To understand how tariffs are going to hit various economies, you need to understand how neoliberal era trade and production was set up. In the old world supply chains were much less integrated. In general, if you made it in your country, your supply chain was in your country. There were always some exceptions, especially for resources like nickel and copper and uranium and so on, but it was the rule. Trade deals and laws in the old era usually required foreign companies which were going to produce in a host country to source a minimum amount of parts from said host country. Almost always this was over 50%. If the infrastructure didn’t exist, the company, usually with government help, would set it up.
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Writing in The Atlantic on the disastrous February 28 meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President...
It’s hard to keep track of all the atrocities so I’ll just try to highlight a few of them each day. This one kind of broke my heart. He’s going to raze the forests, take down the trees that help prevent wildfires and kill the endangered species. For real: Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America’s forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species while doing so and raising the prospect of chainsaws razing some of the most ecologically important trees in the US. The president, in an executive order, has demanded an expansion in tree cutting across 280m acres (113m hectares) of national forests and other public lands, claiming that “heavy-handed federal policies” have made America reliant on foreign imports of timber. “It is vital that we reverse these policies and increase domestic timber production to protect our national and economic security,” the order adds.
Which may be sooner than they expect It’s a personal bond between them and Trump and a shared mutual hatred for “Democrats” who they see as their most dangerous enemy. The last man in the piece, who walks off in anger because he doesn’t like hearing the facts the reporter is pointing to in her questions. He is emotional and uncomfortable and that means he is being confronted with an uncomfortable truth. (I’ve been there with people in my own life… it’s always very obvious when it happens.) It’s clear they are all living in a MAGA cult information silo, of course. But the way things are going, the right wingers had better get some talking points together on war and recession and that’s not easy. He’ll try to blame Joe Biden for everything and he believes blame is all that’s necessary. But at some point, it has to click in with a few of his cultists that he promised to fix everything instantly and has taken radical actions that guarantee chaos not solutions. Maybe. They are very far gone.
The Trade War has begun BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just dropped a bomb on Trump. He speaks directly to the American people. He explains clearly the repercussions of Trump's Trade War on Canada, and exactly how it's going to cause tremendous pain to Americans. He is clear that… pic.twitter.com/vGZyHZifWt — Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) March 4, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced President Donald Trump for launching a trade war with his country, saying that he won’t back down from a tariff fight with the United States. “Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada. At the same time, they’re talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin — a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense,” Trudeau said in Ottawa.“Canadians are reasonable and we are polite, but we will not back down from a fight, not when our country and the well being of everyone in it is at stake.” Trudeau pledged relief to Canadian workers caught in the trade war’s crosshairs, and told the American people that his quarrel was not with them. “We don’t want this.
Biologist Jaap de Roode on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
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Lech Walesa, former hero of the right wing: Your Excellency, Mr. President, We watched the report of your conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, with fear and distaste. We find it insulting that you expect Ukraine to show respect and gratitude for the material assistance provided by the United States in its fight against russia. Gratitude is owed to the heroic Ukrainian soldiers who shed their blood in defense of the values of the free world. They have been dying on the front lines for more than 11 years in the name of these values and the independence of their homeland, which was attacked by Putin’s russia. We do not understand how the leader of a country that symbolizes the free world cannot recognize this. Our alarm was also heightened by the atmosphere in the Oval Office during this conversation, which reminded us of the interrogations we endured at the hands of the Security Services and the debates in Communist courts. Prosecutors and judges, acting on behalf of the all-powerful communist political police, would explain to us that they held all the power while we held none.
New tariffs realize the dream of the original billionaire candidate, whose populism began reshaping working-class politics.
I have no great love for H.R Master but he’s got Trump’s number — and Putin’s. Trump isn’t happy about it: “H.R. MCMASTER IS A WEAK AND TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE LOSER!” Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social late Sunday. “We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country—So that we don’t end up like Europe!” Trump wrote in a separate post. In another post early Monday, Trump claimed that he was “the only president who gave none of Ukraine’s land to Putin’s Russia,” despite the fact that the deal cooked up by his administration thus far would fail to return Ukraine to its prewar borders. He’s mad about a 60 Minutes interview with McMaster in which he said that Trump is being played by Putin. (Duh…) “Vladimir Putin couldn’t be happier.
Learn to Speak Russian
(Like Your Life Depends on It)
“Where is the bathroom?”
Gde tualet?
A good phrase to know in any language.
“Hello, nice to meet you.”
Zdravstvuyte, priyatno poznakomit’sya.
