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"Big Beautiful Breakup"
Trump is after Musk again including Space X. Let round #2 begin!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/ ... /105482158
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It just keeps getting better.
Mr Trump also suggested his administration would "take a look" at deporting Mr Musk, a naturalised US citizen.
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"Mr. President, in 2018 you suggested putting alligators in the Rio Grande to prevent crossings in Texas, is this a dream come true for you?", referring to the opening of Florida facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" that will hold detained migrants.

America has stooped so low that these are now the types of questions the President of the United States takes and enjoys answering.

In fact, later in the day, Peter Doocy of Fox News asked the conman, "With Alligator Alcatraz, is the idea that if some illegal immigrant escapes, they just get eaten by an alligator, or a snake or something?”

To which the conman replied, "“I guess that’s the concept, this is not a nice business. I guess that’s the concept. You know, uh, snakes are fast. But alligators, we’re gonna teach [the detained immigrants] how to run away from an alligator, OK? If they escape prison, how to run away: Don’t run in a straight line, run like this,” Trump continued, making a zigzag motion with his hands. “And you know what? Your chances go up about one percent. Not a good day!”

This is not a parody. This is real!
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Bandung_Dero wrote: July 2, 2025, 7:01 am It just keeps getting better.
Mr Trump also suggested his administration would "take a look" at deporting Mr Musk, a naturalised US citizen.
The simple fact is that the "convicted" sexual predator is a nasty, vindictive POS.

Makes you wonder about his admirers. ;)
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Well has taken from the poor once again for the rich
Bush, Obama — and singer Bono — fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day

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US Air Force Will Shift Funds From A Nuclear Missile Program For $400 Million Refit On Trump’s Qatar Jet
Insider (7/1, Porter) “The Pentagon is set to shift funds from the US’s Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to refit a jet gifted to the US and President Donald Trump by Qatar. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing last week that the funds were from “excess to need in 2024,” per Defense One. He went on to stress that redirecting the funds would not set back the $140 billion Sentinel program, an initiative to replace the US’s aging nuclear missiles that has experienced years of delays and a near doubling of its estimated cost.”
Also reporting is the Military Times (6/30, Losey).
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AH, $400 Million here, $400 Million there.
Cut Medicare some more Food Stamps
BUT I get my Jet which by the way wont be finished for 8 to 10 years
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"Time’s up for roughly 2 million Americans on the cusp of having their Social Security payments slashed in half."

AH they are getting old, time to cut the time for them here on earth
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"'They Must've Hated Our Country': Donald Trump Disgraces Himself, Derails Bill Signing Ceremony By Ranting About The Biden Administratio"

Reminds me of someone's exwife/Mother in law, on and on and on
Find some other topics to harp on. Realize you cant fix 250 year problems in a day, month or a year
He has no idea on how make a country, business, family etc GREAT
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Doodoo wrote: July 3, 2025, 8:22 pm "'They Must've Hated Our Country': Donald Trump Disgraces Himself, Derails Bill Signing Ceremony By Ranting About The Biden Administratio" ...
Is this a recent event? Google doesn't come up with anything.
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I made the move to Thailand in 1991. I accepted a high paying job in SoCal when the Thai economy crashed in 1996. I discovered that I hated California and suffered working there for five LONG years. The happiest day of my life was sitting on the LAX runway with a one way ticket back to Thailand. I am still here. My Social Security check is direct deposited into my US bank account the third of every month like clockwork. My Thai wife and I live very well and do not lack anything. I spend about half of my pensions and the rest stays in my US bank account. Life is good and I am content. I have heard nothing concerning any cut in my SS payments.
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"More than a decade ago, Warren Buffett said the national deficit could be solved in just five minutes. His plan? "You just pass a law that says that any time there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection.""

I know in the past I had to hold the budget both going over it and going below, I had better have explanations for it
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Doodoo wrote: July 3, 2025, 9:24 am "Time’s up for roughly 2 million Americans on the cusp of having their Social Security payments slashed in half."

AH they are getting old, time to cut the time for them here on earth
Humm, I just checked and mine is up 2.5% since I last checked in November. Once I begin taking SS payments next year most of it will be tax free as well through the deductions the new bill has allowed.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions ... 53678.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202 ... 0Advisers.

You may wish to check the actual facts before the endless jabs at a system for which you evidently have have no connection. The government by law needs to recoup overpayments, non-eligable payments and fraud.

