From the wiki, and I'm simplifying:VW was handed over to the German government after being offered free-of-charge to Ford in 1948 by the British government (who ran the factory up till then).In 1946 the produced 1000 cars per month.
In 1949, 2 cars were sold in the US.In 1952, 12 VWs were sold in Canada.In 1955 they produced over 1 million Beetles.
So 3 years on life support being ran by the British. Dunno how long being run by the German government before becoming GmbH.
And the news cycle can't keep up or spend appropriate amounts of time/outrage on the things that are criminal, abhorrent and hurting people.Throw a bunch of stupid shit to the media, let them feast. Sneak around while they are busy and get the truely hurtful stuff into law (or just skip the law part, and do it).
It's was mused that the Queen Of England thought everywhere smelled like fresh paint.Some people just live in a completely different world. I dunno why we give them voice/power.
Why is it always the non-trans people making bathrooms unsafe.Wasn't there a Walmart employee that was harassed in the ladies toilets because a customer thought they were trans?Where are the stories of trans people harassing non-trans people in bathrooms?...Or are trans people too busy trying to be themselves to even consider other people in the toilet?
Also, why the fuck are gendered toilets still a thing?
I think we agree.The intel trump used to order the strikes was wrong... The intel was wrong.Presuming the buck stops with the president of course.
I doubt he actually cared enough about any briefing material. He probably went in with the mentality of "Iran is developing nukes, and should be stopped" then asked for intel according to that presumption.
I think trump would immediately throw a company under the bus for their "weak loser bombs" if they didn't perform as designed.I think trump would immediately "you're fired" a general for spec-ing the wrong bombs.
It's like "I have a windows computer, I install software on it and use the software. Why would I need more than 1?" Turns into "ooohhh, computers are great. All the things I can run and host. Software isn't just a gui".
Interesting. I might try them, or see if I can get them.But I haven't smoked in a decade, and I have no urge to smoke again.I'm addicted to the nicotine now, instead of the habit of smoking. Which works for me.
Oh yeh. I wish smoking was just completely not a thing and never was a thing.
When I started it was very socially acceptable and cheap to smoke.Then it got less socially acceptable (indoor smoking ban), and a big bump in price. I tried quiting a few times, but I always ended up smoking again.Somehow, when working hard and under time constraints "going for a smoke break" was an accepted excuse to spend 5 minutes outside. Bonkers.
Anyway, a proper vaping setup, making my own vape juice and all that had me forget about cigarettes within a few weeks, and I vaped for 5 years. Maybe 8?Still had an excuse to go for a break, but I felt so much healthier vaping than I ever did smoking. And I could still sneak a vape indoors if there wasn't time for me to go outside.
Been on the pouches for 1.5 years now.
So yeh, increase the taxes on tobacco. A small bump for vaping nicotine (imo, safer than smoking but not risk free). And ideally no tax increase for nicotine products.
I could see a minor bump in taxes for snus/snuff/chewing tobacco. It's still a risk to the consumer (because it's tobacco), but it doesn't pose a risk to 3rd parties (because it's not burnt or aerosolised).
I hope it's sensible with regards to tobacco derived products (ie nicotine).I used vaping to quit smoking. And I'm now on the nicotine pouches and have quit vaping.I know I'm just swapping 1 addiction for another, but each has significantly reduced the risk to me and those around me.
But if the pouches do get more expensive, I'm sure there's some nicorette or some other official/medical nicotine thing I can swap to. I assume they won't get a tax increase (cause if they do, then the tax is stupid)
From the wiki, and I'm simplifying:VW was handed over to the German government after being offered free-of-charge to Ford in 1948 by the British government (who ran the factory up till then).In 1946 the produced 1000 cars per month. In 1949, 2 cars were sold in the US.In 1952, 12 VWs were sold in Canada.In 1955 they produced over 1 million Beetles.
So 3 years on life support being ran by the British. Dunno how long being run by the German government before becoming GmbH.