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But I still pay Federal and State taxes on my passive income and rental property every year..[/QUOTE]So what? If you are paying $10,000 to the government and getting $50,000 in benefits, you think that is virtuous? The reason the country is in such debt is no one is willing to sacrifice all their handouts. You literally have no concerns with trillion dollar deficits. All you care about is you getting your check.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2999172]You didn't go to public school?[/QUOTE]No I did not and when I would have gone, my local community would have paid for the school not you, and my community would not have paid for the "education" on all this LGBTQ bullshit. You could get a good education then. Thanks you to Democratic douches, schools are no longer about learning but teaching young people to vote Democrat.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2999172] Don't drink clean and safe tap water?[/QUOTE]We had well water.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2999172] Never drive or walk on a public road?[/QUOTE]When I drive, I am paying gasoline taxes to do so. I did not rely on you. With walking, government does not need to pay for roads for people walking. If that is why they are building roads, they should knock it off. When government pays for needed roads, they often generate revenue with tolls and or increased commerce. If the roads are truly needed, they are revenue generators not costs. You did not pay for one road that I ever used.

Of course, this is the problem with you Democratic douches. You think Republicans are against spending taxes for clean water and roads. No, that is the one-third of our taxes we least object to. What we object to is the income redistribution.

Why the fuck should I and people in my age distribution have to pay for our own health insurance and for slugs like people with you? You have the money to pay for your own health care, and seniors like yourself have more assets than any other age group. Your generation is so fucking greedy that the amount I and others pay is not enough. No, the government has to borrow money to pay for slugs like you, and your generation of slugs scream bloody murder at even the thought of not getting a freebie.

[QUOTE=EihTooms;2998919]President MuskTrump might not have gotten, read, comprehended or believed the Everything Trump Touches Turns To Shit And Dies memo.

But he sure got that Our Glaring Repub MAGA Failures Are Just A Democrat Party Hoax memo, read it, comprehended it and perhaps blitheringly believed it, although that last part has nothing to do with him and all the other MAGAs repeating it.

Here is a hilarious 7 minute video showing the millions of anti-President MuskTrump protestors all around the country, in every state really, that Musk's MAGA Mental Misalignment has concluded is a "hoax", they actually love him but are either paid "wasteful, fraudulent and abusive" money to protest against him or are all so addicted to the "wasteful, fraudulent and abusive" money, NONE of which he and his Dogies have yet to discover, uncover and indict for, that they come out en masse merely "pretending" to oppose him and his methods so the "wasteful, fraudulent and abusive" money keeps flowing in making everyone as rich as he is. Er was.

LOL. It is a MUST SEE video:

[URL]https://youtu.be/wU23jm417-k?si=Hplv3iO8H3g9ruUQ[/URL][/QUOTE]
[i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i] So very true!

While I agree the [i][b]"Everything Trump Touches Turns To Shit And Dies"[/b][/i] memo, was obviously somehow overlooked by the jumping jack-ass president Musk, the QAnon\MAGA predilection to constantly "project" and "lie" memo, evidently was NOT lost on him, as he claimed in true "Trumpian" fashion, these surveys were "a hoax", and paid by his "enemies".

I say this, due to the recent similar survey, in Germany, where 94% of Germans (100K) say they won't buy a Tesla car. Then mysteriously, just a couple of days later, 70% of Germans (400K) say they would by a Tesla. [url]https://electrek.co/2025/03/14/tesla-is-done-in-germany-94-say-they-wont-buy-a-tesla-car/[/url] I did think to myself, this sounds sneakingly suspicious, like Musk was paying German Afd supporters to take that survey. But naturally it was something more [b]"efficient"[/b] and even more nefarious...

