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Second tier would be a Trump Essential Fluid collection service. We'll use the same the large pictures of trump, but the collection would be from his super fans, and the essential fluid could be in the form of automatic masturbation stations. Here's a secret part of the design... the automatic masturbation stations would be lubricated using the libturd tears.

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You gonna make 'em wear a condom for this tier or are you just gonna spit in a bucket?
 

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You gonna make 'em wear a condom for this tier or are you just gonna spit in a bucket?
It's Trump Essential Fluid which means it's only derived from U.S. Loving red blooded Americans. We offer only the best so there is no need to separate and unlike the Libturds, we don't discriminate so a large tub of the fluid will be referred to as the "Special Blend." Maybe we could offer a premium grade derived from only a select few and call it the Anit-Elon series.
 

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Good to see that reading comprehension isn't on the list of requirements to become a cop.....
 

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It's Trump Essential Fluid which means it's only derived from U.S. Loving red blooded Americans. We offer only the best so there is no need to separate and unlike the Libturds, we don't discriminate so a large tub of the fluid will be referred to as the "Special Blend." Maybe we could offer a premium grade derived from only a select few and call it the Anit-Elon series.
I think he was inquiring on your planned extraction methodology?
 

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I think he was inquiring on your planned extraction methodology?
Yeah, he tried to take a little jab there with his "you" comment. I thought I'd give him a shot at being civil after his temper tantrum the other day, but it appears he lacks the ability to refrain from it, so this should be fun.

But on the comprehension issue, I guess he lacks that ability too given that I already mentioned how it would work. Maybe he'd like to volunteer at the grand opening to take on the collection part of the process.
 

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Yeah, he tried to take a little jab there with his "you" comment. I thought I'd give him a shot at being civil after his temper tantrum the other day, but it appears he lacks the ability to refrain from it, so this should be fun.

But on the comprehension issue, I guess he lacks that ability too given that I already mentioned how it would work. Maybe he'd like to volunteer at the grand opening to take on the collection part of the process.


I’m quite certain he is simply treating others as they have treated him.
 

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I recently read an article about SEO, social reach and algorithms. The article used Andrew Tate to explain how conflict is a force multiplier for reach. While I knew this was the case, I had to be reminded. I share this because I've read many times that people believe the Oracle benefits from some type of protected status, perhaps he does, but either way Google rewards RDP with the constant bickering that goes nowhere in these debates. Without conflict these threads wither and die.

We are all just clowns in the circus, and the Monkey seems the smartest of all. Without a carnavile barker, we might not think to check in on the bearded lady and the 200lbs man eating chicken.
 

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I recently read an article about SEO, social reach and algorithms. The article used Andrew Tate to explain how conflict is a force multiplier for reach. While I knew this was the case, I had to be reminded. I share this because I've read many times that people believe the Oracle benefits from some type of protected status, perhaps he does, but either way Google rewards RDP with the constant bickering that goes nowhere in these debates. Without conflict these threads wither and die.

We are all just clowns in the circus, and the Monkey seems the smartest of all. Without a carnavile barker, we might not think to check in on the bearded lady and the 200lbs man eating chicken.
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I recently read an article about SEO, social reach and algorithms. The article used Andrew Tate to explain how conflict is a force multiplier for reach. While I knew this was the case, I had to be reminded. I share this because I've read many times that people believe the Oracle benefits from some type of protected status, perhaps he does, but either way Google rewards RDP with the constant bickering that goes nowhere in these debates. Without conflict these threads wither and die.

We are all just clowns in the circus, and the Monkey seems the smartest of all. Without a carnavile barker, we might not think to check in on the bearded lady and the 200lbs man eating chicken.

Oh no, they always go somewhere.....................and 95% of the time, the Oracle of Two-Facekistan is on the losing end and slithers away.
 

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Oh no, they always go somewhere.....................and 95% of the time, the Oracle of Two-Facekistan is on the losing end and slithers away.
I've never slinked away yet.

You guys crack me up.

The Oracle loves what you call losing.
 

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What?

This is a tax hike. This isn’t about giving anyone any money, it is about taking money from people via higher taxes and less choices.

The exact stuff Squeezer and the other liberals advocated as the solution. Just like MAGA and their supporters in here do now.

Gotta pay for the endless wars you advocate for somehow.
 

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Finally, a MAGA guy willing to admit to the truth.

Just making sure we are staying logically consistent.

Trump cuts taxes, you criticize him for increasing the deficit.

Trump wants stop sending hundreds of billions that we have to borrow to fund overseas endless wars, you criticize him for abandoning our allies.

