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  • Kamala is so out of touch it’s outrageous. If you take things at face value and Kamala says “I wouldn’t do anything different from Biden” and you have Trump saying “Biden destroyed the USA” it seems to reason that voting for Kamala means you want more fails.

    Of course, things are usually more nuanced than this, but do you think the average American voter is extremely savvy? If anything, the future of the country is determined by quips and sound bites.

    Here’s a clue: if you need to hire “influence experts” to figure out how to “outreach” to younger voters, you’re out of touch. For several categories of voter, it seems that they are valued for what they pick in the voting booth instead of any kind of actual consideration.

    Trump’s rhetoric and puffery makes some people believe he has their back. Kamala’s pitch seems to boil down to “I’m not that other guy”, which historically doesn’t get you very far.

    It was frustrating to watch the election more or less be handed to Donald Trump, because the only segment of society the Democrats seemed to appeal to was the large corporations that hand over large amounts of donation money. The plight of the average citizen was nowhere near the top list of concerns.








  • Don’t worry guys, even though Donald Trump promised to get consumer costs under control on DAY ONE he still has huge throngs of apologists saying “Rome wasn’t built in a day!” “You think you can fix this much stuff Biden broke so quickly?” “Actually, things ARE fixed already!”

    For a con-man to flourish, he requires a steady stream of gullible people. Our country has a surplus and more are being manufactured every day. You might say ignorance is our #1 export.




  • Here’s a record related to the decision:

    IMPORTANT MEMO
    To: Disney Leadership
    From: Donald J. Trump
    Subject: JIMMY KIMMEL IS AGAINST CHARLIE KIRK — VERY BAD!

    Dear Disney,

    You know me — I love the great people. But Jimmy Kimmel? He’s not a fan of Charlie Kirk. He said some very unfair things. Like, he called the Maga gang “desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.” That’s NOT nice! That’s NOT TRUE!

    I told him, “Jimmy, stop talking about Charlie Kirk!” But he didn’t listen. He’s a disgrace. A DISGRACE! And when I say “disgrace,” I mean anti-American. So I want you to SUSPEND him. S-U-S-P-E-N-D. No more jokes about Charlie Kirk. No more laughs. Just a big, beautiful silence.

    If you don’t do it, I’ll have to say you’re NOT doing your job either. And that would be terrible.

    Best regards, Donald J. Trump

    P.S. Jimmy’s a loser. A total loser.






  • Aha, there you go. I don’t think anyone should put their feet on the seat, but I also wouldn’t alert the police about this.

    I can tell why he seemed to leave that bit out of the story. His story is a lot less sympathetic if you frame it as:

    “I was sitting on the train and had my feet up on a seat. I refused to take my feet off the seat, so she complained to the conductor. Then ??? and I was getting arrested.”

    People with their feet on the seats really bothers me. It’s extra crass if the train was full and he wouldn’t move his feet, but I am not sure if this was a packed car or not. Either way, it’s disrespectful to have your feet on the seat in public transit, and I’d be curious what his exact language was when refusing. Definitely not an arrest-able offense, but this guy sounds like a jerk. I hope we get to see bodycams at one point.




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    This is a huge downside to USA protectionism of EVs. Because the USA slaps anyone who wants to import an EV, the really cheap EVs and many of the other models from overseas don’t land here. It makes Tesla seem more popular than it ought to be because they make up a huge part of the EV market in the USA. However, when you go elsewhere and the consumer can pick from the full range of EVs, they tend not to pick Tesla.

    If we allowed all the foreign EVs in the USA to be sold to citizens, then Tesla would “learn” how to compete. Since they don’t have that pressure, we have an noncompetitive product. This will end just like compact cars did in the 70s. American manufacturers said “Americans don’t want small cars”. Then, everyone started importing Japanese compacts. All of a sudden GM & co. figured out how to make a compact car.

    If you want your product to be a success globally, you can’t do that through tariffs and protectionism. This is not a new phenomenon.