• Re: Toddler-in-Chief Does Central Planning

    From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Mon May 5 03:42:00 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 5/5/25 3:36, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:
    | President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in
    | foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade
    | disputes with nations around the world.

    How do you tariff a movie?

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 5 06:36:12 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in
    | foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade
    | disputes with nations around the world.
    | ...
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo>

    --bks

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Mon May 5 08:32:14 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    | President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in
    | foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade
    | disputes with nations around the world.
    | ...
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo>

    Trump said he was authorising the US Department of Commerce and Trade
    Representative to start the process to impose the levy because America's
    movie industry was dying "a very fast death".

    He blamed a "concerted effort" by other countries that offer incentives to
    attract filmmakers and studios, which he described as a "National Security
    threat".

    *LMFAO*

    My god, listen to this doddering old fool in the video at that link.

    --
    Penalty for private use.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Mon May 5 12:47:44 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:vva4as$s5o$1 @panix3.panix.com:

    |
    | President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in
    | foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade
    | disputes with nations around the world.
    | ...
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7e2z1rxyo>

    --bks


    Next up, the Bible.

    "Wait a minute, this book is full of
    foriegners in foreign countries who don't
    even speak English! Get out of classrooms!

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 7 19:45:51 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in
    | foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade
    | disputes with nations around the world.

    |
    | hours after Bessent left the door open to lowering tariffs
    | on China, Trump says he's not open to pulling back tariffs
    | on China
    |
    | [13-second Newsmax video at URL]
    |
    <https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lolxpaesy72l>

    |
    | A drop in Canada-U.S. travel has led Calgary-based WestJet
    | to cancel more flights south of the border.
    |
    | The airline says it is suspending flights from Vancouver to
    | Austin until October.
    | ... <https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/lower-demand-cancels-9-more-westjet-routes/>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 8 03:09:40 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | Trump cuts Energy Star program that saved households $450 a year
    | ... <https://www.theverge.com/news/662847/trump-ending-energy-star-program-could-cost-homeowners-450-annually>

    --bks

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Wed May 7 20:35:28 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 7/5/25 20:09, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:
    | Trump cuts Energy Star program that saved households $450 a year
    | ... <https://www.theverge.com/news/662847/trump-ending-energy-star-program-could-cost-homeowners-450-annually>

    --bks

    Their fault for not having a coal fire generator in their back yard.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 9 18:07:34 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | Detroit automakers fuming after Trump's first trade deal
    | gives preferential treatment to imported U.K. cars over
    | their own
    | ... <https://fortune.com/2025/05/09/detroit-automakers-fuming-trump-trade-deal-preferential-treatment-uk-cars/>

    --bks

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Sat May 10 07:25:50 2025
    XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Mitchell Holman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    "Michael O. Kinyam" <[email protected]> wrote in news:vvlppa$ic04$[email protected]:

    <snip>

    Good. We don't need any woke tourists and left-wing indoctrination
    movies.

    What is a "left wing indoctrination" movie?

    Rambo?
    The Terminator?
    Captain America?
    Hacksaw Ridge?
    Band of Brothers?
    Patton?
    Rocky?
    The Patriot?
    Flags Of Our Fathers?
    Memphis Belle?
    Pearl Harbor?

    Man, this place is eaten up with throwaway nyms.

    --
    I use not only all the brains I have, but all those I can borrow as well.
    -- Woodrow Wilson

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Tue May 13 23:06:03 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 5/5/25 3:36, [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:
      | President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in
      | foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade
      | disputes with nations around the world.

    How do you tariff a movie?

    Um... better tarriff them all!

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 18 17:29:02 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | 'I own the store': Trump seeks a direct role in the economy
    | ...
    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.
    | ... <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/18/trump-economy-tariffs-taxes-trade/>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 23 13:35:18 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ... <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25-tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>

    |
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1
    | ... <https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html>

    --bks

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Fri May 23 18:21:54 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:100ptim$j28$[email protected]:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ...
    <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25- tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>


    Will there be a tariff on Trump
    Bibles not made in the US?


    Will there be a tariff on Trump
    shirts not made in the US?


    Will there be a tariff on Trump
    banners not made in the US?


    Will there be a tariff on Trump
    sneakers not made in the US?


    Will there be a tariff on Trump
    watches not made in the US?

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Sat May 24 01:45:19 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:100ptim$j28$[email protected]:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ...
    <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25- tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>



    A question the MAGAs here can never answer:

    As someone who ships all HIS manufacturing
    work overseas why is Trump on the warpath
    against compamies doing the very same thing?

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Sat May 24 08:16:50 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Fri, 23 May 2025 13:35:18 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ...
    <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25-tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>


    You're against US manufacturing?

    |
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1
    | ...
    <https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html>

    --bks

    Has the EU dropped the tariffs they put on our products yet?

