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T put his tariffs in place in part to slow imports into the US and in part to slow exports out of China. The exact opposite has happened with both US imports and Chinese exports at record highs. Another 'goal' was to move production / manufacturing to the States. That isn't happening either . . .

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Considering the latest t prognostications I bet this is 'news' to both the people of Greenland and the Danish.

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h

T Pardons Alaskans who Removed Emission Control Devices from their Diesel Trucks: Is this a blanket pardon? Can we all now remove all the emission control devices from our vehicles? Let's all do it - the environment be damned. And let's all vote republican - the future for our kids be damned too!

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SPACE X INTRODUCED SPEED LIMITATIONS FOR TERMINALS UKRAINIAN MILITARY IS USING, ZELENSKIY’S ADVISOR SAYS

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 10h

Maxine Waters has been in a position above her capacity for a long time now. Time for a changing of the guard . . . Watched her a while ago on tv and she couldn't even read her own notes, and I had the strong impression she had no real understanding of the stuff she was reading. We deserve better.

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IRS Delays Releasing Info on the Effect of the Big Beautiful Bill: Don't want the bad news getting out before the midterms now do we? Don't want the general public to know that the lastest republican effort towards 'trickle down' is an abject failure, like all the rest.

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TRUMP CONSIDERING REVISITING INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH UKRAINE; CIA DIRECTOR RATCLIFFE REPORTEDLY OPPOSED TO HALTING INTELLIGENCE SHARING - SEMAFOR

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 10h

And people wonder why many countries and companies are seeking an alternative to StarLink. Apparently Musk has decided w or w/o discussion with t to stop or slow Ukrainian access. And many people wonder why Musk and StarLink (SpaceX) are hated the world over!

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It is clear that President Trump needs Russian diesel to at least somehow decrease prices before the November 3 election.The US itself exports about 1.5 million barrels of diesel daily. But due to the global deficit, prices on the American market have grown by approximately 70%, to $6.28 per gallon⤵️

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I assume the attack was of Russian origin. Not close to details but think this is a safe assumption. In this case Bulgaria and the EU have to consider retaliation against other Russian shipping in the Black Sea. This has to be annonomus of course perhaps hiding it behind a possible Ukrainian source.

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I read this as hiding windfall profits in gobbledygook!

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I keep wondering what gives wrt t's dealings with Putin? T's strong affinity to support Putin makes no sense; I can't figure it out. One part may be a strong loathing towards Ukraine. Maybe he wants Putin's support for stuff like Venezuela. I also wonder what Putin has on him. Can you say kompromat?

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13/10/2026

Elon Musk has made it clear that Starlink is keen to deepen its dominance in Earth’s orbit. European players are banding together to slow him down. 🔗 vist.ly/5n6b3

Starlink satellite dish with camouflage material against dark background.

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you're going to tell a lie then tell a whopper. That way everybody knows you're lying and you can't be called out for the act. She learned this from our fearless leader . . .

jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

StarLink, by proxy SpaceX, continues to be under pressure. Most countries and many businesses don't trust Musk. Alternatives are appearing. I see continued sliding of their business. Though, of course, as long as t has control of the country's purse there is always government money to sustain them.

jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The US to Ukraine - time to take the knee . . .

jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What a joke. T moves to recapture momentum going into the midterms by making a deal the US really doesn't need and with a country that is very unlikely to deliver. The US already makes more than enough diesel to meet its needs. The price is high because the world price is high. But who understands?

jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Planned Moldova-Romanian Power Line: in the late '30s they probably would have called it the Hitler Line.

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cruz Boosting Paxton: it helps that Cruz's credibility with the Texas voters isn't much better than Paxton's. In the last election Cruz held his job just barely and just because Texas still wasn't ready to elect a democrat. We are about to see if that is still true . . .

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The only rationale behind this that makes sense to me is that Morgan Stanley has a bunch of SPCX that they want to get rid of . . .

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Climate Lawsuits: Finding the petrochemical complex liable for climate warming would, in my mind, be the same as finding gun manufacturers liable for the deaths from gun violence. Ain't going to happen. Not saying it's right; just saying where precedence and well-established law has gone before.

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Ashley Hinson: as I have said before about seemingly backpedaling republicans - don't be fooled. Recent history teaches us that she will immediately fall into line after being elected (if that occurs). Caveat emptor.

