Category: economics and politics
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Buy sign for bitcoin; Paul Krugman says it’s a bust
Hahaha. The former opnion writer for the NY Times – now has a substack column as he seems to have left the Times by mutual agreement. Yes I know, he won the Nobel Prize – for ideas on International Trade, which in his mind made him an expert on everything. For years, begining in 2003,…
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Venezuela approves amnesty for political prisoners – short video
This is good news – hoping things work out for the best for Venezuela.
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Supreme Court 6-3 strikes down Trump tariffs
However it only effects the “emergency” tariffs. The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country. It’s the first major piece of Trump’s broad agenda to come squarely before the nation’s highest court, which he helped shape with the appointments…
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Sec. of State Rubio on working with Europe
First, 45 seconds; the end of his speech at the annual Munich Security Conference. Then a CBS report on the conference, also short. And this on CBS
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Tired of individualism? Experience the warmth of collectivism!
Taking on Mamdani’s inaugural address comment – “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Artificial Intelligence build up.
I use AI every day (Gemini and Perplexity) and it is going to ultimately save my office some real money.
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“Japan’s Prime Minister, seeking closer US ties, wins landslide election victory.”
From the Wall Street Journal – The Prime Minister’s Liberal Democratic Party will have a majority on its own in a rebuke to Beijing. Ms. Takaichi comes out of the LDP’s conservative, pro-American wing. She favors more defense spending, which is urgently needed given China’s vast military buildup. So far she has managed President Trump’s…
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Senator Fetterman on his harshest critics
This is a zero surprise. Fetterman a rare thoughtful, moderate Democrat politician. So it’s obvious who spews hate. Shows you how clueless Dana Bash is, working in her little echo chamber.