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Retired; Part Time lecturer @ Columbia; Former Wall St. managing director; UW Badgers, Tufts Jumbos. If I had one of those coat-of-arms doohickies, I'd want the inscription to read: "ubi democratia regnat, vita vincit et humanitas viget." or "mmm donuts
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Clearly, Mr. Garcia violated the Fakakta Act of 2037.

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Merz: „Tomorrow is June 6, the D-Day anniversary, when the Americans ended the war in Europe.“ Trump: „That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day.“ Merz: „This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship.“

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Breakups are hard, but at least they didn't have kids together.

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Ok, they can both rot in hell as far as I'm concerned, but it's a funny irony that Trump is threatening to use the levers of government powers to harm someone for...mean tweets. #Elmogeddon #TrumpMusk

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Elon translated: 'My DOGE team killed agencies like USAID, letting millions die preventable deaths, and this is the thanks I get?'

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When the gummies kick in and you are miles from your own fridge.

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"MERIT"

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Thread on psychological warfare 1/n I posit the Ukr destruction of strategic bombers is Russia's psychological moment turning point when ordinary Russians affected by privations & gov suspicions might understand they cannot win their war of aggression. Firstly here's what happened at Kerch bridge

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“Almost every principle to which Republicans once professed fealty has been jettisoned. The party is now devoted to the abuse of power and to vengeance.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: The White House’s campaign against the Congressional Budget Office is veering into the ridiculous. What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.

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The Gosplan Commissariat must review carefully before (normally automatically released) data are released to the public. When will other normally unhindered economic data releases face the same loving scrutiny by the administration? #Econsky www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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Trump seeks bailout from the effect of his policies #Econsky www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/t...

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After decades of denying climate change GOP moves on to denying climate, period.

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Yarvin as Cliff Clavin ("Cheers").

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We're not, as politicians like to claim, 'building the plane while flying it,' but disassembling the plane while flying it.

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Back from our trip to Portugal's Algarve - couple of econ-ish notes 1) BYD EVs are available (unlike US) and popular (~20% of our Uber rides were in BYD SUVs) 2) Even with the plunging $, Portugal's still inexpensive 3) It's hotter on the hiking trails than the air-temp indicates - bring water

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Locally, several Rhode Island cities are part of this Flock police cam network, including Cranston. @riaclu.bsky.social has been warning and lobbying against for several years now.

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Peter Pan had Tinkerbell. We get TACObell

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On again. Off again. On again. Welcome to decision making under uncertainty. #econsky www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/b...

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“Nice car company you got here…”

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Yo….Tapper!

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Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."

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Taken on my morning walk: Just a lonely roadside attraction by a construction site in the Algarve.

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For a threat to be effective, it must be credible. #TACO negates all credibility that markets afford the threats. That’s the problem, markets are comprised of dispassionate players, regardless of how he tries to spin it. #econsky

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#econsky #finsky

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There is a world of difference between managing a money market fund (buy lots of very safe very short term assets), and managing a money market in some other moving ‘currency.’ This is NOT a likely dollar “force multiplier,” especially under Trumpian volatility www.cnbc.com/2025/05/28/j...

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One way to read this is that the senate utterly failed to exercise their authority, pro or con. The just pussied out - GOP sens because they’re too scared of Elmo & Trump. Dem sens because they’re too afraid of making non-poll-tested decisions. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/m...

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Weird that social media posts promoting bigotry or violence are not disqualifying for politicians. But social media posts criticizing policies of politicians may be disqualifying for student visas.

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Gosplan 2025

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Trump offers Canada imaginary thing in exchange for tangible concessions. Magic-beans-for-sale diplomacy

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Totally humiliating but accurate acronym #TACO #TrumpAlwaysChickensOut Investors may have a rightward lean, but it comes down to what makes money -TACO is seen as easy money

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Accurate..

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The AI argument in a nutshell: “We must protect our IP.” “You must give us your IP.”

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Trump is more a combination of a central planner and Gladys Kravitz

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(Vaguely European narrator voice): The FAFO bird is not normally aggressive, but has the douchenozzle as its natural enemy. When annoyed by the douchenozzle, the FAFO will attack

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