New Model Army - White Coats (1987)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
Well, we know what makes the flowers grow, but we don't know why
And we all have the knowledge of DNA, but we still die
We perch so thin and fragile here upon the land
And the earth that moves beneath us, we don't understand

So we rush towards the Judgement Day, when she reclaims
A toast to the Luddite martyrs then, who died in vain
Down at the lab they're working still, finishing off

How do we tell the people in the white coats
Enough is enough?

Hey, hey, I listen to you pray as if some help will come
Hey, hey, She will dance on our graves when we are dead and gone

You and I we made no suicide pact, we didn't want to die
But we watch the wall, little darling, while the chemical trucks go by
This desperate imitation, now, of innocence
Those last few days at Jonestown ain't got nothing on this

Hey, hey, I listen to you pray as if some help will come
Hey, hey, she will dance on our graves when we are dead and gone

Now beneath the fitted carpets, beyond the padded cells
Within these crimes of passion, the naked truth she dwells
And this fury's just a part and this thunder's just a part
Desire is just a part, the cracking ice, the splitting rock

Hey, hey, I listen to you pray as if some help will come
Hey, hey, She will dance on our graves when we are dead and gone

Hey, hey, to the suicide day, the blind man blunders on
Hey, hey, She will dance on our graves when we are dead and gone

As children learn about the world, we built that wall of sand
Along the beach we laboured hard with our bare hands
We worked until the sun went down beneath the waves
And the tide came rolling splashing in, washed the wall away
How do we tell the people in the white coats
Enough is enough?
...

Luna - Superfreaky Memories (1999)
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www.whitehouse.gov

... In March, the U.S. added 228,000 jobs - nearly 100,000 more jobs than economists predicted ...

The numbers do not seem to match up with your current alias' assertion.

Care to explain why?

Importing Vanilla Beans to the U.S.: Everything You Need to Know (2022, modified 2025)
usacustomsclearance.com

... Vanilla beans are only imported from specific countries and are required to comply with FDA regulations. ... The American craving for vanilla has made the United States the number one importer of vanilla beans by volume in the world. That level of demand makes importing vanilla beans to the U.S. a profitable venture for savvy entrepreneurs. ...

There are relatively few places in the world that are able to successfully grow and cultivate vanilla beans. The island nation of Madagascar is actually the world's largest exporter of this popular spice. The United States imports from Madagascar and other nations.

The top five nations for U.S. import of vanilla beans are as follows: ...

OK, what products do the good (yet, poor) people of Madagascar purchase from the US to make the trade zero-deficit for the US?

Stated differently ...

Economy of Madagascar
en.wikipedia.org

... Madagascar's GDP in 2015 was estimated at US$9.98 billion, with a per capita GDP of $411.82.[186][187]

Approximately 69 percent of the population lives below the national poverty line threshold of one dollar per day.[188] ...

So, where does the U.S. Import Vanilla Beans From?

Yeah, 78% from Madagascar.

And, how is the nation of Madagascar going to meet Pres Trump's stated goal of zero-deficit?

Or, are the bakeries in the US now in a panic because of a shortage of vanilla?

The Trump tariffs are forcing CEOs to lead through uncertainty. Here's how the best executives guide their teams in tough times
fortune.com

... Just a few months ago, as CEOs packed the front row at the U.S. presidential inauguration, the business mood was optimistic. The stock market was soaring, crypto was headed to the moon, Elon Musk was rooting out D.C. inefficiencies, and regulation was receding.

Today that optimism has been replaced with caution. This is not the same President Trump we've seen before. Once a novice to the gummed-up processes in Washington, he is now moving with the benefit of hindsight and four years' experience. This Trump is more powerful and faster at putting his agenda to work, removing barriers that previously held him back. ...

OK, stated differently, and a more direct answer to the question your current alias proffered ..,

Wanna make a bet of what tariff policies Pres Trump will state six days from now?

Your current alias is talking in a time frame of months, while the whimsical Pres Trump seems to work in a minute-by-minute time frame.

So, no, I'll not take your current alias up on that wager.

Charted: Stock market performance under Trump 2.0
www.axios.com

Yeah the chart in that article may be creating concerns for those who reply upon their privatized retirement funds.

en.wikipedia.org

...
Secretary of Defense

The Secretary of Defense designate is reviewed and presented to the full Senate by the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Robert Gates (2006 - 2011)

Robert Gates assumed the office of Secretary of Defense on December 18, 2006, under his predecessor then-President George W. Bush. The retention of Gates fulfilled Obama's pledge made on the campaign trail to have a Republican in his Cabinet.[69]

On December 1, 2008, President-elect Obama announced that Robert Gates would remain in his position as Secretary of Defense during his administration,[70] reportedly for at least the first year of Obama's presidency.[71]

Gates is the fourteenth Cabinet member in history to serve under two Presidents of different parties. One of the first priorities under President Barack Obama's administration for Gates was a review of U.S. policy and strategy in Afghanistan.[72] Gates, sixth in the presidential line of succession, was selected as designated survivor during Obama's inauguration.[73]
...

In the military in the US, the oath sworn is not to blindly obey orders, but to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." ( www.army.mil )

So, what happens when an order is given that runs counter to the oath sworn?

Beat Farmers - Happy Boy (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
I was walkin' down the street on a sunny day
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
A feelin' in my bones that I'll have my way
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

Well, I'm a happy boy, happy boy
Well, I'm a happy boy, happy boy
Oh ain't it good when things are goin' your way, hey hey?

My little dog Spot got hit by a car
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
Put his guts in a box and put him in a drawer
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

Well, I'm a happy boy, happy boy
Well, I'm a happy boy, happy boy
Oh ain't it good when things are goin' your way, hey hey?

I forgot all about it for a month and a half
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba
I looked in the drawer and started to laugh
Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba

Cause I'm a happy boy, happy boy
Well, I'm a happy boy, happy boy
Oh ain't it good when things are goin' your way, hey hey?
...

1) it is good to see that your current trolling alias seems to have noted the difference between ~EVERY comment here is based on a gd lie~ ( drudge.com ) and ~you all are liars.~ Congrats on that.

2) please be specific about the "GD lie" that is being repeated. And also, for bonus points, why your current alias thinks it is a lie.

thx.

OpEd: China's Economy Is in Deep Trouble (February 2025)
www.newsweek.com

... "China's economy is confronting a crisis unlike any it has experienced since it opened its economy to the world more than four decades ago," the New York Times reported in September.

Why is the crisis so severe? For starters, China is currently having its 2008 downturn.

In 2008, China's President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao decided they would not allow the economy to suffer, so they embarked on perhaps the biggest stimulus program in history.

The result was historic overbuilding, and the country now has too much of almost everything. For instance, He Keng, a former senior statistics official, in 2023 publicly revealed that China had enough vacant apartments to house the entire population of 1.4 billion people. He noted that some believed that empty homes could hold three billion.

To deal with the severe imbalance, some Chinese localities are demolishing newly completed but vacant apartment buildings. Yet this is only a temporary fix. After all, destroyed buildings cannot produce revenue to pay for their construction and demolition. ...

But ... how does that affect the exports the US seems to be so reliant upon?