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re: GEOTUS raises tariffs from 10% to 15%

Posted by LSU0358 on 2/21/26 at 6:04 pm to
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There's a really easy way to end this. Tell other countries to drop their tariffs on our exports and level the playing field.


That would have made way too much sense. Tariffs have a place, but its to protect from unfair competition...like the Chicoms subsidizing industries and then flooding markets with materials at a loss for the first few years of operation.
Yep. When your ag industry is a major exporter tariffs hurt that industry.

Tariffs on steel, aluminum, etc are retarded when Trump states he wants things built in America. We don’t have the industrial base without buildout first. Tariffs make the build out 20%+ more expensive.
If Trumper said sky was purple half the folks on this board would by purple sun glasses.

This board supporting taxes is amazing
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Good. More teams need to move on, its well proven that NFL teams are not worth the investment.


I do have a problem with taxpayers paying for business projects for billionaires. On the incentive size a football team shouldn't get more/different incentives than any other business.
Maybe he just enjoys getting you wound up?
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made engineers coming out of school somewhat illiterate in basic engineering principles


It gives me a case of the red a** when I job search large refining company and over 75% of their engineering jobs are in Bengaluru, India. Then I look at 50% of our out of college hires and I get it. Half of US engineering grads aren't where they need to be.

Coming soon Bengaluru and the 50% in the US that suck are going to be SOL. AI will soon be capable of doing the cookie cutter engineering and the work that's thrown at the bottom 50%.

If I want to be depressed I’ll look at my checking account.

re: AI commercials

Posted by LSU0358 on 2/8/26 at 9:25 pm to
If it’s going for being real be real. If it’s fake be a Minion commercial (which was really good).

re: AI commercials

Posted by LSU0358 on 2/8/26 at 9:03 pm to
Get all that.

And it’s probably close to moving the masses…but it’s not there yet. Get that it’s cheaper but it’s got to produce.

It’s got to move humans to buy stuff, and it comes up short.

AI commercials

Posted by LSU0358 on 2/8/26 at 8:21 pm
Look like arse. Not buying AI yet. They have some work to do.
Don’t. Give it to them or don’t. If you are done giving them money tell them this is the last time, don’t ask again. Then when they ask, say ….no.
Wait, I was told by the media they were having marital difficulties and the divorce was pending?
Trumpet doesn’t have it in him to concentrate on one thing at a time. His ego is damaged by no Nobel prize so hey, let’s invade an ally.
Pathetic to see this is the mindset of leader of the free world. Anyone with the slightest bit of objectivity can see that.

Just more reinforcement that this is Trumps damaged ego leading the Greenland issue.
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I’ll reframe my opinion then - utilize Greenland for the processing of said metals


Building a REM manufacturing facility in Greenland would be an order of magnitude more expensive than in the US or Canada. Logistics and energy to run the process (it’s an energy hog) would be brutal in Greenland.

In the US we could use our abundant natty gas supplies and support US domestic drillers and US manufacturing workers with the processing facility.
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keeps those metals out of the hands of adversaries


Rare earths aren't rare. The West has just let China do the processing because its environmentally nasty. So keeping the REM's out of adversaries isn't a good reason, for those who bother to look.
Trump has a history of throwing people under the bus if they become a problem or PR issue. Denmark shouldn't think that something they did for another president 20+ years ago will sway Trump.
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Greenland has rare earth materials that will allow us to be less reliant on China.


North America has more rare earth metals than Greenland that are easier to extract. Using REM's as an invasion excuse is nothing buy lies.