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  • From AlleyCat@21:1/5 to NoBody on Sat May 24 11:35:03 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 5/24/2025 5:16 AM, NoBody wrote:
    On Fri, 23 May 2025 13:35:18 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ...
    <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25-tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>


    You're against US manufacturing?

    All smart Americans are against Trump's doomed-to-failure plan artificially to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. It won't work, and every American will be worse off.


    |
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1
    | ...
    <https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html>

    --bks

    Has the EU dropped the tariffs they put on our products yet?

    The EU only applied tariffs to American products in retaliation for Trump's idiocy. The EU had low or no tariffs on American goods before Trump idiotically started a doomed-to-failure trade war.

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  • From Alan Bond@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Sat May 24 11:35:27 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 5/23/2025 6:45 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:100ptim$j28$[email protected]:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ...
    <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25-
    tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>



    A question the MAGAs here can never answer:

    As someone who ships all HIS manufacturing
    work overseas why is Trump on the warpath
    against compamies doing the very same thing?

    MAGATs have never had any intellectual consistency, *ever*.

    Here's another example. When the unemployment rate is low during a Republiscum/QAnon administration, the MAGAts start braying about the "strong economy." But when the rate is equally low during a Democratic administration, with comparable labor force participation rate, they suddenly start shrieking about "hidden unemployment" and "discouraged workers" and other bullshit.

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to NoBody on Sun May 25 09:55:08 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Sat, 24 May 2025 08:16:50 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Fri, 23 May 2025 13:35:18 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    |
    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US
    | ... >><https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/trump-threatens-25-tariffs-on-apple-if-iphones-not-made-in-us>


    You're against US manufacturing?

    |
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1
    | ... >><https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html>

    --bks

    Has the EU dropped the tariffs they put on our products yet?

    And Bradley has run away.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 26 12:15:47 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    |
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9
    | ... <https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-agrees-to-delay-eu-tariffs-cfebc4af>

    --bks

    The "stable genius" is insane.

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Mon May 26 09:27:42 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Mon, 26 May 2025 12:15:47 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    |
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9
    | ...
    <https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-agrees-to-delay-eu-tariffs-cfebc4af>

    --bks

    The "stable genius" is insane.

    Trump issues tariffs, you cry and stomp your feet.
    Trump delays tariffs to provide more time for negotation, you cry and
    stomp your feet.

    You're pathetic.

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to NoBody on Tue May 27 08:41:19 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Mon, 26 May 2025 09:27:42 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Mon, 26 May 2025 12:15:47 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    |
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9
    | ... >><https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-agrees-to-delay-eu-tariffs-cfebc4af>

    --bks

    The "stable genius" is insane.

    Trump issues tariffs, you cry and stomp your feet.
    Trump delays tariffs to provide more time for negotation, you cry and
    stomp your feet.

    You're pathetic.

    And Bradley is silent.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 31 14:19:37 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ... <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>

    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Sat May 31 18:31:18 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in news:101f35p$32j$[email protected]:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent -steel-tariff>

    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.



    Trump - "let's make more things in America"

    Also Trump - "Let's make it twice as expensive
    to do so"

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Sun Jun 1 10:04:39 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and
    | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>

    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to NoBody on Sun Jun 1 13:25:53 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 6/1/25 10:04, NoBody wrote:
    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>

    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    It could be, if it were being done correctly. It is not.


    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    You have Trump's dick in your mouth.


    -hh

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to NoBody on Mon Jun 2 13:25:11 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and
    | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ... >><https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>

    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    And Bradley has run away.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to NoBody on Mon Jun 2 13:43:20 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could
    | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US

    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>


    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route
    for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because
    he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no
    matter how much he huffs and puffs.

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 07:21:33 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:43:20 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could >>>>>>>>>>> | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US >>>>
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>


    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do >everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    What are you babbling on about???

    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route
    for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because
    he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no
    matter how much he huffs and puffs.

    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to NoBody on Tue Jun 3 07:04:55 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 2025-06-03 11:21:33 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:43:20 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024
    | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could >>>>>>>>>>>> | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US >>>>>
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 >>>>>
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>



    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do
    everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    What are you babbling on about???

    Well nobody ever accused NoBody of basic comprehension.

    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route
    for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because
    he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no
    matter how much he huffs and puffs.

    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

    Oh and I forgot -- are you going to be happy to pay 30% or more when
    you go to the movies or that much more for your cable bill?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 07:19:07 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 07:04:55 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-03 11:21:33 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:43:20 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>
    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024 >>>>>>>>>>>>> | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could >>>>>>>>>>>>> | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US >>>>>>
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 >>>>>>
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>



    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do
    everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    What are you babbling on about???