Trump establishes DOGE to end all the fraudulent overspending and waste, you criticize him for destroying our institutions.

Trump tariffs the overseas countries that have been sucking jobs and capital from the US for decades, you criticize him for raising taxes.

Trump cuts taxes, you criticize... And we have gone full circle!

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This is why nobody gives a shit about what you have to say šŸ˜†
 

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Just making sure we are staying logically consistent.

Trump cuts taxes, you criticize him for increasing the deficit.

Trump wants stop sending hundreds of billions that we have to borrow to fund overseas endless wars, you criticize him for abandoning our allies.

Trump establishes DOGE to end all the fraudulent overspending and waste, you criticize him for destroying our institutions.

Trump tariffs the overseas countries that have been sucking jobs and capital from the US for decades, you criticize him for raising taxes.

Trump cuts taxes, you criticize... And we have gone full circle!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is why nobody gives a shit about what you have to say šŸ˜†
People including you clearly give a shit, or you wouldn’t get so worked up about it and respond with personal insults as opposed to logic, ration and cogent thoughts. 😬
 

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Couldn't be because he's 94 years old and just wants to spend his remaining days taking naps and yelling at people to get off his lawn....
If he was 64 yrs old, maybe.
But at 94, I think he's a shark that can't quit hunting.
 

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People including you clearly give a shit, or you wouldn’t get so worked up about it and respond with personal insults as opposed to logic, ration and cogent thoughts. 😬

Lol i laid out aperfectly summarized series of positions you have taken, it's you that cannot process rational cogent thoughts because your mind is so poisoned by TDS.

I'm just here to call out your bullshit, on the record, for future preservation šŸ˜˜šŸ¤™
 

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Coming soon to a theater near you - literally, a 'tariff' charge on your movie theater ticket receipt. 🤣
Hollywood is full of hypocrites. They support these commies that want to tax the shit out of everyone but they film movies in tax friendly locations, so they don't have to pay themselves.
 

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Just because you sell car parts made in china to Americans doesn't his policies are bad or that we don’t need to fix the ā€œfree and fair tradeā€ agreements we have with peer nations.
 

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Just because you sell car parts made in china to Americans doesn't his policies are bad or that we don’t need to fix the ā€œfree and fair tradeā€ agreements we have with peer nations.
I'm not sure what you're replying to because you didn't quote anything....but for the 40th time....A fraction of what I sell is produced in China.

Here's an example:

The pistons are produced in NY. The thin seals are produced in Michigan. The assembly lube is produced somewhere in the USA and I bottle it here in 1/2oz, 1oz, and 8oz bottles. I was buying US made 1/2 oz bottles for while but they all leak and the china bottles don't, so I buy china bottles now.

The bleeders, copper washers, bleeder caps, and piston boots come from China....because nobody is tooled to make them here....and those that were tooled to make them here (TRW in this case) scrapped their tooling 10+ years ago. I can tool up to make this boot.....the mold will cost me $15-20K, and at the maybe 400 or so of this particular boot that I sell every year, they'll be $3-5 each. I sell this whole kit for $60....which is the only reason people buy it. If it were $100, nobody would buy it.

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I'm not sure what you're replying to because you didn't quote anything....but for the 40th time....A fraction of what I sell is produced in China.

Here's an example:

The pistons are produced in NY. The thin seals are produced in Michigan. The assembly lube is produced somewhere in the USA and I bottle it here in 1/2oz, 1oz, and 8oz bottles. I was buying US made 1/2 oz bottles for while but they all leak and the china bottles don't, so I buy china bottles now.

The bleeders, copper washers, bleeder caps, and piston boots come from China....because nobody is tooled to make them here....and those that were tooled to make them here (TRW in this case) scrapped their tooling 10+ years ago. I can tool up to make this boot.....the mold will cost me $15-20K, and at the maybe 400 or so of this particular boot that I sell every year, they'll be $3-5 each. I sell this whole kit for $60....which is the only reason people buy it. If it were $100, nobody would buy it.

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60 fuckin dollars ? I can get that same thing on Amazon for 19.95 . šŸ˜‚
 

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I'm not sure what you're replying to because you didn't quote anything....but for the 40th time....A fraction of what I sell is produced in China.

Here's an example:

The pistons are produced in NY. The thin seals are produced in Michigan. The assembly lube is produced somewhere in the USA and I bottle it here in 1/2oz, 1oz, and 8oz bottles. I was buying US made 1/2 oz bottles for while but they all leak and the china bottles don't, so I buy china bottles now.

