Global Conundrums
@tefl_on
Commenting on foreign affairs with a side of aquaculture and software engineering.
Just thinking of old sayings I never hear anymore. A thread 🧵: That rain storm was a real gulley washer.
I’m going to hammer this point: Minimum wage in 1971 was $1.60 per hour That equaled 1.82 oz of gold on a 40 hour work week (gold standard) That is the today equivalent of $150 per hour minimum wage —That’s the actual hard math, not someone’s opinion
⚡️Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu: "The army must find means more painful than death for the civilians in Gaza... killing is not enough."
The Trump regime just handed Christian nationalists a loaded weapon: your federal workplace. Supervisors can now preach, push prayer, and promote religion on the job—as long as it’s not called “harassment.” And who decides that? They do. This is state-backed coercion. A purity…
In this very long piece, it’s not actually clear what Harvard is paying half a billion dollars for. What did they do wrong? Where’s the evidence? To justify half a billion dollars? It’s a shakedown. We all know it, and journalists should say so. nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/…
He drove from Las Vegas to New York with an AR-15, which cannot be purchased in New York. He walked into an office building and started spraying the lobby with that AR-15, killing the police officer whose handgun was no match for the AR-15. This isn’t about New York. This is…
Another brave police officer murdered in cold blood in New York tonight. This isn’t just tragedy, it’s the cost of weak leadership and anti-cop policies. No more coddling criminals. No more “defund the police.” Time to crush the spread of crime & make American cities safe again.
A lot of people keep arguing that they don't care about the tariffs because they "buy American." Let's say Bob sells Gizmos at $100, but China sells them at $90. Bob can't go any lower, and he's barely turning a profit. He's making $5 a Gizmo. The US slaps a 30% tariff on…
These disgusting people are proud of the genocide they are committing
The NYPD officer, Didarul Islam, killed in today’s shooting at the Blackstone office. 36 years old. He leaves behind 2 boys and an 8 months pregnant wife.
Why can’t we do great things? China prepares to launch a 250 mph bullet train. The US cheers at the cancellation of its attempt. sustainability-times.com/energy/as-chin…
I remember the first time I met Randy Fine when he was a candidate before he barely won Florida’s deep red 6th district seat, as we were being told he might actually lose the seat because the strong Trump district couldn’t relate to him and didn’t like him. He was telling me that…
Update: AIPAC has now disavowed @RepFine and removed him from their list of endorsed candidates.
The Trump administration has released a memo allowing federal workers to proselytize their coworkers and assert that their religion is 'correct.' "During a break, an employee may engage another in polite discussion of why his faith is correct and why the non-adherent should…
We, citizens of Israel, working in Israeli academic institutions, share civil responsibility for the horrendous acts done in our name at the Gaza Strip, in particular the contempt for human lives, the policy of starvation and the demolition of Gazan cities. We call upon all those…
America is throwing a party because they now get to pay 15% more for European goods — and 50% tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper. You know, the stuff that makes everything from cars to buildings more expensive to produce. Honestly, this must be every politician’s dream: a…
Ah ha ha ha ha
Randy Fine was removed from the AIPAC-supported candidates list after his extreme comments weighed down other candidates. Follow: @AFpost
This is insane. It makes my blood boil. It’s so ridiculous, so petty, so small minded. Truly, what is this about? It’s always about something. ‘Let’s get rid of the Rose Garden. Let’s rename the Kennedy Center.’ What’s next?
GOP bill seeks to rename Kennedy Center for Trump trib.al/Je4TpBf
Israel will continue to work with international agencies as well as the U.S. and European nations to ensure that large amounts of humanitarian aid flows into the Gaza Strip.
⚡🇹🇷 BREAKING: Fatih Erbakan – son of the former Turkish Prime Minister: How does Erdoğan claim to support Palestine while at the same time sending thousands of Turks to fight on Israel’s side? — Erdoğan’s silence about the participation of 5,000 Turks serving in the Israeli…
Charlie Gasparino gets it right. What's especially weird about the situation these trade deals have created is that if, say, BMW makes cars in Germany and sells them in the U.S., those cars face a 15% tariff. But if they make cars in the U.S., they have to pay 50% on any…
United States Rejects A Two-State Solution Conference state.gov/releases/offic…