From Business Insider: Yesterday, analysts at the Bank of America said tariffs have raised prices for consumers. They wrote in a note that consumers have covered about 50% to 70% of the cost of levies to date and suggest tariffs …
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What Some Amazing People Have Done with Their Wealth
When one gets to arguing about the greatest baseball players of all time, or, in this case, the greatest rock guitarist, people’s blood gets to roiling. I’m willing to take that risk, and so here’s my assertion: it’s a three-way …
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Undersea Cabling
Many of us boomers grew up in the 1960s and can remember to our astonishment that the reason we could pick up our phone and call someone in Paris was the transAtlantic cable. Speaking for myself, it blew my mind …
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Do Rich People Seek Justification?
I’ve always admired this quote from one of history’s greatest economists. At this point, however, I think the “modern conservative” has no interest in “moral philosophy” or “justification” whatsoever. The rich and powerful, at least in the United States, have …
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DOGE: How Did That Work Out?
It’s only been a few months since Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) came and went. In case you’re worried about Musk, don’t be; he did just fine. From AI: Reports suggest that Musk’s companies have received billions in …
Trump Runs into Trouble with U.S. Farmers–But How MUCH Trouble?
This from the pro-democracy Lincoln Project, with a few comments below: First, Trump screwed over American soybean farmers with his pointless trade war with China. Now, Trump’s screwing over American ranchers by promising to import millions of dollars of Argentinian …
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Why Electricity Prices Will Soon Skyrocket
In this video, a gentleman explains why your monthly electric bill will, in a matter of a few years, exceed you mortgage payment. He starts out by explaining that “Trump hates renewables” and provides a statement from the president: “There …
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You and I Are Preventing Walmart Employees from Eating Out of Dumpsters, Living on the Streets
The owners of these organizations are among the wealthiest people on Earth (Walton family: $432 billion, Bezos: $231 billion). If that weren’t the case, the situation described at left might not be so disgusting.
As Anyone Could Have Predicted, Fox News Slams the “No Kings” Participants
Fox News host Jesse Watters has slammed No Kings protesters as ignorant trend-chasers who had “no idea why they’re there” — after admitting that his own mother was among their ranks. Here’s a question: Out of the ~7 million participants, does it ring true …
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The Consumers of Certain Products Are Definitely Not Progressive, and the Mustang May Be Among Them
Without doubt, there are product brands whose customers do not want modernity, especially to the degree that “modernity” means “woke.” As I told my mom when the scandal broke, I wouldn’t have associated Bud Light with anything even remotely woke, …
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