Where’s the Trump “I did this” stickers like I saw at gas pumps with Biden, anyway? At least this one would have some semblance of truth to it, with the bird flu mismanagement.

• Twilight Zone
• MASH
• Malcolm in the Middle

Exactly. Every vaccinated person is another unlikely vector to pass the disease along further, and we’re all better for it.

Not to argue with the article headline, but the stupidest line was crossed long ago. The administration is just padding their stupidity score at this point.

Good trouble

You have the right answer here. Too many people wanting us to separate into two opposing groups before it is absolutely necessary. Which is exactly what those hoping for the demise of the nation want. Putin knows he can’t deal with a united United States, but if we’re too busy fighting ourselves, well then, he’s in the catbird seat.

Why are the Democrats making everything so expensive?!

/s

I’ll take “How to raise taxes for the lower classes without them noticing?” for $1200, Alex.

For an over-simplification, let me present 2 people living in a world where most everything is imported and most everything has a 25% tariff applied.

Steve lives paycheck to paycheck. Every penny he earns is spent. On top of his income tax, sales tax, and whatever other tax he pays for the right to purchase or use something, he also pays that extra 25% on everything for tariffs, which goes to the federal government. Just like a tax, but with a different name. On more or less 100% of his income. So, effectively, the tariff is an additional 25% tax on Steve.

Thermadore III, however, is a trust fund type of guy. He flits back and forth between the beach and the golf course, with no real job, and no real contribution to society. He pays a lower income tax rate than Steve on most of his income, because it’s from long term investments rather than money he had to work for. But because he only spends 10% of his income, he only pays the additional 25% tariff on a fraction of his money. 90% of his income is allowed to grow, tariff free, until such time as he decides to pull some extra cash out for another yacht. Which his accountant will probably advise him to purchase through a shell company registered with some country in the Caribbean, thus avoiding the extra tariffs, anyway.

Again, it’s an oversimplification. But placing large tariffs on vast amounts of stuff that normal people must buy is absolutely raising taxes on the little people.

Edit: grammar isn’t supposed to be this difficult

I’d like to see links, or at least screenshots, to these supposed outreaches, looong before we start accusing people who would apparently be warning us of such recruitment efforts as disloyal. Sounds like it’s just fElons trying to justify their past imbecilic actions by post dating the firings with “and they’re disloyal, too!”

Stupid Andrew Jackson and his stupid horse face making things difficult centuries later.

I may need some Xanax myself, the way things are going.

Edit: Xanax is one of the main drugs listed in the article as given out to the Trump 45 team.

Those in the UK and Ireland often wonder the exact opposite question. It’s a regional difference in the English language.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip

Should be a Burger King crown. For accuracy.

Potato chips

May be time for Android users to switch to iPhone, then?

Seems a little like state sponsored religion. Now, call me crazy, but I think the Constitution said something on that topic. Not that that matters anymore.

The Russians/Soviets have guard towers on every block who monitor which rooms citizens are in at any given moment. Absolutely no true freedom of movement, unlike those of us in the free world. At the time, I figured people could trick the guards by just not turning on lights in the room when they moved about. As the years went on, two questions came to mind: isn’t that prohibitively expensive? and why???

That’s what I’m wondering!

No worries, eh! May you come out on the other side of this insanity better than going into it. Until then, can you help a bro out and change the laws to let descendants of Canadians claim citizenship?

How about a nice game of chess?