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Panem et circenses

@apeman122000.bsky.social
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Worked Capital Markets trading desks for 25 years. Ran a small company and now teach accounting in college. Just trying to make sense of it all. Can’t we all just get along? Does it seem like we are in the “bread and circus” phase of the Roman Empire?

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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Mississippi? Don’t they have a lynching problem to handle?
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
And then… Whose fault is this? I ask you. Who needs a 4am knock knock from the cops?
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
So, treason?
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Quit stroking his cock. The demented Old child rapist is pitching a temper tantrum.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Washington Post - The US ends all military aid of Ukraine.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
For those that care about facts, the attached chart shows the size of the Canadian Federal Government as percent of the total population. Yes it it tracking higher, but it is by no means out of control.
Size of Canadian federal government as a percentage of overall population. Source: Government of Canada.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
You’d need $10 trillion in real world Savings to generate a $5,000 check. That is never going to happen. By the way, the proportional size of the federal government has shrunk steadily since WWII.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Read It All This is a very troubling Presidential Action. Only he can interpret laws. See the screenshot attached. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Part of Trump Executive Action Feb 18 2025. Only he can interpret laws.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
There is already a security agreement in place. Ukraine signed it with the US in 1994 as an agreement to denuclearize. Why would they sign another, if the US won’t recognize the first?
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It sure why this was on Threads and not here.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
There is already an agreement in place, which the US signed, to provide security guarantees in exchange for denuclearizing. It was signed in 1984 and is called the Budapest Memorandum. Why would they sign another if the uS won’t honour the first one?
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A book that is a jab at RFK Jr.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The article says the exact opposite of the story.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Here ya go. A primer on tariffs.
Primer on how tariffs work
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
What a jack-off.
Daffy Duck jacking off
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It’ll never happen. They simply don’t have the time -or Money - to create the capacity. In the mean time, tariffs just make everything made of metal 10-25% more expensive. Maybe we need a pop-up colouring book for Trump to explain Tariffs. I tried this.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Use this to try to explain tariffs.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Or, as a picture.
A clear demonstration of how tariffs work. Who pays and how.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What is a tariff? It seems that we need a concrete example flying about. Please use this as you like.
This is a detailed description of what a tariff is, how it impacts prices, and who pays the tariff.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Does he need Canada’s help?
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It’s worth getting this on the record.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good. Now exploit our shared border with Denmark on Hans Island and petition to join the EU. Pivot to Europe and tell Trump to go and fuck himself.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Cut him off. No oil. No electricity. No wood. No potash.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
He can, with elan and alacrity ….
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Okay then. We’ll turn off the electricity to the Northeast and stop the flow of oil. Good luck rebuilding your houses without our lumber. America, you elected him. He told you what he was going to do. You elected him anyway.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The question is whether Congress will miraculously grow a spine and fight back. They took an oath. “All enemies, foreign and domestic..” which apparently means nothing.
New X (Twitter) logo throwing a nazi salute.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This is Hans Island. It lies between Greenland and Canada in the Franklin Channel. The Island is split between Canada and Denmark. That shared border means Canada could legally apply to join the EU. We don’t want to abandon the US, but we may not have a choice.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Our answer.
F off Trump.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We don’t fall easily. I do feel incredibly sorry for the 40 million Americans perched just above the poverty line who will bear the brunt of this. How many voted for this imbecile?
Canada giving Trump the finger.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Rescinded already.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Ontario's Healthcare Problem is Doug Ford.
Chart showing healthcare issues in Ontario
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
What happened to the truth? When did facts stop mattering. We can argue about the influence of those facts. We can debate how those facts will alter public opinion, but we still have to agree that the facts are indeed facts. Water freezes: fact. Lies are not just obfuscation: fact.
A quick essay on why facts matter and why mainstream media has dropped the ball on them.
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Panem et circenses @apeman122000.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Next level trolling.
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