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...A carefully thought out tariff can help a country gain a foothold in an industry. Blanket tariffs, especially in the absence of gov't oversight, have the potential of producing shoddy overpriced goods built in unsafe situations with hazardous waste.
Why would we want this?

I've always believed that a global economy was the best for everyone. I've appreciated being able to buy fresh fruit year round and the freedom of being able to choose to buy local, buy American or buy otherwise. I always thought that a global economy helps create a competition to be the best...

Thank you for taking this up. Since the US government has admitted it is their error, shouldn't they be sending funds to his family to cover the expenses that this man would have earned had he not been sent away?

Do not forget Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was sent by error to El Salvador. He is a husband and father. His 5yo child is autistic. Who is responsible for his family's bills until he can return to his regular life? Can he and his family ever return to their normal life?

Thank you for what you are doing.

New shipping lanes and minerals behind Trump’s Greenland aggression The Arctic Circle landmass of Greenland is anything but green and was once ‘only’ good for receiving banished Vikings like Erik the Red. Seeking a pardon from the Icelandic tribe that sent him there,

Since he doesn't acknowledge global warming or climate change, how does he explain it? How does he know the shipping lanes will last without science to explain it.? www.freightnews.co.za/article/new-...

People lie to avoid responsibility. That bothers me enough, but what bothers me more is when they point to others who have made mistakes as if this should excuse them. It means that they will never learn, never grow and never improve.

That happened to me about a year ago in a new group I had just joined. This person insisted it was AI and pointed to the way the grass looked. Someone on the list was a grass expert and gave a detailed explanation as to what the grass was and how it proved it was a real photo.

I know, but I figured it made about as much sense as anything else right now. The normal rules do not seem to apply

If someone illegally invokes wartime powers, can we consider them a war criminal?

The easiest way to destroy your enemies is to persuade them to fight each other. It gives you time to build up your resources and weakens them.

I've really enjoyed this latest series of photos from you.

Once again, just because other countries score higher, but spend less per student on education does NOT mean that slashing our education budgets will cause student scores to rise.

Elon Musk compared his efficiency work as being like blindly shooting a gun in a room of gov't waste & fraud - he'd probably hit his target, as there was so much of it.
It's more like he volunteers to clean your house. You didn't hire him, but he evicts you and guts the inside of your home anyway.

Elon Musk ≠ Greta Thunberg

Did you ever get the impression that Trump and Musk thought that "the buck stops here" meant that all the money would flow to them?

Why aren't we rallying to impeach?

Please start impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump.

Please start impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump.

Please start impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump.

Please start impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump.

Proud that my senators, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, who will continue to fight for the rights of all Americans.

Kennedy's assertion that 70% of people are not getting the COVID vaccine because they do not have faith in it is not necessarily true. One must first ask whether they have access to it and whether they can afford it, since it is no longer free. If they don't believe in it, were they given good info?

This is from a lecture given by Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher (a.k.a. the father of Harriet Beecher Stowe) on December 12, 1830 at the Park Street Church in Boston.

Disney world at the Animal Kingdom Lodge--where we celebrated our 40th anniversary.

Will probably try to spend more time here now w/the latest changes to Facebook.

Business owners can afford to take risks because the government will be there to provide oversight and assistance. Companies can take risks and the gov't keeps the economy moving.
Governments cannot be run this same way. Failure may put the country under the control of any country to bail them out.

Time to make my first post. Here is a photo I took of a female Abyssinian Ground Hornbill. It IS real, but looked like a Disney animatronic to me.