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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 13:11
Today (March 20, 2025), the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Labour Force, Australia – for February 2025. The contraction in overall employment growth, the participation rate, and the employment-population ratio are all signs of a deteriorating situation. Unemployment always lags behind the employment dynamics because of the participation rate movements, which means…
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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 06:45
How To Do Tariffs Right (Trump The Moron Edition)

One of the ways that Trump reminds me of Bush Jr. is that you never want him to do anything you agree with, because he’ll fuck it up and discredit it. Trump’s tariffs are the platonic essence of fucking up a good idea.

Let’s run thru this:

Companies and individuals need predictability. Everyone has pointed this out, but it’s still true. You can’t lay on new production if you don’t know if the tariffs are here to stay or not.

It takes time to increase production so tariffs should come in like a lamb. Personally I’d have most tariffs increase by 1% every month or two, depending on how long a specific type of production takes to increase, until it reached my target. Companies can’t just spawn in new production, this isn’t a video game.

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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 04:56
The recording to the UTS ACRI panel discussion can be accessed via this link: With a 20% tariff (this includes an additional 10%) imposed on Chinese imports by the Trump Administration, the Chinese Government has remained defiant and hit back by announcing that it would not shy away and concede any fight (trade or otherwise) Continue reading »
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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 04:53
Czeslaw Milosz, lawyer, poet, acclaimed author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature 1980, and central figure in the Polish resistance during the Nazi occupation 1940-45, wrote this: ‘This book was written in 1951/2 in Paris when the majority of French intellectuals resented their country’s dependence on American help…Its subject is the vulnerability of the twentieth century Continue reading »
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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 04:52
In our post-truth world, the art of messing with words has been perfected. When the Ramallah-based Ishtar Theatre issued a global call to creatives of all disciplines to join the cultural intifada in solidarity with the Palestinian people, I responded by writing a series of poems. Words under Occupation is an act of resistance and Continue reading »
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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 04:00

“President Trump’s promised immigration crackdown is here. Over the past two weeks, his administration has pushed against the limits of executive power—and surpassed them, critics say—to kick more people out of the country.”
New York Times

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For far too long, Democrats have been suppressing free speech. They’ve tried to cancel right-wing pundits under the guise of “hate speech” or “shouting fire in a crowded theater” simply for voicing perfectly reasonable opinions like “Jews control the weather” or “the COVID vaccine makes your penis fall off.”

We Republicans, on the other hand, are free-speech absolutists who would never try to cancel someone for sharing their beliefs. Unless you disagree with us, in which case, you’re obviously a terrorist.

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Thu, 20/03/2025 - 04:00

“President Trump’s promised immigration crackdown is here. Over the past two weeks, his administration has pushed against the limits of executive power—and surpassed them, critics say—to kick more people out of the country.”
New York Times

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For far too long, Democrats have been suppressing free speech. They’ve tried to cancel right-wing pundits under the guise of “hate speech” or “shouting fire in a crowded theater” simply for voicing perfectly reasonable opinions like “Jews control the weather” or “the COVID vaccine makes your penis fall off.”

We Republicans, on the other hand, are free-speech absolutists who would never try to cancel someone for sharing their beliefs. Unless you disagree with us, in which case, you’re obviously a terrorist.