Trump has announced 100% tariffs on all foreign-made movies. It's hard to figure out why certain things bug the man. Said in an interview with NBC News he's not sure if he believes in due process or not. Does he not know how to bone up for interviews? MTG no longer a fan. You kind of want to forget he's president. He's like a kind of depressing backdrop as you go about your life. Won't seek another term. On a brighter note they told me at work the bird flu is over.
This AM he announced the re-opening of Alcatraz. it was shut down in 1963 (I'd been pipe smoking for 4 years by then) because it cost more than 3x all other Federal prisons. Now a Historical site, getting rich with 11 million visitors a year. Seems a bit irrational, but that seems the new norm. it will hold 300 criminals. Can Burt Lancaster come back as Birdman of Alcatraz? Can toads fly?
ReplyDeleteI heard. How did this get by DOGE?
ReplyDeleteBezos caved on the tariff markup listings but if people are gonna spend fifty dollars more for a can opener they have a right to know. Trump Administration willing to pay migrants $1,000 to self-deport. Is this similar to spontaneous human combustion?
ReplyDeleteSuch a busy guy - 100% tariff on any films made outside the US because of "national security". You gonna pay double for 'Last Tango In Scranton?
ReplyDeleteI used to be into foreign films looking for something different. Got tired of reading subtitles. Didn't know they were a national security threat. So they don't have John Wayne in it. I gotta pay extra for Godzilla?
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the guy's doing.
What about movies made in Greenland?
ReplyDeleteLast sentence in the Greenland National Anthem-
ReplyDelete"Humbleness is not the course,
Kalaallit wake up and be proud!
A dignified life is our goal;
courageously take a stand"
They probably sang as JD Vance left?
[only at Lost In Civilization can you find obscure world trivia]
Canadian tourism way down across the northern tier of states. Money down the drain. Of course it is the hackneyed "Biden's fault". Are we a proud country or a pre-school playground?
ReplyDeleteRetirement is tax friendly- In ID and NY, Social Security is not taxed, nor
ReplyDeleteis your pension in NY. Age with benefits.
Trump not a fan of world cinema. I didn't vote for him based on his views of foreign movies. No Seven Samarai in his collection I guess.
ReplyDeleteI guess you voted for him because the alternative was worse?
DeleteShe wasn't the best candidate as even the Democratic chef at work admitted. His analysis - Biden waited too long to drop out so the Dems didn't have time to find a better candidate. I voted for Trump primarily because of the economy but didn't expect he'd detour onto a full track of nutters. So by your formulation vote for a weak candidate because she's not Trump?
DeleteYes I wish I had a crystal ball to carry with me throughout life. I wouldn't be in the job I have now. Many people wouldn't have married certain people. I'd know who to vote for with infallibility. Are you happy you voted for Uncle Joe the first time?
DeleteNot happy, just satisfied it wasn't Trump, just saying.
DeleteYes, Biden waited too long. Harris was county attorney, SF Attorney,
ReplyDeleteCa Attorney General, Senator and Vice President. I didn't consider that weak. Neighbor lady was shocked years ago when Trump first ran she asked what I thought. Blurted out 'Batsh*t Crazy. No way to talk to an old lady, but I haven't changed my mind.
Shaw told me that Trump wants to change the San Andreas Fault to
ReplyDeleteBiden's Fault. He is now calling the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf. Is he starting map company? What's next, Yonkers becoming Homanville?
Actually reading just now the House may take up a bill to rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Nothing better to do? Where's my check btw?
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