Politics And Current Events

Post by **nocera** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:34 am

Hey empathy is a complex emotion.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:58 am

nocera wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:34 am Hey empathy is a complex emotion.

Empathy is the greatest weakness of western civilization.

Post by **shoeshine boy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:05 am

Gaucho wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:09 am

Seriously, why is he so obsessed with the EU? Is it Ryder Cup related?

oh Sweet Jesus. he's going to put himself on the next Ryder Cup team, isn't he?

Post by **Gaucho** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:07 am

dude, don't give him any ideas

Post by **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:43 am

Troy Loney wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:47 am https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/trump-t ... irits.html

Get ready for Bourbon toasts, and the new brunch cocktail of choice, Kentucky Bourbon

”If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES. This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S."

ahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahaahahahahaha

Post by **meow** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:47 am

Unless it comes from the Champagne region in France, it’s just sparkling bullshit

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:48 am

Post by **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:17 am

Post by **MWB** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:27 am

People should only want things made in America. The rest of the world can’t produce things as good or better.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:40 am

Who needs real champagne when you can buy Eric Trump-signed bottles of "sparkling wine" here at home?

https://shop.trumpwinery.com/product/Si ... position=4

Post by **shoeshine boy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:54 am

meow wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:47 am Unless it comes from the Champagne region in France, it’s just sparkling bullshit

this.

Post by **Gaucho** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 12:02 pm

it's sparkling bullshit no matter where it comes from

Post by **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 12:50 pm

We should put a 400% tariff on Mexico to boost the American tequila market

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:03 pm

Dow down another 450+ so far today.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:04 pm

https://itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-fe ... x-in-2024/

What a **** surprise. Corporate welfare.

Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world valued at over $1 trillion, did not pay any federal income tax last year.

Tesla’s annual financial report, released this morning, shows the company enjoyed $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 on which it reports precisely zero current federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current federal tax was just $48 million. That comes to a three-year federal tax rate of just 0.4 percent – more than 50 times less than the statutory corporate tax rate of 21 percent.

Post by **MWB** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:19 pm

A federal judge on Thursday ordered multiple government agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Treasury and the USDA, to offer fired probationary federal workers their jobs back.
Why it matters: The ruling is the latest blow for the White House in the courts. At least 30,000 probationary workers have been fired — a few federal agencies have called these workers back, but most are still not working.

Post by **shoeshine boy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:25 pm

MWB wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:19 pm
A federal judge on Thursday ordered multiple government agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Treasury and the USDA, to offer fired probationary federal workers their jobs back.
Why it matters: The ruling is the latest blow for the White House in the courts. At least 30,000 probationary workers have been fired — a few federal agencies have called these workers back, but most are still not working.

guess Tr*mp should've fired the judges first. oh wait......

Post by **MWB** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:28 pm

nocera wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:34 am Hey empathy is a complex emotion.

Post by **tifosi77** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:18 pm

shafnutz05 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 1:04 pm https://itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-fe ... x-in-2024/

What a **** surprise. Corporate welfare.

Tesla, the most valuable automaker in the world valued at over $1 trillion, did not pay any federal income tax last year.

Tesla’s annual financial report, released this morning, shows the company enjoyed $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 on which it reports precisely zero current federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current federal tax was just $48 million. That comes to a three-year federal tax rate of just 0.4 percent – more than 50 times less than the statutory corporate tax rate of 21 percent.

This isn't unique to Tesla, of course. But coming as it does with DOGE running around sh**ting is everyone's Cheerios while the Tesla CEO is guffawing on stage with a chainsaw like a madman is a bit...... how you say......... much.

Post by **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:38 pm

Operating at a loss for like a bajillion consecutive years can be a very lucrative tax strategy

Post by **meow** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:21 pm

The cost of innovating and disrupting

Post by **Morkle** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:39 pm

Nobody posted the tweet where Musk says it wasn’t Hitler that killed the Jews, it was the people he ordered.

Post by **Troy Loney** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:42 pm

We need more clips of libs waving to crowds to show how much musk isn’t a nazi

Post by **King Colby** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:53 pm

Anti-bureaucracy = pro-nazi. Got it

Post by **Troy Loney** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:00 pm

Saying hitler didn’t murder millions of people is weird