Best accompanied by a broad smile that indicates you’re not a threat. You never know who’s a mole.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…”
Spasibo, spasibo, spasibo, spasibo, spasibo…
This cannot be said enough, especially to state officials. (Thirty-three times is too few.)
“Many thanks! Endless thanks! A world of thanks!”
Ogromnoye spasibo! Beskonechnoye spasibo! Mir blagodarnosti!
Say this when a bureaucrat insults you in public.
“Please put that on the record.”
Zanestite eto v protocol, pozhalusta..
Use this phrase immediately after offering thanks. You know, just in case.
Witnessing the extraordinary cage fight this week between Volodomyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in the Oval Office provided an eye-popping glimpse into what is normally kept behind closed doors when world leaders meet to nut out matters of great consequence. The two presidents loudly talked over each other, eyeballs rolling, aggressively gesticulating and contradicting each Continue reading »
What is going on here? Republican officials are behaving like junior high bullies everywhere they go these days. They seem to have lost all restraint and are letting their ids run wild. And it’s not just one or two. They’re all doing it. WTF?
By sending weapons to Israel while halting arms sales to Ukraine, Trump backs nations that are “occupying a less powerful people.”
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Police-state tactics Lech Wałęsa knows from police state tactics (via The Daily Beast): Legendary Polish anti-Communist Lech Wałęsa has slammed Donald Trump’s Oval Office attack on Ukraine’s Volodymr Zelensky, comparing it to Soviet secret police tactics. Wałęsa, 81, signed a letter along with 38 other Poles who had been held captive by the Communist regime, telling Trump that the Friday spectacle filled them “with horror and distaste.” The former Polish president previously revealed that he met Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2010, and attached a photo of the two of them to the letter, which he posted on Facebook on Monday.
The culture at large has overrated Smart.
DrupalCon is a flagship event for everyone in the Drupal community, and developers are a huge part of the action. With DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 just around the corner, let’s take a look at what’s in store for these tech-savvy minds — especially the seasoned masters of the craft: senior developers.
There’s plenty to get involved in — contributing to Drupal’s future in code sprints, showing off your knowledge at Drupal Trivia Night, or grabbing cool swag from sponsors. But at the heart of the event? Insightful and thought-provoking sessions!
In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected many different things from what might be called, to borrow the title of a famed William Butler Yeats’s poem, “The Second Coming” of Donald J. Trump. But nobody expected this. Nobody at all. “We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley where it should be and where it belongs,” President Trump announced to a burst of applause during his inaugural address on January 20th. Continuing his celebration of a decidedly mediocre president, best known for taking this country on an ill-advised turn towards colonial conquest, Trump added: “President McKinley made our country very rich through... Read more
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There’s a target on your back, people Last night notices went out here in NC-11 that Congressman Chuck Edwards (R) has planned a town hall for next week in his R+8 district. Good on him and good luck. The last one I attended did not go as he’d hoped. After the rowdy affairs going on around the country, he’s likely had time to set this up more as a lecture than a Q&A. Nevertheless, Edwards will hear plenty about Musk and his DOGE post-teens treating the government — your government and mine — like a stolen car in a chop shop. Musk grew up in South Africa and barely knows how our government works. Oh, but his techies are going to go into computer software that fell out of general use before they were born and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse — the free-energy device of conservative politics. Entire cities might be powered by waste fraud, and abuse if only it could be captured. But Big Energy doesn’t want you to know how.
Hey there, I’m the chiropractor you found heavily discounted on Groupon. I know you came in to align your ankles, but I feel way more of a thrill when dealing with the human neck. May I?
Okay, so I’m noticing you tensed up a bit after I violently rotated your neck 180 degrees to the left. I know hearing and feeling all of your cervical vertebrae crack at once can be a little disconcerting, but I just want to assure you that to us in the alignment industry, those were all “good” cracks.
It’s totally normal to be nervous. If you’re not in the experimental twisting field, hearing snapping noises emanating from your neck can be startling. But you have absolutely nothing to worry about. “Snaps” are just what we in the recreational spine business like to call “bone screams.”
You just need to remember that this is good for you. Letting me jostle your bones around until something shifts is good for you. It’s just a bonus that I happen to enjoy the sound and feel of manually manipulating your skeletal system.
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
‘I feel like one of the reasons far-right narratives are so successful is that we’re lacking community, especially in big cities like Berlin,’ says Anne, who became a Die Linke member four weeks ago. ‘I think if we want to keep this whole thing going, we need to be more involved in our communities. And […]