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rikerjoe.bsky.social
Proud federal worker and NASA Rocket Scientist. Houston Astros and Texas Longhorns fan. Restorer of vintage Macintosh computers.
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MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.

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You have a low handicap because you don’t count your Judge Smails foot wedges. As if we care anyway, there are more important matters that occupy us adults, such as the future of our country. FDT.

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GSA per diem is $244 per night in the area currently, in case you are wondering. More overcharging of the American taxpayers.

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Tim nailed it 🔨

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Every time I see one of the delusional idiots in the Administration say a tariff is not paid by the consumer, I will post my Mouser order that says otherwise. What idiots!

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Love it!

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Even the penguins were protesting today!

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Mixing business and politics can have big ramifications. Tesla? Well, how about a trip through history to learn from…Coors. Matt Bevin knocks another one out of the park.

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I have to wonder if the Council of Economic advisors are a bunch of idiots like the Orange Felon, or are holding their noses over how stupid this tariff plan is.

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FDT.

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Nice.

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My fellow federal workers choose to work for less pay because they, like me, believe in the importance of the work we are doing for the American people. To be belittled like this by a Senator, I have no words. Except FDT.

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Me too, time to go back!

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And it is still overvalued at a P/E ratio above 130.

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Love the penguins!

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I would like to thank the Blue Sky community for welcoming me. I now have more followers here than I ever did on the former bird site after 18 years! I say this as I watch my JavaScript slowly delete over 26 thousand of my tweets there. Thank you 🙏 and FDT.

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Penguin resistance!

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Indeed, too good not to share

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Yes, unfortunately.

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Indeed. Or maybe not, and let the next 60-year wave wipe them off the face of the earth.

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In the long run you’re looking at higher prices, pissed-off allies, and a US economy that’s more isolated and less trusted on the world stage. ChatGPT nails it.

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This was posted by my economics professor who taught me about the deadweight loss caused by tariffs and that we, the end consumer, essentially pay the tariff in the form of higher prices on goods. The Trump Tax!

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The daily reminder for the few dipsh!ts that are around here and haven’t blocked me yet - tariffs are a tax you pay. See below if you doubt it.

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Quite appropriate, yes?

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A nice, big F U to Trump and especially Musk.

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Is she really that stupid, or does she just play stupid on TV?

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Plus he can’t spell, which should be an automatic disqualification.

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Every time some ding-dong says “tariffs are a tax cut” I pull out my Mouser bill from February showing the (then) 10% China tariff tacked onto my bill. It sure looks like a tax to me.

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Excellent writing made even more powerful through John Lithgow’s reading. A must watch.

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An unfortunate setback from the appellate court in DC.

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Yes, he is.

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Amateur hour, from the “Fork in the Road” and “Five Things” emails, to Whiskeygate. The hits just keep on coming.

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“The president is invoking the Alien Enemies Act to try to dispense with due process.” That’s it, in a nutshell.

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Federal law, at 5 U.S.C. § 3110, generally prohibits a federal official, including a Member of Congress, from appointing, promoting, or recommending for appointment or promotion any “relative” of the official to any agency or department over which the official exercises authority or control.

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The people were angry: It took a wheelbarrow of German marks to buy a dozen eggs. Disillusioned nationalists rallied behind a charismatic wannabe dictator who claimed only he could save them. Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

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“They’re all bending and saying, ‘Sir, thank you very much,’” Mr. Trump said, adding that they were asking, “‘Where do I sign? Where do I sign?’” Reads like an extortion racket in his own words, doesn’t it? EO = Extortion Orders.

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Me talking with my wife: “Hey sweetie, would you like to listen in as I talk with US Space Force on their capabilities to track enemy launches?” Of course she would say. “No, dumbass, those are secret discussions!”

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Yes, pretty much, right?

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Matt Bevan nails it again. Is it any wonder why Trump is an absolute idiot?

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Plus it is illegal under Wisconsin laws.

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Someone should tell Bondi that when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Then again, maybe not….

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It is one thing to be called incompetent, it is another thing to demonstrate it for all to see. Love the crickets!

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