Kind of surprised you haven't blamed Trump for AlexO's UK Proof of Life issues.
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Potamoi wrote: July 5, 2025, 5:37 pm
Doodoo wrote: July 3, 2025, 9:24 am "Time’s up for roughly 2 million Americans on the cusp of having their Social Security payments slashed in half."

AH they are getting old, time to cut the time for them here on earth
Humm, I just checked and mine is up 2.5% since I last checked in November. Once I begin taking SS payments next year most of it will be tax free as well through the deductions the new bill has allowed.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions ... 53678.html

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202 ... 0Advisers.

You may wish to check the actual facts before the endless jabs at a system for which you evidently have have no connection. The government by law needs to recoup overpayments, non-eligable payments and fraud.

Kind of surprised you haven't blamed Trump for AlexO's UK Proof of Life issues.
Has nothing to do whether you collect social security benefits or not, it’s for all people who are 65 and over, and it only lasts through 2028.

And for the record, “most” of you benefits cannot be tax free, it’s either 50% not taxed, 15% not taxes, or none of it is taxed.
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Kenr6583 wrote: July 5, 2025, 5:50 pm And for the record, “most” of you benefits cannot be tax free, it’s either 50% not taxed, 15% not taxes, or none of it is taxed.
My SS benefits when I decide to take them will be a bit more than the deductions allowed of $23,750 so most of my benefits with have deductions offsetting them.

Not quite sure what you are attempting to say here. I'm new to the old guy club and am looking forward to reaping the benefits that I have not in the past.
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Potamoi wrote: July 5, 2025, 6:30 pm
Kenr6583 wrote: July 5, 2025, 5:50 pm And for the record, “most” of you benefits cannot be tax free, it’s either 50% not taxed, 15% not taxes, or none of it is taxed.
My SS benefits when I decide to take them will be a bit more than the deductions allowed of $23,750 so most of my benefits with have deductions offsetting them.

Not quite sure what you are attempting to say here. I'm new to the old guy club and am looking forward to reaping the benefits that I have not in the past.
What I’m saying is that this additional $6,000 deductible has absolutely nothing to do with social security, it is based on age, 65. I don’t turn 62 until 2027. I will start collecting then, but it will not apply for me. By the time I turn 65, 2030, it will have expired. And as I also stated, “most” of ones social security benefits are not tax free.

You need to go back and see how to calculate how much of your social security are taxed.
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glalt wrote: July 4, 2025, 10:25 am I have heard nothing concerning any cut in my SS payments.
In Thai baht, your SS benefits have been cut every month since the orange turd took over. And he's just getting started! Wait until Powell is out and US interest rates get seriously cut to satisfy the felonious conman.

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But the great Glalt personally doesn't need the SS money at the moment so it doesn't matter at all.
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anefarious1 wrote: July 5, 2025, 7:33 pm In Thai baht, your SS benefits have been cut every month since the orange turd took over. And he's just getting started! Wait until Powell is out and US rates get cut to satisfy the conman.
Much ado about nothing.

When I started working in Thailand in Oct 1992 the baht was 25.253. In Jan 1998 it went to 52.983. The average has been 33.988 and the Median is 33.261.

There have been 5 other US presidents who saw larger swings in the USD to THB rates (both directions). The -2.44% change in ForEx is quite common in 4 months of the data that I keep track of. For example: Obama had a -5% change under his admin between Jun-Sep 2010 and Biden had -12.47% change Oct22-Jan23.

Seems to me this particular little winge is just that.
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Potamoi wrote: July 5, 2025, 11:11 pm
anefarious1 wrote: July 5, 2025, 7:33 pm In Thai baht, your SS benefits have been cut every month since the orange turd took over. And he's just getting started! Wait until Powell is out and US rates get cut to satisfy the conman.
Much ado about nothing.

When I started working in Thailand in Oct 1992 the baht was 25.253. In Jan 1998 it went to 52.983. The average has been 33.988 and the Median is 33.261.

There have been 5 other US presidents who saw larger swings in the USD to THB rates (both directions). The -2.44% change in ForEx is quite common in 4 months of the data that I keep track of. For example: Obama had a -5% change under his admin between Jun-Sep 2010 and Biden had -12.47% change Oct22-Jan23.

Seems to me this particular little winge is just that.
The ones you listed from prior years were due to cause and effect. The current situation is self inflicted, which may get better soon, may get worse, it’s kind of stagnant now.
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