Trade Wars Can Be a Game of Chicken. Sometimes, Literally.

Big Tex burned in 2012 and was reconstructed. Fire started in his right boot. That'll lairn ya.

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Only China back-tariff I've heard of yet is on soybeans.

I can see how Big Tex and Glycine max belong in the same post.

 

He was rebuilt bigger though.

 

My parents did the Southfork tour once, and really enjoyed it. They said most of the cars were all smashed down one side: the producers bought write-offs, and would only film them from the good side.

 

BT inflammation is actually a bit horrifying so I'll insert it small

 

Sorghum is likely to face earlier and more severe tariffs than soybeans.

Other measures may be non-tariff: US beef may lose the safety approval that was granted during Trump's visit; State-owned airlines may be directed to buy Airbuses; media campaigns may discourage Chinese tourists from visiting the US; US banks and financial institutions may face discrimination; and so on.

 

let's watch it play out. i suspect the emperor for life is going to be a uge disappointment to the rest of the free world.

 

Which Emperor For Life? I suspect there are at least two who are relevant to this discussion. Three, possibly, if we include the Boss For Life of one of the Emperors For Life.

 

pick your poison. so far, jinping is the only one i'm familiar with.

 

Nice to see you're on friendly personal-name terms with him.

 

oh ya, we're best buds.

 

Xi-Xi, maybe. Never ever Winnie the Pooh. (almost afraid to type it...)

 

He speaks very highly of you.

 

They'll be coming for you...

 

Tigger will save me.

 

You are dead to me.....

 

Maybe a thread idea for people who have not yet discovered podcast aggregators?

 

don't hate me because we have dominated the league for two decades. i met a lot of nice philadelphians this winter in orlando, and congratulated them on a great win.

 

I did not know you played sports.

 

I believe he was referring to faucets and other plumbing fixtures that have all the valve workings within a plastic widget called a cartridge.

We used a bag of flour in my high school health class.

Having a hat with a 360 degree brim, I have learned that they and the head restraints currently in cars don't mesh together well. So the cowboy hat is probably saved for special occasions.

Then again, costing over $50, or even over the $100 mark, might be enough reason to keep the hats out of daily wear.

 

China bought what is equivalent to the entire state of Iowa's soybeans last year. This trade war will hurt grain farmers who were already suffering from low prices.