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StarboardEdge's avatar

Sigh. Just a heavy sigh.

So many glaring "inaccuracies" (I'm being polite), biased narratives and baseless speculation in today's missive I can't/won't take the time to go through them all, so here's the Executive Summary:

1. "𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙐𝙎 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢’𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙐𝙎 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚."

Trump has a proven History of NOT putting troops in harm's way, but Bill conveniently ignores that fact. Nobody knows what the future holds - but I'll take that track record over a vacuous "leader" who is indebted to people and groups we would likely be alarmed by if we knew their identities and understood the level to which the slutty toddler is actually beholden to them. Second - how much more clearly can Trump say it, Bill? I know you're a smart guy, so are you hard of hearing? The SUPREME COURT put the specific decisions regarding abortion availability and limits 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, which is where most of the major "governmental" decisions belong AND where our Founding Documents say they should be. Stop 𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 and misrepresenting Trump's position on this issue. It makes you look weak and not serious.

2. You spell out AI's response to each candidate's policies. It doesn't take much reading comprehension to see that 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. The other is just fluffy platitude with zero specifics. Again, you conveniently refuse to tell us the whole truth or offer an accurate, honest analysis - sadly, that is becoming more and more frequent in your articles, and we see it.

3. Your diatribe against Tariffs and Tax Cuts is laughable to anyone with Logic and/or Critical Thinking skills. You don't know what is going to happen, yet you present your conclusions as if they are facts and as if Trump tried to institute this new program all at once. Very misleading and unfair on your part, Mr. Bonner, but par for the course it seems.

Well, at least you were able to control your irrational hatred of all things Trump and lay off the personal insults today, so it wasn't a complete waste of time reading you...

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Steve L's avatar

Thank you for a few facts brother, but we could write for a week about the facts and prove the damage done by the left and most on that side of illusional reality will refuse to accept it. No cure for senility, no hope for ignorance and we just can’t fix stupid 🤔

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Fraser M's avatar

I do find it odd that you pay a subscription to read opinions you vehemently dislike. Maybe you just like being angry in which case you're getting value for money...

As an outsider looking in from a country who have recently had their own Catch 22 election, you're damned either way.

Both Harris and Trump share the trait of being too stupid to know what they don't know. Both have giant egos out of proportion to their actual intelligence. Both are a sideshow to district from the real rulers of the USA. Both should be judged on their actions, not on their words. Both are found wanting.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Some more wanting than others. And you are mistaking warranted indignation for anger.

PS - I pay the "founders" rate for my subscription because BB used to publish very good articles and has only recently starting lying and/or shading the Truth in his writings and 2. like many others, I am here for the solid investment advice. You'll note #2 doesn't generally come from the pen of Bill Bonner.

Why are you here?

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Mark Sanchez's avatar

Perhaps, like myself, StarboardEdge is paying to read Tom and Dan's financial analysis. I've long since stopped paying much attention to Bill's biased and vitriolic editorials. There was a time when I enjoyed reading Bill's OpEds; those days have passed.

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ERIK's avatar

I subscribe for Bill's doom and gloom as a counterweight to the usually sunny investment letters. I'd prefer he stay out of politics.

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JayCee's avatar

Many world leaders and we proles, next Wed will be making our next move towards ‘CheckMate’ with either scowls or grins.

Trumped or about to be Cackled ?

I am banking on a Red Ace !

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Abe Porter's avatar

Bill: You are so full of s_ _t. You talk nonsense. You have no idea what the country will be like under Trump. I expect you to comment positively on how the country is doing the first year under Trump. JD Vance has commented on reducing government, reducing spending, and drill baby drill. As far as the tariffs, Trump said he would reciprocate on the tariffs that other countries charge the U.S. AP

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working stiff's avatar

well said, his hatred is apparent. Disgusting. He don't read these comments....or if he does he never indicated it. Quick to point out how fucked up everyone else is, but i don't see him running for president. Nothing but a arm chair quarterback... we have lots of those.

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Bill Campbell's avatar

yeah, and like armpits and a-holes, they all stink

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Michael Braunstein's avatar

better to lose some money than have the DOJ after me. I will take TRUMP and hope Musk cuts spending. He ias the wild card in the deck.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Along with Vivek and RFK....

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Bill Campbell's avatar

And I wonder what other surprises he has ready to go. He will not be fooled a second time.

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

Here, humming a tune by The Who on the final track on their 1971 release Who’s Next.

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Bob H's avatar

Continuing the prescient musical predictions...How about Simon and Garfunkel..."Mrs. Robinson". Verse which begins with "Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon, Going to the candidates debate" and ends with "When you've got to choose, Every way you look at it, you lose"?

