we'd get to the point of having someone worse than Paulson and Mnuchin but here we are.

Nothing more, nothing less.

He’ll be ignored just like all the other incompetent jerks in this administration.

and still will be wealthy. They don't give a shit.

a lot of their "self worth" is based on their "financial worth", and they can be snubbed out of certain circles when they start dropping down the Forbes list.

They have their own circle.

on him. People like to think the rich don't care if they lose money. Ha...it eats them alive,more so than the rest of us. If they didn't care then they wouldn't want to kill off every social program in Government just to line their pockets with more cash.

he can always jump out a window. It would be the most popular thing he's done in a very long time.

or am I missing something?

Haven't heard the chainsaw running recently.

Now that markets are crashed they will cash in on fire sale prices and ride it out until the market comes back.

would be if these tariffs help put Amazon on the road to ruin.

While I personally don't think either Apple or Microsoft are evil tech, the others certainly qualify. It won't bother me at all if the other companies go the way of the dinosaurs.

especially since other governments are far more heavy-handed when dealing with entities like Amazon (and Meta and Alphabet, etc) compared to us looking the other way.

of stuff made in China to keep their prices low or at least to initially attract customers. If those prices rise, they could lose business. There are a ton of marketplaces now, you don't have to rely on Amazon, but people get hooked on convenience.

Google ads are a big reason for the shrinking number of newspapers. They can't compete with the low rates google offers advertisers

but also globally. They have a presence in Canada, the UK, etc. So those countries might have some retaliatory leverage over Amazon, which is an American company, and could restrict them (or at least make their life more miserable). I expect China might muscle in with some incentives to those other countries too.

Now they barely exist. Just sayin'...

and modernize it. I think QVC (and other "TV home shopping" companies) are going through that now.

the tariffs will definitely affect that, but Amazon makes most of its money with web services.

When they start jumping out of windows or selling apples on street corners.

This time of year, they would probably be imported, so would cost more due to the import tariffs!

and they are now under a 10% tariff.

(I bought a Gala yesterday for my oatmeal batch for next week)

And they still don't get it: trump cares ONLY about trump. No one else matters to him in the least: "I don't care about you; I just want your vote." That was meant for everyone.

But as natural "opportunists", they have been using HIM for their agenda. But they keep forgetting that he is an unstable and untameable "wild card".

Edited to add:

Were they coerced? Did they believe its lies? Did they close their eyes? So many of us saw this coming when it was elected, but I guess their greed overrode any modicum of sense they had left.

That’s nothing be to these folks.

They play a long game. When stocks go low they just buy it all up and sit on it.

This is good for them.

because $$$ and getting/keeping more of it is their obsession. They have their own hierarchy within their circle and it is a measure of "success" or "failure", and whether they run their businesses "smart" or not.

Now that they let the Orange Assclown into their lives, everything they accomplished will turn into shit.

like cloud and AI contracts in government.

Indirectly through China. That's gonna bite. I have 64oz of coffee being delivered today at a great price. That may very well be my last chance at a great price.

Micro plots if you will. I'd Google it but I'm sure the cost is prohibitive. I always found the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee was interesting. Just the right perfect conditions. I'm a coffee fiend but I have to watch my budget. Cheers

Southern California is very small. Coffee growing needs a tropical climate. So Cal is very dry. Maybe we can try greenhouse growing.

I'll have to check the Puerto Rican brand too! Thanks

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I am!

I put it outside in summer (but let it grow under the shade of other plants).

(fixed the "upi" lack of being on the right home keys )

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Her before and after pics are mind-blowing. Sad, really.

which I am sure they made up for by shorting the market.