Addiction will rob you of every bit of self respect you ever had. Steals your soul and makes you hate yourself. If someone who is trying to get clean is proud enough to step forward and admit they are getting help and only want a word of encouragement from me then I can do that. Every time. Costs me nothing.
A baseball is hard enough to hit without umpires who have no idea where the strike zone is. I would understand the replies if the pitch was close. But it was so far outside as to be ridiculous. The batter has every right to be surprised by that call. And that call is not okay on any level.
Nike didn’t just get hit because Trump hates Vietnam. Nike got hit because it chose to offshore nearly its entire production base to a low-wage country while wrapping itself in American branding.
They made a bet:
“We’ll pay workers $1.50 an hour overseas, slap a swoosh on it, and sell it for $180 to U.S. kids whose parents just lost their factory jobs.”
Now the game’s changed. Trump’s saying:
“If you want access to the U.S. market, build in the U.S.—or pay up.”
That’s not anti-American. That’s pro-reality.
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Let’s be honest:
Nike doesn’t manufacture in Vietnam because it has to. It does it because it’s more profitable—on paper.
But those profits came at a cost:
• Tens of thousands of lost U.S. jobs
• Decaying industrial towns
• A ballooning trade deficit
• And a working class priced out of the very products they used to make
So if a 46% tariff causes Nike’s stock to crater?
Good. It means the gravy train just got rerouted.
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Now here’s the kicker:
This isn’t an attack on Nike. It’s an invitation.
• Bring 20% of production back
• Build a flagship U.S. factory
• Hire 10,000 Americans
• You won’t just dodge the tariff—you’ll own the narrative
Trump’s play isn’t about destroying American companies. It’s about forcing them to act like they’re American again.
And if Nike won’t? Then maybe they’re just a logo, not a legacy.
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Bottom line:
You can’t wave the flag in your commercials and wave your supply chain out the back door.
Trump’s tariffs are making that contradiction too expensive to ignore.
It’s not about punishing Nike. It’s about ending the lie that “global” and “American” are the same thing. They’re not. And now the market knows it.
There will be no protests.
There will be no national outrage.
In a few days, this 17 year old boy Austin Metcalf will be forgotten.
Why?
Because he is white, and the murderer is black.
White Lives Matter
When Elon Musk heard about 7-year-old Lily Thompson, a girl battling a rare neurological disorder that left her unable to walk, speak, or even breathe without assistance. She was facing astronomical costs and fading hope, Lily’s family received an unexpected lifeline when Musk personally pledged to cover every penny of her care, including a pioneering surgery that could restore her chance at a normal childhood.
Lily’s condition, a degenerative brain disorder diagnosed at age 3, had defied conventional treatments, leaving her parents desperate as medical bills soared past $2 million. Enter Elon Musk, who, after reading about her plight in a local news story, directed his Musk Foundation to intervene. He not only paid off the family’s debts but funded an experimental procedure at a top California hospital, implanting a Neuralink chip to repair damaged neural connections. “No child should suffer when we have the tools to help,” Musk reportedly told doctors, insisting on fast-tracking the effort to give Lily a fighting chance.
So before you key a random person's Tesla, or set fire to a Tesla dealership, or speak ill of the great Elon Musk. I ask you, what the hell did you do for Lily?
@LeahEchelon I thought I was getting an amazing deal on seat geek. Yankee tickets for 145 each nice seats!! With the fees they were 201 each. GTFOH with this silliness.
@pnwguerrilla Hey look yet another asshat dropping his problems at the feet of others who did nothing wrong. GFY with this hate the boomers nonsense. It’s played out already.
@abby43120 If the Devils are closer to a cup and can afford to pay him (they have a plan for the money I’m sure) he’s going to go play with his brothers. Imagine being able to say you won a cup together? Better get ready. Because he’s probably gone.
I’m 67 now. But back in the golden days of disco I always started by asking the best looking girl in the place to dance and would work backwards from there. Always scored and never left with anything less than a seven. Be funny and be persistent. And your friends could never laugh at you because they didn’t even have the balls to try. Go for it!
Very few people know that there is a major political party in South Africa that is actively promoting white genocide.
The video below was just yesterday. A whole arena chanting about killing white people.
A month ago, the South African government passed a law legalizing taking property from white people at will with no payment.
Where is the outrage? Why is there no coverage by the legacy media?
Starlink can’t get a license to operate in South Africa simply because I’m not black. How is that right?
They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports- this is about the most disingenuous piece, not to mention the flat out lies . Shame on USA Today for publishing this piece- this is not journalism …. https://t.co/xU13vVANmM
@matt_NJD I told my wife right in the moment that if Haula had gone to the bet he would have had a nice pass or an easy rebound to put in. Why he went so wide is a mystery.
@DudespostingWs Great job.
Most of the asshats would just give you a huge bucket of popcorn and simply spray a little butter on top that does hardly anything. This guy doing it right and having fun doing it. Good job pal!!