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mahatmakanejeeves

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103. Still laughing.

Reply to BillZBubb (Reply #18)

Fri May 13, 2016, 08:29 AM

May 2016

Here, let me plug in this power strip with the counterfeit UL label so I get some more light to see what I'm doing.

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What does the US import that, if cut off, would decrease our quality of life? [View all] AngryAmish May 2016 OP

Seasonal workers. n/t LisaM May 2016 #1

Jamon Serrano. AngryAmish May 2016 #2

Blue fin tuna.. pangaia May 2016 #3

... with a dash of dolphin meat. Buzz Clik May 2016 #6

geez...ok, where I live it's yellow fin or albacore...you are saying there is Laura PourMeADrink May 2016 #86

I am speaking of sashimi and sushi, not canned tuna. :>))) pangaia May 2016 #98

Careful what you wish for. Fracking made our independence from the ME possible. Buzz Clik May 2016 #4

so we traded energy for dirty water and earthquakes. joy. Viva_La_Revolution May 2016 #46

According to Anthony Bourdain, fine restaurants (Ecuadoran cooks). WinkyDink May 2016 #5

LOL !!!!!!!!!! pangaia May 2016 #101

All electronic gadgets Ohioblue22 May 2016 #7

We could make any electronic product here we wanted to. BillZBubb May 2016 #12

China has all the rare earth elements Ohioblue22 May 2016 #20

Rare earths were an exception noted in the OP. BillZBubb May 2016 #26

Or mine the moon Ohioblue22 May 2016 #41

They get them from Africa XemaSab May 2016 #81

We could make them here, but we are hooked on low wages. AngryAmish May 2016 #24

There are no mass produced televisions available in the U.S. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #28

Trump products and clothing, Ivanka's line, and Melania's line of jewelry, as it is, already we poor braddy May 2016 #8

Yep, rare earths and a few other crucial natural resources. BillZBubb May 2016 #9

Coffee FuzzyRabbit May 2016 #10

Hawaii produces some good coffee. BillZBubb May 2016 #15

Hawai'i and Puerto Rico grow it KamaAina May 2016 #16

Neither are my cup of tea Major Nikon May 2016 #71

Why do you hate America so much? KamaAina May 2016 #93

I see what you did there. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #104

^^^^^^+^ safeinOhio May 2016 #17

We have some rare earths, as does Canada. KamaAina May 2016 #11

Hooray! Rare earth mining! FrodosPet May 2016 #80

Is it worse than any other type of mining? KamaAina May 2016 #92

poisonous wallboard, toxic flooring, lead in cosmetics and much more... Angel Martin May 2016 #13

That is great toothpaste--your teeth never get cold! BillZBubb May 2016 #18

Still laughing. mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #103

And foodstuffs with 100% of the RDA of melamine KamaAina May 2016 #19

Bananas and some medications. jwirr May 2016 #14

Again, Hawai'i has bananas. KamaAina May 2016 #21

Computers, televisions, watches. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #22

Clothing and computers could start up pretty fast if the investors were sure of an economic return. 1939 May 2016 #50

How are the working poor going to pay $15.00 for a Fruit Of The Loom t-shirt during the transition? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #53

Your price was mostly accurate, but I did find these 3 for $15.00 underwear that seem to be braddy May 2016 #58

I bought a Lenovo 15.8 laptop computer with 8 gig of memory for three hundred dollars DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #62

8 gig? Doesn't seem like much. I'm no expert, but mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #108

Not sure how fast it would be. 1939 May 2016 #65

If only it were so simple. Egnever May 2016 #90

Tariffs. No thanks. FDR lowered them. Progressive countries now don't use them. pampango May 2016 #112

FDR said that at a time when tariffs supported corporation profits 1939 May 2016 #115

Corporations have proven to make profits with high tariffs and low. That is not the issue. pampango May 2016 #116

We can cut anything off if we are willing to pay the price and are prepared to fight the world. Hoyt May 2016 #23

Do you think the rest of the world will sit idly by as we economically starve them? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #29

Downton Abbey? Warren DeMontague May 2016 #25

Bond. . pkdu May 2016 #27

Foyle's War CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #30

Oh wait.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #35

CZ 75's ileus May 2016 #31

Oooh... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #36

Oil. (nt) NeoGreen May 2016 #32

Jeez, my first thought was coffee... CTyankee May 2016 #33

As a northern Californian, I must respectfully insist that you could make do with domestic vino. KamaAina May 2016 #60

