This is just pure delusional. They wouldn’t crash Air Force Gold with him on it. They would do it without him on it, as a warning. He’s too easy to use, why would anybody with money exchange him for a potential ‘difficult’ president?

They found the new Josef Mengele?

I would really like to shift to pixelfed but the transfer option (to import all your instagram posts) has been inoperable for a while now. I hope they get it fixed soon.

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Beginning of 2024 volvo managers from EU had a planned visit to volvo US that they were not looking forward to. The reason was that volvo US was very vocal about how pro trump they were because he was “good for business”.

You’re correct—at first glance, going from $12.99 to $18.99 (~46%) seems excessive if there’s only a 25% tariff on barley. Let me break down the math realistically:

Suppose barley represents about 10% of the beer’s retail price (roughly $1.30 per six-pack). A 25% tariff directly adds about 33 cents to production costs. When these extra costs pass through brewery markup, distribution markup, and retail markup, the final retail price would rise modestly—around 8% ($12.99 → ~$14.01).

However, in reality, price changes aren’t just simple cost-pass-throughs. Tariffs create uncertainty, higher logistics costs, and lower expected sales volume due to consumer price sensitivity. Businesses anticipating reduced sales volume and increased indirect costs often raise prices more substantially. Furthermore, retail prices are strategically set to maintain profitability, market positioning, and account for anticipated risks.

While jumping directly to $18.99 could indeed include an element of margin protection (some might view it as excessive), it’s not purely ‘price gouging.’ It’s more realistically a combination of cost management, risk mitigation, and pricing strategy, reflecting broader market uncertainty caused by tariffs.

NATO-Europe without the U.S. still outmatches Russia militarily and economically by a wide margin, but the real issue isn’t brute strength—it’s readiness and political will. Russia can’t beat Ukraine, let alone all of NATO, but a surprise move in the Baltics or Suwałki Gap could be disastrous if Europe doesn’t act fast. It’s not that Russia is strong—it’s that Europe can’t afford to be slow or divided.

one thing that i keep needing to bring up as well, with what troops? Russia has been losing a lot of people in Ukraine. Even if we ignore all the numbers being thrown about how many they really lost, they have lost troops. Invading Europe? Even if they would make start churning out vehicles at a breakneck speed now, where do they get the people to operate them? How will they hold the regions they would get?