"He solved the problem very quickly. He did the right thing. Good guy," Trump said. However, while Trump's issue with Amazon seems to have been settled, that didn't stop the President's Press Secretary from tying Amazon to Chinese propaganda. The company "partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm," she said.

This makes me wonder if Leavitt was speaking for Trump, the Trump administration in general, or for herself.

She was probably just flinging something at the wall to see if it would
stick.

Amazon has since confirmed that it had "considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products," however "this was never approved

And I'm not sure if that "consideration" was weighed by Bezos, the Amazon corporation, or what. Doesn't it seem like it would be a dumb move for Amazon though? It would have been like saying "Look at these tariffed prices and thin
about whether or not you still want to buy it." (Passing the blame for high prices does not seem like a good sales maneuver.)

I did think it was a good idea. If the prices are going to go up anyway,
I as a consumer would sure like to know why, whether it is a tariff that
causes it, or some silly tax that my state comes up with. It is good to
see things itemized.


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about whether or not you still want to buy it." (Passing the blame for h prices does not seem like a good sales maneuver.)

I did think it was a good idea. If the prices are going to go up anyway, I as a consumer would sure like to know why, whether it is a tariff that causes it, or some silly tax that my state comes up with. It is good to see things itemized.

My electric bill reached historic highs during the Biden administration. Same thing with car insurance, home insurance, and egg prices. And good thing I don't need to buy a car because look at the insane prices on those since Bidenflation began.

It got so bad that I couldn't afford to buy anything on Amazon. (I noticed this when I logged on to Amazon a couple days ago and saw "No purchases in the last 12 months.")

So it annoys me when people start complaining about Trump causing prices to rise, because I haven't seen that happen. (Did Trump cause battery operated drones to go up in price? How about taxidermied animals?) and I'm still waiting for someone to do something about the prices that rose while Biden was in charge.

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I did think it was a good idea. If the prices are going to go up

nyway,

I as a consumer would sure like to know why, whether it is a tariff that causes it, or some silly tax that my state comes up with. It is good to see things itemized.

My electric bill reached historic highs during the Biden administration. Same thing with car insurance, home insurance, and egg prices. And good thing I don't need to buy a car because look at the insane prices on those since Bidenflation began.

(1) Cars have been going up for a while now, even/especially used ones,
since long before Biden took office;
(2) Same thing with insurance;
(3) you have mentioned the electric bill before -- IIRC it was high but actually got higher real recently, like after Trump took office and after
the tariff war with Canada re: electricity supplied to northern tier
states, right?
(4) Biden didn't cause bird flu but, yes, you have me on eggs.

It got so bad that I couldn't afford to buy anything on Amazon. (I noticed

hi

when I logged on to Amazon a couple days ago and saw "No purchases in the

ast

12 months.")

Amazon is handy for things you cannot find locally but, a lot of times (and especially if you have a Wal-Mart or other such retailer around) the local prices are going to be better on the things that are available locally.

So it annoys me when people start complaining about Trump causing prices to rise, because I haven't seen that happen. (Did Trump cause battery operated drones to go up in price? How about taxidermied animals?) and I'm still

aitin

for someone to do something about the prices that rose while Biden was in charge.

I have seen some rise and some stay the same. I have yet to see any fall despite Trump's promises that they would. I was just at the grocery this morning. One food item that I used to be able to buy for $2.50 to $3.00
100 days ago is now closing on $4.50. I didn't buy it this time. Another
had spiked somewhere between 25-30% over the same time frame and I didn't
buy. That was at Wal-Mart. I would hate to price the items at Kroger.

The price of cereal was going up under Biden and has continued going up
since Trump took office. The price of a box has nearly doubled over the
past ~2 years.

Fuel prices were going down late last year, while Biden was still in
office. They continued going down until at least inauguration day,
possibly a little longer. They have gone back up some since, but are not spiking. Instead of being around $3+ like they were last year, they are
around $2.50-$2.70 now.

So it annoys me when people start claiming that Trump is causing prices to
go down on anything besides eggs, and it also annoys me when Trump gets in front of a camera and claims that fuel prices are down below $2 when
Gasbuddy can't find any in the continental US that is that price (I have
not checked today).