    Well nobody ever accused NoBody of basic comprehension.

    It's ironic that you wander off topic to talk about movies but I'm the
    one with the comprehension issue (in that tiny brain of yours").


    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route
    for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because
    he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no
    matter how much he huffs and puffs.

    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

    Oh and I forgot -- are you going to be happy to pay 30% or more when
    you go to the movies or that much more for your cable bill?

    Why would my Internet bill increase?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 4 13:14:15 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'

    | ...
    | You might think that we have so few steelworkers because we
    | import it all, but we actually only import 27 percent of
    | consumption, with the other 73 percent produced
    | domestically. The point instead is that steel production is
    | highly capital-intensive and just doesn't employ many
    | people -- so steel tariffs can't possibly create enough
    | jobs to replace those lost elsewhere in manufacturing.
    |
    | So steel tariffs don't make any policy sense. But then
    | neither does anything else in Trump's trade war -- and the
    | nonsensical nature of the whole enterprise is why I don't
    | think he'll find an off-ramp. After all, it's obvious that
    | the increased steel tariff wasn't a considered policy, it
    | was a temper tantrum after the Court of International Trade
    | ruled against his other tariffs.
    |
    | When you see Trump officials claiming that they're in the
    | process of negotiating trade deals with lots of countries
    | -- dozens! hundreds! thousands! -- always ask, deals about
    | what?
    | ...
    <https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-there-a-tariff-end-game>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 4 17:06:46 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Trump's idiocy backfires. U.S. automakers plan to move
    production out of the USA and into China:
    |
    | Four major automakers are racing to find workarounds to
    | China's stranglehold on rare-earth magnets, which they fear
    | could force them to shut down some car production within
    | weeks.
    |
    | Several traditional and electric-vehicle makers--and their
    | suppliers--are considering shifting some auto-parts
    | manufacturing to China to avoid looming factory shutdowns,
    | people familiar with the situation said.
    |
    | Ideas under review include producing electric motors in
    | Chinese factories or shipping made-in-America motors to
    | China to have magnets installed. Moving production to China
    | as a way to get around the export controls on rare-earth
    | magnets could work because the restrictions only cover
    | magnets, not finished parts, the people said.
    | ... <https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/car-companies-production-rare-earth-shortage-aaf87ad2>

    --bks

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Thu Jun 5 07:07:18 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 13:14:15 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'

    | ...
    | You might think that we have so few steelworkers because we
    | import it all, but we actually only import 27 percent of
    | consumption, with the other 73 percent produced
    | domestically. The point instead is that steel production is
    | highly capital-intensive and just doesn't employ many
    | people -- so steel tariffs can't possibly create enough
    | jobs to replace those lost elsewhere in manufacturing.
    |
    | So steel tariffs don't make any policy sense. But then
    | neither does anything else in Trump's trade war -- and the
    | nonsensical nature of the whole enterprise is why I don't
    | think he'll find an off-ramp. After all, it's obvious that
    | the increased steel tariff wasn't a considered policy, it
    | was a temper tantrum after the Court of International Trade
    | ruled against his other tariffs.
    |
    | When you see Trump officials claiming that they're in the
    | process of negotiating trade deals with lots of countries
    | -- dozens! hundreds! thousands! -- always ask, deals about
    | what?
    | ...
    <https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-there-a-tariff-end-game>

    --bks

    Krugman....

    Laughter!

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to NoBody on Thu Jun 5 07:08:21 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:19:07 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 07:04:55 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-03 11:21:33 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:43:20 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>
    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K. >>>>>> Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US >>>>>>>
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 >>>>>>>
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>



    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do >>>> everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    What are you babbling on about???

    Well nobody ever accused NoBody of basic comprehension.

    It's ironic that you wander off topic to talk about movies but I'm the
    one with the comprehension issue (in that tiny brain of yours").


    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route >>>> for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because
    he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no >>>> matter how much he huffs and puffs.

    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

    Oh and I forgot -- are you going to be happy to pay 30% or more when
    you go to the movies or that much more for your cable bill?

    Why would my Internet bill increase?

    <crickets.wav>

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to NoBody on Thu Jun 5 18:56:00 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 07:04:55 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-03 11:21:33 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:43:20 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>
    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K. >>>>>> Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could >>>>>>>>>>>>>> | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US >>>>>>>
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 >>>>>>>
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>




    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's
    called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do >>>> everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    What are you babbling on about???

    Well nobody ever accused NoBody of basic comprehension.

    It's ironic that you wander off topic to talk about movies but I'm the
    one with the comprehension issue (in that tiny brain of yours").


    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route >>>> for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because
    he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no >>>> matter how much he huffs and puffs.

    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

    Oh and I forgot -- are you going to be happy to pay 30% or more when
    you go to the movies or that much more for your cable bill?

