Some topics deserve a mention but not a full article and that’s what quick takes are for.
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I’ve written about US ship building problems before, but it’s not just about that, the Navy is retiring ships faster than they are being built. (And yes, China is building them way faster than it is retiring them.)
The US Navy is retiring ships faster than it builds them. pic.twitter.com/UXQkiKht9O
— Russ Greene (@GreenPlusAnE) January 25, 2024
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Seems that the extra surveillance for the Paris Olympics will become permanent. Surveillance state, HO!
Offered without comment:
Layoffs in a picture: pic.twitter.com/Xc39jpTa3H
— Aakash Gupta (@aakashg0) October 22, 2024
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Add to, “what a mystery!” and “Who would have expected!”
The analysis revealed that the mortality rate of Americans ages 1 to 19 rose by 11% between 2019 and 2020 and an additional 8% between 2020 and 2021.
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The new BYD Seagull EV costs $9,700 American, though that price is only really available to Chinese, they kick it up a lot even for countries without tariffs.
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ASML’s CEO previously indicated he expect China to learn how to make lithography machines and that ASML and the West would eventually lose essentially the entire market. What he didn’t say is that once China can make these machines, they’ll then take the entire non-Western market too. Truly sanctions stupidity.
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