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StarboardEdge's avatar

We won't get fooled again - oh no, won't get fooled again....

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Dorothy's avatar

SE and all above: People believe what they want to believe. Old Donald can do and lie with the best of them. Bonner has a right to his opinions the same as you. Sorry if he hurt your feelings…grow up!

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StarboardEdge's avatar

He doesn't "hurt anyone's feelings", sweetheart. Typical leftarde - all about the Feelz. Except, it's not. We are factually commenting because BB is pushing demonstrably false narratives and only willing to look at half the Truth in many instances. PLUS - he doesn't need your coddling, protection or enabling - he's a big boy and I have no doubt he will stand by what he writes just fine, all on his own.

As will we...

PS - Yeah, I know. There's all kinds of grammatical doo-doo in this comment. It's a beautiful Fall morning in SFL and I don't have the time nor inclination for Dottie's bologna...

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Mackinac's avatar

Certainly I don't believe a single idea that Kamala professes. The left hasn't said a word of truth for many years. Kamala just changed her whole platform to match Donald knowing that they can't win on no energy, insufficient food, illegal immigrants killing locals and bankruptcy, falling bonds and stocks and more free lunches for immigrants or government employees (while they educate us on wokism). Let's get real here: Donald may not know what he is doing but he can't possibly worse than a bunch of clowns trying to destroy America during their stint in CONTROL.

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Bill's avatar

I could only now reply because all of you have said everything so well. " Kalamalahaha you know... is the uniter." What?!

I know the garbage truck was a spur of the moment great idea. As the back seat driver, I only wish they had opened up the back of that truck on camera and had a bunch of people in the back cheering trump trump trump! Then he could dump them out on a ramp where roll to the ground on a padded ramp. That would have been hilarious.

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Bart Nelson's avatar

At least with Trump, you got what you got. Harris is a puppet, and I hate her puppeteers more than I do her. I think you should to. Trump is a true independent, because he has to fight through the filth in his own party also. Come what may!

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Frank Westmoreland's avatar

Bill indicated the same thing; i.e., that VP Harris, if elected, will be a puppet. I call the puppeteers the Globalist Elite. In my opinion, leftist billionaires, former CEOs of large corporations, former senior military officers, former senior federal govt. officials, and former members of Congress, comprise the Globalist Elite. They choose who they think are "smart" loyalists to actually run the White House for the Dem POTUS & VP; and, these so-called smart folks "guide" Democrat members of Congress.

The problem I have with Bill's analysis of this matter is that he won't indicate how he would address each of the U.S.'s major issues if he were POTUS. For example, he knows if he even tried to slash spending by hundreds of billions in one year, that unemployment would shoot up dramatically, and many middle-class citizens would be negatively impacted, not just the poor. Thus he knows he would be laughed at by both parties in Congress because they know how soft most of the American people are. This is not the early-1980s. The debt-for-jobs nonsense in the 21st Century is so out of control, mostly caused by the Fed, that it can only be reduced very gradually. So when he rails against Pres. Trump for not doing much about it, he is being hypocritical because as POTUS, he knows he couldn't remotely convince Congress to go along with major spending reductions.

Look at Pres. Milei in Argentina, who Bill constantly praises. He's doing a good job, but he's only skimming the cream off the top. Now he's already running into this jobs reality. And he has several advantages over any POTUS. Argentina has only 13% of the U.S. population, so it's much easier for him to manage its problems. It doesn't have much of a military, and it doesn't have a welfare system that peasants outside Argentina want to invade to take advantage of. Just to name a few. But he is still having to--gradually--reduce spending while trying to re-energize the private sector. But the way Bill talks about him, you'd think Mr. Milei has taken a meat axe to the budget. Not so. I think Pres. Milei is doing it the gradual, super-realistic way, which is great. But he has so many more advantages than any conservative POTUS would have in the U.S.

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Dorothy's avatar

BN: Do any of you really listen to Trump? I haven’t heard any thing he has said that would convince me he would actually do what is right for our country. Maybe him, but our country no. By the way, what filth are you referring to in his own party?

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Spiff's avatar

You left out the biggest elephant: immigration.

Immigration is more important than any of these issues.

A 60 trillion dollar debt will not change the basic culture of the country. Immigration will and, I argue, not for the better. There is plenty of evidence but one only need look at California or Springfield, OH.

