What does President Trump do NOW?

[jusplay4fun]

Super Bowl LIX? CHECK

Daytona 500 in 2025? CHECK

Final Four? (Championship Game?)

NBA Finals?

A college Football Game in the Fall?

FIFA World Cup?
(btw: Sad to say, the USA will be lucky to make it out of Group Play)

[Pack Rat]

Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

[Pack Rat]

Destroy the Veterans Administration!

https://share.newsbreak.com/bkg5kbou


Screw our Veterans, they're just a bunch of suckers and losers!

We can now send these leaches to a "made for huge profits" hospital and enrich the corporations and the deservedly uber-rich.

[jusplay4fun]

Alarming report shows US drowning in red ink — as Democrats block spending cuts

The federal government is racing toward a fiscal cliff, with a new report citing a mind-numbing $838 billion cash shortfall just for the first four months of the fiscal year.

Yet Democrats are losing their minds over Team Trump’s efforts to trim fat and waste. Do they want the Uncle Sam to go belly up?

Per the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, that $838 billion hole is a whopping 15% higher than last year’s October-through-January gap.

Some of the jump reflects timing shifts for certain payments. But even adjusting for that, this year’s hole still runs to $750 billion.

Last month, the CBO projected a nearly $2 trillion in overspending this year — about 6.2% of gross domestic product, vs. just 3.8% on average over the past 50 years.

That would be added to Uncle Sugar’s $36 trillion in IOUs.

Ouch. In a just a few years, the nation’s debt-to-GDP ratio will exceed its World War II peak.

Interest on the debt alone now tops military spending.

Yet for decades, Washington has done next to nothing to curb the runaway spending that fuels the debt. (While federal revenue as share of GDP has stayed constant, outlays have climbed from a 50-year average of 21.1% of GDP to 23.7% this year and are headed toward 24.4% by 2035, the CBO projects.)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/alarming-report-shows-us-drowning-in-red-ink-as-democrats-block-spending-cuts/ar-AA1z9ecx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=bb04909bc6ab44bba79a3d29cf9ae023&ei=47

[saxitoxin]

Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

It's even better! Secretary Rubio appeared with Minister Lavrov today and announced we would begin looking for areas of mutual geopolitical cooperation between the U.S. and the Russian Federation. I've called for this to happen for years. You can't even believe how excited I am.

[saxitoxin]

top - the old way of doing business ... the U.S. bankrupts itself applying pressure against Russia on one side (with a tiny bit of help from Europe), and China on the other ... never enough to do anything to either

bottom - the new way of doing things ... the U.S. only has to spend treasure applying pressure on China; but because it just fed Europe to Russia, now --- for 1/2 the price, the pressure can be doubled as Russia turns its gaze East

This is a WIN-WIN!!! (I mean, not for Europe LOL)

THE PACIFIC CENTURY IS HERE!

[jusplay4fun]

[b]Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

silly list by pee-rat.

It took TWO posts to post TWO silly ideas. Typical pee-rat.

give US those rare earth metals...!

[jusplay4fun]

Liberal Dems continue to hug criminals and excuse criminal behavior.

[Pack Rat]

Copy/paste Queen is now the Saturday morning cartoon idiot.

[jusplay4fun]

[b]Copy/paste Queen is now the Saturday morning cartoon idiot.

The cartoons are for you pee-rat, for you and others who suffer from learning disabilities, especially those that involve reading and reading comprehension.

btw: I am male, and a proud heterosexual male, and not a fake Queen. That label belong to Liberal Dems like you who believe in the 50 some genders. I know you cannot easily grasp this idea, BUT: There are only two genders, male and female.

Here is one source, other than Biology:

Genesis 1:27
New International Version

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

Don't be so silly, pee rat. And your insult FAILED again, pee-rat.

[kennyp72]

[b]Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

silly list by pee-rat.

It took TWO posts to post TWO silly ideas. Typical pee-rat.

give US those rare earth metals...!

You think Ukraine has large rare earth mineral deposits...?

[jusplay4fun]

[b]Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

silly list by pee-rat.

It took TWO posts to post TWO silly ideas. Typical pee-rat.

give US those rare earth metals...!

You think Ukraine has large rare earth mineral deposits...?

I am going on Media reports; I have not researched this issue from a mining perspective.

what do you say, kennyp?

without looking this up:

Large deposits are in USA, China (of course), and perhaps so does Australia; Bolivia has lots of Lithium, obviously used for EV and their batteries. Rare earth metals are vital to modern electronics. I have read several articles on how many are used as components to a cell phone and other electronic devices.

By the way, most rare earth elements (metals) were originally found in Sweden and Scandanavia, hence their chemical names are based on places there.

[jusplay4fun]

investigated via online search:

Are there rare earth minerals in Europe?
There are currently no rare earths mines in Europe, but there are multiple countries with reserves, including one with a significant new discovery. In early 2023, Swedish state-owned company LKAB announced it had identified the continent's largest rare earths deposit, the Per Geijer deposit, with rare earths resources of over 1 million MT of oxides.

