The leader who does it will be one name everyone knows for many many years. I would think that would be attractive to people who seek a public life.

If there were actually exercise bikes involved at least we could laugh our way toward the end.

Time for that class action so we can all get our $5.29 each?

I’d say those billionaires are ripe enough. Time to bring in the harvest.

I thought that our tariff response would be delayed until mid-september?

I think in the future when Trump announces tariffs we should be announcing counter-tariffs that will come into effect that same time, not waiting it out to see if he actually implements his before deciding. One side may have an advantage of speedier turn-around on implementing such things, which hopefully our people are working to mitigate as much as possible.

People need to realize that there are people who want you to believe you are powerless when you do not have to be.

My mind was blown when I learned that when a politician says “## jobs created” the actual unit is job-years. So that could be one job projected to be needed for 75,000 years or 75,000 jobs with a one year lifespan. Which is why they are constantly needing to make more jobs. Like, one person might need 45 job-years over their life of employment, but a politician would say that is ‘45 jobs’ in their little speeches.

There are probably some undiscovered life filled caves or lava vents that will be fine.

I think they are seeding the idea now so later they can jack the price and use this as an excuse so it will be more easily accepted. Any excuse will do for this lot.

It would be nice if the less-than-needed jobs could be cut and the needed jobs split more evenly among everyone able to do so. I’d love a 5 day weekend, or to be able to imagine retirement as a possibility.

What a poor broken person. I support helping individuals like this by helping rid them of their unhealthy obsessions, removing them from the psychologically damaging effects of the public spotlight, and giving them tasks and goals in a controlled safe space so that they can achieve happiness without harming themselves or others.

Are we supposed to be some sort of gestalt entity composed of all the individuals that work there or the inanimate legal entity?

This existed well before Friday. My doctor recommended I pay to get a quicker scan last year. I’m not sure of the exact details since I didn’t do it.

I won’t say I’m not tight with cash, which factored into the decision, but I also really hate this fall into private health care and don’t want to support that. I was told it would be about $400 for a private MRI.

Yes, good - your new allies aren’t good enough for you. Cast them out and go it alone. Alone you will do it. Only you.

I do love being on hold for an hour only to speak part of a sentence to someone who immediately transfers me to another 1 hour hold queue and/or hang up on me.

And if you write in a complaint they email you a phone number to call with, you guessed it, a 1+ hr hold queue. And nobody has last names, phone numbers, email addresses, or accountability of any kind.

If you have any other option I suggest you use it.

Countries and politicians commit to a lot of things that they later back out of due to various reasons. Agreements without penalties are optional.

In this case, Turnup being an unpredictable self-centered loser in charge of a large and dangerous military is considered a sufficient reason to bend the knee for now. If he fails his coup we will may stop spending. If he succeeds, then I think we will continue spending.