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European and UK markets have dropped around 4% since the start this morning

https://www.cnbc.com/europe-markets/

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The first lawsuit against Trump's illegal and unconstitutional tariffs have hit the news First lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs argues he illegally used emergency powers ‘These unlawfully implemented tariffs [first round of tariffs] cause harm to American businesses, American jobs, and American consu...

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Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman: "We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect. It protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low prices."

https://x.com/i/status/1908761594303279118

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60 Minutes “could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses. ”60 Minutes “could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran pri...

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“They are coming to the table. They want to talk but there’s no talk unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis,” Agent Krasnov Bonespurs. Hang Seng down > 11% Nikkei opened 6.9% down today. One can expect the US markets tanking further when they open today How do you "come to the table" w...

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Trump coins have reached $8.09, well down from its high of $79 shortly after its launch. A lot of MAGA folks have lost a lot of money

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Trade war is on: From meat to toilet paper, EU imposes $28 billion in tariffs on U.S. products, making goods more expensive for billions and pushing global economies toward recession "We will react in areas where it hurts the United States," a senior EU official said. Officials have previously said...

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Heard and McDonald Islands' penguins not only have their own country code (ISO 3166-2:HM) they also have their own internet top level domain (.hm)

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One of Israel's most prominent public intellectuals, Tom Segev, just said in a @haaretzcom interview: "At the age of 80 I'm starting to think that maybe it wasn't right from the outset, the whole Zionist thing... So Zionism is not such a great success story . It also doesn't provide security to Jew...

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South African response to 30% tariffs: “We won’t retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. We’ll just sell to someone else.” https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/sa-unveils-strategic-economic-diversification-plan-amid-us-tariffs https://x.com/i/status/1908221281239257099 I see the MAGA crowd is crowing ...

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Maybe so. Another factor was the Dem's overconfidence, so chuffed with their big crowds compared to Trumps and his blundering speeches that, I think, many felt they didn't have to bother as there were no way that Trump could win. They totally overestimated the intelligence of the American voter and ...

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You can't astroturf an election. American population is 340 million 262 million are of voting age 77 million voted for Trump 185 million either voted against him, or not for him, or at all the continued and sustained attacks on voters, voter rolls, eligibility, voting times, mail in voting, voting ...

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South African response to 30% tariffs: “We won’t retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. We’ll just sell to someone else.”

https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/ ... us-tariffs

https://x.com/i/status/1908221281239257099

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Just before announcing a major escalation in his tariff war on Wednesday evening — followed by a major stock market wipeout the following morning — president Donald Trump freed up the sale of his Truth Social shares. As the Financial Times reports , Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) revealed ...

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Protestors join more than a thousand rallies across the U.S. against Trump’s policies

Where were these people during the 2024 elections?

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A massive banner has been unveiled with the names of Palestinians killed by Israel since October 2023.

https://x.com/i/status/1908594154189287901

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The mandate of Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Territories, has been extended by the UN despite Israeli and Zionist attempts for her mandate not to be renewed.

Good news

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The whole sweatshop, child labour beat-up that's followed OEM production around the globe is just that. A storyline that's sucked up by the ignorant in western countries. "Reputable" brands like Levi, Adidas, Nike, etc. can't really afford to get caught up in this. I'm not saying it doesn't happen ...

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Well presumably that is inevitable whether the factory stays in Lesotho or is set up in some backwater in the US. Is robotics better than child labour? Probably for the owner, as long as its cheaper per item. Lesotho child labour you say? Not really. With relatively few employment opportunities in ...

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Well he’s right there . There are so many other imbalances in favor of the US there... huge domestic market, huge innovation power, huge productivity, huge military power, huge soft power (until recently) etc... The hillbilly have been abandoned by their own fellow citizens, not hurt by the poor Vi...

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Meanwhile at the Heard & McDonald Islands

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10% to 20% of the teaching staff are actual immigrants i.e. non US citizens. Add to that another 13% to 50+% of first generation / naturalized US citizens. And US universities are not reliant on immigration? That’s the same teaching staff leaving 25% pupils illiterate. The idea the university syste...