With the European Union focusing heavily on building its own supply chain with the European Critical Raw Materials Act, the Per Geijer deposit could develop into an important source of rare earths for the region.

Several other countries in Europe hold significant rare earths reserves as well. Greenland hosts many deposits totaling 1.5 million MT of rare earths reserves along its coastline, with the majority located in the southwest of the country. The Gardar igneous province in the south hosts the largest ones.

Countries in the Fennoscandian Shield — such as Norway, Finland and, of course, Sweden — also host rare earth deposits, as the region has similar mineralization to Greenland.

What are the most technologically useful rare earth metals?
Rare earth metals play a significant role in various technologies. They are often used in electronics such as laptops and smartphones. Rare earth oxides such as neodymium and praseodymium are used in magnets, aircraft engines and green technologies, including wind turbines and electric vehicles. Samarium and dysprosium are also used in rare earth magnets. Phosphor rare earths such as europium, terbium and yttrium are used in lighting, as are cerium, lanthanum and gadolinium.

https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/critical-metals-investing/rare-earth-investing/rare-earth-reserves-country/

[kennyp72]

[b]Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

silly list by pee-rat.

It took TWO posts to post TWO silly ideas. Typical pee-rat.

give US those rare earth metals...!

You think Ukraine has large rare earth mineral deposits...?

I am going on Media reports; I have not researched this issue from a mining perspective.

what do you say, kennyp?

without looking this up:

Large deposits are in USA, China (of course), and perhaps so does Australia; Bolivia has lots of Lithium, obviously used for EV and their batteries. Rare earth metals are vital to modern electronics. I have read several articles on how many are used as components to a cell phone and other electronic devices.

By the way, most rare earth elements (metals) were originally found in Sweden and Scandanavia, hence their chemical names are based on places there.

I would say don't trust media reports and do your own research?

Interesting info on the etymology, thank you.

Ukraine is rich in mineral deposits and its agricultural land is incredibly rich.

Global estimates of mineable deposits are circa 90 million tons. It is estimated 44 million tons of this are in China, 21 million tons in Brazil. 6.9 million in India. 5.7 million in Australia. 3.8 million in Russia.

The US has 1.9 million tons of its own. Greenland 1.5 million tons. Tanzania, South Africa and Canada all about 0.8m tons each.

Thailand half a million tons.

Ukraine doesn't get a mention...

[jusplay4fun]

This is likely a bit biased of a source:

What minerals does Ukraine have?
Kyiv estimates that about 5% of the world's "critical raw materials" are in Ukraine.

This includes some 19m tonnes of proven reserves of graphite, which the Ukrainian Geological Survey state agency says makes the nation "one of the top five leading countries" for the supply of the mineral. Graphite is used to make batteries for electric vehicles.

Ukraine has 7% of Europe's supplies of titanium, a lightweight metal used in the construction of everything from aeroplanes to power stations.

It is also home to a third of all European lithium deposits, the key component in current batteries.

Other elements found in Ukraine include beryllium and uranium, which are both crucial for nuclear weapons and reactors.

Deposits of copper, lead, zinc, silver, nickel, cobalt and manganese are also significant.

Further, Ukraine has significant deposits of rare earth metals. These are a group of 17 elements that are used to produce weapons, wind turbines, electronics and other products vital in the modern world. (...)

Some of the mineral deposits, however, have been seized by Russia. According to Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's economy minister, resources worth $350bn (£277bn) remain in occupied territories today.

In 2022, SecDev, a geopolitical risk consultancy based in Canada, conducted an evaluation, which established that Russia had occupied 63% of Ukrainian coal mines, as well as half of its manganese, caesium, tantalum and rare earth deposits.

Dr Robert Muggah, principal of SecDev, says that such minerals add a "strategic and economic dimension" in Russia's continued aggression. By seizing them, he says, Moscow denies access to revenue for Ukraine, expands its own resource base and influences global supply chains.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20le8jn282o

Good map/diagram at this BBC link; map shows rare earth metal deposits. Some are in the regions now controlled by Russia. Note too that NO numbers for rare earth deposits are cited. No one may actually have a real clear idea of the amount as they MAY not have been properly determined, YET.

[Shoe555]

Trump‘s a traitor

[KoolBak]

Another well thought out and logically worded post.

Hilarious!

Dude ...you better go repaint your mobile home. Helps keep the evil republican tornados away......

[jusplay4fun]

[b]Selling out the Ukrainians to Putin.

silly list by pee-rat.

It took TWO posts to post TWO silly ideas. Typical pee-rat.

give US those rare earth metals...!

You think Ukraine has large rare earth mineral deposits...?

I am going on Media reports; I have not researched this issue from a mining perspective.

what do you say, kennyp?

without looking this up:

Large deposits are in USA, China (of course), and perhaps so does Australia; Bolivia has lots of Lithium, obviously used for EV and their batteries. Rare earth metals are vital to modern electronics. I have read several articles on how many are used as components to a cell phone and other electronic devices.

