I am sure they do have a family to support ,or at least support themselves. but that doesn't mean their job is THAT important.

If No one came here from overseas or over the border, we would still need to mine coal, pump oil and so forth.

antifa being called out, By the MEDIA!
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The average number of coal mining employees declined to 41,600 in 2020. This was below the previous low of 70,000 in 2003, and the lowest number of US coal miners in at least 125 years.
Those are sad numbers,

There are over 281,008 pipe welders currently employed in the United States. 4.0% of all pipe welders are women, while 96.0% are men. The average pipe welder age is 40 years old.

As of February 2023, there are 72.1k people employed in the Oil and Gas Extraction industry.

And with this number, bare in mind alot of cities and states are restricting natural gas,
Over 3.4 million jobs are connected to the direct use of natural gas in the United States and over 83% of this work happens within local communities.


So I guess in you folks eyes, these people can go to work at mcdonalds? These are people that SWEAT and do MANUAL labor for a living. Not stamping wrist and putting on costumes and answering phones.

I go about 3 times a week, pic up what i need and it gives me a chance to walk on a flat surface and have something to hold to, the buggy to help maintain balance. There are some weird o'z in there for sure some times. But if you don't feel safe there, just go to the automotive section first, get a can of brake clean and put it in the baby holder of the buggy and shop away, someone comes up trying some shit, just give em a shot of brake clean, they will leave you alone.

I would rather have their oil than their dope.

Market will adjust, folks will find work in other areas that are more functional and useful than catering to people from other countries.

The way I look at it, the liberals think it is ok to expect coal miners and oil pipe line workers to find other jobs, so why not folks that cater to travelers?

speak for yourself.
I carry cash and change
I use a card for paying medical bills then pay it off in a few days, using the rewards i earn to help pay my bill lol,use their little system to my advantage.

What this no penny thing is leading to though is the cashless society that the 1 world government-liberal agenda is pushing for. All the transactions would be electronic, thus trackable, thus taxable, thus controllable. Thus eventually no free enterprise system. your kid wants to run a lemonade stand ,but has to pay for a machine to take cards and electronic means of payment, and would have to pay taxes on the small amount of money they make. All in the future, all needing nipped in the bud before it gets to far gone.

why is that?
What will we do here in the states? Pay more for stuff because of round ups in price? I understand the high cost of the penny being made but we could have contracted that work out to china or india and kept the cost down.

and ol joe and obummer were "angles" right?

well hopefully to a better place, because you have only been a pawn in the game of life for so long now.

that may be true, but i know that domesticated pigs ,if they get loose, will go ferle in a couple years and adapt just fine, some wild hogs were bred to normal pigs near here about 35 years ago and they got loose and disappeared only to finally become visible as a real threat to safety ,even MINE in my own back yard. But a phone call and a week later ,I had some great sausage in the fridge! i called a hunter and he came out and got 4 here and a couple other guys shot 10 next door.

It is a argument for sitting the head knockers down at a table and require accountability for sure. Which is what alot of us want for these free benefit programs.

from this "angle" she does not look like a angle.

It shows you won't win a war with them to me, they won't give up

just some things need to be done. What surprises me is the elephant doesn't fight back or anything it just lays there.

I haven't heard anything from doge in a while , don't know what is up with it.

um, sadly looks like it will go away in 2026
The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization shall be headed by the USDS Administrator and shall be dedicated to advancing the President's 18-month DOGE agenda. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization shall terminate on July 4, 2026.Jan 20, 2025

20 billion coulda stayed here in the US for sure.
I also want the snap checked over for fraud.

yep, don't work don't get paid,

All this fancy tech we have nowadays for war and the Russians can just drop a soup can and take out a drone!
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I guess the russians learn from history how to drop unconventional things.
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I am not much on that, as where do you draw the line?
" oh this baby may have a iq lower than 125" abort abort abort!
You may rest easy killing the unborn, but i can't

i think it said the brain matter is about the size of the end of a pinky finger?
Still that aint much.
the parrot has that much brain!and he can talk!

well, i know if i had not done my job, i would not have gotten paid, and i would have been fired.
The shut down should never have happened.
But it did.
And folks need to accept the reasons why and move forward.
Non citizens benefiting from tax dollars needs to stop, thus, alot of the problems and disagreements would stop.

