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TerraForma
| Favorite team: | Idaho |
| Location: | Moscow, ID |
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| Number of Posts: | 166 |
| Registered on: | 3/28/2025 |
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re: (R) Introduces Bill for federal $15 min wage.
Posted by TerraForma on 6/10/25 at 12:41 pm to LemmyLives
This will do nothing but incentivize paying beaners under the table. Good going Josh. Additionally, how is an earnest teenager supposed to lock down his first dishwashing or landscaping job if you have to pay them $15 per hour?
Hawley extolls outrage on the Senate floor though.
Hawley extolls outrage on the Senate floor though.
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re: Cells being activated??
Posted by TerraForma on 6/10/25 at 11:57 am to Jjdoc
quote:Will be deceased by the first week in July.
Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, the newly anointed leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
re: Two teams from Kentucky not named Kentucky are in the World Series
Posted by TerraForma on 6/10/25 at 11:53 am to 1801
quote:What is South Carolina doing?
Louisville had missed 3 of the past 4 NCAA baseball tournaments until this season -
Louisville basketball had won a combined 38 games (13-13-4-8) over the 4 seasons prior to winning 27 last year -
not sure exactly what Louisville is solidifying - more like recovering
re: The real issue with Ivy League Schools no one talks about
Posted by TerraForma on 6/6/25 at 3:56 pm to Powerman
Ivies and a handful of other schools are tax-free hedge funds who conduct research and teach on the side. They also give preference - to foreigners often - who can pay full boat for tuition. For others, they can give "scholarships" in the form of discounted tuition and hook them up with the sweet, sweet fedgov't dollars.
re: 5th 9/11 plane that never took off - this is bonkers!
Posted by TerraForma on 6/5/25 at 9:03 am to FLTech
re: George Clooney says today’s fear is more pervasive than McCarthy era
Posted by TerraForma on 6/4/25 at 6:13 pm to Dandy Lion
McCarthy has been proven correct.
re: Hegseth will skip a meeting on organizing military aid to Ukraine in a first for the US
Posted by TerraForma on 6/4/25 at 3:33 pm to Eurocat
quote:I don't know what cereal box you get your World History from, but Russia and Ukraine have been integrated as far back as the 9th century (Kyivan Rus’). Then the Mongols broke it up in the 13th century. Then the Cossack/Russian integration to thwart the Poles in the 1650's all the way up to the Russian Empire that ended with with the execution of Czar Nicholas II and family in 1917. Then it was all controlled by the Red Army/Commies until 1991.
Ukraine was never part of Russia eccept for Crimea which was indeed part of Russia similar to Klaipeda and Lithuania.
re: Hegseth will skip a meeting on organizing military aid to Ukraine in a first for the US
Posted by TerraForma on 6/4/25 at 11:46 am to trinidadtiger
quote:Putin should just continue their Deep Battle Doctrine and take Ukraine in its entirety, on the commitment that the US doesn't meddle. Ukraine was Russian territory before Nikita Khrushchev foolishly separated it. That's why its called Khrushchev's Mistake.
I think you will see Putin's response in a few days.
That would stabilize that area of the globe. It would remove US influence and weaponized labs in Ukraine, pacify Russia w/r/t NATO encroachment, take the EU down a few pegs (they don't have the weaponry anyway without the US), and promote equality between the EU and Russia for trade purposes. The EU doesn't have any gas so they need to be trading partners w/ Russia. It isn't like the EU willl be firing up their nuclear facilities anytime soon (sans France).