Turns out:[LIST][i]"On Tuesday, Musk reposted a Tweet on X (formerly Twitter) that showed the survey now says 70% of people in Germany would buy a Tesla again. This sudden shift in the poll's results raised suspicions. And sure enough, T Online has now reported that [u]bots manipulated[/u] the survey, [b]with 253,000 votes originating from just two U.S.-based IP addresses.[/b] Now, with sales plummeting, Tesla faces an uphill battle to regain consumer trust."[/i] [url]https://www.autoblog.com/news/94-of-germans-wouldnt-consider-buying-a-tesla-survey-finds[/url][/LIST]
Sales in Germany reflect the survey, and are in a downwards spiral and have not yet recovered from YoY or MoM sales in 2025. Tesla is losing market share in Europe, as sales drop over 30% in Q1 2025.

Not the first or last time, the non-elected president Musk, has tried to bribe, buy, fudge and cheat his way to a win. Just recently, of course, in Wisconsin and FAILED!

Welp, there goes the economy. Shit. What's it going to take for stocks to go up again. Damnit AAPL, Damnit NVDA!

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2999100]Stupid Trump still sucking criminal, liar Putin. Good, Zelensky has balls to resist, not to let Ukrainians being fucked by shameful USA.[/QUOTE]With his friend Vladimir who hold his balls, from with prostitutes in Mockva party.

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2999377]With his friend Vladimir who hold his balls, from with prostitutes in Mockva party.[/QUOTE]Too senile, shameful Trump forgot his administration refused in 2018, Crimea robbery by his now friend he sucks, criminal dictator Putin.

At CATL 2025 Tech Day, unveiled a game-changing lineup of four new next-gen batteries, each targeting a critical bottleneck in EV adoption, that haters, obliterates and debunks, the haters and their tired arguments and disinformation pushed by you EV and battery skeptics.

CATLs lineup of 1st and 2nd generation batteries, the Qilin (NCM), Shenxing Plus (LFP), Naxtra (Na-Ion) and the Freevoy Super Dual/Hybrid Battery (LFP + NCM or Na-ion, optimized for PHEV or EREV's), put to bed and dismantles the most common outdated myths, perpetrated by the EV haters, looking to spread disinformation.

[b]CATL shocks the world (again) with Sodium-ion and 1.3 Megawatt LFP Batteries,[/b] (16 min)
[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCNY4kxNkqc[/url]

[b]CATL TECH DAY 2025,[/b] (1 hr 20 min)
[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gaDQL64AY[/url]

My Two (2) biggest game-changing take-aways (out of probably 10x the number of "game-changing" tech unveiled), was first, the Naxtra 300km per charge x 10,000 charging cycle, that could mean +3 million km of driving range. Beat that legacy auto, ICE vehicles, EV haters and skeptics!

And second, was their Freevoy Super Dual Hybrid Battery, that should address a growing niche of "range anxiety" ICE vehicle owners, looking to bride the divide with the purchase of an PHEV or EREVs (Extended-Range Electric Vehicles), providing better ranges of 250 Km/150 miles (LFP + Na-ion) or 450+ km/300 miles (NCM + LFP) before using the ICE/fossil fuel onboard generator and polluting the atmosphere, for another 800 Km, for a total of about 1100 to 1300 km (BEV + ICE).

So maybe just one more! The Naxtra (Na-ion)'s cold weather 5C performance, in -30 to -40C and power density of 175 Wh/kg, is better than most current LFP batteries, is just mind-blowingly sooooo good! With an abundance of salt (Na), that can be found anywhere and is 99.6% recyclable, gives the haters even less environment issues to gripe about.

Also announced, is a dynamic Sodium Na-ion 12v battery, that undoubtedly should soon replace most lead-acid batteries, in future vehicles.

Okay y'all, EV and battery haters, tell me your not impressed? And when was the last time the ICE and legacy auto, introduced this much new tech for vehicles?...What 50 years ago, when drill by drill only was still hip? [i][b] (...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

Just several great reasons, why China is kicking ass in the EV, Battery, AI and Tech industry and the U.S. is left with a lame duck president, with memes trending on social media of 250 million views, that read, [i][b]"Trump chickened out..."[/b][/i] or [i][b]"The 10K Tariff Grandpa..."[/b][/i], as the bully lies about China calling him to talk deals on tariffs.

