-$3000 ticket. At 40 million arrivals and 40 million departures, that would be $400 million. I suspect that would cover it nicely.

I ended up putting down no-slip tape on the slick tile in the bathroom and in the shower. Lots of different colors available on Lazada. Initially, I made the mistake of putting down clear. Looked great for a few days, but it soon turned a dirty brown. So I took it up and laid down black. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/5x5-i4991674373.html Not a glass thing, but one of the most haunting images I've ever seen was a safety poster offshore that showed a dead body with a huge gash across the rear end. It was the result of someone who climbed on the porcelain bowl to do the squatty thing instead of the sitting thing they were designed for. The ceramic bowl broke and the victim fell onto the sharp edge and bled out. We still found oily bootprints on the porcelain bowls. BTW, it's not as good as safety glass, but adhesive frosted film can keep the shards from going all over if the glass breaks. Though I wouldn't recommend it in a high risk application like a shower door. But for a patio door... Also makes it less likely someone will walk through it in the first place.

No it doesn't. It just makes it harder for your opponent to come after you without committing war crimes. The one who pulls the trigger or launches the missile is responsible for the innocent civilian casualties. Not the one who's holding them as hostages or human shields. That's a crime, too of course. So there are no innocent parties, except the kids and grandmas dying.

I can't argue with that. If you took the Wayback machine to look at my posts from years ago, I usually referred to The Donald as a despicable human being. My opinion started changing when I saw what the DNC did to Bernie with Super Delegates. Then, turned out Trump was a decent president, in spite of mean tweets. My support for him solidified when I saw the lawfare the Dems are waging against him, how the Dem Elites treat their voters, and how they treated RFK, Jr and other primary candidates (not to mention contempt for us, the deplorables that aren't fit to breathe the same air, much less vote). 15-20 years ago, I would have identified as a Dem. And I didn't move on the left/right continuum. The Dems left me... "Deplorables" was probably the most revealing comment of the decade. (That, and all the people dropping dead under mysterious circumstances in the HRC sphere of influence).