How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love
Investors believe that companies and industries in “red” areas will be hit harder by tariff blowback than those in “bluer” regions.
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Revolt Against Data Centers Spreading Around the World
Data centers’ rapidly rising resource demands is fuelling rising internatiional opposition.
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Gunboat Stupidity
For over a century, U.S. warships projected power through the simple act of showing up offshore. That age is ending. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, conceived as the modern tool of gunboat diplomacy, has collapsed under the weight of strategic obsolescence. This article examines the LCS program’s structural failures, the rise of anti-access/area denial technologies, and recent real-world challenges in Venezuela and Yemen that reveal why coercive naval presence no longer works.
Read more...Hogs at the AI Slop Trough, Gulf States, UFC Edition
Various hogs are lined up at the AI slop trough under the banner of Trump 2.0, including Elon Musk and various Gulf States.
Read more...The US Is “Getting a Real Strong Handle” on South America “in a Lot of Ways”, According to Trump
Does he mean handle or choke-hold?
Read more...Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
A look at some of the newest greenwashing phrases being road tested at COP30. The worst is many will go down easily.
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The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Peppermint Soda (1977) Run Time: 1H 40M Bonus: Original Poetry!
Welcome gentle reader to another installment of the Sunday Morning Movie. Today it’s a tender-hearted coming of age story about two young French sisters set during the political turmoil of the early 1960s. Also, a bit of poetry, a dark image of modern America that seems even more relevant given the state of things. Diabolo […]
Read more...Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy
CPI for food at home has surged by 30% since January 2020.
Read more...Economic Questions: The E F Schumacher Question
E F Schumacher of Small Is Beautiful, appeared influential in his heyday, yet his precepts seem not to have gotten a durable following. Why?
Read more...Exposing the Hidden US History Fueling Tariffs, Shutdowns, and National Breakdown
Political slugfests and current controversies show how flattering tales from US history undermine the pursuit of its citizens’ interests.
Read more...Wall Street Banks Come to the “Rescue” of Milei’s Argentina Just Days Before Make-or-Break Elections
A government run by former JP Morgan executives takes out a loan from current JPM executives (and other US banks). What could possibly go wrong?
Read more...Brain Rot 2: Legal Corruption, Cuomo Rascist AI Slop Edition
The term brain rot has been applied to LLMs and long covid but it’s also a useful term to describe the American legal system in the Trump 2.0 era.
Read more...Rob Urie: Democrats Who Created the Bad Status Quo Won’t Become Saviors
The Democrats as a and even the reason US policies are so contrary to the interests of most of the public.
Read more...The Personal Is the Political for Publishers and Presidents Alike
To better understand Presidents and the publishing business, it helps to analyze events through a lens of personal interests.
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