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Don't worry. Be Happy. The high interest rates are not the result of our incompetence.

Manchester City: We're not going to settle whether we're guilty of not. We have the money. Let's appeal till everybody gets tired. File under lessons learned from the fearless american leader.

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From what I read I believe Larry Ellison is over extended. I await developments. if his financial empire fails, ie is put in a position of having to sell assets to cover margin calls, I believe the world would be a better place (in the long run).

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If you're happy with the undermining of the law, with the corruption, with the continued move of wealth to those already wealthy, being friends with Putin, with the US being the laughing stock of the world, then vote republican. Of course if you're brain dead, none of this matters to you anyway.

jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NFL Suspension re Prostitution: What about Robert Kraft. He was arrested too. He also (apparently?) solicited prostitution in Florida. He was able to escape conviction on a technicality. I don't recall him ever being suspended. See attached synopsis of the case from the internet w AI assist . . .

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jdt3237 @jdt3237.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ALITO: GOOD RIDDANCE. We want him to hold on until after the 2028 elections though. Or, if he goes sooner, maybe the democrats will have control of the Senate and can pull a McConnell . . . ie hold out confirming another Supreme Court justice until after the American people have 'spoken' in 2028.

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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026

"Twice this week, Trump has held White House events announcing a major economic project that happens to benefit a state holding a key, competitive Senate race — first in Iowa, then in Alaska," writes CNN's Aaron Blake. "And both times, his promises have proven to be overzealous, at best." | Analysis

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Trump touted big economic projects in two key Senate states this week. Both announcements soon crumbled | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he’s happy to use official government resources in ethically dubious ways to try to win the 2026 midterm elections.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 02/10/2026

‘Investors in the roughly $5B Blue Owl Technology Income Corp., which is the largest fund of its kind mainly focused on technology lending, saw shareholders look to pull 39% of shares in the third quarter, a slight increase from the 38.1% requested previously.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Blue Owl Again Caps Two BDCs After 39%, 17% Withdrawal Requests

Blue Owl Capital Inc. again limited redemptions from two of its private credit funds at 5%, as fears around artificial intelligence kept requests at its flagship technology fund well above industry pe...

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From the NYT we see the amount of the release is to be less than 1 day's worth of world consumption and the amount of the 100 million barrels that is to be diesel is not stated. T gets his news headline; the rest of the G7 agreed to little and probably not much more that they were going to do anyway

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T is making many economic announcements as of late before final agreements have been reached putting foreigners on the spot. This leaves the pseudo-agreers with the choice of either backing t up or becoming targets of his wrath and tariff-setting abilities. Is this the our new way of doing business?

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Interesting in that all the evidence points in exactly the opposite direction. Hassett used to be considered an able economist but this has obviously not been the case for years now since he was captured into the t sphere. Hassett and Navarro on the curve of economists are to be found in the tail.

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There has been recently lots of discussion on whether the development of AI should be slowed and regulated. I attach a excerpt below from an essay - Why I Changed My Mind about AI Risk (Persuasion - Francis Fukuyama - Sept 21 2026) - by the well-known political economist and close to my own feelings

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I'm in Germany at the moment. The number of trucks on the road is enormous, far denser than elsewhere. If getting diesel were to become a problem the economy would be hit hard.

There is, and has been a lot of discussion in the news of late indicating republicans are breaking with t on a number of issues. My advice is not to be taken in. In most cases the changes of heart are only temporary and these folks, if successful, will get back in line with the program tout de suite

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We recently discussed a Thanksgiving get-together with my Canadian sister-in-law. The response was - " . . . come to the States? No tucking way!"

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South Korean-Alaska LNG Project: this is one of the 'stops' that t pulled out as the mid-terms approach. Another is a steel plant for Iowa. It would be nice if these initiatives were actually going to happen, but, with all things from this administration, I'm skeptical, and I await developments.

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It took the team a long of time to come around to this way of spinning the Iranian War blister. But I would dispute the indication that the nuclear threat is dead. If I were Iran I'd be working furiously at developing a nuclear threat so that they could be at least be left alone like North Korea.

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Kennedy Center: where are the oligarchs? Weren't they suppose to give back some of that gov money they got handed in the Big Beautiful Bill? Now the board and t are pissed because nobody likes their moves to reorient the venue's purpose so they're taking the venue offline and going home. So there.

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