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Once deadly to humans in the 1600s, nostalgia now kills economies. Whenever leaders fling history in reverse, like China and Japan’s long isolation, pre-WWI Europe, or Nazi Germany, jobs vaporize and nostalgia morphs into something uglier. Longing for yesterday’s world never works.

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Putin's state media now openly mocking Donald.

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"There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either" - Robert Graves

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“The headline decline overstates weakness because a lot of that was tariff-induced pull-forward. Overall, I think that it was a relatively solid underlying report when it comes to demand.” - Shannon Grein, Vice President, Economist, Wells Fargo Corporate and Investment Banking

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I don’t believe JD Vance killed the Pope. Also, he deserves his day in court, regardless of any group chat consensus on extradition to El Salvador.

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"Britons are skilled at navigating the humiliation unleashed by political and market chaos — allow us to give you some tips" (gift link)

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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

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Current US tariffs TL;DR 🇨🇳=125% 🌏=10% 🇷🇺=0%

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Did not expect this today, but it does feel like progress.

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Ukraine captures Chinese soldiers allied with Russian invaders. (gift link)

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Watching Peter Navarro on TV, architect of Trump's economic plan that's crashing the markets. No one has asked about his invented fake economist "Ron Vara" in order to show that other economists supporting tariffs. This links to the Wikipedia section on "Ron Vara."

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“In short this is both stupid and destructive.”

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The best in baseball fail 7 out of 10 times at bat. Learning how to fail teaches you get back up, whether that’s after striking out with the bases loaded or setting the record for the most losses in a season. I always feel that much better and more optimistic on opening day. Play ball!

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Alternative tariff proposal.

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Moving fast and breaking things.

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"Most people hate changing their minds, but I like to change my mind. It means I’ve learned something.” - Daniel Kahneman

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"The only efficient diplomacy with Russia was what Al Capone said, the only good negotiation is when you have a gun on the table." - Dovilė Šakalienė, Minister of National Defence, Lithuania

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“Putin went through a hell of a lot with me.” - President Donald J. Trump, February 28, 2025, addressing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House

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I don't agree with everything in this French article (Google translation linked) but this sentence hit me: "The US is one of the only great democracies to have never experienced a totalitarian episode. It was almost inevitable for it to happen at least once in its history."

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Putin being handed everything he wants by the US.

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Accepting the current reality is the first step in moving ahead. Take that step, and know that we have not yet charted the final destination. What's next is up to us.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Sam Altman's 3 Observations on AGI "Agency, willfulness, and determination will likely be extremely valuable. Correctly deciding what to do [...] will have huge value; resilience and adaptability will be helpful skills to cultivate." blog.samaltman.com/three-observ...

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50 tips for better travel. Always go to the furthest location first, then work your way back. Offer to pay your taxi to visit their mother. Eat what healthy-looking locals are having. Memories are the best souvenirs, record them. Be humble with strangers: "Being good to them brings out their good.”

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There were four Indo-Pak wars after the partition that the WSJ is using as an example of successful relocation: 1948, 1965, 1971, and 1999.

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“Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.” - Bertolt Brecht

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🔥 AMAZING. Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia. It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.

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"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper." - Francis Bacon, Apophthegms

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Wait, what? "During the peak era of leaded gasoline in the United States — from the late 1960s to the early 1980s — lead pollution was so heavy that the average level for a child [...] corresponded to a decline in IQ of nine points"

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Khinkali. That is all. In Vilnius. Lithuania. Ugruzina.

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The Kremlin’s Razor: When Russia categorically denies a conspiracy, the likelihood of its validity increases.

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There’s a BBC Christmas Food Channel. This almost makes up for Brexit.

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This is all going to end very very badly. Just a question of when and how bad.

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A Texas-centric article that also provides a much wider perspective: why "y'all" should be more broadly adopted.

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Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."

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Trump: I’m announcing plans to make the Washington Monument Roger Stone’s new sex toy Democrats: This is outrageous! Trump hasn’t filled out form 746C and he’s violating the Antique Marital Aid Act of 1804! Ben Franklin once said…

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Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken: Vaccines are a miracle and amazing

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The president-elect’s focus on loyalty over competence feels more Rudolf Hess than Heinrich Himmler – more clown shoes than jackboots.

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Very satisfying to see the rookie show off in MSG. Boomshakalaka. #buzelis #chicagobulls

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Well I'm fucked.

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