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Not long after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the administration’s economic staff went to work on a daunting task: determining tariff rates for dozens of countries to fulfill the president’s campaign pledge of imposing “reciprocal” trade barriers. After weeks of work, aides from several gov...

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11.9 million Vietnamese are employed in the mfg sector. 30% of their export turnover is stateside bound. I suspect they are deeply concerned about the impact of millions of furloughed workers if orders dry up. Like the man said, bullying lesser countries. In this case, a country you literally attem...

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Some interesting side effects. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading Chuck Schumer by double digits in a new head-to-head poll of the 2028 New York primary. This is more about the fact that Schumer voted to pass the the GOP budget. AOC hasn't confirmed that she will primary Schumer for his senate sea...

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A different problem in Mulranny, Co Mayo, Ireland: https://d4iskb05x8hds.cloudfront.net/images/-0-rUjg8-Kwj5xRu32WqX0pZhXU=/30322/fill-600x500/ The sheep? Goldfield West at Carltonville has zebras and blesbok roaming the field, Windsor course in Durban has vervet monkeys stealing your balls while H...

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Still figuring out the rules of the meet but it seems athletes get points as per their finishes but take part in two different events and their total points count. Four Grand Slam events for the year with some big money, for athletics. Michael Johnson's idea

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Disappointing crowd for the class of athletes at the event

Edit: Stadium is starting to fill up. Maybe the first races were a bit early on a Friday afternoon for a good crowd

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Grand Slam Track Jamaica Day 1 about to start Men’s Short Sprints: Kenny Bednarek, Fred Kerley, Oblique Seville, Zharnel Hughes, Courtney Lindsey, Ackeem Blake, Terrence Jones, Joseph Fahnbulleh. Women’s Short Sprints: Brittany Brown, Daryll Neita, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Alana Reid, Jacious Sears...

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Senator Rand Paul just proposed a bill that would require the President to get congressional approval for new tariffs.

I don't like Rand Paul for his anti-vax stand but he's right in this

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And if you land on the full on the concrete... Your ball takes off another 50 yards? What is the reason for this? This is done in small towns in dry areas where they just don't have enough water. But this is not the worst course in SA, they still have green fairways The Aberdeen Golf course in Aber...

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What, these guys? https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/politics/ad-spending-wisconsin-election-dg You're excruciatingly thick. 'Soros didn't bankroll the Dem candidate' 'mmmghhhh, he sed soros' Apparently, and I say this advisedly, but apparently Soros put in quite a bit of money in 2024 but not all was ...

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Just to put cost of labour into perspective. US minimum wage: $7.25/hr but there's push for at least $15/hr South Africa: ZAR28.79/hr (US$1.51) Vietnam: VND4960000 /mnth (US$192.21) equals about $1.14/hr assuming a 40 hour week Lesotho: LSL1285/mnth (US$ 67.64) equals about $0.40/hr assuming a 40 h...

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January 2025: Thirty-three African least-developed countries (LDCs) can now export goods duty-free to China under an expanded zero-tariff policy. This initiative grants zero tariffs on 100% of products for all LDCs that maintain diplomatic relations with Beijing. https://www.ntu.edu.sg/cas/news-even...

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-The EU is stupid putting up for tariffs on US good. There's a US trade deficit, the EU will run off of goods to tariff before the US does. The EU has a 39% trade surplus with the US which was why Trump hit them with a 20% tariff The US is an importing nations, totally dependent on other countries ...

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Just to put cost of labour into perspective. US minimum wage: $7.25/hr but there's push for at least $15/hr South Africa: ZAR28.79/hr (US$1.51) Vietnam: VND4960000 /mnth (US$192.21) equals about $1.14/hr assuming a 40 hour week Lesotho: LSL1285/mnth (US$ 67.64) equals about $0.40/hr assuming a 40 hr...

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