    Why would my Internet bill increase?

    Because of tariffs which increased infrastructure costs that get passed
    along to consumers. FYI, there are debates amongst economists on how much
    of tariffs get passed along, but the gist of their debate is if it’s 100%
    .. or as low as 97%. Pragmatically, this is an academic debate on
    precision, because both their upper & lower limits are close enough
    together to not make any effective difference for consumers: it’s close enough to “all of it” to not matter.

    -hh

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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Jun 6 02:15:49 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 2025-06-05, -hh <[email protected]> wrote:
    NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 07:04:55 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-03 11:21:33 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 13:43:20 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-02 17:25:11 +0000, NoBody said:

    On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:04:39 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>
    On Sat, 31 May 2025 14:19:37 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K. >>>>>>> Sherman) wrote:

    | It's a departure from decades of Republican orthodoxy and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | arguably from Trump's own history; during the 2024 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | campaign, he called Democrat Kamala Harris a communist and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | a Marxist because her vow to tackle price gouging could >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | have led to price controls.

    | Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not Made in US >>>>>>>>
    | Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 >>>>>>>>
    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    | Trump Pushes Back Deadline on EU Tariffs to July 9

    |
    |
    | Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in 'major announcement'
    | ...
    <https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-announces-50-percent-steel-tariff>




    --bks

    He's stark raving mad.

    He's attempting to bring production back to the country. That's >>>>>>> called sound planning.

    Your whining makes YOU stark raving mad.

    So the studios are supposed to build sets that look like The Great
    Pyramids and other huge landmarks around the world?

    Many directors and actors prefer to work on location and not let CGI do >>>>> everything if you think that's a viable substitute.

    You know less about moviemaking than your tinhorn dictator Dear Leader does.

    What are you babbling on about???

    Well nobody ever accused NoBody of basic comprehension.

    It's ironic that you wander off topic to talk about movies but I'm the
    one with the comprehension issue (in that tiny brain of yours").


    I'm surprised you didn't take the tired "he's just trolling you" route >>>>> for this particular absurdity instead of taking it seriously because >>>>> he's not going to force every movie released to be filmed in the US no >>>>> matter how much he huffs and puffs.

    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

    Oh and I forgot -- are you going to be happy to pay 30% or more when
    you go to the movies or that much more for your cable bill?

    Why would my Internet bill increase?

    Because of tariffs which increased infrastructure costs that get passed
    along to consumers. FYI, there are debates amongst economists on how much
    of tariffs get passed along, but the gist of their debate is if it’s 100% .. or as low as 97%. Pragmatically, this is an academic debate on
    precision, because both their upper & lower limits are close enough
    together to not make any effective difference for consumers: it’s close enough to “all of it” to not matter.

    -hh


    OMG!
    I would hate to go shopping with you hh.
    Do you analyze down to the least significant bit everything you encounter?

    You turn simple, logical, common sense topics into long numbers oriented
    stats.

    As for Internet bills increasing, it's the same as it has always been.
    They increase, because the carriers can do it.
    And that's especially true in areas where a single carrier has a monopoly.
    The short answer is, they get away with what they can soak the customers for.



    --
    Ask snit how he pissed on his cat.
    All about snit read below. Links courtesy of Ron: https://web.archive.org/web/20181028000459/http://www.cosmicpenguin.com/snit.html
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190529043314/http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitlist.html
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190529062255/http://cosmicpenguin.com/snitLieMethods.htm

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Governor Swill on Fri Jun 6 13:35:28 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Governor Swill <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 02:15:49 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:

    As for Internet bills increasing, it's the same as it has always been.
    They increase, because the carriers can do it.

    And now they have an excuse. "Tariffs have driven up the cost of infrastructure components including servers and processors."

    That’s a good illustration of how to manage/manipulate public perceptions.
    We saw with egg prices how the rate increases exceeded what their wholesale price changes were…and the higher profit margins showed up in their SEC filings.

    Best practices is to believe what’s written in reports which are by regulation required to be truthful, not what their advertising or
    spokesperson says on TV/etc.
    -hh

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to pothead on Fri Jun 6 13:35:27 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    pothead <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-06-05, -hh <[email protected]> wrote:
    NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 07:04:55 -0500, super70s
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On 2025-06-03 11:21:33 +0000, NoBody said:


    Uh....yeah...

    Eyeroll.

    Oh and I forgot -- are you going to be happy to pay 30% or more when
    you go to the movies or that much more for your cable bill?

    Why would my Internet bill increase?

    Because of tariffs which increased infrastructure costs that get passed
    along to consumers. FYI, there are debates amongst economists on how much >> of tariffs get passed along, but the gist of their debate is if it’s 100% >> .. or as low as 97%. Pragmatically, this is an academic debate on
    precision, because both their upper & lower limits are close enough
    together to not make any effective difference for consumers: it’s close >> enough to “all of it” to not matter.


