thinkerman.bsky.social
Currently I fix electric delivery trikes. Not classically trained as a bike mechanic so I draw on my experience working with larger machines. Youtube is my friend. Minimal CO2 footprint. Friend of Ukraine. героям слава
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The Onion won’t even need to put a spin on it.
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That is going to be very expensive.
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It’s got that “first they came for” vibes but they’re making their way down list.
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So glad I was wrong about this.
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Sounds to me like Israel intends to nuke Iran. I think Trump could have applied leverage to prevent it. He just chose not to.
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He’s working on his next book - The Art of All War, No Deals.
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The Onion is branching out into non-fiction news.
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Slightly? So long as Russia says, “Oops, my bad. I didn’t mean to do that,” then it won’t be.
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You could try DataAnnotation. It’s sometimes interesting and sometimes boring but it can pay ok. I did it for a little while but I prefer work that is consistently interesting. It’s work from home.
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Thank you.
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Purely anecdotal, my mother died of covid pneumonia last week.
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If you’re a US citizen and you see ICE, just start running.
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It’s the same story going back to the Reagan days. Cut taxes, the economy will grow, government income will grow. It never quite works out as promised but Americans fall for it every time.
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I guess if I’m a foreign country, I might want to first see how this court case get’s decided before committing to a lasting trade deal.
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This was sad to watch. There’s no intelligence being used. It’s just a shoot anything that moves mentality.
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But who will protect the Marines from the scary civilians who say words?
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The police chief said grooming standards were slipping and imposed a requirement to watch 1 hair-cutting per week.
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My inclination is to think (especially with allied countries) these people will be used as political prisoners whose freedom will be granted in return for trade deals.
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I’m guessing this will be what replaces Social Security?
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Yes. But at the same time it will be worth 100 Euros.
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Huge fan.
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Ukraine has millions of perfectly fluent Russian speakers who can operate within Russia without raising suspicions. Drones are cheap. The only difficult aspect was to not lose any lives while doing it. I don’t think the US would have been able to help this operation even if they wanted to.
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The statute of limitations for insider trading is 10 years.
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The Republican party is the party that upholds tradition…. Ummm, what’s going on here? Who are these people who claim to be Republicans?
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How does one cut government spending while expanding programs? Lots of job creation but at the same reducing immigration? Meanwhile the birthrate in Canada is less than what is needed to keep the population from shrinking. I hope he succeeds but I don’t see how without adjustments.
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Why were the estimates so far off the mark?
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For anyone looking for a parallel of what to expect next, we had a supply shock several years ago and the result was inflation.
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Assume Canada (population 1/10 as as big as the US) is somehow able to increase port traffic by 50%. That 50% increase in Canada would only represent 5% of the normal ship traffic for the US. Canada can’t save America even if we try to.
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Maybe some ship traffic could be diverted to Vancouver but I don’t think they have the capacity to take on a significant portion of goods normally sent to the US west coast.
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If Russia is allowed into the G7 (making it G8), then 6 of the members should leave.
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GABA maybe? Not medical advice. Do your own research.
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It would be a shame if China placed an export tariff on iPhone exports to the US.
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Putting two equal notations kinda messes up his argument, too. He could have laid out his math a little better.
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What is 50% of 100? 50, right? What is 50% of 50? 25, right? Now apply the same logic if you decrease 100 by 50% and then increase the resulting number by 50%, what do you get?
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I mean, maybe axe the payroll department?
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Those iPhone prices sure do go up fast, don’t they?
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Yes. It can be done. If North Korea can do it, the US certainly can too.
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a tremendous advantage over other countries and pretty much forces other countries to keep paying for America’s government deficit spending. For a long time the rest of the world went along with this arrangement because America was the “good guys” who saved the world in WW2. 4/
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In the current situation where USD are used for trade, when one country has a trade deficit with another, the country with a trade surplus ends up in the possession of USD. These dollars are often used to purchase US treasuries. This is how using USD as the world’s reserve currency gives the US 3/
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In such a scenario where the US is no longer trading with foreign countries, there is no longer much reason for foreign countries to continue using the USD for their trade. The US is kept alive by foreign countries funding the US government deficit spending. 2/
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I respectfully disagree. The US does not need to compete with other countries if they end all imports and give up on the idea of exporting. But however expensive it is to make a widget in the US will be reflected in the final cost to the consumer. Massive inflation will be the result. 1/
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There’s ketchup on all the walls tonight. And relish. And mustard. Sauces everywhere.
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But isn’t selling stocks like saying I have no confidence in Wall St, and buying bonds like saying I have confidence in the government? What if I have no confidence in either?
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The way it used to be is trust in America. Reversing tariffs does not bring trust back.
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Yawn… Wake me up when tariffs hit 1,000%.
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Love it.
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It took me nearly half a century but I finally figured out how to make dandelions taste decent if anyone is curious.
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Turnip greens are delicious, especially fall planted ones that overwinter. Done this way you get a super early Spring crop of greens.
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While I agree with you, it is MAGA that needs to be convinced. It’s too early for that to happen. They still have faith in their leader.
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If you stop importing, you won’t have a deficit. It’s that simple. Just stop buying things.