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Steve L's avatar

Yes Bill, America deserves Trump for hope, after all these years of insane democratic control. The democrats and swamp creatures have controlled America since the Obamanation. We have all been witness to the cost and destruction of our country, and live it everyday, with 24 years of absolute corruption. A corrupt, immoral third world shithole that was the Obama’s dream for “Fundamentally Transforming America”. Awesome Job accomplished for the Radical Left as we’ve lived through America’s demise. I know your main concern about “Tariffs” like other people in your party’s main concern is the right to abort babies. Dumb ignorant issues that have nothing to do with the damage this radical corrupt regime has inflicted upon our entire world, as you all deny the cost and consequences of 25 million ignorant illegals, wars, Obamacare, Climate hoaxes, homelessness, Crime, drug addiction, and all the other insane real issues that cost trillions more then your tariff concerns. We will give Trump support and help him clean up the mess of the swamp and Jackass party and not only hope for a total reversal of communist policies but hopefully bring those who are responsible for the destruction to justice. So enjoy your life from the outside looking in on our country, and maybe keep out of American politics and stick to what you know best, making money for yourself and traveling 🤔

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Bill Campbell's avatar

wow. amen, brother.

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Dorothy's avatar

SL: Trump will Never clean up the mess that is contributed to both parties. I don’t think any of us really understands politics any better than maybe Bill does. This blog sounds like Hate Bill day. I think you just can't stand anything bad said about Trump…your savior.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

You just DON'T GET IT, Dorothy. This is not about Donald J. Trump. You and yours are forced to tell yourselves that because a lefty who doesn't have a target to Hate is even more miserable, jealous and unhappy than usual.

Problem is, Trump is temporary and y'all will eventually need to shift your hatred toward those of us who love Freedom (it's happening already) because you can't exist without the Anger.

Unfortunately for you, when Push comes to Shove the Patriots in this land won't react like their "politicians" have always done...

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: I do get it..but I don’t think you do. It most definitely is about who will be our next President and the actions he/she will make. Don”t pull the bull**it about how Democrats are the bad guys and don’t love freedom. Your anger is going to be your downfall.

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Allan R Camrud's avatar

How about converting the judgemental energy into a constructive solution oriented energy. You know people that like Musk are destiny changers... The answers to our problems are not rocket science, we need a group of leaders to be the advocates that reinforce the backbones of our political leaders and hold them accountable. How about leaving an impact with the days the good Lord has destined for you for your family and country to save America. Instead of the continual use of division lets unite to provide a solution...

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Bob Gmitter's avatar

Basically we are all screwed

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Nope. We need to drop that line of thinking...

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Cartero Atómico's avatar

I would like to drop that line of thinking but I just read that Trump is considering John Paulson for Treasury Secretary. Paulson made his money shorting the housing market crisis created by Wall Street. Main Street gets screwed while the Banksters get richer. Reminds me of Trump's last Treasury guy, Steve Mnuchin, both guys have bad dye jobs and trophy wives.

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Steve L's avatar

Hopefully fake news 🙏

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Richard Boaman's avatar

Ok. I’ve had enough. This election isn’t a battle between Republicans and Democrats, or between Trump and Harris. (I admit I’d call Harris a jackass but I don’t feel right insulting jackasses everywhere.)

This election is a battle between good and evil. Let’s revisit some of the left’s woke ideas, and some of Biden’s more egregious decisions.

1) some stranger decides your 10 year old needs a sex change, and proceeds not only without your approval but WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE! Note bill in NY state legislature to make it a crime to tell the parents what’s going on.

2) in Minnesota, if an abortion fails and somehow the child is born, that’s no problem. You can still kill it.

3) Biden’s total mismanagement of Afghanistan:

— 13 US soldiers dead (they forgot them, remember?)

— $60-80 Billion equipment lost???

— 20 Million Afghan women assigned to slavery, likely for the rest of their lives.

4) Southern border:

— 250 THOUSAND Americans dead of fentanyl poisoning in 3 years. !!!

— tens of thousands of felons (and terrorists) now in the country.

I could go on….. if Putin had been running this country for the last four years he couldn’t have done any better at destroying everything he touched than Biden has done.

If the left wins this election our children/ grandchildren will not grow up in a democracy.

And 10 years from now it will become clear that the lockdowns of American citizens did far more damage to our society than COVID.

Don’t give me any crap please. You cannot defend any of the things in mentioned above. If you vote Democrat you don’t deserve to live in a democracy anyway.

Have a nice life.

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Brian Hurley's avatar

Eloquent!

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Steve L's avatar

Thank you Richard 🙏

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Dorothy's avatar

RB: Your number #1 is totally inaccurate. Not sure where you get your info. #2 Is too ridiculous to respond to. #3. read your history: your obviously don’t explain any reason. 4. It’s probably more like 300 thousand dead from fentanyl. Every country has the same problem , but every country is trying to stop it. When you get your medical licenses, you might be believed about Covid.