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(1) Cars have been going up for a while now, even/especially used ones, since long before Biden took office;
(2) Same thing with insurance;
(3) you have mentioned the electric bill before -- IIRC it was high but actually got higher real recently, like after Trump took office and after the tariff war with Canada re: electricity supplied to northern tier states, right?
(4) Biden didn't cause bird flu but, yes, you have me on eggs.

The prices posted on the windshields of the cars are shocking. In 2015 I
bought a 2008 Jeep Patriot with about 45k miles for $11k. There's no deal like that around now.

I've been complaining about unprecented electric bills since last summer, and the worst ones started in about November, and they still are out of wack.

So it annoys me when people start claiming that Trump is causing prices
to go down on anything besides eggs, and it also annoys me when Trump
gets in front of a camera and claims that fuel prices are down below $2 when Gasbuddy can't find any in the continental US that is that price (I have not checked today).

I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's not an overnight process. I expect major improvements by the end of his term.

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Am 03 May 25 10:06:00 schrob Mike Powell an AARON THOMAS zum Thema
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(4) Biden didn't cause bird flu but, yes, you have me on eggs.

What's the deal with eggs? I don't mean the price, I mean why people buy them. The stereotype of US citicens are people eating pizza, burgers and steak. No eggs involved. And all the industry stuff is based on soy lecitine instead of eggs. The only thing that still needs lots of eggs is producing vaccines.




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Am 03 May 25 18:57:32 schrob Aaron Thomas an Mike Powell zum Thema
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I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's not an overnight process.

Can you explain how an additional tax of up to 145 % is supposed to make prices go _down_? The Chinese minimum wage is between 10 and 26 CNY per hour, which is roughly 1.30-3.50 US-$. Do you want to lower the minimum wage to that?



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Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

The prices posted on the windshields of the cars are shocking. In 2015
I bought a 2008 Jeep Patriot with about 45k miles for $11k. There's no deal like that around now.

No, but the main reason is that people don't want to buy a new car (yet). So they are hanging on to their old ones, which means lower supply in the used car market, which means higher prices.

And, of course, new car prices are up, but that's mainly because of all the regulation that the feds and states put on them.

I've been complaining about unprecented electric bills since last
summer, and the worst ones started in about November, and they still
are out of wack.

I'm getting concerned about that too. Consumers Power is asking for yet another rate increase (the first one hasn't been approved yet) and our Whit-less Tyrant is pushing for more unreliable power sources.

She still can't explain how leveling 1000 acres of virgin forest to put up a solar farm (in Michigan!) will "help the planet". We can see how it helps her cronies, but that's about it.

I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's
not an overnight process. I expect major improvements by the end of his term.

It's already improved for me. Prices are down to where they were before Bidenomics. And it will go lower as the drilling continues (supply up = price down). Hopefully Trump will do something about oil refinery regulations too.


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Gerhard Strangar wrote to Mike Powell <=-

What's the deal with eggs?

Because it's the one food that can't be contaminated by chemicals.

Many of us have tried to eat healthy, but find that we simply can't. Our bodies reject this "healthy" food. When researched, we find that most of it is contaminated by chemicals (pestacides, Apeel, etc.).

I used to eat oatmeal most mornings. Nice steel cut (low processed - not the instant junk) oatmeal. It worked great. But a couple of years ago, I started feeling ill after eating them. Shortly after that I found that the FDA OKed the use of pestacides on the oats **after** harvesting.

buy them. The stereotype of US citicens are people eating pizza,
burgers and steak. No eggs involved.

The sterotype is getting old. There are a good many people who eat like that, but more and more are rejecting that style of eating.

And all the industry stuff is based on soy lecitine instead of eggs.

No one who wants to eat healthy eats that stuff.

The only thing that still needs lots of eggs is producing vaccines.

There are no vaccines.


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(4) Biden didn't cause bird flu but, yes, you have me on eggs.

What's the deal with eggs? I don't mean the price, I mean why people buy

hem.

The stereotype of US citicens are people eating pizza, burgers and steak. No eggs involved. And all the industry stuff is based on soy lecitine instead of eggs. The only thing that still needs lots of eggs is producing vaccines.

If they stereotype doesn't include eggs, it is probably wrong. I don't
consume that many myself, but there are a lot of folks who consume a lot of them -- for breakfast especially, along with bacon, fried potatoes,
sausage, etc. They eat them scrambled, skillet-fried, hard boiled, and probably several other ways I am forgetting.

They are not usually having pizza, burgers, or steak for breakfast but, if
they are having steak as breakfast, you can almost certainly bet there will
be some eggs served with it. ;)


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I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's not
an overnight process.

