The pain, it cuts both ways

US yacht industry thrown into turmoil by tariffs, crew crackdowns

“My client has a yacht being built in Italy, and it would be subject to the tariff charge; so he is canceling the order. My client also canceled on a pair of Ferraris he was going to buy there and have shipped to the United States.”

Meanwhile, a Bloomberg story tucked so far behind a paywall there's no link to it here:

About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record

• Men were accused of ties to Tren de Aragua criminal gang
• US court records show just a few charges for serious crimes

Why don't we rob stagecoaches anymore?

Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at US labor watchdog

The NLRB, a New Deal-era agency that is tasked with protecting workers' rights to organize and join unions, has for years been a target of America's corporate titans - including Musk - some of whom are now seeking to have the agency's powers declared unconstitutional.

Way too much galloping around.

 Now we just copy the data and walk away.

Elon and his minions are merely the latest in a long line of hackers and crackers, governments and corporations, who've been siphoning off our data for years now.

They know more about you than you do.

Six is not enough!

How many Peeps are made each year?

On average, about 5.5 million are made each day.

That adds up to 2 billion a year — or roughly 6 Peeps for every man, woman and child across the U.S.

Is eight to much to ask? Come on — it's only once a year. 

Strangely…hard to explain…

NBA sees sport's growth lagging behind potential in Europe

Organisers of the Euroleague, the continent's existing premier club competition, balked at the idea of a new league, however, and said the plans for a new European league amounted to a threat that could fragment the sport.

…Europeans seem insufficiently interested in U.S. basketball. 

But we'll take the winter ones, thank you

US government slapping 21 percent tariff on most tomatoes from Mexico

The United States government announced that it plans to slap a nearly 21 percent tariff on most tomatoes coming from Mexico in the summer…

[Emphasis mine.]

“This action will allow U.S. tomato growers to compete fairly in the marketplace,”, the U.S. Commerce Department says. If, however, Mexico or some other country puts a tariff on our products, that's competing unfairly.

See the difference?

This…

Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court

After an FBI SWAT team on March 27 raided the home of a 24-year-old Salvadoran man living illegally in Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi, standing alongside FBI Director Kash Patel in a morning press conference, alleged the man was one of the top three U.S. leaders of the violent MS-13 street gang and called him a terrorist.

Less than two weeks later, the Justice Department moved to drop the only charge it had brought against him -- illegal possession of a firearm by an alien -- and Bondi said he would face deportation instead.

[And a whole lot more.]

…is a story about a lawless government out of control. 

What a way to start the week. 

Bernie Sanders?

Coachella continues with Weezer, T-Pain and a Bernie Sanders appearance

Bernie Sanders is the only name I recognize in this entire article.

Except maybe Billie Eilish. Maybe.

What do you want to bet…

US State Department says deported Maryland resident 'alive and secure' in El Salvador

"He is alive and secure in that facility. He is detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador."

…what they are freaking out about in DC is what this guy is gonna say if he gets back home.

The very idea that these guys, who tariffed the entire world in order to get them to negotiate, presumably, and threatened to bomb Iran to get them to negotiate can't persuade El Salvadore to put this guy on a plane is ridiculous. 

Also, "terrorism confinement center"?

What if we had a war and no lip balm?

US businesses already seeing impact of Trump tariffs

"We're constantly dealing with the uncertainty of the future and of our future supply chains," said Steve Shriver, the founder and CEO of Eco Lips, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company that makes organic health and beauty products with ingredients sourced from more than 50 countries and sold in 40,000 stores nationwide. It has annual sales of around $30 million.

 Or concert seats. Or toys — by the way, Christmas might be 125% more expensive this year. 

This is National Security™ we're talking about here.