China strikes back and essentially tells the American Fuhrer, "CANCEL tariffs, then we'll talk!" [i][b] (...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=Spidy;2999470]At CATL 2025 Tech Day, unveiled a game-changing lineup of four new next-gen batteries, each targeting a critical bottleneck in EV adoption, that haters, obliterates and debunks, the haters and their tired arguments and disinformation pushed by you EV and battery skeptics.

CATLs lineup of 1st and 2nd generation batteries, the Qilin (NCM), Shenxing Plus (LFP), Naxtra (Na-Ion) and the Freevoy Super Dual/Hybrid Battery (LFP + NCM or Na-ion, optimized for PHEV or EREV's), put to bed and dismantles the most common outdated myths, perpetrated by the EV haters, looking to spread disinformation.

[b]CATL shocks the world (again) with Sodium-ion and 1.3 Megawatt LFP Batteries,[/b] (16 min)
[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCNY4kxNkqc[/url]

[b]CATL TECH DAY 2025,[/b] (1 hr 20 min)
[url]www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6gaDQL64AY[/url]

My Two (2) biggest game-changing take-aways (out of probably 10x the number of "game-changing" tech unveiled), was first, the Naxtra 300km per charge x 10,000 charging cycle, that could mean +3 million km of driving range. Beat that EV haters and skeptics?

And second, was their Freevoy Super Dual Hybrid Battery, that should address a growing niche of "range anxiety" ICE vehicle owners, looking to bride the divide with the purchase of an PHEV or EREVs (Extended-Range Electric Vehicles), providing better ranges of 250 Km/150 miles (LFP + Na-ion) or 450+ km/300 miles (NCM + LFP) before using the ICE/fossil fuel onboard generator and polluting the atmosphere, for another 800 Km, for a total of about 1100 to 1300 km (BEV + ICE).

So maybe just one more! The Naxtra (Na-ion)'s cold weather 5C performance, in -30 to -40C and power density of 175 Wh/kg, is better than most current LFP batteries, is just mind-blowingly sooooo good! With an abundance of salt (Na), that can be found anywhere and is 99.6% recyclable, gives the haters even less environment issues to gripe about. Also announced, is a dynamic Sodium Na-ion 12v battery, that undoubtedly should soon replace most lead-acid batteries, in future vehicles.

Okay y'all, EV and battery haters, tell me your not impressed? And when was the last time the ICE and legacy auto, introduced this much new tech for vehicles?...What 50 years ago, when drill by drill only was still hip? [i][b] (...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

Just several great reasons, why China is kicking ass in the EV, Battery, AI and Tech industry and the U.S. is left with a lame duck president, with memes trending on social media of 250 million views, that read, [i][b]"Trump chickened out..."[/b][/i], as the bully lies about China calling him to talk tariffs.

China strikes back and tells the American Fuhrer, "CANCEL tariffs, then we'll talk!" [i][b] (...kkkk!)[/b][/i][/QUOTE]When You like cars, You don t drive EV and of course no chinese. I won t, when I love my atmospheric V8 , making me as hard as a natural beauty. Cars are really not biggest pollution, compare to chinese, USA and Indian industries, planes, big boats, trucks. And your stupid Trump wants to increase USA pollution.

This is so perplexing. Hasn't Trump been telling his dumb Repub MAGA sucker hillbillies that other countries will pay his Tariffs, giving the American people Billions and Billions and Billions of dollars with which we can all buy anything we want, pay for Childcare because Childcare is Childcare and for our groceries, damn I'm glad Trump invented that word, and everybody gets rich?

Then how in the world can this happen?

[B]Trump tariffs will hurt lower income Americans more than the rich, study says.[/B]

[URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/trump-tariffs-taxes-poor-rich.html?__source=androidappshare[/URL]

[QUOTE]Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are expected to raise costs on products for U.S. consumers.