No crap intended..just do more research. Democrats don’t deserve to live in a democracy anyway??? Wow, what a guy!

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Richard Boaman's avatar

Hahaha! Just what I expected.

First, you don’t know anything about me. You don’t know my IQ (although I’m pretty close to knowing yours).

Second you know nothing about my educational background (although one of my degrees is in the medical profession, which is actually irrelevant regarding COVID statistical data.

As for Democracy, maybe you can spell it but you apparently can’t define it. I will tell you a few things Democracy isn’t:

1) it’s not stacking the Supreme Court so you permanently control that branch of government.

2) it’s not blocking free speech (Musk/Twitter) so you control the agenda.

3) it not letting millions of illegal immigrants in the country so the Census gives you permanent control of the US House of Representatives. All the while allowing tens of thousands of Americans to die from fentanyl.

Please go bother someone else and have a nice day.

P.S. hundreds of people with medical licenses were ignored and fired during COVID so the left could control their agenda.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

Hi Mr. Boaman -

Excellent posts IMO. I am continually ASTOUNDED at the levels of Ignorance, Indoctrination and straight-up STUPIDITY displayed by most of the leftardes who willingly and frequently embarrass themselves by telling the rest of us what they really think. Just when you think they couldn't be any more obtuse and/or dull, you discover they have another gear...

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: If you believed Mr. Boaman, you are not as smart as I thought you were.

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: You know, I feel the same ASTOUNDED level of IGNORANCE when I read your responses. Look in the mirror and you will find the real culprit.

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Dorothy's avatar

RB: First of all your #1 is controlled by Republicans not Democrats..thanks to Trump. Your #2 doesn’t make sense. #3. The Dems asked for more money for border control but Congress turned them down at Trumps request. By the way, why didn’t Trump fix it while he was the president?? Oh, I know, Mexico was going to do it. well, we are still waiting for them to do it .Fentanyl is a world problem not exclusive to America. Most of the airlines in other countries and ours stop a lot of different drugs including cocaine from entering into there countries.

If I bother you with facts, too bad. Your P.S. is too stupid to reply to. Found another outlet.

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Dorothy's avatar

Find another outlet..not Found.

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StarboardEdge's avatar

"Their", not "there" - but let's not get all petty. The leftardes give us plenty of more pertinent idiocy to point and laugh at...

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Dorothy's avatar

SE: I don’t try to correct peoples grammatical mistakes. We have all been guilty of it. I’ve let plenty of yours go by w/o commenting.

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Paul Murray's avatar

If Mr. Trump is what I deserve, and Kamala is as I expect, I say give me a double-helping of Trump., If the difference and the consequences aren't apparent to people, I can't be of help or service. So, like the monkey that got his tail caught in the lawnmower, it won't be long now. Best always. PM

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Xavier Narutowicz's avatar

I am voting Trump. All my hope is with Trump. That is so because Trump supporters are an admirable horde. They are my America. They are worthy of faith and hope.

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John Bernick's avatar

Maybe you should stay in France.

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Gone Fishin’'s avatar

Dateline: 1995

Place: “The O’Reilly Factor,” hosted by Bill O’Reilly

Quote: “A liberal will cut off your leg so you can have a crutch”

Person: Jim Brown, a legendary American football player and civil rights activist.

In summary, Jim Brown’s quote from 1995 serves as a sharp critique of liberal social welfare approaches emphasizing dependency on government assistance versus personal agency that people can exercise in their own lives and over their own circumstances.

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Allan R Camrud's avatar

How about converting the judgemental energy into a constructive solution oriented energy. You know people that like Musk are destiny changers... The answers to our problems are not rocket science, we need a group of leaders to be the advocates that reinforce the backbones of our political leaders and hold them accountable. How about leaving an impact with the days the good Lord has destined for you for your family and country to save America. Instead of the continual use of division lets unite to provide a solution...

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john.usher's avatar

Maybe Elon Musk can cut spending by 2 trillion dollars?

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Cartero Atómico's avatar

Maybe the great Elon will begin the cutting with ending all subsidies for the Spontaneous Combustion EVs (check out the videos of flooded EVs in Florida).

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Dorothy's avatar

CA: Also check out all the gas cars while you are at it!

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Cartero Atómico's avatar

Have you seen reports of gasoline engines catching fire after being flooded? Just seems the EV business is a racket. Little mention of the environmental damage caused by mining for materials needed for batteries or where the electricity comes from to charge the batteries. And while the government jams EVs down our throats there is no mention of gas powered pleasure vehicle like jet skis and pleasure boats. In fact there is a report that European cruise ships have a bigger carbon footprint than all European gas cars. As George Carlin said: It's all BS, and it's bad for you.

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