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@michael458 will tell you it is much worse than a 50-50. Of course, I had one hitting the bait on day one and nabbed him on day 3 of baiting.

Bessent tried to get Zelenskyy to sign away the mineral wealth of Ukraine while agreeing to a "peace" brokered by the US and Russia where Russia dictates the terms. Bessent admitted as much on Bloomberg. I'd be disrespectful as well.

I will most likely not do the "Big Five" as I refuse to dart a rhino similar to what their vets do on a regular basis. Lion will happen in Zambia most likely next year.

Karl Von Clausewitz: 'War is the continuation of politics by other means.'

Seems like didn’t read anything other than the clickbait headline either. All the comments above are in the article.

Yeah, VAT is immaterial in regard to tariffs. It is basically a very high sales tax on all goods. Now, some companies do adjust for it making their goods not as painful to buy. I have bought Leica camera lenses and Leica M cameras from the UK as without the VAT it was significantly cheaper than...

Where have you seen an elephant being sniped at 200M? BTW, I suggest you try night hunting elephants if you are after danger. I dropped this one at about 15M in charge. Wasn't the one we were looking for.

Nespresso Creatista Pro Coffee Machine and pods (original) Toto Neorest NX2 toilet Got both ends covered with those two. ;)

I think even a US pilot would refuse to fly in a plane with a kill switch that could be activated externally. I could just imagine a scenario where a Chealsea Manning type activates it during a mission they disagree with.

What I tell my people all the time: "I don't want to hear about problems, I want to hear about solutions."

Well, they weigh almost the same now. Rusty is 19.6 lbs and Loki is 20.1 lbs. He is going for a month-long training in April while I am overseas. He'll be 6 months old then. We still get up, but only once now, at 3:30AM. Girlfriend takes that shift as she can sleep in until 7 as I get up around...

This was on a UK cousin's IG feed, it was a video of a worker putting it up. They are all over London.

Try selling US cars there.

I actually ordered them from Amazon as they had the black model while Sotsu was out. The price increase is supposed to happen on March 1, will check both on that day.

I know, I was being facetious based on Trump's comments on tariffs. https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/who-pays-trumps-tariffs-china-or-us-customers-and-companies-idUSKCN1TK1V7/ Well, in a lot of cases there are not alternatives made here. I ordered ten of these for...

I thought the tariffs were going to be paid by the other guys? :unsure:

Their parents would need to move as well so "the younger" can keep living with them.

Bannon and some senators are already up in arms about Medicaid cuts.

Interesting spin on Trump’s rhetoric. https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Discombobulating/1717472560156197.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=staff_column

Why not. They did the right thing and did not give the UK government a backdoor. Only the UK cell subscribers will not have security features, and they know that.

I think that is the idea in order to get them to capitulate to Russians.

Yep. My grandfather fought in that action, he was on Ataturk's staff. My great-grandfather on mom's side died there.

My nephew is having a destination wedding in Istanbul in September. 350 guests. Here is the venue. https://www.mandarinoriental.com/en/istanbul/bosphorus

No. Fix bayonets and charge. Fighting the wrong style of war. You can't fault their bravery though. BTW, if they were going to be mounted on anything it would have been horses. Camels are Arabs' mode of transportation.

Well, for hunting Rand's of course. For sporting clays... Rand's as well. :sneaky: I also have a "dress hat" from Rand's.

Exactly, for DG I'd recommend a free-range hunt, not farm animals.

I'd say Trump is at the top when it comes to ego.

That was a local, custom furniture store. Part of the service was delivery and installation as well.

Are they supposed to show a profit or provide a service?

Should have turned Gaza into Dresden.

Glad he is home and doing better. On a different note, did he also have erectile dysfunction?

YouTube is owned by Google, I doubt they would sell as with 2 billion users it advances their advertising model.

So far, they want to fire anyone that has investigated Trump, Jan. 6 rioters etc.. Thousands of agents that followed legal orders for investigations. Do you want the FBI to be a patronage organization from the top all the way to the agents at the bottom where with each incoming administration...

Not that I noticed.

This brings me to what a business partner in my first company told me more than four decades ago (he was in charge of marketing, I was in charge of R&D and development). He said Andy, "on a cost plus or a T&M contract we deliver exactly what the customer wants, on a fixed price contract we...

Forget about raw materials, let's talk labor. A simple example, sweatpants. A company named American Giant makes great sweatpants, made in the USA. Cost $100 for the basic one...

Yes. I also have this. https://avedoncolby.com/shop/signature-safari-travel-vest/

https://avedoncolby.com/shop/trooper-jacket/ They have great shirts as well.

Paying union rates even if logistically possible an iPhone most likely would cost at least double, ditto for all the other stuff coming from overseas.

Just saw this today.:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I wonder if Trump will put tariffs on this as well. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/turkey-export-15000-tonnes-eggs-us-amid-bird-flu-disruptions-2025-02-19/

Some industries are gone forever (furniture, textile) unless bespoke. Below is a picture of the living room and dining room of a vacation condo I have overseas. I gave a custom furniture shop the Restoration Hardware catalog, showed what I wanted (all down filled), and they went to town. They...

Here I am sitting at my home office and looking around at the items I have and taking inventory. Computer, all components built overseas. 2 monitors, built overseas. Speakers and speaker stands, some components from overseas. iPhone built overseas. Misc. networking equipment and cables from...

We need the World. Both for brain power and raw materials and manufactured goods. Not to mention that they are also customers. Anyone thinking the way you do is naive and clueless. Not everyone passes their days reading the Kaczynski manifesto while living in the middle of nowhere.

I doubt it. By the time the administration has a clue about "good employees" they'd be employed. I have feelers out to a couple of guys that were recommended to me at JPL. They get laid off; they are hired the next day.

Not really. Vance fired the recent salvo. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14413657/Vice-President-Vance-warns-Zelensky-badmouthing-Trump-public-backfire-Ukrainian-presidents-broadside.html

I disagree with Twitter, he bought it for $44B and it is worth $19B now. Banks that invested in it already have written off losses on the loans...

So far, they don't seem to be doing a deep dive but taking the hammer to the nail approach.

I'd rather it went towards the deficit.

I mentioned months ago that the only way Trump could end the war in Ukraine "on day One" as he stated would be to capitulate to Putin's demands. For that comment I was told I had a TDS by the MAGA sycophants on this forum. Unfortunately, time is proving me right.