However, tariffs would hurt lower income households with a minimal impact on the top one percent of earners in 2026, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.[/QUOTE]And now come to find out Trump knew he was lying to his dumb Repub MAGA hillbillies about, well, everything!

[B]Trump finally admits his Tariffs are taxes added to products and paid by the American Consumers who buy those products, not by the country selling us the product.[/B]

[URL]https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKxJL8tx8/[/URL]

[QUOTE]BREAKING: Donald Trump accidentally admits that his disastrous tariffs are increasing inflation because they get added to the "price of a product" and as a result a "lot of those products aren't going to sell."

Every MAGA fool who supported these tariffs is eating crow now...

"Are you worried about what the 145% tariffs are doing to small businesses in the U.S.? Is that why you're bringing it down?" a reporter asked Trump.

"No... No..." he replied. "No... No... No... I haven't brought it down. I haven't brought It's still 145%, I haven't brought it down. I said it's a high tariff," said Trump. "It is a high tariff but I haven't brought it down."

Yesterday, he announced that the 145% tariffs on Chinese goods would "come down substantially."

"It basically means China isn't doing any business with us essentially because it's a very high number," Trump continued. [B]"So when you add that to the price of a product it's you know... A lot of those products aren't going to sell."[/b]

"But China's not doing any business. They were doing uh, $1.11 trillion, think of that," he added.

Trump has repeatedly falsely claimed that tariffs do not affect inflation and that foreign countries end up paying them. The truth, of course, is that the increased costs are passed on to American consumers.

This man has such disdain for the intelligence of his supporters that he thinks he can state in one breath that he's not worried about the tariff effects on small businesses which are suffering terribly right now to due to skyrocketing margins and then turn around and admit that tariffs do in fact increase prices and lower consumption.

This entire debacle will go down in history as one of the most idiotic economic wounds ever inflicted on the American people. Donald Trump isn't steering us into a new "Golden Age," he's driving us right off a cliff.[/QUOTE]ADD his Tariff Taxes to the price of the product?

WTF!

He told us China was going to pay those Trump Tariffs and that beautiful word, the most beautiful word in the dictionary, was going to make us all rich beyond our wildest dreams!

Just as soon as Mexico pays for that wall he never built.

In about "two weeks. ".

The charging infrastructure still needs to be addressed. Where does an apartment dweller charge a EV overnight?

[I]The FBI announced the arrest of a judge in Wisconsin for allegedly obstructing an immigration enforcement operation, causing alarm as the Trump administration steps up its confrontational approach towards the judiciary.[/I]

[URL]https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/25/trump-live-news-fbi-arrests-judge-for-obstructing-immigration-operation[/URL]

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2999500][b]I like the concept. Especially motorcycles![/b]
The charging infrastructure still needs to be addressed. Where does an apartment dweller charge a EV overnight?[/QUOTE]Those are the biggest hurdles for me to consider before buying a full size electric motorcycle.

Right now I drive an electric bicycle around Bangkok and love it so much I will never buy a gas-powered vehicle again. Not for around here. I can go and drive anywhere a full size motorcycle can go but with the added freedom of more easily taking the sidewalk or at least easily riding up onto the sidewalk in short enough distances to maneuver around a traffic jam stalemate, park right on the sidewalk conveniently at the entrance of my destination because that is where the bicycle racks are, no license is required, no registration, no insurance, no helmet required by law.

The downsides are the top speed for this bicycle version is 35 kph, which also keeps it a much safer ride and, frankly, fast enough in a high traffic area like Bangkok, and I can only ride about 30 km before I need to recharge the battery, which is best done overnight as you suggest. Takes about 5 hours from zero to full. Costs about 2 baht in electricity.

However, the recharging infrastructure is, as you also suggest, the big issue that must be addressed.

In my case, the bike has a portable and removable battery that I pop out and carry by the built-in handle to the lift up to my 18th floor apartment and plug it into an ordinary electrical outlet via a small charging unit similar to the kind we use on laptop computers.