Except it won't work that way. It is much more likely to make "thing" so expensive that people quit buying "thing," provided that it is a luxary
item and not a necessity. Otherwise, they are screwed.


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Am 04 May 25 10:08:45 schrob Ron L. an Gerhard Strangar zum Thema
<Re: Trump admin accuses A>

What's the deal with eggs?

Because it's the one food that can't be contaminated by chemicals.

I don't know if you forgot using a smiley here. Where do you think the chemicals go if chicken are exposed to them?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653519302395
"The results of our research allow a look from the wider perspective at egg contamination due to the analyzed groups of POPs (PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PBDEs and PBDD/Fs)."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/21/millions-in-france-warned-not-to-eat-eggs-from-backyard-chickens-due-to-forever-chemical-p
"Tests by ToxicoWatch Foundation in 2022 found very high levels of dioxins in domestic backyard chicken coops near the largest waste incinerator in Europe, located in Paris. Authorities have now carried out their own research in 25 hen houses and confirmed their initial warning."

https://www.wwf.eu/?20554/Toxic-Eggs
"IPEN found that the eggs from 70% of the sites contained dioxins above the EU limit for dioxins in eggs, and 60% exceeded the proposed EU limits for PCBs in eggs. Eggs from Egypt contained the highest levels of dioxins ever measured in chicken eggs."



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Am 04 May 25 10:08:45 schrob Ron L. an Gerhard Strangar zum Thema
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Can you explain how an additional tax of up to 145 % is supposed to
make prices go _down_? The Chinese minimum wage is between 10 and 26
CNY per hour, which is roughly 1.30-3.50 US-$. Do you want to lower
the minimum wage to that?

We can, but you first have to go understand how tariffs are applied and how retail markups work.

Okay, tell me.



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I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's n an overnight process.

Can you explain how an additional tax of up to 145 % is supposed to make prices go _down_? The Chinese minimum wage is between 10 and 26 CNY per hour, which is roughly 1.30-3.50 US-$. Do you want to lower the minimum wage to that?

I can't explain it, but I also can't whine about it because it's not hurting me. The media is an expert at turning people into hypochondriacs.

"The sun is going to burn out and we're all gonna freeze to death!"

"An asteroid is going to strike the earth and we're all gonna burn to death!"

"Trump's tariffs are going to cause you to get erectile dysfunction!"

Don't let them control you.

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The prices posted on the windshields of the cars are shocking. In 201 I bought a 2008 Jeep Patriot with about 45k miles for $11k. There's n deal like that around now.

No, but the main reason is that people don't want to buy a new car
(yet). So they are hanging on to their old ones, which means lower
supply in the used car market, which means higher prices.

That's understandable and likely. Personally I also believe that people are still scared about the threat of being forced into EVs. It seems like all that discussion make the prices go up, and Trump can't quell that fear in 4 years' time.

I've been complaining about unprecented electric bills since last summer, and the worst ones started in about November, and they still are out of wack.

I'm getting concerned about that too. Consumers Power is asking for yet another rate increase (the first one hasn't been approved yet) and our Whit-less Tyrant is pushing for more unreliable power sources.

I'd love to quit using electric and start using a gas generator, but I don't think my family in in agreement on that yet. (Imagine telling the electric company that the relationship is over!)

It's already improved for me. Prices are down to where they were before Bidenomics. And it will go lower as the drilling continues (supply up = price down). Hopefully Trump will do something about oil refinery regulations too.

But what about the oil on the windshields of the cars? lol

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I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's n an overnight process.

Except it won't work that way. It is much more likely to make "thing" so expensive that people quit buying "thing," provided that it is a luxary item and not a necessity. Otherwise, they are screwed.

Even if you are right, I'd be willing to be that there's still a good underlying reason for all this, and it could have something to do with taking money away from evil globalists who want to hurt us.

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Am 04 May 25 19:58:16 schrob Aaron Thomas an Gerhard Strangar zum Thema
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"The sun is going to burn out and we're all gonna freeze to death!"

"An asteroid is going to strike the earth and we're all gonna burn to death!"

It's the other way around.



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Gerhard Strangar wrote to Dr. What <=-

What's the deal with eggs?

Because it's the one food that can't be contaminated by chemicals.

