American Politics

[EihTooms]

The federal government also transfers general revenues to the Highway Trust Fund when necessary to cover funding shortfalls.

However, this is not a direct allocation from federal income tax revenues but rather from general government funds, which include various sources of revenue.

You are still striking out.

FEMA was used to pay for housing for illegals, and I have never used their services.

I never used any ATF service, and I do not know why they even exist, and I have never used any service of the USA Marshall service.

Since the DEA was formed, drugs are more available, more potent, and cheaper than ever. I have never used any of their services and wish they did not exist.

The FBI launched a coup against the president I voted for. I have never used their services either.

How come you did not mention the TSA? Because those are people who have harassed citizens and have been proven to do no good at all? If you include being harassed by a government agency, then yes, you could say I have paid the TSA to harass me. Are you proud of yourself? LOL. ICE allowed millions of illegals in under Biden. My only experience with them is they are part of the same harassment group as the TSA.

I will take my lemonade for free now, mo fo. You still got nothing.

We know neither you nor anyone in your family ever used a flush-toilet. So next time you hop from rock to rock on the way to the communal outhouse, check around the yard and see if you can identify anything that might have been delivered to the nearest wampum exchange by way of the Interstate Highway system.

Or perhaps that was orginally sourced from a country that our brave USA Military liberated and converted or retained as a cherished low cost trading partner.

Anything at all?

For instance, I'm also curious to know if the roasted skunk is ever served with, oh, French wine or German sauerkraut.

[SubCmdr]

And this is why you are on ignore.

I am not on ignore. Only in your imagination only. You cannot quote my posts if you have me on ignore. You read every damn post I write. You also responded to many of them.

NVDA

Obviously, the sarcastic comment I made went over your pea sized brain.

Really, how long I have I owned NVDA? Since 2023. I told you about it and AAPL..

Do you even know what symbols like BTC, ETH, ADA, AAPL DVN, NVDA represent? You know how to calculate the DFC of the projected future cash flows of a real estate investment in order to determine the proper amount to pay for it regardless of demand? Do you know what it actually means to be a capitalist where you buy or start a business, meet a payroll and earn a profit? Or have you been a wage slave your entire life?

This is your opportunity to inform me about your background. The only reason I went there is because individuals who know me would never question if I was a socialist.

Uh, I paid for my passport.

So did I

Another example of your lack of understanding the most basic of concepts about government infrastructure. The United States State Department is the government agency funded by federal taxes. The entire infrastructure that allows you to travel under the Blue Passport issued from the United States of America is due to the infrastructure the United States State Department has developed over the years. I know you travel because you brag about fucking the most expensive prostitutes in Medellin, Colombia. ROTFLMAO.

You ever read what it says in your Passport?

The Secretary of the State of the United States of America hereby requests all whom it may concern to permit the citizen/national of the United States named herein to pass without delay or hinderance and in case of need to give all lawful aid and protection

You dont find that useful?

While you are so impressed with yourself, all I see is some narcissistic loser posting worthless my dick is bigger than yours bullshit.

While you think you are so intelligent I see a Republican individual who does not like the fact that I can stand toe to toe to you in your county of origin and give as hard as you can dish it out. Add to that I don't look like you. You especially don't like your fellow Americans that look like me. When you lose the intellectual argument you go into ad hominem attack mode.

Here was your first reply to me:

Does this idiot get the concept of supply and demand or is he another socialist that he thinks that he deserves better service because of his virtue signaling?

Now you are even attributing quotes to me that were written by someone else in order to make your points. But you just continue to lie like all the Republican Racists do.

How you like me now?

[SubCmdr]

Probably not in Europe where we have much better quality for thermic cars. I laugh on free speed German autobahns. Not 60 miles.

Actually, coming to Europe this year! Watch it and weep. Enjoy driving your dinosaur.

https://youtu.be/hq9vXFGGbcg?si=obreRbU6B7iKIWki

[Elvis 2008]

While gas taxes and ticket fees do contribute, theyre only part of the picture, as federal and state governments, also play a major role in funding the building of bridges and airports.

The federal government also transfers general revenues to the Highway Trust Fund when necessary to cover funding shortfalls.

However, this is not a direct allocation from federal income tax revenues but rather from general government funds, which include various sources of revenue.

You are still striking out.

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?

FEMA was used to pay for housing for illegals, and I have never used their services.

I never used any ATF service, and I do not know why they even exist, and I have never used any service of the USA Marshall service.

Since the DEA was formed, drugs are more available, more potent, and cheaper than ever. I have never used any of their services and wish they did not exist.

The FBI launched a coup against the president I voted for. I have never used their services either.

How come you did not mention the TSA? Because those are people who have harassed citizens and have been proven to do no good at all? If you include being harassed by a government agency, then yes, you could say I have paid the TSA to harass me. Are you proud of yourself? LOL. ICE allowed millions of illegals in under Biden. My only experience with them is they are part of the same harassment group as the TSA.

I will take my lemonade for free now, mo fo. You still got nothing.

[Sirioja]

92% Of EV Owners Will Never Go Back To ICE-Only, New Study
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/99...ew-study-says/

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


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.

Probably not in Europe where we have much better quality for thermic cars. I laugh on free speed German autobahns. Not 60 miles.

[HotDog666]

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.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd2fjBM8/

[Spidy]

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.

92% Of EV Owners Will Never Go Back To ICE-Only, New Study
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/99...ew-study-says/

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

I like the concept. Especially motorcycles!

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

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.

[Spidy]

Bridges are covered by gasoline taxes.

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.

Airports taxes are paid for when you buy a ticket. Fire and police services are paid for with property taxes.

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?

[Newton York]

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.

[EihTooms]

I like the concept. Especially motorcycles!
The charging infrastructure still needs to be addressed. Where does an apartment dweller charge a EV overnight?

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 EM Motors. 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.

[SubCmdr]

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.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveb...tion-operation

[SubCmdr]

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

[EihTooms]

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?

Trump tariffs will hurt lower income Americans more than the rich, study says.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/trum...ndroidappshare

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.

And now come to find out Trump knew he was lying to his dumb Repub MAGA hillbillies about, well, everything!

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.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKxJL8tx8/

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. "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."

"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.

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. ".

[Sirioja]

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.

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

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

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? (...kkkk!)

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, "Trump chickened out...", 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!" (...kkkk!)

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.

[Spidy]

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.

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

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

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? (...kkkk!)

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, "Trump chickened out..." or "The 10K Tariff Grandpa...", 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!" (...kkkk!)