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Japan is a country of contradictions. Very useful thread on economic changes that are underway. Could they minimize the hard tradeoffs with aggressive development of domestic energy and high tech food production?
Flipping the Yen Is Japan now finally allowing the bond market to blow out instead of the Yen? A THREAD 👇🔥
Hard truths. See also: - the perfect is the enemy of the good - politics is the art of the possible - you go to (big ugly bills) with the (Congress) you have not the one you want America PAC helping to elect Trump: good. Helping to primary the worst spenders: good. Purity: bad.
Our read on the Elon situation is that he feels he was made a fool of. He spent all this time and energy, burnt through nearly all of his social, political, and literal capital, had his companies hurt, had his showrooms fire bombed, took countless death threats, bore the mental…
Important post: "One day… the story you hear from the news is one you know better than anyone else on the planet." See also: Gell-Mann Amnesia effect goodreads.com/quotes/344530-…
I’ve wanted to write this story for awhile, but every time I try, I end up deleting it. So if you’re reading this, I finally did it… I think my red-pill journey is likely very different from most, but starts very similarly. It starts with apathy and empathy. A surprisingly…
I've been to Europe several times. Great place to visit. But the ignorance & arrogance of some vs. Americans is … mostly based on myth. Nice comparison here.
Ok, I did some research because I wasn't going to sleep tonight if I didn't, this triggered the 'tism. I wanted to know the ratio, adjusted for population variances of heat deaths to gun deaths between the Europe and the US: 🔥 FACT CHECK: You're 3.6 times more likely to die…
Reminder. CC @mazemoore who has likely already posted similar
"Nobody ever said 'the Russians hacked the election!'" Except, of course, they ALL said "the Russians hacked the election" 👇
Not my area of expertise, but worth pondering.
At a moment when headlines are filled with talk of de-dollarization, BRICS alternatives, and multipolar monetary futures, this Gillian Tett piece quietly reminds us where real power still resides: in the ability to decide who gets dollar liquidity and when, how, and at what…
Math is hard. More specifically: most people don't have good intuitions about probability & statistics. Their concern is understandable, but still wrong.
You still don’t understand. A “1-in-1,000-year flood” is a flood that has a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year at one specific location. Given there are approximately 19,000 watersheds in the United States, it can be expected that 19 of them will see a “1-in-1,000-year”…
Important thread! Several others are also bringing much-needed attention here. (Note: can redo the census now; don't have to wait.)
🧵 We Need A New Census What keeps me up at night isn’t politics. It’s preventing American bloodshed. And I believe we’re getting dangerously close. This post will be controversial. But if we care about preserving the fabric of our Republic, we need to act.👇
This. (The left quickly tosses aside anyone who dissents on the smallest detail. Fortunately the right continues to do better. Musk is amazing, correct about the budget, and almost certainly wrong about a new party. Good chance it goes away.)
Musk made a number of decisions on behalf of Trump that came at great personal cost to him and his companies. He gave a lot of people the social permission to vote for Trump who otherwise might not have. He publicly petitioned on behalf of AfD. He spoke openly about the situation…
Both are very important! (I'm as pro-USA as anyone, but still good to learn from what other countries do well.)
Latin America has become a place with clear, concrete, and undeniable lessons to learn from. Milei teaches the value of liberalization: you liberalize your economy, and you win! Bukele teaches the value of law and order done with conviction: you lock up criminals, and you win!
> 40 hours in a week isn't much work, BTW Hard truth.
Why shouldn't an able-bodied working-aged person in a full employment economy be expected to work at least 40 hours a week as a minimal civic duty before asking for economic help from anyone else? (40 hours in a week isn't much work, BTW).
This! MAGA is a coalition. Nobody gets everything they consider "vital". Many elected Republicans (and many voters) are "establishment" not MAGA. Even Red states like FL & TX have to fight for the MAGA agenda. The only solution: elect better Republicans.
‼️I’m Vehemently Opposed to the Creation of a Third Party‼️ Let me preface this by saying I support both President Trump & Elon Musk. I think I speak for many — hopefully — that we wish both “dads” can come to an agreement & work together for successful 2026 midterm elections.…
> virtually everyone agrees on the need to address our debt problem in a balanced way that includes tax increases and cuts to benefits Fact check: false. He wants tax increases so frames it as if "virtually everyone" agrees.
After spending time in Washington, DC discussing the budget deficit with senior people on both sides of the aisle, it’s clear to me that we are unlikely to change the debt trajectory we’re on and avoid the painful consequences. While virtually everyone agrees on the need to…
Socialism: You have two cows. Give one cow to your neighbor. Communism: You have two cows. Give both cows to the government, and they may give you some of the milk. Fascism: You have two cows. You give all the milk to the government, and it sells it. Nazism: You have two cows.…
Remember Ann Landers? This is good.
Noted!
FACT: The Senate OBBB increases deficits and violates the terms of the budget deal in the House. FACT: The Senate OBBB guts the strong provisions to terminate the “green new scam” subsidies in the House bill. FACT: The Senate OBBB removes key provisions we put in the bill to…
Hard truths for some. And bravely spoken. "Israel has never fired a single bullet at any GCC country … Palestinian terrorist groups have assassinated our diplomats, hijacked our planes, bombed our embassies … Hamas and its allies have fully aligned with the Ayatollahs of…
Let me make something absolutely clear. I am not a Zionist - not in any way, shape, or form. I am an Arab. My roots are in Bahrain, I was born in Saudi Arabia, and I live in the UAE. My family spans generations across all three countries. On top of that, I am also a British…
Fair point on 'Zionism'. Also: how many Muslim-majority countries are there? How many Arab-majority? How many Christians & Jews have been purged from both?
I don't hate Japanese people. I only hate Japanism, the desire of the Japanese to have their own country. I don't hate Finnish people. I only hate Finnishism, the desire of the Finns to have their own country. I don't hate Bolivian people. I only hate Bolivianism, the desire…
Sure, a few great people join fast-moving tech startups via H1B -- though there are other options. But the vast majority is low-paid replacement by mediocre IT workers. Those who hire the few great ones should help completely reform the program, or the good will be thrown out…
Among the top 10 client companies we analyzed, contract H-1B software developers were paid $48,000 less than those employed directly - even after accounting for education-level and age. 1/3 of such contractors were paid exactly the minimum salary legally required by the DOL.