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Amazon's delivery service is proving to be a hit.

Note that companies stocked up in advance of the tariff application, so many of the costs weren't passed along to the consumers in 2025 and may not be reflected in the statistics. That will change this year since those stockpiles have become exhausted. I've noticed some significant changes in store prices of late, so the tariffs are starting to bite.

For me at least, it's primarily a question of privacy. Age verification requires identity verification, which can aid criminal behavior and potentially allowing retaliation for some posted comment. This in turn limits freedom to speak one's mind and increases risk.

In the great primate Media posting wars... If you had to pick just one, is DJT more like a baboon or an orangutan? Curious people want to know. I mean, some baboons have that yellow hair, but orangutans are more orange.

Good grief. A see two posters who need their own rant thread. (Seen on FARK.) Meanwhile, DJT is again wanting to turn the page on the whole Epstein affair. The problem is he's on that pages as well, and the next, and the next...

Avatar: Fire and Ash As usual an amazing visual spectacular as well as a particularly long watch. Why does it feel like every Avatar movie has the same plot, with minor variations for flavoring? Is it the climactic battle scenes?

If their goal is to maximize deportations of illegal immigrants, these constitution violations are the very tactics that will cost them significant political support from moderates. In the end, we'll either be a complete despotism, or Republicans will likely get trashed in the next election.

Dog will need a bath later...

I'm wondering where the ACLU is with all these ongoing 4th amendment violations by the administration? ICE is claiming they can issue their own warrants without a need for the court. What a joke. They are invading the homes of American citizens then arresting and detaining them. Talk about unreasonable search and seizure. This is completely abrogating their oath of office.

2nd Amendment advocates issue dire warning over Trump’s Pretti gun remarks I'm finding it ironic that the gun rights crowd have justified the 2nd amendment as a defense against the very type of despotic government that DJT is creating. Somehow, other nations manage to maintain a democratic state without everybody being armed.

Some weirdness from the 80s

I long ago stopped trying to filter out the truth from DJTs constant lie streaming; it's too time consuming and isn't really helpful. At least with most politicians you CAN filter out the political garbage from the facts. But DJT wraps himself in a thick cloak of lies, so your advice isn't really that helpful. I can't trust him to do the right thing, even though very occasionally he does (when it serves his purposes).

I get the sense that ICE has rapidly ramped up their personnel, bringing in people who are inadequately trained, inexperienced, and trigger happy. The (ICE) can't fix this problem in the short term, so more citizens are going to die and the administration will continue to emit evil lies in the face of clear evidence. 🫤 Impeaching Noem to force her resignation would be a start; bring in somebody who actually has experience in domestic security in urban areas, rather than a lying politician from rural South Dakota.

Whew, won by the skin of their teeth. It's always a battle against the Rams.