Stupid sexy Puma.

Underscores the fact that “deportation” is just a political tool to punish the people that Trump doesn’t like.

I’d say that it’s even worse than that. The observatory has already gathered evidence, and by cutting funding Trump is punishing the scientists and sending a message to others that looking for evidence of climate change is the surest way to kill your job.

Per the article it appears that Lara Trump is considering a run for the seat. That said, NC is a bit purple, and it isn’t clear that a MAGA Republican would win.

He knows, but he also knows that his base is too dumb to recognize it, so he lies because raising taxes on Americans is unpopular.

Must be the U.S.

And now they’re pissed off and look forward to using the bomb they develop.

When I say ‘OK now you have 12 hours’, you don’t go out in the first hour and drop everything you have on them.

What did he expect? They had 12 hours left to bomb the shit out of Iran before the cease fire applied to them. Of course they were going to bomb Iran, and naturally Iran would retaliate. Why didn’t the cease fire apply to everyone at the same time?

44 applications doesn’t seem like a lot for a new program, and presumably not all of them will be approved. By comparison, the $5M USD “Trump visa” has had 68,000 applications since the program went live June 12th, and that’s to live in a country sliding into fascism.

My guess is that the numbers are so low because $5M or $10M (NZD) is a pretty heavy lift, and the people with that kind of coin lying around have business interests elsewhere that makes residing in the remote locale of NZ not very attractive. Yes, I recognize that they would only have to spend 21 days there over three years for residency, but why would you even bother unless you wanted to actually live there? There are lots of other desirable places in the world with relatively easy residency requirements that are closer to the business centers of the world, and you don’t have to fork out several million dollars.

I assume that the goal is to bring in wealthy, educated people who will make capital investments and ultimately help grow the economy. I think a better strategy than requiring such a big investment would be to make the investment number significantly smaller (say $1M NZD), and then give credits to potentially reduce that to some extent for people with education or skills that are sought. Right now, the Trump administration’s decimation of science research funding has a lot of PHDs looking to jump ship, and New Zealand could probably pick up some smart people with the right program.

Only psychiatrists who have been involved in psilocybin clinical trials will be allowed to prescribe it, and they must strictly report its use and keep detailed records.

Unfortunately, there’s only one such psychiatrist:

The psychiatrist, Cameron Lacey, who was behind the first clinical trials of psilocybin, has been identified as the only medical practitioner to prescribe the drug.

I agree with you completely. He’s fascinated with nukes, and believes naked demonstrations of power show that he’s strong. If he does drop a nuke in Iran, you can guarantee that Russia will use them in Ukraine, and that quickly opens the door to a much wider war in Europe. Strategic thinking is not Trump’s strong suit, and he’s likely to bumble us into a nuclear WWIII.

I was tired of him back in 2016 as well.

I’m so sick of hearing about this whiny little bitch.

3.5 babies if you count the horizontal line.

With Trump in the White House and Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, surely Trump will get his wall built, and then he’ll leverage tariffs to make Mexico pay for it, right? LOL.

I honestly think that he’s trying to get Iran to blockade the Strait of Hormuz to drive up the price of oil, to the benefit of Russia and also U.S. oil producers.

Not surprising, given:

1. The housing market cycle peaked in 2022, has been slowly trending down since, and the pace of decline is picking up. Inventory is way up and prices are down.

2. Tariffs have greatly increased the cost of inputs used in making homes, increasing the price of lumber, steel, copper, appliances, etc., etc.

3. Deportation of the labor force greatly increases the cost of labor to build the homes. After agriculture, the largest industry using immigrant labor is construction. Kicking a major portion of the construction labor force out of the country is guaranteed to drive up the price of the labor that remains.

Trump just says whatever he thinks his target audience wants to hear, and it has no bearing on what he does.

:)