Random Thoughts Thread

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

It used to be nice to visit Stbx every now and then.  

Their prices may not be prohibitive, but, now, they are ridiculous.  A medium hot tea was $ 2.45 or $ 2.65 and it's now $ 3.75.

My whole family has stopped going to Starbucks except when on a road trip as they know what they will get, due to the cost here, it is crazy to spend the kind of money they are asking for drinks when you can make it at home for such a fraction. Example is a venti black coffee is $7 here in Seattle, my wife makes her own blend at home and has it for 70 cents. No reason to go to Starbucks and give them so much money.

[G. David Felt]

IDIOT 47 just announced on his Stupid social media site that on his first day in office he will sign a presidential directive to charge Canada and Mexico a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S.

Trump's Tariffs Will Likely Hit Prices in These Seven Industries

Consider getting stuff now that can last on the shelf for these industries:

• Automobiles and Automotive parts
• Agricultural Products
• Electronics
• Mineral fuels and oils
• Plastics and Plastic Products
• Machinery and Industrial Equipment
• Aluminum and Steel Products

So if your a foodie who enjoys cooking, I looked up, consider getting ziploc freezer bags, aluminum foil, cooking utensils, etc. get ready for a 25% increase in cost. Reynolds Aluminum company has already said that they will pass along the full 25% tariff cost to the consumer affective the week the tariff goes into effect.  

[G. David Felt]

Good read, excellent explanation of the windshield frit.

Here's What Those Little Black Dots On Car Windows And Windshields Are For

This does not surprise me at all that Ford is doing this to keep control on what folks do with their vehicles.

Ford Sues Restoration Company For Making New Broncos Look Old

This is so true about the need for sleep.
This Is How Much Sleep You Really Need When You're Older

[trinacriabob]

15 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

IDIOT 47 just announced on his Stupid social media site that on his first day in office he will sign a presidential directive to charge Canada and Mexico a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S.

Trump's Tariffs Will Likely Hit Prices in These Seven Industries

Consider getting stuff now that can last on the shelf for these industries:

• Automobiles and Automotive parts
• Agricultural Products
• Electronics
• Mineral fuels and oils
• Plastics and Plastic Products
• Machinery and Industrial Equipment
• Aluminum and Steel Products

So if your a foodie who enjoys cooking, I looked up, consider getting ziploc freezer bags, aluminum foil, cooking utensils, etc. get ready for a 25% increase in cost. Reynolds Aluminum company has already said that they will pass along the full 25% tariff cost to the consumer affective the week the tariff goes into effect.  

And, then, the deplorables will not blame him for inflation because something else must be causing it.

Also, he doesn't "do" anything.  He knows some, but not a lot.  The puppeteers make all these calls.  He has an econ degree from Penn for which he won't let the transcripts be publicized.  The puppeteers often have graduate level schooling in economics, law, and policy and that's what they've habitually done for a living.  He just flaps his gums and talks tough.

[G. David Felt]

I truly hope this is true, it seems to be and of course many GOP house and Senate members have stated they are not wanting to change IRA since it would affect Billions their states have given to auto companies to build plants for the EV industry in their states.

Why Biden’s $7.5B electric vehicle charger push is probably safe from Trump - POLITICO

This is a good read on EVs

The days of costly EV battery replacements are numbered

[trinacriabob]

I didn't want to bother a Bothellian with an early post, given the 3 hour time difference, but join me in wishing @G. David Felt an electrifying birthay!

Enjoy your day ... as much as you can, anyway.

[ccap41]

14 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

He has an econ degree from Penn for which he won't let the transcripts be publicized.

Is it common for presidents to have their college transcripts publicized? That seems really odd, if so. 

 

14 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

He just flaps his gums and talks tough.

So, he's just like every other politician in DC? 🤣 

[oldshurst442]

39 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Is it common for presidents to have their college transcripts publicized? That seems really odd, if so.

You always seem to want to defend in ANY way possible this Donald J. Trump fellow.  I know you say you are the independant voter type, but it seems very odd to me that you always seem to have some sort defense for him. And all Republican type politicians.  I really dont care what voter you are and how you vote. Just a pattern I sees.  It would be a brain twister for me trying to figure you out had you defended Biden or Harris like you do with Trump when @ocnblu was putting on his show against Obama and Biden, but Im not here to start a political thing with you.  I simply dont care. Just wanted to tell you that Ive picked up a certain pattern with you.   

But...Imma gonna ask you if you feel its kinda odd for Trump and friends to question Harris if she ever worked at McDonald's and to ask for proof.  I will admit its kinda odd for a politician to lie about a place of work that may or may not have happened. But to ask for tax slips and pay stubs to a middle aged person (Harris) about a teenager job that she had is kinda odd to me.  Who keeps those slips that long anyway? And...to try to belittle somebody about such a MUNDANE thing but for ALL Trump and friends and followers to ACCEPT BLATANT Trump lies about MORE SERIOUS issues is even odder to me...

Just sayin'

39 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

So, he's just like every other politician in DC? 🤣

In my 52 years almost on this planet called earth, I havent quite heard another politician quite like Donald J. Trump huff and puff sooooo much hatred with so called toughness.  I wasnt alive when Hitler was doing his schtick, so I cant compare Hitler with Trump, but ODDLY enough (that word again that you used and I want to point out just like you like to point out odd things), Trump seems to want to compare himself with Hitler at EVERY turn on his own.  Nobody else but him and his favorite media personalities endorse it as well.  

So no...not like ever other politician. IN THE WORLD let lone DC.  Well maybe Putin the last 2-3 years threatening the West( that is us if you havent noticed) with Nuclear attack.  

Oh...just to be clear.  Its thanx to Trump's divisional tactics in his political world and his so called leadership that has weakened and divided Americans that Putin had the balls to attack and try to capture the entirety of Ukraine and it is Trump himself that has caused Word War 3 because make no misytake about it, the planet IS experiencing WW3 right now. Pray it does NOT escalate to harsher weaponry...  ALL because Trump talks 'tough'.   With his ALLIES...  

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[trinacriabob]

45 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Is it common for presidents to have their college transcripts publicized? That seems really odd, if so. 

I know that this secrecy was mentioned, as if he was a legacy admit and didn't perform well, with some profs weighing in on that.  We know when a VIP politician is on law review, magna/summa, a Fulbright, or a Rhodes scholar.

Ditto with Schwarzenegger ... not even the mayor of a small town.  When there was a teacher's pay settlement thing dragging on and on, he said in his Austrian accent that 'whoever' would 'stay in there until resolved and that it could smell' ... urine or feces, possibly.  Brown or Newsom know how the machine works and are much less likely to utter such stupidities.

I'm apolitical until I see idiocy.  I will gladly vote for a good and normal Republican (a RINO), but the other side is much less amenable to voting Dem due to lower education which leads to more black and white thinking and critical thinking skills that aren't as sharp. 

I'd be insulted if someone called me a liberal.  I just like moderation when possible.

[oldshurst442]

 

Edited 1 hour ago by oldshurst442