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doesn't she have to recuse herself in this case?

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Yes, and it was the correct decision for her to recuse. She still sucks though

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Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding. I don't want to misconstrue you or inadvertently strawman you. I'm genuinely trying to understand the handful of common arguments in support of the trade war and how it's possible to fit them together.

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The problem is that they don’t “fit together” in any meaningful, logical way. In fact, all of the arguments that the pro-tariff people make contradict themselves. So far they have offered the following as legitimate reasons for tariffs:

1) Tariffs are temporary and a negotiating tool to eliminate tariffs on our exports.

2) bring manufacturing back

3) to eliminate the trade deficit

4) to raise more revenue to eliminate the income tax

5) and my personal favorite, crash the economy so that we can “refinance” our debt.

Short-term tariffs as a negotiating tool, will not accomplish 2,3, and 4. Items 2,3, and 4 won’t accomplish item 1.

Item 5 was a laughable rational made up by dumb asses who do not understand how our debt is financed, but they used it to make themselves sound smart and savvy, and you haven’t heard much about this since it was first floated.

So, offerring contradictory reasons for tariffs allows them to be “right” regardless of the outcome.

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I've noticed several posters on here correcting people about using the term film for a movie, and movie for a film. What's the actual difference? Or is it just a smug thing to say? I did a search on reddit and even the pretentious folks on there couldn't come to an agreement.

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Actually, the terms are interchangeable yet diametrically opposed. Hope that helps

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Have you not been paying attention to a thing called DOGE? Have you been hiding under a rock and wondering why all of the sudden the democrats hate Elon’s guts?

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Wait till they pass this “big, beautiful bill.” I guarantee you there won’t be a single spending cut.

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This is very embarrassing for a lot of posters on this board

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Nah dude. Just you. You can’t even google economic concepts and sound semi-intelligent.

Goodness. When will we finally throw idiots like Sundance on the ash heap of idiots who pretend to be conservative?

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Nobody talks about it in the MSM but our young men’s testosterone levels have been plummeting.

Find ways to bring that back up and more sex happens.

Young men today are very reclusive and intimidated to approach women. Raise the test levels and that might happen.

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Yes, but it's not just lower T rates that are causing this. By the time boys are 15-16 yo, they have been educated in this modern educational system that simply treats normal "boy behavior" as defective female behavior.

There are very few male role models in boys' lives in how to act and how to handle themselves. There are very few males in the educational system that will validate "normal boy behavior" as being 100% OK.

So, a lot of boys, even if they do not have "low T" simply live withdrawn lives to survive the bullshite that is thrown at them on a day-to-day basis.

That is something that might take generations to fix, if it gets fixed at all.

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"Your walls and gates surround you, your possessions possess you.
Tell me how much do you need as you wallow in your greed."

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So, if I wanna be "Amerca First/US Sovreigntism", do I have to subscribe to the quasi-marxist overtones suggested in your lyrics?

Or is it OK to worry about my own self- interests?