fuck…china is in trouble

I was under the impression the relatively low China 10% tariff number was because it’s on top of already-existing tariffs?

I’d recommend a quiet arm-raise as opposed to a spontaneous yell.

in general hexbear seems to be on the hasty side in announcing Western economic doom, that said this level of instability this soon into Drumpf 2 is quite something

is this real if so I need the clip

no one will remember this whole affair by 2026

With its cash dwindling, Cooler Screens shifted its attention to Kroger. Avakian persuaded the supermarket chain to agree to scale up from a small pilot to 500 stores. He told staff at a meeting around this time that the Walgreens deal was falling apart and heading toward litigation, but that its new business with Kroger marked the beginning of a turnaround. Avakian added that a Kroger exec had expressed excitement about their future together and said Kroger “didn’t give a f— about Walgreens,” according to two attendees. (Kroger declined to comment.)

you hate to see legends beefing

Wow I knew things were getting worse but that’s a staggering figure.

I was thinking of McD’s mainly

Increasingly thinking the Musk/Trump partnership isn’t even going to make it to Inauguration Day.

maybe I’m wrong and this is actually very effective propaganda but it’s very difficult for me to imagine a scenario where any minds are changed by this (again if influencing views is the actual goal and not just Triggering The Libs or whatever). I get the impulse to shake people up but it’s not clear to me the value of pushing violent images in front of random probably lower income people as opposed to yknow messing with actual ghouls in power

I agree with this especially since it seems like already stressed out cash strapped people are the likeliest to be scanning these. I mean if the goal in and of itself is just to piss people off and you think that’s productive/worthy by itself then go for it I guess

I don’t think it’s analogous to the Manson murders but I doubt the corny in-person cheerleading is helping him out, if that’s the intention.

There was a Tarantino Manson movie like 4 years ago.

actual human people are apparently not going to be executed that the following admin would almost certainly accelerate the process to kill. it’s a good thing. it’s not ENOUGH by any means but it is at least the correct direction of travel unlike pretty much every other Biden admin thing other than labour (which was also Not Nearly Enough). it goes without saying he would still get the wall. I can in fact hold both of these thoughts in my head at once just fine.

I’ll be nice for once and say this is a not bad thing he didn’t have to do

I work as a mover so a 12 hour walk sounds like…well, a nice walk haha. but I limit myself to 4 days/week and naturally some moves are easier than others

I used to have a 9-5 desk job for quite a while and seppuku nearly occurred at the tail end there. not for me.

ngl the recurring significant labour associated with my job has improved my physical health a lot (and mental health…somewhat) despite my so-so habits in the rest of life

this seems Good, to me

He started a second lawsuit claiming the song is defamatory as well so it might become relevant there.