Eastern Mountain Sports maybe? I have no idea how that company is run though.

from Wikipedia:

On September 3, 2024, the chain was acquired by British Outdoor retailer Mountain Warehouse for $10 million. Mountain Warehouse plans to expand the company and open as many as 100 new stores over the next few years.

Why did they have a drug dog search the vehicle with no probable cause? Unless I missed something in the article.

If they get rid of the IRS like they are trying to do you won’t have to worry about it. I think you’re making the right decision. Withhold until things become more clear.

He’s not Bush Jr.

How many electoral college votes does California have versus Pennsylvania? If it went red, it could change a few things.

I can even agree with corporations being eliminated but not owned by the government. The government can also be corrupted by profits. And has over and over again in recent history.

I like everything about their platform except this;

cut the U.S. military budget by 90%, seize the 100 largest corporations

I just cannot get behind that. I could see breaking up monopolies, taxing medium and large corporations way more, but seizing, nah.

Or you’re just not very smart. That is also a possibility.

Blue California is only in the largest cities, the rest is quite red and very Trumpy. Some areas are known hotbeds for righty radicals. Something could happen in California easily and there may even be more propensity because of the size of the population.

Or comma separated values…F, that,

This isn’t a union leader problem. On the contrary, quite a few unions are close to 50% conservative voters. The leaders recognize this and are representing their membership by not endorsing either candidate. Not a good thing in my opinion but a fact right now. The trades are often filled with folks who don’t pay the most attention to politics even if it should matter to them. They hear tax cut and that motivates more than anything.

Isn’t serving in the Israeli military required for certain age groups?

More efficient does not equate to cheaper for consumers, it just means more profits for the owners. A private company will always maximize those profits at the expense of the consumer. A public consortium has no need for profit and can spread costs evenly across all users based on usage.

Yeah so your argument is don’t even try. Great help you are.

China is not a free market.

First sentence is true. Last sentence is not. We’ll see.

Not arguably, still a maintaine issue with the owner of the plane.

This is a maintenance issue with the airline, not a manufacturing issue. Big difference. A mechanic doing routine maintaine probably forgot to latch the cowling.

And China is actively committing genocide currently against the Uyghurs. There is a difference.

How is this undemocratic? It was voted on and passed by Congress. Congress is made up of elected representatives by the citizens of the US.