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I like both Stoic and Buddhist philosophy, electronics, IT, woodworking, and generally just pondering life. I also have been known to say Ni! and I like little white picket fences, not too big, not too small. Avoid salmon mousse.
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Actions have consequences. It's FAFO season and every day is a new episode. One big problem for USA is - the damage is done. It now does not really matter if Trump walks every bad idea back to before it began. The trust is broken. And that will take decades and decades to regain even a fraction of.

omni.se/a/zA11O4 Estonia is not releasing the suspected shadow fleet ship. It's been found to be stateless (no flag), have 40 faults of which 17 relate to sea-worthiness. It's possible Estonia will do a Germany and confiscate the ship, in the interest of safety. Time will tell.

omni.se/a/Mnbblm Despite the tariff pause, the 25% on cars is still there. And it can end up costing the USA car industry around 100Bn USD per year. That will kill the USA car industry in a few years. Their margins isn't anything like the software industry, so this hurts.

omni.se/a/73GGa4 USA's collonial bullying. In latest mineral agreement draft, they hid a demand to take over the gas pipeline that run through Ukraine. Ukraine is savvier than that. And it shows how underhand and untrustworthy this regime in USA is. No point creating agreements with USA for now.

omni.se/a/AvMMoM Analysis: Trump's wounded - Europe need unity. Two options available, save Trump with a 3rd rate trade agreement that he can boast about, or create a new trade order out of the wreckage of the old. I say option B - new trade order. @ec.europa.eu

Xi will not waste this opportunity. I may not like, nor agree with, Xi - his record on human rights is terrible - but in this specific moment and on the topic of trade and USA - he is right. China may play the trade game as well as the next country, i.e. bend the rules to their favour.

Nice to see you here @sanders.senate.gov If you ever make it to Sweden, I will gladly get you a cup of coffee, freshly brewed, or if you'd prefer, a nice cold hefeweissen.

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Here's what I don't get. McCarthy-ism is alive and well in USA. It is rare to have a conversation with a usaian about politics without some of the old McCarthy tropes surfacing. No why does USA seem hell-bent on emulating all the worst parts of USSR and annected territories?

omni.se/a/vgK1wp Welcome to Stasi. If you are a government employee in USA, you should spy on co-workers and snitch if they harbour "anti-christian sentiment". Not that it will be abused or anything, just like in East Germany before the wall fell.

omni.se/a/o3Gz27 Stormwarning in China. Beijing is expected to see a sharp drop in temperatures and strong winds from the north, up to 40m/s. The warning says "light people (under 50kg) can blow away".