In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Trump on possible toy shortage: "Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30", SaveFerris wrote: [“Barbies stacked like cordwood”]
Posted on 04/30/2025 9:00:22 PM PDT by ransomnote
that’s a vague question
might want to ask dayglored - keeper of the windows ping list...
:-)
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In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled “Arrests Have to Happen”: DOGE Called on To Arrest 100,000 Fired Federal Employees after Alleged “Fraud” Revealed, ransomnote wrote: It's not that I think Musk's sentiments are wrong, but that Trump excels in this arena of careful maintenance of society to avoid the civil unrest the Deep State needs to do what it does best.
Who is that man? I watched the video but I missed his name and position in the industry.
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Trump on possible toy shortage: "Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30", SaveFerris wrote: [“Barbies stacked like cordwood”]
I don’t know if that is true but we have watched Paradise TV show about such a city built in a mountain. Everything is artificial and the inhabitants were selected carefully. It hasn’t developed fully but I suspect the elites that planned and built the thing had something to do with the catastrophic event. Similar thinking to what Fitts is saying. May be true. Things never work exactly like the mind of man envisions no matter how much intelligence one may have.
How the EEOC built America’s secret police, and got companies to pay for it
https://blog.exitgroup.us/p/how-the-eeoc-built-americas-secret
They’re trying this on a constitutional carry state?
They’re effing around, and gonna find out!
All will be well.
Or golden morning, depending on where you stand! ;-D
Mub’s IT friend set my laptop with 10 but it acts like 7 which I liked. If that means anything. 10 is better than 11.
Temper, temper.
https://x.com/bourne_beth2345/status/1918670456305176657?
@bourne_beth2345
🚨🚨🚨Insanity. Yesterday a trans-identified boy, Soren Stark-Chessa, racing for North Yarmouth Academy/Maine Coast Waldorf High School, won 1st place in the girls’ 800 meter and the girls’ 1600 meter run.
Watch the expression on the face of the 1st place girl, Lilah Conner, after she crosses the finish line in the 800 meter race and is consoled by teammates.
When will this state-sanctioned child abuse end,
@GovJanetMills
? The girls are being gaslit and silenced, and the boys are being lied to about biological reality.
also
After reading that article, it appears that China has suffered a population collapse of historic proportions. It would be better for them and the world if they’d just come clean about their true population numbers and ask for help to rebuild their economy to closer resemble the capitalist model. At this point, they’re looking as silly as the four year-old who swears he didn’t eat all the chocolate chip cookies that were in the jar as he stands there with chocolate all over his face and hands. They aren’t fooling anyone, except maybe about the magnitude of the collapse.
With the new trade war with the US, China seems more desperate now than at any time in their history and desperate people do desperate things. They’re undoubtedly blaming PDJT for their continuing struggles because their fallback position of simply purchasing North American politicians isn’t helping them right now. I can’t say for certain, but I believe that NOBODY leaves China for the US or Canada without being in the employ of the Chinese, and it’s not possible to know the depth of their devotion to the CCP, either out of genuine idealism or to protect their families.
There’s something a Chinese friend from long ago taught me. In Chinese society, the art of “saving face,” known as “mianzi” (面子), holds immense significance in their world. A deep understanding of “saving face” is crucial to understanding the Chinese on a personal or corporate level. The Chinese will do ANYTHING to save face. With so many Chinese in the US/Canada and the desperate need for the Chinese to save face in the eyes of the world, how dangerous are those people to President Trump’s personal welfare?
(of course....)
Trans Runner Who Destroyed Female Competition at Maine Cross Country Meet has Maine Medical Center Director of Clinical Ethics Father, Bates Feminist Ethicist Mother
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=559747.0
Stephen Miller’s America First Legal has sued Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, stating the courts are acting like a political arm instead of a judicial one
https://x.com/rightanglenews/status/1919735284112998782
| Category | Item | Description | Cost (Billions USD) | Subtotal (Billions USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Costs | Environmental Mitigation | $100M/mile for 1,954 miles | 195.40 | |
| Public Relations Campaigns | $1B/year for 10 years | 10.00 | ||
| Political Lobbying Approvals | $500M/year for 5 years | 2.50 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for political fallout | 41.58 | 249.48 | |
| Construction | Concrete Materials | 339M cubic yards at $200/yard | 67.80 | |
| Underground Excavation | 100 ft deep, $1,000/ cubic yard | 66.50 | ||
| Labor | 50,000 workers, $100K/year, 10 years | 50.00 | ||
| Equipment (Machinery) | Excavators, TBMs, $2B/year, 10 years | 20.00 | ||
| Two-Lane Road | 24 ft wide, $5M/ mile, 1,954 miles | 9.77 | ||
| Stadium Lighting | 103,027 poles at $50K each | 5.15 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for construction | 43.84 | 263.06 | |
| Armament | M109 Paladin Artillery | 17,294 units, $7M each + $1M/year | 138.35 | |
| Military Personnel | 34,588 operators, $100K/year, 10 years | 34.59 | ||
| A-10 Warthog Operations | 98 aircraft, $20M/ year, 10 years | 19.60 | ||
| .50 Caliber Machine Guns | 17,294 units, $100K each + $50K/year | 2.60 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for armament deployment | 39.03 | 234.17 | |
| Planning & Engineering | Engineering Design | $10M/mile for 1,954 miles | 19.54 | |
| Planning/ Feasibility | 5% of construction cost | 13.15 | ||
| Testing (Prototypes) | 50 sites at $50M each | 2.50 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for planning | 7.04 | 42.23 | |
| Border Crossing Facilities | Processing Centers | 50 centers at $200M each | 10.00 | |
| Transportation Infrastructure | $50M/center for 50 centers | 2.50 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for facilities | 2.50 | 15.00 | |
| Maintenance (10 Years) | Road Maintenance | $2M/mile/year for 1,954 miles | 3.91 | |
| Wall Maintenance | $60M/year for 1,954 miles | 1.17 | ||
| Lighting Maintenance | $10K/pole/year for 103,027 poles | 1.03 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for maintenance | 1.22 | 7.33 | |
| Land Acquisition | Legal Fees Lawsuits | 5,000 cases at $1M each | 5.00 | |
| Eminent Domain | $400K/mile for 60% of 1,954 miles | 0.47 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for land disputes | 1.09 | 6.56 | |
| Removal of Existing Wall | Demolition | 649 miles at $5M/mile | 3.25 | |
| Debris Disposal | 649 miles at $2M/mile | 1.30 | ||
| Contingency (20%) | Risk for removal | 0.91 | 5.46 | |
| Total Cost | 823.29 | |||
LOL - I just read about that little incident. NORK probably didn't fire artillery at a battleship ever again after that.
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