A new and improved Monroe Doctrine where the US stays in it's neck of the woods.
re: FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington
Posted by TerraForma on 6/4/25 at 9:05 am to mr bojangles
quote:First thing I noticed.
flags look straight out of the bag - still have creases on them.
re: 'Forced Mixing' Housing Plan To Integrate Migrants Pushed By Sweden's Social Democrats
Posted by TerraForma on 6/4/25 at 8:31 am to Night Vision
It would be hilarious if it didn't have such negative implications, but a few decades ago IQ measurement was the apple of society's eye. It was repeatably predictive (causal) in measuring success and a number of other productive factors as well. It wasn't until people starting noticing that most everyone in the Southern Hemisphere is borderline retarded that IQ measures became illegal and scandalous to talk about.
re: Betting markets are currently pricing in a 95% chance of no change in interest rates
Posted by TerraForma on 6/4/25 at 8:13 am to stout
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However, if you want lower mortgage rates, then you should be crying about the money printing the Big Beautiful Bill will cause, which will affect the 10YY more than whatever the Fed does
The median 30-year mortgage rate since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in April 1971 is 7.33 percent. If you are holding out hope that rates will be sub-4% (maybe even sub-5%) I wouldn't bet on it. Those rates are a historic anomaly.
re: NCAA Baseball Tournament | Regionals | Sunday
Posted by TerraForma on 6/1/25 at 8:37 pm to Murph4HOF
Irish bomb. 7-0 AU.
re: NCAA Baseball Tournament | Regionals | Sunday
Posted by TerraForma on 6/1/25 at 8:27 pm to MtVernon
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how the frick did this Texas team win the the SEC season
Front Running, a Texas tradition.
re: NCAA Baseball Tournament | Regionals | Sunday
Posted by TerraForma on 6/1/25 at 6:03 pm to OleVaught14
GT is good. They can hit for sure. Just get the two outs any way you can OM.
re: Trump successor in 28
Posted by TerraForma on 5/30/25 at 1:08 pm to Gutenmorgan88
Have another vodka and RC. Its Friday.
re: Looks like its O'Connor to MSU
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 5:32 pm to CleverUserName
quote:From the outside it seemed like the pitching coach and injuries (to pitchers) were Lemonis' downfall. At a program without the success and resume and the impatience that goes with it, he may have turned things around. You can't have multiple lackluster seasons at a place like MSU (baseball) though.
With dominant players able to win dropped in his lap. Any SEC head coach could have won it with that team.
Zero difference in Lemonis winning it all and Orgeron at LSU.
When the championship team left the program collapsed. Hell.. him simply GTFO turned around this season and let us sneak into the post season playing good ball.
O'Connor is definitely an upgrade.
re: Auburn’s Tahaad Pettiford withdraws from NBA draft.
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 9:53 am to CCTider
quote:Tahaad in Arabic translates to; Lord of Dogtown
I'm pretty sure it's a Muslim name.
re: Auburn’s Tahaad Pettiford withdraws from NBA draft.
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 7:15 am to jangalang
quote:When he's not creeping out adolescents, he's bricking threes.
Grant Nelson
re: Goldman Responds To Court Block Of Trump Tariffs: Nothingburger, White House Can Sidestep
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 6:07 am to IvoryBillMatt
quote:I don't think the lawyering is the issue. It was possibly naive to not assume that Eisen & Co would attempt to lawfare nearly every legislative move the Admin makes. With a pliable federal judiciary, in hindsight that was a bad assumption but unforeseen. Now the Admin should know, so I'm hopeful every move they make has some contingencies, particularly w/r/t Executive Orders.
How was I wrong? Wanting the Constitution and laws followed is an inherently conservative position. The President needs better lawyers.
re: Goldman Responds To Court Block Of Trump Tariffs: Nothingburger, White House Can Sidestep
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 5:57 am to cadillacattack
quote:Indeed, but you never are absolutely certain with the 'fruit of a poisoned tree' federal judiciary we currently have. I'm relieved there are some levers that can be pulled in the interim or even longer term.
It will be easily overturned on appeal
re: Goldman Responds To Court Block Of Trump Tariffs: Nothingburger, White House Can Sidestep
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 5:51 am to IvoryBillMatt
quote:Well, the article - which you can read now - spells out specifically the instruments the Admin can use to sidestep this silliness. I'd image Bessent has a Bat-phone connected to all the institutions and their executives on Wall Street, if he didn't already have this approach as a contingency in his quiver.
