Thanks. I had been guessing it was the cost of the scientific expeditions on this island, paid by an American university or something, and somehow calculated as imports. But yeah, 1.4m$ im machinery and electrics from an uninhabited island indeed smells fishy.

I had a catalogue once from a convenience food supplier for commercial kitchens. It was a very interesting read. Imagine chicken broth powder in buckets of 10kg, no idea how much broth this makes. Frozen stuff of all kinds, up to “grilled fish” of some sort, to be regenerated in a warm water bath, complete with fake grill stripes. Absolutely crazy stuff.

As he based his numbers on trade deficits, I wonder what was actually imported from an uninhabited island. Is there a public source where this might stem from?

It is obviously a waste of money, as the money goes to poor people, and not to the billionaires.

Wiping out the Republicans? I don’t see a downside with that.

To be expected. Any company will think twice before investing in something that is only profitable as long as the random policy of the day baby in the White House keeps the tariffs up against any economical sense.

I’ve heard it being a bit snobbish and outdated, despite having newer editions, but I will look into it. Thanks for the tip.

So they already assigned a scapegoat for Trumps deranged ideas?

Thanks. I think it is quite well made, and I would love authors read this before they hand in their manuscripts…

here have been steps made to ensure that something like that can obviously never happen again

With ‘something’ being leaks to the press, obviously, not war crimes or glaring mishamdling of sensitive information - something the last Trump administration was big on, remember all those Top Secret files in Mar-a-Lago?

A question from a non-native speaker: Is there a definitve guide on American punctuation somewhere? I always wonder about American use of punctuation inside single quotes when quoting a term instead of a sentence, and some other cases where I see different intepretations of punctuation.

Trousers are plural because originally they were only a pair of legs (without anything between!) and were tied to a belt.

EDIT: Originally Celtic, “Brax” or latinized “Bracae”, IIRC.

Yes. That was one of the goals.

I own one, and I have read it.

Two: I am missing the boombox experience, and Blockbuster never made it to my country.

And that he would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.

Well, if it pains him: good, continue.

Boy, that was before I could afford a C64 with the money I made with my first computer.

That sounds like a double whammy to piss of voters. They definitely act as if future elections wont matter anymore.

Been there, seen that, but got no T-shirt