I think you’re on to it here.

This image seems to be ironically referring to an old Penthouse/Playboy cartoon from the 70s where a hippy is in a car waiting in traffic. He’s in a zippy little, gas-sipping car. Next to his car is another guy in a large gas-guzzling car. The hippy is saying something snarky to the other driver, referencing their car-size impact, or something like that.

I did a quick image search, but can’t find the cartoon.

At all? What do you believe the fire hazard is then?

… you have an absolute right of entry as a citizen…

You may have the right, but I wouldn’t count on it being upheld.

Trump has already deported US citizens (supposedly by mistake). And he has plans to make it legal.

Yes, that would be unconstitutional, but Trump has ignored the constitution and the courts multiple times already.

Use a smart power switch.

Battery level drops below say 20% - turn switch on and start charging.

Battery level goes above 80% - turn switch off.

For Android, you could use something like the Tasker app to do the monitoring and switching.

Yes, the music was beautiful to listen to on the Titanic too

Yep, but unfortunately it’s not going to matter how much manufacturing relocates to the US. The rest of the world is now starting to boycot US products en masse. Some countries are even banning investment into the US. And travel to the US is declining. So their trade deficit is going to get far worse.

On top of that, there was news yesterday that Trump removed the ban on the use of "forever chemicals, " like PFAS. So that’ll mean some US products won’t be allowed to be imported into other countries.

Just another case of “are we the baddies?”

“But… but… but at least we stuck it to the libs didn’t we? Right?.. Right!!!”

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Huh? Even if it’s produced in Denmark, how can some of the revenue not be going back to the US where Coca Cola is based?

Edit: Yep, Carlsberg Danmark pays royalties and licensing to The Coca Cola Company in the US. They also buy the syrup concentrate from the US (or its subsidiaries).

So it is most definitely a US product that is being “finished” in Denmark, with a lot of revenue going to the US.

Or your neighbour does all the work instead of you, so you decide to buy soap from them. They’re next door, while Walmart is across the county line, so you decide you won’t charge yourself the extra self-tax with your neighbour.

Walmart"s soap, which used to be $2, is now $3, while your neighbour’s soap is $2.50.

A week later your neighbour sees that demand for their soap is huge because everyone is self-taxing. So they raise their price to $2.95 to make extra profit.

In case you think this is just a contrived fiction, this is exactly what happened to many goods, like solar panels, with Trump’s first-term tarrifs. Americans paid over double the average world price for solar panels.

Worse still, Trump knows this happened, yet somehow this time will be completely different. <sigh>

• Dying of covid to own the libs.
• Losing their jobs to own the libs.
• Losing their social security to own the libs.
• Losing their health care to own the libs.
• Breathing increased pollution to own the libs.
• Paying higher prices to own the libs.

Shooting themselves in the foot over and over… “Ha! Take that libs!”

(Sooooo much winning /s)

… PADDLES HIS BEHIND…

Hey, I think you’re onto something.

Trump being a dictator…

“In the short term, the market is a voting machine, but in the long term, it is a weighing machine” - Benjamin Graham (“father” of value investing and mentor to Warren Buffett)

Meaning that in the short term, stock prices can be swayed from a company’s true value by investors’ emotions and opinions.

But eventually the stock price will align with the company’s actual profitability and growth potential.

And you’re right that these are crazy times, and the “short term” irrationality can last a lot longer than past experiences.

Historically, we’ve used examples like the 17th century tulip mania, or the dot com boom, but it won’t surprise me if Tesla becomes the poster child for this quote in the future.

Large industrial farms got subsidies. Many small farms went under permanently.

And for every job that was saved, it cost the US ~$900,000.

But the saddest thing were the TV interviews of some of the farmers who had lost the business that had been in their families for generations. Many of them were saying that they still believed in Trump.

They figuratively shot themselves in the foot and were yelling “Ha! Take that libs”

From the article:

… early humans were able to tap into in the form of roots, starchy vegetables, and seeds.

These foods are all allowed and even encouraged on the paleo diet.

If anything, by limiting the list of starch sources to these foods, this article adds support for paleo.

You’re partially right. Trump originally wanted to ban TikTok because “China.”

However, the platform’s influence on younger voters supposedly helped him to win the election, so he now favors it.

No surprise that Trump’s personal needs are far more important than real US security.

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Yeah, seems most people have forgotten that inflation was already over 6% for the quarter when Liberal left office in 2022. Labor didn’t cause the problem, they inherited it. And they helped start to bring down inflation within 6 months.

I’m not saying Albo and Labor are a godsend, but Liberal are a far worse choice. The Libs blew over $50 billion on the NBN screw up and Snowy 2.0. And their nuclear power project is already looking to easily exceed that.

The problem is that people who stand up to Trump don’t last long. It’s far worse if Trump perceives he’s the one being controlled like he’s “on a leash”.

That’s why Trump had such a massive staff turnover in his first term. For example, over 90% of his original cabinet were fired or pressured out.

On top of that, many of Trump’s picks were imprisoned or indicted. So the odds aren’t good that his people will do the right thing.

It’s already looking to be far worse this time, especially given the corruption we’ve already seen from him since winning the election, and before he’s even in power.