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Charlotte, NC. Husband, 3 time Dad. Lotus sports cars, real estate, music. Verve and Wiles.

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Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich | LSE Research Trickle-down economic policies are destined to fail, research suggests. David Hope explains why the issue is so controversial.

Trickle down economics is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the unintelligent. Higher deficits, greater wealth inequality and suffering for the middle and lower classes. But don’t take my word for it. A fifty year study of the 18first world economies.

www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

14.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whew! Total wild guess on purple.

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14.03.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Logic eventually worked

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For Russia, Trump’s sanctions pause means more money to fight Ukraine The Kremlin hopes the Trump administration’s move to contain oil prices sent soaring by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran will lead to further relief.

Russia is reveling in the Trump administration’s decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Russian oil at sea, a move Moscow hopes will lead to further relief from penalties that had only recently begun to bite deep. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

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this is beyond parody, folks. a complete mockery of the DOJ.

13.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 9008 πŸ” 2067 πŸ’¬ 1642 πŸ“Œ 543
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Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

13.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 8516 πŸ” 2954 πŸ’¬ 776 πŸ“Œ 991

β€œI…is killing them.” πŸ˜‚

14.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are lasers (coherent parallel photon beams) actually focusable?

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Sen. Rick Scott: "Unfortunately, prices are gonna be up for a while"

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This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

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12.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 18019 πŸ” 7141 πŸ’¬ 614 πŸ“Œ 575

Not surprising at all from the tariff mastermind.

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Photo of prices on a RaceTrac gas station sign. The prices today were: β€œRegular $3.299; Diesel $4.699”

Photo of prices on a RaceTrac gas station sign. The prices today were: β€œRegular $3.299; Diesel $4.699”

Today in SE Louisiana, where they drill for oil, I paid $3.299 a gallon compared to 9 days ago when I paid $2.359. That is a 94 cent increase, so far, & the prices in other states are much higher.

The increase in gas prices will make everything else more expensive, too. #TrumpsGasProblem

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent:

πŸ”ΉοΈ$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞
πŸ”ΉοΈ$15.1 million for ribeye steak πŸ₯©
πŸ”ΉοΈ$2 million for Alaskan king crab πŸ¦€
πŸ”ΉοΈ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano

✏️ by @newrepublic.com

10.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 1597 πŸ” 949 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 189

After a run of fours and fives it’s nice to finally get a three.

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10.03.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

About 65% of those polled.

09.03.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

09.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 25618 πŸ” 7617 πŸ’¬ 2501 πŸ“Œ 679

Most corrupt administration in history

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09.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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07.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh.

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05.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same. Had to incubate the first 3 guesses for awhile.

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Iran holds mass funeral for girls, staff killed in US-Israel school attack

Iran holds mass funeral for girls, staff killed in US-Israel school attack

Iran holds mass funeral for girls, staff killed in US-Israel school attack https://aje.news/bfjfuy

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But Israel has absolute immunity πŸ™„

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I’d rather see the Epstein prosecutions.

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A defensive war being prosecuted by the Department of War, not Defense?

03.03.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Damn. The new Goldfinger reboot looks awful.

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I struggled harder than Alex trying to write lyrics 😁

Phew!

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