I will go as far as to say neither body of government should get any time off until they present a BALANCED BUDGET to the President for his signature. that would force both sides to get rid of the pork and waste

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watch the end, gota read it and hear it!

yep, this cop created a ghost from a live woman!

i hear people say all the time, "he aint got a brain " or "are they brainless"?
Well apparently you CAN live without a brain!!!
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If you get hit, who ya gonna call?

there's not that many young people living there anyway unless they inherit something. it's a rich peoples winter home state.

You got what I was getting at, there is no ideal solution.
Government run, people leave and are mad, people run, people leave and are mad.
It will come out in the long term as more snow birds seek warm weather over 35 inches of snow.

So we need to just turn the cows loose on the land or start harvesting buffalo for meat? I understand what you are saying about the gene modified stuff, shoulda been nipped in the bud years ago. just that alone aint good for us. BUT we have ALOT of people to feed.
Besides, if I was going to raise something for milk I would raise goats. Much better for you

Well when a entire economy is based on a system that most money is made by gratuity and frivolous spending from travelers and people that can afford second and third homes, what did you expect?

Had florida built it's economy on manufacturing a necessary product or a service people can't be without, better LONG TERM results would happen.

ok, so things turned green and things look much better. Which I agree, looks great!

So why all the hate for cows in the green movement ,but bison are ok? Buffalo's and cows are very similar, similar enough that they are bred to each other.

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methane from buffalo

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Yes, buffalo belch (or burp—the terms are often used interchangeably for the same action of expelling gas from the stomach).
Buffalo are ruminants, a group of herbivores that includes cattle, sheep, goats, bison (often called American buffalo), and water buffalo. Ruminants have a specialized four-chambered stomach where microbes ferment plant material, producing large amounts of gas (mostly carbon dioxide and methane) as a byproduct. To release this gas and prevent dangerous bloating (a condition called bloat that can be fatal if belching stops), ruminants continually eructate—belching silently about once per minute, unlike the louder human version.
This applies to both major types of buffalo:

American bison (commonly called buffalo in North America): They eructate during specific rumen contractions, similar to cattle. Their belches contribute methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Water buffalo (Asian buffalo): As ruminants, they follow the same digestive process and belch regularly.

In short, belching is a normal, essential part of how buffalo (and all ruminants) digest food—without it, they'd swell up like a balloon and potentially die.


Yes, buffalo do fart. This includes both American bison (often called buffalo in North America) and other species like water buffalo. They are ruminants, meaning they have multi-chambered stomachs where microbes ferment plant material, producing gases like methane as a byproduct. While most of this gas is released through belching (eructation), some does exit as flatulence from the rear.
Scientific studies on bison herds have measured significant enteric methane emissions (from digestion), with per-animal outputs comparable to or sometimes higher than cattle, and flatulence is explicitly part of how this gas is released. Historic estimates suggest pre-colonial bison populations (tens of millions) produced methane equivalent to modern livestock, including through farts.

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Reality is starting to set in. electric truck range can't fulfill the needs of folks that actually USE trucks for their purposes.

The Rivians that Amazon uses are van that have a range of about 80 miles, and both drivers that deliver here tell me that they are on pins and needles that last few miles trying to get back to the warehouse.

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Canada talked big a few months ago, um, how does it feel now?

