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I haven't seen a 5% bank savings account since I had a full head of hair.
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Maha Songkran Splash: Over a Million Revellers Shower Thailand in Cash
impulse replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Good catch. I don't think that word was there when I first posted. But I've been wrong before. -
Why so many conspiracy theorists and what to do about them
impulse replied to kwilco's topic in Off the beaten track
Why so many conspiracy theorists and what to do about them Mark your calendar and look again in 6 months, because so many of them are actually spoiler alerts.- 170 replies
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Maha Songkran Splash: Over a Million Revellers Shower Thailand in Cash
impulse replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I'm curious what city this was? Info missing from the OP. Edit: I Googled it and the 2024 festival was in Bangkok, so I assume it was in Bangkok this year. (Not in the northeast) But I figured AI should have snuck that info into the article. -
China tells airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries
impulse replied to FriscoKid's topic in Political Soapbox
But can they? Honest question... Under the Biden's FAA, Boeing was limited in their output until they addressed safety and process issues. Has that limit been rescinded? I haven't been following the Boeing debacle for a few months. -
I'm in good company. So did the OP. He just linked to lefty talking points that hold as much water as the Russia Collusion hoax and the Laptop is Russkie disinformation hoax from "intelligence sources" (and WaPo). I could do a Google search and find a zillion other sources. But why bother getting into a war of the dueling links? Or clog the forums with the non-stop Orange Man Bad drivel?
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Trump Eyes Wave of New Trade Deals Amid 90-Day Tariff Pause
impulse replied to Social Media's topic in World News
You know how you stop data errors? You program the database to flag them. Not coincidentally, that's also how you stop fraud and dodging tariffs by trans-shipments. Do you prefer the Gold or the Stainless MSM nose rings? -
Trump Eyes Wave of New Trade Deals Amid 90-Day Tariff Pause
impulse replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If there are no inhabitants, how did they export $1.4 million of electronics to the USA? (not penguin poop, electronics) Here's how... They used the HTS code for that Island, possibly to get around duties or export restrictions. Including the islands in the blanket tariffs stops that. It took less than a minute to include 602.9 in the order, to be programmed into the US Customs database. That insures there will be no fooknuttery, deliberate or accidental. That's how it works when there are adults in charge. It's pretty obvious that the MSM (and a lot of posters here) know nothing about the mechanics of import/export. Or they're being deliberately misleading or misled. I suspect the MSM is just pushing their Orange Man Bad narrative and the lefty posters here are being led by that MSM ring through their nose. -
China tells airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries
impulse replied to FriscoKid's topic in Political Soapbox
China orders are around 3% of Boeing's backlog. The operative word being "backlog". Meaning someone else in line will just get theirs sooner. And anyone who thinks Airbus will be the big winner here isn't following news of the C919. And the C929. And the... -
No One Is Above the Law, Part 1, Letitia James Edition
impulse replied to Yagoda's topic in Political Soapbox
What's especially satisfying is that she did exactly what she went after Trump for. And she was the one that campaigned on naming Trump and looking for crimes. -
No One Is Above the Law, Part 1, Letitia James Edition
impulse replied to Yagoda's topic in Political Soapbox
We'll soon be reading more about her. And it won't be favorable. -
No One Is Above the Law, Part 1, Letitia James Edition
impulse replied to Yagoda's topic in Political Soapbox
Different crook. -
No One Is Above the Law, Part 1, Letitia James Edition
impulse replied to Yagoda's topic in Political Soapbox
But she's going to jail, based on what I've seen so far. -
Trump Eyes Wave of New Trade Deals Amid 90-Day Tariff Pause
impulse replied to Social Media's topic in World News
How much import and export have you done from the USA? Not much if you think it's a small number of countries. -
Trump Eyes Wave of New Trade Deals Amid 90-Day Tariff Pause
impulse replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The genius is in the simplicity if you understand that Trump's objective is to bring them to the negotiating table. Putting more pressure on those with a higher trade imbalance just makes sense. Those numbers are just starting points for the negotiation. So is the 10% across the board. They're not cast in stone. And they sure got the attention of the trade emissaries around the world. Who now have 90 days to think about it. It absolutely gobsmacks me that expats living in a country with the 300% tariffs on US cars can't see that America has been taking it in the shorts for decades. Since WW2. It was fine when the rest of the world economies were on their heels after the war. But not for the past 40 years or so. (And with Thailand, gratitude for the Vietnam War is long past the sell by date) Trouble is, once an entity gets accustomed to free stuff and sweet deals, they squeal like little girls when you try to wean them off the free stuff and sweet deals.