There are ways that tariffs can be used to protect domestic industries. But when they’re done that way, it’s normally specific products, implemented carefully and with some warning. I’m pretty sure there are some tariffs to protect American automakers, off the top of my head.

What the president did is just economic suicide. Sudden, huge, fairly indiscriminate, and fluctuating. I think his goal, in his mind, may have been to replace the income tax, but he really fumbled. And that’s a bad idea anyway, because tariffs and sales taxes hit the middle class hardest, which slows down the economy.

There may also be an explanation that he really doesn’t understand cooperation and believes every deal has a winner and a loser. And then very mistakenly concluded that we were the losers in international trade because of our trade deficit. That’s incorrect. We get large amounts of goods and resources for small amounts of fiat currency, which we always seem to have more of. Our trade deficit considerably improves our quality of life in ways that cannot be replicated by an insular economy.

Well, the assholes in charge over here dismantled FEMA, a national disaster relief organization. And there are some pretty Republican regions that regularly need its assistance from hurricanes and other weather disasters.

I got a hefty stockpile of food. Probably gonna grab some extras of random consumables in the next couple days. Maybe an extra kilo of 3D printer filament mostly just for fun but also in case I need some random plastic whosywhatsit that can’t be found any more.

2 is definitely the best-machined. Quality manufacturing right there.

Then whyyyyy did he work so damn hard to sink us? Fucking idiot. No matter what happens, even if I hear about it in a Salvadoran labor prison, if he kills himself, it’ll be a good day.

It’s called turning down distractions. That’s totally normal AFAIK.

Does “The author has a domme kink” even count?

Yes, there are enough people walking on it to just kill the grass. No further effort is needed to form the pathway. Many wild animals make paths by walking on them a lot too.

Wouldn’t be nearly as satisfying, but I’d give it consideration I guess.

I appreciate his hope that capitulation will grant him mercy, but I’m not buying a Tesla unless he kills himself.

There may be a more specific term for that particular design, but it’s a cloak or a shawl. Likely rectangular to my eye, but I’m not a pro.

No you don’t. There lies madness. Study it if you must, but only for wisdom of what not to do.

'09 was the year the right-wing postbots took over. It was a good time to leave. It’s also the year after Paul Manafort received millions of dollars from a Russian oligarch to promote Russian interests in the West, and the same year the Tea Party was formed.

Paul Manafort was also on Trump’s top campaign staff in 2016.

I will never, ever respect someone who looks at the creativity and altruism of modding communities and says “That is irrational”. Absolutely soulless talk. No value in the world that isn’t monetary to those assholes.

I’m an American who joined this community to get a finger on Australia’s pulse because it’s my first choice for places to run if the coup here succeeds. For the love of anything you may hold holy, do not vote for anyone who shares Trump’s stances or attitude. If it can happen in my home, it can happen almost anywhere.

Uhh, bad. I’m holding up objectively well under the circumstances compared to the past, but the circumstances are… You know.

Liverwurst and pickles on cinnamon raisin bread. The salt and savory work with the sweet bread IMO. Gotta use the good liverwurst though. It’s so goddamn hard to find these days. Kahn’s.

The Alt NatPark guys are saying more like five million on 4/5 nationwide.

They gotta hit JD first if they’re gonna fix anything.

Sure, one scar. We were demolishing a bigass concrete retaining wall and I was chipping out the wrought iron handrail. Couldn’t be arsed with safety glasses and safety squints weren’t doing it, so I was just chipping it out with a 35lb electric jackhammer with my eyes closed most of the time. As I got to the last parts, it was really starting to lean out over me.

Absolute looney toons moment. About five hundred pounds of wrought iron fell over onto my head while my eyes were closed and made a two-inch tear on my scalp. It was floppy enough that it didn’t break my neck, but I had to get staples.