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It's completely crazy that being for the working class and poor and making that your political identity seems to be viewed as a radical position.

The worst part about this is how caustic American politics has become. We are being propogandized to want to murder each other over stuff that can be solved by earnest dialogue and good faith cooperation. I'm trying to stay optimistic in thinking most people would be willing to do that if we...

Man, I want to unload on this but I don't want to be the one that turns this into a shitshow. I'll just say that even seemingly brilliant people can make bad choices for themselves.

I do like the Merman and it's a unique take on the Klon. But, I'll be the first to agree that VFE are generally not easy builds, and I've built probably 40 of them, haha. Some are much easier than others, though.

You should visit my home page since it hasn't changed in the last 7 years. I'm a veteran and I can see forever.

Sorry, I only engage in Psychic Wars.

Oh FFS. Pardon me, I'm going to go scream into a pillow.

I'm loyal too due to the convenience, quality and price. I'd happily give that business to an American manufacturer if they could compete, but they simply can't. I don't expect this trade war crap to change that one bit because there is no plan at all to protect and preserve small businesses...

I think this is my plan at this point. The de minimis is surely gone maybe forever but the current tariff rate is not going to last. We're just a couple months from empty shelves.

Rumor mill is saying there will be some scaling back on the 145% soon. BigBox CEOs are giving the admin a riot act.

I took my last delivery today before the tariff bomb goes off. Wait...wtf? Legume Liaison I only just noticed this, LOL.

DHL is suspending delivery of packages over $800. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jx9ep5l63o.amp

The B is mid-gain, it appears. That tracks with other NPN that use A,B and C suffix. https://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=40871.0

Bottom feed3rs 4evr.

I use it for soldering resistor/cap sockets and toggle switches in place. But, I remove it after soldering one joint. That's usually plenty enough to hold a part in place while soldering the remaining contacts.