I misread this as “Trumps pooping White House meeting with Netanyahu” and the thumbnail did not disappoint.

“It was thiiiiiiiiis beeg, Donnie!”

CA sales tax averages 10%. While it’s nowhere on the scale of the tariffs, it could offset the impact significantly if reduced or eliminated for goods coming from specific countries.

Additionally, the government of CA has enormous purchasing power. Directing where that money goes could serve to be a powerful tool in mitigating the trade war.

Plus, one element that most folks don’t think about is the financial weight of the CalPERS retirement fund. This organization controls a huge amount of investment money subject to state regulations as to where its invested. Opening up that revenue stream to select foreign companies could be a mighty tasty carrot.

I don’t know. I don’t have a horse in this dogfight. Still working on his pilot’s license.

Fucking Methford - figures. Literally the toilet of Oregon. I’m not surprised whatsoever that the crackdown started there.

The homeless problem in Jackson county was out of control long before drug legalization. When I was doing homeless outreach there in 2020, there were over 7k people on the street who had lost their homes to the wildfires of the previous years - still unhoused, and the fires had been over for more than a year. There were almost no support services due to the rural nature of the county and a lack of public funding. My hat goes off to the folks who volunteer to support the homeless there - they do a huge amount and almost all of it is privately funded through volunteer outreach.

The drugs weren’t the problem - the lack of housing, jobs and the constant police harassment were. What drug legalization meant was that they no longer had an excuse to just pick up the homeless and warehouse them in jail to keep them out of the public eye - and as a result, the public got to see up close and personal what it’s like to live on the street.

Drug criminalization is almost never about the drugs or the harm they do. It’s about having an excuse to put people you don’t want to see in public in jail.

As an aside, it’s a pretty well known fact that the Methford police are corrupt as fuck, love to bully the locals, and the ACLU started a lawsuit in August against them for illegal spying. If Oregon ever becomes a police state, it will start in Methford.

Ashland cops, on the other hand (15 miles south on the freeway), are actually a great bunch and were actively working to support their homeless citizens while I was up there.

The Empire was fought to a standstill, and Lady Crawford Organa took her seat on the high judicial council.

Or maybe it’s just the judicial council. I dunno. I’m high.

But well done Wisconsin - the force was fucking with you today!

Further examination of the leak showed that at 3% of those accounts were run by real people. 50% of those accounts had mail.ru email addresses.

/s but I’m guessing my numbers aren’t far off.

Wow - for a moment I thought you had stolen my cat - nearly the same markings. Is his/her fur shiny?

The reason I ask is because mine is half snow bengal, and she inherited the “glow” bengal fur gets in certain sunlight, and it looks like the one of the parents of yours might be a bengal as well.

If so, you’ve got a rare cat on your hands - cashmere bengals (long hair) are very uncommon due to recessive gene traits, and highly sought after as their fur is hypoallergenic. If they come from the Amur leopard cat line (snow bengal), they’re even rarer - a kitten with papers can fetch $7k.

Mine came to me as part of the cat distribution system (in fact, her mom, who is feral and I can’t catch, is likely going to have another litter under my house), so no papers, but she’s the best cat I’ve ever owned. Very smart, very polite, and despite the fact I’m allergic to other cats, I can rub my face in her fur with no problems. Very needy though if she doesn’t get attention - most social cat I’ve ever owned.

Pritzker is rapidly becoming my top choice for President in 2028, if we’re still allowed elections by then. The man has the character and intelligence needed to dig the country out of Trump’s mess.

I’m so old I remember when disks were floppy, came in the 7" size, and were an awesome replacement for punch cards.

Still haven’t beat Zork tho…

Yosemite

Grand Canyon

Yellowstone

Avenue of the Giants

Add to this list any national parks you were thinking about visiting. After this administration, they may not be around anymore.

I will get high with you, and then turn you into the cops when you can’t pay rent.

As I suspected, language has evolved to the point where Ohio is considered a synonym for toilet.

Fear not the mass of noodles, nor thine anxiety over the mountains of starch thy must consume, my son.

Tomorrow it will all be pasta tense.