Lones Smith
@LonesSmith
Punster, math aficionado & economic theory spin maestro. Pro science, pro fact, pro common sense: Extreme centrist! I do game theory and information economics.
Econ Prof here: In "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off", students were clueless (“Anyone?”) about the 1930 Smoot Hawley Tariff Act. It was the last time the US imposed the tariffs like Trump now wants. It deepened the GREAT DEPRESSION! Trade is far more important today than it was then
Some professional news: After 11 years of columnizing at WaPo, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this—11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them: wapo.st/3TU2fGw
A news reporter asked Michael Jordan if he thought the ’90s Bulls could beat LeBron’s Lakers. MJ: Yes. Reporter: By how much? MJ: Two or three points. Reporter: Why so close? MJ: Most of us are almost 60 now.
Here is the right-wing Daily Wire reporting on the contents of this deposition back in 2016: dailywire.com/news/7-things-…
When Bill Gates tried to explain the internet in 1995... and people laughed.
Whoever married him didn’t just get a husband, they got a full time engineer, logistics expert, and parenting.
Toyota is up +8% on the news of a 15% tariff. Why? It's simple. Ford, GM, Tesla, and all the other American manufacturers are going to be paying 50% more for their steel, 50% more for their copper, 25% more for their Canadian production, 25% more for their Mexican production,…
Just absurd. A huge chunk of the workers who built the Empire State Building were Irish immigrants or the sons of immigrants, and Mohawk "skywalkers" from Quebec played a key role in erecting the building (and many other skyscrapers). They weren't "illegal," but that's because…
Bruce Willis reportedly can no longer speak, read, and has difficulty walking. 💔🙏
One note: Washington has been very clear it’s not changing from Commanders. The throwbacks did not foreshadow a future change. second note: I have zero to do with this topic or decision. Thank you.
They just passed a bill that raised the debt ceiling an additional $5 trillion to $41.1 trillion.
Speaker Johnson: The Republican Party is the party of fiscal responsibility and we are demonstrating that day after day
In 2013, George Clooney gifted $1 million in Tumi suitcases to each of his 14 closest friends during a dinner party, personally covering the taxes as well.
How fast is fast enough for the world’s most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race?
It seems DNI Gabbard is unaware that the years-long Russia investigation carried out by the Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirmed that ‘the Russian government directed extensive activity against U.S. election infrastructure’ ahead of the 2016 election, and that it ‘used social…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has reportedly stripped 8 of Brazil’s 11 supreme court judges of their US visas as Trump escalates his campaign to help former president Bolsonaro avoid justice for his alleged attempt to seize power with a military coup. trib.al/eJARewS
An 82 year old man named Luis Leon came to the US in 1987. He sought asylum from political persecution in Chile. He’s been in the US ever since & was granted a green card. He lost his wallet (and green card) in June & when he went to replace it he was disappeared by ICE 🧵