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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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 …
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.
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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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, …
Trade tensions continue to mount between the U.S. and China. This is sad, in that our trade relationship in agriculture with China was proceeding just fine, year after year. Notice the use of capitalization in “Economically Hostile Act,” as if …
Do savvy investors take advice from right-wing Trump-supporter talk-show hosts? “This is the age of faith, of hope and of God,” he says. And of gold too, I guess.
In virtually all arenas of technology in which there are (or were at one time) many different competitors, we inevitably reach the point that “the winners win and the losers lose.” In renewable energy, we recently said goodbye (except for …
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There are a few reasons that we in the United States don’t have high-speed rail; perhaps the main one is shown at left. China is a command (rather than market) economy, meaning that the government, rather than private enterprise, can …
Well, that depends. Do you think it’s a good idea to invest in a product you know nothing about, in a market you know nothing about? What about the people? A) You’ve never met any of them, and B) Their …