The bleeders, copper washers, bleeder caps, and piston boots come from China....because nobody is tooled to make them here....and those that were tooled to make them here (TRW in this case) scrapped their tooling 10+ years ago. I can tool up to make this boot.....the mold will cost me $15-20K, and at the maybe 400 or so of this particular boot that I sell every year, they'll be $3-5 each. I sell this whole kit for $60....which is the only reason people buy it. If it were $100, nobody would buy it.

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Seems to me that you'd not need to raise your price much at all if thats all that come from China? I'd assume your customers would expect a small increase based on the current environment anyway?

Maybe more time sourcing and less time bitching on here would be a great place to focus your efforts?
 

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Seems to me that you'd not need to raise your price much at all if thats all that come from China? I'd assume your customers would expect a small increase based on the current environment anyway?

Maybe more time sourcing and less time bitching on here would be a great place to focus your efforts?
Problem is, China stopped shipping. Without those few parts, I can't sell the kit. I've repeatedly said I don't really give a shit what it cost...within reason. Obviously, $20K to tool something and $3 each to buy them only to sell maybe 400/year (some are a lot less, some are a lot more) isn't gonna work....again, I'm fine with the tariff price increases, IF I COULD GET THE DAMN PARTS!. That's what I'm bitching about....and the time I'm spending trying to unfuck this whole thing. I don't care about 145% or whatever increase, I care about delays and everything else that occurs on the backend of this mess.
 

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Remember back a few pages when you stated that "ignorant is the one thing I'm not"....yeah...you might revisit that.

400 different boots that generate 500K, but yeah....kinda.

Go keep drilling your holes. (See how when I oversimplify what it is you do it makes it look insignificant and makes me appear ignorant?)
 
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Seems to me that you'd not need to raise your price much at all if thats all that come from China? I'd assume your customers would expect a small increase based on the current environment anyway?

Maybe more time sourcing and less time bitching on here would be a great place to focus your efforts?
Not everyone is as rich as you with a half million dollar skater and can afford ā€œsmallā€ increases in everything they need to buy. 😬

It is ironic however how all of those who bemoaned any price increases under Biden now think price increases are good.

It certainly shows neither the liberals nor the MAGA progressives give a shit about hard working Americans and their pocketbooks, they are just for their guy.
 

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Not everyone is as rich as you with a half million dollar skater and can afford ā€œsmallā€ increases in everything they need to buy. 😬

It is ironic however how all of those who bemoaned any price increases under Biden now think price increases are good.

It certainly shows neither the liberals nor the MAGA progressives give a shit about hard working Americans and their pocketbooks, they are just for their guy.
How’s the Ferrari treating ya?
 

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Not everyone is as rich as you with a half million dollar skater and can afford ā€œsmallā€ increases in everything they need to buy. 😬

It is ironic however how all of those who bemoaned any price increases under Biden now think price increases are good.

It certainly shows neither the liberals nor the MAGA progressives give a shit about hard working Americans and their pocketbooks, they are just for their guy.
Hey, If he'd spent the money to re-tool the parts that Gates took to China....he's probably be cruising around in a shitty used boat like me....but instead, he kept his profits up from buying from a supplier who offered reasonable pricing and quality, and used those profits to keep going on his african hunting trips, $15,000 state of the art skinny tire bikes, and a skater on a tilt trailer.....

I'm not mad about it, I'm happy as shit that someone could make that of themselves....but he shouldn't start getting on my ass for doing the exact same fucking thing he did and making a huge profit from it. That's what we're all trying to do...He was just a handful of years ahead of me in it....that's all....and in a bigger way, and likes wearing tight shorts.
 

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Without those holes he's drilling we wouldn't need your brakes . What you're gonna have and what he has is something I will never have so both of you quite your fuckin belly aching . I got an old 96 272 baja that I bought and fixed up . Anytime either one of you wants to swap let me know .
 

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Not everyone is as rich as you with a half million dollar skater and can afford ā€œsmallā€ increases in everything they need to buy. 😬

It is ironic however how all of those who bemoaned any price increases under Biden now think price increases are good.

It certainly shows neither the liberals nor the MAGA progressives give a shit about hard working Americans and their pocketbooks, they are just for their guy.

ā€œHalf a million Skaterā€

Who are you, the judge that allowed an $18 million evaluation on Mar a Lago?

On second thought, scratch that, we know!!! 🤣
 

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Hey, If he'd spent the money to re-tool the parts that Gates took to China....he's probably be cruising around in a shitty used boat like me....but instead, he kept his profits up from buying from a supplier who offered reasonable pricing and quality, and used those profits to keep going on his african hunting trips, $15,000 state of the art skinny tire bikes, and a skater on a tilt trailer.....

