uncletiger

The simple truth is nothing changes until things get so bad in the US that martial law is declared so you can legally have honest military tribunals rather than trials by the corrupt judiciary we have today. That is what all this is heading towards. No, they aren't going to start the Epstein trials while the Epstein judges still get to decide. So that's what Trump is doing. Pushing the US to the point where the globalists have no choice left but force the country into civil war. And he doesn't care if he pisses off his supporters in the process. The very real war between Trump and the globalist criminal syndicate doesn't concern itself with the collateral damage it brings to us. My guess is the US won't even make it to midterms. But since nothing is going to get fixed until the tanks are in the street, I'm just happy to finally see it all unfold.

I know. We are all aware the US courts, including SCOTUS in some instances, are corrupt and engaging in judicial overreach. Legislating from the bench is one of the most serious problems that must be resolved if the US is going to remain a Republic and not turn into a dictatorship.

I honestly shocked how many people support this gang member. If this happened in Thailand, the entire community would be raining abuse on him, telling him how when you're a guest in a country you have to keep your head down and follow the law. That he was making all of us look bad. And no one would bat an eye when Thailand revoked his permission to stay and deported him. The US government did not elect to punish this MS-13 member through the US court system. Therefore, he has no due process. They simply revoked his "asylum" status and deported him. That is entirely the right of the State Department, and the US courts have no jurisdiction, any more than they have jurisdiction when an embassy officer denies a visa. The only reason this is getting play is due to corruption and judicial overreach, and the only reason anyone is supporting this gang member is because they hate Trump. Move this entire event to Thailand, and the peanut gallery here would be cheering the deportation of a criminal. When you're a guest in a country, you keep your head down and mind your manners. I didn't go participate in Thaksin protests because as a guest I do not have the same rights as my wife, nor can I force a trial like Thai citizens can. Immigration can simply deport me on a whim, and then it's my own problem to figure out how to support my family. That's reality you face when you move to a foreign country, and I have zero sympathy for this gang member that was sent home.

You're underselling it. We know it has to get wild enough for the military to be deployed in America so the arrests can begin of significant actors. Nobody knows how that's going to happen. We've only been told that the military will be deployed under the guise of "riot control". So yeah, it's obviously going to get much worse, with resulting huge opportunities to either make or lose a fortune depending on your bets. This is just the beginning.

It's time to be honest. The only reason this reinvention of the global economy is so painful, is because we allowed the tumor of globalism to grow for so long. If we had eliminated this pathogen 50 years ago when we saw the writing on the wall and businesses started to move overseas, nobody would be suffering today. But we didn't and now it's a punch to the gut and extremely painful for those who believed the globalist propaganda. All those US headquartered companies that moved production overseas now have no choice but to move back home. And yes, the pensioners who collaborated with them are going to get hit as well. With this being obvious, I am genuinely shocked by how many people still keep chanting the "free trade" mantra like it's a magic word that will make everything go away. It won't. We now have 50 years of real data showing Adam Smith was wrong. Sure, in aggregate his theories may make sense, but the average is not the metric that matters. The vast majority of ordinary Americans are substantially more impoverished than they were 50 years ago, and free trade just keeps making that worse every single year. Trump's punitive tariffs based on imbalance of trade is precisely the chemotherapy we need to eliminate the globalist tumor killing humanity. The sooner we free the world from globalism, the sooner we can all enjoy the golden age.

A bunch of people talking out of their asses. This article purposefully and intentionally spreads disinformation. The new tariffs are calculated from a number based on trade balance, not absolute rates charged. If you want to qualify for the minimum 10% rate, you must buy just as much from the US as you sell. It has zero to do with the specific rate applied to imports.

Yawn. The minimum possible tariff rate is 10%. That is given to countries that have net zero, perfectly balance trade with the US. Since the penguins don't export anything to the US, and don't buy anything from the US, it's a net zero country and therefore qualifies for the 10% tariff. Some people will look for anything to disparage the new post globalism economic order. Even making nonsensical threads like this.

While all the ruckus is going on about the tariffs Trump just implemented, nobody is discussing how this is going to play into the already struggling social security system. Because for decades, the government has struggled to remove most real factors in the cost of living, and replace the CPI with bundles of items like flat screen TV's. Because these were manufactured overseas, they could be used to artificially suppress the official inflation numbers, while prices of necessities like food were soaring and being removed. As a result, the CPI is very overweight in these foreign objects that are going to explode in price due to the tariffs. Is the government really going to increase social security by 20% - 30% next year to match inflation, or are they going to change the formula so they can pretend struggling Americans retirees really aren't struggling? Suddenly are we going to see steak added back into the CPI because that price was stable while plastic pumpkins rose by 60%?

An interesting analysis. Not completely wrong. But it fails to hit the truly relevant point. The US is completely rejecting globalism, and forging an economy where you either work to better your own country, or you work to subjugate it. Economists like to point out that free trade makes everyone better...on average. It's the on average part that is the problem. Because as Trump has told us, 50 years of data clearly show the vast, vast majority of Americans are worse off. Free trade works by pulling wealthy countries down to the same level as impoverished ones, while making a few who control the global supply lines very, very wealthy. In the process, those countries who were desperately poor might experience a slight increase in their standard of living, but again that came at the expense of the US which experienced a much more significant decrease. What Trump is truly doing is simple. He's ending globalism. Because the US is not responsible to support the standard of living in countries like Vietnam or Thailand. The goal of the US, and for every country, is to increase and protect their own standard of living. The very opposite of globalism, sovereigntism accepts that some countries will be worse off, but the wealth that is in the US, stays in the US. Even if that is less efficient on a global basis, it leaves the USA in a substantially better position. And that is the real war. The globalists want a one world government where everyone is the same. No borders. The US wants sovereignty and competitive nationalism, where everyone is responsible for themselves, with lots of diversity and competition. If the EU wants to continue to push globalism, they will henceforth have to do it without the USA. The US will work to become entirely self sufficient, with resilient domestic supply chains and trade existing on the margins. Countries that want to trade with the US can continue to do so, but there will be no trade war, because the US is quitting the game. Globalism and global supply chains are dead. You don't make your country dependent on goods and services from your enemy, and right now, the strongest supporter of globalism, the EU, is the enemy.

BTW, For anyone who isn't sure: Vaccines cause autism.

Thanks for the advice. We're getting someone to look at it, but my gut tells me it's not a serious problem. Eye opening though. Not sure how well Thai construction would survive in a real earthquake.

So after Mother Nature decided to play rock-a-bye baby with us yesterday, our house has some cracked plaster. Most of it is along the middle of the walls and just superficial, but one crack formed on the load bearing post. I don't see any rebar through the crack. It appears that the top few millimeters of concrete pulled away from the rest of the post. Is there any body here who is a structural engineer and can tell me what I should look for to determine if this is serious? Can I just plaster over it like the other superficial cracks in the walls? Thank you for any advice.

Exactly zero chance that is happening for me or any of my children. They know better. There is nobody I trust other than God to put something in my brain. And billions agree with my position. Nueralink ain't happening. Ever.

I read a lot outside the echo chamber. Intentionally. Which is how I know you are stuck *IN* the echo chamber. MAGA isn't a cult. But supporting the deep state/globalist criminal syndicate against humanity definitely is. It takes a lot to break a cult member out of the brainwashing from the globalist cabal.

Well, 1913 actually, but the late 20's is close. The 1913 treason is what caused the late 20's.