I don't know if you forgot using a smiley here. Where do you think the chemicals go if chicken are exposed to them?

Sadly, I do not yet have my tricorder to verify my beliefs.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

That's understandable and likely. Personally I also believe that people are still scared about the threat of being forced into EVs. It seems
like all that discussion make the prices go up, and Trump can't quell
that fear in 4 years' time.

Not completely. But it will lessen as time moves on.

And, whether we want it or not, cars wear out.

But what about the oil on the windshields of the cars? lol

I don't get the reference.

Is that about the "oil refinaries coating cars with their output"?


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Quoting Gerhard Strangar to Aaron Thomas <=-

Am 03 May 25 18:57:32 schrob Aaron Thomas an Mike Powell zum Thema
<Re: Trump admin accuses A>

I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's not an overnight process.

Can you explain how an additional tax of up to 145 % is supposed to
make prices go _down_? The Chinese minimum wage is between 10 and 26
CNY per hour, which is roughly 1.30-3.50 US-$. Do you want to lower
the minimum wage to that?

You seem to know more about the Chinese than you do about Americans.

Or so it would seem to me.

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But what about the oil on the windshields of the cars? lol

I don't get the reference.

Is that about the "oil refinaries coating cars with their output"?

(From Newsweek)
"While delivering a speech about climate change in Somerset, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Biden said that environmental pollution during his childhood was so rampant that people needed to wipe oil off of car windshields to be able to drive."

It was just another one of his hilarious gaffes.

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Ron L. wrote to Gerhard Strangar <=-

Ahhh... Standard response of the Ignorant Elitists #3.

1) It is not my job to educate you. That's your responsibility.
2) You are not capable of being educated since you've already been programmed.

"I can't back up my claims with facts, because I don't have any. Better
that I just continue gaslighting you as I've been gaslighted."

There, I fixed it for you.



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Quoting Kurt Weiske to Ron L. <=-

Ron L. wrote to Gerhard Strangar <=-

Ahhh... Standard response of the Ignorant Elitists #3.

1) It is not my job to educate you. That's your responsibility.
2) You are not capable of being educated since you've already been programmed.

"I can't back up my claims with facts, because I don't have any.
Better that I just continue gaslighting you as I've been gaslighted."

There, I fixed it for you.

Relax Kurt buddy! I realize it's hard, but you need to stop talking
over others. That's something you learn in grade school. Or maybe you
didn't.

Just because you don't like the answer doesn't mean you can talk over
others. Common courtesy.

Have a great day!


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Gerhard Strangar <=-

I think Trump expects the tariffs to make prices come down, but it's n an overnight process.

Can you explain how an additional tax of up to 145 % is supposed to make prices go _down_? The Chinese minimum wage is between 10 and 26 CNY per hour, which is roughly 1.30-3.50 US-$. Do you want to lower the minimum wage to that?

I can't explain it, but I also can't whine about it because it's not hurting me. The media is an expert at turning people into
hypochondriacs.

"The sun is going to burn out and we're all gonna freeze to death!"

"An asteroid is going to strike the earth and we're all gonna burn to death!"

"Trump's tariffs are going to cause you to get erectile dysfunction!"

Don't let them control you.

Can't disagree with you there!

I'm a board game fan, and of course all the board games are made overseas.
Now I'm not looking for anyone in the industry to lose thier jobs - not
my desire at all - but if they can, they'll start making in America. Prices might still go up some, but at least people in this country will be making
the money 'on the factory floor.'

Also - I honestly enjoy getting a new game, but I'm to the point in my life where I will never play the ones I already have to the point that I'm tired
of them. :-) Just had a 'gaming weekend' a few weekends ago. Played three games of Terraforming Mars, two of Stone Age, and about a dozen games of
Camel Up. That was it. Never touched Catan, Istanbul, Ticket to Ride, etc.

Not complaining, of course, just saying I could NEVER buy a new game again
and be good with what I have. (And I didn't even mention the ones I didn't
even have hopes of getting to the table...)


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Ron L. <=-

The prices posted on the windshields of the cars are shocking. In 201 I bought a 2008 Jeep Patriot with about 45k miles for $11k. There's n deal like that around now.

No, but the main reason is that people don't want to buy a new car
(yet). So they are hanging on to their old ones, which means lower
supply in the used car market, which means higher prices.

That's understandable and likely. Personally I also believe that people are still scared about the threat of being forced into EVs. It seems
like all that discussion make the prices go up, and Trump can't quell
that fear in 4 years' time.

