One President invites them in for refuge and assylum. And just like that the next treats them like terrorists. America may be feared around the world, but we are certainly no longer respected.
14.11.2025 19:00 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@picklehick.bsky.social
One President invites them in for refuge and assylum. And just like that the next treats them like terrorists. America may be feared around the world, but we are certainly no longer respected.
14.11.2025 19:00 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0AAA shows gas prices are UP year over year for all grades of gasoline except for Regular. Regular is down $0.004. Less than a penny, and the govt has stopped producing pennies.
14.11.2025 18:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Thanksgiving Costs" = one non-comparable meal offered by Walmart
14.11.2025 18:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wouldn't that be the job of the BBA, not the SBA?
13.11.2025 16:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back of napkin. 1% die each year. 42M on snap. 400k die this year. 33k just in last 30 days. That's big number administratively probably still "on the rolls", but isn't evidence of "full of corruption".
13.11.2025 16:47 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0great point. most people are reluctant to commit fraud.
13.11.2025 16:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is it the "hick" in my screen name that nullifies my sarcasm, or just run of the mill it's-hard-to-read-tone-from-text that does it? I kinda like the /s designation, but it seems to take away some of the fun. btw - I agree, we're doomed.
13.11.2025 15:01 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If you lend money to the govt, they pay you 4.1% for 10 years and 4.7% for 30 years. Why would the 30 and 50 year mortgage both have the same interest rate as they do in the example they put on the screen? If the 50 is a little higher, you don't see a lower payment.
13.11.2025 14:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A rise of 1.1% is just the first necessary step toward net zero.
13.11.2025 14:29 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Biden high chicken/egg prices = enormous crisis
Trump high beef prices = we're doing all sorts of great suff
The problem is when you're sick and dying, you'd pay anything to fix that. It's not a fair fight.
11.11.2025 16:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0According to AAA, national price of Regular is $3.072 today, and $3.083 a year ago. So, down $0.011. Party time. Mid-Grade is up. Premium is up. Diesel is up $0.20.
11.11.2025 16:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But itβs even worse because he used 6% for both loans, but interest rates increase as you lengthen the time.
11.11.2025 00:42 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Weβre supposed to believe the Republicans are worried about enriching corporations?
09.11.2025 02:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0His smiling mug seems a little out of place.
08.11.2025 20:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I hate to defend the monster, but I suppose an HSA plan could work this way. Instead of the govt subsidizing low deductible high premium plans, you would buy a high deductible plan yourself. The govt would give you money to fund your HSA and you would effectively buy healthcare directly with that.
08.11.2025 16:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0From now on we will funnel only no bid contracts to all our white friends.
07.11.2025 21:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People who are nice to you because they're scared of you are not your friends.
07.11.2025 20:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The shadow from his nose is giving him a faint Hitler mustache.
07.11.2025 20:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"there's no country in the world even close to that"... including us.
07.11.2025 20:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0National average price for gas is down a whopping $0.09 from one year ago, so break out the Dom Perignon to celebrate our riches.
07.11.2025 20:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So a Bitcoin holding company with huge operating losses, $2B in net assets, trading for $3.5B. Why not just buy Bitcoin instead of this garbage company?
07.11.2025 16:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Fairly certain capitalism is broken
07.11.2025 02:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They won't stop it. The slow building disaster of US economic change is as real as climate change, but tariffs address money and power for the US now, where as stopping climate change is about making a better future for all people in the distant future.
04.11.2025 16:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Interesting the clip they're showing leaves out those strikes.
04.11.2025 15:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yah, we know you've always planned on coming after all immigrants, and were gaslighting us that it was just the worst of the worst.
04.11.2025 15:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whoa, this is Bluesky, we're all on the same team here. I was making the point that it is unfair China gets blamed for higher emissions when they are actually lower on a per capita basis. Good point about the manufacturing outsourcing. That adds the pollution of our consumption to their stats.
03.11.2025 04:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So no, he will not set the record straight.
03.11.2025 01:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0She did. $2B.
03.11.2025 01:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Heβs usually an excellent bullshitter. That on the other hand was some impeachable bullshit.
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