www.theatlantic.com Trump Has Already Botched His Own Bad Tariff Plan
Once you’ve said you might negotiate, nobody is going to believe you when you change your mind and say you’ll never negotiate.
Donald Trump had a plan. It was not a good plan, or even a plausible one. But it was, at least, a coherent plan: By imposing large trade barriers on the entire world, he would create an incentive for American business to manufacture and grow all the goods the country previously imported.
Whatever chance this plan had to succeed is already over.
The key to making it work was to convince businesses that the new arrangement is durable. Nobody is going to invest in building new factories in the United States to create goods that until last week could be imported more cheaply unless they’re certain that the tariffs making the domestic version more competitive will stay in place. (They’re probably not going to do it anyway, in part because they don’t know who will be president in four years, but the point is that confidence in durable tariffs is a necessary condition.)
But not everybody got the idea. Eric Trump tweeted, “I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a tra
Assassination Attempt On Putin? Alleged Video Of Explosion In Russia President's Limo Surfaces
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
bylinetimes.com Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25925641
A former senior Soviet KGB spy chief has claimed that Donald Trump was recruited as a spy by Russian intelligence as early as 38 years ago by his department, and given the codename ‘Krasnov’.
In an extraordinary post on Facebook on 20 February, Alnur Mussayev – who used to run the successor to the Soviet-era KGB in Kazakhstan – claimed that he was personally aware of Trump’s recruitment by the agency in 1987.
The recruitment, he said, was undertaken by his own KGB department. One of the key roles of that department was to acquire intelligence through business leaders in Western countries.
Alexey Navalny uncovered a lot of it.
Time for Europe to man up and show the middle finger.
He's the alpha, Trumps the beta cuck. And he's in on the inner machinations of the real seat of power.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xo-yjYE5eZA
https://bsky.app/profile/realitista.bsky.social/post/3li2etoup7z26
TIL about this 19-foot grand piano with the longest bass strings in the world – and it sounds huge
www.classicfm.com This 19-foot piano has the longest bass strings in the world – and it sounds huge
A beast of a piano, twice the length of a concert hall Steinway – and just listen to its incredible, deep sound.
Every Radiohead album as described by Peep Show
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23909193
Okay this must be sabotage or something? Pretty big coincidence to have so many so quickly.
The tradition of gift giving at Yule predates capitalism and even Christ. So while it's capitalist today, the tradition can be celebrated in a non capitalist way by giving your loved ones handmade spears and axes.
It should be unsurprising that he's trying to destroy other major economies around the world, seeing as that's the policy of those who he's aligned himself with politically.
gizmodo.com Computer Programmer Named 'Person of Interest' in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Social media profiles for Luigi Mangione include work in computer science.
A 26-year-old man identified as Luigi Mangione arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania has been identified as the person of interest in the Dec. 4 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to the New York Times. Mangione was arrested with what police have described as a “manifesto,” according to the Times, as well as a firearm described as a ghost gun, a weapon assembled from parts either purchased individually or sometimes 3D printed.
Mangione was arrested, roughly 400 miles west of New York City, on firearms charges but has not been charged with the death of Thompson, according to the Times. He was reportedly carrying “multiple” fake IDs.
You're meaning to tell me that you think that somehow just the police having a photo is enough to catch the guy? You don't think they need the help of other people for tips in finding him? Kindly explain the reward then..
Why make their job any easier than it needs to be?
I wish people would stop posting his photo. This is just helping the police to find him. I'm downvoting all posts with his face.
Russia's War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits
foreignpolicy.com Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits
Key weapons are running out as Moscow tries to mobilize ever more labor and resources.
TIL antiperspirant works better if applied at night before bed
www.theatlantic.com Your Armpits Are Trying to Tell You Something
The best time to apply antiperspirant is right before bed. Seriously.
No, comics are the primary legitimate source of facts so I'm sure it's true.
I'm sure TSMC would become untenable if either the US stopped buying or selling to them, though I tend to disagree and think that not licensing US tech would kill them faster. I'm pretty sure that much of that tech is not available from anywhere else and would just cause a full stop of their business, at least for some time. It's easier to survive on lower revenue than it is on a fully shuttered assembly line.
There is likely a lot of US tech in that chip. TSMC is just a fab, they don't have a lot of their own technology, they buy thousands of pieces of tech from all over the world to make their chips. A lot of that comes from the US.
A smart businessman would make sure to tell them they need to leave anything pointy on the ground.
Removed
I guess we doin'
I am curious how you decide to make the leap from pianos to automobiles, though..
I know :-(. Let the enshittification proceed.
I'd much rather have upgradeable RAM and SSD thanks.
I did.
Well done, you are a better internet sleuth than me!