I'm one of these that is not scared about EV. I would like to try one
out! The ony thing that bothers me is the range, but 99% of my driving
is to work, around the schools, and back home. Maybe 50 miles a day. When
I travel more than 100 miles one way in a day is when it will become an
issue for me.

I've been complaining about unprecented electric bills since last summer, and the worst ones started in about November, and they still are out of wack.

I'm getting concerned about that too. Consumers Power is asking for yet another rate increase (the first one hasn't been approved yet) and our Whit-less Tyrant is pushing for more unreliable power sources.

I'd love to quit using electric and start using a gas generator, but I don't think my family in in agreement on that yet. (Imagine telling the electric company that the relationship is over!)

LOL :-) Our house is not perfectly North/South, but close enough that a
solar panel on the 'back' would work. I've started looking into that. Would
be nice to be able to knock my electric bill down to just a few dollars a month, and maybe even 'sell back' some? I was reading about a 'power cell' (don't remember exactly what it was called) that would basically hold spare power so even in an outage your house can still function.


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Don Vally wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

Relax Kurt buddy! I realize it's hard, but you need to stop talking
over others. That's something you learn in grade school. Or maybe you
didn't.

Just because you don't like the answer doesn't mean you can talk over
others. Common courtesy.

Exactly how does one talk over someone else in a store-and-forward
message network? Never mind, the distraction is the point.




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Don't let them control you.

Can't disagree with you there!

Thanks Jimmy! I'm glad to see you back here again. Check in with us! Help us set people straight once in a while.

I'm a board game fan, and of course all the board games are made
overseas. Now I'm not looking for anyone in the industry to lose thier jobs - not my desire at all - but if they can, they'll start making in America. Prices might still go up some, but at least people in this country will be making the money 'on the factory floor.'

I feel the same way. I whined about it when prices went up with Biden as president because back then the question was "What for?" At least now we have a reason for it if and when it ever happens.

I'm tired of them. :-) Just had a 'gaming weekend' a few weekends ago. Played three games of Terraforming Mars, two of Stone Age, and about a dozen games of Camel Up. That was it. Never touched Catan, Istanbul, Ticket to Ride, etc.

I've never heard of those. I'll play some board games when there's beer.

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I'm one of these that is not scared about EV. I would like to try one
out! The ony thing that bothers me is the range, but 99% of my driving
is to work, around the schools, and back home. Maybe 50 miles a day. When I travel more than 100 miles one way in a day is when it will become an issue for me.

I'm scared of them because of the price, and because I don't know how the payment for charging works. Biden's Ukraine War supposedly caused my electric bill to get to where it is today, and just like with oil, any lame excuse can
"justify" the price of electric going up.

LOL :-) Our house is not perfectly North/South, but close enough that a solar panel on the 'back' would work. I've started looking into that. Would be nice to be able to knock my electric bill down to just a few dollars a month, and maybe even 'sell back' some? I was reading about a 'power cell' (don't remember exactly what it was called) that would basically hold spare power so even in an outage your house can still

That sounds nice but I'm skeptical about it. My electric company invited me to join a "solar program" about 5 years ago. They said "you'll get a discount applied to your bill automatically." So I waited and waited and never saw the discount applied. Then the bill started getting ridiculous (like doubled or even tripled) and now a couple months ago I started seeing the credit I've been waiting for on my bill and it's like $3. :)

I know you're talking about something totally different, and yea it sounds good, but I just wanted to point this out.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

That sounds nice but I'm skeptical about it. My electric company
invited me to join a "solar program" about 5 years ago. They said
"you'll get a discount applied to your bill automatically." So I waited and waited and never saw the discount applied. Then the bill started getting ridiculous (like doubled or even tripled) and now a couple
months ago I started seeing the credit I've been waiting for on my bill and it's like $3. :)

Most public utilities have a regulation that basically says "if your customer generates power, you have to buy it from them at your rate." So my guess is that the "credit" that they dangled in front of you was the payment for the power you generated.


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That sounds nice but I'm skeptical about it. My electric company invited me to join a "solar program" about 5 years ago. They said "you'll get a discount applied to your bill automatically." So I wait and waited and never saw the discount applied. Then the bill started getting ridiculous (like doubled or even tripled) and now a couple months ago I started seeing the credit I've been waiting for on my bi and it's like $3. :)

Most public utilities have a regulation that basically says "if your customer generates power, you have to buy it from them at your rate."
So my guess is that the "credit" that they dangled in front of you was
the payment for the power you generated.