    OMG!
    I would hate to go shopping with you hh.

    Mostly because you’re be jealous. /s

    Do you analyze down to the least significant bit everything you encounter?

    Depends on how important (or not) it is. For example, just spent IIRC
    $5.65 for a cup of coffee yesterday, in no small part because I wanted a
    cup and it was the “least bad” value at that time & place. But I’ve been fortunate in that we’ve watched our budgets for enough years that I no
    longer need to sweat the pennies. Or nickels, dimes…but the principle still holds of assessing value, even if one is buying yet another new Porsche.

    You turn simple, logical, common sense topics into long numbers oriented stats.

    Facts inform decisions. The facts here are that tariffs are passed along
    to consumers, and at rates close enough to 100% that the pedantic pennies
    short of 100% doesn’t really matter.

    As for Internet bills increasing, it's the same as it has always been.
    They increase, because the carriers can do it.
    And that's especially true in areas where a single carrier has a monopoly. The short answer is, they get away with what they can soak the customers for.

    Then would you be supportive of, or opposed to, having government
    regulation on pricing power on such natural monopolies? Make a stand.

    -hh

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 11:05:00 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ... <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-nippon-trump.html>

    --bks

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  • From Scout@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Mon Jun 16 13:33:36 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ...
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-nipp >on-trump.html>

    --bks



    Trump says we need more government.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Scout on Mon Jun 16 18:08:50 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Scout <[email protected]> wrote in news:102p6ff$3a7qs$[email protected]:

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ... >><https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-n
    ipp on-trump.html>

    --bks



    Trump says we need more government.



    All Republicans vote for more government.

    Even as they campaign for LESS govenment.

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  • From OrigInfoJunkie@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Mon Jun 16 11:12:05 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 6/16/2025 11:08 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
    Scout <[email protected]> wrote in news:102p6ff$3a7qs$[email protected]:

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ...
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-n
    ipp on-trump.html>

    --bks



    Trump says we need more government.



    All Republicans vote for more government.

    Even as they campaign for LESS govenment.

    That's just empty rhetoric. They don't mean it.

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Mitchell Holman on Mon Jun 16 15:20:07 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Mitchell Holman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Scout <[email protected]> wrote in news:102p6ff$3a7qs$[email protected]:

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ... >>><https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-n >>>ipp on-trump.html>

    Trump says we need more government.

    All Republicans vote for more government.

    Even as they campaign for LESS govenment.

    They want more government on their terms, and less government when
    it affects their terms.

    Lately, "their terms" seems to reduce to "owning the libs" or controlling women.

    --
    Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer (not advised)
    are called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse
    at are called software.
    -- Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes: Technological
    Literacy for the 1990's.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Tue Jun 17 01:47:50 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom <[email protected]> wrote in news:102pqpa$1qqu2$4@dont- email.me:

    Mitchell Holman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Scout <[email protected]> wrote in
    news:102p6ff$3a7qs$[email protected]:

    Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ... >>>><https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-n >>>>ipp on-trump.html>

    Trump says we need more government.

    All Republicans vote for more government.

    Even as they campaign for LESS govenment.

    They want more government on their terms, and less government when
    it affects their terms.

    Lately, "their terms" seems to reduce to "owning the libs" or controlling women.



    "Sure I lost my farm because of the
    Trump tariffs and DOGE fired my wife
    from her job at the VA but hey, Trump
    is owning the libs and that is all that
    matters!"

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Tue Jun 17 07:13:30 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:05:00 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    |
    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ...
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-nippon-trump.html>

    --bks

    Paywalled garbage noted.

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to NoBody on Tue Jun 17 13:10:27 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 6/17/25 07:13, NoBody wrote:
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:05:00 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    |
    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ...
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-nippon-trump.html>

    --bks

    Paywalled garbage noted.

    It notes how the Government is seizing the means of production.

    You know ... an anti-Capitalist Soviet behavior.

    FYI, once MAGA is gone, what Trump has done here is legal precedent for Democrats to mandate Unions, EEO/DEI, etc, etc ... at US Steel/Nippon.


    -hh

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to NoBody on Tue Jun 24 23:14:45 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    NoBody wrote:
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:05:00 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:
    |
    | To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel
    | agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House
    | a "golden share" that gives the government an extraordinary
    | amount of influence over a U.S. company.
    | ...
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/golden-share-us-steel-nippon-trump.html>

    Paywalled garbage noted.