By the way, most rare earth elements (metals) were originally found in Sweden and Scandanavia, hence their chemical names are based on places there.

I would say don't trust media reports and do your own research?

Interesting info on the etymology, thank you.

Ukraine is rich in mineral deposits and its agricultural land is incredibly rich.

Global estimates of mineable deposits are circa 90 million tons. It is estimated 44 million tons of this are in China, 21 million tons in Brazil. 6.9 million in India. 5.7 million in Australia. 3.8 million in Russia.

The US has 1.9 million tons of its own. Greenland 1.5 million tons. Tanzania, South Africa and Canada all about 0.8m tons each.

Thailand half a million tons.

Ukraine doesn't get a mention...

You are welcome, kennyP. Here is more info on that topic of the etymology:

Examples of Naming Origins:

Scandium (Sc): Named after Scandinavia, where the first rare earth ore was discovered.
Yttrium (Y): Named after Ytterby, a Swedish village where many rare earth minerals were first discovered.
Terbium (Tb): Named after Ytterby, a Swedish village, where it was discovered.
Europium (Eu): Named after the continent of Europe.
Gadolinium (Gd): Honoring Johan Gadolin, a Finnish chemist who investigated rare earths.
Samarium (Sm): Named after the mineral samarskite, a mineral discovered by Col. Samarski.
Lutetium (Lu): Named after the city of Lutetia, which later became Paris.
Lanthanum (La): From the Greek "lanthanein", meaning "to be hidden".

Key Points:
The term "rare earth" is a misnomer, as these elements are not actually as rare as previously thought, and they are relatively abundant in the earth's crust.
The names of some rare earth elements reflect their association with specific minerals or geological locations, or honor the scientists who contributed to their discovery. <<as described in detail above...

Here are two omitted in the AI Overview (above):

Holmium after Stockholm (in Latin, "Holmia"), the native city of one of its discoverers.

Thulium after the mythological northern land of Thule.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element

The Wikipedia link (above) has the USES ("Selected applications") for these elements; the list is, imo, quite impressive.

an example is below:

Neodymium from the Greek "neos", meaning new, and "didymos", meaning twin. Rare-earth magnets, lasers, violet colors in glass and ceramics, didymium glass, ceramic capacitors, electric motors in electric automobiles (...)

Neodymium magnets, invented in the 1980s, are the strongest and most affordable type of rare-earth magnet. They are made of an alloy of neodymium, iron, and boron (Nd2Fe14B), sometimes abbreviated as NIB. Neodymium magnets are used in numerous applications requiring strong, compact permanent magnets, such as electric motors for cordless tools, hard disk drives, magnetic hold-downs, and jewellery clasps. They have the highest magnetic field strength

I think the rare-earth magnets are used for speakers or microphones in the Cell phones, but I cannot recall. (Partially confirmed in a Google search)

The uses for Yttrium are incredibly diverse and there are MANY, as shown on that linked page.

[jusplay4fun]

[Pack Rat]

It must be difficult for you to choose what cartoons to post. How do you do it?

show

[jusplay4fun]

[b][i]
It must be difficult for you to choose what cartoons to post. How do you do it?

No, pee-rat; you are WRONG again. It is so EASY, for me any way:
1) Funny ones;
2) the Truth; and
3) especially the Truthful and Funny ones that annoy you, pee-rat. (And there are SOOOO many... )
4) Whatever I find that are relevant, lucid, cogent, and perspicacious.

I look, read, think about 3 seconds or less, and voila: choice made.

[jusplay4fun]

To me, this is the HEIGHT of hypocrisy:

Tesla cars, one of the best selling electric cars, and thus the Former Darling of the political Left, is NOW the target of vandalism and destruction by CRAZY, stupid, and destructive Liberals. I understand that 3 have been arrested for some of these acts, but I did not hear too much about their identity nor their motive(s).

First one for Duk. LoL..


AND NOW, More good cartoons for pee rat:

[jusplay4fun]

Super Bowl LIX? CHECK

Daytona 500 in 2025? CHECK

Final Four? (Championship Game?)

NBA Finals?

A college Football Game in the Fall?

FIFA World Cup?
(btw: Sad to say, the USA will be lucky to make it out of Group Play)

add to this list:

Politics
Trump makes NCAA men’s wrestling championships his latest sports-focused trip

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump attended the NCAA wrestling championships on Saturday night for the second time in three years, the latest example of how he has mostly limited travel early in his new term to trips built around sports events.

Trump arrived at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia to loud cheers and a standing ovation. He pumped his fists amid chants of “U-S-A!” As the matches occurred, Trump stood near the action and personally congratulated most of the winning wrestlers. Hours later, he left the arena, shaking hands along the way as the crowd roared.

The Republican president spent Friday night at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, about 70 miles northeast of Philadelphia, on what was his first visit there of his second term.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ncaa-wrestling-championships-sports-trips-8f68a03e4c6926ef2e159e67d70a8466