SanctimoniousApe

Most inept non-responding "responses" I've seen since Reddit.

There wasn't a need to rebut anything. Your comment confirmed what I asked from the start. Just in a very unpleasant, toxic, angry, way. They're the same thing under a different name.

If you don't see the difference between states taxing for their own operations that benefit its residents, and federal "tariffs" that didn't even have to get approved by Congress to be legal & that get funneled towards things that rarely benefit those paying, then this is pointless.

I honestly haven't wanted to know the details of the whole sordid affair enough to answer that question, although I can't see how that would matter even if what they did was technically legal wherever it was.

No, most of his voters never cared about his character, but a small percentage were more moderate Republicans for whom such things actually do matter (they're true believers in "the conservative way") - possibly just enough to have swayed things.

I'll agree with the last sentence, but where's the ad-hominem? I addressed your "argument" - such as it was, since we are most definitely NOT saying the same things - and said you were ignoring details. YOU, on the other hand, did not rebut what I just said, but jumped to playing the victim. GMAFB.

I've no doubt that's the case (e.g. Clinton's likely in there, for example), although I expect it's a ratio much like then FBI director Wray during Trump's first term testified regarding propensity towards politically-inspired violence: more than twice as likely to be conservatives doing it.

Sales tax is imposed by the states (and sometimes smaller localities) to help fund their operations, not the feds (although the tariffs have effectively amounted to that without actually saying it) - people can move to places like Delaware if they have a problem with that. These tariffs are universal, and since the manufacturing of the bulk of products has been offshored LONG ago, there's no alternative.

Gotta love people like you who deliberately ignore the detailed nuances because it destroys your so-called argument.

The government is a funnel, not an endpoint. Keep following the money. Blows my mind people led around by the nose by the GOP still believe their rhetoric about this - just proves the groupthink and lack of critical thinking going on with their voters.

Maybe in a properly functioning capitalistic system that ensures truly fair competition, prevents monopolies (or near/effective monopolies), and properly manages limited resources (and I'm sure other things that didn't immediately come to mind). Not so much what exists currently.

Considering the major infighting that's been going on the past few weeks, I can't help but disagree. They may have tried sticking together more than they are now for the sake of winning the election, but there might have been just enough friction to sway things if Trump was proven to have been on the list.

As far as protecting donors, they are going to be found out sooner or later anyway - what better way to bury it than by the distraction of it ensnaring a presidential candidate? By the time things got around to them, everybody would be sick of the subject anyway.

Doesn't really matter. The assholes along their enablers and sycophants have done incredible damage to the country in just six months - it's already barely recognizable as the great country it once was, and I've little hope it'll survive another 3.5 years of this disaster. This whole Epstein thing has been the first time there's been any hope of putting an end to the destruction before it's too late - let me fantasize.

I've seen less than a handful of vague indications that was a possibility, while there's numerous credible accusations that have been made against Trump. Maybe get your head out of the cult of blind hatred, and start dealing with some facts?

Ahh... Who am I kidding? You're obviously too committed (or should be - to a mental institution) to face the actual fact that you voted for the true scum of the earth.

I mean - just look at your chosen screen name. Says it all. And before you go there, "ape" is an old usage of the word as a verb meaning "to imitate" - so my name means I'm imitating your sanctimoniousness & feeding it right back at you. Enjoy!

Did you miss the "roll eyes" emoji? Regardless - Trump's definitely the worse of the two in that department. Biden may have wanted to, but he seems to have (mostly) restrained himself. Trump? Not so much.

ETA: I have not seen a single trustworthy indication that Biden is in the Epstein files.- you're revealing your cult-induced (or worse, deliberate choice of) blindness to the full set of facts and their place in the big picture.

They've been trying to push Celsius energy drinks rather heavily lately. This could go two ways: hurt those efforts, or spread brand awareness far better than their marketing efforts so far (which the cynical side of me wants to suspect might have been the intention, but I have no basis for that gut feeling).

I actually tried a couple flavors a couple months ago, and couldn't stand the taste (but then I don't care for Red Bull, either, so my preferences may be questionable). As such they probably could use all the marketing - intentional or not - that they can get. At least that is the case while operating under the old "no such thing a bad publicity" mindset.