I can certainly take that small charging unit with me wherever I go. And as long as I can leave the lunch pail size battery plugged into a McDonalds or Starbucks electrical outlet for five hours every 30 km or so I could keep going all the way from Bangkok to Pattaya or Chiang Mai on that bike. LOL. The other option with a bike that has a portable removable battery is I have bought extra batteries to always have 1-2 charged up and ready to swap within minutes at my apartment. Or can take an extra one with me on the bike, easy to do, in order to extend my distance before recharging to about 60 km.

But that is an electric bicycle and not a full size electric motorcycle. If the power of the motor is 500 Watts or more, Thai law considers that a motorcycle and is therefore subject to all the license, registration, insurance and helmet requirements of any other motorcycle. My electric bicycle motor is 400 Watts.

Now, there ARE full size electric motorcycles available with portable removable batteries that one can pop out and take into a high rise apartment to recharge. And I suppose that also means you can purchase an extra one or two to always have charged and ready to swap out at any time. But, again, as long as you are near your apartment to do that.

One brand I recall checking out in Bangkok that had a portable removable battery about the size of a carry-on luggage was [B]EM Motors[/B]. Maybe they have a showroom in Pattaya too. And there must be other brands that include that feature.

Weirdly, it is getting more difficult to find the latest electric bicycle models with the same portable removable battery that mine had when I bought it a couple of years ago. Probably some marketing ploy to make it impossible to buy those extra batteries for the user to easily replace when necessary instead of taking it to a brand authorized repair shop to pay someone else to do it or buy a whole new bike after a few years.

I think we can all agree that these disunited States really sucks now. Thing is what can anybody do? More than half the country wanted all this chaos. I say let's focus on a way to get ourselves to Thailand to retire there, where it's always nice, and nothing bad ever happens. *sigh* Now, if only I can find the guts to quit my shitty job.

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2999366]Bridges are covered by gasoline taxes. [/QUOTE]
While gas taxes and ticket fees do contribute, they’re only part of the picture, as federal and state governments, also play a major role in funding the building of bridges and airports.

[QUOTE=Elvis 2008;2999366]Airports taxes are paid for when you buy a ticket. Fire and police services are paid for with property taxes.[/QUOTE]
So I guess all these police and LE agencies like FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshall, ICE and FEMA/U.S. Fire Administration, are what...all funded by local 5th grade elementary school lemonade stands?

You thirsty, Elvis 2008?

[QUOTE=Sirioja;2999473]When You like cars, You don t drive EV and of course no chinese. I won t, when I love my atmospheric V8 , making me as hard as a natural beauty. Cars are really not biggest pollution, compare to chinese, USA and Indian industries, planes, big boats, trucks. And your stupid Trump wants to increase USA pollution.[/QUOTE]

[b]92% Of EV Owners Will Never Go Back To ICE-Only, New Study[/b]
[url]https://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/99-of-ev-owners-will-never-go-back-to-ice-only-new-study-says/[/url]

Once you drive an EV, it turns out according to the latest survey, you NEVER go back....[i][b](...kkkk!)[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=SubCmdr;2999500]I like the concept. Especially motorcycles!

The charging infrastructure still needs to be addressed. Where does an apartment dweller charge a EV overnight? [/QUOTE]
As for how to solve the overnight charging for EV owners in apartments, I think, it requires a lot more urban planning.

But the way I see it, all that urban planning may not be necessary, as battery tech is changing so fast, that 5-15 min. from 10-80%, is already here, at least in China (at any rate). And if the American Fuhrer, would just get fuck outta the way of progress, the overnight charging for apartment EV owners, wouldn't be a thing/issue.

He (American Jew) is one of the smartest and well informed people in America. 100%correct on solution for America's deficit. However I would add that America needs to reform it's healthcare which consumes twice as much per GDP shares as other countries much worse outcomes. It also needs to reduce aggregate consumption if it cannot increase production. Basic microeconomics.

On Israel, he eviscirates the obfuscation and propaganda of zionazis.

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