I'm not mad about it, I'm happy as shit that someone could make that of themselves....but he shouldn't start getting on my ass for doing the exact same fucking thing he did and making a huge profit from it. That's what we're all trying to do...He was just a handful of years ahead of me in it....that's all....and in a bigger way, and likes wearing tight shorts.
Loss of credibility starter post...
 

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Steve is an extraordinary problem solver.
In business and in life.
The reason he has all that stuff is because historically he spent very little time dwelling on the obstacles, and more time solving them.
Solutions can be difficult to see, or they can be glaringly obvious.

He is not complaining about what he had to do to adapt to changing circumstances, he’s trying to tell you what he did to overcome the challenges he faced. Several others on here have tried as well…but you’re not listening.
No college, no business school, just took his experience and knowledge and made it happen.


I’ll tell you this, you could spend an entire day hanging out with him and you would never guess that he is as successful as he is.
(First time I went to dinner with him and his family his credit card got declined…lol)

Oh, and it’s kind of funny that MS-530 thinks the skater was half a mill…
 

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Hey, If he'd spent the money to re-tool the parts that Gates took to China....he's probably be cruising around in a shitty used boat like me....but instead, he kept his profits up from buying from a supplier who offered reasonable pricing and quality, and used those profits to keep going on his african hunting trips, $15,000 state of the art skinny tire bikes, and a skater on a tilt trailer.....

I'm not mad about it, I'm happy as shit that someone could make that of themselves....but he shouldn't start getting on my ass for doing the exact same fucking thing he did and making a huge profit from it. That's what we're all trying to do...He was just a handful of years ahead of me in it....that's all....and in a bigger way, and likes wearing tight shorts.
Perhaps I’ll get the opportunity some time to tell you a 30 year story of taking my lumps and going without for many years. Yes, the business did well. But getting there is a rough road my friend.

I went against an absolute behemoth of a competitor and only had service to sell, nothing else.

I feel as though I lived the absolute American dream and hope others also find that path.

I’ll check out of this thread as it’s ā€œgettingā€ personal.

Cheers, hope you find your parts.
 

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Steve is an extraordinary problem solver.
In business and in life.
The reason he has all that stuff is because historically he spent very little time dwelling on the obstacles, and more time solving them.
Solutions can be difficult to see, or they can be glaringly obvious.

He is not complaining about what he had to do to adapt to changing circumstances, he’s trying to tell you what he did to overcome the challenges he faced. Several others on here have tried as well…but you’re not listening.
No college, no business school, just took his experience and knowledge and made it happen.


I’ll tell you this, you could spend an entire day hanging out with him and you would never guess that he is as successful as he is.
(First time I went to dinner with him and his family his credit card got declined…lol)

Oh, and it’s kind of funny that MS-530 thinks the skater was half a mill…
ā€œWasn’t that your card?ā€ šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
 

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Perhaps I’ll get the opportunity some time to tell you a 30 year story of taking my lumps and going without for many years. Yes, the business did well. But getting there is a rough road my friend.

I went against an absolute behemoth of a competitor and only had service to sell, nothing else.

I feel as though I lived the absolute American dream and hope others also find that path.

I’ll check out of this thread as it’s ā€œgettingā€ personal.

Cheers, hope you find your parts.
I'd love to hear your story sometime....and I have plenty of time...because it's been nothing but kittens and moonbeams since I started. I don't sell anything that can't be bought elsewhere....but I use my brain to catalog things in a clear manner so they're easier to select and buy. In 5 years of doing business.....I've had fewer than 20 returns, for any reason. Interpret that how you will. There isn't a single business on the fucking planet that sells things that can make that claim I don't think.
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I'm competing with companies that basically run the industry, but that's not important because you don't see it. I'm able to compete because I'm better than they are, and I'm better than everyone they have working for them. I get calls from the suppliers I still talk to on a daily basis asking for clarification and help on things they can't wrap their heads around....and I offer up whatever I can, because we're sort of partners in this. That's not to say I don't hold my good cards close to my chest....I most certainly do.

You are not unique, and I am not unique. I'm just a small fish trying to play in a pond with big fish and hoping they leave me the fuck alone in my little corner....which they seem to refuse to do, so I'll adapt.

....but don't come in here on your high fucking horse preaching when you did the exact same thing I'm doing and tell me I'm fucking up. If that's your objective....then fuck off. If you have something useful to add, then I'm all ears.
 
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