    Here ya go, NoBrain

    https://archive.is/dCBgv

    Dealmakers are concerned that President Donald
    Trump has set a dangerous precedent for politically
    sensitive tie-ups by taking a “golden share” in US
    Steel as a condition for approving its takeover by
    Japan’s Nippon Steel.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 27 18:56:14 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | President Donald Trump abruptly announced Friday he was
    | ending trade talks with Canada, objecting to the country's
    | new digital services tax, which is set to take effect
    | Monday.
    | ... <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/27/trump-presidency-news/>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 11:14:41 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | Trump says US to impose 50% tariff on copper imports,
    | copper futures jump
    | ... <https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-says-he-will-impose-50-tariff-copper-imports-tuesday-2025-07-08/>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 23:25:31 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | Holy shit -- Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when
    | pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly
    | justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a
    | trade *deficit* with the US
    |
    | [179-second ABC video at URL]
    |
    <https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ltu6td4dbc2d>

    --bks

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  • From BeamMeUpScotty@21:1/5 to Governor Swill on Mon Jul 14 17:01:52 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 7/14/2025 4:18 PM, Governor Swill wrote:
    On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:25:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    |
    | Holy shit -- Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when
    | pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly
    | justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a
    | trade *deficit* with the US
    |
    | [179-second ABC video at URL]
    |
    <https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ltu6td4dbc2d>

    --bks

    Yet another trumpling runs from a question. They've been well trained
    by big daddy.

    He didn't need to train them. Having zero ability to deal intelligently with the
    press was a prerequisite for the job.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 22 19:56:13 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | While Donald Trump rants about tariffs and threatens his
    | neighbors like a drunk mall cop with a megaphone, Canada
    | and Mexico just did something historic: they agreed on a
    | preliminary plan to build a new trade corridor that
    | bypasses the United States entirely.
    |
    | Let me say that again--a North American trade corridor that
    | completely skips the United States.
    |
    | And the kicker? This new "North Belt Corridor" could cost
    | the U.S. economy $125 billion while adding tens of billions
    | to Canada and Mexico's bottom lines. It's not just trade
    | realignment. It's a geopolitical slap in the face. And
    | Trump handed them the map.
    | ... <https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-new-north-america-historic-canadamexico>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 23 02:38:59 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | Toyota is up +8% on the news of a 15% tariff.
    |
    | Why?
    |
    | It's simple.
    |
    | Ford, GM, Tesla, and all the other American manufacturers
    | are going to be paying 50% more for their steel, 50% more
    | for their copper, 25% more for their Canadian production,
    | 25% more for their Mexican production, and 55% on their
    | Chinese production.
    |
    | Toyota only has to pay 15% more and they're done with all
    | the shenanigans.
    |
    | Ford has to pay much more than that. A lot more in fact.
    |
    | We've given a Japanese car company an advantage over
    | American car companies.
    |
    | All in hope of bringing auto jobs back to America.
    |
    | 0D Chess.
    |
    <https://xcancel.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1947821113792201034>

    --bks

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  • From chine.bleu@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Tue Jul 22 20:37:29 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    [email protected] (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote:
    | Let me say that again--a North American trade corridor that
    | completely skips the United States.

    How? Does the USA not stretch across the oceans from Spain to Japan?

    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    Thank goodness my iron lung is working again! /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Wed Jul 23 08:31:35 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:56:13 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    |
    | While Donald Trump rants about tariffs and threatens his
    | neighbors like a drunk mall cop with a megaphone, Canada
    | and Mexico just did something historic: they agreed on a
    | preliminary plan to build a new trade corridor that
    | bypasses the United States entirely.
    |
    | Let me say that again--a North American trade corridor that
    | completely skips the United States.
    |
    | And the kicker? This new "North Belt Corridor" could cost
    | the U.S. economy $125 billion while adding tens of billions
    | to Canada and Mexico's bottom lines. It's not just trade
    | realignment. It's a geopolitical slap in the face. And
    | Trump handed them the map.
    | ...
    <https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-new-north-america-historic-canadamexico>

    --bks

    Laughter!

    No country is stupid enough to cut off the US markets.

    Meanwhile...


    " President Donald Trump announced a long-awaited trade agreement with
    Japan on Tuesday night, a framework between allies and major trading
    partners that appeared elusive just weeks ago.

    �I just signed the largest trade deal in history; I think maybe the
    largest deal in history with Japan,� Trump said during a reception
    with Republican members of Congress Tuesday night.

    �They had their top people here, and we worked on it long and hard.
    And it�s a great deal for everybody.�

    The deal will see US importers pay 15% �reciprocal� tariffs on
    Japanese goods exported to the United States. But importantly for
    Japan, the 15% rate will also extend to automobiles and car parts -
    putting it at an advantage over other major vehicle exporters, which
    have faced a 25% levy on automotive sector exports since April. "

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/japan-trade-agreement-us

    You didn't report this. Why not?