The only way I can imagine this as a nothingburger is if the Trump Administration gets a stay of the Court's injunction while it appeals. That might be a temporary fix, but the Liberation Day tariffs are toast eventually...unless codified by Congress.
The 10% tariffs are so clearly "non-emergency" that I doubt a stay will be issued regarding them.
re: Goldman Responds To Court Block Of Trump Tariffs: Nothingburger, White House Can Sidestep
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 5:44 am to IvoryBillMatt
Fixed above
Goldman Responds To Court Block Of Trump Tariffs: Nothingburger, White House Can Sidestep
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 5:29 am
Goldman: Tariffs Will Continue
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Markets are all aflutter after a panel of activist Biden-appointed judges and a fossilized Reagan-era Karen at the International Trade Court - which nobody had ever heard of before tonight - threw a wrench in the wheels of Trump's trade policies, seemingly halting all of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs. The kneejerk reaction - that this is the end of Trump's reign of tariff terror - has promptly send the dollar sharply higher and spoos above 6,000 and just shy of a bull market.
There is just one problem: it's all just one big nothingburger as Goldman explains in a note published by the bank's chief political economist Alec Phillips late on Wednesday, "Court Blocks Majority of Tariff Hikes, But White House Could Reinstate Them Following Appeal or Through Other Tariff Authorities" (and available to professional subscribers) in which the bank explains that while the ruling is a "setback", Trump can not only win on appeal, but has multiple options to sidestep the ruling while waiting for the Supreme Court to rule and even to proceed should SCOTUS for some reason side with the trade court decision, to wit:
Bottom Line: The Court of International Trade blocked the tariffs the Trump administration imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The ruling blocks 6.7pp of tariff increase since the start of the year, including the tariffs on Canada, China, Mexico, and the 10% baseline tariff, but does not affect sectoral tariffs. As the administration can impose an across-the-board tariff and country-specific tariffs under other legal authorities (e.g., Sec. 122 and Sec. 301) this ruling represents a setback for the administration's tariff plans and increases uncertainty but might not change the final outcome for most major US trading partners.
re: Trump tariffs blocked by US Court of International Trade
Posted by TerraForma on 5/29/25 at 5:26 am to The Egg
Goldman Sachs says this is a nothingburger. The Admin can sidestep.
Goldman on Tariff Judgment: Nothingburger
Goldman on Tariff Judgment: Nothingburger
re: State's next coach
Posted by TerraForma on 5/28/25 at 5:37 pm to msu202020
quote:That would be a home run, but any of the other three mentioned would be great as well. Who would bring the best pitching coach?
Brian O'Conner. Let's see if we can bring it across the finish line.
re: Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville officially running for Governor of Alabama.
Posted by TerraForma on 5/27/25 at 2:43 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
A little too neocon at times, but that won't matter at the state level. Good choice to have on the ballot. He'll likely embrace many of the policies DeSantis has in Florida IMO.
re: Vandy, Auburn, Tenn do not belong where they were seeded. Check Record & Vegas
Posted by TerraForma on 5/26/25 at 1:58 pm to Saunson69
quote:You seem to not understand or comprehend what Vandyrone explained. Saying, "...well Vegas makes money..." doesn't address the specifics of the futures market you presented. Stay away from the oven.
Trust me, if something or someone or some group was more accurate than Vegas, then it would be exploited.
NCAA on X: Arkansas, Auburn, Texas, Vandy are Top Four National Seeds
Posted by TerraForma on 5/26/25 at 10:41 am
re: Putin Sucks
Posted by TerraForma on 5/25/25 at 8:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:The Company has been in Ukraine in some form since the mid-90's, back when Boris Yeltsin was stumbling naked around the Clinton White House. Nothing started in 2014, Victoria Nuland (Nurse Ratched) just has a big mouth and revealed things to the world at that time.
Do you think Zelensky was elected in 2014 or something?
re: Putin Sucks
Posted by TerraForma on 5/25/25 at 8:16 pm to Powerman
quote:The CIA started it.
I bet you think they also started the war too
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