At least it will free people's time to protest against Trump.

I found this interesting.





Boru

He has the best words.

(November 12, 2024 at 11:55 am)Nanny Wrote: He has the best words.

...of one syllable or less.

More syllables than anyone ever thought was possible in the history of civilization. Perfect, beautiful, bestest words. A lot of people are talking about it. Just the other day an amazingly attractive woman came up to me on the street and said, "How do you make such beautiful, perfect, bestest words?"

(November 12, 2024 at 11:55 am)Nanny Wrote: He has the best words.

‘I know words. I have the best words.’ It’s worth noting that the longest word in that quote is ‘words’.

Boru

Farmers panic that Trump policy could cause 'catastrophic nightmare'

Trump's promise to enact mass deportations could result in a "massive loss of revenue" for farmers who rely on immigrant labor to stay afloat, Newsweek reported Monday.

"The idea of mass deportations is frightening and scary, just on a humane level," dairy farmer Jennifer Tilton Flood reportedly said. "With regards to our community, mass deportations could affect our entire dairy industry throughout the U.S."

About 950,000, or nearly 45 percent, out of an estimated 2.2 million farm laborers in the U.S. are undocumented immigrants, Newsweek reported.

Flood argued businesses and churches should expect a "catastrophic nightmare" to come as U.S. Customs and Border Protection came under Trump's control.

Restaurant owners say they're afraid of the cost to their businesses.

"If these workers are deported, restaurants will close, leading to massive losses in revenue and a significant downturn in the economy," Sam Sanchez, a National Restaurant Association board member, told Newsweek.

https://www.rawstory.com/farmers-trump-immigration/

I suppose this could be a random thought entry but I would like to say that the fact we need a "Phase II" makes my eye twitch.

A similar thing would happen if we left all immigrants in place and got rid of their second class status rather than trying to move a person. Ultimately, the complaint is that a business which itself contends that it's margins are based on farming people, rather than farming crops, will suffer. That part, at least, is hard to read as a bad thing. I don't believe them, ofc. Its not true that just because their businesses are so often based on fucking an unperson means that we have to do so to make the product, or make it at a similar price. It's more that it would cut out profitability in the middle. Production is pennies per pound on the cost of any given item at retail.

In florida, back in the day, there was a program to add a penny per pound for toatoes, which amounted to a 30 some odd percent increase in pay for labor. Didn't crash the tomato market. If the production cost of potatoes were 100% higher that would still only be 24c a pound. Etc etc etc.

Is it just me, or are Trump’s cabinet picks starting to look like a collection of Batman villains?

Boru