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Intimidation of the media, individuals and in general, tends to work. And being a bullshitter is pretty well an administration requirement. (View Post)

This is a good article. Trading with Bullies Economics for a Hard-Power World https://www.siliconcontinent.com/p/trading-with-bullies … While the outbreak of conflict has drawn all our attention to t… (View Post)

Brexit was a mistake, and a huge distraction at the worst possible time. But that's politics. We'll get over it eventually. Trump mark II isn't even a blunder; it's sheer madness. (View Post)

The deindustrialisation of the US is a diagnosis (shared across the political spectrum). It's not a case for Trump. And the Ukraine thing isn't particularly costly at all from the POV of the US, who … (View Post)

There was a reasonable case (among all the utter nonsense) for Brexit - see, for example, @Richard_Tyndall . There is no reasonable case for Trump as president. And Trump re-elected is simply insane … (View Post)