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to NoBody on Thu Jul 24 07:06:43 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:31:35 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:56:13 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    |
    | While Donald Trump rants about tariffs and threatens his
    | neighbors like a drunk mall cop with a megaphone, Canada
    | and Mexico just did something historic: they agreed on a
    | preliminary plan to build a new trade corridor that
    | bypasses the United States entirely.
    |
    | Let me say that again--a North American trade corridor that
    | completely skips the United States.
    |
    | And the kicker? This new "North Belt Corridor" could cost
    | the U.S. economy $125 billion while adding tens of billions
    | to Canada and Mexico's bottom lines. It's not just trade
    | realignment. It's a geopolitical slap in the face. And
    | Trump handed them the map.
    | ... >><https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-new-north-america-historic-canadamexico>

    --bks

    Laughter!

    No country is stupid enough to cut off the US markets.

    Meanwhile...


    " President Donald Trump announced a long-awaited trade agreement with
    Japan on Tuesday night, a framework between allies and major trading
    partners that appeared elusive just weeks ago.

    �I just signed the largest trade deal in history; I think maybe the
    largest deal in history with Japan,� Trump said during a reception
    with Republican members of Congress Tuesday night.

    �They had their top people here, and we worked on it long and hard.
    And it�s a great deal for everybody.�

    The deal will see US importers pay 15% �reciprocal� tariffs on
    Japanese goods exported to the United States. But importantly for
    Japan, the 15% rate will also extend to automobiles and car parts -
    putting it at an advantage over other major vehicle exporters, which
    have faced a 25% levy on automotive sector exports since April. "

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/japan-trade-agreement-us

    You didn't report this. Why not?

    So much for Bradley's search for truth...

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 26 13:39:25 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | The Art of the Really Stupid Deal
    |
    | What the heck were the Trumpists thinking?
    |
    | Earlier this week the Trump administration triumphantly
    | announced that it had scored a big trade deal with Japan.
    | Now the reviews are in, and the deal basically received a
    | 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. And I'm not talking about the
    | reactions of economists; I'm talking about the reaction
    | from the manufacturing sector, both management and labor,
    | which Trump's tariffs were supposed to help.
    | ...
    <https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-really-stupid-deal>

    --bks

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Sun Jul 27 08:37:50 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:39:25 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    |
    | The Art of the Really Stupid Deal
    |
    | What the heck were the Trumpists thinking?
    |
    | Earlier this week the Trump administration triumphantly
    | announced that it had scored a big trade deal with Japan.
    | Now the reviews are in, and the deal basically received a
    | 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. And I'm not talking about the
    | reactions of economists; I'm talking about the reaction
    | from the manufacturing sector, both management and labor,
    | which Trump's tariffs were supposed to help.
    | ...
    <https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-art-of-the-really-stupid-deal>

    --bks

    Sour grapes from Krugman: a man who has never been right about
    anything.

    But hey at least you're finally admitting that Trump has made trade
    deals.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 27 15:30:54 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | The Art of the Really Stupid Deal
    |
    | What the heck were the Trumpists thinking?
    |
    | Earlier this week the Trump administration triumphantly
    | announced that it had scored a big trade deal with Japan.
    | Now the reviews are in, and the deal basically received a
    | 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. And I'm not talking about the
    | reactions of economists; I'm talking about the reaction
    | from the manufacturing sector, both management and labor,
    | which Trump's tariffs were supposed to help.

    The GOP no longer believes in "free markets":
    |
    | There will be no more extensions on tariff deadlines, and
    | they will go into force as scheduled on August 1, Commerce
    | Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.
    | ...
    <https://www.axios.com/2025/07/27/trump-tariffs-august-1>

    --bks

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Mon Jul 28 07:01:58 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:30:54 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | The Art of the Really Stupid Deal
    |
    | What the heck were the Trumpists thinking?
    |
    | Earlier this week the Trump administration triumphantly
    | announced that it had scored a big trade deal with Japan.
    | Now the reviews are in, and the deal basically received a
    | 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. And I'm not talking about the
    | reactions of economists; I'm talking about the reaction
    | from the manufacturing sector, both management and labor,
    | which Trump's tariffs were supposed to help.

    The GOP no longer believes in "free markets":
    |
    | There will be no more extensions on tariff deadlines, and
    | they will go into force as scheduled on August 1, Commerce
    | Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.
    | ...
    <https://www.axios.com/2025/07/27/trump-tariffs-august-1>

    --bks

    What's wrong with tariffing countries that tariff us?
    That's called "fair".
    Duh.

