It won’t happen overnight but should eventually once the market settles. Takes a long time for importers to purchase, ship across the ocean, move to 2/3 different US warehouses and then roll out to point of sale.

It’s why constantly changing tariff rates is so chaotic.

I would simply reschedule all these mid-season intl breaks for after the club season has concluded.

Intl teams can train and play as many friendlies as they want then. Risk to clubs is much less. Intl teams get more consistent training time. It’s Win/win.

Yes these things are not mutually exclusive.

I get to visit developing countries where industrial manufacturing for export is big. China, India, now Thailand & Malaysia.

I definite the flaws. I’ll take my, littered streets, freedom of speech and ability to call my president a piece of shit over electric cars.

I recognized the social impacts in a later post.

What they don’t have is a giant voting bloc of uneducated useful idiots that vote against their own interests.

‘Have any sway’ - damn you autocorrect

It cuts both ways, on the one hand the streets are clean, cities are safe and they can accelerate things like EV development.

It also means they can lock up Uighur Muslims in camps and nobody can hold them accountable.

I’m a hardliner on no Xmas stuff until after thanksgiving.

Turkey day is all about appreciating what we have and spending time with family. In my house we focus on that first.

I’m in the same boat. I gave up nearly all alcohol consumption and have been enjoying the stress reduction and better sleep from cannabis.

Luckily I live in a state in which I can get a medical card.

She says, “It’s probably bad for my skin.”

Lady, it’s probably bad for your brain.

I’m starting to pick up on that too.

But when the ref gives you everything you ask for, why not?