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he is just a mayor but look what these folks demand that he do.

crazy

Well since fe ftstord hasn't replied i will fill in for them!


for those that not blessed with such talent with universal language,
here is what Grok said this word leo is using means,
yet some more of his hatefilled undertones against people he doesn't agree with.
what is fəˈʃɪstɔɪd
fəˈʃɪstɔɪd is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcription for the adjective fascistoid (pronounced roughly fuh-SHIS-toyd).
Meaning

Fascistoid means "resembling or similar to fascism" but not fully fascist.
It describes ideas, behaviors, regimes, or aesthetics that share traits with fascism (e.g., authoritarianism, nationalism, suppression of dissent) without meeting the full definition.

Etymology

From fascist + -oid (Greek -oeidēs = "like" or "resembling").
Similar to "humanoid" (human-like) or "asteroid" (star-like).

Example Usage
"The government's propaganda tactics were fascistoid, though not a full dictatorship."
Often used in political analysis to critique without outright labeling something as fascist.

It’s a term common in academic, journalistic, or activist discourse to signal fascism-adjacent tendencies.

at this moment, a muslim could have made a choice NOT to kill People. but they chose to kill
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at this moment, a second muslim could have made a choice NOT to copy cat the first 1 and not kill, BUT they chose to kill.
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Now that same city, has 1 for a mayor.
George orwell and steven speilburg could not have written a movie this ironic in a team effort.

Others chose to kill in other locations that same day. and people are STILL dying from all this with sickness and depression.

Poor cows,
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I bet if the cows are allowed to eat grass and natural grains they would be just fine.
Health nuts tell us humans all the time to stop eating processed foods but now we are feeding our meat and milk producers processed food? Does that make any sense?

My gosh, Not knowing where you might be living in 4 months is a headache to. IF your landlord decides to sell where you are living, he can evict you. and then you have to pickup your life and move around. kids can't stay in the same schools, your commute to work may increase, rent at a new place may be higher. so many don't knows with rent, plus you have NO equity, you try to borrow money, On what? your cell phone for collateral?
something as simple as having a vineyard for your grape vines for jellies, your garden soil that takes years to prep to get a good harvest, your hobbies? How can you have a hobby that requires a garage with stationary equipment if you don't own the building-land? how can you have live stock on rental property for milk ,eggs ,meat?
How do you folks live and actually have any concept of peace of mind ,happiness, security anything? If you rent ,you are dependent on someone for everything ,including the roof over your heads!
I can't help the dutch don't want the peace of mind of owning where they live.

THe lawyers are making a killing with this environmental stuff, the cause is getting little from the "cases".

some yes, But until my health improves ,hopefully after about this time tomorrow, i will remain less interactive with others.

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I can't totally disagree with your statements, we could easily find middle ground on that subject forfeiture.

What bugs me is if I have more than 2 months earnings in my pocket during a traffic stop it can be "arrested" and taken under the guise of me being a drug dealer. and it cost alot to get the money back ,which deters most people from trying. I prefer to pay cash for stuff,as i did my last truck purchase and etc.

Brick walls are not impossible to knock down. just have to have a BIG hammer or a back hoe!

the reality of it is there are alot of Canadian tags on cars in parking lots in the us at the border, people tired of waiting on that free care
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Nearly 70 percent of the Dutch population live in owner-occupied homes. This puts the Netherlands at the bottom of the ranking in the European Union.

57.6% of the country's 28.8 million main homes are owned by their inhabitants.france


US homeownership rate was 65.2%,

So uh, ok we don't have free health care, but your citizens don't own anymore homes than ours. And i aint even looked at tax rates yet that cover the health care you have that "prevents" the bankruptcy's.

my current situation is going to cost me about 5500 bucks out of pocket, the other 50 grand+ will be covered by insurance provided by my employer i was retired from. Medical insurance is called a benefit you get from your employer IF YOU WORK for a living and earn it.

is this money going to be returned to the retirees fund?

No i do not accept asset forfeiture in most cases unless a serious crime has been commited.
MY point is these laws need to be changed.But liberals would never think of doing that because it would cut off their gravy train of easy money.