There are lots of mysterious surrounding the electric company and all their gimmicks. When I signed up for their "solar program" I believe that I was part of a number game that helped give them the # of willing participants they needed in order to build a solar energy farm. And now I've got so much money that I don't know what to do with it ;)

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Quoting Kurt Weiske to Don Vally <=-

Don Vally wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

Relax Kurt buddy! I realize it's hard, but you need to stop talking
over others. That's something you learn in grade school. Or maybe you
didn't.

Just because you don't like the answer doesn't mean you can talk over
others. Common courtesy.

Exactly how does one talk over someone else in a store-and-forward
message network? Never mind, the distraction is the point.

Exactly, how does one explain common courtesy. Let's have a discussion
about networks, it might be distracting.

Have a great day!

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

There are lots of mysterious surrounding the electric company and all their gimmicks. When I signed up for their "solar program" I believe
that I was part of a number game that helped give them the # of willing participants they needed in order to build a solar energy farm. And now I've got so much money that I don't know what to do with it ;)

All the "green" energy stuff is just ways to funnel our money into the pockets of the Elitists.


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that I was part of a number game that helped give them the # of willi participants they needed in order to build a solar energy farm. And n I've got so much money that I don't know what to do with it ;)

All the "green" energy stuff is just ways to funnel our money into the pockets of the Elitists.

That's why they get so mad at people like me for being a climate change denier; I'm a threat to the next big chunk of "their" cash.

I've been rethinking about "climate change" lately, for example: dinosaurs. How nuts am I to suspect that they never existed, and that elitists from as far back as 1824 made those bones out of plastic and planted them in the ground?

Sounds nutty, but consider this: That way they can scare people from all over the world into a really, really big heist; "This will happen to you unless you give us your money so we can stop... uh.... asteroids or something!"

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

That's why they get so mad at people like me for being a climate change denier; I'm a threat to the next big chunk of "their" cash.

Of course. They can't have people challenging their Narrative. They might start asking questions that the Elitists can't answer.

I've been rethinking about "climate change" lately, for example: dinosaurs. How nuts am I to suspect that they never existed, and that elitists from as far back as 1824 made those bones out of plastic and planted them in the ground?

Possible, but doubtful.

Sounds nutty, but consider this: That way they can scare people from
all over the world into a really, really big heist; "This will happen
to you unless you give us your money so we can stop... uh.... asteroids
or something!"

An astroid hitting the planet is always possible. Very unlikely, but possible.

What we need to be cautious of are the people who say "give us money and power and we'll keep you safe" because they will not keep you safe and take even more money and power.


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I've been rethinking about "climate change" lately, for example: dinosaurs. How nuts am I to suspect that they never existed, and that elitists from as far back as 1824 made those bones out of plastic and planted them in the ground?

Possible, but doubtful.

Even if the dinosaurs were real, the media still squawks about "asteroids a few miles away from striking the earth." And that could be true, but I've heard the gloomy story a hundred times already and it's always just printed words and never any video evidence. The frequency of the story is surely not going to go to waste.

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Quoting Ron L. to Aaron Thomas <=-

Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

There are lots of mysterious surrounding the electric company and all their gimmicks. When I signed up for their "solar program" I believe
that I was part of a number game that helped give them the # of willing participants they needed in order to build a solar energy farm. And now I've got so much money that I don't know what to do with it ;)

All the "green" energy stuff is just ways to funnel our money into the pockets of the Elitists.

I can usually understand what you're getting at, but almost everything
you explain or discuss contains the word or words Elite or Elitist.
Some people just see you explaining things into a funnel that flows to
the definition of elite.

I realize it may not be worth it to explain the small details. But
sometimes it helps others to understand. Just a comment.

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Don Vally wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

Relax Kurt buddy! I realize it's hard, but you need to stop talking
over others. That's something you learn in grade school. Or maybe you
didn't.

Just because you don't like the answer doesn't mean you can talk over
others. Common courtesy.

Exactly how does one talk over someone else in a store-and-forward
message network? Never mind, the distraction is the point.

Exactly, how does one explain common courtesy. Let's have a discussion
about networks, it might be distracting.

No, thanks, I reject your original premise.



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