The ones dumb enough to be doing that are republicans, it takes a lot to anger a patient person. But woe if you do.

VEEP

Seriously. “Today the secretary of defense with a drinking problem reveals military secrets to a reporter due to a texting error.”

At least offer free healthcare and child birth, that’s $30,000 out of pocket if you’re middle class.

Governors should sign executive orders firing all ICE employees in their states.

The Chinese market has been huge for Hollywood, a reciprocal tariff would really change the budget math.

If people keep using cars as weapons, soon we’ll have to treat them like guns, and not regulate them in any meaningful way.

Shut up and go make Dagwood a sandwich, Blondi.

Placebos in red states sounds the most ethical choice here.

Did you know MS has the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency? I’ve always found it adorable that if you get swept away they’ll send MEMA after you.

Less wind and much more soaking.

In a country full of guns, learn to appreciate laws.

America worst.

“You’ve always been on the side that was one step behind and had to fight to keep up. Don’t you miss it?”

What is he supposed to buy with less than ten million, a smaller yacht? Excuse me, but I thought this was an oligarchy!

CGP Gray, Rules for Rulers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs

This guy does defense economics but he did a good piece on the tariffs: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZ1lcw2bVU

The ones you don’t think of, naturally.

I have two smaller businesses, and I’ve both laid off due to expected decrease in business and bought supplies ahead due to expected shortages.

You’re good putting together that you wouldn’t build a factory right now because uncertainty doesn’t let you predict returns. Not only can you not predict the next president and their tariff policy, I wouldn’t say you can predict trump’s actions tomorrow. I heard an interview John Bolton did today, and he said something along the lines that “trump doesn’t think, he reacts.” Tariffs could be zero or 500% next month or next year or tomorrow. The safe move is to wait and see - and while everyone waits and sees, only small-scale production will start, definitely not enough to sustain demand.

Honestly, if I had the money to build a factory right now, I’d park it and wait to buy one from a company that fails in all this. It would save so much money.

This is complicated and something you have to understand the stock market to even imagine. Certain stocks retain value way above what may be considered their value because of the propensity of other people to buy the stock. Tesla is something that falls into the realm of what people will call ‘shit beta,’ which is a stock that only has value because people know that it is volatile and will therefore have value. It’s hard to explain, but think about it as a diamond or a Birkin bag - it’s valuable because people think it’s valuable, way beyond what it’s actually worth. And as long as people think that it’s going to be worth one dollar more than it’s actually worth right now, they’ll buy it. It’s ridiculous, but here we are.

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