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 31 13:08:00 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | And yes. I stand by my comment that the trade deals being
    | announced are largely garbage because they are so uncertain
    | with no mechanisms for enforcement or even any idea of how
    | to make them happen
    | ...
    <https://xcancel.com/richardquest/status/1950747574001951189>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 1 13:03:22 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | And yes. I stand by my comment that the trade deals being
    | announced are largely garbage because they are so uncertain
    | with no mechanisms for enforcement or even any idea of how
    | to make them happen

    |
    | Federal appeals court judges on Thursday sharply questioned
    | President Donald Trump's authority to impose sweeping
    | tariffs on foreign trading partners under an unprecedented
    | use of emergency powers.
    | ... <https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/trump-tariff-arguments-appeals-court-00486972>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 1 13:23:53 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    |
    | Nonfarm payroll growth was slower than expected in July and
    | the unemployment rate ticked higher, raising potential
    | trouble signs for the U.S. labor market.
    |
    | Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June
    | total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones
    | estimate for a gain of 100,000. June and May totals were
    | revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from
    | previously announced levels.
    |
    | At the same time, the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, in
    | line with the forecast.
    |
    | The June total came down from the previously stated
    | 147,000, while the May count fell to just 19,000, revised
    | down by 125,000.
    | ...
    <https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/jobs-report-july-2025.html>

    --bks

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 1 14:17:43 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June
    | total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones
    | estimate for a gain of 100,000. June and May totals were
    | revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from
    | previously announced levels.
    ...
    | The June total came down from the previously stated
    | 147,000, while the May count fell to just 19,000, revised
    | down by 125,000.

    |
    | May-June-July is the weakest 3-month period of job growth
    | since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it's the weakest
    | 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great
    | Recession.
    |
    | [Year-by-year table at URL]
    |
    <https://xcancel.com/jamiedupree/status/1951261889935135153>

    --bks

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Sat Aug 2 09:15:29 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 13:03:22 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | And yes. I stand by my comment that the trade deals being
    | announced are largely garbage because they are so uncertain
    | with no mechanisms for enforcement or even any idea of how
    | to make them happen

    |
    | Federal appeals court judges on Thursday sharply questioned
    | President Donald Trump's authority to impose sweeping
    | tariffs on foreign trading partners under an unprecedented
    | use of emergency powers.
    | ...
    <https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/trump-tariff-arguments-appeals-court-00486972>

    --bks

    Meanwhile thinking Americans question the authority of judges to be
    interfering in the executive branch especially in light of the recent
    Supreme Court ruling.

    Laughter!

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  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 3 12:19:06 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    | May-June-July is the weakest 3-month period of job growth
    | since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it's the weakest
    | 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great
    | Recession.

    |
    | Imagine a group of 5-year-olds playing a board game. The
    | rules are clear, the goal is fair, and one child edges
    | ahead -- until, suddenly, another child starts losing.
    | That's when the trouble begins. "He cheated!" the losing
    | child yells. "I'm the winner anyway!" he declares. And
    | then, like clockwork, he flips the board. In the world of
    | kindergarten conflict resolution, we expect this kind of
    | behavior. We chalk it up to development. We teach better
    | sportsmanship.
    |
    | What do we do when the president of the United States
    | behaves this way? On Friday, President Trump fired the head
    | of the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- the nation's workaday
    | scorekeeper of employment, wages and productivity. Why?
    | Because the data didn't make Mr. Trump look good. The
    | statistics were inconvenient. So the president didn't just
    | challenge the findings; he fired the statistician. That's
    | not governing. That's board flipping.
    | ... <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/opinion/trump-bls-fired-labor-jobs-data.html>

    --bks

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to Sherman on Sun Aug 3 09:01:37 2025
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 12:19:06 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
    Sherman) wrote:

    | May-June-July is the weakest 3-month period of job growth
    | since COVID. If you throw out 2020, it's the weakest
    | 3-month period since 2010 and the aftermath of the Great
    | Recession.

    |
    | Imagine a group of 5-year-olds playing a board game. The
    | rules are clear, the goal is fair, and one child edges
    | ahead -- until, suddenly, another child starts losing.
    | That's when the trouble begins. "He cheated!" the losing
    | child yells. "I'm the winner anyway!" he declares. And
    | then, like clockwork, he flips the board. In the world of
    | kindergarten conflict resolution, we expect this kind of
    | behavior. We chalk it up to development. We teach better
    | sportsmanship.
    |
    | What do we do when the president of the United States
    | behaves this way? On Friday, President Trump fired the head
    | of the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- the nation's workaday
    | scorekeeper of employment, wages and productivity. Why?
    | Because the data didn't make Mr. Trump look good. The
    | statistics were inconvenient. So the president didn't just
    | challenge the findings; he fired the statistician. That's
    | not governing. That's board flipping.
    | ...
    <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/opinion/trump-bls-fired-labor-jobs-data.html>

    --bks

    That decription of the player sounds very much like *you*....

    You spend endless time posting stolen material about some topic and
    when it flops, you move on to your next attack which flops.

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