Yessir! CTyankee May 2016 #100

Common sense? reason? Logic? Critical thought? Hayduke Bomgarte May 2016 #34

Bingo. you win the lotto !!!! pangaia May 2016 #105

Opiates Gomez163 May 2016 #37

DDR German Shepherds ileus May 2016 #38

I don't suppose DDR means "Detroit Dog Rescue"? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #120

rubber Katashi_itto May 2016 #39

Petroleum Imports Are Increasing jamese777 May 2016 #40

Coffee, shoes, cloth, car parts, electronics parts, most light rail vehicles, pharmaceuticals, Warpy May 2016 #42

Re: light rail vehicles. mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #109

Boston nursed along 1940s trolley cars until the late 1970s, early 1980s Warpy May 2016 #117

Lots of stuff starting with minerals TexasProgresive May 2016 #43

Single malt scotch. MgtPA May 2016 #44

We can make that as well. cloudbase May 2016 #45

I learned something new today, thanks! MgtPA May 2016 #68

Enjoy! cloudbase May 2016 #75

It matters less where hooch is made these days Major Nikon May 2016 #87

I was thinking Irish Whiskey and Mescal. Hoyt May 2016 #79

Tea GulfCoast66 May 2016 #47

IBERICO forever !!!! pangaia May 2016 #106

Tea. Igel May 2016 #48

Isn't tea a species of camellia? KamaAina May 2016 #59

Too cold GulfCoast66 May 2016 #88

They make violin bows out of pernambuco wood. Manifestor_of_Light May 2016 #72

Nothing panader0 May 2016 #49

Roquefort cheese. guillaumeb May 2016 #51

The only reason maple syrup is so expensive is the Canadian syrup cartel. AngryAmish May 2016 #63

Syrup making is very labor intensive. guillaumeb May 2016 #118

Vermont has fantastic maple syrup karynnj May 2016 #95

Roquefort is my personal favorite. Thus my response. guillaumeb May 2016 #119

A better question is what don't we import Egnever May 2016 #52

Everything. Skinner May 2016 #54

Video Games NobodyHere May 2016 #55

giunness Demonaut May 2016 #56

LOL ! but with you on the Guiness Laura PourMeADrink May 2016 #84

North America is not self-sufficient in oil muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #57

Oil (35% of US imports come from Middle East/Asia/Africa/Europe) Spider Jerusalem May 2016 #61

We're pretty good at adapting to these kinds of situations. KamaAina May 2016 #64

Single Malt Scotch... NT OneBlueDotBama May 2016 #66

would other countries let you use their markets, with no labor benefits? La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #67

No one is saying isolation, PPL. Scootaloo May 2016 #69

How do you achieve that without tarifs? Egnever May 2016 #91

Indeed that is what Sweden does and it trades twice as much as the US. pampango May 2016 #96

Sex toys Major Nikon May 2016 #70

Good chocolate. Manifestor_of_Light May 2016 #73

Out of season fruits and vegetables TexasMommaWithAHat May 2016 #74

BBC JHB May 2016 #76

Apple computes and Iphones. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #77

Coffee and Chocolate. n/t Lodestar May 2016 #78

Shoes and clothing bhikkhu May 2016 #82

where are Ked's made? Laura PourMeADrink May 2016 #85

Here, but the soles are imported rubber bhikkhu May 2016 #89

omg....sorry (think we could live without everything except oil, I guess) but Laura PourMeADrink May 2016 #83

No idea. I am not Amish. AngryAmish May 2016 #97

In Pennsylvania, rogerashton May 2016 #113

Not much. That's why we trade less than any other country. Not many people want to cut us off from pampango May 2016 #94

Nice observation about isolationist versus internationlist. randome May 2016 #99

Puer tea. pangaia May 2016 #102

All these nibbles ignore the two word, complete, answer whatthehey May 2016 #107

Bicycle drive train components mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #110

VanGoghs mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #111

Folks in other nations need to live too!!! DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #114

Short Term or Long Term? One_Life_To_Give May 2016 #121